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
Chunk 14
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 mail and mass mailings, resumes and other forms of job inquiries, surveys and business solicitations or advertisements. The Legal Department will not forward any communication determined in its good faith belief to be frivolous, unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly unsuitable. The Legal Department will maintain a list of each communication that was not forwarded because it was determined to be frivolous. Such list is delivered to the Board of the Directors at its quarterly meetings. In addition, each communication subject to this policy that was not forwarded because it was determined by the Legal Department to be frivolous is retained in our files and made available at the request of any member of the Board of Directors to whom such communication was addressed. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct We have adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that applies to all employees, officers and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other principal executive and senior officers responsible for financial reporting. The Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is available on our website at investors.paycom.com/corporate-governance. Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct is a “code of ethics,” as defined in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K.The information contained on, or accessible from, our website is not part of this proxy statement by reference or otherwise. We will make any legally required disclosures regarding amendments to, or waivers of, provisions of our code of ethics on our website. Insider Trading Policy We have an insider trading policygoverning the purchase, sale and disposition of Paycom securities by our directors, officers and employees, as well as their respective immediate family members. The insider trading policy is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and applicable NYSE listing standards. While Paycom is not subject to the insider trading policy, Paycom does not trade in its securities when it is in possession of material non-publicinformation other than pursuant to previously adopted Rule 10b5-1trading plans. Our insider trading policy requires that any employee, executive officer or director wishing to enter into any hedging or similar transaction with respect to our securities must pre-clearsuch transaction with our legal department at least two weeks prior to, and must provide justification for, the proposed transaction. 24

Director Compensation Overview and Philosophy The Board of Directors believes that each director who is not employed by us (each, a “non-employeedirector”) should be compensated through a mix of cash and equity-based compensation, which is awarded in the form of restricted stock. The Compensation Committee,