YRC Worldwide Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results

Consolidated operating revenue for the third quarter of 2011 was $1.276 billion, up 12.3% over 2010, and consolidated operating loss was $24 million, which included $12 million of restructuring professional fees and a $15 million non-cash charge for union employee equity awards. As a comparison, the company reported consolidated operating revenue of $1.137 billion for the third quarter of 2010 and a consolidated operating loss of $19 million, which included $7 million of restructuring professional fees.

The company also reported positive operating cash flow for the third quarter of 2011 of $9 million and gross capital expenditures of $14 million resulting in free cash flow usage of $5 million, which included $12 million of restructuring professional fees. As a comparison, the company generated free cash flow for the third quarter of 2010 of $3 million which included $7 million of restructuring professional fees.

As previously announced, Jeff Rogers, formerly president of Holland, was named president of YRC, Mike Naatz, formerly chief customer officer of YRC Worldwide, has been named president of Holland, and Jamie Pierson has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of YRC Worldwide. The enterprise-wide shared services functions, largely supporting YRC, now report directly to Jeff Rogers as we have redeployed the specific shared services resources supporting the regional companies back to each operating company. This change in organization structure is designed to dramatically improve the alignment of critical sales and marketing, human resources, customer service and operational support functions with each operating company's delivery of services to customers and provide greater autonomy for each operating company. The streamlined parent company will consist primarily of the traditional corporate financial and legal functions.

"I wish to express my personal thanks to Jeff Rogers for leading the Holland recovery, and look forward to his leadership impact at YRC," said James Welch, chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide. "We are pleased with the continued year-over-year growth in business volumes as we seek to change the culture of the company and transition to new leadership. The leadership changes at the parent company and YRC, together with the redeployment of our shared services functions, are all designed to position the company for improved operating results from an increased focus on the delivery of consistently reliable service to our customers," stated Welch.

At September 30, 2011, the company's cash and cash equivalents were $163 million and availability under its new multi-year, $400 million asset-based loan ('ABL') was $116 million for total liquidity of $279 million. As a comparison, the company's cash, cash equivalents and unrestricted availability under its lending facilities was $173 million at June 30, 2011.

"With our 12.3% revenue increase, our working capital continues to be well managed as demonstrated by the 38.5 days-sales-outstanding for consolidated receivables, which is about one day better than third quarter a year ago," stated Jamie Pierson, chief financial officer of YRC Worldwide. "The unused availability from the new $400 million ABL facility provides important liquidity to support our working capital needs which are driven by seasonality and our year-over-year revenue growth."

In addition, the company reported a net loss of $120 million for the third quarter of 2011. The third quarter 2011 net loss includes a $79 million non-cash charge related to fair value adjustments for the derivative instruments embedded in the $140 million Series A notes and $100 million Series B notes due 2015 ('2015 convertible notes'). As a comparison, the company reported a net loss of $62 million for the third quarter of 2010.

Key Segment Information

Third quarter 2011 compared to the third quarter of 2010:

YRC National Transportation operating revenues up 11.5% to $841.6 million, adjusted operating ratio improved by 70 basis points to 100.9, tons per day up 4.2%, shipments per day up 5.5%, revenue per hundredweight up 7.5% and revenue per shipment up 6.2%.

Regional Transportation operating revenues up 14.3% to $404.8 million, adjusted operating ratio improved by 180 basis points to 95.2, tons per day up 5.6%, shipments per day up 3.6%, revenue per hundredweight up 8.2% and revenue per shipment up 10.4%.

Equity Conversion

As a result of approvals received at a special meeting of shareholders on September 16, 2011, the company's authorized common shares were increased from 80 million to 10 billion. The increase in authorized common shares allowed approximately 5 million shares of outstanding preferred stock to automatically convert to approximately 1.9 billion common shares, as compared to the approximately 48 million common shares outstanding prior to the September 16, 2011 shareholder meeting. In addition to the 1.9 billion outstanding common shares, approximately 4.1 billion of the newly authorized common shares were reserved for issuance upon conversion of the 2015 convertible notes.

