grepcent / static financial knowledge base

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC (ADP)

CIK: 0000008670. SIC: 7374 Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation. Latest 10-K as of: 2025-08-06.

SIC breadcrumb: Services > Business Services > SIC 7374 Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation

SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=8670. Latest filing source: 0000008670-25-000037.

Informational only - descriptive public-record data, not investment advice.

Selected Fundamentals

MetricValueUnitFYFiled
Revenue20,560,900,000USD20252025-08-06
Net income4,079,700,000USD20252025-08-06
Assets53,369,300,000USD20252025-08-06

Financials

Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2025-08-06. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000008670.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.

Flow metrics use full-year FY periods from 10-K/10-K/A filings; balance-sheet metrics use FY-end instants. Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures. Missing metrics are omitted rather than fabricated.

Metric2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Revenue11,667,800,00012,372,000,00013,274,200,00014,110,200,00014,589,800,00015,005,400,00016,498,300,00018,012,200,00019,202,600,00020,560,900,000
Net income1,492,500,0001,787,800,0001,884,900,0002,292,800,0002,466,500,0002,598,500,0002,948,900,0003,412,000,0003,752,000,0004,079,700,000
Diluted EPS3.253.974.255.245.706.077.008.219.109.98
Operating cash flow1,897,300,0002,125,900,0002,515,200,0002,688,300,0003,026,200,0003,093,300,0003,099,500,0004,207,600,0004,157,600,0004,939,700,000
Dividends paid943,600,000995,200,0001,063,700,0001,293,000,0001,470,500,0001,575,500,0001,659,000,0001,903,600,0002,183,100,0002,398,900,000
Share buybacks1,155,700,0001,259,600,000989,300,000937,700,0001,006,300,0001,372,300,0001,969,400,0001,121,400,0001,231,700,0001,280,500,000
Assets43,670,000,00038,886,900,00038,849,100,00041,887,700,00039,165,500,00048,772,500,00063,068,200,00050,971,000,00054,362,700,00053,369,300,000
Liabilities39,188,400,00033,203,000,00034,113,200,00036,487,800,00033,413,300,00043,102,400,00059,842,900,00047,461,900,00049,815,100,00047,181,300,000
Stockholders' equity4,481,600,0003,977,000,0004,735,900,0005,399,900,0005,752,200,0005,670,100,0003,225,300,0003,509,100,0004,547,600,0006,188,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents3,191,100,0002,780,400,0002,170,000,0001,949,200,0001,908,500,0002,575,200,0001,436,300,0002,083,500,0002,913,400,0003,347,800,000

Ratios

ROE and ROA use period-end equity/assets. Liabilities / equity uses total liabilities divided by stockholders' equity. Current ratio uses current assets divided by current liabilities when both are reported.

Metric2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Net margin12.79%14.45%14.20%16.25%16.91%17.32%17.87%18.94%19.54%19.84%
Return on equity33.30%44.95%39.80%42.46%42.88%45.83%91.43%97.23%82.51%65.93%
Return on assets3.42%4.60%4.85%5.47%6.30%5.33%4.68%6.69%6.90%7.64%
Liabilities / equity8.748.357.206.765.817.6018.5513.5310.957.62
Current ratio1.101.101.051.051.051.070.990.991.011.05

Financial Charts

Quarterly

Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-04-30. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000008670.json.

Flow metrics use discrete quarter-length periods from 10-Q/10-Q/A filings. Q4 revenue and net income are derived only when annual FY and nine-month YTD facts exist for the same fiscal year; derived Q4 values are labeled. EPS Q4 is not derived.

QuarterEnd DateRevenueNet IncomeDiluted EPSMethod
2023-Q12022-09-301.87reported discrete quarter
2023-Q22022-12-311.95reported discrete quarter
2023-Q32023-03-312.51reported discrete quarter
2023-Q42023-06-304,477,800,000776,700,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2024-Q12023-09-304,512,400,000859,400,0002.08reported discrete quarter
2024-Q22023-12-314,668,000,000878,400,0002.13reported discrete quarter
2024-Q32024-03-315,253,800,0001,184,900,0002.88reported discrete quarter
2024-Q42024-06-304,768,500,000829,300,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2025-Q12024-09-304,832,700,000956,300,0002.34reported discrete quarter
2025-Q22024-12-315,048,400,000963,200,0002.35reported discrete quarter
2025-Q32025-03-315,553,000,0001,249,500,0003.06reported discrete quarter
2025-Q42025-06-305,126,800,000910,700,000derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD
2026-Q12025-09-305,175,200,0001,013,000,0002.49reported discrete quarter
2026-Q22025-12-315,359,300,0001,062,000,0002.62reported discrete quarter
2026-Q32026-03-315,939,200,0001,359,800,0003.38reported discrete quarter

Quarterly Charts

Macro Cross-References

Latest quarter (10-Q)

Latest 10-Q source: 0000008670-26-000022.

Extracted structurally from real Item 2 body heading to real Item 3/4 boundary. Published MD&A gate trimmed front/tail over-capture. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2026-04-30. Report date: 2026-03-31.

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

(Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts)

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by Automatic Data Processing, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (“ADP” or the “Company”) may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “outlook,” “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could,” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; our ability to respond successfully to changes in technology, including artificial intelligence; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches including as a result of artificial intelligence, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures; employment and wage levels; availability of skilled associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events; and supply-chain disruptions. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. - Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (“fiscal 2025”), and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest comparable GAAP financial measures.

27

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

As a global leader in HR and payroll solutions, ADP continuously aims to solve complex business challenges for our clients and their workers. Our Human Capital Management ("HCM") solutions, which include both software and outsourcing services, are designed to help our clients manage their workforce through a dynamic business and regulatory landscape and the changing world of work. We see tremendous opportunity ahead as we focus on our three key Strategic Priorities: Leading with Best-in-Class HCM technology, Providing Unmatched Expertise and Outsourcing Solutions, and Leveraging our Global Scale for the Benefit of our Clients.

During the third quarter, we made meaningful progress on our Strategic Priorities. We continued to leverage our data advantages, domain expertise, and trusted brand to lead the HCM industry through its AI transformation. Our ADP Assist agents are applying advanced intelligence to real workforce challenges across payroll and HR, and since their launch in January, our clients have seen meaningful time savings for each payroll processed. ADP Lyric HCM is also saving time for our clients, with one company replacing a dozen disparate systems to achieve a leaner payroll operations model. Additionally, we expanded our AI ecosystem by launching a dedicated space within ADP Marketplace for our partner companies’ AI agents. On the service front, we scaled our GenAI capabilities across our service operations, transforming how our client-facing teams engage, serve, and support our clients across the full lifecycle. Finally, we remained focused on benefiting our clients through our global scale by delivering compliant HCM solutions, local expertise, and trusted relationships wherever they operate.

Highlights from the nine months ended March 31, 2026 include:

•Revenue growth of 7% to $16,473.6 million; 6% growth on an organic constant currency basis

•Earnings before income taxes margin expansion of 50 bps, and adjusted EBIT margin expansion of 50 bps

•Diluted and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") growth of 10% and 9%, to $8.49 and $8.48, respectively

•Cash returned via shareholder friendly actions of $3.4B, including $1.9B of dividends and $1.5B of share repurchases

For the nine months ended March 31, 2026, we delivered strong revenue growth of 7%, 6% growth on an organic constant currency basis. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of Employer Services clients ranging from small to large businesses, grew 1% for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2025. PEO average worksite employees increased 2% for the nine months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2025.

We have a strong business model, generating significant cash flows with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and our modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our long-term strategy and commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in research and development to enhance our products and services and by driving continuous improvement in the way we operate. Our financial condition remains solid at March 31, 2026 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

28

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
2026202520262025
Total Revenues$5,939.2$5,553.0$16,473.6$15,434.1
YoY Growth7%6%7%7%
YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency6%6%6%7%

Total revenues increased for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2026 due to new business started from new business bookings, strong client retention, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, the impact of foreign currency, an increase in pricing, and an increase in interest on funds held for clients.

Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 include interest on funds held for clients of $403.9 million, as compared to $355.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average client funds balances of 8.5% to $48.3 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, coupled with an increase in our average interest rate earned to 3.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to 3.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Total revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 include interest on funds held for clients of $999.4 million, as compared to $881.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2025. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average client funds balances of 7.3% to $40.2 billion for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2025, coupled with an increase in our average interest rate earned to 3.3% for the nine months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to 3.1% for the nine months ended March 31, 2025.

Total Expenses

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
20262025% Change20262025% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$2,696.0$2,534.76%$7,666.5$7,196.67%
Research and development253.9247.13%762.9719.26%
Depreciation and amortization122.1122.4%368.3364.61%
Total costs of revenues3,072.02,904.26%8,797.78,280.46%
Selling, general and administrative expenses1,081.71,015.86%3,156.02,948.67%
Interest expense78.774.85%338.3342.2(1)%
Total expenses$4,232.4$3,994.86%$12,292.0$11,571.26%

Operating expenses increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to an increase of $80.0 million of PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $1,170.0 million from $1,090.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Additionally, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, operating expenses increased by $50.4 million due to higher service and implementation costs in support of our growing revenue and by $18.9 million due to an increase in costs related to workers' compensation coverage and state unemployment taxes for worksite employees.

