C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) 8-K C.H. Robinson Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Exhibit 99.1

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

14701 Charlson Road

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347

Chad Lindbloom, chief financial officer (952) 937-7779

Tim Gagnon, director, investor relations (952) 683-5007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

C.H. ROBINSON REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS

MINNEAPOLIS, February 5, 2013 – C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (“C.H. Robinson”) (NASDAQ: CHRW), today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Summarized financial results for the quarter ended December 31 are as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

	Three months ended December 31,							Twelve months ended December 31,
	2012		2011		% change			2012		2011		% change
Total revenues	$	2,970,876	$	2,568,284		15.7	%	$	11,359,113	$	10,336,346		9.9	%
Net revenues:
Transportation
Truck	$	328,273	$	306,443		7.1	%	$	1,284,280	$	1,236,611		3.9	%
Intermodal		9,011		10,189		-11.6	%		38,815		41,189		-5.8	%
Ocean		33,707		17,022		98.0	%		84,924		66,873		27.0	%
Air		15,948		8,811		81.0	%		44,444		39,371		12.9	%
Other logistics services		22,202		16,207		37.0	%		75,674		59,872		26.4	%
Total transportation		409,141		358,672		14.1	%		1,528,137		1,443,916		5.8	%
Sourcing		30,543		27,431		11.3	%		136,438		128,448		6.2	%
Payment Services		4,948		15,282		-67.6	%		52,996		60,294		-12.1	%
Total net revenues		444,632		401,385		10.8	%		1,717,571		1,632,658		5.2	%
Operating expenses		311,028		229,430		35.6	%		1,042,251		939,928		10.9	%
Income from operations		133,604		171,955		-22.3	%		675,320		692,730		-2.5	%
Investment and other income		282,166		1,373		20451.1	%		283,142		1,974		14243.6	%
Net income	$	256,392	$	109,214		134.8	%	$	593,804	$	431,612		37.6	%
Diluted EPS	$	1.58	$	0.67		135.8	%	$	3.67	$	2.62		40.1	%
Adjusted Results Excluding Non-Recurring Transaction Impacts (a reconciliation of these adjusted Non-GAAP measures is described in detail in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial information attached hereto)
	Adjusted		2011 (GAAP)					Adjusted		2011 (GAAP)
Income from operations	$	177,311	$	171,955		3.1	%	$	720,516	$	692,730		4.0	%
Net income		108,571		109,214		-0.6	%		447,007		431,612		3.6	%
Diluted EPS	$	0.68	$	0.67		1.5	%	$	2.76	$	2.62		5.3	%

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On October 1, 2012, we completed the acquisition of Apreo Logistics S.A. (“Apreo”), a freight forwarder based in Warsaw, Poland. On November 1, 2012, we completed the acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services, Ltd. (“Phoenix”), an international freight forwarder based in Chicago, Illinois. The Phoenix acquisition was reported on a Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2012, as amended on Form 8-K/A filed on January 14, 2013. The purchase price allocations for both acquisitions, as reflected in the attached condensed consolidated financial information, are considered preliminary and subject to revision. On October 16, 2012, we completed the divestiture of substantially all of our T-Chek Systems Payment Services business (“T-Chek”). The Form 8-K, announcing this transaction, filed on October 17, 2012, includes historical net revenues and income from operations for T-Chek. In the fourth quarter of 2011, T-Chek had net revenues of $12.5 million and income from operations of $6.4 million.

Our truck net revenues, which consist of truckload and less-than-truckload (“LTL”) services, increased 7.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Our truckload volumes increased approximately 12 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Our North American truckload volumes increased eight percent. We estimate that our acquisition of Apreo contributed approximately four percent to our volume growth in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Apreo business has a large number of short haul shipments in Poland. Our truckload net revenue margin decreased in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011, due to increased cost per mile. In North America, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel, our average truckload rate per mile charged to our customers increased approximately one percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. In North America, our truckload transportation costs increased approximately two percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. Our LTL net revenues increased approximately 15 percent. The increase was driven by an increase in total shipments of approximately 16 percent, partially offset by decreased net revenue margin.

