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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000768899-25-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TBI"
cik: "0000768899"
company_name: "TrueBlue, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T11:33:35.818960+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrueBlue board unanimously rejects HireQuest's $7.50/share all-stock takeover bid

## Summary
- Board unanimously rejected unsolicited all-stock proposal from HireQuest at $7.50 per share.
- Prior February 2025 proposal at up to $12.30 per share was also rejected; latest offer deemed opportunistic.
- Board believes proposal significantly undervalues TrueBlue and is not in shareholders' best interest.
- TrueBlue remains focused on executing strategic plan; shareholders need not take action.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000768899-25-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TBI
- cik: 0000768899
- company_name: TrueBlue, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889925000094/0000768899-25-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768899/000076889925000094/tbi-20250513.htm

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