---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-003567"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTAS"
cik: "0000723254"
company_name: "CINTAS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:17:14.131536+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cintas to acquire UniFirst for $155 cash + 0.7720 CTAS shares per UNF share

## Summary
- Merger consideration: $155 cash and 0.7720 Cintas shares per UniFirst share; total value not disclosed.
- Voting agreement secures ~2/3 of UniFirst voting power in favor of merger.
- Cintas obtained $2.85B debt financing commitment from Morgan Stanley, KeyBank, Wells Fargo.
- Termination fees: $213.3M payable by UniFirst, $350M payable by Cintas in specified circumstances.
- Merger subject to regulatory approvals, UniFirst shareholder vote, and other conditions; expected close by Jan 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-003567
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTAS
- cik: 0000723254
- company_name: CINTAS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326003567/0000950103-26-003567-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326003567/dp243132_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CINTAS CORP entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with UniFirst Corporation valued at $155 in cash and 0.7720 shares of Cintas Common Stock (effective 2026-03-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: UniFirst Corporation
  - Value: $155 in cash and 0.7720 shares of Cintas Common Stock
  - Effective: 2026-03-10
  source text: On March 10, 2026, Cintas Corporation, a Washington corporation (“Cintas”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with (i) UniFirst Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (“UniFirst”), (ii) Bruin Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas (“Merger Sub Inc.”), and (iii) Bruin Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cintas (“Merger Sub LLC”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326003567/0000950103-26-003567-index.htm

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