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Logistics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#x201c;PAL&#x201d; or the &#x201c;Company&#x201d;), through its wholly owned subsidiaries
Proficient Services, Inc. (&#x201c;US Buyer&#x201d;) and H&amp;A CN Acquisition, Ltd. (&#x201c;Canada Buyer&#x201d; and, together with
US Buyer, the&#160;&#x201c;Buyers&#x201d;), completed its previously announced acquisition (the &#x201c;Acquisition&#x201d;) of all of the
issued and outstanding equity interests of Hansen &amp; Adkins Auto Transport, LLC (&#x201c;H&amp;A Auto Transport,&#x201d; formerly
Hansen &amp; Adkins Auto Transport, Inc.), Hansen &amp; Adkins Auto Logistics, LLC (&#x201c;H&amp;A Auto Logistics,&#x201d; formerly
Hansen &amp; Adkins Auto Logistics, Inc.), Royal Truck Leasing, LLC (&#x201c;Royal&#x201d;) and Hansen &amp; Adkins Canada Ltd.
(&#x201c;H&amp;A Canada&#x201d; and, collectively, the &#x201c;Acquired Companies&#x201d;) pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement,
dated as of August 10, 2026 (the&#160;&#x201c;Purchase Agreement&#x201d;), by and among the Buyers, the Acquired Companies, Steven Hansen,
Louie Adkins, Hansen &amp; Adkins, Inc., Royal Holdco, LLC, The Steven Hansen Separate Property Trust and The Louie Adkins 2024
Trust (collectively, the &#x201c;Sellers&#x201d;), and Steven Hansen, in his capacity as the Seller Representative. The Acquisition
was previously reported in the Company&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2026 (the &#x201c;Original 8-K&#x201d;).
For purposes of this Amendment No. 1 to the Original 8-K (&#x201c;Amendment No. 1&#x201d;), H&amp;A Auto Transport, H&amp;A Auto
Logistics and Royal are referred to collectively as &#x201c;H&amp;A.&#x201d; Upon completion of the Acquisition, MCL McGill Carriers
Ltd. (&#x201c;MCL&#x201d;) became a subsidiary of H&amp;A Canada. For purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial
information, MCL&#x2019;s historical financial information is presented under the caption &#x201c;H&amp;A Canada.&#x201d; H&amp;A and
H&amp;A Canada are referred to collectively as the &#x201c;acquired businesses.&#x201d; This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to provide
the financial statements and pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K. This Amendment No. 1 should be read
in conjunction with the Original 8-K. Except as set forth herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, modify or update the
information contained in the Original 8-K.

The pro forma financial information included in this Amendment No. 1 is presented for
informational purposes only, as required by Form 8-K. It is not intended to represent the results of operations that PAL and the
acquired businesses would have achieved had the Acquisition and related financing transactions occurred during the periods
presented, nor is it intended to project the future results of operations of the combined company.</dei:AmendmentDescription>
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