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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CROATTI RONALD D (Last) (First) (Middle) 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) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/21/2016
	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	04/21/2016		A		140,000(1)	A	$0	144,200	D
Class B Common Stock								1,027,770	D
Class B Common Stock								4,374(2)	I	By Trust
Class B Common Stock								176,792(3)	I	By Trust
Class B Common Stock								1,019,248(4)(5)	I	By Partnership
Class B Common Stock								1,931,485(5)(6)	I	By Partnership
Common Stock								950(7)	I	By LLC

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares of restricted common stock (the "Performance Restricted Shares") granted to Ronald D. Croatti under the UniFirst Corporation Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The number of Performance Restricted Shares to be earned will depend on whether and the extent to which the issuer achieves certain consolidated revenues and adjusted operating margins during certain performance periods as set forth in a Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the "Award Agreement"), which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K on April 22, 2016 The shares of restricted common stock earned upon achievement of the corporate performance criteria will generally vest in two equal amounts on the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date as set forth in the Award Agreement.

2. Represents shares owned directly by The Marie Croatti QTIP Trust. Ronald D. Croatti is a trustee of The Marie Croatti QTIP Trust. Mr. 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 Mr. Croatti is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

3. Ronald D. Croatti is a trustee of certain trusts, which as of the date of filing this report, each directly owns a portion of these reported securities. Mr. 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 the securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

4. Represents shares owned directly by The Red Cat Limited Partnership, a 10% beneficial owner of the issuer, and indirectly by each of Red Cat Management Associates, Inc., Ronald D. Croatti and Cynthia Croatti. Red Cat Management Associates, Inc. is the general partner of The Red Cat Limited Partnership. Ronald D. Croatti and Cynthia Croatti are officers, directors and shareholders of Red Cat Management Associates, Inc. Ronald D. Croatti is the beneficiary, but not a trustee, of a trust holding a limited partnership interest in The Red Cat Limited Partnership. Cynthia Croatti is a trustee or beneficiary of certain trusts which hold limited partnership interests in The Red Cat Limited Partnership.

5. Each of the aforementioned reporting persons disclaims beneficial ownership of these reported securities, except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

6. Represents shares owned directly by The Queue Limited Partnership and indirectly by each of Queue Management Associates, Inc., Ronald D. Croatti, Cynthia Croatti and Cecelia Levenstein. Queue Management Associates, Inc. is the general partner of The Queue Limited Partnership. Ronald D. Croatti and Cynthia Croatti are officers, directors and shareholders of Queue Management Associates, Inc., and Cecelia Levenstein is a director and shareholder of Queue Management Associates, Inc. Ronald D. Croatti is a beneficiary, but not a trustee, of a trust holding a limited partnership interest in The Queue Limited Partnership. Cynthia Croatti and Cecelia Levenstein are trustees or beneficiaries of various trusts which hold limited partnership interests in The Queue Limited Partnership.

7. Represents shares owned indirectly by Ronald D. Croatti as the manager of a limited liability company, MMC Trust LLC. Ronald D. 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.

	/s/ David Whitman, Attorney-in-Fact	04/25/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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