UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~June 1815, 2022

USA TRUCK INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Delaware	1-35740	71-0556971
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)

3200 Industrial Park Road
Van Buren, Arkansas		72956
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

479-471-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class:	Trading Symbol(s):	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	USAK	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)

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Item 5.~~07Submission~~02 Departure of ~~Matters~~Directors toor aCertain ~~Vote~~Officers; Election of ~~Security~~Directors; ~~Holders~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On ~~May~~June 1815, 2022, USA Truck Inc. (the “Company”) ~~held~~announced ~~its~~the ~~Annual~~appointment ~~Meeting~~ of ~~Stockholders~~George ~~(the~~Henry ~~“Annual~~as ~~Meeting”)~~Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. ~~The~~In ~~following~~connection ~~are~~with his appointment, the ~~proposals~~Executive ~~voted~~Compensation ~~upon~~Committee atof the ~~Annual~~Board ~~Meeting~~of ~~and~~Directors of the ~~final~~Company ~~results~~(i) onchanged ~~the~~Mr. ~~votes~~Henry’s ofannualized ~~such~~base ~~proposals~~salary from $275,000 to $300,000 and (ii) changed Mr. ~~The~~ ~~proposals~~Henry’s ~~are~~Executive ~~described~~Severance and Change-in-Control ~~detail~~Agreement into provide for 12 months (instead of 6 months) salary continuation upon a termination by the Company’s ~~proxy~~without ~~statement~~cause, ~~filed~~at ~~with~~any ~~the~~time ~~Securities~~other ~~and~~than ~~Exchange~~within ~~Commission~~12 onmonths ~~April 11~~of a qualifying change-in-control, ~~2022~~ and ~~supplemented~~other onthan ~~May~~as 3,a ~~2022~~result of disability.

Mr. Henry, 37, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President – USAT Logistics since joining the Company in March 2018. Previously, Mr. Henry served as Vice President of Logistics and Knight Dedicated at Knight Transportation, Inc., a truckload transportation services provider, from April 2013 to March 2018. Prior to joining Knight, Mr. Henry served in various 3PL and brokerage roles at Transplace, a logistics provider, from November 2005 to April 2013, where he advanced in progressively more responsible roles, culminating in his promotion to Vice President of Capacity Services. Mr. Henry has a Bachelor of Science degree in Supply Chain, Transportation and Logistics Management from the University of Wales, U.K.

~~Proposal~~There ~~1. Election~~is ofno ~~Class~~arrangement ~~III~~or ~~Directors~~understanding between Mr. ~~The~~ ~~Board~~Henry ofand ~~Directors~~any ~~nominated~~other ~~two~~person ~~nominees~~pursuant to ~~stand~~which ~~for~~Mr. ~~election~~Henry atwas ~~the~~appointed ~~Annual~~Executive ~~Meeting~~Vice President and ~~each~~Chief ofOperating ~~the~~Officer. There ~~nominees~~are ~~was~~no ~~elected~~transactions toin ~~serve~~which aMr. ~~term~~Henry ~~expiring~~has atan ~~the~~interest ~~2025~~requiring ~~Annual~~disclosure ~~Meeting~~under byItem ~~the~~404(a) ~~following~~of ~~vote:~~Regulation S-K.


	Votes	Votes	Broker
Nominee	For	Withheld	Non-Votes
Robert E. Creager	4,543,851	542,758	3,375,163
Alexander D. Greene	4,768,594	318,015	3,375,163

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~Proposal 2. Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation. This proposal was approved by the following vote:~~

		USA Truck Inc.
		(Registrant)

Date:	June 16, 2022	/s/ Zachary B. King
		Zachary B. King
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
4,919,716	144,719	22,174	3,375,163

~~Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022:~~


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
8,336,563	109,187	16,022	--

Proposal 4. Approval of the Third Amendment to the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
4,834,142	237,078	15,389	3,375,163

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		USA Truck Inc.
		(Registrant)

Date:	May 23, 2022	/s/ Zachary B. King
		Zachary B. King
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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