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Exhibit 99
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 
September 20, 2012


Cintas Corporation Announces Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Results

CINCINNATI, September 20, 2012 -- Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq:CTAS) today reported results for its first quarter ended August 31, 2012. Revenue for the first quarter was $1.05 billion, representing a 3.4% increase compared to last year's first quarter. Organic growth, which adjusts for the impact of acquisitions, compared to last year's first quarter, was 3.2%. Recycled paper prices remained lower than last year, and this negatively impacted first quarter consolidated revenue by $8.3 million, or 0.8%, compared to last year's first quarter.

The Company's operating income of $139.3 million was an 8.3% increase as compared to last year's first quarter. Net income increased 11.8% to $76.7 million as compared to $68.6 million in last year's first quarter. Earnings per diluted share (EPS) for the first quarter were $0.60, a 15.4% increase over the $0.52 earnings per diluted share in last year's first quarter.

Scott D. Farmer, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “In my July earnings release comments, I spoke of a U.S. economy without momentum. During our first quarter, we saw nothing that would change that assessment. However, despite this continued absence of momentum and another quarter of difficult year-over-year recycled paper price comparisons, we are pleased to report solid revenue growth and a double-digit increase in earnings per share.”

Mr. Farmer added, “We continue to be pleased with our operating margin performance, particularly in our Rental operating segment. The Rental segment's operating margin improved to 15.5% of revenue, compared to last year's first quarter operating margin of 13.8%. Our total operating margin improved to 13.2% from last year's first quarter operating margin of 12.6% despite the recycled paper price impact. We will continue our focus on selling profitable business, managing our cost structure and improving efficiencies through process improvement.”

During the first quarter of fiscal 2013, Cintas purchased 1.8 million shares of its common stock at an aggregate cost of $70.6 million. While it had no impact on the first quarter EPS, this buyback is expected to benefit fiscal year 2013 EPS by approximately $0.03. The Cintas Board of Directors authorized a $500.0 million share buyback program in October 2011. As of August 31, 2012, the Company had $299.8 million available under the current Board authorization.

Mr. Farmer concluded, “Based on our first quarter results, we reiterate our fiscal 2013 revenue expectations to be in the range of $4.25 billion to $4.35 billion. We are updating our full year EPS guidance to incorporate the impact of the first quarter share buyback. As a result, we now expect EPS to be in the range of $2.50 to $2.58. This guidance assumes no further deterioration in the U.S. economy and some improvement in recycled paper prices from our first quarter level. It does not consider any additional share buybacks.”


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, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services and document management services for over 900,000 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.

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor from civil litigation for forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” “target,” “forecast,” “believes,” “seeks,” “could,” “should,” “may” and “will” or the negative versions thereof and similar words, terms and expressions and by the context in which they are used. Such statements are based upon current expectations of Cintas and speak only as of the date made. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized. These statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, potentially inaccurate assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in or implied by this Press Release. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the possibility of greater than anticipated operating costs including energy and fuel costs, lower sales volumes, loss of customers due to outsourcing





trends, the performance and costs of integration of acquisitions, fluctuations in costs of materials and labor including increased medical costs, costs and possible effects of union organizing activities, failure to comply with government regulations concerning employment discrimination, employee pay and benefits and employee health and safety, uncertainties regarding any existing or newly-discovered expenses and liabilities related to environmental compliance and remediation, the cost, results and ongoing assessment of internal controls for financial reporting required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, disruptions caused by the inaccessibility of computer systems data, the initiation or outcome of litigation, investigations or other proceedings, higher assumed sourcing or distribution costs of products, the disruption of operations from catastrophic or extraordinary events, the amount and timing of repurchases of our common stock, if any, changes in federal and state tax and labor laws, the reactions of competitors in terms of price and service and the finalization of our financial statements for the quarter ended August 31, 2012. Cintas undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements or to otherwise update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information or to reflect events, circumstances or any other unanticipated developments arising after the date on which such statements are made. A further list and description of risks, uncertainties and other matters can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2012 and in our reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. The risks and uncertainties described herein are not the only ones we may face. Additional risks and uncertainties presently not known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also harm our business.

