Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Pruthi Vineet
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/03/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WABASH NATIONAL CORP /DE [WNC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LINCOLNSHIRE MANAGEMENT INC., 780 THIRD AVE.		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10017		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant 08/03/2009 08/03/2019 Common Stock 24,762,636 $ 0.01 I See Footnotes (1) (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Pruthi Vineet
C/O LINCOLNSHIRE MANAGEMENT INC.
780 THIRD AVE.
NEW YORK, NY 10017		   X   X    

Signatures

/s/ Vineet Pruthi 08/11/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Vineet Pruthi ("Mr. Pruthi") is a member of Lincolnshire Equity III, LLC ("Equity III"). Equity III is the general partner of Lincolnshire Equity Partners III, L.P., which is the general partner of Lincolnshire Equity Fund III, L.P., which is the the sole member of Trailer Investments, LLC ("Trailer"), which directly owns the warrant disclosed above. By virtue of his relationship with Equity III, Mr. Pruthi may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the 24,762,636 shares beneficially owned by Trailer.
(2) Mr. Pruthi disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by each of the entities referred to in the foregoing footnote except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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