Forward Air Corporation Announces Moving to a Virtual Meeting for 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ: FWRD) (the “Company”) provided notice today of an update to the location of the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Due to the emerging public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Annual Meeting) will be held in a virtual only meeting format on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. local time. Online access to the meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. local time. The Company urges shareholders to vote and submit proxies in advance of the Annual Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting mailed to shareholders on or around April 2, 2020.

You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. Instead, shareholders should follow the instructions provided below to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Shareholders who attend the virtual Annual Meeting by following the instructions below will have an opportunity to vote and to submit questions electronically during the meeting.

We expect this modification in meeting format to be effective for this year only and to revert back to an in-person annual meeting in future years after public health conditions have improved.

Attending the Annual Meeting as a Shareholder of Record

If you were a holder of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on March 11, 2020 (the “Record Date”) (i.e., you held your shares in your own name as reflected in the records of our transfer agent, Computershare), you must register by 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 10, 2020 at https://viewproxy.com/ForwardAirCorp/2020. You may then attend the virtual Annual Meeting on May 12, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT by visiting https://viewproxy.com/Forward AirCorp/2020/VM and entering the password provided after registration. You may vote during the virtual meeting using the first 13 digits of the 16-digit control number on the Proxy Card or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials you previously received. If you are a holder of record and you have misplaced your control number, please call Alliance Advisors at 1-866-612-8937. We have designed the format of the Annual Meeting to provide shareholders the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting.