---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-372350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNF"
cik: "0000717954"
company_name: "UNIFIRST CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-28T12:30:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-28T12:35:32.372894+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UniFirst COO Kelly Rooney resigns; interim ops leaders named

## Summary
- Kelly Rooney resigned as EVP and COO effective mid-to-late September 2026 to pursue other opportunities.
- Departure is voluntary; no severance payments or benefits will be provided.
- Company states departure is not due to any disagreement with operations, policies, or practices.
- Steve Chikerotis and Brian Vollant, both SVP Operations, will oversee operations on an interim basis reporting to CEO Steven Sintros.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-372350
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNF
- cik: 0000717954
- company_name: UNIFIRST CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-28T12:30:11+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000119312526372350/0001193125-26-372350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000119312526372350/d103272d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-372350
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-372350.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-372350.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Rooney resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at UNIFIRST CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 24, 2026, Kelly Rooney notified UniFirst Corporation (the “Company”) of her decision to resign from her role as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in order to pursue other career opportunities.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717954/000119312526372350/0001193125-26-372350-index.htm

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