Paychex, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Theresa M. Payton

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Theresa M. Payton”): 282,748,290 for, 3,593,628 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 173 asset managers below reported 104,514,819 for, 91 against, 13,188 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Martin Mucci

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Martin Mucci”): 274,003,034 for, 12,387,949 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,164,548 for, 349,767 against, 13,187 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Thomas F. Bonadio

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Thomas F. Bonadio”): 281,982,967 for, 4,329,866 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,513,131 for, 1,181 against, 13,189 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph G. Doody

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph G. Doody”): 268,973,833 for, 17,377,558 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,114,456 for, 399,858 against, 13,188 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: John B. Gibson

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John B. Gibson”): 281,686,797 for, 4,598,590 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,482,170 for, 32,142 against, 13,189 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Pamela A. Joseph

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Pamela A. Joseph”): 265,750,756 for, 20,619,457 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 103,234,842 for, 1,279,471 against, 13,187 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Kevin A. Price

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kevin A. Price”): 277,432,037 for, 8,719,297 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,201,875 for, 312,434 against, 13,194 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph M. Tucci

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph M. Tucci”): 269,884,383 for, 16,465,489 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,167,880 for, 346,435 against, 13,188 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph M. Velli

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph M. Velli”): 275,480,474 for, 10,827,791 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,468,041 for, 46,270 against, 13,189 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Kara Wilson

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kara Wilson”): 282,675,567 for, 3,621,081 against, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 172 asset managers below reported 104,514,221 for, 92 against, 13,189 abstained, 254 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION.

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation The non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 275,491,813 for, 10,038,236 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of Paychex, Inc.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “COMPENSATION” (2 managers, 1,183 for).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 165 managers: 104,747,806 for, 189,917 against, 13,209 abstained, 254 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 1,006 managers: 145,818,819 for, 5,514,541 against, 379,789 abstained, 67,173 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP TO SERVE AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.

Paychex, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“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 fir”): 318,217,078 for, 4,314,110 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed October 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of Paychex, Inc.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors” (6 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

The 171 asset managers below reported 104,274,428 for, 65,006 against, 13,187 abstained, 254 not voted.

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