AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 11, 1996 REGISTRATION NO. 33-94720 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 LABOR READY, INC. ------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter) WASHINGTON 7360 91-1287341 ---------- ---- ---------- (State of Incorporation (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number) 2156 PACIFIC AVENUE, TACOMA, WASHINGTON 98402 (206) 383-9101 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) BRAD E. HERR, P.S., 2510 NORTH PINES ROAD, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 99206, - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (509)928-9353 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service) ---------------------------------- Copies to: BRAD E. HERR, P.S. MARK R. BEATTY, ESQ. 2510 NORTH PINES ROAD, SUITE 202 PRESTON GATES & ELLIS SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 99206 701 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 5000 TELEPHONE: (509) 928-9353 - SEATTLE, WA 98104 FACSIMILE (509) 928-9338 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-7580 FACSIMILE (206) 623-7022 Approximate date of commission of proposed sale to the public. ______________ If any securities are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. / / If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. / / - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Labor Ready, Inc. hereby removes from registration all shares previously registered pursuant to this Registration Statement that remain unsold by the Selling Shareholders at the close of business on June 11, 1996. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on June 10, 1996: LABOR READY, INC. By /s/ Glenn A. Welstad ------------------------- Glenn A. Welstad President and Chief Executive Officer 3