Company: PAYC
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-072358
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Company: Paycom Software, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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 (i) the compensation actually paid to our PEO(s) and the compensation actually paid, on average, to our other NEOs, and (ii) each of (x) our cumulative TSR and (y) the cumulative TSR of the peer group: 67

The following chart shows, for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the relationship between (i) the compensation actually paid to our PEO(s) and the compensation actually paid, on average, to our other NEOs, and (ii) each of (x) our net income, (y) our adjusted EBITDA and (z) our revenue:

The following table contains the most important financial measures used to link executive compensation actually paid, for the year ended December 31, 2024, to the Company’s performance.

| Most Important Financial Performance Measures |
| Revenue                                       |
| Adjusted EBITDA                               |
| Annual Revenue Retention Rate                 |

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2024 Pay Ratio Disclosure CEO Pay Ratios As required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Regulation S-K,we are providing the following information about the relationship of the 2024 annual total compensation of our median employee, on the one hand, and the 2024 annual total compensation of Mr. Richison, our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Thomas, our former Co-ChiefExecutive Officer, on the other hand. The pay ratios are reasonable estimates calculated in accordance with applicable SEC disclosure rules. Because of the estimates and adjustments that may be included in each company’s methodology, pay ratio disclosures may involve a degree of imprecision, and the pay ratios reported by other companies are unlikely to be relevant or meaningful for purposes of comparison to our pay ratio disclosure. Using the methodology described below, we determined that the median employee was a full-time, salaried employee. The median employee’s annual total compensation was $81,644 in 2024. The annual total compensation of Mr. Richison was $3,454,117 in 2024 and the annual total compensation of Mr. Thomas was $12,088,037 in 2024. Based on this information, (i) the 2024 ratio of annual total compensation of Mr. Richison to the median annual total compensation of all employees was 42 to 1 and (ii) the 2024 ratio of annual total compensation of Mr. Thomas to the median annual total compensation of all