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
Chunk 81
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 each participant’s individual voting direction. If you do not submit voting instructions for your shares of common stock in the ESOP, those shares will be voted by the Trustee in the same proportions as the shares for which voting instructions were received from other participants. To allow sufficient time for voting by the Trustee, voting instructions by ESOP participants must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, October 6, 2025. The Trustee will then vote all shares of common stock held in the ESOP by the established deadline. If you are a beneficial owner, you will receive voting instruction information from the bank, broker, or other nominee through which you own your shares of common stock. How do I vote in advance of the Annual Meeting? If you are a registered stockholder, or a participant in the ESOP,youcan vote in one of the following ways:

| • |     | Via the Internet — Go to the website noted on your Notice of Internet Availability in order to vote via the Internet. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day. We encourage you to vote via the Internet, as it is the most cost-effective way to vote; |

| • |     | By telephone — Call 1-800-690-6903 and follow the voice prompt instructions to vote by telephone. Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day; or |

| • |     | By mail — If you requested a full printed set of proxy materials, mark your proxy card, sign and date it, and return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. |

Proxies submitted by Internet or telephone must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. If you are a beneficial owner, you can vote in the manner prescribed by the bank, broker, or other nominee through which you own your shares of common stock. You will receive voting instruction information for you to use in directing the bank, broker, or other nominee how to vote your shares. Check the voting instruction information used by the bank, broker, or other nominee to see if it offers Internet or telephone voting. Paychex, Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement •70

| FAQ |

May I vote during the Annual Meeting? If you are a registered stockholder, you may vote your shares during the Annual Meeting if you attend virtually by visiting the website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PAYX2025and logging in with your 16-digitcontrol number, even if