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Cintas Corporation
(NASDAQ:CTAS) 

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Cintas Corporation provides corporate identity uniforms and related business services primarily in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. It operates through Uniform Rental and Facility Services and First Aid and Safety Services segments. The company rents and services uniforms and other ga...

Founded: 1968
Full Time Employees: 40,000
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Business Services

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    Unit: USD2026-02-28 2025-11-30 2025-08-31 2025-05-31 2025-02-28 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-31 2024-02-29 2023-11-30 2023-08-31 2023-05-31 2023-02-28 2022-11-30 2022-08-31 2022-05-31 2022-02-28 2021-11-30 2021-08-31 2021-05-31 2021-02-28 2020-11-30 2020-08-31 2020-05-31 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-31 2019-02-28 2018-11-30 2018-08-31 2018-05-31 2018-02-28 2017-11-30 2017-08-31 2017-05-31 2017-02-28 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-05-31 2005-08-31 2005-05-31 2004-08-31 2004-05-31 2003-08-31 2003-05-31 2001-05-31 
                                                                                       
      revenue:
                                                                                       
      uniform rental and facility services
    2,177,453,000 2,155,400,000 2,091,066,000 2,030,680,000 2,021,144,000 1,990,410,000 1,933,839,000 1,911,190,000 1,876,642,000 1,850,542,000 1,826,825,000 1,773,206,000 1,716,165,000 1,709,987,000 1,697,772,000 1,630,213,000 1,553,320,000 1,535,271,000 1,508,176,000 1,466,868,000 1,417,865,000 1,410,488,000 1,394,411,000 1,270,970,000 1,448,021,000 1,469,976,000 1,454,527,000 1,428,392,000 1,358,322,000 1,390,778,000 1,374,938,000 1,342,786,000 1,284,516,000 1,308,038,000 1,311,784,000 1,203,931,000 993,398,000 1,005,565,000 999,596,000 965,124,000 936,565,000 937,704,000 938,408,000                                         
      other
    663,991,000 644,592,000 627,056,000 636,972,000 588,015,000 571,373,000 567,748,000 559,745,000 529,531,000 526,635,000 515,505,000 511,265,000 473,821,000 464,871,000 468,682,000 444,473,000 407,222,000 387,010,000 388,774,000 368,794,000 359,191,000 346,560,000 352,164,000 348,614,000 362,627,000 373,773,000 356,612,000 365,338,000 324,008,000 327,490,000 323,037,000 326,764,000 304,622,000 298,403,000 299,719,000 247,262,000 287,737,000 291,358,000 294,534,000 306,281,000 279,518,000 281,376,000 260,482,000                                         
      total revenue
    2,841,444,000 2,799,992,000 2,718,122,000 2,667,652,000 2,609,159,000 2,561,783,000 2,501,587,000 2,470,935,000 2,406,173,000 2,377,177,000 2,342,330,000 2,284,471,000 2,189,986,000 2,174,858,000 2,166,454,000 2,074,686,000 1,960,542,000 1,922,281,000 1,896,950,000 1,835,662,000 1,777,056,000 1,757,048,000 1,746,575,000 1,619,584,000 1,810,648,000 1,843,749,000 1,811,139,000 1,793,730,000 1,682,330,000 1,718,268,000 1,697,975,000                                                     
      yoy
    8.90% 9.30% 8.66% 7.96% 8.44% 7.77% 6.80% 8.16% 9.87% 9.30% 8.12% 10.11% 11.70% 13.14% 14.21% 13.02% 10.33% 9.40% 8.61% 13.34% -1.86% -4.70% -3.56% -9.71% 7.63% 7.30% 6.66%                                                         
      qoq
    1.48% 3.01% 1.89% 2.24% 1.85% 2.41% 1.24% 2.69% 1.22% 1.49% 2.53% 4.31% 0.70% 0.39% 4.42% 5.82% 1.99% 1.34% 3.34% 3.30% 1.14% 0.60% 7.84% -10.55% -1.80% 1.80% 0.97% 6.62% -2.09% 1.20%                                                      
      costs and expenses:
                                                                                       
      cost of uniform rental and facility services
    1,083,019,000 1,081,218,000 1,052,553,000 1,036,013,000 1,009,660,000 1,014,052,000 981,163,000 983,049,000 960,208,000 974,231,000 947,583,000 926,689,000 907,993,000 906,727,000 890,766,000 885,789,000 834,082,000 817,261,000 779,301,000 766,441,000 761,850,000 739,811,000 715,412,000 716,602,000 784,930,000 784,937,000 768,676,000 771,056,000 748,971,000 761,119,000 746,453,000 737,998,000 718,138,000 723,960,000 706,863,000 664,552,000 546,538,000 555,752,000 540,932,000 537,543,000 524,656,000 526,091,000 518,503,000                                         
      cost of other
    309,969,000 306,289,000 299,008,000 305,650,000 280,158,000 271,028,000 268,293,000 272,437,000 258,117,000 261,398,000 253,176,000 269,004,000 247,962,000 245,684,000 247,576,000 242,702,000 228,306,000 219,879,000 214,893,000 210,171,000 205,690,000 197,353,000 204,962,000 195,162,000 201,323,000 206,421,000 193,321,000 199,109,000 178,206,000 181,991,000 176,810,000 179,214,000 170,537,000 166,112,000 165,287,000 127,971,000 168,173,000 169,744,000 169,424,000 180,144,000 166,819,000 165,589,000 156,243,000                                         
      selling and administrative expenses
    788,552,000 756,771,000 748,702,000 728,537,000 709,488,000 685,313,000 691,100,000 667,855,000 667,048,000 641,865,000 641,015,000 617,980,000 587,219,000 577,513,000 587,992,000 541,759,000 490,549,000 503,913,000 508,655,000 502,604,000 483,048,000 467,012,000 476,495,000 500,386,000 509,743,000 517,927,000 542,996,000 508,240,000 476,099,000 491,671,000 504,634,000 471,807,000 490,618,000 468,084,000 486,283,000 425,747,000 362,385,000 365,222,000 374,026,000 350,778,000 331,656,000 327,051,000 338,637,000 308,941,000 301,690,000 300,249,000 314,458,000 323,932,000 328,963,000 323,947,000 325,910,000 313,344,000 308,918,000 293,013,000 306,581,000 303,036,000 288,367,000 297,112,000 310,466,000 283,045,000 288,304,000 293,425,000 275,596,000 259,406,000 287,295,000 257,129,000 284,608,000 287,295,000 279,116,000 273,194,000 275,125,000 276,710,000 258,074,000 253,128,000 248,628,000  223,437,000       
      operating income
    659,904,000 655,714,000 617,859,000 597,452,000 609,853,000 591,390,000 561,031,000 547,594,000 520,800,000 499,683,000 500,556,000 470,798,000 446,812,000 444,934,000 440,120,000 404,436,000 407,605,000 381,228,000 394,101,000 356,446,000 326,468,000 352,872,000 349,706,000 207,434,000 314,652,000 334,464,000 306,146,000 314,411,000 278,255,000 275,640,000 265,228,000 265,500,000 200,024,000 235,211,000 249,099,000 169,177,000 194,695,000 202,858,000 206,961,000 202,940,000 192,952,000 200,349,000 185,507,000 177,719,000 173,617,000 181,175,000 163,488,000 123,806,000 150,162,000 152,972,000 140,070,000 153,871,000 133,023,000 139,023,000 139,294,000 140,832,000 137,536,000 132,685,000 128,574,000 108,876,000 102,344,000 100,246,000 84,011,000 106,389,000 137,788,000 119,308,000 130,392,000 137,788,000                
      yoy
    8.21% 10.88% 10.13% 9.10% 17.10% 18.35% 12.08% 16.31% 16.56% 12.30% 13.73% 16.41% 9.62% 16.71% 11.68% 13.46% 24.85% 8.04% 12.69% 71.84% 3.76% 5.50% 14.23% -34.02% 13.08% 21.34% 15.43% 18.42% 39.11% 17.19% 6.47% 56.94% 2.74% 15.95% 20.36% -16.64% 0.90% 1.25% 11.57% 14.19% 11.14% 10.58% 13.47% 43.55% 15.62% 18.44% 16.72% -19.54% 12.88% 10.03% 0.56% 9.26% -3.28% 4.78% 8.34% 29.35% 34.39% 32.36% 53.04% 2.34% -25.72% -15.98% -35.57% -22.79%                    
      qoq
    0.64% 6.13% 3.42% -2.03% 3.12% 5.41% 2.45% 5.14% 4.23% -0.17% 6.32% 5.37% 0.42% 1.09% 8.82% -0.78% 6.92% -3.27% 10.56% 9.18% -7.48% 0.91% 68.59% -34.08% -5.92% 9.25% -2.63% 12.99% 0.95% 3.93% -0.10% 32.73% -14.96% -5.58% 47.24% -13.11% -4.02% -1.98% 1.98% 5.18% -3.69% 8.00% 4.38% 2.36% -4.17% 10.82% 32.05% -17.55% -1.84% 9.21% -8.97% 15.67% -4.32% -0.19% -1.09% 2.40% 3.66% 3.20% 18.09% 6.38% 2.09% 19.32% -21.03% -22.79% 15.49% -8.50% -5.37%                 
      operating margin %
    23.22% 23.42% 22.73% 22.40% 23.37% 23.09% 22.43% 22.16% 21.64% 21.02% 21.37% 20.61% 20.40% 20.46% 20.32% 19.49% 20.79% 19.83% 20.78% 19.42% 18.37% 20.08% 20.02% 12.81% 17.38% 18.14% 16.90% 17.53% 16.54% 16.04% 15.62% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%   
      interest income
    -805,000 -866,000 -2,209,000 -2,023,000 -1,349,000 -962,000 -1,250,000 -3,621,000 -930,000 -769,000 -422,000 -844,000 -373,000 -344,000 -155,000 -74,000 -56,000 -56,000 -56,000 -98,000 -87,000 -218,000 -64,000 -196,000 -347,000 -283,000 -162,000 -271,000 -70,000 -391,000 -496,000 -370,000 -384,000 -291,000 -297,000 -130,000 -11,000 -31,000 -65,000 -331,000 -335,000 -111,000 -119,000 -171,000 -96,000 -19,000 -53,000 -33,000 -44,000 -84,000 -68,000 -51,000 -132,000 -149,000 -77,000 -801,000 -373,000 -403,000 -365,000 -280,000   -422,000 -314,000 -1,065,000 -540,000 -830,000 -1,065,000 -1,304,000 -1,510,000 -1,796,000 -1,462,000   -1,623,000  -1,702,000       
      interest expense
    28,212,000 28,076,000 24,161,000 24,060,000 24,764,000 26,665,000 25,619,000 24,076,000 25,530,000 26,590,000 24,544,000 25,773,000 28,819,000 28,920,000 27,720,000 23,058,000 22,030,000 21,902,000 21,854,000 24,551,000 24,552,000 24,557,000 24,550,000 25,952,000 25,943,000 26,177,000 27,321,000 25,782,000 26,770,000 24,880,000 24,304,000 24,828,000 25,901,000 29,129,000 30,317,000 45,389,000 13,696,000 13,267,000 14,172,000 15,776,000 16,163,000 16,171,000 16,412,000 16,395,000 16,254,000 15,929,000 16,583,000 16,396,000 16,418,000 16,485,000 16,523,000 16,518,000 16,302,000 16,294,000 16,598,000 18,344,000 17,219,000 17,728,000 17,334,000 12,520,000 12,161,000 12,274,000 11,575,000 12,579,000 13,031,000 12,407,000 12,768,000 13,031,000 13,371,000 13,622,000 12,993,000 12,837,000 13,825,000 11,584,000 12,483,000  7,336,000       
      income before income taxes
    632,497,000 628,504,000 595,907,000 575,415,000 586,438,000 565,687,000 536,662,000 527,139,000 496,200,000 473,862,000 476,434,000 445,869,000 418,366,000 416,358,000 412,555,000 381,452,000 385,631,000 359,382,000 372,303,000 331,993,000 302,003,000 328,533,000 325,220,000 181,678,000 289,056,000 308,570,000 278,987,000 288,900,000 251,555,000 320,524,000 241,420,000 241,042,000 174,507,000 206,373,000 219,079,000 123,918,000 181,010,000 189,622,000 192,854,000 187,495,000 177,124,000 184,289,000 169,214,000 159,828,000 157,459,000 165,265,000 175,316,000 213,884,000 133,788,000 136,571,000 123,615,000 137,404,000 116,853,000 122,878,000 122,773,000 123,289,000 120,690,000 115,360,000 111,605,000 96,636,000 90,577,000 88,550,000 72,858,000 94,124,000 125,822,000 107,441,000 118,454,000 125,822,000 141,252,000 125,919,000 134,246,000 129,287,000 144,067,000 122,454,000 131,585,000  126,417,000       
      income taxes
    130,001,000 133,161,000 104,767,000 127,159,000 122,941,000 117,192,000 84,629,000 112,824,000 98,621,000 99,249,000 91,349,000 99,668,000 92,539,000 92,065,000 60,866,000 86,991,000 70,183,000 64,713,000 41,124,000 64,271,000 43,619,000 43,676,000 25,215,000 37,093,000 54,536,000 62,127,000 28,175,000   77,530,000 28,873,000   68,636,000 57,971,000 46,824,000 62,363,000 66,168,000 54,763,000 69,484,000 59,845,000 68,836,000 63,016,000 60,112,000 57,052,000 61,819,000 65,525,000 86,660,000 49,186,000 51,709,000 45,861,000 51,427,000 42,148,000 44,851,000 46,040,000 44,675,000 44,655,000 41,010,000 42,967,000 37,566,000 34,711,000 27,273,000 23,876,000 36,948,000 47,186,000 35,630,000 46,616,000 47,186,000 51,591,000 44,091,000 51,393,000 48,224,000 53,745,000 45,727,000 49,058,000  46,882,000       
      net income
    502,496,000 495,343,000 491,140,000 448,256,000 463,497,000 448,495,000 452,033,000 414,315,000 397,579,000 374,613,000 385,085,000 346,201,000 325,827,000 324,293,000 351,689,000 294,461,000 315,448,000 294,669,000 331,179,000 267,722,000 258,384,000 284,857,000 300,005,000 144,585,000 234,520,000 246,120,000 250,812,000 226,119,000 203,334,000 243,013,000 212,515,000 186,171,000 302,095,000 137,109,000 217,211,000 84,235,000 118,005,000 140,377,000 138,091,000 130,898,000 117,341,000 345,100,000 100,181,000 105,215,000 94,883,000 120,412,000 110,108,000 127,224,000 84,602,000 84,862,000 77,754,000 85,977,000 74,705,000 78,027,000 76,733,000 78,614,000 76,035,000 74,350,000 68,638,000 59,070,000 55,866,000 61,277,000 48,982,000 57,176,000 78,636,000 71,811,000 71,838,000 78,636,000 89,661,000 81,828,000 82,853,000 81,063,000 90,322,000 76,727,000 82,527,000  79,535,000       
      yoy
    8.41% 10.45% 8.65% 8.19% 16.58% 19.72% 17.39% 19.67% 22.02% 15.52% 9.50% 17.57% 3.29% 10.05% 6.19% 9.99% 22.08% 3.44% 10.39% 85.17% 10.18% 15.74% 19.61% -36.06% 15.34% 1.28% 18.02% 21.46% -32.69% 77.24% -2.16% 121.01% 156.00% -2.33% 57.30% -35.65% 0.57% -59.32% 37.84% 24.41% 23.67% 186.60% -9.02% -17.30% 12.15% 41.89% 41.61% 47.97% 13.25% 8.76% 1.33% 9.37% -1.75% 4.95% 11.79% 33.09% 36.10% 21.33% 40.13% 3.31% -28.96% -14.67% -31.82% -27.29% -12.30% -12.24% -13.29% -2.99% -0.73% 6.65% 0.40%  13.56%           
      qoq
    1.44% 0.86% 9.57% -3.29% 3.34% -0.78% 9.10% 4.21% 6.13% -2.72% 11.23% 6.25% 0.47% -7.79% 19.43% -6.65% 7.05% -11.02% 23.70% 3.61% -9.29% -5.05% 107.49% -38.35% -4.71% -1.87% 10.92% 11.21% -16.33% 14.35% 14.15% -38.37% 120.33% -36.88% 157.86% -28.62% -15.94% 1.66% 5.50% 11.55% -66.00% 244.48% -4.78% 10.89% -21.20% 9.36% -13.45% 50.38% -0.31% 9.14% -9.56% 15.09% -4.26% 1.69% -2.39% 3.39% 2.27% 8.32% 16.20% 5.74% -8.83% 25.10% -14.33% -27.29% 9.50% -0.04% -8.64% -12.30% 9.57% -1.24% 2.21% -10.25% 17.72% -7.03%          
      net income margin %
    17.68% 17.69% 18.07% 16.80% 17.76% 17.51% 18.07% 16.77% 16.52% 15.76% 16.44% 15.15% 14.88% 14.91% 16.23% 14.19% 16.09% 15.33% 17.46% 14.58% 14.54% 16.21% 17.18% 8.93% 12.95% 13.35% 13.85% 12.61% 12.09% 14.14% 12.52% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%   
      basic earnings per share
    1.25 1.23 1.21 1.11 1.14 1.11 1.12 4.06 3.9 3.67 3.76 3.39 3.19 3.18 3.45 2.87 3.04 2.83 3.19 2.53 2.44 2.69 2.86 1.38 2.23 2.35 2.4 2.13 1.91 2.25 1.96 1.71 2.79 1.26 2.02 0.78 1.1 1.32 1.29 1.22 1.07 3.11 0.89 0.91 0.81 1.02 0.94 1.04 0.7 0.71 0.63 0.69 0.6 0.63 0.61 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.52 0.41 0.38 0.4 0.32 0.37 0.51 0.47 0.47 0.51 0.58 0.53 0.53 0.51 0.57 0.48 0.51  0.47       
      diluted earnings per share
    1.24 1.21 1.2 1.09 1.13 1.09 1.1 3.84 3.61 3.7 3.34 3.14 3.12 3.39 2.81 2.97 2.76 3.11 2.46 2.37 2.62 2.78 1.35 2.16 2.27 2.32 2.06 1.85 2.18 1.89 1.66 2.71 1.23 1.96 0.76 1.07 1.29 1.26 1.21 1.05 3.06 0.88 0.9 0.8 0.93 1.03 0.69 0.7 0.63 0.69 0.6 0.63 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.52 0.41 0.38 0.4 0.32 0.37 0.51 0.47 0.47 0.51 0.58 0.53 0.53 0.51 0.57 0.48 0.51  0.47       
      dividends declared per share
    0.45 0.45 0.45 0.293 0.39 0.39 0.39 1.013 1.35 1.35 1.35 0.863 1.15 1.15 1.15 0.713 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.065 0.75 3.51  0.638  2.55  0.513 2.05 2.05  0.405 1.62 1.62  0.333  1.33  0.263  1.05  0.425  1.7  0.193  0.77  0.16  0.64  0.135  0.54   0.49        0.115    0.098           
      income from continuing operations
                       267,722,000 258,384,000 284,857,000  144,585,000 234,520,000 246,443,000 250,812,000 226,171,000 200,923,000 242,994,000 212,547,000 189,298,000 295,789,000 137,737,000 161,108,000 77,094,000 118,647,000 123,454,000 138,091,000 118,011,000 117,279,000 115,453,000 106,198,000 101,204,000 93,636,000 103,446,000 109,791,000                                     
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 107
                                                                                       
