---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000723531-26-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYX"
cik: "0000723531"
company_name: "PAYCHEX INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-16T20:01:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-16T20:03:06.775403+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paychex stockholders re-elect all 10 directors; say-on-pay passes, special-meeting proposal fails

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected at the Oct. 15, 2026 annual meeting; Martin Mucci got 283.2M votes for vs 7.3M against.
- Pamela A. Joseph drew the lowest support: 267.8M for vs 22.7M against; Joseph G. Doody 273.6M for vs 16.7M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 281.4M for, 8.7M against, 714,649 abstained.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2027: 321.7M for vs 2.4M against.
- Stockholder proposal for right to call a special meeting rejected: 142.9M for vs 146.5M against; 33.4M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000723531-26-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYX
- cik: 0000723531
- company_name: PAYCHEX INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-16T20:01:37+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000072353126000008/0000723531-26-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000072353126000008/payx-20261015.htm

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