Operating expenses increased for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 due to an increase of $232.8 million of PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $3,427.2 million from $3,194.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2025. Additionally, for the nine months ended March 31, 2026, operating expenses increased by $159.9 million due to higher service

29

and implementation costs in support of our growing revenue and by $31.9 million due to an increase in costs related to workers' compensation coverage and state unemployment taxes for worksite employees.

Research and development expenses increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to increased costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

Research and development expenses increased for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 due to increased costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products, including the integration costs associated with the WorkForce Software acquisition.

Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to lower amortization of customer contracts and lists, partially offset by amortization of investments in internally developed software primarily for our next-gen products,

[Excerpt truncated for page length; source filing is linked above.]

Latest 10-K MD&A

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2025-08-06. Report date: 2025-06-30.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts

The following section discusses our year ended June 30, 2025 (“fiscal 2025”), as compared to year ended June 30, 2024 (“fiscal 2024”). A detailed review of our fiscal 2024 performance compared to our fiscal 2023 performance is set forth in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by Automatic Data Processing, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (“ADP” or the “Company”) may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “outlook,” “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could,” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; our ability to respond successfully to changes in technology, including artificial intelligence; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures; employment and wage levels; availability of

28

skilled associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events; and supply-chain disruptions. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their nearest comparable GAAP financial measures.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

As a global leader in HR and payroll solutions, ADP continuously aims to solve complex business challenges for our clients and their workers. Our Human Capital Management ("HCM") solutions, which include both software and outsourcing services, are designed to help our clients manage their workforce through a dynamic business and regulatory landscape and the changing world of work. We see tremendous opportunity ahead as we focus on our three key Strategic Priorities: Leading with Best-in-Class HCM technology, Providing Unmatched Expertise and Outsourcing Solutions, and Leveraging our Global Scale for the Benefit of our Clients.

During fiscal 2025, we continued to make meaningful progress on our Strategic Priorities. We launched ADP Lyric HCM, an all-in-one solution designed to address workplace challenges with personalized experiences that meet client needs. We acquired WorkForce Software, a premier workforce management solutions provider, and began to integrate it into our global HCM ecosystem to better serve large, global enterprises. We enhanced our distribution network by launching an integrated payroll solution for small businesses. We augmented our global payroll capabilities by continuing to expand our offerings in markets with exciting growth opportunities like Japan and Saudi Arabia, and by acquiring payroll businesses like PEI (Procesamiento Externo de Informacion, S.C.) in Mexico. Lastly, we continued deploying AI tools in our products and across our sales, service, and research and development functions to improve the client experience and drive internal productivity gains.

Highlights from the year ended June 30, 2025 include:

•Revenue growth of 7% to $20,560.9 million; 7% growth on an organic constant currency

•Earnings before income taxes margin expansion of 50 bps, and adjusted EBIT margin expansion of 50 bps

•Diluted and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") growth of 10% and 9%, respectively, to $9.98 and $10.01, respectively

•Cash returned via shareholder friendly actions of $3.7B, including $2.4B of dividends and $1.3B of share repurchases

For fiscal 2025, we delivered strong revenue growth of 7% both on a reported and organic constant currency basis. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of clients ranging from small to large businesses, grew 1% for the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the year ended June 30, 2024. PEO average worksite employees increased 3% for the year ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2024. Additionally, our ES new business bookings grew 3% in fiscal 2025, and ES client revenue retention was 92.1%. Our strong retention stems in part from our company-wide client satisfaction scores reaching new record highs for the year. These impressive client satisfaction results were broad-based and are a testament to the product investments we are making to improve the client experience.

We have a strong business model, generating significant cash flows with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and our modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our long term strategy and commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in our business through enhancements in research and development and by driving meaningful transformation in the way we operate. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2025 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

29

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20252024
Total Revenues$20,560.9$19,202.6
YoY Growth7%7%
YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency7%6%

Revenues increased in fiscal 2025 due to new business started from new business bookings, strong client retention, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, an increase in pricing, an increase in interest on funds held for clients, and the impact from the WorkForce Software acquisition. Refer to “Analysis of Reportable Segments” for additional discussion of the changes in revenue for each of our reportable segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) Services.

Total revenues for fiscal 2025 include interest on funds held for clients of $1,189.1 million, as compared to $1,024.7 million in fiscal 2024. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average interest rate earned to 3.2% in fiscal 2025, as compared to 2.9% in fiscal 2024, coupled with an increase in our average client funds balances of 6.4% to $37.6 billion in fiscal 2025 as compared to fiscal 2024.

Total Expenses

Years Ended
June 30,
20252024% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$9,622.7$9,050.16%
Research and development988.6955.73%
Depreciation and amortization486.0470.93%
Total costs of revenues11,097.310,476.76%
Selling, general and administrative expenses4,051.73,778.97%
Interest expense455.9361.426%
Total expenses$15,604.9$14,617.07%

For the year ended June 30:

Operating expenses increased in fiscal 2025 due to an increase of $313.1 million of PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $4,289.0 million in fiscal 2025 from $3,975.9 million in fiscal 2024. Additionally, operating expenses increased by $137.3 million due to higher service and implementation costs in support of our growing revenue and by $67.8 million due to an increase in costs related to workers' compensation coverage and state unemployment taxes for worksite employees.

Research and development expenses increased in fiscal 2025 due to increased costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products and the WorkForce Software acquisition.

Depreciation and amortization increased in fiscal 2025 due to the WorkForce Software acquisition, amortization of investments in internally developed software primarily for our next-gen products, and amortization of purchased software, partially offset by lower amortization of customer contracts and lists.

30

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in fiscal 2025 primarily due to increases in selling and marketing expenses of $184.4 million as a result of investments in our sales organization and an increase from acquisition related costs.

Interest expense increased in fiscal 2025 primarily due to an increase of $51.1 million related to commercial paper and reverse repurchase borrowings as a result of increases in average daily commercial paper borrowings of $0.6 billion, and average reverse repurchase outstanding balances of $1.1 billion, as compared to fiscal 2024, offset by decreases in average interest rates on commercial paper issuances and reverse repurchases of 50 basis points and 70 basis points, respectively, as compared to fiscal 2024. Additionally, interest expense increased by $37.9 million related to the issuance of $1.0 billion of senior notes during the first quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Other (Income)/Expense, net

Years ended June 30,20252024$ Change
Interest income on corporate funds$(319.5)$(241.3)$78.2
Realized losses on available-for-sale securities, net1.75.94.2
Gain on sale of assets(5.0)(17.1)(12.1)
Non-service components of pension income, net(31.3)(34.2)(2.9)
Other income, net$(354.1)$(286.7)$67.4

Interest income on corporate funds increased in fiscal 2025 due to higher average investment balances of $9.2 billion as compared to $7.4 billion in fiscal 2024, coupled with an increase in average interest rates of 20 basis points, as compared to fiscal 2024. See Note 11 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on non-service components of pension income, net.

In fiscal 2025, the gain on sale of assets of $5.0 million related to sales of buildings.

Earnings Before Income Taxes ("EBIT") and Adjusted EBIT

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20252024YoY Growth
EBIT$5,310.1$4,872.39%
EBIT Margin25.8%25.4%50 bps
Adjusted EBIT$5,347.1$4,890.19%
Adjusted EBIT Margin26.0%25.5%50 bps

Note: Numbers may not foot due to rounding.

Earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2025 due to the increases in total revenues, partially offset by the increases in total expenses discussed above.

EBIT Margin increased in fiscal 2025 due to contributions from client funds interest revenues, discussed above, and operating efficiencies for costs of servicing and implementing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by increased interest expense and acquisition related expenses.

Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT margin exclude interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds

extended investment strategy, and net charges, including certain legal matters, gain on sale of assets, and broad-based optimization initiatives, in the applicable periods.

31

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate in fiscal 2025 and 2024 was 23.2% and 23.0%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to higher reserves for uncertain tax positions in fiscal 2025 and a valuation allowance release in fiscal 2024 offset by an increase in the excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation in fiscal 2025. Refer to Note 12, Income Taxes, within the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes

The adjusted effective tax rate in fiscal 2025 and 2024 was 23.2% and 23.0%, respectively. The drivers of the adjusted effective tax rate are the same as the drivers of the effective tax rate discussed above.

Net Earnings and Diluted EPS, Unadjusted and Adjusted

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20252024YoY Growth
Net earnings$4,079.7$3,752.09%
Diluted EPS$9.98$9.1010%
Adjusted net earnings$4,092.0$3,784.58%
Adjusted diluted EPS$10.01$9.189%

For fiscal 2025, in addition to the increase in net earnings, diluted EPS increased as a result of the impact of fewer shares outstanding resulting from the repurchase of approximately 4.4 million shares during fiscal 2025 and 5.1 million shares during fiscal 2024, partially offset by the issuances of shares under our employee benefit plans.

For fiscal 2025, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

32

ANALYSIS OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Revenues
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20252024As ReportedOrganic Constant Currency
Employer Services$13,883.1$12,980.87%6%
PEO Services6,690.46,233.67%7%
Other(12.6)(11.8)n/mn/m
$20,560.9$19,202.67%7%
Earnings before Income Taxes
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20252024As Reported
Employer Services$5,008.5$4,555.510%
PEO Services950.5921.53%
Other(648.9)(604.7)n/m
$5,310.1$4,872.39%
Margin
Years Ended June 30,
20252024YoY Growth
Employer Services36.1%35.1%100 bps
PEO Services14.2%14.8%(60) bps

n/m - not meaningful

Employer Services

Revenues

Employer Services' revenues increased in fiscal 2025 due to new business started from new business bookings, strong client retention, an increase in pricing, an increase in interest earned on funds held for clients, the impact from the WorkForce Software acquisition, and an increase in the volume of our pays per control of 1%, as compared to fiscal 2024.

