J.B.Hunt Raises Dividend, Authorizes Stock Repurchase

J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that its board of directors raised the company's quarterly dividend from 3 cents to 12 cents per outstanding share
of common stock and authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of its common stock over the next year.
The cash dividend is payable February 18, 2005, to shareholders of record on January 31, 2005.