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






 Cintas Corporation
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
(In thousands except per share data)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
2012
 
August 31,
2011
 
% Chng.
Revenue:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Rental uniforms and ancillary products
 
$
754,843

 
$
719,423

 
4.9

Other services
 
296,482

 
297,757

 
(0.4
)
Total revenue
 
$
1,051,325

 
$
1,017,180

 
3.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Costs and expenses:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of rental uniforms and ancillary products
 
$
428,148

 
$
403,406

 
6.1

Cost of other services
 
177,302

 
174,734

 
1.5

Selling and administrative expenses
 
306,581

 
310,466

 
(1.3
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
$
139,294

 
$
128,574

 
8.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
$
(77
)
 
$
(365
)
 
(78.9
)
Interest expense
 
16,598

 
17,334

 
(4.2
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
 
$
122,773

 
$
111,605

 
10.0

Income taxes
 
46,040

 
42,967

 
7.2

Net income
 
$
76,733

 
$
68,638

 
11.8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Per share data:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.61

 
$
0.52

 
17.3

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.52

 
15.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
 
126,110

 
131,309

 
 

Diluted average number of shares outstanding
 
126,458

 
131,338

 
 


CINTAS CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
2012
 
August 31,
2011
Rental uniforms and ancillary products gross margin
 
43.3
%
 
43.9
%
Other services gross margin
 
40.2
%
 
41.3
%
Total gross margin
 
42.4
%
 
43.2
%
Net margin
 
7.3
%
 
6.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
$
46,442

 
$
48,510

Capital expenditures
 
$
47,438

 
$
44,421


Computation of Free Cash Flow
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
2012
 
August 31,
2011
Net Cash Provided by Operations
 
$
94,865

 
$
56,562

Capital Expenditures
 
$
(47,438
)
 
$
(44,421
)
Free Cash Flow
 
$
47,427

 
$
12,141

 
Note: Management uses free cash flow to assess the financial performance of the Company.  Management believes that free cash flow is useful to investors because it relates the operating cash flow of the Company to the capital that is spent to continue,
improve and grow business operations.





SUPPLEMENTAL SEGMENT DATA
 
Rental
Uniforms and
Ancillary
Products
 
Uniform
Direct Sales
 
First Aid,
Safety and
Fire
Protection
 
Document
Management
 
Corporate
 
Total
For the three months ended August 31, 2012
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenue
 
$
754,843

 
$
100,279

 
$
110,841

 
$
85,362

 
$

 
$
1,051,325

Gross margin
 
$
326,695

 
$
29,478

 
$
47,791

 
$
41,911

 
$

 
$
445,875

Selling and administrative expenses
 
$
209,788

 
$
20,737

 
$
38,770

 
$
37,286

 
$

 
$
306,581

Interest income
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
(77
)
 
$
(77
)
Interest expense
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
16,598

 
$
16,598

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
$
116,907

 
$
8,741

 
$
9,021

 
$
4,625

 
$
(16,521
)
 
$
122,773

Assets
 
$
2,774,417

 
$
125,094

 
$
359,387

 
$
563,172

 
$
330,165

 
$
4,152,235

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the three months ended August 31, 2011
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenue
 
$
719,423

 
$
101,702

 
$
103,743

 
$
92,312

 
$

 
$
1,017,180

Gross margin
 
$
316,017

 
$
29,108

 
$
44,787

 
$
49,128

 
$

 
$
439,040

Selling and administrative expenses
 
$
216,599

 
$
20,701

 
$
36,404

 
$
36,762

 
$

 
$
310,466

Interest income
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
(365
)
 
$
(365
)
Interest expense
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
17,334

 
$
17,334

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
$
99,418

 
$
8,407

 
$
8,383

 
$
12,366

 
$
(16,969
)
 
$
111,605

Assets
 
$
2,761,317

 
$
150,228

 
$
363,692

 
$
575,615

 
$
277,040

 
$
4,127,892






Cintas Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands except share data)
 
 
August 31,
2012
 
May 31,
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
ASSETS
 
 

 
 

Current assets:
 
 

 
 

