CHRW: Leadership change

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Agreements of Certain Officers On May 29, 2026, the Talent & Compensation Committee of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a special equity award for Arun Rajan, the Company’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, designed to drive strategic and talent development outcomes, as well as to reward financial overperformance and retain Mr. Rajan’s service to achieve these objectives. The special equity award consists of performance stock units valued at $6 million at the target level of performance and restricted stock units valued at $1.5 million. The number of units subject to the equity award will be determined by dividing the value of the grant by the average closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock during the 30-day period ending on day prior to the grant date, and rounding down to the nearest whole number. Mr. Rajan’s special equity award is subject to the Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan. The performance stock unit award vests based on achievement of strategic and talent development milestones over a five-year period covering FY2026 – FY2030, plus an “outperformance” portion based on exceptional financial performance in 2030. The award includes two strategic milestones, each weighted equally for a total of $2.5 million of the total award, that relate to (i) high-quality truckload growth in any fiscal year during the performance period and (ii) introducing AI-enabled products and solutions by increasing adjusted growth profit in the Robinson Managed Services business unit for two consecutive years during the performance period. The award also includes talent development milestones, representing $1.0