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Cintas Executive Compensation (FY26)

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CTAS · Cincinnati, OH · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026

Chief executive, fiscal 2026

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Todd Schneider

Latest say-on-pay support

October 27, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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New filing — October 30, 2026, data updatedData as of November 6, 2026Latest filing (8-K): October 30, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is Cintas' chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Todd Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, came to $12,158,605 in fiscal 2026. Schneider's total was 31.4% higher than the $9,249,676 reported for fiscal 2025.

What was Cintas' say-on-pay result?

The say-on-pay proposal drew 95.7% support at the meeting held October 27, 2026 for fiscal 2026.

What is Cintas' chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2026, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 160:1, against median employee compensation of $75,766.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Todd Schneider President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott Farmer Executive Chairman of the Board	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
J. Michael Hansen Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Thompson Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Todd Schneider President and Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott Farmer Executive Chairman of the Board	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
J. Michael Hansen Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Michael Thompson Former Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
D. Todd Denton Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Todd Schneider Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Rozakis President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott Farmer Executive Chairman of the Board	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
J. Michael Hansen Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
D. Todd Denton Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Todd Schneider Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Rozakis President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
J. Phillip Hansen Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
D. Todd Denton Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott D. Farmer Executive Chairman of the Board	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2026

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Todd Schneider Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Rozakis President and Chief Operating Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott Garula Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
D. Todd Denton Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Scott Farmer Executive Chairman of the Board	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2026

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
D. Todd Denton	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
D. Todd Denton	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
James N. Rozakis	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
James N. Rozakis	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Scott A. Garula	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Scott D. Farmer	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Todd M. Schneider	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇

Fiscal 2025 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Todd Schneider	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 27, 2031
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 27, 2031
Scott Farmer	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
James Rozakis	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2033
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 12, 2034
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2036
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 26, 2032
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 11, 2035
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 27, 2031
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2033
D. Todd Denton	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2033
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 12, 2034
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 26, 2032
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2036
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 11, 2035
Scott Garula	Option	◇	—	◇	August 10, 2033
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 26, 2032
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 12, 2034
	Option	◇	—	◇	July 27, 2031
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 11, 2035
	Option	◇	—	◇	June 30, 2033
	Option	◇	—	◇	August 11, 2035

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

D. Todd Denton

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance multiple	◇
Severance base	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Change-in-control base	◇

James Rozakis

President and Chief Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance cash amount

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Scott Farmer

Executive Chair · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance base	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control base	◇

Scott Garula

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance base	◇
Severance cash amount	◇
Change-in-control base	◇

Todd Schneider

Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion

Severance cash amount	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2026

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Joseph Scaminace Lead independent director	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Ronald W. Tysoe	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Melanie W. Barstad	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Martin Mucci	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Karen L. Carnahan	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Beverly K. Carmichael	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇
Robert E. Coletti	◇	◇	◇	—	—	—	◇

Todd M. Schneider and Scott D. Farmer served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Board equity retainer	◇
Total board retainer	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Audit committee member	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Compensation committee member	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Equity is delivered as Rsus/Options.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2026	October 27, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2025	October 28, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	October 29, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	October 24, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	October 25, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	October 26, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	October 27, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	October 29, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	October 30, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	October 17, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	October 18, 2016	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- Todd Schneider (Chief Executive Officer), FY2026 total compensation $12,158,605 (base salary $1,153,067) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000723254-26-000040, filed 2026-09-15]

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309 figures on this page: 298 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.

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11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

8-K, filed October 30, 2026
0000723254-26-000050
Item No. 2 : The shareholders approved an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation.
DEF 14A, filed September 15, 2026
0000723254-26-000040
CEO Pay Ratio · Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · Nonemployee Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards Table · and 1 more section
Filing, filed September 15, 2026
8-K, filed October 31, 2025
0000723254-25-000035
Item No. 2 : The shareholders approved an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation.
DEF 14A, filed September 16, 2025
0000723254-25-000025
Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed November 1, 2024
0000723254-24-000055
DEF 14A, filed September 19, 2024
0000723254-24-000047
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed October 26, 2023
0000723254-23-000039
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DEF 14A, filed September 12, 2023
0000723254-23-000030
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed October 27, 2022
0000723254-22-000034
DEF 14A, filed September 13, 2022
0000723254-22-000025
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed October 27, 2021
0000723254-21-000034
8-K, filed October 28, 2020
0000723254-20-000043
8-K, filed November 1, 2019
0000723254-19-000033
8-K, filed November 1, 2018
0000723254-18-000032
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed October 18, 2017
0000723254-17-000032
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
8-K, filed October 20, 2016
0000723254-16-000069
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
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Frequently asked questions

Executive compensation

Equity awards granted

Outstanding awards

Severance and change in control

Director compensation

Director fee schedule

Disclosed peer group

Say-on-pay history

Chief executive pay ratio

What this page does not include

Citations

Documents cited

The paid brief for Cintas

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