Werner Enterprises to Participate in the Baird Industrial Conference

Mr. Steele will provide a general overview of Werner's business and operations to the investment community during a formal presentation and series of meetings with investors. The formal presentation will begin at 10:05 a.m. (CST) and will be approximately 30 minutes in length, followed by a brief informal breakout session with investors. At the conference, Mr. Steele will also participate in several 30-minute investor meetings.

On the date of the conference, a live audio webcast of Werner's formal presentation and the investor materials provided by Werner at the Baird Industrial Conference will be publicly accessible on the internet through the "Investor Information" link on the Werner website at www.werner.com. The investor materials and replays of the webcast presentation will then be archived and available to the public on the Werner website during the 30-day period following the conference date.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout North America, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Werner maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Australia. Werner is among the five largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a diversified portfolio of transportation services that includes dedicated, medium-to-long-haul, regional and local van capacity, expedited, temperature-controlled and flatbed services. Werner's Value Added Services portfolio includes freight management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode and network optimization and freight forwarding. Werner, through its subsidiary companies, is a licensed U.S. NVOCC, U.S. Customs Broker, Class A Freight Forwarder in China, China NVOCC, TSA-approved Indirect Air Carrier and IATA Accredited Cargo Agent.

Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market(SM) under the symbol "WERN". For further information about Werner, visit the company's website at www.werner.com.

This press release, as well as the investor materials provided by and the oral public statements made by a Werner representative during the conference presentations, meetings and webcasts announced in this press release, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are based on information presently available to Werner's management and are current only as of the date made. Actual results could also differ materially from those anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed in Werner's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009. For those reasons, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statement. Werner assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, although it may do so from time to time as management believes is warranted or as may be required by applicable securities law. Any such updates or revisions may be made by filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, through the issuance of press releases or by other methods of public disclosure.

SOURCE: Werner Enterprises, Inc.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. 
John J. Steele, 402-894-3036 
Executive Vice President, Treasurer and 
Chief Financial Officer