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UNITED STATES
\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
\nWashington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
\nPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):\nOctober 6, 2026

Cintas Corporation
\n(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Washington	0-11399	31-1188630
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)	File Number)	Identification No.)

6800 Cintas Boulevard
\nP.O. Box 625737
\nCincinnati, Ohio 45262-5737
\n(Address of principal executive offices)
\n(Zip Code)

(513) 459-1200
\n(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
\n(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended\nto simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Written communications pursuant\nto Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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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:

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of 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\ncompany as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange\nAct of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant\nhas elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant\nto Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01

Other Events.

As\npreviously disclosed, on March 10, 2026, Cintas Corporation, a Washington corporation (“Cintas”), entered into an Agreement\nand Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with (i) UniFirst Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (“UniFirst”),\n(ii) Bruin Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas (“Merger Sub Inc.”), and (iii)\nBruin Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas (“Merger Sub LLC”).\nThe Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth therein, including\nthe expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended\n(the “HSR Act”), (i) Merger Sub Inc. will be merged with and into UniFirst (the “First Merger”), whereupon the\nseparate existence of Merger Sub Inc. will cease, and UniFirst will continue as the surviving corporation of the First Merger and a wholly\nowned subsidiary of Cintas and (ii) immediately after the First Merger, UniFirst will be merged with and into Merger Sub LLC (the “Second\nMerger,” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), whereupon the separate existence of UniFirst will cease,\nand Merger Sub LLC will continue as the surviving entity of the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas.

As\npreviously disclosed, on June 11, 2026, each of Cintas and UniFirst received a request for additional information and documentary material\n(the “Second Request”) from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) in connection with the FTC’s review\nof the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. On October 2, 2026, each of Cintas and UniFirst certified to the FTC that it\nhas substantially complied with the Second Request. On October 2, 2026, Cintas and UniFirst entered into a timing agreement with the FTC\npursuant to which Cintas and UniFirst agreed, among other things, not to consummate the Mergers prior to December 11, 2026 unless they\nhave received written notice from the FTC prior to such date that the FTC has closed its investigation of the Mergers.

On\nJuly 2, 2026, each of Cintas and UniFirst received a Supplementary Information Request (“SIR”) from the Canadian Competition\nBureau (the “CCB”) in connection with the CCB’s review of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. On\nSeptember 29, 2026, each of Cintas and UniFirst certified to the CCB that it has completed its response to the SIR.

Cintas\ncontinues to expect that the Mergers will close prior to the end of calendar year 2026, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary\nclosing conditions.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning\nof Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities\nAct of 1933”), which involve risks and uncertainties. Any statements about Cintas’, UniFirst’s or the combined company’s\nplans, objectives, expectations, strategies, beliefs, or future performance or events and any other statements to the extent they are\nnot statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Words, phrases or expressions such as “estimates,” “confident,”\n“continue,” “hope,” “likely,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,”\n“trend,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “plans,” “expects,”\n“intends,” “targets,” “forecasts,” “believes,” “seeks,” “could,”\n“should,” “may,” “will,” “strategy,” “objective,” and similar words, phrases\nor expressions or the negative versions thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of\nidentifying such statements. Forward-looking statements are based on information available and assumptions made at the time the statements\nare made. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed\nin or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, but are not limited to, statements\nabout the benefits of the transaction between Cintas and UniFirst (the “Transaction”), including future financial and operating\nresults, the combined company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, and other statements that are not historical facts.

The following Transaction-related factors, among others, could cause\nactual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by forward-looking statements: the occurrence of any event, change,\nor other circumstance that could give rise to the right of one or both of the parties to terminate the definitive merger agreement between\nCintas and UniFirst; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Cintas or UniFirst; the possibility that the\nTransaction does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder, or other approvals and other conditions to\nclosing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all (and the risk that seeking or obtaining such approvals may result in\nthe imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the Transaction); the risk that\nthe benefits from the Transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, including as a result of changes\nin, or problems arising from, general economic and market conditions, interest and exchange rates, monetary policy, trade policy (including\ntariff levels), laws and regulations and their enforcement, and the degree of competition in the geographic and business areas in which\nCintas and UniFirst operate; any failure to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of Cintas and UniFirst; the possibility\nthat the Transaction may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; reputational\nrisk and potential adverse reactions of Cintas’ or UniFirst’s customers, employees or other business partners, including those\nresulting from the announcement, pendency or completion of the Transaction; the dilution caused by Cintas’ issuance of additional\nshares of its capital stock in connection with the Transaction; changes in the trading price of Cintas’ or UniFirst’s capital\nstock; and the diversion of management’s attention and time to the Transaction from ongoing business operations and opportunities.

