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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LABOR READY, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">91-1287341</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or<br>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1015 A Street</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tacoma, Washington 98402</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LABOR READY, INC. 2005 LONG-TERM
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">JOANNA MONROE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1015 A Street</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tacoma, WA 98402</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(253) 383-9101</font></b></p>

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including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copy to:</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RICHARD B. DODD</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ANNETTE ELINGER BECKER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis
LLP</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">925 Fourth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;2900</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Seattle, Washington 98104-1158</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(206) 623-7580</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  To be Registered</font></b></p>
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  Registered<br>
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  Maximum<br>
  Offering Price<br>
  Per Share<br>
  (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price<br>
  (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee<br>
  (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common
  Stock, no par value per share, under the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2005
  Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18.98</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">104,390,000</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,213.63</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plan as the result of
any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#146;s
outstanding Common Stock.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(i)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share
is estimated to be $18.98, based on the average of the high sales price ($19.46)
and the low sales price ($18.50) per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;18, 2005. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p)
under the Securities Act, the registration fee of $12,213.63 is offset by
registration fees of $396.26 previously paid by Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. with
respect to 1,003,232 unissued shares of common stock registered under (i)&nbsp;the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-99049) of
Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;30,
2002, (ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-16455)
of Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;20,
1996. &#160;Post-effective amendments to the
foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 1,003,232 unissued shares
are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration
Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>5,500,000 shares are to be offered and sold
under the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) relates to the registration of 5,500,000 shares of common stock, no
par value per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
under the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
The 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock being registered under this Registration
Statement are comprised of: (i)&nbsp;4,496,768 not previously registered; (ii)&nbsp;593,470
shares previously registered for issuance under the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2000
Stock Option Plan; and (iii)&nbsp;409,762 shares previously registered for
issuance under the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (collectively, the &#147;Former Plans&#148;). None of the shares being
registered hereunder relating to the Former Plans may be issued under the
Former Plans; such 1,003,232 shares may only be offered and sold under the
Plan.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="Parti_023633"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I</font></b></a></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. has sent or given or will
send or give documents containing the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of
this Registration Statement to participants in the plan to which this
Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(i)&nbsp;promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the
Securities Act. The Registrant is not filing such documents with the
Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><a name="Item3_023645"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3</font></b></a><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed with the Commission
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11,
2005, which contains audited consolidated financial statements for the most
recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All other reports filed by Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed on October&nbsp;7,
1998, under Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, including any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date
hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.</font></p>

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COUNSEL</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of the securities that may be offered
under the Plan will be passed upon for Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. by Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp;
Ellis LLP, 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;2900, Seattle, Washington 98104.
Attorneys who are partners or employed by Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP
who have provided advice with respect to this matter own shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><a name="Item6_023652"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6</font></b></a><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sections 23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington
Business Corporation Act (the &#147;WBCA&#148;) authorize Washington corporations to
indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances against expenses
and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by
reason of being a director or officer, as applicable. Section&nbsp;23B.08.560
of the WBCA authorizes a corporation by provision in a bylaw approved by its
shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify a director made a party to a
proceeding, or obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a
proceeding, without regard to the limitations imposed by Sections 23B.08.510
through 23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any director
from or on account of (a)&nbsp;acts or omissions of the director finally
adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (b)&nbsp;conduct
of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of Section&nbsp;23B.08.310
of the WBCA (which section&nbsp;relates to unlawful distributions) or (c)&nbsp;any
transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director
personally received a benefit in money, property or services to which the
director was not legally entitled.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Bylaws and Articles
of Incorporation provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to
time, indemnify all directors and officers of the Company. In addition, the
Company&#146;s Bylaws contain a provision eliminating the personal liability of
directors to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages arising out
of a breach of fiduciary duty. Under Washington law, this provision eliminates
the liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty but does not eliminate
the personal liability of any director for (i)&nbsp;acts or omissions of a
director finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (ii)&nbsp;conduct finally adjudicated to be in violation of Section&nbsp;23B.08.310
of the Washington Business Corporation Act (which section&nbsp;relates to
unlawful distributions) or (iii)&nbsp;any transaction with respect to which it
is finally adjudged that a director personally received a benefit in money,
property or services to which the director was not legally entitled.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146;
liability insurance under which the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are
insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result of claims brought
against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><a name="Item7_023655"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7</font></b></a><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><a name="Item8_023656"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8</font></b></a><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">. EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP regarding legality of
  the Common Stock being offered.</font></p>
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 </tr>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP (included in opinion
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
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 </tr>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc.
  Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission May&nbsp;24, 2005).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><a name="Item9_023700"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9</font></b></a><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">. UNDERTAKINGS</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided,
however, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or
15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefits plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="Signatures_023717"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></a></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tacoma, State of
Washington, on this 24th day of May, 2005.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LABOR READY, INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joseph P. Sambataro,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer and President</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="PowerOfAttorney_023716"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></a></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each person whose individual signature appears below
hereby authorizes Robert Sullivan, Steven C. Cooper, and Derrek L. Gafford, or
any of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, to execute
in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity
stated below, and to file, any and all post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated below on this 24th day of May, 2005.</font></p>

