CINTAS CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Gerald S. Adolph

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gerald S. Adolph”): 81,396,849 for, 7,340,406 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 32,747,040 for, 1,064,448 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: John F. Barrett

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John F. Barrett”): 84,949,258 for, 3,600,767 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,699,369 for, 112,119 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Melanie W. Barstad

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Melanie W. Barstad”): 84,832,661 for, 3,886,924 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,649,947 for, 161,541 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Karen L. Carnahan

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Karen L. Carnahan”): 85,086,100 for, 3,635,895 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,346,500 for, 464,988 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Robert E. Coletti

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert E. Coletti”): 86,288,348 for, 2,447,743 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,799,793 for, 11,695 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Scott D. Farmer

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Scott D. Farmer”): 85,197,866 for, 3,378,004 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,182,027 for, 629,461 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Martin Mucci

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Martin Mucci”): 87,718,529 for, 629,791 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,801,647 for, 9,841 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph Scaminace

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph Scaminace”): 75,764,134 for, 12,801,296 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 86% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 31,913,224 for, 1,898,264 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Todd M. Schneider

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Todd M. Schneider”): 87,298,862 for, 1,441,261 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,799,939 for, 11,549 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Ronald W. Tysoe

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ronald W. Tysoe”): 83,772,640 for, 4,956,665 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The following matters were submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of Cintas Corporation (the Corporation) held on October 24, 2023: Item No. 1: The shareholders elected the persons listed below as directors of the Corporation.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,699,209 for, 112,279 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 156 managers: 33,573,480 for, 67,197 against, 18,303 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 644 managers: 31,958,146 for, 1,453,824 against, 45,816 abstained, 14,744 not voted, 115,799 1 year, 12 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 68 managers: 15,777 for, 18,303 abstained, 2,945,393 1 year, 10,348 3 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 384 managers: 359,042 for, 105 against, 95 abstained, 6,423 not voted, 6,026,839 1 year, 261,806 unknown, 37,717 3 year, 292 2 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To recommend, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 93 managers: 97 for, 30,291,020 1 year, 331,515 3 year, 8,948 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 220 managers: 116,135 for, 24,237,300 1 year, 59,705 3 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm FOR fiscal 2024.

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“4. The ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024”): 90,259,888 for, 3,182,223 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item No. 4: The shareholders approved the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of CINTAS CORP.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors” (2 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

The 161 asset managers below reported 33,746,177 for, 64,913 against, 18,303 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: A shareholder proposal regarding greater disclosure of material corporate diversity, equity and inclusion data, if properly presented at the meeting.

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“5. The shareholder proposal regarding a greater disclosure of material corporate diversity, equity and inclusion data”): 24,508,110 for, 64,028,982 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item No. 5: The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding a greater disclosure of material corporate diversity, equity and inclusion data.”
Support: 28% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of CINTAS CORP.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORTS” (9 managers, 20,846 for, 3,034,062 against).

The 156 asset managers below reported 4,300,520 for, 26,401,741 against, 72,697 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: A shareholder proposal regarding managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning, if properly presented at the meeting.

CINTAS CORP.’s own tally for this item (“6. The shareholder proposal regarding the disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning”): 20,918,818 for, 65,331,384 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed October 26, 2023 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item No. 6: The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal regarding the disclosure of managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning.”
Support: 24% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 155 asset managers below reported 3,506,344 for, 26,307,536 against, 960,605 abstained.

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