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                       
      continuing operations
                       2.53 2.44 2.69  1.38 2.23 2.35 2.4 2.13 1.89 2.25 1.96 1.74 2.73 1.27 1.5 0.71 1.11 1.16 1.29 1.09 1.07 1.05 0.94 0.88 0.8 0.87 0.94                                     
      discontinued operations
                                0.02   -0.03 0.06 -0.01 0.52 0.07 -0.01 0.16  0.13  2.06 -0.05 0.03 0.01 0.15                                      
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                       
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 107 and 107, respectively
                                                                                       
      g&k services, inc. integration expenses
                               3,374,000 799,000 7,847,000 4,850,000                                                     
      gain on sale of a cost method investment
                                 69,373,000                                                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 772, tax benefit of 107 and tax expense of 768, respectively
                           -80,750                                                            
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 107, tax expense of 6, tax benefit of 107 and tax benefit of 4, respectively
                             -323,000                                                          
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 10
                                                                                       
      income tax expense
                               39,258,750 50,632,000   1,331,250 -121,282,000                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 772, tax benefit of 6,157, tax expense of 768 and tax expense of 34,946, respectively
                               599,500 2,411,000                                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 6, tax benefit of 624, tax benefit of 4 and tax expense of 41,103, respectively
                                 19,000                                                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 10 and tax expense of 41,727, respectively
                                  -32,000                                                     
      revenue: - sum
                                   1,669,550,000 1,589,138,000 1,606,441,000 1,611,503,000 1,451,193,000 1,281,135,000 1,296,923,000 1,294,130,000 1,271,405,000 1,216,083,000 1,219,080,000 1,198,890,000 1,142,583,000 1,108,847,000 1,123,379,000 1,102,077,000 848,583,250 1,130,237,000 1,143,753,000 1,120,343,000 1,129,086,000 1,075,674,000 1,060,386,000 1,051,325,000 1,053,582,000 1,012,112,000 1,019,126,000 1,017,180,000 937,827,000 936,566,000 923,904,000 861,812,000 884,509,000 1,002,179,000 908,639,000 985,184,000 1,002,179,000 1,008,955,000 975,952,000 983,865,000 969,128,000 964,075,000 905,398,000 923,266,000  823,475,000       
      g&k services, inc. transaction and integration expenses
                                   15,031,000 9,821,000 13,074,000 3,971,000                                                 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of (6,157), 2,109, 34,946 and 13,101, respectively
                                   15,445,250 6,306,000                                                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 624 and tax expense of 9,851, 41,103 and 10,992, respectively
                                     -628,000                                                  
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 41,727 and 1,141, respectively
                                      56,103,000                                                 
      g&k services, inc. transaction expenses
                                       3,869,500 9,344,000 3,347,000                                              
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 1,098, tax benefit of 741 and tax expense of 10,051 and 142,235, respectively
                                       4,070,250 -642,000                                               
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 8,953, 146,395, 8,953 and 142,976, respectively
                                         16,923,000                                              
      g&k services, inc. acquisition expenses
                                          2,787,000                                             
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 3,419
                                                                                       
      gain on sale of stock of an equity method investment
                                                  21,739,000                                     
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 741 and 3,494 and tax expense of 142,235 and 10,828, respectively
                                           55,923,000 62,000                                           
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of 146,395, 11,739, 142,976 and 14,730, respectively
                                             229,647,000                                          
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 3,419 and tax expense of 2,991, respectively
                                              -6,017,000                                         
      rental uniforms and ancillary products
                                               873,136,000 859,520,000 865,428,000 856,872,000 825,046,000 801,702,000 804,316,000 792,866,000 785,018,000 748,887,000 755,839,000 754,843,000 749,037,000 721,012,000 722,789,000 719,423,000 664,976,000 657,847,000 657,564,000 622,458,000 643,597,000 721,373,000 674,701,000 711,454,000 721,373,000 711,728,000 703,641,000 708,845,000 710,354,000            
      other services
                                               269,447,000 249,327,000 257,951,000 245,205,000 332,433,000 328,535,000 339,437,000 327,477,000 344,068,000 326,787,000 304,547,000 296,482,000 304,545,000 291,100,000 296,337,000 297,757,000 272,851,000 278,719,000 266,340,000 239,354,000 240,912,000 280,806,000 233,938,000 273,730,000 280,806,000 297,227,000 272,311,000 275,020,000 258,774,000 267,242,000 239,751,000 238,775,000  195,467,000       
      cost of rental uniforms and ancillary products
                                               488,805,000 476,092,000 477,960,000 470,609,000 465,498,000 450,086,000 459,112,000 454,731,000 454,438,000 434,809,000 438,902,000 428,148,000 424,940,000 409,958,000 410,247,000 403,406,000 380,224,000 377,471,000 371,515,000 356,750,000 363,728,000 407,290,000 379,466,000 401,614,000 407,290,000 399,599,000 398,318,000 392,211,000 391,490,000            
      cost of other services
                                               167,118,000 157,448,000 163,995,000 153,522,000 199,619,000 201,026,000 207,722,000 199,632,000 207,433,000 198,924,000 189,448,000 177,302,000 184,774,000 176,251,000 179,082,000 174,734,000 165,682,000 168,447,000 158,718,000 145,455,000 150,934,000 169,806,000 152,736,000 168,570,000 169,806,000 176,921,000 166,409,000 171,086,000 160,266,000 164,416,000 148,386,000 152,178,000  128,562,000       
      shredding transaction costs
                                                                                       
      gain on deconsolidation of shredding business
                                               1,654,750   6,619,000                                     
      loss on investment in shred-it, net of tax benefit of 4,010 and 4,162, respectively
                                               -1,756,750 -6,771,000                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 53, 284, 12,204 and 740, respectively
                                               4,632,500 1,247,000                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 11,892, 354, 12,151 and 456, respectively
                                                 16,966,000                                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                  317,000                                     
      legal settlements, net of insurance proceeds
                                                                   4,052,000                    
      legal settlement, net of insurance proceeds
                                                                                       
      costs and expenses
                                                                                       
      rentals
                                                                            696,833,000 665,647,000 684,491,000  628,008,000       
      cost of rentals
                                                                            385,685,000 371,185,000 380,015,000  339,425,000       
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        assets
                                                                                      
