UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~September~~ 24October 28, 2025

Cintas Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Washington

0-11399

31-1188630

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS EmployerIdentification ~~No.~~Number)


6800 Cintas Boulevard, P.O. Box 625737,
Cincinnati,	Ohio	45262-5737
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (513) 459-1200

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of
each class

Trading
symbol(s)

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common stock, no par value

CTAS

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 25.~~02. Results~~07 Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Condition~~Vote of Security Holders.

On ~~September 24~~October 28, 2025, Cintas Corporation ~~issued~~(the aCorporation) ~~press~~held ~~release announcing~~ its ~~financial results for the quarter ended August 31,~~ 2025. AAnnual ~~copy~~Meeting of Shareholders (the ~~press~~Annual ~~release~~Meeting). isThe ~~furnished~~following asmatters ~~Exhibit~~were 99submitted to ~~this~~a ~~Current~~vote ~~Report~~of onshareholders ~~Form~~at ~~8-K~~the ~~and~~Annual ~~is incorporated herein by reference.~~ Meeting:

Item 9No.~~01. Financial~~ ~~Statements and Exhibits.~~ 1:

~~(d)Exhibits~~The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation. The voting results were as follows:

	ExhibitNumber		Description
Name		SharesFor		Shares Against	Abstentions	BrokerNon-Votes
	99		Press release dated September 24, 2025
Melanie W. Barstad		330,015,653		18,642,031	442,058	18,894,457
	104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Beverly K. Carmichael		339,446,916		9,198,259	454,567	18,894,457
Karen L. Carnahan		338,267,361		10,395,667	436,714	18,894,457
Robert E. Coletti		335,332,996		13,488,007	278,739	18,894,457
Scott D. Farmer		331,552,683		17,278,450	268,609	18,894,457
Martin Mucci		337,584,609		11,224,313	290,820	18,894,457
Joseph Scaminace		306,834,407		41,988,395	276,940	18,894,457
Todd M. Schneider		342,749,858		6,080,690	269,194	18,894,457
Ronald W. Tysoe		329,266,100		19,556,349	277,293	18,894,457

Item No. 2:

The shareholders approved an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation. The voting results were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
330,468,757	17,948,211	682,774	18,894,457

Item No. 3:

The shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026. The voting results were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain
347,180,490	20,554,869	258,840

Item No. 4:

The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding the shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting. The voting results were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
157,690,015	190,386,157	1,023,570	18,894,457

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CINTAS CORPORATION

Date:

~~September~~October 2431, 2025

By:

/s/ Scott A. Garula

Scott A. Garula

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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