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Cintas Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 11/30/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 1/6/22, at 3:30pm ET   ·   For:  11/30/21   ·   Accession #:  723254-22-2   ·   File #:  0-11399

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/06/22  Cintas Corp.                      10-Q       11/30/21   66:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    812K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
12: R2          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income         HTML     85K 
13: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     48K 
                Income                                                           
14: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     26K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
15: R5          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    132K 
16: R6          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     88K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R8          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    107K 
19: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     33K 
20: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     58K 
21: R11         Leases                                              HTML     39K 
22: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     62K 
23: R13         Investments                                         HTML     28K 
24: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     77K 
25: R15         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     77K 
26: R16         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities            HTML     70K 
27: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
28: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     83K 
29: R19         Segment Information                                 HTML     71K 
30: R20         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     33K 
31: R21         Basis of Presentation (Tables)                      HTML     28K 
32: R22         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     47K 
33: R23         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     38K 
34: R24         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     58K 
35: R25         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     27K 
36: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     76K 
37: R27         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     82K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R28         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables)   HTML     66K 
39: R29         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R30         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     66K 
41: R31         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     31K 
42: R32         Revenue Recognition - Total Revenue Disaggregated   HTML     45K 
                by Operating Segment (Details)                                   
43: R33         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     41K 
44: R34         Leases - Operating Lease Cost and Additional Lease  HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
45: R35         Leases - Contractual Future Minimum Lease Payments  HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     56K 
47: R37         Investments (Details)                               HTML     37K 
48: R38         Earnings Per Share - Computation of EPS (Details)   HTML     53K 
49: R39         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     49K 
50: R40         Earnings per Share - Summary of Buyback Activity    HTML     38K 
                by Program (Details)                                             
51: R41         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     35K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
52: R42         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     37K 
                Service Contracts (Details)                                      
53: R43         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     44K 
                Information Regarding Service Contracts and Other                
                Assets (Details)                                                 
54: R44         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     36K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Details)                  
55: R45         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Summary  HTML     74K 
                of Debt Outstanding (Details)                                    
56: R46         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities -          HTML     65K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
57: R47         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities -          HTML     40K 
                Interest Rate Lock Agreements (Details)                          
58: R48         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     23K 
59: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     51K 
                Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other                         
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
60: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
61: R51         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     56K 
64: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    115K 
62: XML         XBRL Instance -- ctas-20211130_htm                   XML   1.99M 
63: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     75K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ctas-20211130_cal               XML    180K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ctas-20211130_def                XML    405K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ctas-20211130_lab                     XML   1.20M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ctas-20211130_pre              XML    710K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ctas-20211130                         XSD    122K 
65: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              311±   437K 
66: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000723254-22-000002-xbrl      Zip   1.14M

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — ctas-20211130_pre

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