Two Leading Open Deck Transportation Companies Merge with Daseke

ADDISON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE) (NASDAQ: DSKEW), the largest owner and a leading consolidator of open deck specialized transportation solutions in North America, welcomes two leading open deck specialized transportation companies – The Schilli Companies, headquartered in Indiana, and Canada-based Big Freight Systems Inc., headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Daseke is the largest owner of open deck equipment in North America, yet accounts for less than one percent of this highly fragmented $133 billion market. Combined, Schilli and Big Freight’s total 2016 estimated1 revenue was $119 million and $13 million of Adjusted EBITDA2, of which an estimated 40 percent is asset-light or logistics related. Daseke’s 2016 revenue and Adjusted EBITDA would have been $770 million and $101 million3, respectively, after giving pro forma effect to these mergers, an 18 percent increase and a 14 percent increase, respectively, as compared to actual 2016 results.