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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-014372
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210804

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Denton David Brock
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001865181

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11399
		FILM NUMBER:		211142554

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 625737
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45262

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CINTAS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000723254
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEN'S & BOYS' FURNISHINGS, WORK CLOTHING, AND ALLIED GARMENTS [2320]
		IRS NUMBER:				311188630
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6800 CINTAS BLVD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 625737
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45262
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5134591200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6800 CINTAS BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 625737
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45262
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Cintas Corporation (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
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              <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;">prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;) a Form
                ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
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              <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
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              <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
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              <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
                of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
                conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
      necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and resubstitution or
      revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
      Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
      undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of May, 2021.</div>
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