Werner Enterprises to Participate in the Baird Industrial Conference

OMAHA, Neb.--(Business Wire)--
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) ("Werner"), one of the nation's largest
transportation and logistics companies, announced that it will participate in
the Baird Industrial Conference on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Four
Seasons Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. John J. Steele, Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Werner, will represent the company at
the 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
MarketSM 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.

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

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