OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq:
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News) today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer to pay an aggregate purchase amount (including accrued and unpaid interest) not to exceed $100 million (the "Maximum Aggregate Purchase Amount") for its contingent convertible senior notes and notes of YRC Regional Transportation, Inc. (formerly USFreightways Corporation), the company's wholly owned subsidiary. The principal purpose of the tender offer is to purchase notes up to the Maximum Aggregate Purchase Amount, reduce debt and interest costs, increase net income and improve leverage. The series of notes that are the subject of the tender offer (the "Notes") are listed in the table below with other information relating to the tender offer. The terms and conditions of the tender offer are described in an Offer to Purchase, dated November 25, 2008, and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, which are being sent to holders of Notes.