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Selected Financial Data - Five-Year Summary

                                                              Arkansas Best Corporation                 
                                                                   Year Ended December 31
                                              1995         1994         1993       1992       1991      
                                                               ($ in thousands except per share amounts)
Statement of Operations Data:
Operating revenues                       $ 1,437,279  $ 1,098,421  $ 1,009,918  $ 959,949  $ 884,498
Operating income (loss)                      (23,459)      48,115       51,369     57,255     43,123
Gain on sale of subsidiary stock                   -            -            -          -     14,141
Minority interest in subsidiary                1,297        3,523        3,140      2,825        690
Other expenses, net                            5,185          968          731      1,496      6,638
Interest expense                              17,046        6,985        7,248     17,285     34,421
Income (loss) before income taxes,
  extraordinary item and cumulative
  effect of accounting change                (46,987)      36,639       40,250     35,649     15,515
Provisions for income taxes                  (14,195)      17,932       19,278     16,894      7,763
Income (loss) before extraordinary
  item and cumulative effect
  of accounting change                       (32,792)      18,707       20,972     18,755      7,752
Extraordinary item (1)                             -            -         (661)   (15,975)      (515)
Cumulative effect on prior years of change
  in revenue recognition method (2)                -            -            -     (3,363)         -
Net income (loss)                            (32,792)      18,707       20,311       (583)     7,237
Income (loss) per common share
  before extraordinary item and cumulative
  effect of accounting change                  (1.90)         .74          .89        .99        .61
Net income (loss) per common share             (1.90)         .74          .85       (.03)       .57
Cash dividends paid per common share (3)         .04          .04          .04        .02          -

Pro Forma Data (4):
Income (loss) before extraordinary item  $   (32,792) $    18,707  $    20,972  $  18,755  $   8,253
Income (loss) before extraordinary
  item per common share                        (1.90)         .74          .89        .99        .65
Net income (loss)                            (32,792)      18,707       20,311      2,780      7,738
Net income (loss) per common share             (1.90)         .74          .85        .15        .61

Balance Sheet Data
 (as of the end of the period):
Total assets                             $   985,837  $   569,045  $   447,733  $ 428,345  $ 447,098
Current portion of long-term debt             26,634       65,161       15,239     28,348     34,995
Long-term debt (including capital leases
  and excluding current portion)             399,144       59,295       43,731    107,075    210,987

Other Data
Capital expenditures (5)                 $    74,808  $    64,098  $    33,160  $  26,596  $  19,369
Depreciation and amortization                 46,627       28,087       28,266     34,473     39,755
Goodwill amortization                          5,135        3,527        3,064      3,034      3,024
Other amortization                             1,044          501          319        755      2,290


 (1)  For 1993, represents an extraordinary charge of $661,000 (net of tax of $413,000) from the
      loss on extinguishment of debt. For 1992, represents an extraordinary charge of $15,975,000
      (net of tax of $9,700,000) from the loss on extinguishment of debt in May 1992. For 1991, 
      represents an extraordinary charge of $515,000 (net of tax of $320,000) from the loss on 
      extinguishment of debt relating to the Treadco common stock offering in September 1991.

 (2)  Represents a charge of $3,363,000 (net of tax of $2,100,000) to reflect the cumulative
      effect on prior years of the change in method of accounting for the recognition of revenue
      as required under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Emerging Issues Task
      Force Ruling 91-9 (“EITF 91-9”).

 (3)  No cash dividends were paid by the Company from 1991 until the third quarter of 1992. 

 (4)  Assumes the change in accounting method for recognition of revenue as required under EITF
      91-9 occurred January 1, 1991. 

 (5)  Net of equipment trade-ins. Does not include revenue equipment placed in service under
      operating leases, which amounted to $24.6 million in 1995, $24.8 million in 1993, $25.5
      million in 1992, $15 million in 1991, and $5 million in 1990. There were no operating
      leases for revenue equipment entered into for 1994. See “Management’s Discussion
      and Analysis-Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

 (6)  1995 selected financial data is not comparative to the prior years’ information due to
      the WorldWay Acquisition effective August 12, 1995. In conjunction with the WorldWay
      Acquisition, assets with a fair value of $309 million were acquired and liabilities of
      approximately $235 million were assumed. Approximately $134 million in revenues for the
      period from August 12, 1995 to December 31, 1995, are included in the 1995 consolidated
      statement of operations generated by subsidiaries acquired as part of the WorldWay
      Acquisition.