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Tacoma - June 13, 2018 - TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI), a global provider of specialized workforce solutions, has, through its PeopleScout business, acquired TMP Holdings LTD (“TMP”). TMP is a leading provider of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), resourcing and recruitment marketing services in the United Kingdom.

“This acquisition underscores PeopleScout’s growing importance to TrueBlue. It expands our highest margin business in a market that is growing in the mid-teens and where our own growth has recently exceeded 20 percent,” stated CEO Steve Cooper. “TMP establishes a position for us in the UK, which is the second largest RPO market in the world and one of the most common markets included in multi-continent RPO deals. Obtaining a physical presence and referenceable clients in the UK enhances our ability to compete on multi-continent engagements.”

A presentation providing additional details on the transaction has been posted on the TrueBlue website at www.trueblue.com under the investor relations section. Management will provide additional details about the transaction on its conference call discussing second quarter earnings results.

TMP Holdings LTD* is a leading independent RPO, resourcing and recruitment marketing company providing talent solutions to organizations in the commercial and government sectors in the UK under its TMP Worldwide and Yocto brands. An award-winning business, TMP is recognized as a specialist in employer branding and for bringing creativity and innovation to its talent solutions. Its Bristol delivery center handles tens of thousands of candidates annually for TMP’s RPO customers working alongside a specialist assessment unit to build effective selection tools and the London communications delivery center provides access to research, insight, media planning, technology and creative services. For more information, please visit www.tmpw.co.uk.

PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98 percent client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Charlotte, Toronto, Montreal, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.

TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions that help clients achieve business growth and improve productivity, while connecting approximately 740,000 people with work in 2017. TrueBlue's PeopleReady segment offers industrial staffing services, PeopleManagement offers contingent and productivity-based on-site industrial staffing services, and PeopleScout offers Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) solutions to a wide variety of industries. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.

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