Additional important factors relating to Cintas that could cause actual\nresults to differ from those in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the possibility of greater than anticipated\noperating costs including energy and fuel costs; lower sales volumes; loss of customers due to outsourcing trends; the performance and\ncosts of integration of acquisitions; supply chain constraints and macroeconomic conditions, including inflationary pressures and higher\ninterest rates; changes in global trade policies, tariffs, and other measures that could restrict international trade; fluctuations in\ncosts of materials and labor, including increased medical costs; costs and possible effects of union organizing activities; failure to\ncomply with government regulations concerning employment discrimination, employee pay and benefits and employee health and safety; the\neffect on operations of exchange rate fluctuations, and other political, economic and regulatory risks; uncertainties regarding any existing\nor newly-discovered expenses and liabilities related to environmental compliance and remediation; Cintas’ ability to meet its aspirations\nrelating to sustainability opportunities, improvements and efficiencies; the cost, results and ongoing assessment of internal controls\nover financial reporting; the effect of new accounting pronouncements; risks associated with cybersecurity threats, including disruptions\ncaused by the inaccessibility of computer systems data and cybersecurity risk management; the initiation or outcome of litigation, investigations\nor other proceedings; higher assumed sourcing or distribution costs of products; the disruption of operations from catastrophic or extraordinary\nevents including global health pandemics; the amount and timing of repurchases of Cintas’ common stock, if any; changes in global\ntax and labor laws; the reactions of competitors in terms of price and service; and the other risks and contingencies detailed in Cintas’\nmost recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange\nCommission (the “SEC”).

Additional important factors relating to UniFirst that could cause\nactual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, uncertainties caused by\nan economic recession or other adverse economic conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of elevated inflation or interest\nrates or extraordinary events or circumstances such as geopolitical conflicts like the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and disruption\nin the Middle East, and their impact on UniFirst’s customers’ businesses and workforce levels; disruptions of UniFirst’s\nbusiness and operations, including limitations on, or closures of, UniFirst’s facilities, or the business and operations of UniFirst’s\ncustomers or suppliers in connection with extraordinary events or circumstances; uncertainties regarding UniFirst’s ability to consummate\nacquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses, and the performance of such businesses; uncertainties regarding any existing\nor newly-discovered expenses and liabilities related to environmental compliance and remediation; any adverse outcome of pending or future\ncontingencies or claims; UniFirst’s ability to compete successfully without any significant degradation in UniFirst’s margin\nrates, seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in business levels; UniFirst’s ability to preserve positive labor relationships and avoid\nbecoming the target of corporate labor unionization campaigns that could disrupt UniFirst’s business; the effect of currency fluctuations\non UniFirst’s results of operations and financial condition; UniFirst’s dependence on third parties to supply UniFirst with\nraw materials, which such supply could be severely disrupted as a result of extraordinary events or circumstances such as the conflict\nbetween Russia and Ukraine; any loss of key management or other personnel; increased costs as a result of any changes in federal, state,\ninternational or other laws, rules and regulations or governmental interpretation of such laws, rules and regulations; uncertainties regarding,\nor adverse impacts from continued high price levels of natural gas, electricity, fuel and labor or increases in such costs; the negative\neffect on UniFirst’s business from sharply depressed oil and natural gas prices; the continuing increase in domestic healthcare\ncosts, increased workers’ compensation claim costs, increased healthcare claim costs; UniFirst’s ability to retain and grow\nits customer base, demand and prices for UniFirst’s products and services; fluctuations in UniFirst’s nuclear business; political\nor other instability; supply chain disruption or infection among UniFirst’s employees in Mexico and Nicaragua where UniFirst’s\nprincipal garment manufacturing plants are located; UniFirst’s ability to properly and efficiently design, construct, implement\nand operate a new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) computer system; interruptions or failures of UniFirst’s information\ntechnology systems, including as a result of cyber-attacks; additional professional and internal costs necessary for compliance with any\nchanges in or additional SEC, NYSE and accounting or other rules; strikes and unemployment levels; UniFirst’s efforts to evaluate\nand potentially reduce internal costs; the impact of U.S. and foreign trade policies and tariffs or other impositions on imported goods\non UniFirst’s business, results of operations and financial condition; UniFirst’s ability to successfully implement its business\nstrategies and processes, including UniFirst’s capital allocation strategies; UniFirst’s ability to successfully remediate\nthe material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in UniFirst’s Annual\nReport on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on October 29, 2025, in an appropriate and\ntimely matter or at all; and the other risks and contingencies detailed in UniFirst’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and\nits other filings with the SEC.

These factors are not necessarily all of the factors that could cause\nCintas’, UniFirst’s or the combined company’s actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from\nthose expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could harm Cintas’,\nUniFirst’s or the combined company’s results.

All forward-looking statements attributable to Cintas, UniFirst, or\nthe combined company, or persons acting on Cintas’ or UniFirst’s behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the\ncautionary statements set forth above. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Cintas and UniFirst do\nnot undertake or assume any obligation to update publicly any of these statements to reflect actual results, new information or future\nevents, changes in assumptions, or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable\nlaw. If Cintas or UniFirst updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that Cintas or UniFirst will make\nadditional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Further information regarding Cintas, UniFirst and factors\nthat could affect the forward-looking statements contained herein can be found in Cintas’ Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly\nReports on Form 10-Q, and its other filings with the SEC, and in UniFirst’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on\nForm 10-Q, and its other filings with the SEC.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 6, 2026

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CINTAS CORPORATION


By:	/s/ Scott A. Garula
	Name:	Scott A. Garula
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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