secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CINTAS CORP (CTAS)
CIK:        0000723254
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950103-26-003567
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326003567/0000950103-26-003567-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326003567/dp243132_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-003567

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