# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000768899
**File Stem:** 0001999371-26-010105
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 12213
**Document Hash:** 7dc16c4a6d3f5d59264e3e55242a19d8
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001999371-26-010105.hdr.sgml**: 20260506

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001999371-26-010105

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260506

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260506

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260506

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TrueBlue, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000768899
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 911287341
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** WA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1227

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14543
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26948731

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1015 A STREET
- **CITY:** TACOMA
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98402
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 253-383-9101

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P.O. BOX 2910
- **STREET 2:** 1015 A. ST.
- **CITY:** TACOMA
- **STATE:** WA
- **ZIP:** 98402

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** LABOR READY INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DICKS HAMBURGERS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19900329

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, DC 20549**

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**FORM 8-K**

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): **May 6, 2026**

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![](tbi_001.jpg)

**TrueBlue, Inc.** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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**Washington** 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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| **001-14543** | **91-1287341** |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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**1015 A Street, Tacoma, Washington 98402**

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(253) 383-9101**

**Not Applicable**

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

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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):

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

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

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| **Common stock, no par value** | **TBI** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**

The information set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

**Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.**

On May 6, 2026, TrueBlue, Inc. (the "Company") and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the "Rights Agent") entered into the First Amendment to Rights Agreement (the "Amendment"), amending the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2025, between the Company and the Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement").

The Amendment changes the final expiration date of the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) from the close of business (as defined in the Rights Agreement) on May 13, 2026 to the close of business on May 6, 2026.

This description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) *Exhibits.*

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| **<u>Exhibit No.</u>** | **<u>Description</u>** |
| [4.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000114036125018971/ef20049037_ex4-1.htm) | [Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2025, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000114036125018971/ef20049037_ex4-1.htm) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025). |
| [4.2](ex4-2.htm) | [First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2026, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent](ex4-2.htm) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025). |
| 104 | Cover page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |

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**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.

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|  | **TrueBlue, Inc.** | **TrueBlue, Inc.** |
| Date: May 6, 2026 | By: | /s/ *Garrett R. Ferencz* |
|  | Name: | Garrett R. Ferencz |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer |

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## Exhibit 4.2

[TrueBlue, Inc. 8-K](tbi-8k_050626.htm)

**Exhibit 4.2**

**FIRST AMENDMENT TO<br> RIGHTS AGREEMENT** 

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 6, 2026 (this "***Amendment***"), is made by and between TrueBlue, Inc. (f/k/a Labor Ready, Inc.), a Washington corporation (the "***Company***"), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent (the "***Rights Agent***").

**WHEREAS,** the Company and the Rights Agent entered into that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2025 (the "***Agreement***");

**WHEREAS,** Section 26 of the Agreement provides, among other things, that, for so long as the Rights (as defined in the Agreement) are then redeemable, the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this Agreement in any respect without the approval of any holders of Rights or Common Stock (as defined in the Agreement) of the Company;

**WHEREAS,** the Rights are redeemable as of the date hereof;

**WHEREAS,** the Board of Directors of the Company (the "***Board***") has determined it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to amend the Agreement as set forth herein; and

**WHEREAS,** the Board has authorized and approved this Amendment.

**NOW, THEREFORE,** for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby agrees to amend the Agreement as follows and directs the Rights Agent to execute this Amendment:

**1.** The text of clause (i) of Section 7.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety
with the following: "the close of business on May 6, 2026 (the "*Final Expiration Date* "),".

**2.** <u>Exhibit A</u> to the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**a.** The reference to "MAY 13, 2026" on page A-1 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety
with the following: "MAY 6, 2026".

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**b.** The first sentence on page A-1 is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

"This certifies that ________________, or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2025, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (the "*Agreement*"), by and between TrueBlue, Inc., a Washington corporation (the "*Company*"), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, as Rights Agent (and any successor rights agent(s), the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on May 6, 2026, at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or its successor(s) as rights agent, designated for such purpose, one one-hundredth of a fully paid, nonassessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the "*Series A Preferred*"), of the Company, at a purchase price of $30 per one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Preferred, subject to adjustment (the "*Purchase Price*"), upon presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase and the certification properly completed and duly executed, accompanied by such documentation and information as the Rights Agent or the Company may reasonably request. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of one-hundredths of a share of Series A Preferred which may be purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of May 14, 2025, based on the Series A Preferred as constituted at such date. Capitalized terms used in this Right Certificate without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Series A Preferred which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events."

**3.** <u>Exhibit B</u> to the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**a.** The first clause of the second sentence of the second paragraph on page B-2 is hereby deleted and replaced
in its entirety with the following: "The Rights will expire on May 6, 2026,".

**4.** This Amendment is effective as of the date first set forth above.

**5.** Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms
in the Agreement.

**6.** This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts; each such counterpart shall for all purposes
be deemed to be an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this
Amendment executed and/or transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature.

**7.** Except as modified hereby, the Agreement is reaffirmed in all respects, and all references therein to
"the Agreement" shall mean the Agreement, as modified hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.

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| **TRUEBLUE, INC.** | **TRUEBLUE, INC.** | **TRUEBLUE, INC.** |
| By: | */s/ Garrett R. Ferencz* | */s/ Garrett R. Ferencz* |
|  | Name: | Garrett R. Ferencz |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer |
| **COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.** | **COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.** | **COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.** |
| By: | */s/ Ralph Stock* | */s/ Ralph Stock* |
|  | Name: | Ralph Stock |
|  | Title: | Manager, Client Management |

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