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): August 9, 2007

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 974-5000

 

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:

 

o          Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o          Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o          Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o         Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 5.02.

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

(b)       On August 9, 2007, Ms. Ann Dibble Jordan, a director of the Registrant since 1993, retired from the Registrant’s Board of Directors.

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

(a)       On August 9, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Registrant adopted amendments to the By-laws of the Registrant (the “Amended By-laws”). A copy of the Amended By-laws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The changes effected by adoption of the Amended By-laws relate to the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The amendment took effect upon adoption by the Board of Directors of the Registrant.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit Number

Description

3.2

Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant

 

 


 

 

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.

Date: August 9, 2007

 

 

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/   James B. Benson

 

 

Name:   James B. Benson

Title:     Vice President

 

 


 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

Description

3.2

Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant

 

 

 

 


EXHIBIT 3.2

 

 

 

 

 

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

As Amended and Restated on August 9, 2007

 


AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

SECTION

PAGE

 

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

1

 

 

Section 1.01.

Annual Meetings

1

 

Section 1.02.

Special Meetings

1

 

Section 1.03.

Notice of Meetings; Waiver

1

 

Section 1.04.

Quorum

2

 

Section 1.05.

Voting

2

 

Section 1.06.

Voting by Ballot

2

 

Section 1.07.

Adjournment

2

 

Section 1.08.

Proxies

2

 

Section 1.09.

Organization; Procedure

3

 

Section 1.10.

Inspectors of Elections

3

 

Section 1.11.

Opening and Closing of Polls

3

 

Section 1.12.

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

4

 

ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

4

 

 

Section 2.01.

General Powers

4

 

Section 2.02.

Number and Term of Office

4

 

Section 2.03.

Election of Directors

5

 

Section 2.04.

Annual and Regular Meetings

5

 

Section 2.05.

Special Meetings; Notice

5

 

Section 2.06.

Quorum; Voting

5

 

Section 2.07.

Adjournment

5

 

Section 2.08.

Action Without a Meeting

6

 

Section 2.09.

Regulations; Manner of Acting

6

 

Section 2.10.

Action by Telephonic Communications

6

 

Section 2.11.

Resignations

6

 

Section 2.12.

Removal of Directors

6

 

Section 2.13.

Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships

6

 

Section 2.14.

Compensation

6

 

Section 2.15.

Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc.

7

 

Section 2.16.

Honorary Directors

7

 

 

 


ARTICLE III

AUDIT COMMITTEE, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, NOMINATING/CORPORATE GOVERANCE COMMITTEE

 

AND OTHER COMMITTEES

7

 

 

Section 3.01.

How Constituted

7

 

Section 3.02.

Powers

; Duties and Responsibilities

8

 

Section 3.03.

Proceedings

9

 

Section 3.04.

Quorum and Manner of Acting

9

 

Section 3.05.

Action by Telephonic Communications

9

 

Section 3.06.

Absent or Disqualified Members

9

 

Section 3.07.

Resignations

10

 

Section 3.08.

Removal

10

 

Section 3.09.

Vacancies

10

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

10

 

 

Section 4.01.

Number

10

 

Section 4.02.

Election

10

 

Section 4.03.

Salaries

10

 

Section 4.04.

Removal and Resignation; Vacancies

11

 

Section 4.05.

Authority and Duties of Officers

11

 

Section 4.06.

Chairman

11

 

Section 4.07.

President

11

 

Section 4.08.

Vice Presidents

11

 

Section 4.09.

Secretary

11

 

Section 4.10.

Treasurer

12

 

Section 4.11.

Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers

12

 

Section 4.12.

Security

12

 

ARTICLE V

CAPITAL STOCK

13

 

 

Section 5.01.

Certificates of Stock, Uncertificated Shares

13

 

Section 5.02.

Signatures; Facsimile

13

 

Section 5.03.

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

13

 

Section 5.04.

Transfer of Stock

13

 

Section 5.05.

Record Date

13

 

Section 5.06.

Registered Stockholders

14

 

Section 5.07.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

14

 

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

14

 

 

Section 6.01.

