Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election Of Directors; Appointment Of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 24, 2009, the Board of Directors of Cintas Corporation (the "Company"), increased the size of the Board of Directors to 10 members and elected James J. Johnson as a member of the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Johnson will participate in the Company's standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, as more particularly described in the Company's 2008 proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, Mr. Johnson has been appointed to serve, with Ronald W. Tysoe, on a newly-formed special litigation committee of the Board of Directors to investigate allegations in a previously disclosed shareholder lawsuit.

From May 1991 until his retirement in June 2008, Mr. Johnson, age 62, served as Chief Legal Officer of Procter & Gamble Co.

Mr. Johnson satisfies the categorical independence standards set forth in the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines and has been determined by the independent directors of the Board of Directors to be an independent director.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Johnson and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Johnson was elected as a director of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr. Johnson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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