Earnings before Income Taxes

Employer Services' earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2025 due to increased revenues, including contributions from client funds interest, discussed above, and operating efficiencies for costs of servicing and implementing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by increased selling and marketing expenses and the impact from the WorkForce Software acquisition.

Margin

Employer Services' margin increased in fiscal 2025 due to contributions from operating efficiencies for costs of servicing and implementing our clients on growing revenue, and client funds interest revenues discussed above, partially offset by acquisition related expenses.

33

PEO Services

Revenues

PEO Revenues
Years EndedChange
June 30,
20252024$%
PEO Services' revenues$6,690.4$6,233.6$456.87%
Less: PEO zero-margin benefits pass-throughs4,289.03,975.9313.18%
PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-throughs$2,401.4$2,257.7$143.76%

PEO Services' revenues increased in fiscal 2025 due to the increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, and an increase in average worksite employees of 3%, as compared to fiscal 2024.

Earnings before Income Taxes

PEO Services’ earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2025 due to increased revenues discussed above, partially offset by increases in operating costs related to workers' compensation and state unemployment insurance, zero-margin benefits pass-through costs, and selling and marketing expenses.

Margin

PEO Services' margin decreased in fiscal 2025 due to increases in zero-margin benefits pass-through costs, operating costs related to workers' compensation and state unemployment insurance, and selling and marketing expenses, partially offset by an increase in the pre-tax benefit from ADP Indemnity.

ADP Indemnity provides workers’ compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services’ worksite employees up to $1 million per occurrence. PEO Services has secured a workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy that caps the exposure for each claim at $1 million per occurrence and has also secured aggregate stop loss insurance that caps aggregate losses at a certain level in fiscal years 2012 and prior from an admitted and licensed insurance company of AIG. We utilize historical loss experience and actuarial judgment to determine the estimated claim liability, and changes in estimated ultimate incurred losses are included in the PEO segment.

Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company up to the $1 million per occurrence related to the workers’ compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services' worksite employees. Each of these reinsurance arrangements limits our overall exposure incurred up to a certain limit. The Company believes the likelihood of ultimate losses exceeding this limit is remote. During fiscal 2025, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $276 million to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2025 policy year up to $1 million per occurrence. ADP Indemnity recorded a pre-tax benefit of approximately $10 million in fiscal 2025 and a pre-tax benefit of approximately $3 million in fiscal 2024, which were primarily the results of more favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves. ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $278 million in July 2025, to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for fiscal 2026 policy year on terms substantially similar to the fiscal 2025 reinsurance policy.

Other

The primary components of “Other” are certain corporate overhead charges and expenses that have not been allocated to the reportable segments, including corporate functions, severance costs, non-recurring gains and losses, the elimination of intercompany transactions, and all other interest income and expense.

34

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our GAAP results, we use the adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics set forth in the table below to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods:

Adjusted Financial MeasuresU.S. GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITNet earnings
Adjusted provision for income taxesProvision for income taxes
Adjusted net earningsNet earnings
Adjusted diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share
Adjusted effective tax rateEffective tax rate
Organic constant currencyRevenues

We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations and against prior periods, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance.  The nature of these exclusions is for specific items that are not fundamental to our underlying business operations.  Since these adjusted financial measures and other non-GAAP metrics are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures at other companies.

35

Years Ended June 30,% Change
20252024As Reported
Net earnings$4,079.7$3,752.09%
Adjustments:
Provision for income taxes1,230.41,120.3
All other interest expense (a)114.871.4
All other interest income (a)(94.2)(97.0)
Gain on sale of assets(2.6)
Transformation initiatives (b)0.15.4
Legal settlements (c)(0.4)(4.0)
Optimization initiatives (d)19.342.0
Adjusted EBIT$5,347.1$4,890.19%
Adjusted EBIT Margin26.0%25.5%
Provision for income taxes$1,230.4$1,120.310%
Adjustments:
Gain on sale of assets (e)(0.6)
Transformation initiatives (e)1.3
Legal settlements (e)(0.1)(0.9)
Optimization initiatives (e)4.810.5
Adjusted provision for income taxes$1,234.5$1,131.29%
Adjusted effective tax rate (f)23.2%23.0%
Net earnings$4,079.7$3,752.09%
Adjustments:
Gain on sale of assets(2.6)
Income tax provision on gain on sale of assets (e)0.6
Transformation initiatives (b)0.15.4
Income tax benefit for transformation initiatives (e)(1.3)
Legal settlements (c)(0.4)(4.0)
Income tax provision for legal settlements (e)0.10.9
Optimization initiatives (d)19.342.0
Income tax benefit for optimization initiatives (e)(4.8)(10.5)
Adjusted net earnings$4,092.0$3,784.58%
Diluted EPS$9.98$9.1010%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b) (e)0.01
Legal settlements (c) (e)(0.01)
Optimization initiatives (d) (e)0.030.08
Adjusted diluted EPS$10.01$9.189%

(a) In adjusted EBIT, we include the interest income earned on investments associated with our client funds extended investment strategy and interest expense on borrowings related to our client funds extended investment strategy as we believe these amounts to be fundamental to the underlying operations of our business model. The adjustments in the table above represent the interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds extended investment strategy and are labeled as “All other interest expense” and “All other interest income.”

(b) The charges in fiscal 2024 include consulting costs relating to our company-wide transformation initiatives.

(c) In fiscal 2024, this represents reserve reversal of a legal matter from fiscal 2023.

36

(d) In fiscal 2025, there were $23.9 million of severance charges related to broad-based, company-wide initiatives, including efforts to align resources with respect to our new global HCM products, offset by a $4.6 million partial reversal of the workforce optimization initiative from fiscal 2024. Severance charges have been taken in the past and not included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results. Unlike severance charges in prior periods, these specific charges relate to broad-based, company-wide initiatives.

(e) The income tax (benefit)/provision was calculated based on the marginal rate in effect for the year ended June 30, 2025.

(f) The adjusted effective tax rate is calculated as our adjusted provision for income taxes divided by the sum of our adjusted net earnings plus our adjusted provision for income taxes.

The following table reconciles our reported growth rates to the non-GAAP measure of organic constant currency, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, the impact of dispositions, and the impact of foreign currency. The impact of acquisitions and dispositions is calculated by excluding the current year revenues of acquisitions until the one-year anniversary of the transaction and by excluding the prior year revenues of divestitures for the one-year period preceding the transaction. The impact of foreign currency is determined by calculating the current year results using foreign exchange rates consistent with the prior year. The PEO segment is not impacted by acquisitions, dispositions or foreign currency.

Year Ended
June 30,
2025
Consolidated revenue growth as reported7%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions(1)%
Impact of foreign currency%
Consolidated revenue growth, organic constant currency7%
Employer Services revenue growth as reported7%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions(1)%
Impact of foreign currency%
Employer Services revenue growth, organic constant currency6%

Note: Numbers may not foot due to rounding.

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2025, cash and cash equivalents were $3.3 billion, which were primarily invested in time deposits and money market funds.

For corporate liquidity, we expect existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, cash flow from operations together with our $10.6 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to access both long-term and short-term debt financing from the capital markets will be adequate to meet our operating, investing, and financing activities, such as regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2025 and we have sufficient liquidity.

For client funds liquidity, we have the ability to borrow through our financing arrangements under our U.S. short-term commercial paper program and our U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom short-term reverse repurchase agreements ($7.5 billion of which is available on a committed basis in the U.S. as of June 30, 2025), together with our $10.6 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to use corporate liquidity when necessary to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for a further discussion of the risks related to our client funds extended investment strategy. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including commercial paper.

37

Operating, Investing and Financing Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, as reflected in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are summarized as follows:

Years ended June 30,
20252024$ Change
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$4,939.7$4,157.6$782.1
Investing activities(3,035.0)(1,389.0)(1,646.0)
Financing activities(6,973.4)(1,431.7)(5,541.7)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents37.3(22.4)59.7
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$(5,031.4)$1,314.5$(6,345.9)

Net cash flows provided by operating activities increased due to growth in our business, and net favorable changes in the components of operating assets and liabilities, as compared to fiscal 2024.

Net cash flows used in investing activities changed due to the acquisition of WorkForce Software with a net cash disbursement of $1,158.3 million and timing of the net proceeds and purchases of corporate and client funds marketable securities of $523.0 million.

Net cash flows used in financing activities changed due to a net decrease in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $9,288.1 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employees and other payees, a net increase in cash distributed to our clients that was received from the Internal Revenue Service, and a net increase in payments related to reverse repurchase agreements, partially offset by net proceeds from the issuance and redemption of debt.

We purchased approximately 4.4 million shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $289.11 during fiscal 2025, as compared to purchases of 5.1 million shares at an average price per share of $244.04 during fiscal 2024. From time to time, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including, among other things, actual and potential acquisition activity, cash balances and cash flows, issuances due to employee benefit plan activity, and market conditions.

