UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2017 (May 11, 2017)
 
TRUEBLUE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Washington
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
 
001-14543
 
91-1287341
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1015 A Street, Tacoma, Washington
 
98402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(253) 383-9101
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 11, 2017, TrueBlue, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders. A total of 38,797,499 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote were present at the annual meeting in person or by proxy. At the annual meeting, the shareholders voted to (a) elect each of the nine nominees for director, (b) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (c) approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation and (d) ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to be the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

The voting results were as follows:

(a) Election of Directors:

Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Colleen B. Brown
36,359,366
68,471
62,147
2,307,515
Steven C. Cooper
36,417,034
70,795
2,155
2,307,515
William C. Goings
36,416,917
10,098
62,969
2,307,515
Kim Harris Jones
36,415,668
11,422
62,894
2,307,515
Stephen M. Robb
36,388,150
38,615
63,219
2,307,515
Jeffrey B. Sakaguchi
36,416,070
10,594
63,320
2,307,515
Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr.
36,339,822
88,049
62,113
2,307,515
Bonnie W. Soodik
36,415,092
11,998
62,894
2,307,515
William W. Steele
34,174,639
2,253,157
62,188
2,307,515

(b) Advisory vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
 
33,484,027
2,917,450
88,507
2,307,515
 

(c) Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation:

One Year
Two Years
Three Years
Abstain
 
28,954,528
203,728
7,251,837
79,891
 

(d) Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to be the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

For
Against
Abstain
 
36,817,070
1,977,080
3,349
 






SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRUEBLUE, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date:
May 15, 2017
By:
 
/s/ James E. Defebaugh
 
 
 
 
James E. Defebaugh
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary