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All Three Leading Independent Proxy Advisors Recommend UniFirst Shareholders Vote "FOR" Engine Capital’s New Director Candidates at 2026 Annual Meeting
NEW YORK, December 10, 2025--Engine Capital LP (together with its affiliates, "Engine" or "we"), which owns approximately 3.2% of the outstanding shares of common stock of UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) ("UniFirst" or the "Company"), today announced that independent proxy advisory firms Glass, Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") and Egan-Jones Ratings Company ("Egan-Jones") have joined Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") in recommending that UniFirst shareholders vote "FOR" the election of
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[{"type":"text","content":"ISS, Glass Lewis, and Egan-Jones Send Strong Message to Independent Directors Joseph M. Nowicki, Sergio A. Pupkin, Raymond C. Zemlin, Cecilia McKenney, and Michael Iandoli That the Status Quo Is Untenable","length":204,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"Engine Encourages UniFirst Former Employees and Other Stakeholders to Share Anonymous Feedback About Their Experiences at www.SaveUniFirst.com","length":142,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"Engine Reiterates its Belief That COO Kelly Rooney Is Not Fit to Serve as UniFirst’s CEO and That Cynthia Croatti Bears Responsibility for the Company’s Operational and Cultural Deterioration","length":191,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK, December 10, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Engine Capital LP (together with its affiliates, "Engine" or "we"), which owns approximately 3.2% of the outstanding shares of common stock of UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) ("UniFirst" or the "Company"), today announced that independent proxy advisory firms Glass, Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") and Egan-Jones Ratings Company ("Egan-Jones") have joined Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") in recommending that UniFirst shareholders vote "FOR" the election of Engine’s director candidates, Arnaud Ajdler and Michael Croatti, on the BLUE universal proxy card at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on December 15, 2025.","length":775,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Engine encourages former UniFirst employees and other stakeholders to share feedback about their experiences with the Company at www.SaveUniFirst.com, where information can be shared confidentially and anonymously.","length":214,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Mr. Ajdler, Founder and Managing Partner of Engine, commented:","length":62,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""All three leading independent proxy advisory firms have recommended shareholders vote against Joseph Nowicki and Steven Sintros and for Engine’s nominees. These firms also highlighted the negative influence of Cynthia, Carol, and Matt Croatti as trustees controlling UniFirst at the expense of the common shareholders.","length":324,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"This election contest center...