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<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><B><FONT SIZE=2>FORM S-8</FONT></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2>Under</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2>The Securities Act of 1933</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <B><FONT SIZE=2>C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2>.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2>Delaware</FONT></B></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><B><FONT SIZE=2>41-1883630</FONT></B></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>of incorporation or organization)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="50%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Identification No.)</FONT></DIV>
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<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>8100 Mitchell Road</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2>Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-2248</FONT></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2>1997 OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN</FONT></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>D.R. Verdoorn</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2>C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2>8100 Mitchell Road</FONT></B>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2>Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-2248</FONT></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>(952) 937-8500</FONT></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Proposed</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="19%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Proposed</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Maximum</FONT></DIV>
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<TD> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Title of</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="19%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Maximum</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Aggregate</FONT></DIV>
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<TD> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Securities</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="22%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Amount to be</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="19%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Offering Price</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Offering</FONT></DIV>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="9%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Amount of</FONT></DIV>
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<TD> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>to be Registered (1)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="22%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Registered(1)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="19%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Per Share (2)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Price (2)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="9%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Registration Fee</FONT></DIV>
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<TD> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock,</FONT></DIV>
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<TD> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>$.10 par value</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="22%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>5,000,000 shares</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="19%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>$29.96</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="16%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>$149,800,000</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>$37,450</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="95%"><FONT SIZE=2>Includes corresponding rights to acquire shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. preferred stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. Pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan pursuant to its antidilution provisions.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="95%"><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 13, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional shares of common stock, $.10 par value per share, of the Registrant under the C.H.
Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan, a stock-based employee benefit plan for which the Registrant registered 4,000,000 shares of common stock under Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 10, 1997 (File No. 333-41899), the contents of which (including any post-effective amendments thereto) are hereby incorporated by reference herein. The shares listed above reflect all stock splits of the Registrant effective through the
date of this filing.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>PART II.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></P>
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<TD><FONT SIZE=2>Item 8.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>Exhibits</U></FONT><U><FONT SIZE=2>.</FONT></U></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Form of Certificate for Common Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-33731).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (formerly Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-33731).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion and Consent of Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota, on the 16th day of August, 2001.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.</FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="39%"><FONT SIZE=2>By <U>/s/ D.R. Verdoorn</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="39%"><FONT SIZE=2> D.R. Verdoorn</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="39%"><FONT SIZE=2>Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints D.R. Verdoorn, Chad M. Lindbloom and Owen P. Gleason, or either of them (with full power to act
alone), as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers 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 additional Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S&#150;8 (or Registration Statements, if an additional Registration
Statement is filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or 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 said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 16th day of August, 2001.</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2><U>Signature</U></FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ D.R. Verdoorn</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>D.R. Verdoorn</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Chad M. Lindbloom</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Chad M. Lindbloom</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Thomas K. Mahlke</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Thomas K. Mahlke</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Barry W. Butzow</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Senior Vice President and Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Barry W. Butzow</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Gregory D. Goven</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Senior Vice President and Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Gregory D. Goven</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Robert Ezrilov</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Robert Ezrilov</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Gerald A. Schwalbach</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Gerald A. Schwalbach</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Dale S. Hanson</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Dale S. Hanson</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Looe Baker III</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Looe Baker III</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Wayne M. Fortun</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="55%"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Wayne M. Fortun</FONT></DIV>
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<P ALIGN="center"> <U><FONT SIZE=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></U></P>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>Exhibit</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion and Consent of Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP</FONT></TD>
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FORM S-8
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC
.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
41-1883630
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
8100 Mitchell Road
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-2248
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
1997 OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
D.R. Verdoorn
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
8100 Mitchell Road
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-2248
(Name and address of agent for service)
(952) 937-8500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Title of
Maximum
Aggregate
Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Offering
Amount of
to be Registered (1)
Registered(1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$.10 par value
5,000,000 shares
$29.96
$149,800,000
$37,450
(1)
Includes corresponding rights to acquire shares of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. preferred stock pursuant to the Rights Agreement between C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. Pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan pursuant to its antidilution provisions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's
Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 13, 2001.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional shares of common stock, $.10 par value per share, of the Registrant under the C.H.
Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 1997 Omnibus Stock Plan, a stock-based employee benefit plan for which the Registrant registered 4,000,000 shares of common stock under Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 10, 1997 (File No. 333-41899), the contents of which (including any post-effective amendments thereto) are hereby incorporated by reference herein. The shares listed above reflect all stock splits of the Registrant effective through the
date of this filing.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
Form of Certificate for Common Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-33731).
4.2
Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association (formerly Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-33731).
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota, on the 16th day of August, 2001.
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.
By
/s/ D.R. Verdoorn
D.R. Verdoorn
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints D.R. Verdoorn, Chad M. Lindbloom and Owen P. Gleason, or either of them (with full power to act
alone), as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers 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 additional Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S–8 (or Registration Statements, if an additional Registration
Statement is filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or 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 said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 16th day of August, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/ D.R. Verdoorn
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
D.R. Verdoorn
/s/ Chad M. Lindbloom
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Chad M. Lindbloom
/s/ Thomas K. Mahlke
Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
Thomas K. Mahlke
/s/ Barry W. Butzow
Senior Vice President and Director
Barry W. Butzow
/s/ Gregory D. Goven
Senior Vice President and Director
Gregory D. Goven
/s/ Robert Ezrilov
Director
Robert Ezrilov
/s/ Gerald A. Schwalbach
Director
Gerald A. Schwalbach
/s/ Dale S. Hanson
Director
Dale S. Hanson
/s/ Looe Baker III
Director
Looe Baker III
/s/ Wayne M. Fortun
Director
Wayne M. Fortun
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP