Pursuant to the provisions of RWC 23B.10 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the following Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation are herewith submitted for filing:

ARTICLE 2: The amendments to the Restated Articles of Incorporation as adopted are as follows:

TWELFTH. The number of Directors of this Corporation shall be determined in the manner provided by the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased in the manner provided therein. The Directors of this Corporation may be removed only for cause; the removal of a Director shall be effected only if the number of votes cast to remove such Director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove such Director (with abstentions and broker non-votes not considered votes cast).

SIXTEENTH. To the extent shareholder approval is required under Washington law, a plan of merger, share exchange, sale of substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or dissolution must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Corporation’s outstanding shares entitled to vote, or if separate voting by voting groups is required, then by not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by that voting group.

ARTICLE 3: The amendments do not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

ARTICLE 5: The amendments were adopted by the Shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040.

ARTICLE 6: The number of shares of each class entitled to vote as a class that voted for and against the amendment to Article TWELFTH and the addition of Article SIXTEENTH was:


Amendment	Number of Shares of Common Stock
Article TWELFTH	For:	59,612,413
	Against:	27,431,931
	Abstain:	2,348,111

Article SIXTEENTH	For:	59,570,986
	Against:	27,463,354
	Abstain:	2,358,115

I certify that I am an officer of Cintas Corporation and am authorized to execute these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the corporation.