Annual Meeting of Stockholders

2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

How to Vote

In advance of the Annual Meeting, you can submit your vote as follows:

• Via the Internet: Go to ProxyVote.com and enter your 16-digit control number. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability or Proxy Card in the mail the control number is shown in a box as follows - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX If you received an email notice, you control number is identified in the email. Voting Matters
• By telephone: Call 1-800-690-6903 and follow the voice prompt instructions.
• By mail: If you requested a full printed set of proxy materials you can mark your proxy card, sign and date it, and return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.

Votes in advance of the Annual Meeting must be received by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. If you are voting your shares held in the Paychex Employee Stock Ownership Plan Stock Fund (“ESOP”) of the Company’s 401(k) Plan, you must submit your vote by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Monday, October 11, 2021. The Trustee will then vote all shares of common stock held in the ESOP by the established deadline.

You may also vote while participating in the Virtual Annual Meeting by visiting the website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PAYX2021 and logging in with your 16-digit control number, even if you previously voted by Internet or telephone. Votes submitted during the Annual Meeting must be received no later than the closing of the polls at the Annual Meeting.