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): February 26, 2019

March 3, 2014

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Arkansas	0-11757	71-0335111
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF	Commission File Number	(IRS EMPLOYER
(State or other Jurisdiction of	Commission File Number	(IRS Employer
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION		IDENTIFICATION NO.)
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)
615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
Lowell, Arkansas	72745	(479) 820-0000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)	(Registrant’s telephone number)

615 J.B. Hunt Corporate Drive
Lowell, Arkansas	72745	(479) 820-0000
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)	(ZIP CODE)	(Registrant's telephone number)

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~~ITEM~~Indicate 8by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.~~01 OTHER~~405) ~~EVENTS~~or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

OnEmerging ~~March~~growth 3, 2014, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) and J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. (“Transport”), as guarantor, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, for the issuance and sale by the Company of $250company million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.400% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”) and $250 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.850% Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”, and, together with the 2019 Notes, the “Notes”). The Company registered the offering and sale of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-194163). A copy of the Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.☐

~~The~~If ~~Notes~~an ~~were~~emerging ~~issued~~growth ~~on March 6~~company, ~~2014~~indicate ~~pursuant~~by tocheck ~~the~~mark ~~Indenture,~~if ~~dated as of September 20, 2010 (~~the ~~“Base~~registrant ~~Indenture”),~~has ~~among~~elected ~~the~~not ~~Company,~~to ~~Transport~~use ~~and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (~~the ~~“Trustee”),~~extended ~~and~~transition ~~supplemented~~period byfor ~~the~~complying ~~Second~~with ~~Supplemental~~any ~~Indenture~~new ~~and~~or ~~Third~~revised ~~Supplemental~~financial ~~Indenture,~~accounting ~~both~~standards ~~dated~~provided aspursuant ofto ~~March~~Section ~~6, 2014~~ 13(~~the “Supplemental Indentures”~~a), ~~among the Company, Transport and the Trustee. The Base Indenture and Supplemental Indentures provide, among other things, that the Notes will be unsecured obligations~~ of the ~~Company~~Exchange ~~and will rank equally with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured debt~~Act. Interest is payable on the 2019 notes semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2014. Interest is payable on the 2024 notes semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2014. The 2019 notes will mature on March 15, 2019 and the 2024 notes will mature on March 15, 2024. The Company may redeem for cash some or all of the Notes at the redemption price set forth in the Supplemental Indentures. ☐

~~The~~ITEM terms of the Base Indenture and Supplemental Indentures, among other things, may limit the ability of the Company to incur additional debt secured by liens; engage in sale and leaseback transactions; and merge or consolidate with, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to, another entity. The Base Indenture and Supplemental Indentures provide for customary events of default. Copies of the Base Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, and Third Supplemental Indenture are incorporated by reference or attached as Exhibits 4.1~~, 4~~.2,01 ENTRY ~~and~~INTO ~~4.4~~A ~~respectively,~~MATERIAL toDEFINITIVE ~~this Current Report on Form 8-K~~AGREEMENT. ~~The descriptions of the material terms of the Base Indenture, Supplemental Indentures and Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibits.~~

~~ITEM~~On 9February 26, 2019, J.01B. ~~FINANCIAL~~Hunt ~~STATEMENTS~~Transport ~~AND~~Services, ~~Exhibits~~Inc. (the “Company”), and our wholly-owned subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. (“Transport”), as guarantor, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters, for the issuance and sale by the Company of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Company registered the offering and sale of the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-229219) (the “Registration Statement”). The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

The Notes were issued on March 1, 2019 pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2019 (dthe “Base Indenture”), ~~Exhibits~~among the Company, Transport and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2019 (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, Transport and the Trustee. The Indenture provides, among other things, that the Notes will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured debt. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Transport and any other subsidiary of the Company that in the future becomes a borrower or a guarantor under the Company’s revolving credit agreement. Interest is payable on the Notes semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning September 1, 2019. The Notes will mature on March 1, 2026. Prior to January 1, 2026, the Company may redeem for cash, at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, the Notes, at the redemption price specified in the Indenture. On and after January 1, 2026, the Company may redeem for cash at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus any unpaid interest accrued to the date of redemption. The terms of the Indenture, among other things, may limit the ability of the Company to incur additional debt secured by liens, engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and merge or consolidate with, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to, another entity. The Indenture provides for customary events of default.

