The following table provides information about company purchases during the quarter ended December 31, 2008, of equity securities that are registered by the company pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act:
| Period | Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased |
Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit) |
Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs |
Maximum Number Of Shares (or Units) That May Yet Be Purchased Under The Plans or Programs(1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2008 | 117,100 | $ | 48.50 | 117,100 | 7,108,400 | |||||||
| November 2008 | 409,100 | 50.81 | 409,100 | 6,699,300 | ||||||||
| December 2008 | 483,604 | 50.13 | 483,604 | 6,215,696 | ||||||||
| Fourth quarter 2008 | 1,009,804 | $ | 50.21 | 1,009,804 | 6,215,696 | |||||||
(1) In 2007, our Board of Directors approved the repurchase by us of up to an additional 10,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to our existing stock repurchase program (the “Program”). Unless terminated earlier by resolution of our Board of Directors, the Program will expire when we have repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase thereunder.
The graph below compares the cumulative five-year total return of holders of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.’s common stock with the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 index, the NASDAQ Transportation index, and the S&P Midcap 400 index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each index (with the reinvestment of all dividends) from December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2008.
*$100 invested on 12/31/03 in stock & index-including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending December 31.
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