Company: PAYX
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-191789
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Company: PAYCHEX INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 into the Company’s plans for market growth. |

| John B. Gibson PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER   Director since 2022   Age: 59   Board Committees: •  Corporate Development Advisory •  Executive |     | Career Highlights: •  Paychex, Inc. •  President and CEO, since October 2022 •  President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), December 2021 – October 2022 •  Senior Vice President of Service, May 2013 – December 2021 •  Convergys (now Concentrix) (a global technology company) •  President, HR Management division, June 2004 – June 2010 •  Ameritech Corporation (now AT&T) (a telecommunications company) •  Vice President, Sales and Service, April 1989 – November 1999   Key Experience and Qualifications: The Board has concluded that Mr. Gibson is qualified to serve as a director of the Company due to his leadership and experience. Mr. Gibson has been a key leader in the Company’s digital expansion, its service transformation, and the expansion of its professional employer organization and HR advisory services. His deep understanding of the Company’s market and focus on driving innovative technology and HR advisory solutions for the Company’s approximately 800,000 clients make him a valuable addition to the Board. |

Paychex, Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement •8

| Election of Directors |

| Pamela A. Joseph INDEPENDENT   Director since 2018 (previously served from 2005 – 2017)   Age: 66   Board Committees: •  Compensation & Leadership •  Corporate Development Advisory •  Executive1 •  Nominating and Governance (Chair) |     | Career Highlights: •  Xplor Technologies (a SaaS company) •  Chief Executive Officer, since October 2022 •  Executive Chair, since 2018 •  Advent International (a private equity firm) •  Operating Partner, since 2018 •  Total System Services, Inc., (a financial services company) •  President, COO, and Board Member, May 201