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EX-4.2

 

Exhibit
4.2

CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE

Pursuant
to Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Indenture dated May 28, 2002
(the “Indenture”), by and
among Cintas Corporation No. 2 (the “Company”), Cintas Corporation, Cintas Corporation No. 3,
Cintas Corp. No. 8, Inc., Cintas Corp. No. 15, Inc. and Cintas-RUS, L.P. (collectively, the
“Guarantors”), and U.S. Bank National Association (as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National
Association), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), the
undersigned Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
the Company and the undersigned Vice President and Treasurer of the Company hereby certify as
follows:

			
	(1)	 	The issuance of a series of Securities designated as 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017, in an
initial aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the “Notes”), has been approved and
authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions adopted
by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to an Action Taken
in Writing by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company dated December 4,
2007 and by this Officers’ Certificate dated December 4, 2007 relating to the Notes.
	 
	(2)	 	All covenants and conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the
establishment of series of Securities and the terms of such series have been complied with.
	 
	(3)	 	To the best of the knowledge of the undersigned, no event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have
occurred and be continuing.
	 
	(4)	 	The terms of the Notes shall be as follows:

	 	(i)	 	The title of the Notes shall be “6.125% Senior Notes due 2017.”

	 	(ii)	 	The Notes are to be issued in registered form. The Notes are to be issued
initially in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 provided however, that the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be outstanding may be increased by
the Company upon the terms and subject to the condition set forth in the Indenture and
the Notes. The Notes are to be issued initially in global form. Beneficial owners of
interests in the Notes may exchange such interests in accordance with the Indenture and
the terms of the Notes.

	 	(iii)	 	The Notes will mature on December 1, 2017.

	 	(iv)	 	The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 6.125% per annum.

	 	(v)	 	The date from which interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date will be as set forth in the Specimen Note annexed hereto
as Exhibit A (the “Specimen Note”).

 

 

	 	(vi)	 	Principal and interest on the Notes are payable at the corporate trust office
of the Trustee in The City of New York, except as otherwise provided in the Specimen
Note.

	 	(vii)	 	The Notes are issuable in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof.

	 	(viii)	 	The Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company, as set forth in the
Specimen Note.

	 	(ix)	 	The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund.

	 	(x)	 	The provisions relating to defeasance shall apply to the Notes.

	 	(xi)	 	Clause (5) of Section 5.1 of the Indenture shall not apply to the Notes, and
the occurrence of the events described in clause (5) of Section 5.1 of the Indenture
shall not be deemed an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes.

	 	(xii)	 	If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Specimen Note)
occurs, the Company shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes at a repurchase
price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase,
as set forth in the Specimen Note.

	 	(xiii)	 	The “Depository” with respect to the Notes will initially be The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”).

	 	(xiv)	 	Interest on the Notes will be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months.

	 	(xv)	 	The due and punctual payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on,
the Notes shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, subject to the terms of the
Indenture, jointly and severally, by Cintas Corporation, Cintas Corporation No. 3,
Cintas Corp. No. 8, Inc., Cintas Corp. No. 15, Inc. and Cintas—RUS, L.P.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the
Indenture or the Specimen Note. The foregoing terms of the Notes are qualified by the complete
text of the Specimen Note, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

Each of the undersigned, for himself, states that he has read and is familiar with the provisions
of the Indenture, including Article 3 relating to the issuance of Securities thereunder and the
definitions relating thereto and Article 1; that he is generally familiar with the affairs of the
Company and the Guarantors and their respective corporate acts and proceedings; and that, in his
opinion, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not the covenants and conditions referred to above have been
complied with, and, in his opinion, such provisions have been complied with.

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Insofar as this certificate relates to legal matters, it is based, as provided for in Section 1.3
of the Indenture, upon the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee contemporaneously herewith
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture and relating to the Notes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names by and on behalf of the Company.