        current assets:
                                                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      183,204,000 200,842,000 138,143,000 263,973,000 243,428,000 122,395,000 101,373,000 342,015,000 128,483,000 85,556,000 88,126,000 124,149,000 88,563,000 89,799,000 74,558,000 90,471,000 84,136,000 113,170,000 79,749,000 493,640,000 553,611,000 703,175,000 421,542,000 145,402,000 234,441,000 226,535,000 102,131,000 96,645,000 80,859,000 88,479,000 118,356,000 138,724,000 152,563,000 236,002,000 191,414,000 169,266,000 147,244,000 143,573,000 99,209,000 139,357,000 315,116,000 606,785,000 146,860,000 417,073,000 358,320,000 826,724,000 581,453,000 513,288,000 348,859,000 309,334,000 278,670,000 352,273,000 217,470,000 242,487,000 319,217,000 339,825,000 217,983,000 207,772,000 150,312,000 184,731,000 260,953,000 290,646,000 406,503,000 342,014,000 227,311,000 54,251,000 62,413,000 58,243,000 66,224,000 55,675,000 56,640,000 40,841,000 35,360,000 31,558,000 38,939,000 38,914,000 43,437,000 43,196,000 87,357,000 73,724,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,542,973,000 1,484,328,000 1,421,047,000  1,397,824,000 1,370,493,000 1,293,791,000  1,262,077,000 1,273,974,000 1,197,342,000  1,133,096,000 1,135,833,000 1,082,783,000  1,004,632,000 975,442,000 927,360,000  929,492,000 910,266,000 866,414,000  942,853,000 949,122,000 917,535,000  878,037,000 904,062,000 838,192,000  779,220,000 763,555,000 731,577,000  598,863,000 607,452,000 586,372,000  550,748,000 549,190,000 531,127,000  497,978,000 510,153,000 489,211,000  529,668,000 520,523,000 511,642,000  495,124,000 479,106,000 459,302,000  439,650,000 447,350,000 439,090,000 416,295,000 402,369,000 383,943,000 356,453,000 377,151,000 359,142,000 384,912,000 433,831,000 431,681,000  413,781,000 420,667,000 409,441,000  393,155,000 405,042,000  337,930,000    
        inventories
      450,501,000 447,611,000 449,739,000 447,408,000 420,826,000 394,605,000 399,078,000 410,201,000 451,215,000 474,840,000 498,354,000 506,604,000 531,270,000 514,839,000 473,888,000 472,150,000 486,750,000 464,864,000 463,692,000 481,797,000 533,211,000 534,128,000 488,165,000 408,898,000 352,924,000 348,304,000 336,290,000 334,589,000 339,805,000 321,874,000 303,770,000 280,347,000 274,819,000 272,830,000 283,197,000 278,218,000 272,181,000 263,301,000 262,156,000 249,362,000 255,203,000 251,477,000 240,046,000 226,211,000 234,641,000 235,860,000 249,817,000 251,239,000 256,132,000 249,486,000 245,470,000 240,440,000 246,957,000 236,195,000 241,699,000 251,205,000 275,673,000 287,950,000 280,214,000 232,294,000 208,380,000 184,363,000 167,814,000 166,373,000 185,349,000 252,483,000 251,864,000 242,094,000 238,669,000 241,326,000 238,944,000 236,102,000 231,741,000 227,083,000 217,575,000 198,000,000 222,030,000 216,412,000 185,585,000 214,349,000 
        uniforms and other rental items in service
      1,240,648,000 1,213,499,000 1,172,321,000 1,137,361,000 1,100,039,000 1,094,039,000 1,061,065,000 1,040,144,000 1,025,597,000 1,035,717,000 1,021,515,000 1,011,918,000 999,029,000 986,505,000 953,717,000 916,706,000 881,734,000 876,065,000 846,656,000 810,104,000 777,364,000 772,937,000 756,364,000 770,411,000 818,486,000 817,859,000 796,187,000 784,133,000 773,534,000 758,246,000 724,708,000 702,261,000 682,438,000 674,572,000 654,249,000 635,702,000 539,730,000 543,644,000 542,124,000 539,956,000 539,401,000 542,531,000 537,120,000 534,005,000 524,065,000 528,332,000 513,615,000 506,537,000 498,649,000 508,669,000 500,384,000 496,752,000 481,576,000 482,001,000 462,541,000 452,785,000 434,475,000 422,013,000 405,029,000 373,983,000 364,556,000 347,588,000 321,964,000 329,561,000 329,444,000 352,032,000 371,743,000 373,241,000 370,416,000 365,396,000 363,802,000 352,279,000 344,931,000 339,082,000 347,021,000 337,487,000 308,768,000 305,450,000 301,350,000 242,172,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      185,608,000 193,808,000 194,676,000 170,046,000 178,648,000 177,939,000 188,085,000 148,665,000 163,624,000 166,652,000 182,191,000 142,795,000 155,208,000 152,537,000 162,844,000 124,728,000 163,442,000 136,798,000 148,960,000 133,776,000 126,949,000 125,465,000 133,692,000 114,619,000 125,517,000 123,589,000 137,675,000 103,318,000 108,969,000 106,614,000 112,474,000 32,383,000 35,192,000 38,058,000 42,490,000 30,132,000 51,363,000 41,464,000 40,329,000 26,065,000 26,653,000 27,471,000 31,170,000 24,030,000 22,482,000 23,591,000 27,590,000 26,190,000                                 
        total current assets
      3,602,934,000 3,540,088,000 3,375,926,000 3,436,169,000 3,341,428,000 3,170,391,000 3,043,392,000 3,185,207,000 3,030,996,000 3,036,739,000 2,987,528,000 2,938,459,000 2,910,156,000 2,893,170,000 2,747,790,000 2,631,983,000 2,686,741,000 2,655,474,000 2,477,666,000 2,843,309,000 2,978,556,000 3,102,773,000 2,666,177,000 2,309,699,000 2,497,706,000 2,490,287,000 2,289,818,000 2,236,280,000 2,223,756,000 2,215,870,000 2,104,378,000 1,977,932,000 1,979,576,000 2,043,449,000 1,924,553,000 1,954,478,000 1,629,941,000 1,600,662,000 1,594,748,000 1,590,035,000 1,758,824,000 2,043,280,000 1,733,952,000 1,735,807,000 1,710,125,000 2,145,980,000 2,012,949,000 1,805,681,000 1,664,909,000 1,618,782,000 1,572,289,000 1,624,826,000 1,509,452,000 1,519,662,000 1,523,877,000 1,541,568,000 1,625,536,000 1,591,868,000 1,482,615,000 1,322,938,000 1,354,846,000 1,372,153,000 1,515,745,000 1,465,170,000 1,340,254,000 1,201,922,000 1,245,281,000 1,286,948,000 1,282,336,000 1,238,818,000 1,227,663,000 1,173,902,000 1,156,736,000 1,131,739,000 1,155,453,000 1,178,008,000 1,136,507,000 1,166,544,000 1,034,243,000 819,670,000 
        property and equipment
      1,716,864,000 1,702,887,000 1,677,021,000 1,652,474,000 1,610,414,000 1,590,688,000 1,554,640,000 1,534,168,000 1,505,810,000 1,463,826,000 1,439,266,000 1,396,476,000 1,358,181,000 1,340,658,000 1,329,131,000 1,323,673,000 1,312,176,000 1,299,375,000 1,301,233,000 1,318,438,000 1,329,930,000 1,344,333,000 1,378,385,000 1,403,065,000 1,434,866,000 1,425,584,000 1,422,351,000 1,430,685,000 1,424,063,000 1,410,530,000 1,394,634,000 1,382,730,000 1,367,580,000 1,353,159,000 1,340,660,000                                              
        investments
      407,138,000 386,281,000 369,503,000 339,518,000 336,892,000 340,134,000 325,651,000 302,212,000 294,261,000 270,006,000 266,930,000 247,191,000 241,796,000 243,574,000 239,335,000 242,873,000 259,930,000 289,123,000 295,268,000 274,616,000 264,581,000 252,454,000 240,431,000 214,847,000 212,798,000 218,873,000 208,987,000 192,346,000 191,818,000 183,548,000 180,262,000 175,581,000 178,527,000 175,663,000 163,631,000 164,788,000 148,168,000 140,530,000 140,876,000 124,952,000 118,607,000 126,547,000 123,494,000 329,692,000 445,538,000 456,864,000 451,897,000 458,357,000                                 
        goodwill
      3,499,028,000 3,483,504,000 3,410,729,000 3,400,227,000 3,353,553,000 3,323,043,000 3,223,528,000 3,212,424,000 3,212,432,000 3,120,506,000 3,104,955,000 3,056,201,000 3,043,578,000 3,037,506,000 3,037,278,000 3,042,976,000 3,032,738,000 2,931,307,000 2,924,993,000 2,913,069,000 2,895,251,000 2,889,754,000 2,886,048,000 2,870,020,000 2,873,996,000 2,852,801,000 2,849,613,000 2,842,441,000 2,847,783,000 2,845,244,000 2,850,082,000 2,846,888,000 2,819,867,000 2,811,796,000 2,810,504,000 2,782,335,000 1,303,038,000 1,301,391,000 1,298,375,000 1,291,593,000 1,284,434,000 1,273,594,000 1,272,503,000 1,195,612,000 1,194,389,000 1,189,360,000 1,189,968,000 1,267,411,000 1,532,568,000 1,532,961,000 1,531,006,000 1,517,560,000 1,519,987,000 1,522,411,000 1,489,104,000 1,485,375,000 1,486,465,000 1,483,635,000 1,488,152,000 1,491,116,000 1,435,352,000 1,400,797,000 1,352,096,000 1,334,773,000 1,333,319,000 1,325,377,000 1,320,248,000 1,320,501,000 1,315,569,000 1,311,089,000 1,277,929,000 1,270,780,000 1,245,877,000 1,226,176,000 1,170,480,000 1,136,175,000 903,356,000 889,538,000 805,441,000  
        service contracts
      286,746,000 297,729,000 298,025,000 309,828,000 315,336,000 323,504,000 311,199,000 321,902,000 335,863,000 329,511,000 340,266,000 346,574,000 357,146,000 367,612,000 379,379,000 391,638,000 402,366,000 391,609,000 403,982,000 408,445,000 418,318,000 430,923,000 441,641,000 451,529,000 464,852,000 469,933,000 482,977,000 494,595,000 508,402,000 521,505,000 535,865,000 545,768,000 557,477,000 565,574,000 581,631,000 586,988,000 83,720,000 85,517,000 84,792,000 83,715,000 86,380,000 70,183,000 75,306,000 42,434,000 44,824,000 41,590,000 44,185,000 55,675,000 83,972,000 88,394,000 93,119,000 92,153,000 93,573,000 90,480,000 72,297,000 76,822,000 81,666,000 86,661,000 94,431,000 107,460,000 104,751,000 102,661,000 109,402,000 110,104,000 117,337,000 131,288,000 138,143,000 146,197,000 152,757,000 158,515,000 160,769,000 166,223,000 171,361,000 172,842,000 171,391,000 179,965,000 144,424,000 146,596,000 144,664,000  
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      255,290,000 254,064,000 244,067,000 224,383,000 209,399,000 184,159,000 190,965,000 187,953,000 186,514,000 179,154,000 181,677,000 178,464,000 178,524,000 176,276,000 174,697,000 170,003,000 167,995,000 155,677,000 159,289,000 168,532,000 156,850,000 154,022,000 159,120,000 159,967,000 165,169,000 169,233,000 163,089,000                                                      
        other assets
      465,721,000 468,328,000 462,419,000 462,642,000 444,114,000 434,610,000 419,332,000 424,951,000 412,999,000 414,127,000 399,059,000 382,991,000 376,620,000 368,211,000 353,416,000 344,110,000 306,654,000 294,845,000 295,319,000 310,414,000 304,011,000 280,494,000 271,579,000 260,758,000 252,593,000 260,626,000 245,065,000 240,315,000 237,851,000 228,386,000 221,983,000 29,315,000 25,566,000 29,160,000 30,627,000 31,967,000 16,088,000 19,265,000 15,194,000 19,861,000 18,285,000 20,644,000 20,908,000 17,494,000 18,079,000 18,650,000 18,778,000 19,626,000 137,795,000 136,364,000 123,432,000 124,390,000 121,443,000 118,069,000 113,196,000 112,836,000 115,466,000 114,484,000 116,228,000 108,783,000 109,811,000 99,935,000 88,088,000 88,296,000 86,874,000 80,211,000 80,788,000 85,371,000 83,364,000 85,272,000 83,825,000 76,692,000 76,263,000 75,960,000 56,785,000 67,306,000 34,761,000 39,868,000 40,639,000 230,422,000 
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                      
        current liabilities:
                                                                                      
