OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2007--Werner Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WERN) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.050 (5.0 cents) per common share payable to stockholders of record on January 9, 2008. This dividend will be paid on January 24, 2008.

Werner Enterprises is currently in its twenty-first year of paying quarterly cash dividends on its common stock to its stockholders. The first quarterly cash dividend was paid by the Company in July 1987.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Werner maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska with offices throughout North America and China. 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. 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, licensed Freight Forwarder in China, licensed China NVOCC, a TSA approved Indirect Air Carrier, and an IATA Accredited Cargo Agent.

Werner Enterprises' common stock trades on The NASDAQ Global Select Market(SM) under the symbol WERN. The Werner website address is www.werner.com.

    CONTACT: Werner Enterprises, Inc.
             John J. Steele, 402-894-3036
             Executive Vice President, Treasurer and
             Chief Financial Officer
             or
             Robert E. Synowicki, Jr., 402-894-3000
             Executive Vice President and
             Chief Information Officer

    SOURCE: Werner Enterprises, Inc.