Werner Enterprises Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

OMAHA, Neb.--March 31, 2005--Werner Enterprises, Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.035 (3.5 cents) per common share payable to stockholders of record on April 18, 2005. This dividend will be paid on May 3, 2005.

Werner Enterprises is currently in its nineteenth 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 and logistics 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 transportation companies with a fleet of 8,600 trucks and 23,540 trailers as of December 31, 2004.

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.