Form: S-8 POS

Post-effective amendment to a S-8 registration statement

June 16, 2003

S-8 POS: Post-effective amendment to a S-8 registration statement

Published on June 16, 2003

Registration No. 33-52871
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland 52-0812977
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97239
Telephone (503) 220-0988
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., EMPLOYEE'S SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
(Full title of the plan)

William W. Sherertz
President
Barrett Business Services, Inc.
4724 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97239
Telephone (503) 220-0988
(Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)

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Copies to:
Miller Nash LLP
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204-3699
Attn: Mary Ann Frantz
(503) 224-5858


DEREGISTRATION

Pursuant to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 033-52871) filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 1994, Barrett Business
Services, Inc., a Maryland corporation, registered 60,000 shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, with respect to the Barrett Business Services,
Inc., Employee's Savings Plan and Trust. In May 1994, the corporation effected a
2 for 1 stock split, bringing the total number of shares registered under this
Form S-8 to 120,000 shares. The Registration Statement is hereby amended to
deregister all the remaining shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share,
of Barrett Business Services, Inc. under the Registration Statement and to
terminate the registration.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Portland, state of Oregon, on the 30th day of May,
2003.

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)


By /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
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Michael D. Mulholland
Vice President-Finance

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of the 30th day of May, 2003.



Signature Title

(1) Principal Executive Officer
and Director:

WILLIAM W. SHERERTZ* President and Chief Executive Officer and
Director

(2) Principal Financial Officer:

/s/ Michael D. Mulholland Vice President-Finance
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Michael D. Mulholland


(3) Principal Accounting Officer:

JAMES D. MILLER* Controller


(4) A majority of the Board of Directors:

/s/ Fores J. Beaudry
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Fores J. Beaudry Director

/s/ Thomas J. Carley
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Thomas J. Carley Director

/s/ James B. Hicks
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James B. Hicks Director

ANTHONY MEEKER* Director
NANCY B. SHERERTZ* Director


*By /s/ Michael D. Mulholland
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Michael D. Mulholland
Attorney-in-fact




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