SEC FORM 4

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

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

EDDY CHARLES J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY

(Street)

CHATTANOOGA

37419

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC [ CVTI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	SR VP - OPERATIONS OF SUB.

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2009

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	03/31/2009		A⁽¹⁾		0⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	A	$0	0⁽³⁾	D
Class A Common Stock								44,500⁽³⁾	D
Class A Common Stock								8,443⁽⁴⁾	I	401(k)

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents a restricted stock award under the 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as such plan may be amended from time to time (the "Incentive Plan"). This grant is void if the stockholders of the issuer do not approve an amendment to the Incentive Plan at the 2009 Annual Meeting, to, among other things, make additional shares available for the grant of awards under the Incentive Plan. Subject to the preceding qualification, the shares subject to the award vest in one-third increments when and to the extent the issuer's Class A common stock trades at or above $4.00, $6.00, and $8.00 for thirty consecutive trading days during the period beginning January 1, 2010, and ending December 31, 2011, subject to continued employment and the specific terms of the award notice.

2. The reporting person acquired an amount equal to approximately $8,749, to be converted to shares based upon the closing price of the issuer's Class A common stock two full trading days following the public release of the issuer's first quarter 2009 earnings.

3. Aggregate amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction does not include the amount of securities that will be acquired upon the conversion to shares of approximately $8,749, based upon the closing price of the issuer's Class A common stock two full trading days following the public release of the issuer's first quarter 2009 earnings.

4. The number of shares beneficially owned following the reported transaction is equal to the reporting person's March 23, 2009 account balance in the employer stock fund under the issuer's 401(k) plan divided by the closing price on March 23, 2009. The plan is unitized and as such does not itself allocate a specific number of shares to each participant.

Remarks:

	/s/ Charles J. Eddy, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC	04/02/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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