Capital Resources and Client Fund Obligations

We have $4.0 billion of senior unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2028, 2030, 2032, and 2034. We may from time to time revisit the long-term debt market to refinance existing debt, finance investments including acquisitions for our growth, and maintain the appropriate capital structure. However, there can be no assurance that volatility in the global capital and credit markets would not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See Note 10 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our senior unsecured notes.

Our U.S. short-term funding requirements related to client funds are sometimes obtained on an unsecured basis through the issuance of commercial paper, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. This commercial paper program provides for the issuance of up to $10.6 billion in aggregate maturity value. Our commercial paper program is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, Prime-1 (“P-1”) by Moody’s and F1+ by Fitch. These ratings denote the highest quality commercial paper securities. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to up to 364 days. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $4.8 billion of commercial paper outstanding, which was

38

repaid in early July 2025. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had no commercial paper borrowing outstanding. Details of the borrowings under the commercial paper program are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20252024
Average daily borrowings (in billions)$4.1$3.5
Weighted average interest rates4.8%5.3%
Weighted average maturity (approximately in days)2 days2 days

Our U.S., Canadian, and United Kingdom short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations are sometimes obtained on a secured basis through the use of reverse repurchase agreements, which are collateralized principally by government and government agency securities, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. These agreements generally have terms ranging from overnight to up to five business days. We have successfully borrowed through the use of reverse repurchase agreements on an as-needed basis to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. As of June 30, 2025, we had $7.5 billion available to us on a committed basis under the U.S. reverse repurchase agreements. As of June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were $38.4 million and $385.4 million, respectively, of outstanding obligations related to the reverse repurchase agreements. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20252024
Average outstanding balances (in billions)$2.9$1.8
Weighted average interest rates4.8%5.5%

We vary the maturities of our committed credit facilities to limit the refinancing risk of any one facility. We have a $4.6 billion, 364-day credit agreement that matures in June 2026 with a one-year term-out option. In addition, we have a five-year $3.5 billion credit facility and a five-year $2.5 billion credit facility maturing in June 2029 and June 2030, respectively, each with an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million, subject to the availability of additional commitments. The primary uses of the credit facilities are to provide liquidity to the commercial paper program and funding for general corporate purposes, if necessary. We had no borrowings through June 30, 2025 under the credit facilities. We believe that we currently meet all conditions set forth in the revolving credit agreements to borrow thereunder, and we are not aware of any conditions that would prevent us from borrowing part or all of the $10.6 billion available to us under the revolving credit agreements. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including credit facilities.

Our investment portfolio does not contain any asset-backed securities with underlying collateral of sub-prime mortgages, alternative-A mortgages, sub-prime auto loans or sub-prime home equity loans, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, credit default swaps, derivatives, auction rate securities, structured investment vehicles or non-investment grade fixed-income securities. We own AAA-rated senior tranches of primarily fixed rate auto loan, credit card, and device payment plan agreement receivables, secured predominantly by prime collateral. All collateral on asset-backed securities is performing as expected through June 30, 2025. In addition, we own U.S. government securities which primarily include debt directly issued by Federal Farm Credit Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). This investment strategy is supported by our short-term financing arrangements necessary to satisfy short-term funding requirements relating to client funds obligations. See Note 5 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our corporate investments and funds held for clients.

Capital expenditures in fiscal 2025 were $176.8 million, as compared to $211.7 million in fiscal 2024. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2026 to be between $225.0 million and $250.0 million.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations at June 30, 2025 relate primarily to operating leases (Note 7) and other arrangements recorded in our balance sheet or disclosed in the notes to our financial statements, including benefit plan obligations (Note 11), liabilities for uncertain tax positions (Note 12), purchase obligations (Note 13), debt obligations (Note 10) and $875.0 million of interest payments on our debt, of which $121.5 million is expected to be paid within one year.

In addition to the obligations described above, we had obligations for the remittance of funds relating to our payroll and payroll tax filing services. As of June 30, 2025, the obligations relating to these matters, which are expected to be paid in fiscal 2026,

39

total $31,343.3 million, and were recorded in client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $30,985.7 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to satisfy such obligations recorded in funds held for clients on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025.

Separately, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $278.0 million in July 2025 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2026 policy year. As of June 30, 2025, ADP Indemnity had total assets of $725.4 million to satisfy the actuarially estimated unpaid losses of $665.7 million for the policy years since July 1, 2003. ADP Indemnity paid claims of $6.3 million and $1.1 million, net of insurance recoveries, in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. Refer to the “Analysis of Reportable Segments - PEO Services” above for additional information regarding ADP Indemnity.

In the normal course of business, we also enter into contracts in which we make representations and warranties that relate to the performance of our services and products. We do not expect any material losses related to such representations and warranties.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our overall investment portfolio is comprised of corporate investments (cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities) and client funds assets (funds that have been collected from clients but have not yet been remitted to the applicable tax authorities, client employees or other payees).

Our corporate investments are invested in cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities. These assets are available for our regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, as well as other corporate operating purposes. All of our fixed-income securities are classified as available-for-sale securities.

Our client funds assets are invested with safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary objectives. Consistent with those objectives, we also seek to maximize interest income and to minimize the volatility of interest income.  Client funds assets are invested in highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities, with a maximum maturity of 10 years at the time of purchase, and money market securities and other cash equivalents.

We utilize a strategy by which we extend the maturities of our investment portfolio for funds held for clients and employ short-term financing arrangements to satisfy our short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). As part of our client funds investment strategy, we use the daily collection of funds from our clients to satisfy other unrelated client funds obligations, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In circumstances where we experience a reduction in employment levels due to a slowdown in the economy, we may make tactical decisions to sell certain securities or not reinvest maturing securities in order to reduce the size of the funds held for clients to correspond to client funds obligations. We attempt to minimize the risk of not having funds collected from a client available at the time such client’s obligation becomes due by generally impounding the client's funds by the time we pay such client’s obligation. When we don't impound client funds in advance of paying such client obligations, we are at risk of not recovering such funds or material delay in such recovery. Through our client funds investment strategy and client impounding processes, we have consistently maintained the required level of liquidity to satisfy all of our obligations.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties involving our investment strategy relating to our client funds assets. Such risks include liquidity risk, including the risk associated with our ability to liquidate, if necessary, our available-for-sale securities in a timely manner in order to satisfy our client funds obligations. However, our investments are made with the safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary goals to minimize the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy all of our client funds obligations. We also believe we have significantly reduced the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy our client funds obligations by consistently maintaining access to other sources of liquidity, including our corporate cash balances, available borrowings under our $10.6 billion commercial paper program (rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, P-1 by Moody’s, and F1+ by Fitch, the highest possible short-term credit ratings), our ability to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions ($7.5 billion of which is available on a committed basis in the U.S. as of June 30, 2025), and available borrowings under our $10.6 billion committed credit facilities. The reduced availability of financing during periods of economic turmoil, even to borrowers with the highest credit ratings, may limit our ability to access short-term debt markets to meet the liquidity needs of our business. In addition to liquidity risk, our investments are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk, as discussed below.

40

We have established credit quality, maturity, and exposure limits for our investments. The minimum allowed credit rating at time of purchase for corporate, Canadian government agency and Canadian provincial bonds is BBB, for asset-backed securities is AAA, and for municipal bonds is A. The maximum maturity at time of purchase for BBB-rated securities is 5 years, and for single A rated, AA-rated and AAA-rated securities it is 10 years. Time deposits and commercial paper must be rated A-1 and/or P-1. Money market funds must be rated AAA/Aaa-mf.

Details regarding our overall investment portfolio are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20252024
Average investment balances at cost:
Corporate investments$9,246.6$7,397.1
Funds held for clients37,631.235,369.5
Total$46,877.8$42,766.6
Average interest rates earned exclusive of realized losses/(gains) on:
Corporate investments3.5%3.3%
Funds held for clients3.2%2.9%
Total3.2%3.0%
Net realized losses on available-for-sale securities1.75.9
As of June 30:
Net unrealized pre-tax losses on available-for-sale securities$(425.7)$(1,515.8)
Total available-for-sale securities at fair value$33,777.7$31,207.5

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to securities that mature, as the proceeds from maturing securities are reinvested. Factors that influence the earnings impact of interest rate changes include, among others, the amount of invested funds and the overall portfolio mix between short-term and long-term investments. This mix varies during the fiscal year and is impacted by daily interest rate changes. The annualized interest rate earned on our entire portfolio increased from 3.0% in fiscal 2024 to 3.2% in fiscal 2025. A hypothetical change in both short-term interest rates (e.g., overnight interest rates or the federal funds rate) and intermediate-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $24 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2026. A hypothetical change in only short-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average short-term investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $8 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2026.

We are exposed to credit risk in connection with our available-for-sale securities through the possible inability of the borrowers to meet the terms of the securities. We limit credit risk by investing in investment-grade securities, primarily AAA-rated and AA- rated securities, as rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, DBRS for Canadian dollar denominated securities, and Fitch for asset-backed and commercial-mortgage-backed securities. In addition, we limit amounts that can be invested in any security other than U.S. government and government agency, Canadian government, and United Kingdom government securities.

We operate and transact business in various foreign jurisdictions and are therefore exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments as risk management tools and not for trading purposes.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

41

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and other comprehensive income. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.