Our intermodal net revenues decreased 11.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. This was due to decreased net revenue margin, offset partially by volume growth. Our net revenue margin decline was due to a change in our mix of business and increased cost of capacity.

Our ocean transportation net revenues increased 98.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Excluding the estimated impact of two months of Phoenix operations, our ocean transportation net revenues increased approximately three percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. This increase, excluding Phoenix, was due to increased pricing, partially offset by decreased volumes.

Our air transportation net revenues increased 81.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Excluding the estimated impact of two months of Phoenix operations, we estimate that air transportation net revenues increased 19 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. This increase, excluding Phoenix, was due to decreased cost of capacity and increased pricing, partially offset by decreased volumes.

Other logistics services net revenues, which include transportation management services, customs, warehousing, and small parcel, increased 37.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. Excluding Phoenix, we estimate that other logistics services net revenues increased approximately 15 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. This was primarily due to transaction increases in our transportation management and customs services.

Sourcing net revenues increased 11.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. This was due to increased net revenue margin.

Our payment services net revenues decreased 67.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to the T-Chek divestiture. We have recorded a gain of $281.6 million related to this divestiture in the fourth quarter.

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For the fourth quarter, operating expenses increased 35.6 percent to $311.0 million in 2012 from $229.4 million in 2011. This was due to an increase of 37.8 percent in personnel expense and an increase of 30.0 percent in other selling, general, and administrative expenses. For the fourth quarter, operating expenses as a percentage of net revenues increased to 70.0 percent in 2012 from 57.2 percent in 2011. During the fourth quarter of 2012, operating expenses grew faster than net revenues due to the increased performance-based stock vesting expense as a result of the sale of T-Chek.

Excluding certain non-recurring items from acquisitions and divestitures, adjusted operating expenses increased 16.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. This includes an increase in adjusted personnel expenses of 16.7 percent and an increase in adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses of 16.1 percent. During the fourth quarter of 2012, adjusted operating expenses grew faster than net revenues primarily as a result of the acquisition of Phoenix. Phoenix has a higher operating expense to net revenue ratio than C.H. Robinson. Our adjusted personnel expense increase was driven by an increase in our average headcount of approximately 20 percent, partially offset by declines in various incentive plans that are designed to keep expenses variable based on growth in earnings. Adjusted other operating expense growth was driven primarily by an increase in amortization of intangible assets acquired, travel, and warehouse expenses.

Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., is one of the largest non-asset based third party logistics companies in the world. C.H. Robinson is a global provider of multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions, currently serving over 42,000 active customers through a network of offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. C.H. Robinson maintains one of the largest networks of motor carrier capacity in North America and works with approximately 56,000 transportation providers worldwide.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release are forward-looking statements that represent our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies concerning future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience or our present expectations, including, but not limited to such factors as changes in economic conditions, including uncertain consumer demand; changes in market demand and pressures on the pricing for our services; competition and growth rates within the third party logistics industry; freight levels and increasing costs and availability of truck capacity or alternative means of transporting freight, and changes in relationships with existing truck, rail, ocean and air carriers; changes in our customer base due to possible consolidation among our customers; our ability to integrate the operations of acquired companies with our historic operations successfully; risks associated with litigation and insurance coverage; risks associated with operations outside of the U.S.; risks associated with the potential impacts of changes in government regulations; risks associated with the produce industry, including food safety and contamination issues; fuel prices and availability; the impact of war on the economy; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in our Annual and Quarterly Reports.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update such statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date. All remarks made during our financial results conference call will be current at the time of the call and we undertake no obligation to update the replay.

Non-GAAP vs. GAAP Financial Measures

To assist investors in understanding our financial performance, we supplement the financial results that are generated in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, with non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted net income per share. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful insight into our operating performance excluding certain event-specific charges, and provide an alternative perspective of our results of operations.

