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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Paycom Software, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 7, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.
Meeting of May 4, 2026: 4 items on Paycom Software, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 7, 2026: 4 without a stated outcome.
Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are Paycom Software, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 7, 2026 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Sharen J. Turney | 22,025,798 | 12,647,730 | 97,761 | -- | 5,558,011 | 64% | Not verified | — |
| Elect Director: J.C. Watts, Jr. | 25,772,682 | 8,962,923 | 35,685 | -- | 5,558,011 | 74% | Not verified | — |
| 2. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 | 40,006,177 | 307,228 | 15,897 | -- | -- | 99.2% | Not verified | — |
| 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers | 21,125,671 | 13,610,087 | 35,563 | -- | 5,557,980 | 61% | Not verified | — |
Source: Paycom Software, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 610 asset managers that disclosed a Paycom Software, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
74% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class I directors, each to serve until the date of the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: J.C. Watts, Jr.
Paycom Software, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: J.C. Watts, Jr.”): 25,772,682 for, 8,962,923 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 74% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 116 asset managers below reported 10,727,789 for, 2,843,348 against, 6,142 abstained, 38 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,254,931 | 30 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 0 | 1,896,335 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 1,797,970 | 1,220 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,566,114 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 1,352,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 409,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 376,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Managed Portfolio Series | 188,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 140,657 | 26,580 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS | 0 | 115,452 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 0 | 104,960 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 99,959 | 78 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 0 | 97,306 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WisdomTree | 0 | 95,532 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 88,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AB RELATIVE VALUE FUND, INC. | 0 | 68,500 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Global X | 65,063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 58,453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG Funds IV | 47,497 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 46,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 40,646 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 40,140 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 13,815 | 23,936 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 31,307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Templeton | 0 | 30,550 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Showing the 25 largest of 116 asset managers. See all 116 in the interactive database.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
64% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To elect two Class I directors, each to serve until the date of the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: Sharen J. Turney
Paycom Software, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sharen J. Turney”): 22,025,798 for, 12,647,730 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 64% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 116 asset managers below reported 8,649,078 for, 4,890,048 against, 38,152 abstained, 38 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,248,634 | 6,326 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 0 | 1,896,335 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 1,797,970 | 1,220 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,564,726 | 2,598 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 1,352,135 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 241 | 409,279 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Federated Hermes | 376,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Managed Portfolio Series | 188,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 140,657 | 26,580 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS | 0 | 115,452 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 0 | 104,960 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 65 | 99,269 | 703 | 0 | Against |
| JPMorgan | 97,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 0 | 95,532 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 0 | 88,826 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AB RELATIVE VALUE FUND, INC. | 0 | 68,500 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Global X | 0 | 65,063 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Voya | 0 | 58,453 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AMG Funds IV | 31,410 | 16,087 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 46,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 40,646 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 40,140 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 13,815 | 23,936 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 31,307 | 0 | Abstain |
| Franklin Templeton | 0 | 30,550 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Showing the 25 largest of 116 asset managers. See all 116 in the interactive database.
Combines 17 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
61% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
Paycom Software, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers”): 21,125,671 for, 13,610,087 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 61% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,248,631 | 6,330 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 0 | 1,896,335 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 1,733,420 | 65,770 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,564,726 | 2,598 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 1,352,135 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 241 | 409,279 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Federated Hermes | 376,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Managed Portfolio Series | 0 | 188,235 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 24,366 | 142,871 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS | 0 | 115,452 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| TIAA | 104,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 99,257 | 780 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 0 | 97,306 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| WisdomTree | 95,532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 0 | 88,826 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AB RELATIVE VALUE FUND, INC. | 0 | 68,500 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Global X | 0 | 65,063 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Voya | 0 | 58,453 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AMG Funds IV | 0 | 47,497 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 46,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 40,646 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 40,140 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 13,582 | 24,169 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 31,307 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Franklin Templeton | 0 | 30,550 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Fund voting reports, all 114 managers: 8,473,745 for, 5,123,609 against, 6,142 abstained, 38 not voted, 90 mixed. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,584,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 1,425,033 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA | 0 | 800,377 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A. | 0 | 743,757 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 720,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH | 0 | 644,888 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. | 0 | 613,753 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | 564,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 524,482 | 10,405 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 495,707 | 24,970 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 451,425 | 7,136 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 241 | 437,308 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| State Street | 417,317 | 15,524 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 426,566 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 404,693 | 18 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD OVERSEAS LTD | 360,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO LTD | 317,890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC | 0 | 298,714 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC | 0 | 285,309 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Northern Trust | 0 | 276,344 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| London LGPS CIV Ltd | 0 | 225,630 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fundsmith LLP | 219,457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC | 0 | 215,159 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BOSTON TRUST WALDEN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 0 | 191,169 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 182,812 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 517 managers: 7,515,605 for, 10,044,364 against, 8,450 abstained, 16,993 not voted, 12 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.2% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
Paycom Software, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026”): 40,006,177 for, 307,228 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 118 asset managers below reported 13,596,533 for, 3,739 against, 6,142 abstained, 38 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 4,254,960 | 1 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 1,896,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,799,190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,567,324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 1,352,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 409,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Federated Hermes | 376,128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Managed Portfolio Series | 188,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 167,237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS | 115,452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 104,960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 100,034 | 3 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 97,306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 95,532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 88,826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AB RELATIVE VALUE FUND, INC. | 68,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 65,063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 58,453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMG Funds IV | 47,497 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 46,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 40,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 40,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 37,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 31,307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Franklin Templeton | 30,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 118 asset managers. See all 118 in the interactive database.
Not shown here: this season’s fund filings also report 4 items from the meeting of May 5, 2025, which belongs to the 2024-2025 season. A meeting outside this season’s July 1 to June 30 window is not counted in this page’s items or in its totals of asset managers and fund votes.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 46,600,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 9.13% |
| 2 | First Trust | 4.07% |
| 3 | Fidelity | 3.86% |
| 4 | BlackRock | 3.36% |
| 5 | Invesco | 2.90% |
| 6 | Charles Schwab | 0.88% |
| 7 | Federated Hermes | 0.81% |
| 8 | Managed Portfolio Series | 0.40% |
| 9 | Jackson National | 0.36% |
| 10 | BOSTON TRUST WALDEN FUNDS | 0.25% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 3.40% |
| 2 | Invesco | 3.06% |
| 3 | LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA | 1.72% |
| 4 | BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A. | 1.60% |
| 5 | CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.55% |
| 6 | Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH | 1.38% |
| 7 | REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. | 1.32% |
| 8 | HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | 1.21% |
| 9 | Federated Hermes | 1.15% |
| 10 | BlackRock | 1.12% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 12.96% | 13F |
| Chad Richison | 12.66% | 13D |
| Vanguard Group | 11.99% | 13F |
| HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P | 6.99% | 13G |
| Two Sigma | 3.75% | 13F |
| State Street | 3.71% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 2.84% | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 2.57% | 13F |
| Goldman Sachs | 1.74% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.56% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 46,600,000 shares outstanding, as reported by Paycom Software, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2026 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Paycom Software, Inc.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2026. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At Paycom Software, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held May 4, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 610 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,867 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. — FOR was 61% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: Paycom Software, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2026.
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