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 Matthew (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 X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/13/2022
	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	01/13/2022		M		250	A	$104.67	2,066	D
Common Stock	01/13/2022		D		177	D	$192.97	1,889	D
Common Stock	01/13/2022		S		73(1)	D	$192.99	1,816(2)	D

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	$104.67	01/13/2022		M			250	10/26/2020	10/26/2025	Common Stock ($0.10 par value)	250	$0.00	500	D

Explanation of Responses:

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

2. Consists of 493 restricted stock units that vest 100% on October 22, 2023, 388 restricted stock units that vest 60% on October 29, 2022, an additional 20% vested on October 29, 2023 and the remaining 20% on October 29, 2024, and 468 restricted stock units that vest 60% on October 26, 2023, an additional 20% on October 26, 2024 and the remaining 20% on October 26, 2025 and 467 restricted stock units that vest in five equal annual installments on October 31, 2022, October 31, 2023, October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025 and October 31, 2026.

Remarks:

	/s/ Steven S. Sintros, Attorney-in-Fact	01/14/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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