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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert Sullivan</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert Sullivan</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chief Executive Officer and President</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joseph P. Sambataro,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven C. Cooper</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven C. Cooper</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Derrek L. Gafford</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President of Accounting and Finance</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Derrek L. Gafford</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Keith Grinstein</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Keith Grinstein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gates McKibbin</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gates McKibbin</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas E. McChesney</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas E. McChesney</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Carl W. Shafer</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Carl W. Shafer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/w/ William W. Steele</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William W. Steele</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP regarding legality of
  the Common Stock being offered.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Preston Gates&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP (included in opinion
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc.
  Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission May&nbsp;24, 2005).</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 24, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LABOR READY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Washington
91-1287341
(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
1015 A Street
Tacoma, Washington 98402
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
LABOR READY, INC. 2005 LONG-TERM
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
JOANNA MONROE
Labor Ready, Inc.
1015 A Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 383-9101
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
RICHARD B. DODD
ANNETTE ELINGER BECKER
Preston Gates & Ellis
LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98104-1158
(206) 623-7580
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
(2)
Common
  Stock, no par value per share, under the Labor Ready, Inc. 2005
  Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
5,500,000
(3)
$
18.98
$
104,390,000
$
12,213.63
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plan as the result of
any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant's
outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(i) and Rule 457(c) under
the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share
is estimated to be $18.98, based on the average of the high sales price ($19.46)
and the low sales price ($18.50) per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as
reported by the New York Stock Exchange on May 18, 2005. Pursuant to Rule 457(p)
under the Securities Act, the registration fee of $12,213.63 is offset by
registration fees of $396.26 previously paid by Labor Ready, Inc. with
respect to 1,003,232 unissued shares of common stock registered under (i) the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-99049) of
Labor Ready, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30,
2002, (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-16455)
of Labor Ready, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20,
1996.  Post-effective amendments to the
foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 1,003,232 unissued shares
are being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration
Statement.
(3)
5,500,000 shares are to be offered and sold
under the Labor Ready, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY
  REFERENCE
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
  OFFICERS
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
2
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") relates to the registration of 5,500,000 shares of common stock, no
par value per share ("Common Stock"), of Labor Ready, Inc. (the "Registrant")
under the Labor Ready, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
The 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock being registered under this Registration
Statement are comprised of: (i) 4,496,768 not previously registered; (ii) 593,470
shares previously registered for issuance under the Labor Ready, Inc. 2000
Stock Option Plan; and (iii) 409,762 shares previously registered for
issuance under the Labor Ready, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (collectively, the "Former Plans"). None of the shares being
registered hereunder relating to the Former Plans may be issued under the
Former Plans; such 1,003,232 shares may only be offered and sold under the
Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Labor Ready, Inc. has sent or given or will
send or give documents containing the information specified by Part I of
this Registration Statement to participants in the plan to which this
Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(i) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act. The Registrant is not filing such documents with the
Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on March 11,
2005, which contains audited consolidated financial statements for the most
recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b)
All other reports filed by Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in paragraph (a) above.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common
Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on October 7,
1998, under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
Item 4
. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
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Item 5
. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
COUNSEL
The validity of the securities that may be offered
under the Plan will be passed upon for Labor Ready, Inc. by Preston Gates &
Ellis LLP, 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900, Seattle, Washington 98104.
Attorneys who are partners or employed by Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
who have provided advice with respect to this matter own shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock.
Item 6
. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS
Sections 23B.08.510 and 23B.08.570 of the Washington
Business Corporation Act (the "WBCA") authorize Washington corporations to
indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances against expenses
and liabilities incurred in legal proceedings in which they are involved by
reason of being a director or officer, as applicable. Section 23B.08.560
of the WBCA authorizes a corporation by provision in a bylaw approved by its
shareholders to indemnify or agree to indemnify a director made a party to a
proceeding, or obligate itself to advance or reimburse expenses incurred in a
proceeding, without regard to the limitations imposed by Sections 23B.08.510
through 23B.08.550; provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any director
from or on account of (a) acts or omissions of the director finally
adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (b) conduct
of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of Section 23B.08.310
of the WBCA (which section relates to unlawful distributions) or (c) any
transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director
personally received a benefit in money, property or services to which the
director was not legally entitled.
The Company's Bylaws and Articles
of Incorporation provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to
time, indemnify all directors and officers of the Company. In addition, the
Company's Bylaws contain a provision eliminating the personal liability of
directors to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages arising out
of a breach of fiduciary duty. Under Washington law, this provision eliminates
the liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty but does not eliminate
the personal liability of any director for (i) acts or omissions of a
director finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (ii) conduct finally adjudicated to be in violation of Section 23B.08.310
of the Washington Business Corporation Act (which section relates to
unlawful distributions) or (iii) any transaction with respect to which it
is finally adjudged that a director personally received a benefit in money,
property or services to which the director was not legally entitled.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers'
liability insurance under which the Registrant's directors and officers are
insured against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result of claims brought
against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.
Item 7
. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8
. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP regarding legality of
  the Common Stock being offered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (included in opinion
  filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
99.1
Labor Ready, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Labor Ready, Inc.
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission May 24, 2005).
Item 9
. UNDERTAKINGS
A.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
B.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefits plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tacoma, State of
Washington, on this 24th day of May, 2005.
LABOR READY, INC.
/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
By:
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below
hereby authorizes Robert Sullivan, Steven C. Cooper, and Derrek L. Gafford, or
any of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, to execute
in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity
stated below, and to file, any and all post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated below on this 24th day of May, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Robert Sullivan
Director, Chairman
Robert Sullivan
/s/ Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven C. Cooper
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Steven C. Cooper
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Derrek L. Gafford
Vice President of Accounting and Finance
Derrek L. Gafford
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Keith Grinstein
Director
Keith Grinstein
/s/ Gates McKibbin
Director
Gates McKibbin
/s/ Thomas E. McChesney
Director
Thomas E. McChesney
/s/ Carl W. Shafer
Director
Carl W. Shafer
/w/ William W. Steele
Director
William W. Steele
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP regarding legality of
  the Common Stock being offered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (included in opinion
  filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page).
99.1
Labor Ready, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Labor Ready, Inc.
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission May 24, 2005).
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