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<P id=PARA1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2017</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA9 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA16 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>USA Truck, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA19 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Delaware </B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA20 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>71-0556971</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA21 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA22 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA23 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>organization)</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA26 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>3200 Industrial Park Road</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA27 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Van Buren, Arkansas </B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA28 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>72956</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA29 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA30 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>(Zip Code)</I></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA33 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>First Amendment to the</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA35 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA38 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>James D. Reed</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA39 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA40 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>USA Truck, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA41 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">3200 Industrial Park Road</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA42 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Van Buren, Arkansas 72956</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA45 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>(479) 471-2500</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA49 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><I>Copy to:</I></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA50 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Heidi Hornung-Scherr</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA51 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA52 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>411 South 13</B><SUP style="vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; bottom:.33em;"><B>th</B></SUP><B> Street, Suite 200</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA53 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Lincoln, Nebraska 68508</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA54 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(402) 435-3223</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA56 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA81 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">500,000</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA95 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)<B> </B>under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of the common stock of USA Truck, Inc. as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;31, 2017. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA126 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">USA Truck, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), previously registered 500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), available for grant of awards under the USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Incentive Plan&#8221;). The registration of such shares of Common Stock was filed on a Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on June 11, 2014 (File Number 333-196695), in accordance with the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA127 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA128 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">On March 24, 2017, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the first amendment to the Incentive Plan (the &#8220;First Amendment to the Incentive Plan&#8221;) to, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan by an additional 500,000 shares. As of April 7, 2017, there were approximately 161,500 shares available for issuance under the Incentive Plan; therefore, the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan would result in approximately 661,500 shares being available for future awards under the Incentive Plan, subject to adjustment for future forfeitures (except for tax withholding and cashless exercise forfeitures) and to reflect the occurrence of certain cancellations, or certain other terminations of shares. The Executive Compensation Committee also reapproved, subject to stockholder reapproval, the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan so that certain incentive awards granted thereunder would continue to qualify as exempt &#8220;performance-based compensation&#8221; under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). The First Amendment to the Incentive Plan and the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan were forwarded for stockholder approval, and on May 10, 2017, at the Company&#8217;s 2017 Annual Meeting, the Company&#8217;s stockholders approved the adoption of the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan and reapproved the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA130 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed to register 500,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan, as amended by the approval and adoption of the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission June 11, 2014 (File Number 333-196695) is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA134 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA136 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents By Reference.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA138 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA148 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished under any of Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including exhibits furnished under Item 9.01 in connection with information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01) of any current report on Form 8-K; and</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA153 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The description of the authorized capital stock of the Company contained in its Registration Statement Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 13, 1992 and declared effective on March 19, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA154 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA155 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished under any of Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including exhibits furnished under Item 9.01 in connection with information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01) of any current report on Form 8-K.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA157 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Any statement contained herein, or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA159 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA164 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA165 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA166 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Van Buren, State of Arkansas, on June 7, 2017.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA169 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">By:</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA170 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ James D. Reed</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA171 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">James D. Reed </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA172 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA176 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA177 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA178 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D. Reed, Jason R. Bates, and Heidi Hornung-Scherr, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to execute in their respective names, individually and in each capacity stated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement as the attorney-in-fact and to file any such amendment to this Registration Statement, exhibits thereto, and documents required in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and their substitutes full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA180 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 7, 2017. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA184 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ James D. Reed</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA185 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA186 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">James D. Reed </FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 52.2%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA187 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Jason R. Bates</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA188 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA189 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Jason R. Bates</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA190 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Robert A. Peiser</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA191 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Chairman of the Board</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA192 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Robert A. Peiser</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA193 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ M. Susan Chambers</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA194 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA195 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">M. Susan Chambers</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA196 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Robert E. Creager</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA197 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA198 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Robert E. Creager</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA199 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Gary R. Enzor</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA200 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA201 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Gary R. Enzor</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA202 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Barbara J. Faulkenberry</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA203 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA204 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Barbara J. Faulkenberry</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA205 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Thomas M. Glaser</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA206 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA207 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thomas M. Glaser</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA208 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ Alexander D. Greene </FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA209 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Director</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA210 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Alexander D. Greene</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA234 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Description</U></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA235 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">4.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA236 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Restated and Amended Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as currently in effect, including all Certificates of Amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2013).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA237 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">4.2</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA239 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2017).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA240 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">4.3</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA241 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company&#8217;s Schedule 14A, filed April 25, 2014).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA243 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">First Amendment to the USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company&#8217;s amended and restated Schedule 14A, filed April 7, 2017).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA245 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Opinion of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA247 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O. (included in Exhibit 5). </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA249 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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usak20170605_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2017
Registration No. 333-_____________
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________________________________
FORM S-8
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
USA Truck, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
71-0556971
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
3200 Industrial Park Road
Van Buren, Arkansas
72956
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
First Amendment to the
USA Truck, Inc.
