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UNIFIRST CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and UNIFIRST CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

8Reported items
294Asset managers
2,314Fund votes
2024-01-09Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by UNIFIRST CORP.

These tallies are UNIFIRST CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

UNIFIRST CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2024-01-09
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Elect Director: Michael Iandoli	5,356,746	--	--	8,710,225	462,783	Plurality election
Elect Director: Joseph M. Nowicki	13,836,004	--	--	230,967	462,783	Majority: yes
Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as more fully described in the Proxy Statement.	13,638,730	425,677	2,565	--	462,783	Majority: yes
Proposal 4: Approval of the UniFirst Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.	13,747,066	313,333	6,572	--	462,783	Majority: yes
Proposal 5: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024.	14,264,666	260,424	4,664	--	--	Majority: yes

Source: UNIFIRST CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2024-01-12 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the UNIFIRST CORP. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 294 asset managers that disclosed a UNIFIRST CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of UNIFIRST CORP.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 13 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 13,638,730AGAINST: 425,677

UNIFIRST CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as more fully described in the Proxy Statement.”): 13,638,730 for, 425,677 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 18,702,000 outstanding shares: 73% for, 2% against (75% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 286 asset managers below cast 99.4% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the company's reported shares outstanding.

FOR 99.4%

FOR: 99.4%AGAINST: 0.6%ABSTAIN: 0.0%NOT VOTED: 0.0%UNKNOWN: 0.0%

Largest asset managers voting on “APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS M” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Meeder Advisory Services, Inc.	17,000,000	0	For
BlackRock	2,153,057	149	For
Vanguard	1,684,038	0	For
JPMorgan	1,093,881	0	For
LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA	906,816	0	For
State Street	755,960	0	For
Victory Capital	737,989	0	For
River Road Asset Management, LLC	723,987	0	For
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	689,953	0	For
Dimensional	651,040	0	For
TPG GP A, LLC	499,758	0	For
T. Rowe Price	438,669	0	For
Charles Schwab	399,591	0	For
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	383,952	0	For
Fidelity	374,060	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	314,893	0	For
AMG Funds IV	209,233	0	For
Virtus	178,189	0	For
Northern Trust	173,931	0	For
Jackson National	154,224	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	142,567	0	For
Invesco	139,372	0	For
Janus Henderson	136,971	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	132,431	0	For
Wellington	130,061	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 286 asset managers. See all 286 in the interactive database.

2. APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE NON-BINDING, ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

100% fund support · no official result

ONE YEAR 83%13%

The 278 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the company's reported shares outstanding.

FOR: 1.7%ABSTAIN: 0.0%ONE YEAR: 83.3%1 YEAR: 13.0%THREE YEARS: 2.0%3 YEARS: 0.0%1-YEAR: 0.0%2 YEARS: 0.0%1: 0.0%NOT VOTED: 0.0%UNKNOWN: 0.0%

Largest asset managers voting on “APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE NON-BINDING, ADVISORY VOTES ON THE COMP” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
Meeder Advisory Services, Inc.	0	One Year
BlackRock	0	One Year
Vanguard	0	One Year
LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA	0	One Year
State Street	0	One Year
Victory Capital	0	One Year
River Road Asset Management, LLC	0	1 Year
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	0	1 Year
JPMorgan	9,953	1 Year
Dimensional	0	Three Years
TPG GP A, LLC	499,758	For
T. Rowe Price	0	One Year
Charles Schwab	0	1 Year
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	0	One Year
Fidelity	0	One Year
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0	One Year
AMG Funds IV	0	1 Year
Copeland Capital Management, LLC	0	1 Year
Virtus	0	One Year
Northern Trust	0	1 Year
Jackson National	0	1 Year
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	0	One Year
Invesco	0	One Year
Janus Henderson	0	One Year
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	0	One Year

Showing the 25 largest of 278 asset managers. See all 278 in the interactive database.

3. RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2024.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 14,264,666AGAINST: 260,424

UNIFIRST CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 5: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024.”): 14,264,666 for, 260,424 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 18,702,000 outstanding shares: 76% for, 1% against (78% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 88 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (8,178,949 for, 7,218 against).

