Company: ADP
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000607
Chunk: 105

Company: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 105
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 years, to nominate and include in our proxy materials candidates for election as directors. Such stockholder or group may nominate up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of our board of directors, provided that the stockholder or group and the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in our by-laws. In order to be properly brought before the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a stockholder’s notice of nomination of one or more director candidates pursuant to the proxy access provisions of our amended and restated by-laws must be received by the company’s corporate secretary by no earlier than April 28, 2026 and no later than May 28, 2026 (i.e., no earlier than the 150th day and no later than the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date our definitive proxy statement was first released to stockholders in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders), unless the date of our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders occurs more than 30 days before or 60 days after the first anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In that case, our amended and restated by-laws provide that we must receive the notice no earlier than the 180th day prior to the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no later than the 90th day prior to the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or the tenth day following the day on which we first make a public announcement of the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, whichever is later.

| 101 | |  Automatic Data Processing, Inc. – Proxy Statement |

| Stockholder Proposals and Nominations |

| Stockholder’s Notice |

To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice must also include the specified information and comply with other requirements described in our amended and restated bylaws. Stockholders wishing to submit recommendations for director candidates to the board may send each candidate’s name and other relevant information for the nominating/corporate governance committee’s consideration in care of the company’s corporate secretary at our principal executive offices. Our nominating/ corporate governance committee is responsible for reviewing the qualifications of any such person submitted to be considered as a member of the board by any stockholder or otherwise and will consider and evaluate nominees proposed by stockholders in the same manner as a nominee recommended by another board member, management, search firm, or any other source. Nominations pursuant to advance notice should be