UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)             April 21, 2004

 

LABOR READY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1015 A Street

Tacoma, Washington  98402

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(253) 383-9101

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

ITEM 12.               RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

On April 21, 2004, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) reporting its financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2004 and updating its earnings guidance for the second quarter of 2004, 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.6. 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, 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.

 

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.

 

April 21, 2004
	LABOR READY, INC.
	By:	/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
		Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release of Labor Ready, Inc. (the “Company”), dated April 21, 2004.

 

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