Paychex (PAYX)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-07-20 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: PAYCHEX INC (PAYX) CIK: 0000723531 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: DOODY JOSEPH CIK: 0001180658 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-07-20 | Code: J (Other acquisition/disposition) Shares: -164 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 725 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Shares were transferred to the Joseph G. Doody Revocable Living Trust. [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock - Family Trust Date: 2026-07-20 | Code: J (Other acquisition/disposition) Shares: +164 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 23,922 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: Joseph G. Doody Revocable Living Trust --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock - Family Trust Ownership: I (Indirect) [Holding #2] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #3] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #4] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #5] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #6] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #7] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #8] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #9] Security: Stock Option Ownership: D (Direct) --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Shares were transferred to the Joseph G. Doody Revocable Living Trust. --- Signature --- /s/ Prabha S. Bhandari, Attorney-in-fact (2026-07-21)