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Editor Notes:

• Cintas was started in 1929 in Cincinnati as Acme Wiper and Industrial Laundry, a family-owned business that reclaimed and cleaned rags for local businesses. The company became Cintas in 1972.
  
  
• The company is the leading provider of uniforms and corporate identity clothing, spanning uniforms for pilots and flight attendants, fast food restaurant and hotel staff, industrial and service workers, "clean-room" technicians and many, many others.
  
  
• More than 5 million people now wear Cintas uniforms each day.
  
  
• The company was an innovator throughout the 1960s in the development of wrinkle-free polyester/cotton fabrics that provided customers with a new range of more attractive clothing, made the cleaning process dramatically more efficient and revolutionized the entire uniform industry.
  
  
• The company continues to lead the industry in innovation, such as in new plant design and technology. Company operations now reclaim and recycle up to 70 percent of wash water and research is working to achieve the use of 100% recycled water.
  
  
• The company continues to innovate its product lines, leading the industry in specialized fabrics necessary for today's lint-free "clean-rooms," customized fire-resistant clothing to save lives, and an expanded line of first aid supplies and training services.

Key Financial Notes:

• The company has 34,000 employee-partners in more than 400 facilities across North America, including 11 manufacturing plants and eight distribution centers.
  
  
• Company revenues were $3.9 billion in fiscal year 2008, ended May 31.
  
  
• To date, the company has achieved 39 consecutive years of growth in sales and earnings.
  
  
• Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More financial highlights

Media Contact:

Financial:
Mike Thompson
Vice President and Treasurer
513-459-1200
thompsonm@cintas.com

Other:
Heather Trainer
Public Relations Manager
513.701.2200
trainerh@cintas.com