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The Search Is On For America's Next Best Restroom
Nominations Now Being Accepted for Cintas Corporation’s Sixth Annual America’s Best Restroom Award

CINCINNATI, OH – February 5, 2007 – Nominations are now being accepted for the sixth annual “America’s Best Restroom Award” - presented by Cintas Corporation’s (Nasdaq: CTAS) Sanis brand of restroom hygiene products and services.  Previous winners include the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, the Grand Casino in Biloxi, MS, the Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, WI, the Fort Smith Regional Airport in Fort Smith, AR and Wendell’s Restaurant in Westerville, OH.

Nominations can be submitted at www.bestrestrooms.com through March 31, 2007.  Up to 10 finalists will be announced in April, at which time the Internet public will be asked to cast their votes.  The winner will be announced in June of 2007 and receive the coveted “America’s Best Restroom” plaque of recognition from Cintas. The top five vote-getters will secure their place in the “America’s Best Restroom Hall of Fame” found at www.bestrestrooms.com

Cintas’ “America’s Best Restroom” contest is open to any non-residential restroom that is free of charge and open to employees, visitors or the general public.  Nominators are not required to have a professional relationship with the business or staff that manages the facility, but personal experience is encouraged. Past champions have boasted breathtaking skyline views, unique décor and sparkling fixtures.

“The important message here is restroom hygiene matters - for good health and good business," said Kirk Kirssin, Cintas Director of Marketing.  Cintas created the “Best Restroom Award” to honor businesses that combine good hygiene with functionality and exceptional style in their public restrooms.  The contest has attracted tens of thousands of votes since its inception in 2002. 

About Cintas
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. 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 700,000 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. The Company has achieved 37 consecutive years of growth in sales and earnings, to date.

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Nominations for America's Best Restroom VI can be submitted to here.