CINTAS CORP — M&A Activity 2025

Mar 24, 2025

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 24, 2025

Cintas Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Washington	0-11399	31-1188630
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

6800 Cintas Boulevard , P.O. Box 625737 ,
Cincinnati , Ohio	45262-5737
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: ( 513 ) 459-1200

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:

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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, no par value	CTAS	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
		(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

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. ☐

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 24, 2025, Cintas Corporation (the “Company” or “Cintas”) issued a press release announcing that it has terminated discussions with UniFirst Corporation (“UniFirst”) regarding Cintas’ proposal to acquire all of the outstanding common and class B shares of UniFirst. A copy of the press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Cintas Corporation published a news release on March 24, 2025 captioned, “Cintas Terminates Discussions with UniFirst.”
101	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.

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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.

CINTAS CORPORATION — /s/ J. Michael Hansen
J. Michael Hansen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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