UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 24, 2015

Con-way Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)

2211 Old Earhart Road, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (734) 757-1444

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans.

On September 24, 2015, Con-way Inc. (“Con-way”, the “Company” or “we”) delivered to its executive officers and directors (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) a notice under Rule 104(b)(2)(i) of Regulation BTR, pursuant to which Con-way may be imposing a “blackout” period in accordance with Section 306(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.

Because a blackout period has been imposed under the Con-way Personal Savings Plan, the Con-way 401(k) Plan and the Con-way Retirement Savings Plan (collectively, the “Plans”), beginning on October 9, 2015, and ending on the date the Plans receive and allocate the tender offer consideration described below to Plan accounts, we may be imposing a SOX blackout period beginning on October 9, 2015, and ending on the date the Plans receive and allocate the tender offer consideration described below to Plan accounts in the event that 50% or more of participants in any of the Plans who hold shares of our common stock in such Plan will actually participate in the Tender Offer (as defined below). During the blackout period, tendering participants will be unable to engage in transactions, such as obtaining loans or distributions from, or diversifying or otherwise changing, the portion of their account balances invested in the Company’s common stock. We will advise the Covered Persons when the SOX blackout period ends, if earlier or later than the specified date. The blackout period under the Plans is needed in connection with the process of exchanging shares of common stock of the Company under the Plans for cash as part of the tender offer commenced by Canada Merger Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of XPO Logistics, Inc. on September 15, 2015 (the “Tender Offer”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, XPO Logistics, Inc., and Canada Merger Corp. (the “Merger Agreement”).

While the SOX blackout period is in effect, the Covered Persons (and their immediate family members who share their residence) should not, directly or indirectly, engage in any purchase, sale, transfer, acquisition, or disposition of any equity securities of the Company relating to the Company’s common stock and any options with respect to any of these stocks. There are limited exclusions and exemptions from this rule. For example, transactions that are executed pursuant to a properly adopted Rule 10b5-1 plan are exempt from the foregoing SOX blackout trading restrictions. Further, the above prohibition is in addition to other restrictions on trading activity that the Company imposes on its executive officers and directors, including under the Company’s insider trading policy and any administrative blackout related to the Company’s online incentive award platform.

The Company provided the SOX blackout notice to the Covered Persons on September 24, 2015. The SOX blackout notice is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

If the Covered Persons have any questions pertaining to the notice or the SOX blackout period, they were directed to contact Stephen K. Krull in the Legal Department of the Company by telephone at (734) 757-1559 or by mail at 2211 Old Earhart Road, Suite 100, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The following is a list of the exhibits filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following is a list of the exhibits filed herewith.