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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April&nbsp;17, 2007</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ABLEST INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>65-0978462</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1511 N. Westshore Blvd., Suite&nbsp;900, Tampa, Florida</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code): </I>(<B>813) 830-7700</B>
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    <TD>As previously reported, on March&nbsp;5, 2007, David
Ryman, an alleged shareholder of Ablest Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;), filed a lawsuit (<u>David Ryman v. Ablest,
Inc., et al.</u>, Case No.&nbsp;07-CA-002645 (Circuit Court,
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, Florida))
against the Company, certain Company directors and
officers, and other parties, on behalf of a
putative class of the Company&#146;s &#147;public
shareholders.&#148; The litigation related to the
Company&#146;s January&nbsp;23, 2007 announcement that
certain existing investors, including Charles H.
Heist, III, the Company&#146;s Chairman of the Board,
Kurt R. Moore, the Company&#146;s President and Chief
Executive Officer, and two partnerships that own
Company shares, had presented the Company with a
proposal to acquire all of the Company&#146;s publicly
held common stock. On April&nbsp;17, 2007, following
the Company&#146;s April&nbsp;4, 2007 announcement that the
Company had entered into a definitive agreement to
be acquired by a third party on other terms, the
plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
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    <TD align="left">April 27, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
John Horan&nbsp;</TD>
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