DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

NOTE 14 – DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

On January 1, 2015, the Company established the Daseke, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the Retirement Plan). The Retirement Plan is a defined contribution plan and intended to qualify under The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provisions of 401(k). Under the safe harbor matching requirements, the Company had expenses of $1.1 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively and $1.9 million and $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company sponsors defined contribution profit-sharing plans, including 401(k) provisions for substantially all employees of acquired companies whose plans have not been merged into the Retirement Plan at June 30, 2018. Matching contributions for 401(k) defined contribution plans not yet merged into the Retirement Plan totaled approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, with no such contributions for the three or six months ended June 30, 2017.