        accounts payable
      481,010,000 503,273,000 462,315,000 485,109,000 408,461,000 418,259,000 395,931,000 339,166,000 307,941,000 316,697,000 314,743,000 302,292,000 281,649,000 310,986,000 292,321,000 251,504,000 235,051,000 240,322,000 202,968,000 230,786,000 237,857,000 274,021,000 252,513,000 230,995,000 243,248,000 254,611,000 237,242,000 226,020,000 214,567,000 211,900,000 214,011,000 215,074,000 172,181,000 162,981,000 189,571,000 177,051,000 127,940,000 127,815,000 129,650,000 114,514,000 151,833,000 134,843,000 131,956,000 109,607,000 111,952,000 171,629,000 141,795,000 150,070,000 117,336,000 103,242,000 124,952,000 121,029,000 109,064,000 118,534,000 110,906,000 94,840,000 115,566,000 111,136,000 100,745,000 101,935,000 92,206,000 81,307,000 80,406,000 73,574,000 73,362,000 75,677,000 101,060,000 87,418,000 94,755,000 64,472,000 73,837,000 70,093,000 64,622,000 69,540,000 79,144,000 71,635,000 65,781,000 69,296,000 53,451,000 42,495,000 
        accrued compensation and related liabilities
      209,995,000 167,872,000 135,185,000 229,538,000 208,952,000 157,793,000 125,004,000 214,130,000 182,669,000 154,452,000 116,892,000 239,086,000 203,726,000 208,342,000 176,865,000 236,992,000 212,481,000 180,772,000 155,212,000 241,469,000 224,641,000 150,739,000 117,577,000 127,417,000 148,912,000 124,349,000 99,200,000 155,509,000 136,814,000 117,645,000 84,308,000 140,654,000 145,066,000 113,430,000 119,252,000 149,635,000 95,353,000 85,857,000 64,692,000 101,976,000 84,992,000 65,886,000 53,018,000 88,423,000 78,007,000 60,448,000 44,060,000 85,026,000 80,109,000 58,649,000 43,247,000 78,050,000 90,533,000 54,480,000 40,531,000 91,214,000 83,007,000 64,372,000 52,230,000 67,396,000 53,563,000 45,585,000 55,702,000 46,872,000 41,285,000 46,836,000 41,470,000 33,778,000 50,605,000 51,316,000 40,750,000 34,517,000 62,826,000 57,014,000 50,649,000 51,615,000 37,441,000 38,710,000 31,804,000 35,140,000 
        accrued liabilities
      831,037,000 797,710,000 779,672,000 875,077,000 825,032,000 753,986,000 717,093,000 761,283,000 720,545,000 619,288,000 592,370,000 632,504,000 610,863,000 556,211,000 543,566,000 588,948,000 622,797,000 597,171,000 592,384,000 518,910,000 514,159,000 791,158,000 406,787,000 456,653,000 430,643,000 674,240,000 395,416,000 433,940,000 425,470,000 611,641,000 380,775,000 420,129,000 412,826,000 577,960,000 402,970,000 429,809,000 321,324,000 469,085,000 313,888,000 349,065,000 319,438,000 443,713,000 294,845,000 309,935,000 281,872,000 502,861,000 292,548,000 299,727,000 259,310,000 360,627,000 235,237,000 271,821,000 238,462,000 325,077,000 213,440,000 256,642,000 224,355,000 318,961,000 225,377,000 220,674,000 321,209,000 219,994,000 302,543,000 224,526,000 192,647,000 250,209,000 189,494,000 176,053,000 207,925,000 253,604,000 174,803,000 124,174,000 200,686,000 234,840,000 162,316,000 188,927,000 97,483,000 166,428,000 146,226,000 94,960,000 
        income taxes, current
      11,240,000 3,654,000 78,956,000 4,034,000 663,000 10,920,000 84,622,000 18,618,000 18,310,000 13,102,000 101,031,000  2,990,000 13,657,000  21,708,000 66,047,000 89,135,000 11,249,000 22,282,000 57,929,000 56,802,000 23,251,000  23,485,000 24,878,000  7,475,000 42,552,000 36,595,000 6,878,000 19,634,000 21,651,000 35,700,000  44,320,000 20,560,000 1,228,000  1,712,000    936,000 6,633,000 17,459,000 54,595,000     9,102,000 15,331,000 20,976,000  22,188,000 37,386,000 12,575,000  13,026,000 13,765,000  16,088,000 8,906,000 6,741,000                
        operating lease liabilities, current
      54,130,000 52,726,000 51,691,000 50,744,000 48,786,000 46,921,000 46,537,000 45,727,000 44,430,000 44,063,000 43,803,000 43,710,000 42,970,000 42,792,000 43,539,000 43,872,000 44,105,000 43,156,000 43,308,000 43,850,000 43,767,000 42,682,000 43,414,000 43,031,000 44,043,000 44,263,000 43,010,000                                                      
        debt due within one year
      229,490,000 550,750,000   449,915,000 630,808,000 615,702,000 449,595,000  210,000,000   249,053,000 435,406,000 507,467,000 311,574,000 1,509,056,000 1,116,507,000 1,275,167,000 899,070,000 249,936,000 249,872,000 249,808,000  199,800,000 199,788,000 338,776,000 312,264,000 217,500,000 173,500,000   187,500,000 300,000,000 307,450,000 362,900,000 399,351,000 66,000,000 163,800,000                                          
        total current liabilities
      1,816,902,000 2,075,985,000 1,507,819,000 1,644,502,000 1,941,146,000 2,007,767,000 1,984,889,000 1,828,519,000 1,273,895,000 1,357,602,000 1,168,839,000 1,230,062,000 1,388,261,000 1,553,737,000 1,599,541,000 1,432,890,000 2,623,490,000 2,177,928,000 2,269,039,000 1,934,085,000 1,270,360,000 1,508,472,000 1,093,350,000 885,195,000 1,066,646,000 1,297,251,000 1,122,882,000 1,127,733,000 994,351,000 1,114,686,000 679,094,000 775,857,000 917,573,000 1,154,371,000 1,044,795,000 1,130,852,000 943,968,000 748,757,000 710,859,000 815,555,000 858,804,000 1,130,981,000 959,326,000 621,058,000 579,231,000 851,764,000 636,011,000 630,131,000 552,802,000 614,561,000 515,695,000 556,256,000 500,752,000 555,179,000 384,111,000 670,891,000 648,561,000 720,201,000 618,646,000 391,636,000 468,795,000 359,479,000 439,249,000 345,560,000 314,613,000 374,209,000 324,598,000 343,863,000 367,242,000 392,675,000 363,188,000 260,911,000 403,038,000 681,096,000 659,965,000 411,828,000 305,598,000 356,481,000 325,686,000 250,903,000 
        long-term liabilities:
                                                                                      
        debt due after one year
      2,427,301,000 2,426,529,000 2,425,757,000 2,424,999,000 2,027,477,000 2,026,963,000 2,026,448,000 2,025,934,000 2,474,908,000 2,474,287,000 2,477,093,000 2,486,405,000 2,485,952,000 2,485,277,000 2,484,602,000 2,483,932,000 1,343,513,000 1,343,367,000 1,343,222,000 1,642,833,000 2,291,418,000 2,290,932,000 2,290,447,000 2,539,705,000 2,539,156,000 2,538,606,000 2,538,057,000 2,537,507,000 2,536,958,000 2,536,408,000 2,535,859,000 2,535,309,000 2,534,760,000 2,534,222,000 2,533,672,000 2,770,624,000 745,189,000 1,044,834,000 1,044,628,000                                          
        deferred income taxes
      507,608,000 495,341,000 484,443,000 471,740,000 466,816,000 476,929,000 474,461,000 475,512,000 481,177,000 497,198,000 499,935,000 498,356,000 496,778,000 493,379,000 487,755,000 473,777,000 430,695,000 405,871,000 395,599,000 386,647,000 389,553,000 376,414,000 385,149,000 388,579,000 423,677,000 443,857,000 436,755,000 438,179,000 439,011,000 435,461,000 424,344,000 352,581,000 376,665,000 539,043,000 521,774,000 469,328,000 267,065,000 265,091,000 255,380,000 259,475,000 240,714,000 227,465,000 148,793,000 226,938,000 232,232,000 233,597,000 242,459,000 246,044,000 209,915,000 210,187,000 214,221,000 210,483,000 209,455,000 206,782,000 206,856,000 204,581,000 206,047,000 194,432,000 194,610,000 165,271,000 145,079,000 148,180,000 162,989,000 157,143,000 153,057,000 135,083,000 126,279,000 123,425,000 124,184,000 122,726,000 120,961,000 122,884,000 122,630,000 115,858,000 116,891,000 130,992,000 133,735,000 133,837,000 122,957,000 57,703,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      207,266,000 207,060,000 197,818,000 178,738,000 165,664,000 141,973,000 149,345,000 146,824,000 146,060,000 138,936,000 141,459,000 138,278,000 139,107,000 136,520,000 134,010,000 129,064,000 131,224,000 118,892,000 122,291,000 130,774,000 119,071,000 117,494,000 121,727,000 122,695,000 126,994,000 130,580,000 125,684,000                                                      
        total long-term liabilities
      3,628,436,000 3,601,549,000 3,574,171,000 3,496,258,000 3,077,742,000 3,065,656,000 3,062,395,000 3,023,926,000 3,470,897,000 3,461,786,000 3,473,207,000 3,452,308,000 3,444,484,000 3,442,732,000 3,431,859,000 3,406,170,000 2,251,210,000 2,276,355,000 2,279,508,000 2,614,891,000 3,260,627,000 3,348,321,000 3,345,227,000 3,549,488,000 3,511,025,000 3,485,116,000 3,488,312,000 3,306,208,000 3,259,830,000 3,263,153,000 3,262,142,000 3,165,831,000 3,117,023,000 3,271,397,000 3,240,930,000 3,410,412,000 1,148,938,000 1,440,117,000 1,468,884,000 1,446,179,000 1,422,300,000 1,395,283,000 1,314,954,000 1,638,947,000 1,639,449,000 1,642,473,000 1,648,285,000 1,639,463,000 1,603,606,000 1,602,865,000 1,599,471,000 1,587,884,000 1,590,301,000 1,582,059,000 1,613,709,000 1,350,880,000 1,407,979,000 1,392,492,000 1,394,761,000 1,107,492,000 1,064,387,000 1,061,447,000 1,045,472,000 1,044,703,000 1,039,416,000 1,025,249,000 1,117,447,000 1,191,885,000 1,187,228,000 1,204,140,000 1,188,766,000 1,115,958,000         
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                      
        preferred stock, no par value:
                                                                                      
        100 shares authorized, none outstanding
                                                                                      
        common stock
      2,807,548,000 2,743,927,000 2,694,077,000 2,593,479,000 2,525,876,000 2,474,313,000 2,415,723,000 2,305,301,000 2,246,329,000 2,179,951,000 2,121,475,000 2,031,542,000 1,981,610,000 1,933,145,000 1,878,837,000 1,771,917,000 1,729,525,000 1,686,293,000 1,625,594,000 1,417,343,000 1,403,229,000 1,387,734,000 1,345,233,000 1,102,689,000 1,092,074,000 1,066,814,000 1,036,125,000  826,175,000 804,234,000 796,988,000  611,485,000 600,563,000 586,364,000  476,373,000 468,392,000 463,375,000  399,927,000 394,728,000 387,314,000  320,248,000 309,915,000 294,795,000  233,927,000 225,372,000          135,276,000  135,170,000       129,182,000 128,841,000  128,041,000       94,569,000  
        1,700,000 shares authorized
                                                                                      
        fy 2026: 779,263 shares issued and 400,015 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 776,936 shares issued and 402,948 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        retained earnings
      12,743,710,000 12,421,850,000 12,107,250,000 11,798,451,000 11,507,826,000 11,202,524,000 10,912,033,000 10,617,955,000 10,341,248,000 10,081,267,000 9,844,128,000 9,597,315,000 9,368,678,000 9,160,346,000 8,953,391,000 8,719,163,000 8,522,327,000 8,305,076,000 8,109,368,000 7,877,015,000 7,688,425,000 7,509,544,000 7,596,514,000 7,296,509,000 7,151,838,000 6,917,310,000 6,939,240,000 6,691,236,000 6,465,121,000 6,261,756,000 6,239,535,000 5,837,827,000 5,651,656,000 5,349,539,000 5,388,040,000 5,170,830,000 5,086,584,000 4,968,437,000 4,970,647,000 4,805,867,000 4,674,975,000 4,557,245,000 4,327,807,000 4,227,620,000 4,122,354,000 4,027,464,000 4,109,001,000 3,998,893,000 3,871,675,000 3,787,067,000 3,795,525,000 3,717,771,000 3,631,793,000 3,557,088,000 3,558,806,000 3,482,073,000 3,403,459,000 3,327,111,000 3,323,894,000 3,184,480,000 3,125,411,000 3,141,356,000 3,024,601,000 3,049,579,000 2,992,403,000 2,934,354,000 2,934,775,000 2,862,938,000 2,784,302,000 2,694,630,000 2,683,644,000 2,600,792,000 2,533,459,000 2,443,139,000 2,428,406,000 2,304,280,000 2,115,527,000 2,035,992,000 1,790,547,000 1,174,330,000 
        treasury stock
      -10,839,028,000 -10,778,156,000 -10,125,516,000 -9,791,838,000 -9,498,504,000 -9,452,256,000 -9,389,711,000 -8,698,085,000 -8,439,817,000 -8,360,076,000 -7,975,137,000 -7,842,649,000 -7,793,136,000 -7,747,049,000 -7,690,726,000 -7,290,801,000 -6,970,099,000 -6,400,984,000 -6,395,493,000 -5,736,258,000 -5,336,627,000 -5,253,519,000 -5,251,148,000 -5,182,137,000 -4,978,946,000 -4,976,360,000 -4,974,449,000  -4,309,543,000 -4,209,448,000 -3,840,787,000  -3,611,050,000 -3,609,697,000 -3,609,040,000  -3,573,330,000 -3,572,506,000 -3,572,146,000  -3,275,564,000 -3,175,418,000 -2,994,723,000  -2,535,803,000 -2,284,728,000 -2,282,594,000  -2,015,018,000 -2,014,756,000          -1,002,071,000         -772,041,000 -772,041,000  -580,562,000         
        fy 2026: 379,248 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 373,988 shares
                                                                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      76,153,000 67,726,000 79,889,000 84,389,000 57,050,000 68,525,000 83,378,000 91,201,000 86,323,000 93,339,000 87,169,000 77,778,000 76,104,000 84,096,000 88,124,000 107,917,000 12,147,000 -27,258,000 -30,266,000 30,888,000        -39,152,000 412,000 3,865,000 9,861,000 16,343,000 22,517,000 20,437,000 32,003,000         -8,471,000 -4,263,000 17,510,000 26,818,000 28,428,000 35,552,000 40,286,000 37,951,000                              
        total shareholders’ equity
      4,788,383,000 4,455,347,000 4,755,700,000  4,592,248,000 4,293,106,000 4,021,423,000  4,234,083,000 3,994,481,000 4,077,635,000  3,633,256,000 3,430,538,000 3,229,626,000  3,293,900,000 3,563,127,000 3,309,203,000  3,816,510,000 3,597,960,000 3,604,804,000  3,324,309,000 3,104,970,000 3,050,706,000  3,179,492,000 3,027,244,000 3,345,968,000  2,893,997,000 2,553,033,000 2,565,881,000  2,178,258,000 2,025,705,000 1,987,402,000  1,950,106,000 1,924,528,000 1,848,669,000  2,047,666,000 2,203,334,000 2,271,974,000  2,244,033,000 2,147,972,000 2,196,011,000  2,130,246,000 2,080,644,000 2,154,415,000  2,196,627,000 2,102,619,000 2,114,485,000 2,472,942,000 2,395,113,000 2,469,978,000 2,475,188,000 2,496,085,000 2,425,041,000  2,324,746,000    2,147,628,000    2,096,412,000 2,087,963,000 2,092,821,000 2,104,135,000 1,887,969,000  
        fy 2026: 778,785 shares issued and 399,855 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2026: 378,930 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2026: 778,465 shares issued and 402,950 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2026: 375,515 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 26,357 and 17,914, respectively
         1,417,381,000                                                                             
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                      
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                      
        preferred stock, no par value:100 shares authorized, none outstanding
                                                                                      
