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Cintas Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 8/31/21 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 10/7/21, at 2:04pm ET   ·   For:  8/31/21   ·   Accession #:  723254-21-32   ·   File #:  0-11399

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

10/07/21  Cintas Corp.                      10-Q        8/31/21   69:9.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    685K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     74K 
13: R2          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income         HTML     84K 
14: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     48K 
                Income                                                           
15: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     27K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
16: R5          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML    132K 
17: R6          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     69K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R8          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    108K 
20: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     33K 
21: R10         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     48K 
22: R11         Leases                                              HTML     39K 
23: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     63K 
24: R13         Investments                                         HTML     28K 
25: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     63K 
26: R15         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     77K 
27: R16         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities            HTML     70K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     26K 
29: R18         Pension Plans                                       HTML     37K 
30: R19         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     66K 
31: R20         Segment Information                                 HTML     57K 
32: R21         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     34K 
33: R22         Basis of Presentation (Tables)                      HTML     28K 
34: R23         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     36K 
35: R24         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     39K 
36: R25         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
37: R26         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     28K 
38: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     63K 
39: R28         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets        HTML     82K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables)   HTML     66K 
41: R30         Pension Plans (Tables)                              HTML     31K 
42: R31         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     67K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     52K 
44: R33         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     31K 
45: R34         Revenue Recognition - Total Revenue Disaggregated   HTML     44K 
                by Operating Segment (Details)                                   
46: R35         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     41K 
47: R36         Leases - Operating Lease Cost and Additional Lease  HTML     33K 
                Information (Details)                                            
48: R37         Leases - Contractual Future Minimum Lease Payments  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     57K 
50: R39         Investments (Details)                               HTML     31K 
51: R40         Earnings Per Share - Computation of EPS (Details)   HTML     52K 
52: R41         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     50K 
53: R42         Earnings per Share - Summary of Buyback Activity    HTML     35K 
                by Program (Details)                                             
54: R43         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     35K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
55: R44         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     37K 
                Service Contracts (Details)                                      
56: R45         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     45K 
                Information Regarding Service Contracts and Other                
                Assets (Details)                                                 
57: R46         Goodwill, Service Contracts and Other Assets -      HTML     36K 
                Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Details)                  
58: R47         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Summary  HTML     75K 
                of Debt Outstanding (Details)                                    
59: R48         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities -          HTML     64K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
60: R49         Debt, Derivatives and Hedging Activities -          HTML     40K 
                Interest Rate Lock Agreements (Details)                          
61: R50         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     23K 
62: R51         Pension Plans (Details)                             HTML     32K 
63: R52         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     47K 
                Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other                         
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
64: R53         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     38K 
                Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
65: R54         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     54K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    121K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- ctas-20210831_htm                   XML   1.60M 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     74K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ctas-20210831_cal               XML    185K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ctas-20210831_def                XML    398K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ctas-20210831_lab                     XML   1.21M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ctas-20210831_pre              XML    715K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ctas-20210831                         XSD    126K 
68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              320±   448K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000723254-21-000032-xbrl      Zip   1.12M

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