MIAMI, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Swienton and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Jamieson will present a Company update at the 2006 Stephens Logistics & Transportation Services Conference.
Who: Ryder System, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg
Swienton and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer Mark Jamieson What: 2006 Stephens Logistics & Transportation Services Conference Where: The New York Palace Hotel, New York City When: Thursday, November 2, 2006 Time: 12:30 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Eastern Time Webcast: To access the live webcast, visit http://www.ryder.com/ and click
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About Ryder
Ryder is a Fortune 500 company providing leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Ryder's stock (NYSE:R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information about Ryder System, Inc., visit http://www.ryder.com/.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements and information included in this press release are "forward-looking statements" under the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties inherent in our business that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, among others, our ability to obtain adequate profit margins for our services, our inability to maintain current pricing levels due to customer acceptance or competition, customer retention levels, unexpected volume declines, loss of key customers in the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business segment, our failure to successfully implement new sales growth initiatives in our FMS business segment, unexpected reserves or write-offs due to the deterioration of the credit worthiness or bankruptcy of certain customers in our SCS business segment, changes in financial, tax or regulatory requirements or changes in customers' business environments that will limit their ability to commit to long-term vehicle leases, changes in market conditions affecting the commercial rental market or the sale of used vehicles, the effect of severe weather events, labor strikes or work stoppages affecting our or our customers' business operations, adequacy of accounting estimates and accruals particularly with respect to pension, taxes and revenue, changes in general economic conditions, sudden changes in fuel prices, availability of qualified drivers, our ability to manage our cost structure, new accounting pronouncements, rules, or interpretations, changes in government regulations including regulations regarding vehicle emissions and the risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The risks included here are not exhaustive. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks on our business. Accordingly, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Ryder System, Inc.
CONTACT: Edward Rifenburg, +1-305-500-4161, or , or David Bruce, +1-305-500-4999, or , both of Ryder System, Inc.
Web site: http://www.ryder.com/
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