Cincinnati,
Ohio

Dated: December 4, 2007

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	William C. Gale 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Michael L. Thompson 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT A

SPECIMEN NOTE

5EX-4.3

 

Exhibit 4.3

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS
AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC)
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

 

	 	 	 
	No. 1

	 	Principal Amount $250,000,000
	CUSIP No. 17252MAH3

	 	as revised by the Schedule of Increases
	 

	 	and Decreases in Global Security
	 

	 	attached hereto

Cintas Corporation No. 2

6.125% Senior Notes due 2017

Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest

Unconditionally Guaranteed, Jointly and Severally,

by Cintas Corporation and

Certain Subsidiaries of Cintas Corporation

     Cintas Corporation No. 2, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Nevada
(hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., c/o The Depository
Trust Company, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, or registered assigns, the principal sum
of Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000), as revised by the Schedule of Increases and
Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on December 1, 2017, and to pay interest thereon from
December 7, 2007 or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually on June 1 and December 1 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing
on June 1, 2008, at the rate of 6.125% per annum, until the principal hereof and premium, if any,
hereon is paid or duly made available for payment, and on any overdue principal or premium, if any,
and (to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful) on any overdue installment of interest
at the same rate per annum during the period in which such principal or premium, if any, or
interest remains unpaid. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business
Day (as defined below)), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture, any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder hereof on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes of this series may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the
office or agency of the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor maintained for that purpose in The
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by United
States dollar check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register; provided, further, that payment to The Depository Trust Company or
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successor depository (“DTC”) may be made by wire transfer to the account designated by DTC or
such successor depository in writing.

     If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
related payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were made on the date such payment
was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

     Payments of interest hereon with respect to any Interest Payment Date will include interest
accrued to but excluding such Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

     This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”) issued or to be issued under an Indenture dated as of May 28, 2002 (herein called,
together with all indentures supplemental thereto, the “Indenture”) by and among the Company,
Cintas Corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”), Cintas Corporation No. 3, Cintas Corp. No. 8, Inc.,
Cintas Corp. No. 15, Inc. and Cintas–RUS, L.P., as guarantors (the “Initial Subsidiary Guarantors”
and, together with the Parent Guarantor and each other subsidiary of the Company that pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture guarantees the Company’s obligations under such Indenture, in each case
in such entity’s capacity as guarantor, the “Guarantors”) to U.S. Bank National Association (as
successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”,
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the Notes), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are,
and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face
hereof, initially limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate
principal amount specified in the Officers’ Certificate dated December 4, 2007 establishing the
terms of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture; provided that the Company may, without the consent of
Holders, reopen this series of Securities and issue additional Notes, so as to increase the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Indenture so long as any such additional Notes have the same tenor and terms
(including, without limitation, rights to receive accrued and unpaid interest as the Notes then
Outstanding). The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the denominations
specified in the Officers’ Certificate dated December 4, 2007 establishing the terms of the Notes,
all as more fully provided in the Indenture and such Officers’ Certificate. As provided in the
Indenture and in such Officers’ Certificate, and subject to certain limitations set forth in the
Indenture, such Officers’ Certificate and in this Note, the Notes of this series are exchangeable
for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different denominations, as
requested by the Holders surrendering the same.

     The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed as to the due and punctual payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest in respect thereof by the Guarantors as evidenced by their

 

 

guarantees (the “Guarantees”) included in the Indenture and set forth hereon. The Guarantees
are direct and unconditional obligations of such Guarantors and rank and will rank equally in
priority of payment and in all other respects with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
obligations of such Guarantors now or hereafter outstanding.

     This Note is redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part at any time, at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be
redeemed and (ii) the sum, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined below),
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on this Note to
be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of
redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 35 basis points, and in each case accrued but unpaid
interest thereon to the redemption date.