        total shareholders' equity
         4,684,481,000    4,316,372,000    3,863,986,000    3,308,196,000    3,687,847,000    3,235,202,000    3,002,721,000    3,016,526,000    2,302,793,000    1,842,659,000    1,932,455,000    2,192,858,000    2,201,492,000    2,139,135,000          2,319,986,000  2,290,851,000 2,254,131,000 2,165,463,000  2,243,961,000 2,167,738,000 2,056,159,000      1,231,315,000 
        fy 2025: 776,172 shares issued and 403,669 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 773,097 shares issued and 405,008 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 372,503 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 368,089 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 775,764 shares issued and 403,496 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 372,268 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 775,231 shares issued and 403,258 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2025: 371,972 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 17,914 and 14,926, respectively
             1,244,182,000                                                                         
        preferred stock, no par value:100,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
                                                                                      
        100,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
                                                                                      
        425,000,000 shares authorized
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 193,090,252 shares issued and 101,444,090 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 192,198,938 shares issued and 101,732,148 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 91,646,162 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 90,466,790 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 192,861,307 shares issued and 101,347,603 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 91,513,704 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 192,657,768 shares issued and 101,927,462 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2024: 90,730,306 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 14,926 and 12,918, respectively
                 1,152,993,000                                                                     
        fy 2023: 192,031,528 shares issued and 101,672,333 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 190,837,921 shares issued and 101,711,215 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 90,359,195 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 89,126,706 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 191,857,155 shares issued and 101,601,032 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 90,256,123 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 191,654,188 shares issued and 101,532,642 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2023: 90,121,546 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 12,918 and 12,097, respectively
                     1,006,220,000                                                                 
        fy 2022: 190,693,424 shares issued and 102,415,971 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 189,071,185 shares issued and 104,061,391 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 88,277,453 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 85,009,794 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 190,475,781 shares issued and 103,664,439 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 86,811,342 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 190,127,513 shares issued and 103,329,218 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2022: 86,798,295 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 12,097 and 35,433, respectively
                         901,710,000                                                             
        paid-in capital
                         98,859,000 74,451,000 51,608,000 30,155,000 171,521,000 154,157,000 134,041,000 110,441,000 227,928,000 197,327,000 166,837,000 140,371,000 245,211,000 219,389,000 192,191,000 168,514,000 223,924,000 200,572,000 178,668,000 161,938,000 205,260,000 184,442,000 165,653,000 148,275,000 157,183,000 145,130,000 133,173,000 123,954,000 134,939,000 117,897,000 110,003,000 102,961,000 109,822,000 103,666,000 98,311,000 93,331,000 107,019,000 102,201,000 96,674,000 91,681,000 90,462,000 87,219,000 84,550,000 80,978,000 77,116,000 73,284,000 69,312,000 67,319,000 63,943,000 60,408,000 60,471,000 57,973,000 55,542,000         
        fy 2021: 188,913,700 shares issued and 105,039,174 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 186,793,207 shares issued and 103,415,368 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 83,874,526 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 83,377,839 shares
                                                                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                          -12,968,000 -97,407,000 -115,950,000 -153,380,000 -94,814,000 -36,835,000 -60,651,000         -3,029,000 -11,941,000 -17,286,000 -36,412,000 -24,874,000 -33,674,000 -17,680,000 -20,004,000                                      
        fy 2021: 188,600,745 shares issued and 104,985,732 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 83,615,013 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 188,155,836 shares issued and 104,548,040 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2021: 83,607,796 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 62,167 and 37,809, respectively
                             870,369,000                                                         
        2020: 186,793,207 shares issued and 103,415,368 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        2019: 184,790,626 shares issued and 103,284,401 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        2020: 83,377,839 shares
                                                                                      
        2019: 81,506,225 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 186,631,553 shares issued and 104,026,576 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 184,790,626 shares issued and 103,284,401 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 82,604,977 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 81,506,225 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 186,298,161 shares issued and 103,702,675 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 82,595,486 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 185,952,964 shares issued and 103,364,545 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2020: 82,588,419 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 37,809 and 33,510, respectively
                                 910,120,000                                                     
        2018: 182,723,471 shares issued and 106,326,383 shares outstanding
                                 840,328,000                                                     
        2018: 76,397,088 shares
                                 -4,717,619,000                                                     
        fy 2019: 184,559,502 shares issued and 104,932,029 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 182,723,471 shares issued and 106,326,383 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 79,627,473 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 76,397,088 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 184,152,836 shares issued and 105,123,513 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 79,029,323 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 184,055,883 shares issued and 106,969,908 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2019: 77,085,975 shares
                                                                                      
        marketable securities
                                      33,693,000 22,732,000 21,626,000 22,219,000   64,558,000 70,405,000 71,703,000 65,826,000 53,354,000 16,081,000 44,874,000    4,840,000 4,156,000 4,189,000 5,680,000 28,216,000 33,862,000 10,948,000  134,631,000 129,833,000 126,728,000 31,974,000 23,624,000 78,803,000 145,593,000 138,226,000 130,568,000 97,653,000 64,933,000 122,652,000 125,471,000 107,971,000 97,627,000 97,431,000 120,053,000 125,935,000 133,282,000 202,539,000 214,310,000 266,232,000 166,964,000  
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 33,510 and 20,525, respectively
                                     804,583,000                                                 
        assets held for sale
                                         38,613,000       194,275,000 21,341,000 21,132,000 21,320,000 151,263,000                15,744,000 15,744,000 15,744,000                
        liabilities held for sale
                                         11,457,000        704,000 612,000 1,054,000 15,171,000                                  
        2017: 180,992,605 shares issued and 105,400,629 shares outstanding
                                     618,464,000                                                 
        2017: 75,591,976 shares
                                     -3,701,319,000                                                 
        fy 2018: 182,558,025 issued and 106,681,417 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 180,992,605 issued and 105,400,629 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 75,876,608 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 75,591,976 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 182,338,749 issued and 106,470,073 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 75,868,676 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 182,043,803 issued and 106,179,574 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2018: 75,864,229 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 20,525 and 19,103, respectively
                                         736,008,000                                             
        property and equipment, at cost
                                         1,323,501,000 1,090,209,000 1,067,214,000 1,033,160,000 994,237,000 964,680,000 916,544,000 896,786,000 871,421,000 853,391,000 845,127,000 838,493,000 855,702,000 981,197,000 988,897,000 991,331,000 986,703,000 976,844,000 967,260,000 953,761,000 944,305,000 944,034,000 938,664,000 946,466,000 941,773,000 923,535,000 915,358,000 894,578,000 888,005,000 901,286,000 980,646,000 982,331,000 987,582,000 974,575,000 968,584,000 949,396,000 933,233,000 920,243,000 900,772,000 880,955,000 863,783,000 823,678,000 817,198,000 785,310,000 702,132,000 
        long-term assets held for sale
                                                                                      
        2017: 180,992,605 shares issued and 104,213,479 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        2016: 179,598,516 shares issued and 105,400,629 shares outstanding
                                         485,068,000                                             
        2016: 75,385,037 shares
                                         -3,574,000,000                                             
        fy 2017: 180,777,903 issued and 105,191,298 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 179,598,516 issued and 104,213,479 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 75,586,605 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 75,385,037 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 180,589,260 issued and 105,009,742 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 75,579,518 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 180,482,036 issued and 104,905,807 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2017: 75,576,229 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 19,604 and 15,674, respectively
                                             563,178,000                                         
        long-term debt due within one year
                                             250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000     503,000 633,000 714,000 8,200,000 8,187,000 674,000 661,000 636,000 225,636,000 225,633,000 225,732,000 226,033,000 1,631,000 1,817,000 1,765,000 598,000 588,000 578,000 592,000 836,000 957,000 1,070,000 1,342,000 1,324,000 4,161,000 4,141,000 229,139,000 229,477,000 4,288,000 7,258,000 7,300,000 10,523,000 20,605,000 
        long-term debt due after one year
                                             1,050,000,000 1,050,000,000 1,050,000,000 1,050,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,300,477,000 1,300,523,000 1,300,615,000 1,300,799,000 1,300,979,000 1,308,656,000 1,308,829,000 1,309,012,000 1,059,166,000 1,059,276,000 1,059,490,000 1,059,648,000 806,447,000 785,222,000 785,682,000 785,595,000 785,748,000 785,899,000 786,204,000 869,721,000 949,588,000  964,065,000 947,473,000 876,522,000 877,074,000 654,376,000 561,796,000 794,454,000 510,572,000 465,291,000 473,685,000 220,940,000 
        2016: 179,598,516 shares issued and 104,213,479 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        2015: 178,117,334 shares issued and 111,702,949 shares outstanding
                                             409,682,000                                         
        2015: 66,414,385 shares
                                             -3,553,276,000                                         
        fy 2016: 179,368,804 issued and 107,064,235 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 178,117,334 issued and 111,702,949 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 72,304,569 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 66,414,385 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 179,217,524 issued and 108,103,084 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 71,114,440 shares
                                                                                      
        deferred tax liability
                                                103,410,000 112,389,000 106,788,000 98,313,000 87,842,000 88,845,000 86,396,000 87,091,000 80,692,000 77,169,000 62,019,000 56,427,000 10,668,000 2,559,000                         
        deferred tax liability associated with the investment in shred-it
                                                78,457,000                                      
        fy 2016: 179,023,676 issued and 110,021,667 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2016: 69,002,009 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 15,674 and 14,906, respectively
                                                 496,130,000                                     
        2014: 176,378,412 shares issued and 117,037,784 shares outstanding
                                                 329,248,000                                     
        2014: 59,340,628 shares
                                                 -2,773,125,000                                     
        fy 2015: 177,886,323 issued and 114,344,969 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 176,378,412 issued and 117,037,784 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 63,541,354 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 59,340,628 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 177,639,653 issued and 117,283,038 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 60,356,615 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 177,315,907 issued and 116,991,574 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2015: 60,324,333 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 14,906 and 15,855, respectively
                                                     508,427,000                                 
        2013: 174,786,010 shares issued and 122,281,507 shares outstanding
                                                     251,753,000                                 
        2013: 52,504,503 shares
                                                     -2,221,155,000                                 
        prepaid expenses
                                                      26,761,000 26,614,000 31,934,000 24,530,000           17,421,000 17,637,000 21,924,000 17,751,000 15,676,000 18,381,000 12,068,000 14,698,000 16,311,000 17,896,000 15,781,000 14,926,000 13,594,000 11,163,000 10,032,000 8,358,000 7,395,000 8,470,000 
        425,000,000 shares authorized,
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 175,939,557 issued and 120,053,074 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2013: 174,786,010 issued and 122,281,507 outstanding
                                                        217,107,000                              
        fy 2014: 55,886,483 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2013: 52,504,503 shares
                                                        -1,957,533,000                              
        fy 2014: 175,698,922 issued and 119,817,004 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 55,881,918 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 175,492,504 issued and 120,778,629 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2014: 54,713,875 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 15,855 and 17,017, respectively
                                                         496,049,000                             
        2012: 173,745,913 shares issued and 126,519,758 shares outstanding
                                                         186,332,000                             
        2012: 47,226,155 shares
                                                         -1,850,556,000                             
        other accumulated comprehensive income:
                                                                                      