The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. These estimates require levels of subjectivity and judgment, which could result in actual results differing from our estimates. The Company believes the following are its critical accounting estimates:

Deferred Costs - Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts

Description

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract (e.g., sales commissions) and cost incurred to implement clients on our solutions (e.g., direct labor) that are expected to be recovered are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the client retention period, depending on the business unit.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company has estimated the amortization periods for deferred costs by using its historical client retention rates by business unit to estimate the pattern during which the service transfers. The expected client relationship period ranges from three to eight years.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

As the assumptions used to estimate the amortization period of the deferred costs could have a material impact on timing of recognition, we assess the amortization periods annually using historical retention rates. Actual retention rates were not materially different than those used in our calculation to determine the amortization period. We regularly review our deferred costs for impairment. There were no impairment losses incurred during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2025, June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2023.

Goodwill

Description

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill might be impaired.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment as of June 30, 2025 was performed for all reporting units using a quantitative approach by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit using, as appropriate, the income approach, which is derived using the present value of future cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted weighted-average cost of capital, and the market approach, which is based upon using market multiples of companies in similar lines of business. Significant assumptions used in determining the fair value of our reporting units include projected revenue growth rates, profitability projections, working capital assumptions, the weighted average cost of capital, the determination of appropriate market comparison companies, and terminal growth rates. Several of these assumptions including projected revenue growth rates and profitability projections are dependent on our ability to upgrade, enhance, and expand our technology and services to meet client needs and preferences.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

Some of the inherent estimates and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the reporting units are outside the control of management including the weighted-average cost of capital, tax rates, market comparisons, and terminal growth rates. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to calculate the fair value of the reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If our actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions used to calculate fair value, it could result in material impairments of our goodwill. The assumptions used to assess impairment consider historical trends, macroeconomic conditions, and projections consistent with the Company’s operating strategy. Changes in these estimates can have a significant impact on the assessment of fair value which could result in material impairment losses.

42

We completed our annual assessment of goodwill as of June 30, 2025 and determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. We performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that a one percentage point increase in the weighted-average cost of capital would not result in an impairment of goodwill for all reporting units and their fair values substantially exceeded their carrying values.

Income Taxes

Description

Judgment is required in addressing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our Consolidated Financial Statements or tax returns (e.g., realization of deferred tax assets, changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof). A change in the assessment of the outcomes of such matters could materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company computes its provision for income taxes based on the statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Assumptions, judgment, and the use of estimates are required in determining if the “more likely than not” standard has been met when computing the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and uncertain tax positions.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

While the Company considers all of its tax positions fully supportable, the Company is occasionally challenged by various tax authorities regarding the amount of taxes due. If certain pending tax matters settle within the next twelve months, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease for all open tax years and jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company's liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits, which include interest and penalties, were $163.0 million and $126.9 million, respectively.

MD&A history

Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.

FY 2024 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000008670-24-000024.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2024-08-07. Report date: 2024-06-30.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts

The following section discusses our year ended June 30, 2024 (“fiscal 2024”), as compared to year ended June 30, 2023 (“fiscal 2023”). A detailed review of our fiscal 2023 performance compared to our fiscal 2022 performance is set forth in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by Automatic Data Processing, Inc., its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (“ADP” or the “Company”) may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “outlook,” “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could,” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; our ability to respond successfully to changes in technology, including artificial intelligence; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or

28

regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures; employment and wage levels; availability of skilled associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the adequacy, effectiveness and success of our business transformation initiatives; the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events; and supply-chain disruptions. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. - Risk Factors”, and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

We are a leading global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (“HCM”) technology solutions to employers around the world. Our HCM solutions, which include both software and outsourcing services, are designed to help our clients manage their workforce through a dynamic business and regulatory landscape and the changing world of work. We continuously seek to enhance our leading HCM solutions to further support our clients. We see tremendous opportunity ahead as we focus on our three key Strategic Priorities: Leading with Best-in-Class HCM Technology, Providing Unmatched Expertise and Outsourcing Solutions, and Leveraging our Global Scale for the Benefit of our Clients. Executing on our Strategic Priorities will be critical to enabling our growth in the years ahead.

During the fiscal year we made meaningful progress on our strategic priorities. We took action to lead with best-in-class HCM technology by launching ADP Assist, our cross-platform solution powered by generative AI ("GenAI") that empowers employees and HR professionals through smart, user-centric solutions. To lean into our unmatched expertise, we provided our service and implementation associates with new GenAI capabilities to help them deliver even better client experiences. Finally, we leveraged our global scale by extending our global footprint and deepening our partnerships with other leading technology providers to simplify HCM processes for our clients.

Highlights from the year ended June 30, 2024 include:

•Revenue growth of 7% to $19,202.6 million; 6% organic constant currency

•Earnings before income taxes margin expansion of 70 bps, and adjusted EBIT margin expansion of 70 bps

•Diluted and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") growth of 11% and 12%, to $9.10 and $9.18, respectively

•Cash returned via shareholder friendly actions of $3.4B, including $2.2B of dividends and $1.2B of share repurchases

For fiscal 2024, we delivered solid revenue growth of 7%, 6% on organic constant currency. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of clients ranging from small to large businesses, grew 2% for the year ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the year ended June 30, 2023. PEO average worksite employees increased 2% for the year ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2023. Additionally, our strong ES new business bookings performance resulted in growth of 7% in fiscal 2024, and ES client revenue retention was 92% driven by continued improvement in our client satisfaction scores. We believe these results are largely attributable to improvements made to our platforms and service over multiple years.

We have a strong business model, generating significant cash flows with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and our modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our long term strategy and commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in our business through enhancements in research and development and by driving meaningful transformation in the way we operate. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2024 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

29

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20242023
Total Revenues$19,202.6$18,012.2
YoY Growth7%9%
YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency6%10%

Revenues in fiscal 2024 increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, an increase in our pays per control, continued strong client retention, an increase in interest on funds held for clients, and an increase in pricing. Refer to “Analysis of Reportable Segments” for additional discussion of the changes in revenue for each of our reportable segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) Services.

Total revenues in fiscal 2024 include interest on funds held for clients of $1,024.7 million, as compared to $813.4 million in fiscal 2023. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average interest rate earned to 2.9% in fiscal 2024, as compared to 2.4% in fiscal 2023, coupled with an increase in our average client funds balances of 3.6% to $35.4 billion in fiscal 2024 as compared to fiscal 2023.

Total Expenses

Years Ended
June 30,
20242023% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$9,050.1$8,657.45%
Research and development955.7844.813%
Depreciation and amortization470.9451.24%
Total costs of revenues10,476.79,953.45%
Selling, general and administrative expenses3,778.93,551.46%
Interest expense361.4253.343%
Total expenses$14,617.0$13,758.16%

For the year ended June 30:

Operating expenses increased due to an increase in our PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $3,975.9 million from $3,800.9 million for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, operating expenses increased by $68.5 million due to increased service and implementation costs in support of our growing revenue, and increased $70.0 million due to less favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves in ADP Indemnity as compared to prior year.

Research and development expenses increased for fiscal 2024 due to increased investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products, and increased investments in GenAI, including the integration of GenAI in our existing products.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased for fiscal 2024 due to the amortization of new investments in purchased software and internally developed software primarily for our next-gen products.

30

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for fiscal 2024 due to increased selling expenses as a result of investments in our sales organization to support increased bookings, and increased severance costs due to company-wide efforts related to workforce optimization.

Interest expense increased due to the increase in average interest rates on commercial paper issuances and reverse repurchases to 5.3% and 5.5%, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 3.7% and 4.3%, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2023, also coupled with a higher volume of average commercial paper and reverse repurchase borrowings, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2023.

Other (Income)/Expense, net

Years ended June 30,20242023$ Change
Interest income on corporate funds$(241.3)$(149.5)$91.8
Realized losses on available-for-sale securities, net5.914.78.8
Impairment of assets2.12.1
Gain on sale of assets(17.1)17.1
Non-service components of pension income, net(34.2)(50.8)(16.6)
Other (income)/expense, net$(286.7)$(183.5)$103.2

Interest income on corporate funds increased in fiscal 2024, as compared to fiscal 2023, due to higher average interest rates of 3.3% for the year ended June 30, 2024, as compared to 2.4% for the year ended June 30, 2023, coupled with higher average investment balances of $7.4 billion in fiscal 2024 as compared to $6.3 billion in fiscal 2023. See Note 10 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on non-service components of pension income, net.

In fiscal 2024, the Company recognized a gain of $17.1 million, in relation to the sale of buildings and land.

Earnings Before Income Taxes ("EBIT") and Adjusted EBIT

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20242023YoY Growth
EBIT$4,872.3$4,437.610%
EBIT Margin25.4%24.6%70 bps
Adjusted EBIT$4,890.1$4,467.99%
Adjusted EBIT Margin25.5%24.8%70 bps

Earnings before income taxes increased due to the increases in total revenues partially offset by the increases in total expenses discussed above.

Overall margin increased due to the increases in total revenues discussed above, increased interest income on corporate funds, operating efficiencies for costs of servicing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by increases in selling and marketing expenses, increased interest expense, less favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves related to ADP Indemnity, and investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT margin exclude interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds

extended investment strategy, and net charges, including certain legal matters, charges related to our broad-based transformation initiative and workforce optimization.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate in fiscal 2024 and 2023 was 23.0% and 23.1%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily due to a valuation allowance release and an intercompany transfer of certain assets offset by a lower benefit for

31

adjustments to prior year tax liabilities in fiscal 2024. Refer to Note 11, Income Taxes, within the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes

The adjusted effective tax rate in fiscal 2024 and 2023 was 23.0% and 23.1%, respectively. The drivers of the adjusted effective tax rate are the same as the drivers of the effective tax rate discussed above.

