Cintas' fiscal year 2008, which ended May 31, included the following highlights:

39th consecutive year of uninterrupted growth in sales and profits.

Increased dividends by 18%.

Mergent calls Cintas a “Dividend Achiever,” a distinction given to  the top 2 percent of all dividend-paying companies.

Achieved a record $335 million in profits.

Revenue was a record $3.9 billion – up 6%.

FORTUNE magazine listed Cintas among "America's Most Admired Companies" for the eighth consecutive year.

"Top 50 Best Employers List" by Report on Business Magazine.

"Image of the Year Award" from the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) for its fashion-focused designs for NYLO Hotels, Silver Sea Cruise Lines, Central Care-Florida Hospital Urgent Care and Planet Hollywood Casino.

BC Business magazine ranks Cintas #5 on its list of best companies to work for in British Columbia.

No. 15 on the top 50 military-friendly businesses as chosen by G.I. Jobs magazine.

Food Processing magazine's "Readers' Choice Award" for the sixth straight year.

"Best Uniform Supplier" by the food-processing industry.

30th Best Employer in Canada by Report on Business.

Pollution Prevention Partner award as well as the 4th consecutive Wastewater Prevention Excellence Award from the Hampton Roads Sanitation District in Virginia.

2008 Kansas Water Environment Association Gold Pretreatment Compliance Award.

2007 New Jersey Governor's Occupational Safety and Health Award for the third year in a row.

2008 Award of Excellence by the Worker Safety Policy Council and the Oklahoma Department of Labor in Oklahoma.

Platinum Award by Med Assets Supply Chain Systems at the Healthcare Business Summit.

"The Environmental Excellence Gold Award" for environmental excellence in Charlotte, NC, by Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities.

"Four Year Safety Award" by the Arkansas Department of Labor.

Cintas was the first employer in Ohio to be awarded the VFW "Large Federal Contactor of the Year."

Illinois Department of Natural Resources "Governor's Pollution Prevention Award" for environmental achievement.

California Large Employer Award for the third year in a row from the California Employer Advisory Council.

Alabama Governor's Award for Greater Etowah Area committee on Employment of People with Disabilities Large Employer of the Year.

City of Houston's Gold Award for the sixth year for 100% wastewater compliance.

"West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the Michigan Business & Professional Association.

Ranked among the best places to work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.

California Advisory Council "Veteran Business of the Year Award" in 2008 for the third consecutive year.

"Best Place to Work" in Rhode Island by the Best Companies Group.

North Coast 99 Winner by the Employers Resource Council.

"2007 Business Integrity Torch Award" from the Tri-State/Evansville, IN, Better Business Bureau.

Northeast Ohio received the Northcoast 99 Award for one of the best places to work in Northeast Ohio.

Silver Award from Missouri Water Environment Association in recognition of Outstanding Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment compliance.

Industrial Waste and Pretreatment Gold Award for Environment Excellence by Virginia Water Environment Association (VWEA) for the third consecutive year.

Portsmouth received the Pretreatment Excellence Award in Virginia by Hampton Roads Sanitation District.

Portsmouth received the Gold Pollution Prevention Partner Award in Virginia by Hampton Roads Sanitation District.

Cintas received the Pretreatment Gold Award from the Houston Industrial Wastewater Service.

You Have Made a Difference in a Veteran's Life award in Oklahoma City from the U.S. Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service.