        foreign currency translation
                                                         51,312,000    52,399,000             61,206,000    41,815,000   34,389,000 21,657,000 13,507,000 4,474,000  
        unrealized loss on derivatives
                                                         -14,339,000    -16,104,000             -8,815,000        -1,258,000    
        other
                                                         1,150,000    368,000                         
        prepaid expenses and other
                                                          24,778,000 25,035,000 30,170,000 24,704,000 29,316,000 28,368,000 29,419,000 26,160,000 27,853,000 33,903,000                   
        fy 2013: 174,570,683 issued and 122,723,896 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2012: 173,745,913 issued and 126,519,758 outstanding
                                                          178,290,000 173,127,000 171,091,000                          
        fy 2013: 51,846,787 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2012: 47,226,155 shares
                                                          -1,821,951,000 -1,794,050,000 -1,712,828,000                          
        other accumulated comprehensive income
                                                          38,448,000 46,168,000 44,015,000  51,076,000 39,221,000 59,573,000 64,795,000 49,293,000 39,095,000 36,399,000 36,203,000 26,276,000 -15,007,000  32,676,000  53,562,000 49,489,000 40,148,000  18,254,000 19,242,000      
        fy 2013: 174,419,454 issued and 123,228,777 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2013: 51,190,677 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2013: 174,357,822 issued and 125,117,508 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2013: 49,240,314 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 17,017 and 17,057, respectively
                                                             450,861,000                         
        deferred tax asset
                                                                          39,410,000            
        2011: 173,346,180 shares issued and 137,583,884 shares outstanding
                                                             148,255,000                         
        2011: 35,762,296 shares
                                                             -1,634,875,000                         
        deferred income tax asset
                                                              56,422,000 56,007,000 51,823,000 44,475,000 53,346,000 52,907,000 68,165,000 69,558,000 70,772,000 42,840,000 44,821,000 40,656,000  39,971,000 33,672,000          
        fy 2012: 173,652,551 issued and 129,742,251 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2011: 173,346,180 issued and 137,583,884 outstanding
                                                              145,120,000 144,842,000 144,523,000                      
        fy 2012: 43,910,300 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2011: 35,762,296 shares
                                                              -1,505,229,000 -1,505,229,000 -1,505,186,000                      
        fy 2012: 173,642,348 issued and 129,732,048 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2012: 173,631,015 issued and 129,722,089 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2012: 43,908,926 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2011: 173,342,049 issued and 145,301,823 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2010: 173,207,493 issued and 152,869,848 outstanding
                                                                  135,254,000                    
        fy 2011: 28,040,226 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2010: 20,337,645 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2011: 173,341,299 issued and 145,301,073 outstanding
                                                                                      
        preferred stock, no par value: 100,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2009: 173,085,926 issued and 152,790,170 outstanding
                                                                    132,058,000 132,034,000 131,925,000                
        fy 2009: 20,295,756 shares
                                                                    -798,848,000 -798,847,000 -798,847,000                
        fy 2010: 173,206,493 issued and 152,869,220 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2010: 20,337,273 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2010: 173,202,743 issued and 152,865,470 outstanding
                                                                                      
        current income taxes payable
                                                                       895,000  45,657,000             
        fy 2008: 173,083,426 issued and 153,691,103 outstanding
                                                                       129,215,000 129,182,000              
        fy 2008: 19,392,323 shares
                                                                       -797,888,000               
        current income taxes (prepaid) payable
                                                                                      
        fy 2009: 173,083,426 issued and 152,788,444 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2009: 20,294,982 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2009:
                                                                         -797,888,000             
        fy 2008:
                                                                         129,182,000             
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 13,139 and 14,486, respectively
                                                                          430,078,000            
        income taxes:
                                                                                      
        current
                                                                          12,887,000 21,941,000 72,474,000 27,966,000 18,584,000 51,057,000 81,886,000 43,694,000 38,265,000 32,864,000 36,640,000  
        deferred
                                                                              52,179,000 39,506,000 56,493,000 51,669,000 59,370,000 41,883,000 47,042,000  
        unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities
                                                                          -111,000    -273,000        
        fy 2008: 173,069,626 issued and 153,677,303 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2007: 172,874,195 issued and 158,676,872 outstanding
                                                                            128,563,000          
        fy 2008: 19,392,323 shares, fy 2007: 14,197,323 shares
                                                                            -772,041,000          
        deferred tax assets
                                                                             19,912,000         
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less
                                                                                      
        allowance of 14,486 and 15,519, respectively
                                                                              408,870,000        
        2007: 172,874,195 shares issued and 158,676,872 shares outstanding
                                                                                      
        2006: 172,571,083 shares issued and 163,181,738 shares outstanding
                                                                              120,811,000        
        paid in capital
                                                                              56,909,000 44,939,000 45,696,000      
        2007: 14,197,323 shares
                                                                                      
        2006: 9,389,345 shares
                                                                              -580,562,000        
        unrealized gain on derivatives
                                                                              -4,421,000   9,150,000     
        fy 2007: 172,838,020 issued and 158,640,697 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2006: 172,571,083 issued and 163,181,738 outstanding
                                                                               130,389,000 126,641,000      
        fy 2007: 14,197,323 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2006: 9,389,345 shares
                                                                               -580,562,000 -523,573,000      
        fy 2007: 172,743,841 issued and 159,947,356 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2007: 12,796,485 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 15,519 and 9,891, respectively
                                                                                 389,905,000     
        2005: 172,127,502 shares issued and 170,658,601 shares outstanding
                                                                                 122,912,000     
        2005: 1,468,901 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2006: 172,306,726 issued and 168,234,196 outstanding
                                                                                      
        fy 2005: 172,127,502 issued and 170,658,601 outstanding
                                                                                  117,356,000    
        fy 2006: 4,072,530 shares
                                                                                      
        fy 2005: 1,468,901 shares
                                                                                  -160,461,000    
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 9,891 and 8,354, respectively
                                                                                   326,896,000   
        2004: 171,377,679 shares issued and outstanding
                                                                                   114,171,000   
        2004: 0 shares
                                                                                      
        accounts receivable, principally trade, less allowance of 8,354 and 7,737, respectively
                                                                                    285,592,000  
        other accumulated comprehensive loss
                                                                                      
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-02-28 2025-11-30 2025-08-31 2025-05-31 2025-02-28 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-31 2024-02-29 2023-11-30 2023-08-31 2023-05-31 2023-02-28 2022-11-30 2022-08-31 2022-05-31 2022-02-28 2021-11-30 2021-08-31 2021-05-31 2021-02-28 2020-11-30 2020-08-31 2020-05-31 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-31 2019-02-28 2018-11-30 2018-08-31 2018-05-31 2018-02-28 2017-11-30 2017-08-31 2017-05-31 2017-02-28 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2005-08-31 
                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                   
          net income
        502,496,000 495,343,000 491,140,000 448,256,000 463,497,000 448,495,000 452,033,000 414,315,000 397,579,000 374,613,000 385,085,000 346,201,000 325,827,000 324,293,000 351,689,000 294,461,000 315,448,000 294,669,000 331,179,000 267,722,000 258,384,000 284,857,000 300,005,000 144,585,000 234,520,000 246,120,000 250,812,000 226,119,000 203,334,000 243,013,000 212,515,000 186,171,000 302,095,000 137,109,000 217,211,000 84,235,000 118,005,000 140,377,000 138,091,000 130,898,000 117,341,000 345,100,000 100,181,000 105,215,000 94,883,000 120,412,000 110,108,000 127,224,000 84,602,000 84,862,000 77,754,000 85,977,000 74,705,000 78,027,000 76,733,000 78,614,000 76,035,000 74,350,000 68,638,000 59,070,000 55,866,000 61,277,000 48,982,000 57,176,000 53,984,000 71,811,000 71,838,000 78,636,000 89,661,000 81,828,000 82,853,000 81,063,000 90,322,000 76,727,000 79,535,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                   
          depreciation
        80,149,000 79,296,000 77,589,000 77,663,000 76,374,000 75,502,000 73,838,000 73,229,000 70,834,000 69,190,000 67,613,000 66,240,000 64,240,000 63,504,000 63,057,000 64,912,000 62,190,000 61,319,000 60,955,000 61,704,000 61,036,000 60,522,000 60,574,000 60,644,000 59,894,000 58,641,000 56,726,000 59,251,000 57,268,000 54,367,000 52,745,000 58,157,000 49,741,000 54,010,000 53,568,000 51,072,000 40,903,000 39,911,000 39,679,000 39,156,000 37,405,000 36,965,000 36,165,000 35,674,000 34,499,000 35,003,000 35,448,000 40,459,000 42,581,000 42,609,000 42,571,000 42,422,000 41,921,000 40,979,000 40,342,000 40,265,000 38,644,000 38,645,000 38,277,000 37,563,000 37,201,000 37,362,000 37,935,000 37,350,000 38,549,000 39,747,000 39,332,000 39,040,000 38,490,000 37,805,000 36,635,000 35,636,000 35,145,000 33,962,000 30,579,000 
          amortization of intangible assets and capitalized contract costs
        48,521,000 48,205,000 48,348,000 44,226,000 50,673,000 54,541,000 41,366,000 41,703,000 40,580,000 40,036,000 39,199,000 38,840,000 38,588,000 37,704,000 36,989,000 37,466,000 38,494,000 37,371,000 36,994,000 36,426,000 36,131,000 35,953,000 35,605,000 35,916,000 36,269,000 35,695,000 35,268,000 34,513,000 34,390,000 34,009,000 33,550,000                                             
          stock-based compensation
        34,249,000 32,353,000 30,348,000 30,743,000 31,802,000 32,417,000 33,367,000 32,496,000 31,308,000 22,940,000 30,242,000 28,287,000 23,797,000 25,255,000 26,282,000 25,621,000 22,794,000 24,397,000 36,496,000 28,614,000 25,819,000 28,547,000 29,055,000 19,007,000 27,030,000 29,003,000 40,395,000 33,657,000 30,769,000 28,612,000 46,172,000 26,791,000 30,840,000 26,574,000 28,630,000 25,290,000 23,996,000 18,803,000 20,779,000 22,124,000 16,928,000 16,324,000 23,917,000 10,986,000 11,231,000 12,505,000 12,280,000 7,627,000 7,624,000 7,640,000 6,984,000 6,650,000 5,576,000 5,636,000 5,448,000 5,289,000 5,267,000 5,234,000 4,522,000 4,014,000 2,753,000 3,046,000 3,752,000 3,941,000 3,630,000 1,993,000 3,376,000 3,535,000 50,000 2,597,000 2,677,000 2,132,000 1,754,000 1,496,000  
          gain on sale of property and equipment
           -15,046,000                                                                       
          deferred income taxes
        12,295,000 12,149,000 13,496,000 1,479,000 -11,039,000 1,866,000 1,887,000 -7,546,000 -14,261,000 -5,738,000 -1,367,000 1,232,000 3,436,000 3,736,000 14,829,000 9,458,000 12,711,000 7,054,000 22,887,000 -5,983,000 -13,160,000 -14,383,000 -8,716,000 -21,265,000 -2,619,000 -278,000 7,910,000 6,629,000 5,852,000 10,205,000 9,022,000 1,133,000 -162,590,000 17,224,000 24,938,000 7,374,000 361,000 -5,803,000 1,970,000 15,238,000 23,883,000 -104,055,000 5,632,000 5,438,000 5,082,000 8,238,000 2,108,000 38,376,000 -566,000 1,926,000 7,373,000 -15,776,000 8,554,000 45,529,000 9,716,000 57,722,000 10,772,000 -3,959,000 -7,808,000    7,168,000 5,189,000 -412,000 10,892,000 -358,000 -1,482,000 2,119,000 -4,082,000 -13,792,000 17,418,000   17,385,000 
          change in current assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of businesses:
                                                                                   