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We use non-GAAP measures, including those set forth in this release, to assess our operating performance for the quarter. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of analyzing aspects of our ongoing operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provides a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business. A reconciliation of adjusted results, reflecting the exclusion of certain non-recurring transaction impacts, to our GAAP results is set forth in Note 1 to the attached Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.

Conference Call Information:

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call

Tuesday February 5, 2013 5:00 pm. Eastern Time

The call will be limited to 60 minutes, including questions and answers.

Presentation slides and a simultaneous live audio webcast of the conference call may be accessed through the Investor Relations link on C.H. Robinson’s website atwww.chrobinson.com

To participate in the conference call by telephone, please call ten minutes early by dialing: 877-941-6010

Callers should reference the conference ID, which is 4594691

Webcast replay available through Investor Relations link atwww.chrobinson.com

Telephone audio replay available until 12:59 a.m. Eastern Time on February 8: 800-406-7325; passcode: 4594691#

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)

	Three months ended December 31,				Twelve months ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Revenues:
Transportation	$	2,585,930	$	2,200,258	$	9,685,415	$	8,740,524
Sourcing		379,479		352,744		1,620,183		1,535,528
Payment Services		5,467		15,282		53,515		60,294
Total revenues		2,970,876		2,568,284		11,359,113		10,336,346
Costs and expenses:
Purchased transportation and related services		2,176,789		1,841,586		8,157,278		7,296,608
Purchased products sourced for resale		348,936		325,313		1,483,745		1,407,080
Purchased payment services		519		—		519		—
Personnel expenses		226,042		164,062		766,006		696,233
Other selling, general, and administrative expenses		84,986		65,368		276,245		243,695
Total costs and expenses		2,837,272		2,396,329		10,683,793		9,643,616
Income from operations		133,604		171,955		675,320		692,730
Investment and other income		282,166		1,373		283,142		1,974
Income before provision for income taxes		415,770		173,328		958,462		694,704
Provision for income taxes		159,378		64,114		364,658		263,092
Net income	$	256,392	$	109,214	$	593,804	$	431,612
Net income per share (basic)	$	1.59	$	0.67	$	3.68	$	2.63
Net income per share (diluted)	$	1.58	$	0.67	$	3.67	$	2.62
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)		160,880		162,919		161,557		164,114
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)		161,799		163,825		161,946		164,741

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	210,019	$	373,669
Receivables, net		1,412,136		1,189,637
Other current assets		50,135		48,237
Total current assets		1,672,290		1,611,543
Property and equipment, net		149,851		126,830
Intangible and other assets		982,084		399,668
Total Assets	$	2,804,225	$	2,138,041
Liabilities and stockholders’ investment
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and outstanding checks	$	707,476	$	704,734
Accrued compensation		103,343		117,541
Other accrued expenses		167,752		54,357
Current portion of debt		253,646		—
Total current liabilities		1,232,217		876,632
Long term liabilities		67,636		12,935
Total liabilities		1,299,853		889,567
Total stockholders’ investment		1,504,372		1,248,474
Total liabilities and stockholders’ investment	$	2,804,225	$	2,138,041

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited, in thousands, except operational data)

	Twelve months ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Operating activities:
Net income	$	593,804		$	431,612
Stock-based compensation		59,381			38,601
Depreciation and amortization		38,090			32,498
Provision for doubtful accounts		10,459			9,052
Gain on divestiture of T-Chek		(281,551	)		—
Other non-cash expenses, net		(10,721	)		7,363
Net changes in operating elements		50,880			(89,414	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		460,342			429,712
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment		(36,096	)		(35,932	)
Purchases and development of software		(14,560	)		(16,874	)
Sale of T-Chek, net of cash sold		274,802			—
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(583,631	)		—
Sales/maturities of available-for-sale securities		—			9,311
Restricted cash		—			5,000
Other		419			182
Net cash used for investing activities		(359,066	)		(38,313	)
Financing activities:
Borrowings on line of credit		738,051			—
Repayments on line of credit		(489,688	)		—
Payment of contingent purchase price		(12,661	)		(4,318	)
Net repurchases of common stock		(236,981	)		(231,338	)
Excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation		12,294			15,255
Cash dividends		(275,353	)		(194,697	)
Net cash used for financing activities		(264,338	)		(415,098	)
Effect of exchange rates on cash		(588	)		(1,239	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		(163,650	)		(24,938	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		373,669			398,607
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	210,019		$	373,669
	As of December 31,
	2012			2011
Operational Data:
Employees		10,929			8,353