Cash & cash equivalents
 
$
319,217

 
$
339,825

Marketable securities
 
10,948

 

Accounts receivable, net
 
459,302

 
450,861

Inventories, net
 
241,699

 
251,205

Uniforms and other rental items in service
 
462,541

 
452,785

Income taxes, current
 

 
22,188

Prepaid expenses and other
 
30,170

 
24,704

Total current assets
 
1,523,877

 
1,541,568

 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, at cost, net
 
953,761

 
944,305

 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
 
1,489,104

 
1,485,375

Service contracts, net
 
72,297

 
76,822

Other assets, net
 
113,196

 
112,836

 
 
$
4,152,235

 
$
4,160,906

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 

 
 

Current liabilities:
 
 

 
 

Accounts payable
 
$
110,906

 
$
94,840

Accrued compensation and related liabilities
 
40,531

 
91,214

Accrued liabilities
 
213,440

 
256,642

Income taxes, current
 
7,930

 

Deferred tax liability
 
10,668

 
2,559

Long-term debt due within one year
 
636

 
225,636

Total current liabilities
 
384,111

 
670,891

 
 
 
 
 
Long-term liabilities:
 
 

 
 

Long-term debt due after one year
 
1,309,012

 
1,059,166

Deferred income taxes
 
206,856

 
204,581

Accrued liabilities
 
97,841

 
87,133

Total long-term liabilities
 
1,613,709

 
1,350,880

 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity:
 
 

 
 

Preferred stock, no par value:
         100,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
 

 

Common stock, no par value:
425,000,000 shares authorized
FY13: 174,357,822 issued and 125,117,508 outstanding
FY12: 173,745,913 issued and 126,519,758 outstanding
 
171,091

 
148,255

Paid-in capital
 
93,331

 
107,019

Retained earnings
 
3,558,806

 
3,482,073

Treasury stock:
FY13: 49,240,314 shares
FY12: 47,226,155 shares
 
(1,712,828
)
 
(1,634,875
)
Other accumulated comprehensive income (loss):
 
 

 
 
Foreign currency translation
 
59,416

 
52,399

Unrealized loss on derivatives
 
(15,767
)
 
(16,104
)
Other
 
366

 
368

Total shareholders’ equity
 
2,154,415

 
2,139,135

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
4,152,235

 
$
4,160,906







Cintas Corporation
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
 2012
 
August 31,
 2011
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 

 
 

Net income
 
$
76,733

 
$
68,638

 
 
 
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 

 
 

Depreciation
 
40,342

 
38,277

Amortization of deferred charges
 
6,100

 
10,233

Stock-based compensation
 
5,448

 
4,522

Deferred income taxes
 
9,716

 
(7,808
)
Change in current assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of businesses:
 
 

 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
(7,128
)
 
(10,142
)
Inventories, net
 
9,889

 
(30,770
)
Uniforms and other rental items in service
 
(8,672
)
 
(11,124
)
Prepaid expenses and other
 
(5,392
)
 
(5,983
)
Accounts payable
 
16,278

 
(9,329
)
Accrued compensation and related liabilities
 
(50,793
)
 
(27,611
)
Accrued liabilities
 
(27,400
)
 
(10,201
)
Income taxes payable
 
29,744

 
47,860

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
94,865

 
56,562

 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 

 
 

Capital expenditures
 
(47,438
)
 
(44,421
)
Proceeds from redemption of marketable securities
 
24,720

 
63,561

Purchase of marketable securities and investments
 
(36,970
)
 
(107,145
)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
 
(2,130
)
 
(870
)
Other, net
 
577

 
6,539

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(61,241
)
 
(82,336
)
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 

 
 

Proceeds from issuance of debt
 
250,000

 

Repayment of debt
 
(225,154
)
 
(444
)
Exercise of stock-based compensation awards
 
1,119

 

Repurchase of common stock
 
(77,953
)
 
(262,639
)
Other, net
 
(3,491
)
 
926

Net cash used in financing activities
 
(55,479
)
 
(262,157
)
 
 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
1,247

 
137

 
 
 
 
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(20,608
)
 
(287,794
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
339,825

 
438,106

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
319,217

 
$
150,312