Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

October 13, 2009 (October 10, 2009)

 

 

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida   000-24180   59-3239073

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4041 Park Oaks Boulevard, Suite 200

Tampa, Florida 33610

(Address of principal executive offices including Zip Code)

(813) 630-5826

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N.A.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 10, 2009, Quality Distribution, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has sold substantially all of the operating assets of its Quala Systems, Inc. tank wash subsidiary. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of Quality Distribution, Inc. dated October 10, 2009


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.
  (Registrant)
Dated: October 13, 2009   By:   /S/    STEPHEN R. ATTWOOD        
  Name:   Stephen R. Attwood
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibits

99. 1

   Press Release of Quality Distribution, Inc. dated October 10, 2009