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):  April 19, 2006

 

LABOR READY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(253) 383-9101

(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):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 2.02.              Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On April 19, 2006, Labor Ready, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) reporting its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006 and earnings guidance, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and the contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained in the Press Release 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 it 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.

 

Item 8.01.              Other Events.

 

On April 19, 2006, the Company also announced that it plans to repurchase up to 1.2 million shares of its common stock during the second quarter of fiscal year 2006 under a program previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)	Exhibits
99.1.	Press Release of the Company dated April 19, 2006.

 

 

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: April 21, 2006	By:		/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
			Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
			Chief Executive Officer

 

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