Kevin M. Walsh
President and
Chief Operating Officer,
Director

James L.K. Wang
Executive Vice President
and Director - Far East,
Director

James J. Casey
Director

Dan P. Kourkoumelis
Director
President and
Chief Operating Officer,
Quality Food Centers, Inc.
a Supermarket Chain

John W. Meisenbach
Director
President, MCM Financial
A Financial Services Company

Glenn M. Alger
Executive Vice President
and Director -
North America

Jean Claude Carcaillet
Sr. Vice President - Australasia

Michael R. Claydon
Sr. Vice President -
Europe and Africa

William J. Coogan
Sr. Vice President -
Ocean Cargo

Albert H. Leung
Sr. Vice President -
Far East

Rommel C. Saber
Sr. Vice President -
Near/Middle East and
Indian Sub-continent

Tim C. Barber
Sr. Vice President -
Sales and Marketing

R. Jordan Gates
Sr. Vice President -
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

Jeffrey J. King
Sr. Vice President - General
Counsel and Secretary

David M. Lincoln
Sr. Vice President and
Chief Information Officer

Charles J. Lynch
Vice President -
Corporate Controller

additional
product,
service and
geographic
managers

Michael Austin
Vice President -
Personnel Development

Rick Ballantyne
Director - Global
Distribution Services

Rosanne Esposito
Vice President - Imports

Roger Idiart
Vice President -
Global Air Cargo

Adam Seidenwerg
Vice President - E.C.M.S.

Larry Wu
Sr. Vice President - E.C.M.S.

Syed Ershad Ahmed
Managing Director - Bangladesh

Johnny Chang
Sales Director -
Far East

Andre Fernando
Managing Director -
Sri Lanka

Andy Hsia
General Manager -
Taiwan

Mark Kato
Managing Director -
Expeditors Japan

J. I. Kim
Managing Director -
Korea

Ricky Lee
Managing Director -
Central China

E. J. Ong
Managing Director -
Malaysia

Nixen Tanex
Managing Director -
Indonesia

Christopher Tay
Regional Managing Director -
Southeast Asia

Michael Wang
Managing Director -
Northern China

Albert Wei
Managing Director -
Thailand

Eugene Alger
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

Mark Bauer
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

Philip Coughlin
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

Manuel Diaz
Managing Director -
Mexico

Dennis Egan
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

J. Ross Hurst
Managing Director -
Canada

Richard Rostan
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

Robert Villanueva
Regional Vice
President - U.S.

L. Manfred Amberger
Vice President

James M. Anderson
Regional Manager - U.K.

John F. Bermingham
Joint Managing Director -
Ireland

Hans Joachim Buchholz
Country Manager -
Germany

Stephane P. Carlier
Regional Manager - Benelux

Carlos A. J. da Conceicao
Managing Director - Portugal

Joakim Ekstrom
Managing Director - Sweden

Michele Ferrari
Managing Director - Italy

Gregory T. Lewis
Joint Managing Director -
Ireland

Timo Matilainen
Managing Director - Finland

Antonio Rey
Managing Director - Spain

Christophe C. Richard
Managing Director - France

Georg Tumler
Managing Director - Austria

Wendy Vorster
Managing Director -
South Africa

Adnan Bokhary
Managing Director -
Saudi Arabia

Afsar Mahmood
Managing Director - Pakistan

Hamdi Ismail Ali
Managing Director - Egypt

Kurt Meister
Regional Director - India
and Pakistan

Idevaldo R. Silva
Managing Director -
Latin America

Guillermo Ayerbe
Country Manager -
Argentina

Marcela Maturana
Country Manager - Chile

Paulo Moreira
Managing Director - Brazil

corporate information

transfer agent and
registrar, dividend
disbursing agent

First Chicago Trust Company
of New York
P.O. Box 2500
Jersey City, NJ
07303-2500
e-mail: fctc@em.fcnbd.com
website: http://www.fctc.com

 independent auditors

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
3100 Two Union Square
601 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101-2327

 corporate headquarters

Expeditors International
of Washington, Inc.
999 Third Avenue
Suite 2500
Seattle, WA 98104

 offices and agents

Major Cities of the World

 annual meeting

The annual meeting of shareholders is Thursday, May 7, 1998, at 2:00pm at

The Rainier Club
820 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, Washington

form 10-K

The Company files an Annual Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K. Shareholders may obtain a copy of this report without charge by writing:

Jeffrey J. King, Secretary
Expeditors International
of Washington, Inc.
999 Third Avenue
P.O. Box 69620
Seattle, WA 98168-9620

stock price and
shareholder data

The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices in the over-the-counter market for the Company’s Common Stock as reported by The NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol EXPD.

common stock

There were 856 shareholders of record as of December 31, 1997. Management estimates that there were approximately 9,000 beneficial shareholders at that date.

In 1996 and 1997, the Board of Directors declared a semi-annual dividend of $.04 per share and $.05 per share, respectively, which was paid as follows: