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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;30, 2002.  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No. 333-76420  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
ON FORM S-8<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>LABOR READY,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>91-1287341<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification No.)<BR></FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1015 A Street<BR>
Tacoma, WA 98402<BR>
(253)&nbsp;383-9101<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of registrant's Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>LABOR READY,&nbsp;INC. 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Timothy J. Adams<BR>
Labor Ready, Inc.<BR>
1015 A Street<BR>
Tacoma, WA 98402<BR>
(253) 383-9101<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copy to:<BR>
Gary J. Kocher, Esq.<BR>
Chris K. Visser, Esq.<BR>
Preston Gates &amp; Ellis LLP<BR>
5000 Bank of America Tower<BR>
701 Fifth Avenue<BR>
Seattle, WA 98104<BR>
(206) 623-7580</B></FONT></TD>
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<TH WIDTH="26%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=1><B> Title of each class<BR>
of securities to be<BR>
registered</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
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Amount to be<BR>
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Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price per<BR>
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Proposed maximum<BR>
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Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>Common stock, no par value per share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>1,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>7.2575</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>7,257,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>667.70</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
shares covered by this Registration Statement represent shares of Common Stock which have become available for issuance under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
as a result of an amendment increasing the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder by 1,000,000. On January&nbsp;8, 2002 the Registrant filed a Form&nbsp;S-8 registering
3,750,000 shares under the Plan. Additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such plan as the result of any future stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant are also being registered.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) solely for purposes of calculating amount of registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on August&nbsp;23,
2002, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company")
issuable pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), which have been previously registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January&nbsp;8, 2002, file number 333-76420. This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan as a result of an amendment of the Plan. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_de1373_3"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 previously
filed by the Company with the Commission on January&nbsp;8, 2002, file number 333-76420, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. This Registration Statement
registers additional shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan, and the following subsequent periodic reports and information contained therein are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;29, 2002, and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;28, 2002 (provided that the information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June&nbsp;28, 2002 is not incorporated in, and not deemed part of, this prospectus); and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>the
Company's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated April&nbsp;18, 2002, the Company's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;3, 2002, the
Company's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated June&nbsp;6, 2002, and the Company's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated June&nbsp;14, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment to this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed supplement to this
Registration Statement, or in any document that also is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;3, 2002, we dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen") as our independent auditors and appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our new
independent auditors. This decision was approved by our board of directors. The report of Andersen on the consolidated financial statements of Labor Ready,&nbsp;Inc. incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement contained no </FONT></P>

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adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
report of Andersen incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement was previously issued by Andersen on February&nbsp;4, 2002. We have not been able to obtain, after
reasonable efforts, a re-issued report from Andersen. Andersen has not consented to the inclusion of its report in this Registration Statement, and we have dispensed with the requirement
to file their consent in reliance upon Rule&nbsp;437a of the Securities Act. Because Andersen has not consented to the inclusion of its report in this Registration Statement, you will not be able to
recover against Andersen under Section&nbsp;11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions to state
a material fact required to be stated therein. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
connection with Andersen's audits of our consolidated financial statements as of December&nbsp;31, 2001 and 2000 and for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
contained in our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 incorporated by reference in this prospectus, there were no disagreements with
Andersen and us on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of Andersen
would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the financial statements for such years. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on page II-3. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 on Form&nbsp;S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOSEPH P. SAMBATARO, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 has been signed on August&nbsp;29, 2002 by the following persons in the
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOSEPH P. SAMBATARO, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Chief Executive Officer, President and Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN C. COOPER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven C. Cooper</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Executive Vice President</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARK R. BEATTY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mark R. Beatty</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS E. MCCHESNEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas E. McChesney</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GATES MCKIBBIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gates McKibbin</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CARL W. SHAFER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carl W. Schafer</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM STEELE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William Steele</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT J. SULLIVAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert J. Sullivan</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>II-2</FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="85%"><FONT SIZE=2>Labor Ready, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended January 14, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1373_1">INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1373_2">PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1373_4">NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1373_5">Item 8. Exhibits.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2002.
Registration No. 333-76420
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON FORM S-8
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LABOR READY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
91-1287341
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1015 A Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 383-9101
(Address of registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
LABOR READY, INC. 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Timothy J. Adams
Labor Ready, Inc.
1015 A Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 383-9101
(Name, address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Gary J. Kocher, Esq.
Chris K. Visser, Esq.
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
5000 Bank of America Tower
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 623-7580
Title of each class
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
1,000,000 shares
$
7.2575
$
7,257,500
$
667.70
(1)
The
shares covered by this Registration Statement represent shares of Common Stock which have become available for issuance under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan")
as a result of an amendment increasing the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder by 1,000,000. On January 8, 2002 the Registrant filed a Form S-8 registering
3,750,000 shares under the Plan. Additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such plan as the result of any future stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant are also being registered.
(2)
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating amount of registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on August 23,
2002, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement relates to 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of Labor Ready, Inc. (the "Company")
issuable pursuant to the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), which have been previously registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 8, 2002, file number 333-76420. This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 1,000,000
shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan as a result of an amendment of the Plan.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously
filed by the Company with the Commission on January 8, 2002, file number 333-76420, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. This Registration Statement
registers additional shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plan, and the following subsequent periodic reports and information contained therein are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement:
(a)
the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001;
(b)
the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2002, and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2002 (provided that the information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June 28, 2002 is not incorporated in, and not deemed part of, this prospectus); and
(c)
the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2002, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3, 2002, the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 2002, and the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 2002.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in this Registration Statement, in any amendment to this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed supplement to this
Registration Statement, or in any document that also is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS
On May 3, 2002, we dismissed Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen") as our independent auditors and appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our new
independent auditors. This decision was approved by our board of directors. The report of Andersen on the consolidated financial statements of Labor Ready, Inc. incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement contained no
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adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.
The
report of Andersen incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement was previously issued by Andersen on February 4, 2002. We have not been able to obtain, after
reasonable efforts, a re-issued report from Andersen. Andersen has not consented to the inclusion of its report in this Registration Statement, and we have dispensed with the requirement
to file their consent in reliance upon Rule 437a of the Securities Act. Because Andersen has not consented to the inclusion of its report in this Registration Statement, you will not be able to
recover against Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions to state
a material fact required to be stated therein.
In
connection with Andersen's audits of our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999
contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 incorporated by reference in this prospectus, there were no disagreements with
Andersen and us on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of Andersen
would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the financial statements for such years.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on page II-3.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tacoma, State of Washington, on this 29
th
day of August 2002.
LABOR READY, INC.
/s/
JOSEPH P. SAMBATARO, JR.
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
II-1
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed on August 29, 2002 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/
JOSEPH P. SAMBATARO, JR.
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
/s/
STEVEN C. COOPER
Steven C. Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
and Executive Vice President
/s/
MARK R. BEATTY
Mark R. Beatty
Director
/s/
THOMAS E. MCCHESNEY
Thomas E. McChesney
Director
/s/
GATES MCKIBBIN
Gates McKibbin
Director
/s/
CARL W. SHAFER
Carl W. Schafer
Director
/s/
WILLIAM STEELE
William Steele
Director
/s/
ROBERT J. SULLIVAN
Robert J. Sullivan
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Labor Ready, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended January 14, 2002
5.1
Opinion of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
23.1
Consent of Andersen LLP (omitted pursuant to Rule 437a under the Securities Act)
23.2
Consent of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
II-3
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS