C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 8-K C.H. Robinson Worldwide Increases Its Quarterly Cash Dividend

December 8, 2011

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 8, 2011 - 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 29 cents ($0.29) per share to 33 cents ($0.33) per share,payable on January 3, 2012, to shareholders of record on December 20, 2011.

C.H. Robinson has distributed regular dividends for more than twenty-five years. As of December 8, 2011, there were approximately 163,826,000shares outstanding.

Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., is a global provider of multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions, serving over 36,000 customers through a network of 235 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 total annual revenues of approximately $10 billion. For more information about our company, visit our Web site at www.chrobinson.com.

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