Nature of Indemnity

14

 

Section 6.02.

Successful Defense

15

 

Section 6.03.

Determination that Indemnification is Proper

15

 

Section 6.04.

Advance Payment of Expenses

16

 

Section 6.05.

Procedure for Indemnification of Directors & Officers

16

 


 

Section 6.06.

Survival; Preservation of Other Rights

16

 

Section 6.07.

Insurance

17

 

Section 6.08.

Severability

17

 

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

17

 

 

Section 7.01.

Dividends

17

 

Section 7.02.

Reserves

18

 

Section 7.03.

Execution of Instruments

18

 

Section 7.04.

Corporate Indebtedness

18

 

Section 7.05.

Fiscal Year

18

 

Section 7.06.

Seal

18

 

Section 7.07.

Books and Records; Inspection

18

 

ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

19

 

 

Section 8.01.

Amendment

19

 

ARTICLE IX

CONSTRUCTION

19

 

 

Section 9.01.

Construction

19

 

 


AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

As Amended and Restated on August 9, 2007

 

ARTICLE I

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.01. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before such meeting shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of

Delaware, and at such date and hour, as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

 

Section 1.02. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary or by the Board of Directors. A special meeting shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Secretary immediately upon receipt of a written request therefor by stockholders holding in the aggregate not less than one-third in number of the outstanding shares of the Corporation at the time entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders. Such special meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

Section 1.03. Notice of Meetings; Waiver . The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall cause written notice of the place, date and hour of each meeting of the stockholders, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, to be given personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than sixty days prior to the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is mailed, it shall be deemed to have been given to a stockholder when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the record of stockholders of the Corporation, or, if he or she shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to him or her be mailed to some other address, then directed to him or her at such other address. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law.

 

No notice of any meeting of stockholders need be given to any stockholder who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in a written waiver of notice. The attendance of any stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 


Section 1.04. Quorum . Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting.

 

Section 1.05. Voting . If, pursuant to Section 5.05 of these By-Laws, a record date has been fixed, every holder of record of shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share outstanding in his or her name on the books of the Corporation at the close of business on such record date. If no record date has been fixed, then every holder of record of shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his or her name on the books of the Corporation at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the vote of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient for the transaction of any business at such meeting.

 

Section 1.06. Voting by Ballot . No vote of the stockholders need be taken by written ballot unless demanded by the holders of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present or as otherwise required by law. Any vote which need not be taken by ballot may be conducted in any manner approved by the meeting.

 

Section 1.07. Adjournment . If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn any such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation need not be given if the place, date and hour thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed pursuant to Section 5.05 of these By-Laws, a notice of the adjourned meeting, conforming to the requirements of Section 1.03 of these By-Laws, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting.

 

Section 1.08. Proxies . Any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or to express consent to or dissent from corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to vote at any such meeting and express such consent or dissent for him or her by proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it, except in those cases where applicable law provides that a proxy shall be irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary.

 

Section 1.09. Organization; Procedure . At every meeting of stockholders the presiding officer shall be the Chairman or, in the event of his or her absence or should the Chairman in his

 

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or her discretion determine not to preside, in the following order of availability, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a Vice President, and in the case more than one Vice President shall be present, that Vice President designated by the Board of Directors (or in the absence of any such designation, the most senior Vice President, based on title). In case none of the foregoing officers designated to be the presiding officer shall be present, a presiding officer shall be chosen by the vote of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the event of his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there be no Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the Secretary, an appointee of the presiding officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of stockholders may be determined by such presiding officer.

 

Section 1.10. Inspectors of Elections . Preceding any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors shall appoint one or more persons to act as Inspectors of Elections, and may designate one or more alternate inspectors. In the event no inspector or alternate is able to act, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of an inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector shall:

 

(a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each;

 

(b) determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots;

 

 

(c) count all votes and ballots;

 

(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and

 

(e) certify his or her determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and his or her count of all votes and ballots.

 

The inspector may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist in the performance of the duties of inspector.

