Company: PAYC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-072358
Chunk: 75

Company: Paycom Software, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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 employees was 148 to 1. Methodology As of December 30, 2024, our total employee population consisted of 7,270 employees. We annualized salaries of our employees, excluding Messrs. Richison and Thomas, ranking the employees from highest to lowest salary, and selected the median employee from this list. After selecting the median employee, we added any bonus or other supplemental pay to determine the total compensation of the median employee for purposes of this pay ratio disclosure. Equity Compensation Plan Table The following table includes information regarding securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2024:

| Plan Category                                              |     | Number of securities to be 
 issued upon exercise of    
 outstanding options,       
 warrants and rights        |     |           |     | Weighted-average     
 exercise price of    
 outstanding options, 
 warrants and rights  |     |   |     | Number of securities  
 remaining for future  
 issuance under equity 
 compensation plans    |     |           |    |
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders     |     |                            |     | 23,304(1) |     |                      |     | — |     |                       |     | 2,813,435 | -2 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |     |                            |     | —         |     |                      |     | — |     |                       |     |         — |    |

| (1) | Represents shares issuable upon vesting and settlement of RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2024. |

| (2) | Represents shares that were available for future issuance under the 2023 LTIP as of December 31, 2024. |

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Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Pursuant to Section 14A(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, we are asking our stockholders to approve, on an advisory or non-bindingbasis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this proxy statement. The vote on this matter is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and the policies and practices described in this proxy statement. Our Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee believe that we maintain a compensation program that is tied to performance, aligns with stockholder interests and merits stockholder support. Accordingly, we are asking our stockholders to approve the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this proxy statement by voting FOR the following resolution: “NOW, THERE