September 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Sonia Bednarowski, Esq.
Loan Lauren P. Nguyen, Esq.
Kristin Shifflett
Margery Reich
Re: | Universal Truckload Services, Inc. |
Information Statement on Schedule 14C |
File No. 000-51142, Film No. 12995183 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In response to your oral comments on September 14, 2012 to our counsel, Kerry Crenshaw, we respond as follows, with regard to the Definitive Information Statement filed September 10, 2012 (the Definitive Information Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission):
The Company confirms and acknowledges, in connection with the filing of the Definitive Information Statement (the Filing) and the responses of our counsel to the comments of the staff of the Commission (the Staff) included in the Staffs comment letters relating to the Filing:
1. That the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Filing;
2. That Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Filing; and
3. That the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Securities and Exchange Commission
September 17, 2012
Please do not hesitate to call the undersigned at (586) 920-0224 or Kerry Crenshaw ((313) 965-8266) with any questions or further comments you may have regarding this filing or if you wish to discuss the above responses.
Very truly yours, |
UNIVERSAL TRUCKLOAD SERVICES, INC. |
/s/ Donald B. Cochran |
Donald B. Cochran President and Chief Executive Officer |
Cc: | Robert E. Sigler |
David A. Crittenden |
William B. Brentani, Esq.
C. Douglas Buford, Jr., Esq.
Mark D. Gerstein, Esq.
D. Kerry Crenshaw, Esq.
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