# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000723531
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-239171
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 6665
**Document Hash:** 65368bd1ac1753cc32710b3bfcad8524
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-239171.hdr.sgml**: 20251014

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-239171

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251009

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251014

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251014

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PAYCHEX INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000723531
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT [8700]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 161124166
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0531

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-11330
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251392744

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 911 PANORAMA TRAIL S
- **CITY:** ROCHESTER
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14625-0397
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5853856666

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH
- **CITY:** ROCHESTER
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 14625-0397

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** October 09, 2025<br>

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Paychex, Inc.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Delaware | 0-11330 | 16-1124166 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 911 Panorama Trail South |  |  |
| Rochester**,** New York |  | 14625-2396 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (585) 385-6666<br>

N/A<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | PAYX | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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## I tem 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Paychex, Inc. (the "Company") was held on October 09, 2025, via live webcast, for the following purposes: (i) to elect the ten (10) director nominees named in the Company's Proxy Statement to serve as members of the Board of Directors of the Company for a one-year term and until their respective successors are elected and qualified; (ii) to hold a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; and (iii) to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026.

There were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, holders of 322,916,274 shares of common stock entitled to vote.

Results of stockholder voting are as follows:

**Proposal 1: Election of Directors**

Each of the 10 nominees for director was duly elected, with votes as follows:

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|  | **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Martin Mucci | 274003034 | 12387949 | 254109 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas F. Bonadio | 281982967 | 4329866 | 332259 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph G. Doody | 268973833 | 17377558 | 293701 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;John B. Gibson | 281686797 | 4598590 | 359705 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Pamela A. Joseph | 265750756 | 20619457 | 274879 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Theresa M. Payton | 282748290 | 3593628 | 303174 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Kevin A. Price | 277432037 | 8719297 | 493758 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph M. Tucci | 269884383 | 16465489 | 295220 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph M. Velli | 275480474 | 10827791 | 336827 | 36271182 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Kara Wilson | 282675567 | 3621081 | 348444 | 36271182 |

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**Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation**

The non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved, with votes as follows:

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| **For** | **For** | **Against** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Abstain** | **Broker Non-Votes** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
|  | 275,491,813 |  | 10,038,236 |  | 1,115,043 |  | 36,271,182 |

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**Proposal 3: Ratification of Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** 

The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered accounting firm for fiscal year 2026 was ratified, with votes as follows:

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| **For** | **For** | **Against** | **Against** | **Abstain** | **Abstain** |
|  | 318,217,078 |  | 4,314,110 |  | 385,086 |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | PAYCHEX, INC. |
| Date: | October 14, 2025 | By:  | s/ Prabha Sipi Bhandari |
|  |  |  | Prabha Sipi Bhandari<br>Chief Legal Officer, Chief Ethics Officer, and Secretary |

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