Net Earnings and Diluted EPS, Unadjusted and Adjusted

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20242023YoY Growth
Net earnings$3,752.0$3,412.010%
Diluted EPS$9.10$8.2111%
Adjusted net earnings$3,784.5$3,419.511%
Adjusted diluted EPS$9.18$8.2312%

Adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

Diluted EPS increased as a result of the increase in net earnings and the impact of fewer shares outstanding resulting from the repurchase of approximately 5.1 million shares during fiscal 2024 and 4.9 million shares during fiscal 2023, partially offset by the issuances of shares under our employee benefit plans.

For fiscal 2024, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

ANALYSIS OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Revenues
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20242023As ReportedOrganic Constant Currency
Employer Services$12,980.8$12,042.68%7%
PEO Services6,233.65,984.24%4%
Other(11.8)(14.6)n/mn/m
$19,202.6$18,012.27%6%
Earnings before Income Taxes
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20242023As Reported
Employer Services$4,555.5$3,974.215%
PEO Services921.5977.3(6)%
Other(604.7)(513.9)n/m
$4,872.3$4,437.610%

32

Margin
Years Ended June 30,
20242023YoY Growth
Employer Services35.1%33.0%210 bps
PEO Services14.8%16.3%(150) bps

n/m - not meaningful

Employer Services

Revenues

Revenues increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in our pays per control of 2%, continued strong client retention, an increase in interest earned on funds held for clients, and an increase in pricing.

Earnings before Income Taxes

Employer Services' earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2024 due to increased revenues discussed above, partially offset by increases in expenses. The increases in expenses were due to an increase in investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products, increases in selling and marketing expenses, and costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue.

Margin

Employer Services' margin increased due to contributions from client funds interest revenues discussed above, and operating efficiencies for costs of servicing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

PEO Services

Revenues

PEO Revenues
Years EndedChange
June 30,
20242023$%
PEO Services' revenues$6,233.6$5,984.2$249.44%
Less: PEO zero-margin benefits pass-throughs3,975.93,800.9175.05%
PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-throughs$2,257.7$2,183.3$74.43%

PEO Services' revenues increased 4% for fiscal 2024 due to increases in average worksite employees of 2% for fiscal 2024, as compared to fiscal 2023, and due to an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

Earnings before Income Taxes

PEO Services’ earnings before income taxes decreased 6% in fiscal 2024 due to less favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves in ADP Indemnity of $70.0 million as compared to prior year, increases in selling expenses, and increases in zero-margin benefits pass-through costs for the year ended June 30, 2024, partially offset by increased revenues discussed above.

Margin

33

PEO Services' overall margin decreased for fiscal 2024 due to less favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves in ADP Indemnity, increases in selling expenses, and increases in zero-margin benefits pass-through costs, partially offset by increased revenues discussed above.

ADP Indemnity provides workers’ compensation and employer’s liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services’ worksite employees up to $1 million per occurrence. PEO Services has secured a workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy that caps the exposure for each claim at $1 million per occurrence and has also secured aggregate stop loss insurance that caps aggregate losses at a certain level in fiscal years 2012 and prior from an admitted and licensed insurance company of AIG. We utilize historical loss experience and actuarial judgment to determine the estimated claim liability, and changes in estimated ultimate incurred losses are included in the PEO segment.

Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company up to the $1 million per occurrence related to the workers’ compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services' worksite employees. Each of these reinsurance arrangements limits our overall exposure incurred up to a certain limit. The Company believes the likelihood of ultimate losses exceeding this limit is remote. During fiscal 2024, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $269 million to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2024 policy year up to $1 million per occurrence. ADP Indemnity recorded a pre-tax benefit of approximately $3 million in fiscal 2024 and a pre-tax benefit of approximately $73 million in fiscal 2023, which were primarily the results of less favorable actuarial loss development in workers’ compensation reserves. ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $276 million in July 2024, to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for fiscal 2025 policy year on terms substantially similar to the fiscal 2024 reinsurance policy.

Other

The primary components of “Other” are certain corporate overhead charges and expenses that have not been allocated to the reportable segments, including corporate functions, costs related to our transformation office, severance costs, non-recurring gains and losses, the elimination of intercompany transactions, and all other interest income and expense.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our GAAP results, we use the adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics set forth in the table below to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods:

Adjusted Financial MeasuresU.S. GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITNet earnings
Adjusted provision for income taxesProvision for income taxes
Adjusted net earningsNet earnings
Adjusted diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share
Adjusted effective tax rateEffective tax rate
Organic constant currencyRevenues

We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations and against prior periods, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance.  The nature of these exclusions is for specific items that are not fundamental to our underlying business operations.  Since these adjusted financial measures and other non-GAAP metrics are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures at other companies.

34

Years Ended June 30,% Change
20242023As Reported
Net earnings$3,752.0$3,412.010%
Adjustments:
Provision for income taxes1,120.31,025.6
All other interest expense (a)71.470.9
All other interest income (a)(97.0)(50.5)
Transformation initiatives (b)5.48.7
Legal settlements (c)(4.0)1.2
Workforce optimization (d)42.0
Adjusted EBIT$4,890.1$4,467.99%
Adjusted EBIT Margin25.5%24.8%
Provision for income taxes$1,120.3$1,025.69%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (e)1.32.2
Legal settlements (e)(0.9)0.2
Workforce optimization (e)10.5
Adjusted provision for income taxes$1,131.2$1,028.010%
Adjusted effective tax rate (f)23.0%23.1%
Net earnings$3,752.0$3,412.010%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b)5.48.7
Income tax (benefit)/provision for transformation initiatives (e)(1.3)(2.2)
Legal settlements (c)(4.0)1.2
Income tax (benefit)/provision for legal settlements (e)0.9(0.2)
Workforce optimization (d)42.0
Income tax (benefit)/provision for workforce optimization (e)(10.5)
Adjusted net earnings$3,784.5$3,419.511%
Diluted EPS$9.10$8.2111%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b) (e)0.010.02
Legal settlements (c) (e)(0.01)
Workforce optimization (d) (e)0.08
Adjusted diluted EPS$9.18$8.2312%

(a) In adjusted EBIT, we include the interest income earned on investments associated with our client funds extended investment strategy and interest expense on borrowings related to our client funds extended investment strategy as we believe these amounts to be fundamental to the underlying operations of our business model. The adjustments in the table above represent the interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds extended investment strategy and are labeled as “All other interest expense” and “All other interest income.”

(b) In fiscal 2024, the charges include consulting costs relating to our company-wide transformation initiatives.

(c) Represents reserve reversal of a legal matter from fiscal 2023.

(d) The charges relating to workforce optimization represent severance charges. Severance charges have been taken in the past and not included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results. Unlike severance charges in prior periods, these specific charges relate to a broad-based, company-wide workforce optimization effort.

(e) The income tax (benefit)/provision was calculated based on the marginal rate in effect for the year ended June 30, 2024.

(f) The adjusted effective tax rate is calculated as our adjusted provision for income taxes divided by the sum of our adjusted net earnings plus our adjusted provision for income taxes.

35

The following table reconciles our reported growth rates to the non-GAAP measure of organic constant currency, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, the impact of dispositions, and the impact of foreign currency. The impact of acquisitions and dispositions is calculated by excluding the current year revenues of acquisitions until the one-year anniversary of the transaction and by excluding the prior year revenues of divestitures for the one-year period preceding the transaction. The impact of foreign currency is determined by calculating the current year results using foreign exchange rates consistent with the prior year. The PEO segment is not impacted by acquisitions, dispositions or foreign currency.

Year Ended
June 30,
2024
Consolidated revenue growth as reported7%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency%
Consolidated revenue growth, organic constant currency6%
Employer Services revenue growth as reported8%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency%
Employer Services revenue growth, organic constant currency7%

Note: Numbers may not foot due to rounding.

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $2.9 billion, which were primarily invested in time deposits and money market funds.

For corporate liquidity, we expect existing cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, cash flow from operations together with our $10.3 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to access both long-term and short-term debt financing from the capital markets will be adequate to meet our operating, investing, and financing activities such as regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2024 and we have sufficient liquidity.

For client funds liquidity, we have the ability to borrow through our financing arrangements under our U.S. short-term commercial paper program and our U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom short-term reverse repurchase agreements, together with our $10.3 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to use corporate liquidity when necessary to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for a further discussion of the risks related to our client funds extended investment strategy. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including commercial paper.

Operating, Investing and Financing Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, as reflected in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are summarized as follows:

Years ended June 30,
20242023$ Change
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$4,157.6$4,207.6$(50.0)
Investing activities(1,389.0)(2,517.3)1,128.3
Financing activities(1,431.7)(15,680.7)14,249.0
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents(22.4)(21.1)(1.3)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$1,314.5$(14,011.5)$15,326.0

36

Net cash flows provided by operating activities decreased due to a net unfavorable change in the components of operating assets and liabilities primarily due to timing on collections of accounts receivable, offset by growth in our underlying business (net income adjusted for non-cash adjustments), as compared to the year ended June 30, 2023.

