SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

November 25, 2006

 

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Massachusetts

 

1-8504

 

04-2103460

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

68 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 658-8888

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) today announced that Albert Cohen, a corporate Director since 1989, died on November 25, 2006. He was 79.

 

Mr. Cohen, born in 1927 and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), co-founded Electronic Space Systems Corporation (ESSCO), a manufacturer of aerospace ground equipment, in 1961. He became the President and Chief Executive Officer of ESSCO in 1964 and remained in that position until the business was sold in 1998. His wise counsel will be missed by all of us here at UniFirst.

 

Mr. Cohen’s death has reduced from eight to seven the number of Directors serving on the UniFirst board. A majority of the remaining UniFirst Directors are independent as required by the applicable rules and listing standards.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

UNIFIRST CORPORATION

 

 

Date: November 28, 2006

By:

/s/ Ronald D. Croatti

 

Name:

Ronald D. Croatti

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board, Chief

Executive Officer and President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John B. Bartlett

 

Name:

John B. Bartlett

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer