secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PAYCHEX INC (PAYX)
CIK:        0000723531
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-16T20:01:37+00:00
Accession:  0000723531-26-000008
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000072353126000008/0000723531-26-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/723531/000072353126000008/payx-20261015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000723531-26-000008

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