Net cash flows used in investing activities changed due to the timing of proceeds and purchases of corporate and client funds marketable securities of $1,117.5 million.

Net cash flows used in financing activities changed due to a net increase in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $13,715.7 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employees and other payees, a net increase in cash received from the Internal Revenue Service as of June 30, 2024 to be refunded to our clients, a net increase in proceeds related to reverse repurchase agreements, offset by an increase in dividends paid, and an increase in repurchases of common stock in fiscal 2024.

We purchased approximately 5.1 million shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $244.04 during fiscal 2024, as compared to purchases of 4.9 million shares at an average price per share of $227.30 during fiscal 2023. From time to time, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including, among other things, actual and potential acquisition activity, cash balances and cash flows, issuances due to employee benefit plan activity, and market conditions.

Capital Resources and Client Fund Obligations

We have $3.0 billion of senior unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2025, 2028, and 2030. We may from time to time revisit the long-term debt market to refinance existing debt, finance investments including acquisitions for our growth, and maintain the appropriate capital structure. However, there can be no assurance that volatility in the global capital and credit markets would not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our senior unsecured notes.

Our U.S. short-term funding requirements related to client funds are sometimes obtained on an unsecured basis through the issuance of commercial paper, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In June 2024, the company increased its U.S. short-term commercial paper program to provide for the issuance of up to $10.3 billion from $9.7 billion in aggregate maturity value. Our commercial paper program is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, Prime-1 (“P-1”) by Moody’s and F1+ by Fitch. These ratings denote the highest quality commercial paper securities. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to up to 364 days. At June 30, 2024 and 2023, we had no commercial paper borrowing outstanding. Details of the borrowings under the commercial paper program are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20242023
Average daily borrowings (in billions)$3.5$3.4
Weighted average interest rates5.3%3.7%
Weighted average maturity (approximately in days)2 days2 days

Our U.S., Canadian, and United Kingdom short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations are sometimes obtained on a secured basis through the use of reverse repurchase agreements, which are collateralized principally by government and government agency securities, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. These agreements generally have terms ranging from overnight to up to five business days. We have successfully borrowed through the use of reverse repurchase agreements on an as-needed basis to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. We have $7.3 billion available to us on a committed basis under these reverse repurchase agreements. At June 30, 2024 and 2023, there were $385.4 million and $105.4 million, respectively, of outstanding obligations related to the reverse repurchase agreements. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20242023
Average outstanding balances$1,828.6$1,279.9
Weighted average interest rates5.5%4.3%

We vary the maturities of our committed credit facilities to limit the refinancing risk of any one facility. We have a $4.55 billion, 364-day credit agreement that matures in June 2025 with a one-year term-out option. In addition, we have a five-year $2.25 billion credit facility and a five-year $3.5 billion credit facility maturing in June 2028 and June 2029, respectively, each

37

with an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million, subject to the availability of additional commitments. The primary uses of the credit facilities are to provide liquidity to the commercial paper program and funding for general corporate purposes, if necessary. We had no borrowings through June 30, 2024 under the credit facilities. We believe that we currently meet all conditions set forth in the revolving credit agreements to borrow thereunder, and we are not aware of any conditions that would prevent us from borrowing part or all of the $10.3 billion available to us under the revolving credit agreements. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including credit facilities.

Our investment portfolio does not contain any asset-backed securities with underlying collateral of sub-prime mortgages, alternative-A mortgages, sub-prime auto loans or sub-prime home equity loans, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, credit default swaps, derivatives, auction rate securities, structured investment vehicles or non-investment grade fixed-income securities. We own AAA-rated senior tranches of primarily fixed rate auto loan, credit card, and equipment lease receivables, secured predominantly by prime collateral. All collateral on asset-backed securities is performing as expected through June 30, 2024. In addition, we own U.S. government securities which primarily include debt directly issued by Federal Farm Credit Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). This investment strategy is supported by our short-term financing arrangements necessary to satisfy short-term funding requirements relating to client funds obligations. See Note 4 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our corporate investments and funds held for clients.

Capital expenditures for fiscal 2024 were $211.7 million, as compared to $206.0 million for fiscal 2023. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2025 to be between $200 million and $225 million.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations at June 30, 2024 relate primarily to operating leases (Note 6) and other arrangements recorded in our balance sheet or disclosed in the notes to our financial statements, including benefit plan obligations (Note 10), liabilities for uncertain tax positions (Note 11), purchase obligations (Note 12), debt obligations (Note 9) and $200.1 million of interest payments on our debt, of which $64.3 million is expected to be paid within one year.

In addition to the obligations described above, we had obligations for the remittance of funds relating to our payroll and payroll tax filing services. As of June 30, 2024, the obligations relating to these matters, which are expected to be paid in fiscal 2025, total $39,503.9 million, and were recorded in client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $37,996.1 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to satisfy such obligations recorded in funds held for clients on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2024. In addition, as of June 30, 2024, we held approximately $622.0 million of funds received from the Internal Revenue Service that will be refunded to our clients in fiscal 2025. This obligation is recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Separately, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $276 million in July 2024 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2025 policy year. At June 30, 2024, ADP Indemnity had total assets of $684.4 million to satisfy the actuarially estimated unpaid losses of $611.5 million for the policy years since July 1, 2003. ADP Indemnity paid claims of $1.1 million and $0.8 million, net of insurance recoveries, in fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively. Refer to the “Analysis of Reportable Segments - PEO Services” above for additional information regarding ADP Indemnity.

In the normal course of business, we also enter into contracts in which we make representations and warranties that relate to the performance of our services and products. We do not expect any material losses related to such representations and warranties.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our overall investment portfolio is comprised of corporate investments (cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities) and client funds assets (funds that have been collected from clients but have not yet been remitted to the applicable tax authorities, client employees or other payees).

Our corporate investments are invested in cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities. These assets are available for our regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, as well as other corporate operating purposes. All of our fixed-income securities are classified as available-for-sale securities.

38

Our client funds assets are invested with safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary objectives. Consistent with those objectives, we also seek to maximize interest income and to minimize the volatility of interest income.  Client funds assets are invested in highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities, with a maximum maturity of 10 years at the time of purchase, and money market securities and other cash equivalents.

We utilize a strategy by which we extend the maturities of our investment portfolio for funds held for clients and employ short-term financing arrangements to satisfy our short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). As part of our client funds investment strategy, we use the daily collection of funds from our clients to satisfy other unrelated client funds obligations, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In circumstances where we experience a reduction in employment levels due to a slowdown in the economy, we may make tactical decisions to sell certain securities in order to reduce the size of the funds held for clients to correspond to client funds obligations. We attempt to minimize the risk of not having funds collected from a client available at the time such client’s obligation becomes due by generally impounding the client’s funds by the time we pay such client’s obligation. When we don’t impound client funds in advance of paying such client obligations, we are at risk of not recovering such funds or experiencing a material delay in such recovery. Through our clients funds investment strategy and client impounding processes, we have consistently maintained the required level of liquidity to satisfy all of our obligations.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties involving our investment strategy relating to our client funds assets. Such risks include liquidity risk, including the risk associated with our ability to liquidate, if necessary, our available-for-sale securities in a timely manner in order to satisfy our client funds obligations. However, our investments are made with the safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary goals to minimize the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy all of our client funds obligations. We also believe we have significantly reduced the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy our client funds obligations by consistently maintaining access to other sources of liquidity, including our corporate cash balances, available borrowings under our $10.3 billion commercial paper program (rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, P-1 by Moody’s, and F1+ by Fitch, the highest possible short-term credit ratings), our ability to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions ($7.3 billion of which is available on a committed basis), and available borrowings under our $10.3 billion committed credit facilities. The reduced availability of financing during periods of economic turmoil, even to borrowers with the highest credit ratings, may limit our ability to access short-term debt markets to meet the liquidity needs of our business. In addition to liquidity risk, our investments are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk, as discussed below.

We have established credit quality, maturity, and exposure limits for our investments. The minimum allowed credit rating at time of purchase for corporate, Canadian government agency and Canadian provincial bonds is BBB, for asset-backed securities is AAA, and for municipal bonds is A. The maximum maturity at time of purchase for BBB-rated securities is 5 years, and for single A rated, AA-rated and AAA-rated securities it is 10 years. Time deposits and commercial paper must be rated A-1 and/or P-1. Money market funds must be rated AAA/Aaa-mf.

Details regarding our overall investment portfolio are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20242023
Average investment balances at cost:
Corporate investments$7,397.1$6,293.9
Funds held for clients35,369.534,142.8
Total$42,766.6$40,436.7
Average interest rates earned exclusive of realized losses/(gains) on:
Corporate investments3.3%2.4%
Funds held for clients2.9%2.4%
Total3.0%2.4%
Net realized losses on available-for-sale securities5.914.7

39

As of June 30:
Net unrealized pre-tax losses on available-for-sale securities$(1,515.8)$(2,206.9)
Total available-for-sale securities at fair value$31,207.5$29,764.9

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to securities that mature, as the proceeds from maturing securities are reinvested. Factors that influence the earnings impact of interest rate changes include, among others, the amount of invested funds and the overall portfolio mix between short-term and long-term investments. This mix varies during the fiscal year and is impacted by daily interest rate changes. The annualized interest rate earned on our entire portfolio increased from 2.4% for fiscal 2023 to 3.0% for fiscal 2024. A hypothetical change in both short-term interest rates (e.g., overnight interest rates or the federal funds rate) and intermediate-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $17 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2025. A hypothetical change in only short-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average short-term investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $7 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2025.

