Shareholder Vote

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2019 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Delaware   1-5397   22-1467904 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.) One ADP Boulevard , Roseland , New Jersey 07068 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (973) 974-5000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)   N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:     ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)         ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)         ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act   (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))         ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value (voting)   ADP   NASDAQ Global Select Market   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).   Emerging growth company ☐   If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Item 5.07.            Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on November 12, 2019. There were present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, holders of 374,243,247 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 317,109,680 2,504,539 448,621 54,180,407 Richard T. Clark 317,466,902 2,152,800 443,138 54,180,407 R. Glenn Hubbard 312,021,576 7,630,886 410,378 54,180,407 John P. Jones 317,286,072 2,318,168 458,600 54,180,407 Francine S. Katsoudas 319,074,351 608,799 379,690 54,180,407 Thomas J. Lynch 314,374,825 5,274,285 413,730 54,180,407 Scott F. Powers 316,668,745 2,945,294 448,801 54,180,407 William J. Ready 318,820,939 796,751 445,150 54,180,407 Carlos A. Rodriguez 318,900,163 721,507 441,170 54,180,407 Sandra S. Wijnberg 318,594,246 1,056,595 411,999 54,180,407 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 302,279,545 16,594,378 1,188,917 54,180,407 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, 2019 was approved based on the following vote:   For Against Abstained 359,727,707 13,792,108 723,432 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)             By: /s/ Michael A. Bonarti   Date: November 18, 2019   Name: Michael A. Bonarti       Title: Vice President