FOR 99.7%

FOR: 8,178,949 (99.8%)AGAINST: 7,218 (0.1%)ABSTAIN: 1,270 (0.0%)NOT VOTED: 11,567 (0.1%)UNKNOWN: 3 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIR” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	1,707,378	0	For
Vanguard	1,658,646	0	For
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	689,953	0	For
JPMorgan	630,187	0	For
Dimensional	583,292	0	For
Fidelity	373,639	0	For
Victory Capital	318,329	0	For
State Street	233,540	0	For
AMG Funds IV	209,233	0	For
Charles Schwab	195,266	0	For
Virtus	178,189	0	For
T. Rowe Price	165,256	0	For
Jackson National	154,224	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	132,431	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	83,440	0	For
Invesco	66,616	0	For
Northern Trust	58,166	0	For
John Hancock	50,561	0	For
TIAA	45,784	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	45,373	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	45,224	0	For
Mercer Funds	42,907	0	For
Nationwide	42,859	0	For
Equitable	42,150	0	For
Brighthouse	30,093	1,270	For

Showing the 25 largest of 88 asset managers. See all 88 in the interactive database.

4. Election of two Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of three years until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.: Joseph M. Nowicki

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 13,836,004WITHHELD: 230,967

UNIFIRST CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph M. Nowicki”): 13,836,004 for, 230,967 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 18,702,000 outstanding shares: 74% for, 1% withheld (75% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 86 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (8,159,373 for, 0 against).

FOR 99.5%

FOR: 8,159,373 (99.5%)ABSTAIN: 26,701 (0.3%)NOT VOTED: 11,567 (0.1%)UNKNOWN: 3 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of three years unt” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	1,707,378	0	For
Vanguard	1,658,646	0	For
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	689,953	0	For
JPMorgan	630,187	0	For
Dimensional	583,292	0	For
Fidelity	373,639	0	For
Victory Capital	318,329	0	For
State Street	233,540	0	For
AMG Funds IV	209,233	0	For
Charles Schwab	195,266	0	For
Virtus	178,189	0	For
T. Rowe Price	161,500	3,756	For
Jackson National	154,224	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	132,431	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	83,440	0	For
Invesco	66,616	0	For
Northern Trust	58,166	0	For
John Hancock	50,561	0	For
TIAA	45,784	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	45,373	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	45,224	0	For
Mercer Funds	42,907	0	For
Nationwide	42,859	0	For
Equitable	23,869	18,281	For
Brighthouse	30,093	1,270	For

Showing the 25 largest of 86 asset managers. See all 86 in the interactive database.

5. Election of two Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of three years until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.: Michael Iandoli

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSCompany result: Plurality election

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

38% Plurality election · of votes cast

FOR 38%WITHHELD 62%

FOR: 5,356,746WITHHELD: 8,710,225

UNIFIRST CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael Iandoli”): 5,356,746 for, 8,710,225 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07). This is a for/withhold election, which is decided by plurality: a nominee does not need a majority of the votes cast to be elected, so no passed or failed outcome is stated here. Of all 18,702,000 outstanding shares: 29% for, 46.6% withheld (75% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 86 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (4,352,282 for, 0 against).

FOR 53.1%ABSTAIN 46.8%

FOR: 4,352,282 (53.1%)ABSTAIN: 3,833,792 (46.8%)NOT VOTED: 11,567 (0.1%)UNKNOWN: 3 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class I Directors, nominated by the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of three years unt” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	1,707,378	0	For
Vanguard	1,658,646	0	For
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	0	689,953	Abstain
JPMorgan	630,187	0	For
Dimensional	0	583,292	Abstain
Fidelity	2,873	370,766	Abstain
Victory Capital	0	318,329	Abstain
State Street	0	233,540	Abstain
AMG Funds IV	0	209,233	Abstain
Charles Schwab	0	195,266	Abstain
Virtus	0	178,189	Abstain
T. Rowe Price	0	165,256	Abstain
Jackson National	93,121	61,103	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	0	132,431	Abstain
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	0	83,440	Abstain
Invesco	0	66,616	Abstain
Northern Trust	0	58,166	Abstain
John Hancock	0	50,561	Abstain
TIAA	0	45,784	Abstain
Columbia Threadneedle	0	45,373	Abstain
Bridge Builder Trust	6,129	39,095	Abstain
Mercer Funds	0	42,907	Abstain
Nationwide	40,692	2,167	For
Equitable	23,869	18,281	For
Brighthouse	0	31,363	Abstain

Showing the 25 largest of 86 asset managers. See all 86 in the interactive database.

