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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 and the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape. As we continue to invest in automating our solution, we are leveraging responsible AI in the process. The Board is actively engaged in overseeing these efforts, receiving quarterly updates from our management team on our automation initiatives. We are committed to establishing clear lines of accountability and governance structures to ensure our AI systems are developed and deployed responsibly. 21

### Director Nomination Procedures
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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has adopted a formal policy regarding stockholder nominees. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider nomination recommendations submitted by stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has not established a minimum number of shares of Common Stock a stockholder must own or required length of ownership to recommend a director candidate, but the committee will take into account the size and duration of a recommending stockholder’s ownership interest, as well as whether the stockholder intends to maintain its ownership interest in Paycom. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider only recommendations of nominees who satisfy its minimum candidate qualifications, including that a director must represent the interests of all stockholders and not just one particular stockholder group or other constituency. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider only recommendations submitted in compliance with our Amended and Restated Bylaws and any other procedural requirements disclosed in this proxy statement. Director Qualifications Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things, assisting our Board of Directors in identifying qualified director nominees and recommending nominees to stand for election at each annual meeting of stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s goal is to assemble a board with a wide range of relevant experience, skills and perspectives. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has adopted a set of criteria and standards for assessing the necessary skills and characteristics of director candidates (the “Director Qualification Standards”). In accordance with the Director Qualification Standards, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will select director candidates on the basis of recognized achievements, knowledge, experience and other factors as deemed appropriate, including but not limited to a candidate’s (i) ability to bring sound and informed business judgment to the deliberations of the Board of Directors, (ii) character, integrity and loyalty to the Company, (iii) independence, (iv) ability to bring diverse points of view to bear on discussions, (v) representation of a mix of backgrounds, diversity of race/ethnicity, gender, age, skills