Labor Ready Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 14, 2007

 

LABOR READY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-14543		91-1287341
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1015 A Street, Tacoma, Washington		98402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01.                                         Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

In connection with a management presentation with analysts and portfolio managers scheduled for November 14, 2007 at 12:00 PM (ET) in New York City, Labor Ready, Inc. (the “Company”) has issued a press release (the “Press Release”), which is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1. Copies of the slide presentation, which will be presented by the Company at the management presentation and generally to members of the financial and investment community from time to time (the “Investor Presentation”), are attached to this report as Exhibit 99.2 and are also available on the Company’s website, www.laborready.com.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained in this report (including the Press Release and Investor Presentation) shall not be deemed “Filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall the Press Release or the Investor Presentation be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This report will not be deemed a determination or an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

 

Item 9.01.                                         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                   Exhibits

 

99.1.                         Press Release of the Company dated November 14, 2007.

 

99.2.                         Investor Presentation.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

		LABOR READY, INC.
			(Registrant)
Date: November 14, 2007	By:		/s/ James E. Defebaugh
			James E. Defebaugh
			Executive Vice President, General
			Counsel and Secretary

 

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