 

Section 1.11. Opening and Closing of Polls . The date and time for the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter to be voted upon at a stockholder meeting shall be announced at the meeting. The inspector of the election shall be prohibited from accepting any ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations thereof or changes thereto after the closing of the polls, unless the Court of Chancery upon application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise.

 

Section 1.12. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . To the fullest extent permitted by law, whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action, such action may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in

 

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writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.

 

Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.12.

 

ARTICLE II

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 2.01. General Powers . Except as may otherwise be provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.02. Number and Term of Office . The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be between 7 and 13, which number may be modified from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but in no event shall the number of directors be less than three. No person shall be nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as a director after he or she has passed his or her 72 nd birthday, unless the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors has voted, on an annual basis, to waive, or continue to waive, the mandatory retirement age of such person as a director. Each director (whenever elected) shall hold office until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 2.03. Election of Directors . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.12 and 2.13 of these By-Laws, the directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the annual meeting for the election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. The directors shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if the number of

 

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nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting.

 

Section 2.04. Annual and Regular Meetings . The annual meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held as soon as possible following adjournment of the annual meeting of the stockholders at the place of such annual meeting of the stockholders. Notice of such annual meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given. The Board of Directors from time to time may by resolution provide for the holding of regular meetings and fix the place (which may be within or without the State of Delaware) and the date and hour or such meetings. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.

 

Section 2.05. Special Meetings; Notice . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, if any, and, on the written request of any two directors, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall call such meeting. Special meetings shall be held at such place (within or without the State of Delaware), date and hour as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called on twenty-four hours’ notice, if notice is given to each director personally or by telephone or telegram, or on five days’ notice, if notice is mailed to each director, addressed to him or her at his or her usual place of business. Notice of any special meeting need not be given to any director who attends such meeting without protesting the lack of notice to him or her, prior to or at the commencement of such meeting, or to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after such meeting, and any business may be transacted thereat.

 

Section 2.06. Quorum; Voting . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of at least one-third of the total authorized number of directors, but not less than two directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.07. Adjournment . A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors to another time or place. No notice need be given of any adjourned meeting unless the time and place of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 2.05 of these By-Laws shall be given to each director.

 

Section 2.08. Action Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the

minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.09. Regulations; Manner of Acting . To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws, the Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board of Directors and for the management of the property, affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board of Directors

 

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may deem appropriate. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

 

Section 2.10. Action by Telephonic Communications . Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 2.11. Resignations . Any director may resign at any time by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such director, to the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.

 

Section 2.12. Removal of Directors . Any director may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of such director. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled at such meeting by the stockholders entitled to vote for the election of the director so removed. If such stockholders do not fill such vacancy at such meeting (or in the written instrument effecting such removal, if such removal was effected by consent without a meeting), such vacancy may be filled in the manner provided in Section 2.13 of these By-Laws.

 

Section 2.13. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . If any vacancies shall occur in the Board of Directors, by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, or if the authorized number of directors shall be increased, the directors then in office shall continue to act, and such vacancies and newly created directorships may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum. A director elected to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any such vacancy or newly created directorship may also be filled at any time by vote of the stockholders.

 

Section 2.14. Compensation . Each director, in consideration of his or her service as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount per annum or such fees for attendance at directors’ meetings, or both, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any, incurred by such director in connection with the performance of his or her duties. Each director who shall serve as a member of any Committee designated by the Board of Directors in consideration of serving as such shall be entitled to such additional amount per annum or such fees for attendance at committee meetings, or both, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any, incurred by such director in the performance of his or her duties. Nothing contained in this Section 2.14 shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or its subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation.

 

Section 2.15. Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc . A director, or a member of any Committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be

 

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fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or Committees designated by the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to the matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.16. Honorary Directors . The Board of Directors may, by vote at a regularly held meeting, appoint at its discretion individuals as Honorary Directors to serve for such period of time and with such compensation as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Individuals appointed as Honorary Directors shall have the right to attend regularly scheduled Board of Directors meetings but shall not have the right to cast a vote.

 

ARTICLE III