---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-212131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADP"
cik: "0000008670"
company_name: "AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:21:03.896729+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ADP issues $1B of 5.000% senior notes due 2036

## Summary
- Issued $1B aggregate principal of 5.000% senior notes due 2036.
- Notes issued on May 7, 2026 under a Fifth Supplemental Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust.
- Underwriting agreement signed May 4, 2026 with BNP Paribas, BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan as representatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-212131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADP
- cik: 0000008670
- company_name: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000119312526212131/0001193125-26-212131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000119312526212131/d932558d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7bec9dac8e3a4378f1b943f3305f8fefb345b53f
  claim: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC entered into Underwriting Agreement with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters valued at $1,000,000,000 (effective 2026-05-04).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 4, 2026, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (the “Company”) executed an Underwriting Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference) with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% senior notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000119312526212131/0001193125-26-212131-index.htm
- claim_id: c04ba113b19982ba82b7f77907b7cfec49d34909
  claim: AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC entered into Fifth Supplemental Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $1,000,000,000 (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: The Notes were issued on May 7, 2026 pursuant to an Indenture (in substantially the form previously filed with the Registration Statement) by and between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Fifth Supplemental Indenture by and between the Company and the Trustee (attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000119312526212131/0001193125-26-212131-index.htm

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