| (a) (1) | | | | | | Financial Statements. All financial statements required to be filed by Item 8 of Form 10-K and included in this Annual Report are listed in Item 8. No additional financial statements are filed because the requirements of paragraph (c) under Item 15 are not applicable to Cintas. | | |
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| (a) (2) | | | | | | Financial Statement Schedule: | | |
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| | | | | | For each of the three years in the period ended May 31, 2020. | | |
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| | | | | | Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves. | | |
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| | | | | | All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, or not required, or because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto. | | |
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| (a) (3) | | | | | | Exhibits. | | |
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| | | | | | All documents referenced below were filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by Cintas Corporation, file number 000-11399, unless otherwise noted. | | |
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| Exhibit Number | | | | | | Description of Exhibit | | |
| 2.1 | | | *** | | | Agreement and Plan of Merger, among Cintas Corporation, G&K Services, Inc. and Bravo Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of August 15, 2016 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2016). | | |
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| 3.1 | | | | | | Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Cintas' Registration Statement No. 333-136631-09 on Form S-3 filed on December 3, 2007). | | |
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| 3.2 | | | | | | Amended and Restated By-laws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2018). | | |
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| 4.1 | | | | | | Indenture dated as of May 28, 2002, among Cintas Corporation No. 2, as issuer, Cintas Corporation, as parent guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002). | | |
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| 4.2 | | | | | | Form of 6.15% Senior Note due 2036 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2006). | | |
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| 4.3 | | | | | | Form of 4.30% Senior Note due 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Cintas' Current report on Form 8-K filed on May 23, 2011). | | |
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| 4.4 | | | | | | Form of 3.25% Senior Note due 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2012). | | |
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| 4.5 | | | | | | Form of 2.900% Senior Notes due 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2017). | | |
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| 4.6 | | | | | | Form of 3.700% Senior Notes due 2027 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2017). | | |
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| 4.7 | | | | | | Form of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2017). | | |
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| 4.8 | | | | | | Description of Securities (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2019). | | |
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| 10.1 | | | | | | Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2019, among Cintas No. 2, the Lenders party thereto and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2019). | | |
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| 10.2 | | | | | | Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2017, among G&K Services, Inc. and the Note holders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2017). | | |
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| 10.3 | | | * | | | Partners' Plan (Incorporated by reference to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 1993). | | |
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| 10.4 | | | * | | | First Amendment to Partners' Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Cintas' Registration Statement No. 33-56623 on Form S-8 filed on November 28, 1994). | | |
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| 10.5 | | | * | | | Second Amendment to Partners' Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Cintas' Registration Statement No. 33-56623 on Form S-8 filed on November 28, 1994). | | |
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| 10.6 | | | * | | | Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Cintas' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2000). | | |
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| 10.7 | | | * | | | Form of agreement signed by Officers, General/Branch Managers, Professionals and Key Managers, including Executive Officers (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Cintas' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 28, 2005). | | |
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| 10.8 | | | * | | | President and CEO Executive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2005). | | |
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| 10.9 | | | * | | | 2006 Executive Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2005). | | |
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| 10.10 | | | * | | | 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Cintas' Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on September 1, 2005). | | |
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| 10.11 | | | * | | | Criteria for Performance Evaluation of the President and CEO (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2006). | | |
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| 10.12 | | | * | | | 2007 Executive Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2006). | | |
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| 10.13 | | | * | | | Amendment No. 1 to 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2011). | | |
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| 10.14 | | | * | | | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2011). | | |
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| 10.15 | | | * | | | Amendment No. 2 to Cintas Corporation 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2012). | | |
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| 10.16 | | | * | | | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2012). | | |
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| 10.17 | | | * | | | Amendment No. 3 to Cintas Corporation 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2013). | | |
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| 10.18 | | | * | | | Amendment No. 4 to Cintas Corporation 2005 Equity Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2014). | | |
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| 10.19 | | | * | | | Cintas Corporation Management Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2013). | | |
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| 10.20 | | | * | | | Cintas Corporation 2016 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Cintas' Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 20, 2016). | | |
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| 10.21 | | | * | | | Amendment No. 1 to Cintas Corporation 2016 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Cintas' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2017). | | |
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| 14 | | | | | | Code of Ethics (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2004). | | |
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| 21 | | | ** | | | Subsidiaries of the Registrant. | | |
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| 23 | | | ** | | | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. | | |
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| 31.1 | | | ** | | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | | |
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| 31.2 | | | ** | | | Certification of Principal Financial Officer, Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | | |
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| 32.1 | | | ** | | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer, Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350. | | |
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| 32.2 | | | ** | | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer, Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350. | | |
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| 101 | | | | | | The following financial statements from Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags. | | |
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| 104 | | | | | | The cover page from Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101). | | |