Werner Enterprises Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

    OMAHA, Neb.--Aug. 27, 2001--Werner Enterprises, Inc. , announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.025 (2.5 cents) per share payable to stockholders of record on October 1, 2001. This dividend will be paid on October 16, 2001.
    Werner Enterprises is currently in its fifteenth 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., operates throughout the continental United States and Canada as a full service transportation company. Werner also provides through trailer service to and from Mexico.
    Werner Enterprises, Inc. common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol WERN. The Werner Enterprises web site address is www.werner.com.