     “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (i) the yield, under
the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most
recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the
caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury
Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date of the Notes, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issuer will
be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a
straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if the release referred to in clause
(i) (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or
does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for that redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the
third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Notes.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for such redemption date, after
excluding the highest and lowest of four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or if the
Trustee is unable to obtain at least four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of
all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee.

     “Independent Investment Banker” means KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (and its successors), or,
if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an
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Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (and its successors), J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and two other primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City
selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided,
however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date for the Notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and
asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Note (expressed in each case as a percentage
of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.

     Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to the Holder hereof at its address as such address shall appear in the Security
Register of the Company. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price and accrued
interest on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of
this Note called for redemption.

     Except as provided above, this Note is not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity and is
not subject to any sinking fund.

     If a Change of Control Repurchase Event (defined below) occurs, unless the Company has
otherwise exercised its right to redeem the Notes, it will make an offer (a “Change of Control
Repurchase Event Offer”) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on
the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant
record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control
Repurchase Event Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Repurchase Event, the
Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that
constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and stating:

	 	(1)	 	that the Change of Control Repurchase Event Offer is being made pursuant to the
Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes and that all Notes tendered
will be accepted for payment;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30
days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of
Control Repurchase Event Payment Date”);
	 
	 	(3)	 	that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
	 
	 	(4)	 	that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control
Repurchase Event Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of
Control Repurchase Event Offer will cease to accrue interest after the

 

 

	 	 	 	Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date;
	 
	 	(5)	 	that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Repurchase Event Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form
entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or
transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the
notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of
Control Repurchase Event Payment Date;
	 
	 	(6)	 	that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent
receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the
Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of
Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have the Notes purchased; and
	 
	 	(7)	 	that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new
Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered,
which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral
multiple thereof.

     The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder
to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the
Notes as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event.  To the extent that the provisions of
any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions
of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will
not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Repurchase Event
provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent
lawful:

	 	(1)	 	accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Repurchase Event Offer;
	 
	 	(2)	 	deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control
Repurchase Event Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered; and
	 
	 	(3)	 	deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the Notes properly accepted,
together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes
being purchased by the Company.

     Upon receiving the Change of Control Repurchase Event Payment, the Paying Agent will promptly
mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for such Notes, and the Trustee
will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each

 

 

Holder a new Note equal in the principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes
surrendered, if any; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000. The Company will announce the results of the Change of Control
Repurchase Event Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Repurchase Event
Payment Date.

     The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Repurchase Event Offer upon a
Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes an offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements for a Change of Control Repurchase Event Offer made
by the Company, and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under
its offer.

     “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” means the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade
Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date from the date of the public notice of an
arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following
public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so
long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by
any of the Rating Agencies).

     “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) in the equity interests of such Person,
including without limitation, (i) with respect to a corporation, common stock, preferred stock and
any other capital stock, (ii) with respect to a partnership, partnership interests (whether general
or limited), and (iii) with respect to a limited liability company, limited liability company
interests.

     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

	 	(1)	 	the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ properties or assets
taken as a whole or all or substantially all of the Parent Guarantor’s and its
subsidiaries properties or assets taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Parent Guarantor, the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be;
	 
	 	(2)	 	the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or the Parent Guarantor;
	 
	 	(3)	 	the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger
or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), other
than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company or the Parent Guarantor (for purposes of this clause (3), a Person
shall be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of a corporation that is
beneficially owned (as defined above) by another corporation (a “parent corporation”)
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	 	 	 	least 50% of the aggregate voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of such
parent corporation); or
	 
	 	(4)	 	the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of
the Parent Guarantor are not Continuing Directors;

provided, that in connection with (a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition described in clause (1) above to the Parent Guarantor, the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor or (b) the consummation of any transaction described in clause (3) above with the Company
or a Subsidiary Guarantor, all references in clauses (1) and (3) above to the “Company” and the
“Parent Guarantor,” as applicable, shall henceforth be deemed to refer to the entity that acquires
such properties or assets or the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation, as applicable.

