ADDISON, Texas, Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daseke, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSKE) (“Daseke” or the “Company”) today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 7,420,000 shares of its common stock by the Company and 80,000 shares of its common stock by one of the Company’s stockholders. The Company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 shares of common stock from the Company.

Cowen and Company, LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC is acting as lead manager for the offering and Northland Capital Markets is acting as co-manager for the offering.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, working capital, capital expenditures, debt repayment or refinancing or the financing of possible future acquisitions. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholder. 

The offering is being made pursuant to effective shelf registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectuses, copies of which may be obtained by sending a request to:

(i)  Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Services, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NJ 11717, or by telephone at (631) 274-2806, or by email at [email protected]; or
(ii)  Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attn: Syndicate Department, 1 South Street, 15^thFloor, Baltimore, MD 21202, or by telephone at (855) 300-7136, or by email at [email protected].

These documents may also be obtained on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.