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): April 2, 2020

DASEKE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (972) 248-0412

Not Applicable

(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

¨    Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ¨

On April 2, 2020, Angie Moss, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary of Daseke, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Transition and Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with the Company. Under the Separation Agreement, Ms. Moss is scheduled to continue her employment with the Company, with the duties and obligations of Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Secretary and as otherwise requested by the Company, through May 29, 2020, at which time her service with the Company is scheduled to end (the “Transition Period”). Ms. Moss may revoke her execution of the Separation Agreement by April 9, 2020, and if not revoked, the Separation Agreement will become effective April 10, 2020.

The Separation Agreement provides that Ms. Moss will be entitled to receive, among other things, the following: (i) continued compensation and employee benefits during the Transition Period; (ii) a severance amount equal to the sum of (a) one (1.0) times her current annual base salary plus (b) one (1.0) times her target annual bonus for 2019; and (iii) up to one year of continued COBRA coverage at active employee rates.

The Separation Agreement includes a customary release of claims by Ms. Moss in favor of the Company and its affiliates. Ms. Moss’s severance benefits described above are conditioned upon her execution and non-revocation of the release of claims, as well as her continued compliance with confidentiality and certain other restrictive covenant obligations contained in her Employment Agreement with the Company, dated February 27, 2017.

The foregoing description of the material terms of the Separation Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020.

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.