~~1.1~~The ~~Underwriting~~foregoing ~~Agreement,~~summaries ~~dated~~of asthe ofIndenture ~~March~~and 3,the ~~2014~~Notes are not complete, ~~among~~and are each qualified in their entirety by reference to the ~~Company,~~complete ~~Transport,~~text asof ~~guarantor~~the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and ~~J.P.~~the ~~Morgan~~form ~~Securities~~of ~~LLC~~Note, ~~Goldman,~~which ~~Sachs~~are &filed Coas Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and ~~Morgan~~4.3, ~~Stanley~~respectively, &to ~~Co.~~this ~~LLC,~~current asreport ~~representatives~~on ofForm ~~the~~8-K ~~several~~and ~~underwriters~~incorporated ~~named~~herein ~~therein~~by reference in their entirety.

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4.ITEM 2.03 ~~Second~~CREATION ~~Supplemental~~OF ~~Indenture,~~A ~~dated~~DIRECT asFINANCIAL ~~of March 6, 2014, among the Company, Transport, as guarantor, and U~~OBLIGATION.~~S. Bank National Association, as Trustee~~

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~~4.4~~ITEM ~~Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 6, 2014, among the Company, Transport, as guarantor, and U~~8.S.01 ~~Bank~~OTHER ~~National Association, as Trustee~~EVENTS.

~~4.5~~In ~~Form~~connection with the issuance of 3the Notes, on March 1, 2019, Transport, as the borrower, the Company, as parent guarantor, Bank of America, N.~~850%~~A. ~~Senior~~as ~~Note~~Administrative ~~due~~Agent ~~2024~~and the Lenders party thereto entered into an amendment (~~set~~the ~~forth~~“First Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as ~~Exhibit~~of September 25, 2018, by and among the Company, Transport, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement”). The First Amendment makes technical corrections to the ~~Third~~Credit ~~Supplemental~~Agreement by adding the Base Indenture ~~attached~~and asfuture ~~Exhibit~~indentures ~~4.4~~to ~~hereto)~~the Credit Agreement’s definition of “Indenture.”

~~5.1~~The ~~Opinion~~foregoing ofdescription ~~Mitchell,~~is ~~Williams,~~qualified ~~Selig,~~in ~~Gates~~its &entirety ~~Woodyard~~by reference to the First Amendment, Pa copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.L2 to this current report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.~~L.C.~~

~~12.1~~ITEM ~~Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (filed as Exhibit 12~~9.101. toFINANCIAL ~~the~~STATEMENTS ~~Company’s~~AND ~~Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR filed on February 27, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)~~EXHIBITS

~~23.1 Consent of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.LC.~~ (~~included~~d) ~~in Exhibit 5~~Exhibits.1)

~~SIGNATURES~~1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2019, among the Company, Transport and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein

~~Pursuant~~4.1 toBase ~~the~~Indenture, ~~requirements~~dated as of ~~the~~March ~~Securities~~1, ~~Exchange Act of 1934~~2019, ~~the~~by ~~registrant~~and ~~has~~among ~~duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by~~ the ~~undersigned thereunto duly authorized~~Company, inTransport ~~the~~and ~~city~~Wells ofFargo ~~Lowell~~Bank, ~~Arkansas~~National Association, onas ~~the 6th day of March 2014.~~Trustee

J4.B.2 ~~HUNT~~First ~~TRANSPORT~~Supplemental ~~SERVICES~~Indenture, ~~INC.~~dated as of March 1, 2019, by and among the Company, Transport and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee

~~BY: /s/~~4.3 ~~John~~Form Nof 3.875% ~~Roberts,~~Senior ~~III~~ Note due 2026 (set forth as Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto)

~~John N~~5.1 ~~Roberts~~Opinion of Mitchell, ~~III~~Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.

~~President~~10.1 Credit Agreement and ~~Chief~~related ~~Executive~~documents ~~Officer~~(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed September 28, 2018)

~~(Principal~~10.2 ~~Executive~~First ~~Officer)~~Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2019, by and among the Company, Transport, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto

~~BY: /s/~~23.1 ~~David~~Consent Gof Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.LC. ~~Mee~~ (included in Exhibit 5.1)

~~David G~~25.1 ~~Mee~~Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee

~~Executive Vice President, Finance and~~ SIGNATURES

~~Administration~~Pursuant ~~and~~to ~~Chief~~the ~~Financial~~requirements ~~Officer~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on the 1st day of March, 2019.

J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. BY: /s/ John N. Roberts, III John N. Roberts, III President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal ~~Financial~~Executive Officer) BY: /s/ David G. Mee David G. Mee Executive Vice President, Finance and ~~Accounting~~Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

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