NASDAQ

As previously announced, the NASDAQ Hearings Panel (the "Panel") granted the company's request to remain listed on the NASDAQ. In accordance with the terms of the Panel's decision, the company must implement a reverse stock split and demonstrate a closing bid price for its common stock above $1.00 per share for ten consecutive trading days on or before December 31, 2011. The company is seeking approval from shareholders for a reverse stock split at its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held November 30, 2011, with the ratio and timing of implementation of the reverse stock split at the discretion of the company's board of directors.

Review of Financial Results

YRC Worldwide Inc. will host a conference call with the investment community today, Friday, November 4, 2011, beginning at 9:30am ET, 8:30am CT. The conference call will be available to listeners via the YRC Worldwide website yrcw.com. An audio playback will be available after the call also via the YRC Worldwide website.

Certain Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted operating income (loss) is a non-GAAP measure that reflects the company's operating income before letter of credit fees, certain union employee equity-based compensation expense, net gains or losses on property disposals, and certain other items including restructuring professional fees and results of permitted dispositions. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that reflects the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense, and further adjusted for letter of credit fees, equity-based compensation expense, net gains or losses on property disposals and certain other items, including restructuring professional fees and results of permitted dispositions and discontinued operations as defined in the company's credit agreement. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted operating income (loss) are used for internal management purposes as financial measures that reflect the company's core operating performance. In addition, management uses adjusted EBITDA to measure compliance with financial covenants in the company's credit agreement. Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are non-GAAP measures that reflect the company's operating cash flow minus gross capital expenditures and operating cash flow minus gross capital expenditures, excluding the restructuring costs included in operating cash flow, respectively. However, these financial measures should not be construed as better measurements than operating income, operating cash flow, net income or earnings per share, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles.

Adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow have the following limitations:

Adjusted operating income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to fund restructuring professional fees, letter of credit fees, service interest or principal payments on our outstanding debt;

Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;

Equity-based compensation is an element of our long-term incentive compensation program, although adjusted operating income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA exclude either certain union employee equity-based compensation expense or all of it as an expense, respectively, when presenting our ongoing operating performance for a particular period;

Adjusted free cash flow excludes the cash usage by the company's restructuring activities, debt issuance costs, equity issuance costs and principal payments on our outstanding debt and the resulting reduction in the company's liquidity position from those cash outflows.

Other companies in our industry may calculate adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow should not be considered a substitute for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow as secondary measures. The company has provided reconciliations of its non-GAAP measures (adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow) to GAAP measures within the supplemental financial information in this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release and statements made on the conference call for shareholders and the investment community contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The words "would," "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "intend," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The company's future results could differ materially from any results projected in such forward-looking statements because of a number of factors, including (among others), the effect the restructuring may have on the company's customers' willingness to ship their products on the company's transportation network, the company's ability to generate sufficient cash flows and liquidity to fund operations, which raises substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern, inflation, inclement weather, price and availability of fuel, sudden changes in the cost of fuel or the index upon which the company bases its fuel surcharge, competitor pricing activity, expense volatility, including (without limitation) expense volatility due to changes in rail service or pricing for rail service, ability to capture cost reductions, changes in equity and debt markets, a downturn in general or regional economic activity, effects of a terrorist attack, labor relations, including (without limitation), the impact of work rules, work stoppages, strikes or other disruptions, any obligations to multi-employer health, welfare and pension plans, wage requirements and employee satisfaction, and the risk factors that are from time to time included in the company's reports filed with the SEC, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

The company's expectations regarding liquidity, working capital and cash flow are only its expectations regarding these matters. Actual liquidity, working capital and cash flow will depend upon (among other things) the company's operating results, the timing of its receipts and disbursements, the company's access to credit facilities or credit markets, the continuation of the wage, benefit and work rule concessions under the company's modified labor agreement and the factors identified in the preceding paragraph.

About YRC Worldwide

YRC Worldwide Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., is a leading provider of transportation and global logistics services. It is the holding company for a portfolio of successful brands including YRC, YRC Reimer, Holland, Reddaway, New Penn and Glen Moore, and provides China-based services through its Jiayu and JHJ joint ventures. YRC Worldwide has one of the largest, most comprehensive less-than-truckload (LTL) networks in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities. Through its team of experienced service professionals, YRC Worldwide offers industry-leading expertise in heavyweight shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with confidence. Please visit www.yrcw.com for more information.