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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report: August&nbsp;23, 2013 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>(Date of earliest event reported) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>C.H. ROBINSON
WORLDWIDE, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Commission File Number: 000-23189 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>of incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>14701 Charlson Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(952) 937-8500 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not
Applicable </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P>
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under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Accelerated Share Repurchase </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the increased share repurchase authorization discussed in Item&nbsp;8.01 below, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into two letter agreements (the
&#147;Agreements&#148;) on August&nbsp;24, 2013, one with each of Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC (&#147;Morgan Stanley&#148;) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (&#147;J.P. Morgan,&#148; and
together with Morgan Stanley, the &#147;Dealers&#148;), to effect an accelerated share repurchase of the Company&#146;s common stock. The material provisions of the Agreements are identical. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the Agreements, the Company will pay an aggregate purchase price of $500 million to the Dealers on August&nbsp;27, 2013 and receive
approximately 6.1&nbsp;million shares from the Dealers. The final number of shares that the Company will repurchase under the Agreements at maturity of the Agreements will be determined based on a discount to the arithmetic mean of the
volume-weighted average prices of the Company&#146;s common stock over the course of a calculation period. The calculation period for both Agreements is scheduled to end in April 2014, but each Dealer can accelerate the termination of the
calculation period applicable to its respective Agreement. Under the terms of each Agreement, if the final number of shares to be repurchased from the relevant Dealer exceeds the number of shares previously delivered by that Dealer, the Company will
receive from that Dealer a number of additional shares equal to such excess following the conclusion of the calculation period. Under the terms of each Agreement, if the final number of shares to be repurchased by the relevant Dealer is less than
the number of shares previously delivered by that Dealer, the Company will deliver shares to that Dealer equal to such excess following the conclusion of the calculation period, or the Company may elect to settle any such deficit in cash.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Agreements contain certain terms customary for agreements of this type, including provisions for adjustments upon the
occurrence of certain corporate transactions or market events and the circumstances under which the Agreements may be extended, terminated or unwound early or adjusted in other respects. The description of the Agreements herein is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, along with their respective affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking and other financial advisory services for the Company and
its subsidiaries for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Note Purchase Agreement </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;23, 2013, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors (the
&#147;Purchasers&#148;) named therein (the &#147;Note Purchase Agreement&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the
Company has agreed to issue and sell, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase, on or around August&nbsp;27, 2013 and no later than August&nbsp;31, 2013 and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement,
(i)&nbsp;$175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 3.97% Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;A, due August&nbsp;27, 2023 (the &#147;Series&nbsp;A Notes&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 4.26%
Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;B, due August&nbsp;27, 2028 (the &#147;Series&nbsp;B Notes&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;$175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 4.60% Senior Notes, Series&nbsp;C, due August&nbsp;27, 2033 (the
&#147;Series&nbsp;C Notes&#148; and, together with the Series&nbsp;A Notes and the Series&nbsp;B Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes for any of (i)&nbsp;working capital, (ii)&nbsp;general
corporate purposes and (iii)&nbsp;share repurchases. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary provisions for
transactions of this type, including representations and warranties regarding the Company and its subsidiaries and various covenants, including covenants that require the Company to maintain specified financial ratios. The Note Purchase Agreement
provides for customary events of default, generally with corresponding grace periods, including, without limitation, payment defaults with respect to the Notes, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other agreements evidencing indebtedness of the
Company or its subsidiaries, certain judgments against the Company or its subsidiaries and events of bankruptcy involving the Company or its material subsidiaries. The occurrence of an event of default would permit certain Purchasers to declare
certain Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes are redeemable, in whole or in
part, at 100% of the principal amount being redeemed together with a &#147;make-whole amount&#148; (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) with respect to each Note. The obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes
are guaranteed by C. H. Robinson Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and by C. H. Robinson Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes will be issued by the Company to such initial purchasers in a private placement in reliance on Section&nbsp;4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Notes will not be or have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. The descriptions of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement herein are qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The discussion regarding the Note Purchase Agreement under Item&nbsp;1.01 is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the Company&#146;s press release issued in connection with this report is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to
Item&nbsp;7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to
liability under Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act. Furthermore, the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01 Other Events. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;23, 2013, the Board of Directors increased the Company&#146;s share repurchase authorization by up to an additional 15&nbsp;million shares of common stock (from approximately 8,700,000
shares currently available as of August&nbsp;23, 2013 to approximately 23,700,000 shares). Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, by block purchase, in private transactions, in accelerated share repurchase transactions or
otherwise, subject to market conditions and other factors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Exhibits. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Agreement dated as of August&nbsp;24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Ben G. Campbell</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ben G. Campbell</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President, General Counsel and</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: August&nbsp;26, 2013 </FONT></P>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association.</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed&nbsp;Electronically</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC.</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed&nbsp;Electronically</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 23, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated August 26, 2013</FONT></TD>
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Form 8-K
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: August 23, 2013
(Date of earliest event reported)
C.H. ROBINSON
WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 000-23189
Delaware
41-1883630
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
14701 Charlson Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(952) 937-8500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Accelerated Share Repurchase
In connection with the increased share repurchase authorization discussed in Item 8.01 below, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the "Company") entered into two letter agreements (the
"Agreements") on August 24, 2013, one with each of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley") and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ("J.P. Morgan," and
together with Morgan Stanley, the "Dealers"), to effect an accelerated share repurchase of the Company's common stock. The material provisions of the Agreements are identical.
