UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September
19, 2007
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COVENANT
TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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000-24960
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88-0320154
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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400
Birmingham Hwy., Chattanooga, TN
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37419
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(423)
821-1212
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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Item
7.01
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Regulation
FD Disclosure.
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On
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Covenant Transportation Group, Inc.,
a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), presented at the A.G. Edwards'
2nd
Annual Emerging Growth Conference in New York City. A copy of
slide presentation is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Covenant
Transportation Group, Inc. slide presentation from the A.G. Edwards'
2nd
Annual Emerging Growth Conference in New York City
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The
information contained in this report (including Items 7.01 and 9.01)
and
the exhibit hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section
18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"),
or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act, except
as
shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.
The
information in the exhibit hereto 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. Statements that constitute forward-looking statements are
usually
identified by words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"projects," "expects," "plans," "intends," or similar expressions.
These
statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based
upon
the current beliefs and expectations of Company's management and
are
subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ
from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially
from those in forward-looking statements: elevated experience in
the
frequency and severity of claims relating to accident, cargo, workers'
compensation, health, and other claims, increased insurance premiums,
fluctuations in claims expenses that result from high self-insured
retention amounts and differences between estimates used in establishing
and adjusting claims reserves and actual results over time, adverse
changes in claims experience and loss development factors, or additional
changes in management's estimates of liability based upon such experience
and development factors that causes our expectations of insurance
and
claims expense to be inaccurate or otherwise impacts our results;
changes
in the market condition for used revenue equipment and terminal facilities
that impact our capital expenditures and our ability to dispose of
revenue
equipment and terminals on the schedule and for the prices we expect;
increases in the prices paid for new revenue equipment and changes
in the
resale value of our used equipment that impact our capital expenditures
or
our results generally; our ability to renew Dedicated service offering
contracts on the terms and schedule we expect; our ability to successfully
integrate Star Transportation into our consolidated group; our ability
to
successfully manage the downsizing of a portion of our operations
at
Covenant Transport; our ability to improve the performance of our
Regional
service offering and to cause the performance of SRT and Star to
return to
historical levels; our ability to integrate the former operations
of our
Covenant Refrigerated service offering into our SRT and Expedited
Long-Haul operations; our success in restructuring the company's
operations around the identified service offerings; excess tractor
or
trailer capacity in the trucking industry; decreased demand for our
services or loss of one or more of our major customers; surplus
inventories; recessionary economic cycles and downturns in customers'
business cycles; strikes, work slow downs, or work stoppages at the
Company, customers, ports, or other shipping related facilities;
increases
or rapid fluctuations in fuel prices, as well as fluctuations in
hedging
activities and surcharge collection; the volume and terms of diesel
purchase commitments; interest rates, fuel taxes, tolls, and license
and
registration fees; increases in compensation for and difficulty in
attracting and retaining qualified drivers and independent contractors;
seasonal factors such as harsh weather conditions that increase operating
costs; competition from trucking, rail, and intermodal competitors;
regulatory requirements that increase costs or decrease efficiency,
including revised hours-of-service requirements for drivers; the
ability
to successfully execute the Company's initiative of improving the
profitability of single- driver freight movements; the ability to
control
increases in operating costs; and the ability to identify acceptable
acquisition candidates, consummate acquisitions, and integrate acquired
operations. Readers should review and consider these factors along
with
the various disclosures by the Company in its press releases, stockholder
reports, and filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. We
disclaim
any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements
to
reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the
forward-looking information.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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COVENANT
TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC.
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Date:
September 24, 2007
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By:
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/s/
Joey B. Hogan
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Joey
B. Hogan
Senior
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
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99
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Covenant
Transportation Group, Inc. slide presentation from the A.G. Edwards'
2nd
Annual Emerging Growth Conference in New York City
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