Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): August 15, 2019

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)

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

Not Applicable

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

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):



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



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

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 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 15, 2019, TrueBlue, Inc. (the “Company”) and Sean Ebner, Executive Vice President and President, PeopleReady, agreed that Mr. Ebner’s employment with the Company would be terminated, effective immediately. The Company’s President & Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Beharelle, will assume the duties of President, PeopleReady until that position is filled.



Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)	Exhibits

101 Cover page interactive data file - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Filed Herewith
101	Cover page interactive data file - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document	X

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.