Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Jan 20, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Jan 22, 2026
DirectorGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0000950103-26-000865
Filed / recorded
Jan 22, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
CINTAS CORP
Issuer CIK
723254
Ticker
CTAS
Reporting person
Melanie W. Barstad
Relationship
Director
Security
Phantom Stock Units
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Jan 20, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
164.52
Price per share
$193.74
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
4,383.23
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Reporting Person elected to defer a portion of the Reporting Person's cash retainer fees into Phantom Stock Units pursuant to the Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan, each unit having a value equal to one share of Cintas Corporation common stock but are not actual shares of common stock and carry no voting rights. Phantom Stock Units are payable only in cash after termination of service as a director.