C.H. Robinson Worldwide Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call

    Business Editors/Transportation Writers

    MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2005--C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ: CHRW), will hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time) on Wednesday, February 9, 2005, to discuss its fourth quarter and year-end 2004 results. The results will be released via press release on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at approximately 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Hosting the conference call will be John P. Wiehoff, chief executive officer of C.H. Robinson, and Chad M. Lindbloom, vice president and chief financial officer of C.H. Robinson.
    This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed through the Investor Relations link at C.H. Robinson's Web site at www.chrobinson.com.
    The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).
    To participate in the conference call by telephone, please call ten minutes early by dialing (800) 240-7305. The call will be limited to 60 minutes, including questions and answers.
    An audio replay will be available through the Investor Relations link on the company's Web site at www.chrobinson.com. This replay will be available for 14 days. An audio replay will also be available by telephone until 1:00 a.m. Eastern Time on February 11 by calling (800) 405-2236 and dialing the passcode 11022327#.
    Founded in 1905, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., is one of the largest third-party logistics companies in North America. C.H. Robinson is a global provider of multimodal transportation services and logistics solutions, serving over 16,000 customers through a network of 170 offices in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about C.H. Robinson, visit www.chrobinson.com.

    The press release and conference call may contain statements that might be considered as forward-looking statements or predictions of future operations 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 market demand and pressures on the pricing for our services; changing market conditions, competition and growth rates within the third-party logistics industry; 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.; changing economic conditions such as general economic slowdown, decreased consumer confidence, fuel shortages and the impact of war on the economy; and other risk and uncertainties detailed under "Cautionary Statement" in Exhibit 99.1 to C.H. Robinson's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2004.

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CONTACT: C.H. Robinson Worldwide Angie Freeman, 952-937-7847 angie.freeman@chrobinson.com

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