          accounts receivable
        -56,459,000 -64,704,000 -3,635,000 -15,380,000 -29,708,000 -79,924,000 -49,129,000 17,641,000 11,841,000 -76,989,000 -43,892,000 -19,298,000 1,424,000 -54,500,000 -79,397,000 -1,169,000 -21,880,000 -49,601,000 -27,742,000 30,602,000 -23,286,000 -47,010,000 7,118,000 70,816,000 6,805,000 -31,304,000 -6,636,000 -33,816,000 24,646,000 -70,697,000 -15,051,000 -26,221,000 -15,246,000 -33,755,000 8,955,000 -64,911,000 16,274,000 -21,974,000 -22,946,000 -11,239,000 -2,105,000 -20,163,000 -19,255,000 1,725,000 9,579,000 -20,969,000 8,222,000 -22,207,000 -10,269,000 -8,852,000 -14,903,000 -1,302,000 -16,874,000 -17,400,000 -7,128,000 -12,501,000 9,090,000 -10,708,000 -10,142,000    23,628,000 -11,418,000 -1,425,000 50,182,000 -4,695,000 -3,369,000 -15,801,000    -12,371,000 15,090,000 -11,258,000 
          inventories
        -2,694,000 1,679,000 -2,398,000 -25,894,000 -26,804,000 7,433,000 11,318,000 39,932,000 23,741,000 23,552,000 8,541,000 24,905,000 -17,297,000 -40,790,000 -2,476,000 13,883,000 -11,095,000 -1,580,000 14,986,000 48,177,000 1,271,000 -47,005,000 -77,944,000 -56,993,000 -4,378,000 -11,676,000 -1,726,000 10,677,000 -17,489,000 -18,598,000 -34,629,000 -7,334,000 1,416,000 8,422,000 -5,827,000 22,696,000 -8,748,000 -1,599,000 -13,017,000 6,092,000 -4,168,000 -11,732,000 -8,109,000 8,415,000 523,000 13,470,000 1,377,000 5,068,000 -6,898,000 -3,974,000 -5,258,000 6,560,000 -11,023,000 5,571,000 9,889,000 24,628,000 12,310,000 -8,498,000 -30,770,000    -2,974,000 17,898,000 16,976,000 -1,258,000 -11,374,000 -3,795,000 2,825,000   -4,293,000   -5,610,000 
          uniforms and other rental items in service
        -25,060,000 -42,041,000 -34,760,000 -33,144,000 -6,837,000 -33,521,000 -20,144,000 -13,755,000 12,589,000 -14,235,000 -7,414,000 -12,261,000 -12,516,000 -34,148,000 -39,327,000 -33,748,000 -8,071,000 -30,239,000 -39,274,000 -29,390,000 -3,355,000 -19,466,000 16,552,000 46,505,000 -988,000 -21,439,000 -11,305,000 -17,892,000 -14,652,000 -34,665,000 -23,019,000 -20,249,000 -10,756,000 -20,236,000 -13,058,000 -8,679,000 4,262,000 -2,443,000 -1,872,000 599,000 3,988,000 -5,954,000 -4,939,000 -9,791,000 1,270,000 -16,361,000 -7,112,000 -7,293,000 8,552,000 -8,544,000 -4,150,000 -15,376,000 -698,000 -19,433,000 -8,672,000 -19,844,000 -10,805,000 -18,506,000 -11,124,000    8,728,000 -491,000 5,986,000 19,235,000 -1,800,000 -4,437,000 -5,226,000   -7,128,000   -3,318,000 
          prepaid expenses and other current assets and capitalized contract costs
        -34,489,000 -41,320,000 -62,382,000 -34,778,000 -35,957,000 -41,386,000 -68,719,000 -12,801,000 -24,817,000 -13,265,000 -66,791,000 -15,331,000 -31,310,000 -21,891,000 -63,641,000 48,869,000 -29,472,000 -11,254,000 -36,724,000 -25,629,000 -19,676,000 -15,018,000 -42,277,000 -15,079,000 -26,760,000 -26,481,000 -41,928,000 -15,642,000 -26,962,000                                               
          accounts payable
        -23,573,000 41,861,000 -22,501,000 71,174,000 -7,493,000 23,594,000 56,698,000 31,125,000 -9,210,000 2,538,000 12,443,000 20,518,000 -28,570,000 19,740,000 41,681,000 16,529,000 -5,232,000 37,672,000 -26,272,000 -7,717,000 -37,115,000 21,870,000 20,358,000 -11,642,000 -13,784,000 14,698,000 13,357,000 12,197,000 2,034,000 -1,626,000 -329,000 35,855,000 8,126,000 -26,390,000 17,684,000 -1,812,000 87,000 -2,029,000 17,480,000 -37,934,000 18,002,000 3,837,000 15,531,000 170,000 -61,597,000 29,307,000 -1,325,000 37,483,000 12,178,000 -22,130,000 2,915,000 11,548,000 -9,544,000 6,741,000 16,278,000 -18,929,000 4,529,000 11,172,000 -9,329,000 7,209,000 11,345,000 8,420,000 8,253,000 3,433,000 3,481,000 -21,738,000 7,058,000 -7,567,000 31,015,000 -9,219,000 3,336,000 5,435,000   -3,529,000 
          accrued compensation and related liabilities
        41,773,000 32,929,000 -94,275,000 22,331,000 49,197,000 33,206,000 -86,965,000 31,498,000 28,214,000 37,683,000 -124,408,000 35,377,000 -4,454,000 31,745,000 -59,957,000 24,775,000 31,588,000 25,846,000 -85,834,000 16,295,000 73,665,000 33,876,000 -10,067,000 -21,684,000 24,534,000 29,392,000 -58,718,000 19,187,000 17,103,000 35,217,000 -56,186,000 -7,183,000 34,271,000 -6,174,000 -30,306,000 19,466,000 13,124,000 18,340,000 -37,276,000 17,243,000 19,040,000 12,808,000 -35,579,000 10,320,000 18,025,000 16,151,000 -41,262,000 8,712,000 21,600,000 15,396,000 -34,777,000 -12,481,000 36,219,000 13,894,000 -50,793,000 8,374,000 18,565,000 12,297,000 -27,611,000    10,060,000 5,472,000 -7,118,000 5,435,000 8,011,000 -16,696,000 -700,000   -28,386,000 5,720,000 6,365,000 -1,269,000 
          accrued liabilities and other
        37,476,000 10,686,000 -101,114,000 44,780,000 73,387,000 18,498,000 -44,268,000 44,805,000 83,398,000 18,499,000 -48,952,000 23,458,000 51,208,000 15,753,000 -49,105,000 8,476,000 -7,198,000 13,823,000 -24,342,000 -5,378,000 -22,927,000 35,867,000 -14,297,000 46,480,000 21,309,000 6,199,000 -24,082,000 27,296,000 18,936,000 12,234,000 -27,556,000 31,471,000 12,937,000 14,278,000 -16,218,000 5,578,000 -1,213,000 18,810,000 -23,676,000 41,015,000 -19,342,000 27,294,000 -26,253,000                    -13,739,000 31,679,000 -6,433,000 -29,334,000 16,358,000 -32,758,000 28,315,000   -77,865,000    
          income taxes, current
        6,788,000 -75,213,000 74,625,000 4,293,000 9,974,000 -95,022,000 65,450,000 398,000 5,314,000 -86,138,000 86,646,000 15,455,000 10,669,000 -49,408,000 57,532,000 41,037,000 23,147,000 -77,885,000 11,010,000 35,537,000 -1,038,000 -79,975,000 -3,674,000 50,424,000 1,366,000 -34,120,000 16,828,000 35,750,000 -6,660,000 -29,885,000 12,681,000 3,289,000 14,051,000 -61,386,000 70,128,000 -10,568,000 -19,340,000 -40,058,000 40,542,000 -54,235,000 -184,016,000 188,911,000 48,540,000 5,734,000 -20,174,000 -40,401,000 48,009,000                             
          net cash from operating activities
        621,472,000 531,223,000 414,481,000 635,749,000 622,020,000 441,404,000 466,732,000 693,040,000 657,110,000 392,686,000 336,945,000 553,623,000 425,042,000 320,993,000 298,156,000 550,570,000 393,273,000 331,641,000 262,141,000 455,925,000 331,851,000 260,672,000 312,292,000 356,934,000 363,198,000 294,450,000 276,901,000 397,145,000 326,150,000 181,582,000 162,985,000 303,296,000 281,855,000 124,643,000 254,366,000 280,129,000 182,037,000 144,133,000 157,588,000 168,691,000 32,117,000 121,954,000 143,083,000 202,630,000 85,073,000 144,372,000 148,201,000 222,196,000 163,493,000 139,721,000 82,559,000 184,405,000 141,080,000 132,398,000 94,865,000 162,148,000 131,756,000    73,931,000 35,298,000 135,014,000 149,281,000 144,894,000 164,578,000 86,803,000 88,338,000 175,322,000 98,559,000 213,536,000 57,126,000 127,314,000 94,743,000 47,030,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                   
          capital expenditures
        -90,898,000 -106,252,000 -101,957,000 -114,624,000 -99,923,000 -101,416,000 -92,921,000 -101,911,000 -107,031,000 -93,830,000 -106,697,000 -106,993,000 -77,712,000 -76,388,000 -70,016,000 -74,821,000 -57,222,000 -59,881,000 -48,748,000 -43,060,000 -42,751,000 -26,783,000 -30,876,000 -40,910,000 -63,212,000 -61,424,000 -64,743,000 -68,914,000 -70,191,000 -73,086,000 -64,528,000 -75,659,000 -63,574,000 -69,949,000 -62,517,000 -54,696,000 -63,448,000 -76,593,000 -78,580,000 -67,883,000 -85,685,000 -59,186,000 -62,631,000 -54,680,000 -50,015,000 -44,975,000 -68,050,000 -31,965,000 -36,830,000 -39,323,000 -37,462,000 -44,687,000 -52,737,000 -51,624,000 -47,438,000 -43,086,000 -37,884,000    -30,836,000 -23,273,000 -24,819,000 -36,826,000 -41,496,000 -54,461,000 -45,485,000 -45,344,000 -36,144,000 
          free cash flows
        530,574,000 424,971,000 312,524,000 521,125,000 522,097,000 339,988,000 373,811,000 591,129,000 550,079,000 298,856,000 230,248,000 446,630,000 347,330,000 244,605,000 228,140,000 475,749,000 336,051,000 271,760,000 213,393,000 412,865,000 289,100,000 233,889,000 281,416,000 316,024,000 299,986,000 233,026,000 212,158,000 328,231,000 255,959,000 108,496,000 98,457,000 227,637,000 218,281,000 54,694,000 191,849,000 225,433,000 118,589,000 67,540,000 79,008,000 100,808,000 -53,568,000 62,768,000 80,452,000 147,950,000 35,058,000 99,397,000 80,151,000 190,231,000 126,663,000 100,398,000 45,097,000 139,718,000 88,343,000 80,774,000 47,427,000 119,062,000 93,872,000    73,931,000 35,298,000 104,178,000 126,008,000 120,075,000 127,752,000 45,307,000 33,877,000 129,837,000 98,559,000 213,536,000 11,782,000 127,314,000 94,743,000 10,886,000 
          purchases of investments
        -1,765,000 32,000 -6,538,000 -132,000 28,000 32,000 -7,124,000 46,000 -117,000 -950,000 -6,525,000 52,000 564,000 748,000 -5,930,000  -57,000 2,771,000 -8,738,000  -668,000 -2,265,000 -4,940,000  -340,000                                                   
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
           18,064,000                                                                       
          acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
        -9,449,000 -85,634,000 -7,602,000 -34,091,000 -43,924,000 -145,448,000 -9,436,000 -1,809,000 -111,031,000 -18,346,000 -55,651,000 -13,374,000 -17,526,000 -8,397,000 -7,060,000 -13,384,000 -105,174,000 -9,945,000 -35,725,000 -2,468,000 -638,000 -4,948,000 -1,984,000 -5,870,000 -41,268,000 -2,686,000 -3,896,000 -2,410,000 -823,000 1,033,000 -7,613,000 -7,048,000 -11,199,000   -2,082,741,000 -1,852,000 -6,787,000 -10,991,000 -4,848,000 -30,494,000 197,000 -121,434,000 -1,697,000 -10,783,000 -687,000 -2,328,000 -476,000 -451,000 -298,000 -32,216,000 -4,745,000 -11,382,000 -51,113,000 -2,130,000 -3,982,000 -6,331,000 -13,681,000 -870,000    -34,774,000 -3,968,000 -2,633,000 -11,050,000 -6,225,000 -12,106,000 -9,432,000   -32,630,000   -20,968,000 
          other
        1,042,000 -1,000,000 -130,000 -419,000 386,000 6,253,000 -4,851,000 -1,679,000 -2,904,000 767,000 -963,000 254,000 -2,513,000 -792,000 -3,589,000 1,933,000 -2,263,000 -496,000 -6,180,000 -5,812,000 -2,429,000 -730,000 -2,142,000 -2,568,000 13,000 -1,994,000 -109,000 -1,003,000 -5,087,000 -1,515,000 -202,000 -383,000 2,616,000 -566,000 -304,000 -224,000 -304,000 1,250,000 -918,000 -296,000 2,446,000 1,066,000 921,000 -200,000 -98,000 1,665,000 16,000 -4,351,000 61,000 -1,311,000 382,000 -677,000 11,000 -1,250,000 577,000 158,000 -3,919,000 -767,000 6,539,000 -4,544,000 -482,000 2,181,000 2,751,000 1,078,000 -25,000 -781,000 -274,000 627,000 802,000 -1,934,000 555,000 177,000   3,487,000 
          net cash from investing activities
        -101,070,000 -192,854,000 -116,227,000 -149,266,000 -125,369,000 -234,671,000 -114,332,000 -105,353,000 -221,083,000 -112,359,000 -169,836,000 -120,061,000 -97,187,000 -84,829,000 -86,595,000 -86,324,000 -164,716,000 -67,274,000 -84,321,000 -48,551,000 -37,422,000 -11,300,000 -39,942,000 -48,918,000 -104,807,000 -53,534,000 -78,139,000 -72,624,000 -76,374,000 -15,855,000 -70,785,000 -45,715,000 -83,765,000 -78,840,000 72,622,000 -2,144,874,000 -73,430,000 8,561,000 -100,606,000 -73,397,000 -111,490,000 515,130,000 -201,862,000 88,063,000 -109,259,000 105,002,000 -38,819,000 144,605,000 -40,621,000 -53,523,000 -67,004,000 -29,348,000 -63,254,000 -130,338,000 -61,241,000 88,900,000 -51,218,000      -71,459,000 -34,112,000 -46,736,000 -90,021,000 653,000 -76,148,000 -72,781,000   -54,878,000   -1,703,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                   
          issuance of commercial paper
        -321,260,000     15,000,000 166,000,000       -71,954,000 196,000,000  392,210,000 -159,000,000 326,000,000        26,500,000                                                 
          proceeds from exercise of stock-based compensation awards
        60,000 427,000 2,669,000 197,000 124,000 344,000 231,000 95,000 346,000 450,000 479,000 80,000 816,000 1,078,000 1,047,000 101,000 8,438,000 36,302,000 72,896,000 9,908,000 12,519,000 35,407,000 72,123,000 8,972,000 18,346,000 25,286,000 37,915,000 11,097,000 21,662,000 5,100,000 27,512,000 6,010,000 7,280,000 11,302,000 17,256,000 6,756,000 5,889,000 2,943,000 16,282,000 5,966,000 4,816,000 5,600,000 11,844,000 8,274,000 9,484,000 8,849,000 13,623,000 12,616,000 7,975,000 7,226,000 14,085,000 7,651,000 4,799,000 1,238,000 1,119,000                     
          dividends paid
        -180,741,000 -182,343,000 -157,766,000 -157,924,000 -158,139,000 -157,327,000 -138,237,000 -137,599,000 -137,471,000 -138,274,000 -117,565,000 -117,496,000 -117,404,000 -117,362,000 -97,655,000 -98,197,000 -98,973,000 -98,814,000 -79,135,000 -79,509,000    86,000    -4,000       11,000       50,000    -6,000                          
          repurchase of common stock
        -31,560,000 -635,570,000 -266,097,000 -256,671,000 -26,611,000 -36,716,000 -614,802,000 -231,887,000 -45,018,000 -349,852,000 -73,276,000 -27,948,000 -22,235,000 -28,348,000 -320,334,000 -304,032,000 -557,115,000 -5,491,000 -659,235,000 -399,631,000 -83,108,000 -2,371,000 -69,011,000 -203,191,000 -2,586,000 -1,911,000 -256,830,000 -408,076,000 -100,095,000 -368,661,000 -139,468,000 -90,269,000 -1,353,000 -657,000 -35,040,000 -670,000 -824,000 -360,000 -18,870,000 -277,712,000 -100,146,000 -180,695,000 -221,598,000 -237,322,000 -251,075,000 -2,134,000 -61,439,000 -206,137,000 -262,000 -57,223,000 -106,977,000 -28,605,000 -27,901,000 -81,222,000 -77,953,000 -129,646,000 -43,000 -262,639,000    -1,000 -959,000 -25,847,000      -102,257,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -539,961,000 -275,011,000 -424,001,000 -468,430,000 -373,636,000 -184,153,000 -592,792,000 -374,020,000 -393,660,000 -283,435,000 -202,375,000 -398,243,000 -328,225,000 -220,169,000 -226,199,000 -459,369,000 -258,698,000 -229,792,000 -590,084,000 -469,773,000 -444,556,000 32,218,000 2,243,000 -394,915,000 -250,300,000 -116,385,000 -193,607,000 -308,007,000 -257,919,000 -194,871,000 -112,508,000 -271,850,000 -282,769,000 1,912,000 -311,433,000 1,886,136,000 -104,562,000 -106,044,000 -97,028,000 -272,409,000 -210,096,000 -174,500,000 -209,719,000 -230,610,000 -442,243,000 1,491,000 -41,198,000 -203,574,000 -81,758,000 -55,470,000 -88,933,000 -19,537,000 -101,915,000 -79,127,000 -55,479,000 -127,603,000 -70,919,000      179,000 -1,375,000 -622,000 -83,438,000 -79,862,000 -18,821,000 -91,992,000   3,233,000   -45,086,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        1,921,000 -659,000 -83,000 2,492,000 -1,982,000 -1,558,000 -250,000 -135,000 560,000 538,000 -757,000 267,000 -866,000 -754,000 -1,275,000 1,458,000 1,107,000 -1,154,000 -1,627,000 2,428,000 563,000 43,000 1,547,000 -2,140,000 -185,000 -127,000 331,000 -728,000 523,000 -733,000 -60,000 430,000 1,240,000 -3,127,000 6,593,000 631,000 -374,000 -2,286,000 -102,000 1,356,000 -2,200,000 -2,659,000 -1,715,000 -1,330,000 -1,975,000 -5,594,000 -19,000 1,202,000 -1,589,000 -64,000 -225,000 -717,000 -928,000 337,000 1,247,000 -1,603,000 592,000 -2,400,000 137,000 4,576,000   755,000 909,000 30,000 719,000 -3,424,000 -1,350,000        
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
        -17,638,000 62,699,000 -125,830,000   21,022,000 -240,642,000   -2,570,000 -36,023,000  -1,236,000 15,241,000 -15,913,000                        -40,148,000          39,525,000 30,664,000 -73,603,000  -25,017,000 -76,730,000 -20,608,000  10,211,000 57,460,000 -287,794,000                 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        263,973,000  342,015,000  124,149,000  90,471,000  493,640,000  145,402,000  96,645,000  138,724,000  169,266,000  139,357,000  417,073,000  513,288,000  352,273,000  339,825,000  438,106,000 411,281,000 129,745,000 66,224,000  35,360,000  43,196,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -17,638,000 62,699,000 138,143,000  121,033,000 21,022,000 101,373,000  42,927,000 -2,570,000 88,126,000  -1,236,000 15,241,000 74,558,000  -29,034,000 33,421,000 79,749,000  -149,564,000 281,633,000 421,542,000  7,906,000 124,404,000 102,131,000  -7,620,000 -29,877,000 118,356,000  -83,439,000 44,588,000 191,414,000  3,671,000 44,364,000 99,209,000  -291,669,000 459,925,000 146,860,000  -468,404,000 245,271,000 581,453,000  39,525,000 30,664,000 278,670,000  -25,017,000 -76,730,000 319,217,000  10,211,000 57,460,000 150,312,000 -76,222,000 -29,693,000 290,646,000 64,489,000 114,703,000 227,311,000 -8,162,000 4,170,000 58,243,000  -965,000 15,799,000 40,841,000  -7,381,000 43,437,000 
          payments of commercial paper
                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of debt
                                                           250,000,000     303,000,000 239,000 1,542,000    500,000 7,000,000 -18,000,000 17,000,000 71,250,000 224,750,000 46,000,000 
          debt issuance costs
                                                                                   
