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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
the Securities Act of 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>91-1069248</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification&nbsp;No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>1015 Third Avenue, 12<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, Seattle, Washington</B></FONT></TD>
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98104</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=4><B>AMENDED 1993 DIRECTORS' NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN,<BR>
AMENDED 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN, AND<BR>
2002 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the Plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>JEFFREY J. KING, General Counsel<BR>
Expeditors International of Washington,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
1015 Third Avenue, 12<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, Seattle, Washington 98104<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(206)&nbsp;674-3400<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of<BR>
securities<BR>
to be<BR>
registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering price per share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $.01 par</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>3,700,000 shares</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$57.73385(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$213,615,240(1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$19,653(1)</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
registration fee was calculated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) based on the exercise price of $57.16 as to 1,104,850, $63.85 as to 8,000 shares, and the average of the high
and low prices for Expeditors International of Washington,&nbsp;Inc. Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on May&nbsp;21, 2002, which was $57.96 per share. </FONT></DD></DL>
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1 of 6 pages.<BR>
Exhibit Index appears at page 6. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>    <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 3.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>1.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Annual Report for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2002 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act").
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>2.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>All
reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report incorporated by reference herein pursuant
to (1)&nbsp;above.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>3.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the Registrant's securities contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;28, 1985 under
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 4.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 5.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 6.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections
23B.08.500 through 23.B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the "Washington Act") authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Article&nbsp;XII of the registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;IX of the registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws together provide for indemnification
of the registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Washington law. The directors and officers of the registrant also may be indemnified against liability
they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained by the registrant for such purpose. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;23B.08.320
of the Washington Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions
as a director, except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transaction from which the director
personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company has entered into a contract with each director memorializing the indemnification provision referenced above. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 7.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 8.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </FONT></P>

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Amended 1993 Directors' Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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Amended 1997 Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel (See Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Item 9.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the change in volume and price represents no more than a
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however,</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8, or Form&nbsp;F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the </FONT></P>

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Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>
offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d)
of the Exchange Act, (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT
SIZE=2> offering thereof. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle
and State of Washington, on May&nbsp;20, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><I>/s/ Peter J. Rose</I></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Peter J. Rose, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Peter J. Rose and Jeffrey J. King, or either of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any one or
more of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><I>/s/ Peter J. Rose</I></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>Peter J. Rose, Director,<BR>
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>Date: May 20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><I>/s/ R. Jordan Gates</I></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>R. Jordan Gates, Director,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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Date: May 20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><I>/s/ Michael J. Malone</I></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>Michael J. Malone, Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: May 20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><I>/s/ James L.K. Wang</I></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>James L. K. Wang, Director</FONT></TD>
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Date: May 20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Date: May 20, 2002</FONT></TD>
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2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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E-15</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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E-24</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel<BR>
(See Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
the Securities Act of 1933
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
91-1069248
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1015 Third Avenue, 12
th
Floor, Seattle, Washington
98104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(zip code)
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.
AMENDED 1993 DIRECTORS' NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN,
AMENDED 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN, AND
2002 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
JEFFREY J. KING, General Counsel
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
1015 Third Avenue, 12
th
Floor, Seattle, Washington 98104
(Name and address of agent for service)
(206) 674-3400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
securities
to be
registered
Amount to be registered
Proposed Maximum Offering price per share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par
3,700,000 shares
$57.73385(1)
$213,615,240(1)
$19,653(1)
(1)
The
registration fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the exercise price of $57.16 as to 1,104,850, $63.85 as to 8,000 shares, and the average of the high
and low prices for Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System on May 21, 2002, which was $57.96 per share.
Page
1 of 6 pages.
Exhibit Index appears at page 6.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
The
Registrant's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2002 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act").
2.
All
reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report incorporated by reference herein pursuant
to (1) above.
3.
The
description of the Registrant's securities contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8A filed with the Commission on April 28, 1985 under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections
23B.08.500 through 23.B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the "Washington Act") authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Article XII of the registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article IX of the registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws together provide for indemnification
of the registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Washington law. The directors and officers of the registrant also may be indemnified against liability
they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained by the registrant for such purpose.
Section 23B.08.320
of the Washington Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions
as a director, except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transaction from which the director
personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled.
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Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The
Company has entered into a contract with each director memorializing the indemnification provision referenced above.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Amended 1993 Directors' Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
4.2
Amended 1997 Stock Option Plan
4.3
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel (See Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (See page II-5)
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)  To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)  To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the change in volume and price represents no more than a
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)  To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
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Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)  That
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)  To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(i)  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle
and State of Washington, on May 20, 2002.
EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON, INC.
By
/s/ Peter J. Rose
Peter J. Rose, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
SIGNATURES OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Peter J. Rose and Jeffrey J. King, or either of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any one or
more of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Peter J. Rose
Peter J. Rose, Director,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ R. Jordan Gates
R. Jordan Gates, Director,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ Michael J. Malone
Michael J. Malone, Director
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ James L.K. Wang
James L. K. Wang, Director
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ James J. Casey
James J. Casey, Director
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ Dan P. Kourkoumelis
Dan P. Kourkoumelis, Director
Date: May 20, 2002
/s/ John W. Meisenbach
John W. Meisenbach, Director
Date: May 20, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
Page
4.1
Amended 1993 Directors' Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
E-1
4.2
Amended 1997 Stock Option Plan
E-6
4.3
2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
E-15
5.1
Opinion of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel
E-23
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
E-24
23.2
Consent of Jeffrey J. King, General Counsel
(See Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
(See page II-5)
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