SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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 Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
O'Connor Shane
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O UNIFIRST CORP
68 JONSPIN ROAD
(Street)
WILMINGTON MA 01887
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNIFIRST CORP [ UNF ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive VP and CFO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/12/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/12/2024 S 1,185(1) D $183.53 6,215(2) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares sold pursuant to a trading plan intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c) and adopted on May 10, 2024.
2. Consists of 194 restricted stock units that vest in one remaining annual installment on October 31, 2024, 468 restricted stock units that vest in two remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2025, 1,008 restricted stock units that vest in three remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025 and October 31, 2026, 1,576 restricted stock units that vest in four remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025, October 31, 2026 and October 31, 2027, 2,281 restricted stock units that vest in five equal annual installments on October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025, October 31, 2026, October 31, 2027 and October 31, 2028 and 688 shares of Common Stock owned by the reporting person.
/s/ Shane O'Connor 08/14/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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ACTIVE/115848429.1

 

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby revokes all previous Powers of Attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the matters set forth below, and hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven S. Sintros, Erik J. Bello, Karla Davis, Andrea Ballute, John Dowd, Tyler Kath and Michael C. Patrick signing singly the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 

2. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer of UniFirst Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

 

3. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

4. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked with respect to any and all of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, with no further action required by the undersigned or the Company, in the event that such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an officer of the Company, but shall otherwise remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of August, 2024.

 

 

Signature: /s/ Shane O’Connor

 

Print Name: Shane O’Connor

 

 

ACTIVE/115848429.1

 

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby revokes all previous Powers of Attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the matters set forth below, and hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven S. Sintros, Erik J. Bello, Karla Davis, Andrea Ballute, John Dowd, Tyler Kath and Michael C. Patrick signing singly the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

 

2. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer of UniFirst Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

 

3. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

4. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall be automatically revoked with respect to any and all of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, with no further action required by the undersigned or the Company, in the event that such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an officer of the Company, but shall otherwise remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of August, 2024.

 

 

Signature: /s/ Shane O’Connor

 

Print Name: Shane O’Connor

 

 

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