          repayment of debt
               -3,450,000 -10,000,000     -950,000,000 -250,000,000             -300,000,000 -250,000,000 -250,000,000 -16,000 -62,000 -92,000 -184,000 -180,000 -177,000 -173,000 -7,670,000 -167,000 -164,000 -160,000 -158,000 -225,154,000 -107,000 -313,000 -459,000 -444,000    -143,000 -142,000 -179,000 -83,761,000 -80,488,000 -261,000 -3,601,000   -225,282,000   -237,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
           20,545,000    213,532,000        6,335,000 -29,034,000 33,421,000 -413,891,000 -59,971,000 -149,564,000 281,633,000 276,140,000 -89,039,000 7,906,000 124,404,000 5,486,000   -29,877,000 -20,368,000 -13,839,000 -83,439,000 44,588,000 22,148,000 22,022,000 3,671,000     459,925,000 -270,213,000   245,271,000 68,165,000                64,489,000 114,703,000 97,566,000 -8,162,000 4,170,000 -7,981,000 10,549,000 -965,000 15,799,000 5,481,000   241,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                   
          gain on equity method investment transaction
                                                                                  
          net gain on sale of operating assets
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of operating assets, net of cash disposed
                         -785,000 9,064,000                                                       
          (payments) issuance of commercial paper
                   -199,000,000                                                              
          long-lived asset impairment
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of operating assets
                        49,000 -12,178,000  -3,898,000                                                       
          purchase of investments
                                  -9,391,000                                                 
          issuance (payments) of commercial paper
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of operating assets
                          15,070,000                                                         
          gain on sale of a cost method investment
                                                                                 
          purchase of marketable securities and investments
                                   -297,000 -3,473,000   3,820,000 -57,651,000 -41,855,000 -58,022,000 -55,431,000 -7,364,000 1,459,000 -119,729,000 -109,350,000 -113,455,000 -75,321,000 -196,020,000 -115,524,000 -67,969,000 -4,997,000 -6,981,000 -2,523,000 -7,922,000 -22,472,000 -32,941,000 -43,066,000 -55,344,000 -43,084,000 -36,970,000 -9,251,000 -382,877,000 -86,382,000 -107,145,000    -16,759,000 -33,801,000 -19,259,000 -71,763,000 -12,843,000 -10,379,000 -22,064,000   -6,237,000    
          proceeds from sale of a cost method investment
                                                                                 
          gain on sale of business
                                   -781,000    2,660,000 1,209,000 -100,269,000                                         
          proceeds from redemption of marketable securities and investments
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                                                 
          proceeds from sale of business
                                      -676,000 128,511,000                                         
          proceeds from redemption of marketable securities
                                      1,558,000  46,043,000 35,003,000 65,256,000 45,818,000 -462,000 63,356,000 109,612,000 106,400,000 115,698,000 59,174,000 152,907,000 143,227,000    4,561,000 4,521,000 9,881,000 35,233,000 63,827,000 56,198,000 16,733,000 24,720,000 145,061,000 379,793,000 76,601,000 63,561,000 2,596,000 57,630,000 77,653,000              
          asset impairment charge
                                                                                   
          g&k services, inc. transaction and integration costs
                                                                                   
          short-term debt financing fees included in net income
                                                                                   
          settlement of cash flow hedges
                                                                                   
          payment of short-term debt financing fees
                                                                                   
          prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets
                                      -46,930,000                                             
          amortization of intangible assets
                                       16,357,000 16,322,000 16,320,000 14,941,000 13,809,000 3,761,000 3,971,000 3,489,000 3,452,000 4,372,000 4,161,000 3,603,000 3,368,000 3,388,000 3,496,000 4,206,000 5,118,000 5,783,000 5,918,000 5,823,000 5,829,000 5,911,000 5,873,000 6,100,000                     
          gain on storage
                                                                                   
          gain on shred-it
                                                                                  
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                       2,399,000 648,000 -2,562,000 -16,011,000 35,588,000 -9,435,000 3,703,000 -5,655,000 615,000 789,000 3,655,000 -6,024,000 -1,593,000 1,013,000 3,262,000 -5,884,000                             
          proceeds from storage transactions
                                                                                   
          proceeds from shredding transactions
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of investment in shred-it
                                                                                  
          prepaid short-term debt financing fees
                                            -454,000 -4,870,000 -8,625,000                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                   
          acquisitions of businesses
                                          -302,000                                         
          (payment) issuance of commercial paper
                                          -43,000,000                                         
          loss on shred-it
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of stock of an equity method investment
                                                   -21,739,000                             
          proceeds from storage transactions, net of cash contributed
                                                 3,537,000 895,000                               
          proceeds from sale of stock of an equity method investment
                                                   29,933,000                             
          dividends received on equity method investment
                                                   5,247,000                             
          dividends received on shred-it
                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of commercial paper
                                           -49,000,000 33,500,000 -97,800,000 163,800,000                                     
          gain on storage transactions
                                                                                 
          gain on storage transaction
                                                                                   
          proceeds from storage transaction
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of shred-it
                                                                                   
          shredding transaction asset impairment charge
                                                                                   
          shredding transaction costs
                                                                                   
          proceeds from shredding transactions, net of cash contributed
                                                                                   
          loss on investment in shred-it partnership
                                                9,772,000 14,516,000                                 
          gain on sale of investment in shred-it partnership
                                                                                  
          proceeds from shredding transaction
                                                    3,344,000                             
          proceeds from sale of investment in shred-it partnership
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of storage assets
                                                  -4,843,000                                 
          gain on deconsolidation of shredding
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of storage assets
                                                  24,395,000                                 
          proceeds from shredding transaction, net of cash contributed
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of storage
                                                                                   
          dividends received on shred-it partnership investment
                                                                                   
          gain on sale of storage business
                                                    -899,000                               
          gain on deconsolidation of shredding business
                                                    -6,619,000                             
          loss on investment in shred-it
                                                                                   
          accrued liabilities
                                                    -22,939,000 14,396,000 10,384,000  -6,362,000 38,602,000 -27,215,000  782,000 -9,064,000 -27,400,000  -16,979,000 36,507,000 -10,201,000                -66,996,000 
          prepaid expenses
                                                       -285,000 -116,000 5,440,000 -7,216,000            328,000 4,322,000 -4,890,000 -2,003,000 2,533,000 -6,332,000 2,653,000   -2,117,000   -1,664,000 
          income taxes payable
                                                        4,784,000 -19,172,000 32,658,000  5,340,000 -29,145,000 29,744,000  -24,239,000 -27,864,000 47,860,000 1,521,000 -24,173,000 26,528,000 -7,145,000 -15,482,000 32,210,000 9,115,000 -54,153,000 32,718,000 -9,045,000 -50,527,000 44,412,000 24,001,000 -32,504,000 -30,889,000 5,401,000 
          prepaid expenses and other
                                                            211,000 5,190,000 -5,392,000  -849,000 855,000 -5,983,000                 
          amortization of deferred charges
                                                               8,814,000 9,416,000 9,871,000 10,233,000 10,984,000 10,753,000 10,429,000 10,038,000 10,212,000 10,356,000 10,501,000 10,677,000 10,845,000 10,966,000 11,030,000 10,755,000 10,586,000 10,730,000 10,336,000 7,774,000 
          exercise of stock-based compensation awards
                                                               2,985,000 278,000      24,000 109,000 2,710,000           
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                  56,562,000                 
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                                  -82,336,000                 
          net cash used in financing activities
                                                                  -262,157,000                 
          proceeds from sale or redemption of marketable securities
                                                                         30,399,000 61,491,000 171,000 3,398,000 463,000 12,774,000 29,156,000 15,303,000 22,386,000 54,047,000 
          stock options exercised
                                                                            341,000 278,000 522,000 7,230,000 1,334,000 3,748,000 2,996,000 
          change in current assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of businesses: accounts receivable
                                                                               644,000    
          tax benefit on exercise of stock options
                                                                                -81,000 134,000  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
                                                                                   
          by operating activities:
                                                                                   
          change in current assets and liabilities, net of
                                                                                   
          acquisitions of businesses:
                                                                                   
          purchase of marketable securities
                                                                                  -2,125,000 
          purchase of common stock
                                                                                   
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                   
          adjustment to conform unitog company's fiscal year
                                                                                   
          write down of assets
                                                                                   
          proceeds from divestiture of certain facilities
                                                                                   
          see accompanying notes.
                                                                                   
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