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): April 18, 2018
 
 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)

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

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. Thomas J. Lynch and Mr. Scott F. Powers as new directors of the Company, effective April 18, 2018.
 
Mr. Lynch is currently the Chairman of TE Connectivity Ltd., where he previously served as the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Powers is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of State Street Global Advisors.
 
Messrs. Lynch and Powers will be compensated for their service on the Board in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors.  For a description of the Company’s director compensation programs, see “Compensation of Non-Employee Directors” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on November 7, 2017, filed with the SEC on September 6, 2017.
 
 

 

 
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: April 18, 2018
By:
/s/ Michael A. Bonarti
 
   
Name: Michael A. Bonarti
 
   
Title: Vice President