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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

March 29, 2004

 

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida		000-24180		59-3239073
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

3802 Corporex Park Drive

Tampa, Florida 33619

(Address of principal executive

offices including Zip Code)

 

(813) 630-5826

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 

N.A.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements: Not applicable

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information: Not applicable

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Document
99.1		Press Release of Quality Distribution, Inc. dated March 29, 2004

 

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On March 29, 2004, Quality Distribution, Inc. issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter and year ended 2003 results. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated by reference.

 

The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

						QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC. (Registrant)
Dated: March 29, 2004						By:		/s/ Samuel M. Hensley
								Name: Samuel M. Hensley Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibits
99.1		Press Release of Quality Distribution, Inc. dated March 29, 2004

 

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