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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2010</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Registration Statement No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:11.25pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> </font><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:11.25pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> </font><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>UNIFIRST CORPORATION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Massachusetts</font></b></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>04-2103460</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Identification No.)</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>68 Jonspin Road </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Wilmington, MA 01887</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan</font></b><br> <font size=2> (Full title of the plan</font><i><font size=2>)</font></i></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Ronald D. Croatti</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>UniFirst Corporation</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>68 Jonspin Road</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Wilmington, MA 01887</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(978) 658-8888</font></b></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>With copy to:</font><br> <b><font size=2>Raymond C. Zemlin</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Goodwin Procter LLP</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(617) 570-1000</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Accelerated filer <FONT FACE="WingDings" SIZE="2">&#254</font> </font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amount to be<BR>registered (1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Proposed<BR>maximum offering<BR>price per share (2)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amount of<BR>registration fee<BR>(2)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>700,000 shares</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$37,394,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation that become issuable under the UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act.  The registration fee is based upon the average of the high and low prices of shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 26, 2010.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<B><font SIZE=2>INTRODUCTORY NOTE</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.92%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed by UniFirst Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) for the purpose of registering an additional 700,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;).  Following the registration of the additional 700,000 shares under this Registration Statement, a total of 1,500,000 shares will be registered under the Plan.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The securities subject to this Registration Statement are of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 were previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).  Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement, unless specified herein, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Commission on: (i) February 3, 2000 (File No. 333-96097), (ii) February 13, 2002 (File No. 333-82682) and (iii) April 16, 2007 (File No. 333-142138). </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Restated Articles of Organization (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Articles of Amendment dated January&nbsp;13, 1988 (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Articles of Amendment dated January&nbsp;21, 1993 (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By-laws (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on January 10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Specimen Stock Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Goodwin Procter </font><font SIZE=2>LLP</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Goodwin Procter </font><font SIZE=2>LLP</font><font size=2> (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>____________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>* Filed herewith.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.38%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, on this 1st day of April, 2010.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:47.38%;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2>UNIFIRST CORPORATION</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:  </font><u><font size=2>/s/ Ronald D. Croatti</font></u></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:47%; text-indent:2%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Ronald D. Croatti</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:47%; text-indent:2%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer and President </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY </font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald D. Croatti such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Ronald D. Croatti</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                        <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Ronald D. Croatti</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and<BR>President (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Steven S. Sintros</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                             <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Steven S. Sintros</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial<BR>Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Phillip L. Cohen</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                                <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Phillip L. Cohen</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Robert F. Collings</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                     <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Robert F. Collings</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Cynthia Croatti</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                                       <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Cynthia Croatti</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Anthony F. DiFillippo</font></u>                                                                                                                                            <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Anthony F. DiFillippo</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Donald J. Evans</font></u>                                                                                                                                                                                <font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Donald J. Evans</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>April 1, 2010</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:222.0pt;text-indent:-222.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Thomas S. Postek</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Restated Articles of Organization (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Articles of Amendment dated January&nbsp;13, 1988 (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Articles of Amendment dated January&nbsp;21, 1993 (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By-laws (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on January 10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Specimen Stock Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Goodwin Procter </font><font SIZE=2>LLP</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2010
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNIFIRST CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
04-2103460
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
68 Jonspin Road
Wilmington, MA 01887
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan
)
Ronald D. Croatti
President and Chief Executive Officer
UniFirst Corporation
68 Jonspin Road
Wilmington, MA 01887
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
(978) 658-8888
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copy to:
Raymond C. Zemlin
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2881
(617) 570-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller        reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum offering
price per share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share
700,000 shares
$53.42
$37,394,000
$2,667
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation that become issuable under the UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act.  The registration fee is based upon the average of the high and low prices of shares of Common Stock of UniFirst Corporation as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 26, 2010.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed by UniFirst Corporation (the "Registrant") for the purpose of registering an additional 700,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the UniFirst Corporation 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").  Following the registration of the additional 700,000 shares under this Registration Statement, a total of 1,500,000 shares will be registered under the Plan.
The securities subject to this Registration Statement are of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 were previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").  Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement, unless specified herein, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Commission on: (i) February 3, 2000 (File No. 333-96097), (ii) February 13, 2002 (File No. 333-82682) and (iii) April 16, 2007 (File No. 333-142138).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Articles of Organization (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Articles of Amendment dated January 13, 1988 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
Articles of Amendment dated January 21, 1993 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.4
By-laws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on January 10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.5
Specimen Stock Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1*
Opinion of Goodwin Procter
LLP
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Goodwin Procter
LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)
____________
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, on this 1st day of April, 2010.
UNIFIRST CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Ronald D. Croatti
Ronald D. Croatti
Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald D. Croatti such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Ronald D. Croatti
Ronald D. Croatti
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President (Principal Executive Officer)
April 1, 2010
/s/ Steven S. Sintros
Steven S. Sintros
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
April 1, 2010
/s/ Phillip L. Cohen
Phillip L. Cohen
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Robert F. Collings
Robert F. Collings
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Cynthia Croatti
Cynthia Croatti
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Anthony F. DiFillippo
Anthony F. DiFillippo
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Donald J. Evans
Donald J. Evans
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Michael Iandoli
Michael Iandoli
Director
April 1, 2010
/s/ Thomas S. Postek
Thomas S. Postek
Director
April 1, 2010
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Articles of Organization (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Articles of Amendment dated January 13, 1988 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
Articles of Amendment dated January 21, 1993 (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.4
By-laws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on January 10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.5
Specimen Stock Certificate for Shares of Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K on July 5, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1*
Opinion of Goodwin Procter
LLP
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Goodwin Procter
LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)
____________
* Filed herewith.