CINCINNATI May 1, 2014 — Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) announced today that it has completed its previously announced partnership transaction with the shareholders of Shred-it International Inc. to combine Cintas’ Document Shredding business with Shred-it’s Document Shredding business. Under the agreement, Cintas and Shred-it each contributed its document shredding business to a newly formed partnership owned 42% by Cintas and 58% by the shareholders of Shred-it. The combined entity is expected to have annual revenues in excess of $600 million. In addition to its 42% ownership of the partnership, Cintas received $180 million in cash at the closing of the transaction.

The transition and integration plan of the two document shredding businesses is expected to take about 18 months. Both Cintas and Shred-it are confident that this transition and integration plan will not have any adverse impact on the combined business, and the new partnership will continue to provide the great service levels that its customers are accustomed to receiving from each of these businesses.

About Cintas 
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types primarily throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services and document management services for over one million businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

About Shred-it 
Shred-it is a world-leading information security company providing document destruction services that ensure the security and integrity of its clients’ private information. Shred-it has operations in 17 countries worldwide, servicing more than 180,000 global, national and local businesses, including the world’s top intelligence and security agencies, more than 500 police forces, 1,500 hospitals, 8,500 bank branches and 1,200 universities and colleges. For more information, please visit www.shredit.com.

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For additional information, contact: 
William C. Gale 
Sr. Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer 
513-573-4211 

J. Michael Hansen 
Vice President and Treasurer 
513-701-2079