Edgar Filing: C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

FORTUN WAYNE M

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC [CHRW]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

14701 CHARLSON ROAD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/24/2013

(Street)

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/24/2013		M		10,000	A	$ 14.82	32,658	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Director Option (Right to Buy)

$ 14.82

01/24/2013

10,000

02/07/2003

02/06/2013

Common Stock

10,000

$ 0

Phantom Stock (Restricted Stock Units)

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

3,164

Phantom Stock (Restricted Stock Units)

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

666

Phantom Stock (Restricted Stock Units)

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

448

Phantom Stock (Restricted Stock Units)

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Common Stock

981

981 ⁽³⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FORTUN WAYNE M 14701 CHARLSON ROAD EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347	X

Signatures

Troy Renner, Attorney-in-Fact for Wayne M. Fortun		01/28/2013
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each phantom share/restricted stock unit will be paid in one share of common stock.
(2)	Following the reporting person's termination of service as a director, vested restricted stock units become payable in shares of common stock according to the schedule previously chosen by the reporting person.
(3)	Amount shown is the number of performance restricted stock units granted in 2008 that have been subject to a performance period extending from 1/1/2008 to 12/31/12. As of the date of this report, 530 of such performance units have vested, and the remaining 451 performance units are eligible to vest depending on final determination of the company's performance during the final year of the performance period.

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