SCST SCS Transport (MM)

SCS Transportation, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCST) today announced that it will release its first quarter 2006 results on Thursday, April 20, 2006 after the close of the market. As previously announced, the Company's Board of Directors is actively working with its financial advisor, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., to explore and identify a range of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. In light of this ongoing process, and consistent with the Company's previous comments that it will not provide interim updates on the status of the process, the Company will not conduct a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2006 results. SCS Transportation, Inc. provides trucking transportation and supply chain solutions to a broad base of customers across the United States. With annual revenue of $1.1 billion, the Company focuses on regional and interregional less-than-truckload (LTL), and selected truckload (TL) and time-definite services. Operating subsidiaries are Saia, a multi-region LTL carrier based in Duluth, Ga., and Jevic, a hybrid LTL and truckload carrier based in Delanco, N.J. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., SCST has approximately 9,400 employees nationwide. The Securities and Exchange Commission encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand the future prospects of a company and make informed investment decisions. This news release contains these types of statements, which are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "believe" and similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements reflect the present expectation of future events of our management and are subject to a number of important factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements. These factors and risks include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions; the effects and outcomes of strategic evaluations; cost and availability of qualified drivers, fuel, purchased transportation, property, revenue equipment and other operating assets; governmental regulations, including but not limited to Hours of Service, engine emissions, compliance with recent legislation requiring companies to evaluate their internal control over financial reporting and Homeland Security; dependence on key employees; inclement weather; labor relations; integration risks; effectiveness of company-specific performance improvement initiatives; competitive initiatives and pricing pressures; terrorism risks; self-insurance claims, equity-based compensation and other expense volatility; the Company's determination from time to time whether to purchase any shares under the repurchase program; and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings.