Edgar Filing: TrueBlue, Inc.

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 11, 2011

TRUEBLUE, INC

TrueBlue, Inc.
C/O Computershare
350 Indiana Street
Suite750
Golden, CO 80401


	Meeting Information
	Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
	For holders as of: March 11, 2011
	Date: May 11, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM PDT
	Location:	TrueBlue, Inc. 1015 A Street Tacoma, WA 98402

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Voting items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
		The Board of Directors recommends you
1.	Election of Directors	vote FOR the following proposals:
	Nominees
1a.	Steven C. Cooper	4.	Ratification of the appointment of
			Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's
1b.	Thomas E. McChesney		independent registered public accounting
			firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2011.
1c.	Gates McKibbin
		5.	As may be recommended by the Board of
1d.	Jeffrey B. Sakaguchi		Directors,the Proxies are authorized to
			vote upon such other business as may
1e.	Joseph P. Sambataro, Jr		properly come before the meeting.

1f.	Bonnie W. Soodik

1g.	William W. Steele

1h.	Craig E. Tall

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

2.	Advisory vote approving executive compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

3.	Advisory vote on the frequency of voting to approve executive compensation.