{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950103-26-015293","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CTAS","cik":"0000723254","company_name":"CINTAS CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-06T21:22:03+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-06T21:24:00.283204+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:07:08.327517+00:00","sec_items":["8.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Cintas and UniFirst certify FTC Second Request compliance, agree not to close merger before December 11, 2026","bullets":["Cintas and UniFirst each certified on October 2, 2026 that they have substantially complied with the FTC's Second Request received June 11, 2026.","Timing agreement signed October 2, 2026 bars closing the Mergers before December 11, 2026 unless the FTC gives written notice it has closed its investigation.","Canadian Competition Bureau SIR received July 2, 2026; both companies certified completion of their SIR responses on September 29, 2026.","Cintas still expects the Mergers to close prior to the end of calendar year 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and HSR clearance.","Deal structure: Merger Sub Inc. merges into UniFirst, then UniFirst merges into Merger Sub LLC, leaving UniFirst a wholly owned Cintas subsidiary."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-015293","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-015293.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-015293.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-26-015293.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326015293/0000950103-26-015293-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723254/000095010326015293/dp254677_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:07:08.327517+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}