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  			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Date of Report: </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">January 13, 2017</font>
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  						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;">911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH,</font></p>
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  						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;">ROCHESTER, NEW YORK</font></p>
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  			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;">(585) 385-6666</font>
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  			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;">On January 13, 2017, Paychex, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) announced that the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) has voted to expand the Board to </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;">ten</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;"> members and has appointed Thomas F. Bonadio, CPA, to fill the newly created Board position.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#x2019;s press release dated January 13, 2017, announcing the appointment of Mr. Bonadio, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Curre</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;">nt Report on Form 8-K (&#x201C;Form 8-K</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Arial;">&#x201D;).</font>
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text: PAYX-011317-8K
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, DC 20549
  ﻿
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  ﻿
  Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  ﻿
  Date of Report:
  January 13, 2017
  (Date of earliest event reported)
  ﻿
  PAYCHEX, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  ﻿
  ﻿
  DELAWARE
  0-11330
  16-1124166
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  (Commission
  File Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification Number)
  ﻿
  ﻿
  911 PANORAMA TRAIL SOUTH,
  ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
  14625-2396
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  ﻿
  (585) 385-6666
  (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))
  ﻿
  I
  TEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
  On January 13, 2017, Paychex, Inc. (the "Company") announced that the Board of Directors (the "Board") has voted to expand the Board to
  ten
  members and has appointed Thomas F. Bonadio, CPA, to fill the newly created Board position.  The Company's press release dated January 13, 2017, announcing the appointment of Mr. Bonadio, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Curre
  nt Report on Form 8-K ("Form 8-K
  ").
  Mr. Bonadio, age 66, serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of The Bonadio Group,
  which he co-founded in 1978.  The Bonadio Group is
  the largest
  independent provide
  r of accounting, business adviso
  ry, and financial services
  in New York State outside of Manhattan.
  Prior to that, he served seven years with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Rochester, New York.
  Mr. Bonadio currently serves as a director and head of the Audit Committee for CurAegis Technologies (formerly Torvec, Inc.), a technology company involved in innovation and development in the realms of fatigue management (CURA division) and fluid power (Aegis division).
  He also served as a director and member of the Audit Committee for Conceptus, Inc., a medical products manufacturer and developer, until it was acquired by Bayer AH of Germany, in 2013.  Mr. Bonadio also serves on a number of private company boards.
  Mr. Bonadio's appointment to the Board is effective immediately.
  He has been
  appointed to serve on the Audit Committee
  and the Corporate Development Advisory Committee
  of the Board.
  ﻿
  ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  The following exhibit relating to Item 5.02 of this Form 8-K is furnished herewith:
  ﻿
  Exhibit 99.1
  Press Release of Paychex, Inc. dated January 13, 2017.
  ﻿
  ﻿
  ﻿
  SIGNATURES
  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 thereunto duly authorized.
  ﻿
  ﻿
  ﻿
  ﻿
  PAYCHEX, INC.
  ﻿
  Date:
  January 1
  6
  , 2017
  /s/ Martin Mucci
  ﻿
  Martin Mucci
  ﻿
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  ﻿
  Date:
  January 16
  , 2017
  /s/ Efrain Rivera
  ﻿
  Efrain Rivera
  ﻿
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
  ﻿
  ﻿
  ﻿