SMXC Smithway (MM)

Smithway Elects Board Chairman FORT DODGE, Iowa, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. announced today the election of G. Larry Owens as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Company's Board of Directors has elected G. Larry Owens, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of William G. Smith. Smithway is a truckload carrier that hauls diversified freight nationwide, concentrating primarily on the flatbed segment of the truckload market. Its Class A Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "SMXC." DATASOURCE: Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. CONTACT: Press, G. Larry Owens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Smithway Motor Xpress Corp., +1-515-576-7418 Web site: http://www.smxinc.com/

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