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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): May 14, 2018 (May 9, 2018)

TRUEBLUE, 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)

(253) 383-9101

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

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

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Item 5.07.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 9, 2018, TrueBlue, Inc. (the “company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders. A total of 37,633,599 shares of the company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote were present at the annual meeting in person or by proxy. At the annual meeting, the shareholders voted to (a) elect each of the eight nominees for director to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, (b) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers, (c) approve the amendment and restatement of the company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and (d) ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP to be the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2018.

The voting results were as follows:

(a) Election of Directors:



Nominee	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Colleen B. Brown	35,638,744	204,287	4,072	1,786,496
Steven C. Cooper	35,827,770	15,190	4,143	1,786,496
William C. Goings	35,824,355	18,715	4,033	1,786,496
Kim Harris Jones	35,823,002	20,068	4,033	1,786,496
Stephen M. Robb	35,824,730	18,265	4,108	1,786,496
Jeffrey B. Sakaguchi	35,640,206	203,189	3,708	1,786,496
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.	35,734,572	108,423	4,108	1,786,496
Bonnie W. Soodik	35,638,733	204,737	3,633	1,786,496

(b) Advisory vote on compensation of the company’s named executive officers:



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
35,141,608	635,473	70,022	1,786,496



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
34,433,833	1,380,710	32,560	1,786,496

(d) Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to be the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2018:



For	Against	Abstain
37,359,394	263,431	10,774

SIGNATURE

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.




		TRUEBLUE, INC.
		(Registrant)

Date:	May 14, 2018	By:	/s/ James E. Defebaugh
			James E. Defebaugh
			Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary