Financial Astrology of Cintas Corporation

FINANCIAL ASTROLOGY

First Trade Date for Cintas Corporation

Company Name	First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
Cintas Corporation	1983-08-19

Company Name	Symbol
Cintas Corporation	CTAS
History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation)
Cintas Corporation, a Washington corporation, provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures, and implements corporate identity uniform programs, provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, and first aid and safety products for over 500,000 businesses. Cintas was founded in 1968 by Richard T. Farmer, Chairman of the Board, when he left his family's industrial laundry business in order to develop uniform programs using an exclusive new fabric. In the early 1970's, Cintas acquired the family industrial laundry business. Cintas classifies its businesses into two operating segments: Rentals and Other Services. The Rentals operating segment designs and manufactures corporate identity uniforms which it rents, along with other items, to its customers. The Other Services operating segment involves the design, manufacture and direct sale of uniforms to its customers as well as the sale of ancillary services including sanitation supplies, first aid and safety products and services and cleanroom supplies. The rental markets served by Cintas are highly fragmented and competition for this business varies at each of Cintas' locations. There are other companies in the uniform rental business which have financial resources comparable to those of Cintas, although much of the competition consists of smaller local and regional firms. In certain instances, local competitors may also have financial resources comparable to those of Cintas in a particular market. Cintas believes that the primary competitive factors that affect its operations are quality, service, design and price, in that order. The service provided to the rental markets served by Cintas principally consists of the rental and cleaning of uniforms as well as providing on-going uniform replacements as required to each customer. Cintas also offers ancillary products which includes the rental or sale of entrance mats, fender covers, towels, mops, linen products and first aid and safety products and services. Due to its diverse customer base and average account size, the loss of one account would not have a significant financial impact on Cintas. In its sale of customized uniforms, Cintas competes on a national basis with other uniform suppliers and manufacturers. Cintas operates thirteen manufacturing facilities, which provide for a substantial amount of its standard uniform needs. Additional products are purchased from numerous outside suppliers. Because of Cintas' ability to manufacture much of its own uniform needs, the loss of one vendor would not have a significant impact on Cintas. Cintas purchases fabric, used in its manufacturing process, from several suppliers. Cintas is not aware of any circumstances that would hinder its ability to obtain these materials. Cintas does not anticipate any material capital expenditures for environmental remediation that would have a material effect on its financial condition. Cintas is not aware of any material non-compliance with environmental laws. At May 31, 2003, Cintas employed approximately 27,700 employees of which approximately 700 were represented by labor unions. Cintas is currently the target of a corporate unionization campaign by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and Teamsters. These unions are attempting to pressure Cintas into surrendering our employees' rights to a government-supervised election and unilaterally accept union representation. This is unacceptable. Cintas' philosophy in regard to unions is straightforward: We believe that employees have the right to say yes to union representation and the freedom to say no. This campaign could be disruptive to our business and could adversely affect results of operations. We will continue to vigorously oppose this campaign and to defend our employees' rights. Cintas considers its relationships with its employees to be satisfactory. Cintas files annual and quarterly reports and proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The public may copy these materials at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and may obtain further information concerning the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains the same information regarding Cintas that is filed electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is: http://www.sec.gov. Cintas' Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are posted on its website, www.cintas.com, as soon as practicable after filing with the SEC.

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