TrueBlue Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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 13, 2025
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| Item 8.01. | Other Event | ||||
On May 13, 2025, TrueBlue, Inc. (“TrueBlue”) that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) unanimously rejected an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from HireQuest, Inc., regarding a potential all-stock proposal to acquire all common shares of TrueBlue at $7.50 per share.
A copy of the press release announcing the Board’s rejection of the unsolicited bid is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained above in this report (including the exhibits hereto) shall not be deemed “Filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall the contents hereof or the exhibits here to 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. This report will not be deemed a determination or an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
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(d)Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Filed Herewith | ||||||
| 99.1 | X | |||||||
| 104 | Cover page interactive data file - The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted as Inline XBRL | X | ||||||
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 13, 2025 | By: | /s/ Garrett Ferencz | |||||||||||
| Garrett Ferencz | ||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||||||||