Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MOROUN MATTHEW T (Last) (First) (Middle) 12225 STEPHENS ROAD (Street) WARREN MI 48089 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC [ PTSI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/09/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/09/2024		A(1)		852	A	$17.6	3,604(2)	I	By Son
Common Stock	07/29/2024		S(3)		4,000,000	D	$18.183	0	D
Common Stock	07/29/2024		S(4)		73,700	D	$18.183	0	I	By Manuel J. Moroun Trust
Common Stock	07/29/2024		P(3)(4)		4,073,700	A	$18.183	10,427,848	I	By Lindsay S. Moroun Trust
Common Stock								5,268,000(3)	I	By Moroun Grantor Trust
Common Stock								306,048	I	By 2020 Agnes Moroun Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Award of common stock as part of annual retainer for non-employee directors.

2. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such shares.

3. On July 29, 2024, the reporting person sold 4,000,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, individually, to the 2020 Lindsay Moroun Trust in a privately negotiated transaction. These 4,000,000 shares were previously distributed to the reporting person by the Moroun Grantor Trust and were reported as indirectly beneficially owned by the Moroun Grantor Trust in the reporting person's prior reports. The reporting person serves as trustee of the 2020 Lindsay Moroun Trust and the Moroun Grantor Trust.

4. On July 29, 2024, the Manuel J. Moroun Trust sold 73,700 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer to the 2020 Lindsay Moroun Trust in a privately negotiated transaction. The reporting person serves as trustee of the Manuel J. Moroun Trust and the 2020 Lindsay Moroun Trust. These shares were inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's prior reports following his appointment as trustee of the Manuel J. Moroun Trust.

	/s/ Courtney C. Crouch, III as Attorney-in-fact for Matthew T. Moroun	07/31/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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