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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723254-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTAS"
cik: "0000723254"
company_name: "CINTAS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:08:56.264214+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cintas shareholders elect all director nominees, reject two ESG proposals at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with strong support; say-on-pay approved with 97.4% of votes cast.
- Shareholders ratified Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2024 with 96.6% for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation frequency set at one year (98.9% for one year).
- Two shareholder proposals—DEI data disclosure and climate risk disclosure—defeated by wide margins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723254-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTAS
- cik: 0000723254
- company_name: CINTAS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/ctas-20231024.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 3: The shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that the shareholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation should occur every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding greater disclosure of material corporate diversity, equity and inclusion data at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 5: The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding a greater disclosure of material corporate diversity, equity and inclusion data.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 6: The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding the disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders approved Advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 2: The shareholders approved an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CINTAS CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2023-10-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-24
  source text: Item No. 4: The shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000072325423000039/0000723254-23-000039-index.htm

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