Under the Agreements, the Company will pay an aggregate purchase price of $500 million to the Dealers on August 27, 2013 and receive
approximately 6.1 million shares from the Dealers. The final number of shares that the Company will repurchase under the Agreements at maturity of the Agreements will be determined based on a discount to the arithmetic mean of the
volume-weighted average prices of the Company's common stock over the course of a calculation period. The calculation period for both Agreements is scheduled to end in April 2014, but each Dealer can accelerate the termination of the
calculation period applicable to its respective Agreement. Under the terms of each Agreement, if the final number of shares to be repurchased from the relevant Dealer exceeds the number of shares previously delivered by that Dealer, the Company will
receive from that Dealer a number of additional shares equal to such excess following the conclusion of the calculation period. Under the terms of each Agreement, if the final number of shares to be repurchased by the relevant Dealer is less than
the number of shares previously delivered by that Dealer, the Company will deliver shares to that Dealer equal to such excess following the conclusion of the calculation period, or the Company may elect to settle any such deficit in cash.
The Agreements contain certain terms customary for agreements of this type, including provisions for adjustments upon the
occurrence of certain corporate transactions or market events and the circumstances under which the Agreements may be extended, terminated or unwound early or adjusted in other respects. The description of the Agreements herein is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, along with their respective affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking and other financial advisory services for the Company and
its subsidiaries for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses.
Note Purchase Agreement
On August 23, 2013, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors (the
"Purchasers") named therein (the "Note Purchase Agreement").
Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the
Company has agreed to issue and sell, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase, on or around August 27, 2013 and no later than August 31, 2013 and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement,
(i) $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 3.97% Senior Notes, Series A, due August 27, 2023 (the "Series A Notes"), (ii) $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.26%
Senior Notes, Series B, due August 27, 2028 (the "Series B Notes") and (iii) $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.60% Senior Notes, Series C, due August 27, 2033 (the
"Series C Notes" and, together with the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, the "Notes"). The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes for any of (i) working capital, (ii) general
corporate purposes and (iii) share repurchases.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary provisions for
transactions of this type, including representations and warranties regarding the Company and its subsidiaries and various covenants, including covenants that require the Company to maintain specified financial ratios. The Note Purchase Agreement
provides for customary events of default, generally with corresponding grace periods, including, without limitation, payment defaults with respect to the Notes, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other agreements evidencing indebtedness of the
Company or its subsidiaries, certain judgments against the Company or its subsidiaries and events of bankruptcy involving the Company or its material subsidiaries. The occurrence of an event of default would permit certain Purchasers to declare
certain Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.
Under the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes are redeemable, in whole or in
part, at 100% of the principal amount being redeemed together with a "make-whole amount" (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) with respect to each Note. The obligations of the Company under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes
are guaranteed by C. H. Robinson Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and by C. H. Robinson Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
The Notes will be issued by the Company to such initial purchasers in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Notes will not be or have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. The descriptions of the Notes and the Note Purchase Agreement herein are qualified in its entirety by reference to the Note Purchase Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The discussion regarding the Note Purchase Agreement under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the Company's press release issued in connection with this report is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to
Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to
liability under Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Furthermore, the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On August 23, 2013, the Board of Directors increased the Company's share repurchase authorization by up to an additional 15 million shares of common stock (from approximately 8,700,000
shares currently available as of August 23, 2013 to approximately 23,700,000 shares). Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, by block purchase, in private transactions, in accelerated share repurchase transactions or
otherwise, subject to market conditions and other factors.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1
Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association.
10.2
Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.
10.3
Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 23, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers.
99.1
Press Release dated August 26, 2013.
SIGNATURE
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.
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
By:
/s/ Ben G. Campbell
Ben G. Campbell
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Date: August 26, 2013
Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
Manner of Filing
10.1
Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association.
Filed Electronically
10.2
Letter Agreement dated as of August 24, 2013, by and between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.
Filed Electronically
10.3
Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 23, 2013, by and among the Company and the Purchasers.
Filed Electronically
99.1
Press Release dated August 26, 2013
Filed Electronically