2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James D. Reed
President and Chief Executive Officer
USA Truck, Inc.
3200 Industrial Park Road
Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
(Name and address of agent for service)
(479) 471-2500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
_________________________________________
Copy to:
Heidi Hornung-Scherr
Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.
411 South 13
th
Street, Suite 200
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
(402) 435-3223
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer  ☒
Non-Accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period of complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered
(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per
share
(2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
500,000
$6.63
$3,315,000
$384.21
(1)
In addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the table, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), there are also being registered an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of the common stock of USA Truck, Inc. as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 31, 2017.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
PAGE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
4
PART II
4
SIGNATURES
6
POWER OF ATTORNEY
6
EXHIBIT INDEX
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EX-5 OPINION OF SCUDDER LAW FIRM, P.C., L.L.O.
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF SCUDDER LAW FIRM, P.C., L.L.O. (included in Exhibit 5)
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
EX-24
Power of Attorney (
included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
USA Truck, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), previously registered 500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), available for grant of awards under the USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"). The registration of such shares of Common Stock was filed on a Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 11, 2014 (File Number 333-196695), in accordance with the Securities Act.
On March 24, 2017, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the first amendment to the Incentive Plan (the "First Amendment to the Incentive Plan") to, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan by an additional 500,000 shares. As of April 7, 2017, there were approximately 161,500 shares available for issuance under the Incentive Plan; therefore, the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan would result in approximately 661,500 shares being available for future awards under the Incentive Plan, subject to adjustment for future forfeitures (except for tax withholding and cashless exercise forfeitures) and to reflect the occurrence of certain cancellations, or certain other terminations of shares. The Executive Compensation Committee also reapproved, subject to stockholder reapproval, the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan so that certain incentive awards granted thereunder would continue to qualify as exempt "performance-based compensation" under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). The First Amendment to the Incentive Plan and the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan were forwarded for stockholder approval, and on May 10, 2017, at the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved the adoption of the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan and reapproved the material terms of the performance-based goals under the Incentive Plan.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to register 500,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan, as amended by the approval and adoption of the First Amendment to the Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission June 11, 2014 (File Number 333-196695) is incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
a)
The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished under any of Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including exhibits furnished under Item 9.01 in connection with information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01) of any current report on Form 8-K; and
c)
The description of the authorized capital stock of the Company contained in its Registration Statement Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 13, 1992 and declared effective on March 19, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished under any of Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including exhibits furnished under Item 9.01 in connection with information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01) of any current report on Form 8-K.
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Any statement contained herein, or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
For a list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Van Buren, State of Arkansas, on June 7, 2017.
USA Truck, Inc.
By:
/s/ James D. Reed
James D. Reed
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James D. Reed, Jason R. Bates, and Heidi Hornung-Scherr, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to execute in their respective names, individually and in each capacity stated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement as the attorney-in-fact and to file any such amendment to this Registration Statement, exhibits thereto, and documents required in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and their substitutes full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 7, 2017.
Signature
Title
/s/ James D. Reed
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
James D. Reed
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jason R. Bates
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Jason R. Bates
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert A. Peiser
Chairman of the Board
Robert A. Peiser
/s/ M. Susan Chambers
Director
M. Susan Chambers
/s/ Robert E. Creager
Director
Robert E. Creager
/s/ Gary R. Enzor
Director
Gary R. Enzor
/s/ Barbara J. Faulkenberry
Director
Barbara J. Faulkenberry
/s/ Thomas M. Glaser
Director
Thomas M. Glaser
/s/ Alexander D. Greene
Director
Alexander D. Greene
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated and Amended Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as currently in effect, including all Certificates of Amendment thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's quarterly report for the quarter ended March 31, 2013).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2017).
4.3
USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company's Schedule 14A, filed April 25, 2014).
4.4
First Amendment to the USA Truck, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company's amended and restated Schedule 14A, filed April 7, 2017).
5*
Opinion of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O.
23.1
Consent of Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O. (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
* Filed herewith
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