MAIL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA

HISTORY

In 1945, several Little Rock business people formed Inter City Transit Company, the forerunner to Mail Contractors of America, Inc. (“MCA”). That Company was primarily a passenger bus service, with the main routes serving the military bases in Jacksonville and Fort Smith, Arkansas. The runs were feeder routes for national carriers such as Greyhound and Trailways.

In 1946, Little Rock banker Andy Burbridge, purchased a controlling interest in Inter City, and began to diversify into the highway post office system. Specially designed buses were used to transport mail between post offices. Each bus was operated by a driver and a mail clerk, with the mail clerk “strapped” in the back of the bus sorting mail.

Burbridge foresaw that with the creation of the federal interstate highway system, the highway post buses would give way to a more efficient method of mail distribution. The tractor-trailer rig became the foremost method of mail transport. As new postal routes became available, Inter City began using these rigs to increase its scope. Burbridge created new companies to operate the various routes, but the corporate management remained in Little Rock, Arkansas under his direction. He directed the steady expansion of the companies until his death in 1985, at which time the combined interests of the MCA included over 20 postal contracts nation-wide.

In 1986, the family decided to consolidate some of the various companies, rather than sell them. Randy Mourot was hired as general manager to oversee the merger. On January 1, 1987, Mail Contractors of Arkansas, Inc., opened its doors as the streamlined product of the merger of the five original Inter City companies.

In April of 1989, Mourot purchased the companies with a commitment to uphold the established reputation for excellence. The first acquisition closed in 1990 with a company called B & F Transportation.

At the end of 1991, MCA was incorporated and acquired a group of companies in early 1992 with routes in the Northeast part of the country. The Company continued to grow through acquisitions in the upper Midwest and northeast parts of the country.

Today, MCA operates 137 USPS contracts and services railroads and logistic service providers in nearly a dozen cities nationwide. MCA manages terminals throughout the country, operates in nearly all the 48 contiguious states, and maintains its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Company’s fleet includes over 900 tractors and 1,400 trailers, and the combined business operates over 104,000,000 miles annually. MCA’s team of professionals includes over 2,000 dedicated drivers, mechanics, managers, and administrative staff.

MCA’s strategy is to apply the dedicated service expertise and infrastructure utilized in the mail-hauling industry and apply these skills and assets to dedicated service opportunities in the transportation market place. MCA will also continue to expand its presence in the intermodal transportation market place.

In spite of its tremendous growth, the Company remains dedicated to the principles established by its founder. The Company’s mission is to provide outstanding service to its customers while continuing to grow in the increasingly competitive transportation environment and provide good quality of life to its employees and their families.