---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723254-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTAS"
cik: "0000723254"
company_name: "CINTAS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:28:38.781819+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cintas EVP & CAO Thompson to retire; Jim Rozakis appointed EVP & COO

## Summary
- Michael L. Thompson, EVP & Chief Administration Officer, to retire by Aug 31, 2023; executive officer role ends May 31, 2023.
- Jim Rozakis, age 45, appointed EVP & Chief Operating Officer effective June 1, 2023.
- Rozakis previously served as President & COO of Rental Division since June 2020; joined Cintas in 1999.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723254-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTAS
- cik: 0000723254
- company_name: CINTAS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000009/0000723254-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000009/ctas-20230405.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-23-000009
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-23-000009.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723254-23-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael L. Thompson departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer at CINTAS CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer
  source text: On April 5, 2023, Michael L. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of Cintas Corporation (the "Company" or "Cintas"), notified the Company that he will retire from the Company no later than August 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000009/0000723254-23-000009-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Rozakis was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at CINTAS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 6, 2023, the Company appointed Jim Rozakis, age 45, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of June 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000009/0000723254-23-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.