On May 6, 2009, at the Annual Meeting (the "Annual Meeting") of Shareholders of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the "Company"), the shareholders of the Company approved and ratified adoption of the 2009 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). A summary of the Plan's terms was provided in the Company's proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 20, 2009. This summary is incorporated herein by reference to the Proxy Statement and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2009 Stock Option Plan and related form of agreement, copies of which are attached as exhibits to this report.

The shareholders of the Company also approved the following items at the Annual Meeting:

(1) Election of the following directors: Peter J. Rose; R. Jordan Gates; James L.K. Wang; Mark A. Emmert; Dan P. Kourkoumelis; Michael J. Malone; John W. Meisenbach; and Robert R. Wright; and

(2) Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.      Description

   10.1          Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2009 Stock Option
                 Plan

   10.2          Form of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 2009 Stock
                 Option Plan Stock Option Agreement