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    HireQuest Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    3/30/26 5:38:52 PM ET
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    hqi20260330_8k.htm
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    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): March 30, 2026
     
     
    hqi20230316_8kimg001.jpg
     
    HIREQUEST, INC.
    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
     
     
    Delaware
     
    001-38513
     
    91-2079472
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of
    Incorporation or Organization)
     
    (Commission
    File Number)
     
    (I.R.S. Employer
    Identification No.)
     
         
    111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC
     
    29445
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
     
    (Zip Code)
     
    (843) 723-7400
    (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     
     
     
    (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
     
    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
     
    ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
     
    ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
     
    ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
     
    ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 
     
    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
    Title of Each Class
    Trading Symbol(s)
    Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
    Common Stock, $0.001 par value
    HQI
    The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
     
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
     
    Emerging growth company ☐
     
    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
     
     

     
     
    Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     
    On March 30, 2026, HireQuest, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") reporting its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
     
    The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In addition, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto) shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference into such filing.
     
    Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
    Exhibit Index
     
    Exhibit
    Description
    99.1
    Press Release dated March 30, 2026 (furnished only).
    104
    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
     
     

     
     
    SIGNATURES
     
    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.
     
             
       
    HIREQUEST, INC.
       
    (Registrant)
         
             
         
    Date: March 30, 2026
         
    /s/ John McAnnar
           
    John McAnnar
           
    Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Secretary
     
     
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