Werner Enterprises Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

    OMAHA, Neb.--April 2, 2002--Werner Enterprises, Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.02 (2.0 cents) per share payable to stockholders of record on April 22, 2002. This dividend will be paid on May 7, 2002.
    The dividend rate of $.02 results in a slightly higher dividend than the Company's previous dividend rate of $.025, after adjusting for the Company's recent stock split. Stockholders of record on February 25, 2002 were paid a four-for-three split of the Company's stock effected in the form of a 33 1/3 percent stock dividend on March 14, 2002.
    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., is a full-service transportation company providing truckload services throughout the 48 states, portions of Canada and Mexico. C.L. Werner founded the Company in 1956. Werner is one of the nation's largest truckload carriers with a fleet of 7,775 trucks and 19,775 trailers as of December 31, 2001.
    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.