Leases

9 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2026

Cintas has operating leases for certain operating facilities, vehicles and equipment, which provide the right to use the underlying asset and require lease payments over the term of the lease. Each new contract is evaluated to determine if an arrangement contains a lease and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. All identified leases are recorded on the consolidated condensed balance sheets with a corresponding operating lease right-of-use asset, net, representing the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term and the operating lease liabilities representing the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Short-term operating leases, which have an initial term of 12 months or less, are not recorded on the consolidated condensed balance sheets.

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term and include options to extend or terminate the lease when they are reasonably certain to be exercised. The present value of lease payments is determined primarily using the incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement date. Lease expense for operating leases is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease costs are recorded as incurred. Both lease expense and variable lease costs are primarily recorded in cost of uniform rental and facility services and other on the Company's consolidated condensed statements of income. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Operating lease costs, including short-term lease expense and variable lease costs which were immaterial in both periods, were $26.5 million and $22.9 million for the three months ended February 28, 2026 and 2025, respectively. For the nine months ended February 28, 2026 and 2025, operating lease costs, including short-term lease expense and variable lease costs, which were immaterial in both periods, were $76.0 million and $67.5 million, respectively.

The following table provides supplemental information related to the Company's consolidated condensed statements of cash flows for the nine months ended February 28:



(In thousands)	2026		2025

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	48,062	$	41,724
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and renewed operating lease liabilities	$	64,194	$	56,151
Operating lease right-of-use assets acquired in business combinations	$	—	$	2,885

Other information related to the operating lease right-of-use assets, net and operating lease liabilities was as follows:



	February 28, 2026	May 31, 2025

Weighted-average remaining lease term	5.75 years	5.66 years
Weighted-average discount rate	4.30%	4.08%

The contractual future minimum lease payments of Cintas' operating lease liabilities by fiscal year are as follows as of February 28, 2026:


(In thousands)

2026 (remaining three months)	$	16,475
2027	62,300
2028	56,685
2029	47,256
2030	35,980
Thereafter	79,297
Total payments	297,993
Less interest	(36,597)
Total present value of lease payments	$	261,396