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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (RULE 14a-101)
                     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                            SCHEDULE 14a INFORMATION
                  PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                                 UNITOG COMPANY
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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         In connection with the proposed merger of Cintas Image Acquisition
         Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cintas Corporation ("Cintas"),
         with and into the Registrant whereby the Registrant would become a
         wholly-owned subsidiary of Cintas, the following definitive additional
         material is hereby filed to supplement the Registrant's definitive
         proxy materials filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6(j) as part of the
         registration statement filed by Cintas under the Securities Act of 1933
         on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-72457 filed on February 16, 1999).
         This definitive additional material is a transcript of the message the
         Registrant will provide to its stockholders who call a toll-free
         telephone number (800-721-5711) activated by the Registrant after the
         close of the Nasdaq National Market on March 19, 1999.

         The message is as follows:



         "Welcome to the Unitog stockholder hotline.

         "Assuming that the Unitog Special Stockholders Meeting to consider
         approval of the proposed Merger of Unitog Company into a
         subsidiary of Cintas Corporation described in the Proxy
         Statement/Prospectus dated February 19, 1999 occurs as scheduled
         on March 24, 1999, the Conversion Number upon which merger
         consideration is determined will be 0.5518 shares of Cintas Common
         Stock for each whole share of Unitog Common Stock outstanding at
         such time. The value of the merger consideration per Unitog share,
         based upon the Nasdaq average of the high and low prices of Cintas
         common stock of $68.94 on March 19, 1999, is $38.04. There is no
         assurance, however, that the Cintas share market price will not
         decline after such date and the actual market value of the Cintas
         common stock that Unitog stockholders will receive as merger
         consideration after the consummation of the Merger may differ
         from this amount.

         "Please read the Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully in evaluating
         your decision whether to approve the proposed Merger. Thank you for
         calling and remember that your vote is important!

         "If you have any questions regarding the Merger, please contact Robert
         M. Barnes, Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary of Unitog, at
         (816) 474-7000. Thank you."