YRC is seeking big concession by shareholders

November 3, 2009: YRC Worldwide Inc. shocked its shareholders Monday by asking them to surrender 95 percent ownership of the embattled trucking company to its lenders as the “final step” in a recovery plan.

Investors drove down the Overland Park-based company’s share price by 64 percent, more than on any day since at least 1980, according to Bloomberg News. The stock fell $2.33 and closed at $1.32 a share.

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