December 9, 2010
FROM:
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
14701 Charlson Road
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347
Angie Freeman, vice president investor relations (952) 937-7847
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INCREASES ITS QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND
MINNEAPOLIS, December 9, 2010 - C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ("C.H. Robinson") (Nasdaq: CHRW) announced that its Board of Directors today declared an increase to its regular quarterly cash dividend from 25 cents ($0.25) per share to 29 cents ($0.29) per share,payable on January 3, 2011, to shareholders of record on December 20, 2010.
C.H. Robinson has distributed regular dividends for more than twenty-five years. As of December 9, 2010, there were approximately 166,180,000shares outstanding.
Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., is a global provider of multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions, serving over 35,000 customers through a network of 232 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and the Middle East. C.H. Robinson is one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the world, with 2009 total revenues of $7.6 billion. For more information about our company, visit our Web site at www.chrobinson.com.
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