Michael A Croatti Form 4 UNIFIRST / Michael A Croatti ownership change

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Croatti Michael A

(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)
Senior VP of Operations

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/28/2020

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	09/28/2020		M		4,000	A	$106.99	7,953	D
Common Stock	09/28/2020		D		2,705	D	$187.1637	5,248	D
Common Stock	09/28/2020		S		1,286(1)	D	$187.1637	3,962	D
Common Stock	09/30/2020		S		9(1)	D	$192.005	3,953(2)	D
Class B Common Stock								48,292	D
Common Stock								810	I	By 401(k) Plan
Class B Common Stock								4,000	I(3)	By Sons

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
Stock Appreciation Right	$106.99	09/28/2020		M			4,000	10/27/2019	10/27/2024	Common stock/$0.10 par value	4,000	$0.00	4,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares sold pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan.

2. Consists of 1,044 restricted stock units that vest 100% on December 20, 2022, 1,231 restricted stock units that vest 100% on October 22, 2023, 969 restricted stock units that vest 100% on October 23, 2024 and 709 shares of Common Stock owned by the reporting person.

3. Represents shares owned by Michael Croatti's children. Michael Croatti disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose

Remarks:

	/s/ David Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact	09/30/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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