Automatic Data Processing Inc 8-K, filed Nov 17, 2020
Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP)
About this 8-K
Automatic Data Processing Inc filed this 8-K on November 17, 2020, reporting on events of November 11, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company’s Annual Meeting of the Stockholders was held on November 11, 2020. There were present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, holders of 377,203,192 shares of common stock. The final tabulation of the voting results for the election of directors and other proposals is set forth below.
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors
The following nominees were elected to the Company’s
Board of Directors for the ensuing year. The votes cast for each nominee were as follows:
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
| Peter Bisson | 324,841,239 | 715,505 | 572,943 | 51,073,505 |
| Richard T. Clark | 322,952,247 | 2,586,019 | 591,421 | 51,073,505 |
| Linnie M. Haynesworth | 324,932,674 | 533,793 | 643,220 | 51,073,505 |
| John P. Jones | 320,960,539 | 4,573,598 | 595,550 | 51,073,505 |
| Francine S. Katsoudas | 324,892,000 | 687,402 | 550,285 | 51,073,505 |
| Nazzic S. Keene | 324,884,574 | 645,235 | 599,878 | 51,073,505 |
| Thomas J. Lynch | 303,813,267 | 21,728,677 | 587,743 | 51,073,505 |
| Scott F. Powers | 324,049,590 | 1,392,339 | 687,758 | 51,073,505 |
| William J. Ready | 322,078,789 | 3,443,586 | 607,312 | 51,073,505 |
| Carlos A. Rodriguez | 324,901,145 | 668,713 | 559,829 | 51,073,505 |
| Sandra S. Wijnberg | 324,398,334 | 1,163,686 | 567,667 | 51,073,505 |
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:
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
| 293,539,961 | 31,244,915 | 1,344,811 | 51,073,505 |
Proposal 3 - 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, 2020 was approved based on the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstained |
| 360,363,229 | 15,367,545 | 1,472,418 |
Proposal 4 – Stockholder Proposal to Prepare a Report on Employee Representation on the Board of Directors
The stockholder proposal to prepare a report on employee representation on the Board of Directors was not approved based upon the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
| 22,398,709 | 301,510,121 | 2,220,857 | 51,073,505 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC. | ||||
| (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 17, 2020 | By: | /s/ Michael A. Bonarti | ||
| Name: | Michael A. Bonarti | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||