6. Approval of the UniFirst Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.

COMPENSATIONMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 13,747,066AGAINST: 313,333

UNIFIRST CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 4: Approval of the UniFirst Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.”): 13,747,066 for, 313,333 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-01-12 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 18,702,000 outstanding shares: 74% for, 2% against (75% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 83 asset managers below cast 99.6% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (8,150,761 for, 32,515 against).

FOR 99.5%

FOR: 8,150,761 (99.6%)AGAINST: 32,515 (0.4%)ABSTAIN: 1,270 (0.0%)UNKNOWN: 3 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Approval of the UniFirst Corporation 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	1,707,378	0	0	For
Vanguard	1,658,646	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	689,953	0	0	For
JPMorgan	630,187	0	0	For
Dimensional	583,292	0	0	For
Fidelity	373,639	0	0	For
Victory Capital	318,329	0	0	For
State Street	233,540	0	0	For
AMG Funds IV	209,233	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	195,266	0	0	For
Virtus	178,189	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	165,256	0	0	For
Jackson National	154,224	0	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	132,431	0	0	For
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS	83,440	0	0	For
Invesco	66,616	0	0	For
Northern Trust	58,166	0	0	For
John Hancock	50,561	0	0	For
TIAA	45,784	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	45,373	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	43,521	1,703	0	For
Mercer Funds	42,907	0	0	For
Nationwide	42,859	0	0	For
Equitable	42,150	0	0	For
Brighthouse	30,093	0	1,270	For

Showing the 25 largest of 83 asset managers. See all 83 in the interactive database.

7. ADVISORY VOTE ON SAY ON PAY FREQUENCY

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

100% fund support · no official result

ONE YEAR 97%

The 7 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (62 for, 0 against).

FOR: 62 (0.0%)ONE YEAR: 426,259 (96.9%)NOT VOTED: 12,109 (2.8%)1 YEAR: 1,524 (0.3%)

Largest asset managers voting on “ADVISORY VOTE ON SAY ON PAY FREQUENCY” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
JPMorgan	0	One Year
Empower	0	Not Voted
TIMOTHY PLAN	0	1 Year
Multi-Select Securities Fund for Puerto Rico Residents	0	Not Voted
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	0	One Year
Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC	62	For
Dorsey Wright & Associates	0	One Year

8. APPROVE OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN

COMPENSATION

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 16%NOT VOTED 84%

The 4 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (2,128 for, 0 against).

FOR: 2,128 (15.5%)NOT VOTED: 11,567 (84.5%)

Largest asset managers voting on “APPROVE OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN” at UNIFIRST CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Vote
Empower	0	Not Voted
TIMOTHY PLAN	1,524	For
Multi-Select Securities Fund for Puerto Rico Residents	542	For
Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC	62	For

Largest UNIFIRST CORP. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked by the number of UNIFIRST CORP. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2023-2024 meeting, shown as a share of the 18,702,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top UNIFIRST CORP. shareholders by shares voted, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Meeder Advisory Services, Inc.	90.90%
2	BlackRock	11.51%
3	Vanguard	9.00%
4	JPMorgan	5.85%
5	LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA	4.85%
6	State Street	4.04%
7	Victory Capital	3.95%
8	River Road Asset Management, LLC	3.87%
9	TOUCHSTONE FUNDS GROUP TRUST	3.69%
10	Dimensional	3.48%

Reported UNIFIRST CORP. ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

UNIFIRST CORP. beneficial owners on record for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	11.45%	13F
Vanguard Group	8.92%	13F
The Red Cat Limited Partnership	5.43%	DEF14A
The Ronald D. Croatti Trust—1993	5.37%	DEF14A
The London Company	5.01%	DEF14A
Dimensional Fund Advisors	3.82%	13F
The Queue Limited Partnership	3.59%	DEF14A
State Street	3.17%	13F
Cecelia Levenstein	2.64%	DEF14A
Geode Capital	1.77%	13F

Percentages above are of 18,702,000 shares outstanding, as reported by UNIFIRST CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated 2023-11-25 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from UNIFIRST CORP.’s 10-Q dated 2023-11-25. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At UNIFIRST CORP.'s shareholder meeting held 2024-01-09, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 294 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,314 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 8 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED… — FOR was 97% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: UNIFIRST CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2024-01-12.

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