KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
SC TO-T/A, 2000-07-12
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                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C.  20549

                                SCHEDULE TO

         Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             (Amendment No. 5)

                       KLLM TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
                    (Name of Subject Company (issuer))

                        HIGH ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
                  HIGH ROAD ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY CORP.
                           WILLIAM J. LILES, III
                             BERNARD J. EBBERS
                   (Names of Filing Persons (offerors))

                  COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE
                      (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 482498102
                  (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

        Dionne M. Rousseau                  Charles P. Adams, Jr.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent,         Adams & Reese, L.L.P.
     Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.              111 E. Capitol Street
 201 St. Charles Avenue, Floor 51                 Suite 350
   New Orleans, Louisiana  70170        Jackson, Mississippi  39201
          (504) 582-8338                      (601) 292-0720

     (Name, address, and telephone numbers of persons authorized to receive
            notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

                         CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

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| TRANSACTION VALUATION*       | AMOUNT OF FILING FEE                    |
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| $27,485,558                  | $5,398                                  |
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*Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only.
The filing fee calculation assumes the purchase of all the outstanding
shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of KLLM Transport
Services, Inc. (the "Common Stock"), a Delaware corporation (the

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"Company"), including the related preferred stock purchase rights (the
"Rights" and, together with the Common Stock, the "Shares"), except for
689,123 Shares beneficially owned by William J. Liles, III, at a per Share
price of $8.05 in cash, without interest.  Based on the Company's
representation, as of May 25, 2000, there were 4,103,478 Shares issued and
outstanding.  Based on the foregoing, the transaction value is equal to the
product of 3,414,355 Shares and $8.05 per Share.  The amount of the filing
fee calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50th of one percent of the value of the
transaction.

     [ ] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
previously paid.  Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

     Amount Previously Paid:___________________
     Form or Registration No:___________________
     Filing Party:_____________________________
     Dated Filed:____________________________

     [  ]  Check  the  box  if  the  filing  relates  solely to preliminary
communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

     Check  the  appropriate boxes below to designate any  transactions  to
which the statement relates:

     [X]  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
     [ ]  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
     [X]  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
     [ ]  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

     Check the following  box if a final amendment reporting the results of
the tender offer: [ ]

     This Amendment No. 5 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on  Schedule TO filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"SEC")  on  June  2,  2000,  by  High  Road  Acquisition  Corp., a Delaware
corporation  ("Parent"),  and  High  Road Acquisition Subsidiary  Corp.,  a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  Parent ("Purchaser")
and Amendments No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No.4 to the Schedule  TO  filed with
the  SEC  on  June 23, 2000, June 26, 2000, June 28, 2000 and July 7,  2000
respectively, by  Parent,  Purchaser,  William J. Liles, III and Bernard J.
Ebbers.   The  Schedule  TO,  as amended, relates  to  a  tender  offer  by
Purchaser to purchase all outstanding  shares  of  common  stock, par value
$1.00  per share (the "Common Stock") of KLLM Transport Services,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"), and the associated preferred stock
purchase rights of the Company  (the "Rights" and, together with the Common
Stock, the "Shares"), issued pursuant  to the Stockholder Protection Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1997,  by  and  between the Company and
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as successor Rights Agent,

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at  a  price  of $8.05  per  Share and  subject to the conditions set forth
in the Offer to Purchase  dated  June 2, 2000, as  amended, and the related
Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any supplements or  amendments,
collectively  constitute the "Offer"), copies of  which  were  attached  as
Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively, to the Schedule TO.

ITEMS 1, 4 AND 11.

     Items 1, 4  and  11  are  hereby  amended  and supplemented to add the
following:

     On July 12, 2000, Parent announced that the subsequent offering period
for  Purchaser's  $8.05  per  share  cash  tender  offer  for  all  of  the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, which  was  scheduled to
expire at 12:00 Midnight, New York City time on Tuesday, July 11, 2000, has
been  extended.   The subsequent offering period now expires at 5:00  p.m.,
New York City time  on  Tuesday, July 18, 2000.  Shares tendered during the
subsequent offering period may not be withdrawn.

     As  of  12:00  Midnight,   New  York  City  Time  on  July  11,  2000,
approximately 2,721,959 shares of  KLLM  common stock were validly tendered
during  the  initial  and  subsequent offering  periods,  including  23,128
pursuant to Notice of Guaranteed  Delivery.   The tendered shares, together
with the 689,123 shares acquired by High Road Acquisition  Corp.  from  the
Liles  family,  represent  approximately 83.1% of the outstanding shares of
KLLM common stock.

ITEM 12.  EXHIBITS

     99. (a)(1)(A) Press release issued by Parent dated July 12, 2000.



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SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the
undersigned hereby certify as of July 12, 2000 that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.  William J. Liles,
III and Bernard J. Ebbers hereby adopt as their own disclosures the
disclosures made by Parent and Purchaser herein and in the Schedule TO
filed June 2, 2000 and Amendments No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 thereto.

HIGH ROAD ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY CORP.

By: /s/ William J. Liles, III
    ----------------------------
Name:  William J. Liles, III
Title: President


HIGH ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.

By: /S/ William J. Liles, III
   -----------------------------
Name:  William J. Liles, III
Title: President


  /S/ William J. Liles, III
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William J. Liles, III



   /S/ Bernard J. Ebbers
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Bernard J. Ebbers


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