Arkansas Best Corporation Announces First Quarter 2012 Results

Arkansas Best Corporation announced a first quarter 2012 net loss of $18.2 million, or $0.71 per share, compared to a net loss of $12.8 million, or $0.51 per share in the first quarter of 2011.

Arkansas Best's first quarter 2012 results were impacted by a number of unusual items which are listed below with the corresponding diluted per share effect:


Low corporate tax benefit rate - ($0.18/