Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 24, 2023, Paychex, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Board of Directors (the "Board") has voted to expand to twelve members and has appointed Theresa M. Payton to fill the newly created position. The Company's press release dated January 24, 2023, announcing the appointment of Ms. Payton, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Ms. Payton is the founder and CEO of Fortalice Solutions, a firm advising Fortune 150 Boards, C-Suite, and regulators on secured technology innovation and transformation efforts regarding customer delivery and privacy.

Before overseeing IT operations as CIO for the White House from 2006 to 2008, she held executive roles in banking technology for two of the country's top financial institutions. In 2008, she founded Fortalice Solutions which has since completed over 500 global engagements advising and securing digital transformation programs and providing security risk assessments, incident response, and delivering business intelligence services for some of the nation's largest organizations.

In addition to her professional experience, she has served on the Federal Advisory Board of CyberArk, a publicly traded cybersecurity product company, and as a member of the Transformation Innovation Advisory Board of UniCredit S.p.A., the largest pan-European bank headquartered in Milan.

Ms. Payton holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Business Administration from Immaculata University and an M.S. in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Virginia.

The Board appointed Ms. Payton to her position on January 20, 2023. She has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. There is no other arrangement or understanding between Ms. Payton and any other persons as it relates to her appointment. Ms. Payton is not and has not been a participant, or had any interest, in any transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



Exhibit       Description
Exhibit 99.1    Press Release of Paychex, Inc. dated January 24, 2023
Exhibit 104   The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
              Inline XBRL

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