Celadon Group Inc. (NYSE: CGI) announced today that on August 25, 2010,
the Board of Directors of Celadon Group authorized a stock repurchase
program under which the company was authorized to purchase up to two
million shares in open market or negotiated transactions through August
31, 2011. Chairman and CEO Steve Russell said, "At recent stock prices
and applicable interest rates, repurchasing our shares would be
accretive to earnings, and we believe repurchasing our shares offers a
potentially attractive use of capital.”
Celadon Group Inc. (www.celadongroup.com),
through its subsidiaries, primarily provides long-haul, full-truckload
freight service across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The company
also owns TruckersB2B Inc. (www.truckersb2b.com)
which provides cost savings to member fleets; Celadon Dedicated
Services, which provides supply chain management solutions, such as
warehousing and dedicated fleet services; and Celadon Brokerage Services.
This press release and the conference announced may contain
forward-looking statements made by the Company that involve risks,
assumptions and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Investors
are directed to the information contained in Item 7A ("Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk”) of
Part II of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, for a discussion of the risks that
may affect the Company’s future operating results. Actual results may
differ.
