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May 17, 2005 2:00 PM, EDT

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ellow Roadway Corp. said Tuesday it would sell $250 million in notes through a private offering to pay part of the cost of its acquisition of fellow less-than-truckload carrier USF Corp.

Yellow Roadway said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing it plans to pay 65% of the $1.37 billion purchase price of USF in cash, that it has $450 million available secured by receivables, and $500 million in unsecured credit, Bloomberg reported.

If approved by USF stockholders May 23, the acquisition would close on May 24.

Yellow Roadway is ranked No. 3 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers. USF is ranked No. 12.