Exhibit 99.5


                     INSTRUCTION TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
                   BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER PARTICIPANT FROM OWNER
                                       OF
                            CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2

                      5 1/8% Senior Notes due June 1, 2007
                        6% Senior Notes due June 1, 2012
                                (the "Old Notes")

TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR PARTICIPANT
OF THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY:

         The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated
___________, 2002 (the "Prospectus") of CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2, a Washington
corporation (the "Company"), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the
"Letter of Transmittal"), that together constitute the Company's offer (the
"Exchange Offer"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings as ascribed to them in the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal.

         This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry
transfer facility participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to
the Exchange Offer with respect to the Old Notes held by you for the account of
the undersigned.

         The aggregate face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account
of the undersigned is (fill in amount):

                  $       of the 5 1/8% Senior Notes due June 1, 2007
                   ------
                  $       of the 6% Senior Notes due June 1, 2012
                   ------

         With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs
you (check appropriate box):

[        ] To TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of the
         undersigned (insert principal amount of Old Securities to be tendered,
         if any):

                  $       of the 5 1/8% Senior Notes due June 1, 2007
                   ------
                  $       of the 6% Senior Notes due June 1, 2012
                   ------

[        ] NOT to TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of the
         undersigned.

         If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you
for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below,
hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter
of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a
beneficial owner, including but not limited to the representations, that (i) the
holder is not an "affiliate" of the Company, (ii) any New Notes to be received
by the holder are




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being acquired in the ordinary course of its business, and (iii) the holder has
no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, and is not
engaged and does not intend to engage, in a distribution (within the meaning of
the Securities Act) of such New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer
that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it
represents that such Old Notes were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver
a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with
any resale of such New Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by
delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resale of such New Notes, such broker- dealer is not deemed
to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.



                                    SIGN HERE

Name of beneficial owner(s):
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Signature(s):
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Name(s) (please print):
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Telephone Number:
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Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:
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