Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) announced that at its meeting today, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 48 cents per share annual dividend, an increase over last year’s annual dividend of 47 cents per share. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2010, to shareholders of record as of February 10, 2010.

Robert J. Kohlhepp, Chairman of the Board of Cintas said, “We are pleased to announce an increase in this year’s annual dividend for our shareholders. We continue to generate strong cash flows from our business despite the sluggish economy. Our reliable cash flow, in conjunction with our solid balance sheet, has allowed us to increase our annual dividend to shareholders each year since going public in 1983.”

About Cintas

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types predominantly in the United States and Canada. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services for approximately 800,000 businesses. 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.