     “Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a
Below Investment Grade Rating Event.

     “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Parent
Guarantor’s Board of Directors who:

	 	(1)	 	was a member of the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors on the first date
that any of the Notes were issued; or
	 
	 	(2)	 	was nominated for election or elected to the Parent Guarantor’s Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the directors in office at the time of
such nomination or election (a) who were either members of the Parent Guarantor’s Board
of Directors on the first date that any of the Notes were issued or (b) whose
nomination or election was so previously approved.

     “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by
Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, trust or
any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.

     “Rating Agency” means each of S&P and Moody’s, or if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a
rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or
agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company (as certified by Board Resolutions) which
shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s, or both, as the case may be.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

 

     “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at
the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors (or the equivalent)
of such Person.

     If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal
amount of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors
and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors, and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company and, if applicable, the Guarantors with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof; whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Note.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, which are absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note, at the times,
place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this
Note, the transfer of this Note is registerable on the Security Register of the Company, upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company or the
Guarantors in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.

     Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Note is overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

 

     The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company or the Guarantors may be discharged
from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the
Company or the Guarantors may be released from their obligations under specified covenants and
agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company or any Guarantor irrevocably deposits with
the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.

     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee referred
to below, directly or through an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature of an authorized
signatory, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

 

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or by
facsimile by an authorized signatory.

Dated: December __, 2007

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]	 	CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2

               as Issuer
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 
 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

               as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	  

Authorized
Signatory
	 	 

 

 

GUARANTEE

     For value received, each of the undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees
(subject to release, if applicable, upon the terms set forth in the Indenture), jointly and
severally, on a senior basis to the Holder of this Note and to the Trustee, on behalf of the
Holder, (i) due and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Note, when
and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, by declaration of
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on this Note, to the extent lawful, and the due and
punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holder of this Note or the
Trustee all in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Indenture and (ii) in the case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of this Note or any of such other obligations, that the
same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the
extension or renewal, at Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise. This
Guarantee will not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee duly executes the
certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.

Dated: December __, 2007

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cintas Corporation,

a Washington corporation;	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cintas Corporation No. 3,

a Nevada corporation;	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cintas Corp. No. 8, Inc.,

a Nevada corporation;	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cintas Corp. No. 15, Inc.,

a Nevada corporation;	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Cintas–RUS, LP.,

a Texas limited partnership

(by Cintas No. 8, its General Partner);
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory for each of the Guarantors
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Attest:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Authorized Signatory for each of the Guarantors
	 	 

 

ABBREVIATIONS

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	TEN COM

	 	—
	 	as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MN ACT—                     Custodian                     
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TEN ENT

	 	—
	 	as tenants by the entireties (Cust)       (Minor)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	JT TEN

	 	—
	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	and not as tenants in common Act                                        

(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

                              

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
	 	 

Dated:                                        

Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon
the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatever.

 

Signature Guarantee:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(Signature must be guaranteed)

	 	 	 	Signature
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 

The signature(s) should be guarantees by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers,
savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee
medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule l7Ad-15.

 

 

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

     To elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to the Change of Control
Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, check the box below:

o     Purchase pursuant to Change of Control Repurchase Event

     If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
pursuant to the Change of Control Repurchase Event provisions of the Notes, state the amount you
elect to have purchased:

$                                        

Dated:                                                             

Notice: The signature to this election must correspond with the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.

Signature Guarantee:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(Signature must be guaranteed)

	 	 	 	Signature
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 	 	 

The signature(s) should be guarantees by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers,
savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee
medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule l7Ad-15.

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

     The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Principal Amount of	 	Signature of
	 	 	Amount of increase in	 	Amount of decrease	 	this Global Note	 	authorized
	 	 	Principal Amount of	 	in Principal Amount	 	following each	 	signatory of
	Date of Exchange	 	this Global Note	 	of this Global Note	 	decrease or increase	 	Trustee

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