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 Michael A (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 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/05/2023
	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	01/05/2023		M		4,000	A	$0.00	10,275	D
Common Stock	01/05/2023		F		3,110	D	$200	7,165	D
Common Stock	01/05/2023		S		890(1)	D	$200	6,275(2)	D
Common Stock								810	I	By 401(K) Plan

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	$119	01/05/2023		M			4,000	10/24/2021	10/24/2026	Common Stock ($0.10 par value)	4,000	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

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

2. Consists of 209 restricted stock units that vest in one remaining annual installment on December 20, 2022, 247 restricted stock units that vest in one remaining annual installment on October 31, 2023, 388 restricted stock units that vest in two remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2023 and October 31, 2024, 702 restricted stock units that vest in three remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2023, October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2025, 896 restricted stock units that vest in four remaining equal annual installments on October 31, 2023, October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025 and October 31, 2026, 1,378 restricted stock units that vest in five equal annual installments on October 31, 2023, October 31, 2024, October 31, 2025, October 31, 2026 and October 31, 2027 and 2,455 shares of Common Stock owned by the reporting person.

Remarks:

	/s/ Steven S. Sintros, Attorney-in-Fact	01/09/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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