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Note 1. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To provide investors with information to assist them in assessing our financial results on a comparable basis with historical results, we have provided financial measures in this press release that exclude the effects of certain non-recurring items related to recent acquisition and divestiture activities. Throughout this release, the term “Reported” refers to information prepared in accordance with GAAP, the term “Non-Recurring Acquisition Impact” refers to items related to the acquisitions of Phoenix and Apreo, the term “Non-Recurring Divestiture Impact” refers to items related to the divestiture of T-Chek, and the term “Adjusted” refers to non-GAAP financial information, adjusted to exclude the Non-Recurring Acquisition Impact and the Non-Recurring Divestiture Impact.

A reconciliation of our reported results to adjusted results for the quarter and year ended December 31 are as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

	Three months ended December 31, 2012
	Reported		Non- Recurring Acquisition Impact			Non- Recurring Divestiture Impact			Adjusted
Net revenues	$	444,632							$	444,632
Operating expenses
Personnel expenses(1)		226,042		(385	)		(34,207	)		191,450
Other selling, general and administrative expenses(2)		84,986		(8,736	)		(379	)		75,871
Total operating expenses		311,028		(9,121	)		(34,586	)		267,321
Income from operations		133,604		9,121			34,586			177,311
Investment and other income(3)		282,166					(281,551	)		615
Income before provision for income taxes		415,770		9,121			(246,965	)		177,926
Provision for income taxes		159,378		2,280			(92,303	)		69,355
Net income	$	256,392	$	6,841		$	(154,662	)	$	108,571
Net income per share (diluted)	$	1.58							$	0.68
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)		161,799		(735	)(4)		(455	)(5)		160,609

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	Twelve months ended December 31, 2012
	Reported		Non Recurring Acquisition Impact			Non Recurring Divestiture Impact			Adjusted
Net revenues	$	1,717,571							$	1,717,571
Operating expenses
Personnel expenses(1)		766,006		(385	)		(34,207	)		731,414
Other selling, general and administrative expenses(2)		276,245		(10,225	)		(379	)		265,641
Total operating expenses		1,042,251		(10,610	)		(34,586	)		997,055
Operating income		675,320		10,610			34,586			720,516
Investment and other income(3)		283,142					(281,551	)		1,591
Income before provision for income taxes		958,462		10,610			(246,965	)		722,107
Provision for income taxes		364,658		2,745			(92,303	)		275,100
Net income	$	593,804	$	7,865		$	(154,662	)	$	447,007
Net income per share (diluted)	$	3.67							$	2.76
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)		161,946		(185	)(4)		(92	)(5)		161,669

1. The adjustment to personnel consists of $33 million of incremental vesting expense of our equity awards triggered by the gain on the divestiture of T-Chek. The balance consists of transaction- related bonuses.

2. The adjustments to other operating expenses reflect fees paid to third parties for:

a. Investment banking fees related to the acquisition of Phoenix

b. External legal and accounting fees related to the acquisitions of Apreo and Phoenix and the divestiture of T-Chek.

3. The adjustment to investment and other income reflects the gain from the divestiture of T-Chek.

4. The adjustment to diluted weighted average shares outstanding relates to the shares of C.H. Robinson stock issued as consideration paid to the sellers in the acquisition of Phoenix.

5. The adjustment to diluted weighted average shares outstanding relates to the additional vesting of performance-based restricted stock as a result of the gain on sale recognized from the divestiture of T-Chek.

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