---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-23-002784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADP"
cik: "0000008670"
company_name: "AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T04:23:42.984273+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ADP shareholders re-elect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; William J. Ready received ~31% against (98.6M votes).
- Say-on-pay approved with ~92% support: 288.9M for, 26.7M against, 0.9M abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency: one-year option selected (310.9M); next say-when-on-pay by 2029.
- Auditor Deloitte & Touche ratified with ~95% approval: 341.3M for, 18.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-23-002784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADP
- cik: 0000008670
- company_name: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/0000950142-23-002784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/eh230420086_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-23-002784.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-08
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for the ensuing year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/0000950142-23-002784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Company's Executive Compensation at the 2023-11-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-08
  source text: Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Company’s Executive Compensation The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation of our Named Executive Officers was approved based upon the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/0000950142-23-002784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC shareholders approved Ratify the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-11-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-08
  source text: Proposal 4 - Ratify the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year that began on July 1, 2023 was approved based on the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/0000950142-23-002784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Executive Compensation Advisory Vote at the 2023-11-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-08
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Frequency of Executive Compensation Advisory Vote (“Say When on Pay”) The advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation received the following vote, with the “one year” frequency receiving the highest number of votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000095014223002784/0000950142-23-002784-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.