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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 11, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 33-94720
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LABOR READY, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
WASHINGTON 7360 91-1287341
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(State of Incorporation (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer
or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number)
2156 PACIFIC AVENUE, TACOMA, WASHINGTON 98402 (206) 383-9101
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
BRAD E. HERR, P.S., 2510 NORTH PINES ROAD, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 99206,
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(509)928-9353
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code of agent for service)
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Copies to:
BRAD E. HERR, P.S. MARK R. BEATTY, ESQ.
2510 NORTH PINES ROAD, SUITE 202 PRESTON GATES & ELLIS
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 99206 701 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 5000
TELEPHONE: (509) 928-9353 - SEATTLE, WA 98104
FACSIMILE (509) 928-9338 TELEPHONE: (206) 623-7580
FACSIMILE (206) 623-7022
Approximate date of commission of proposed sale to the public. ______________
If any securities are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.
/ /
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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Labor Ready, Inc. hereby removes from registration all shares previously
registered pursuant to this Registration Statement that remain unsold by the
Selling Shareholders at the close of business on June 11, 1996.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
New York, State of New York, on June 10, 1996:
LABOR READY, INC.
By /s/ Glenn A. Welstad
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Glenn A. Welstad
President and Chief Executive Officer
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