UNF UNIFIRST CORP

“our ability to successfully remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 30, 2025”

“concluded that, solely as a result of the material weakness identified by management and described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that material information relating to the Company required to be disclosed by the Company in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act”

“Management concluded that based on its assessment, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of August 29, 2026.”

“At the end of fiscal 2026, the material weakness had been further narrowed to deficiencies related to applications affecting inventory and merchandise in service, including our new Warehouse Management System ( WMS ) and a group of legacy applications affecting these accounts.”

“we determined that, as of August 29, 2026, we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting due to a material weakness related to certain ITGCs over the applications affecting inventory and merchandise in service, including our new WMS and a group of legacy applications”

“We identified material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to certain information technology general controls ( ITGCs ) supporting the manage change and manage access processes.”

“our ability to successfully remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K in an appropriate and timely manner or at all”