We are exposed to credit risk in connection with our available-for-sale securities through the possible inability of the borrowers to meet the terms of the securities. We limit credit risk by investing in investment-grade securities, primarily AAA-rated and AA- rated securities, as rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, DBRS for Canadian dollar denominated securities, and Fitch for asset-backed and commercial-mortgage-backed securities. In addition, we limit amounts that can be invested in any security other than U.S. government and government agency, Canadian government, and United Kingdom government securities.

We operate and transact business in various foreign jurisdictions and are therefore exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments as risk management tools and not for trading purposes.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and other comprehensive income. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.

The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. These estimates require levels of subjectivity and judgment, which could result in actual results differing from our estimates. The Company believes the following are its critical accounting estimates:

Deferred Costs - Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts

Description

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract (e.g., sales commissions) and cost incurred to implement clients on our solutions (e.g., direct labor) that are expected to be recovered are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the client retention period, depending on the business unit.

Judgments and Uncertainties

40

The Company has estimated the amortization periods for deferred costs by using its historical client retention rates by business unit to estimate the pattern during which the service transfers. The expected client relationship period ranges from three to eight years.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

As the assumptions used to estimate the amortization period of the deferred costs could have a material impact on timing of recognition, we assess the amortization periods annually using historical retention rates. Actual retention rates were not materially different than those used in our calculation to determine the amortization period. We regularly review our deferred costs for impairment. There were no impairment losses incurred during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024, June 30, 2023, or June 30, 2022.

Goodwill.

Description

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill might be impaired.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment as of June 30, 2024 was performed for all reporting units using a quantitative approach by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit using, as appropriate, the income approach, which is derived using the present value of future cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted weighted-average cost of capital, and the market approach, which is based upon using market multiples of companies in similar lines of business. Significant assumptions used in determining the fair value of our reporting units include projected revenue growth rates, profitability projections, working capital assumptions, the weighted average cost of capital, the determination of appropriate market comparison companies, and terminal growth rates. Several of these assumptions including projected revenue growth rates and profitability projections are dependent on our ability to upgrade, enhance, and expand our technology and services to meet client needs and preferences.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

Some of the inherent estimates and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the reporting units are outside the control of management including the weighted-average cost of capital, tax rates, market comparisons, and terminal growth rates. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to calculate the fair value of the reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If our actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions used to calculate fair value, it could result in material impairments of our goodwill. The assumptions used to assess impairment consider historical trends, macroeconomic conditions, and projections consistent with the Company’s operating strategy. Changes in these estimates can have a significant impact on the assessment of fair value which could result in material impairment losses.

We completed our annual assessment of goodwill as of June 30, 2024 and determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. We performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that a one percentage point increase in the weighted-average cost of capital would not result in an impairment of goodwill for all reporting units and their fair values substantially exceeded their carrying values.

Income Taxes

Description

Judgment is required in addressing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our Consolidated Financial Statements or tax returns (e.g., realization of deferred tax assets, changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof). A change in the assessment of the outcomes of such matters could materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company computes its provision for income taxes based on the statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Assumptions, judgment, and the use of estimates are required in determining if the “more likely than not” standard has been met when computing the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and uncertain tax positions.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

While the Company considers all of its tax positions fully supportable, the Company is occasionally challenged by various tax authorities regarding the amount of taxes due. If certain pending tax matters settle within the next twelve months, the total

41

amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease for all open tax years and jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company's liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits, which include interest and penalties, were $126.9 million and $116.9 million, respectively.

FY 2023 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000008670-23-000030.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2023-08-03. Report date: 2023-06-30.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts

The following section discusses our year ended June 30, 2023 (“fiscal 2023”), as compared to year ended June 30, 2022 (“fiscal 2022”). A detailed review of our fiscal 2022 performance compared to our fiscal 2021 performance is set forth in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; our ability to respond successfully to changes in technology, including artificial intelligence; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or

26

regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures; employment and wage levels; availability of skilled associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the adequacy, effectiveness and success of our business transformation initiatives; the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events; and supply-chain disruptions. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Highlights from the year ended June 30, 2023 include:

9%160 basis points17%
Revenue GrowthEarnings Before Income Taxes Margin ExpansionDiluted EPS Growth
10%130 basis points17%
Organic Constant Currency Revenue GrowthAdjusted EBIT Margin ExpansionAdjusted Diluted EPS Growth
10%Employer Services New Business Bookings Growth6%PEO Services Average Worksite Employee Growth
$3.0BCash Returned via Shareholder Friendly Actions$1.9B Dividends | $1.1B Share Repurchases

We are a leading global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (“HCM”) technology solutions to employers around the world. Our HCM solutions, which include both software and outsourcing services, are designed to help our clients manage their workforce through a dynamic business and regulatory landscape and the changing world of work. We continuously seek to enhance our leading HCM solutions to further support our clients. We see tremendous growth opportunity ahead as we focus on our three key Strategic Priorities: leading with best-in-class HCM technology, providing unparalleled expertise and outsourcing, and leveraging our global scale for the benefit of our clients. Executing on our Strategic Priorities will be critical to enabling our growth in the years ahead.

During the fiscal year we drove strong progress across a number of key measures and in support of our overall Strategic Priorities. We crossed a major milestone, surpassing the 1 million client mark, driven by continued enhancements to our key solutions like RUN and Workforce Now. We continued the deployment of our unified User Experience to key portions of our portfolio such as the RUN mobile app. We were awarded Top HR Product for the 8th consecutive year at the annual HR Tech Conference, in recognition for our recently launched Intelligent Self Service Solution. And our HR Outsourcing businesses continued to grow, now with over 3 million worksite employees served.

27

For fiscal 2023, we delivered solid revenue growth of 9%, 10% organic constant currency. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of clients ranging from small to large businesses, grew 4.7% for the year ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. PEO average worksite employees increased 6% for the year ended June 30, 2023, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. Additionally, our strong ES new business bookings performance resulted in full year fiscal 2023 growth of 10%, and client satisfaction gains resulted in a full year ES client revenue retention rate of 92.2%, equal to the highest level we have ever reported. We believe these results are largely attributable to improvements made to our platforms and service over multiple years.

We have a strong business model, generating significant cash flows with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and our modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our re-investments, longer term strategy, and commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in our business through enhancements in research and development and by driving meaningful transformation in the way we operate. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2023 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20232022
Total Revenues18,012.216,498.3
YoY Growth9%10%
YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency10%10%

Revenues in fiscal 2023 increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, an increase in our pays per control, continued strong client retention, an increase in interest on funds held for clients, and an increase in pricing, partially offset by an unfavorable impact of one percentage point from foreign currency. Refer to “Analysis of Reportable Segments” for additional discussion of the changes in revenue for each of our reportable segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) Services.

Total revenues in fiscal 2023 include interest on funds held for clients of $813.4 million, as compared to $451.8 million in fiscal 2022. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average interest rate earned to 2.4% in fiscal 2023, as compared to 1.4% in fiscal 2022, coupled with an increase in our average client funds balances of 5.1% to $34.1 billion in fiscal 2023 as compared to fiscal 2022.

28

Total Expenses

Years Ended
June 30,
20232022% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$8,657.4$8,252.65%
Systems development and programming costs844.8798.66%
Depreciation and amortization451.2410.710%
Total costs of revenues9,953.49,461.95%
Selling, general and administrative expenses3,551.43,233.210%
Interest expense253.381.9209%
Total expenses$13,758.1$12,777.08%

For the year ended June 30:

Operating expenses increased due to an increase in our PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $3,800.9 million from $3,514.4 million for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Additionally, operating expenses increased due to increased costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue, partially offset by the impact of foreign currency and a net reduction of $12.3 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity.

Systems development and programming costs increased for fiscal 2023 due to increased investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased due to the amortization of internally developed software products and new investments in purchased software.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to increased selling expenses as a result of investments in our sales organization, increased marketing expenses, and a reversal of COVID-19 credit loss reserves of $26.0 million in 2022, partially offset by the impact of foreign currency.

Interest expense increased due to the increase in average interest rates on commercial paper issuances and reverse repurchases to 3.7% and 4.3% for the year ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 0.4% and 0.7% for the year ended June 30, 2022, respectively, also coupled with a higher volume of average commercial paper and reverse repurchase borrowings, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2022.

Other (Income)/Expense, net

Years ended June 30,20232022$ Change
Interest income on corporate funds$(149.5)$(41.0)$108.5
Realized losses/(gains) on available-for-sale securities, net14.74.4(10.3)
Impairment of assets2.123.020.9
Gain on sale of assets(7.5)(7.5)
Non-service components of pension income, net(50.8)(61.7)(10.9)
Other (income)/expense, net$(183.5)$(82.8)$100.7

Interest income on corporate funds increased in fiscal 2023, as compared to fiscal 2022, due to higher average interest rates of 2.4% for the year ended June 30, 2023, as compared to 1.0% for the year ended June 30, 2022, coupled with higher average investment balances for the year ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the year ended June 30, 2022. See Note 10 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on non-service components of pension income, net.

29

In fiscal 2022, the Company recorded impairment charges of $23.0 million, which is comprised of $12.1 million related to software and customer lists which were determined to have no future use and impairment charges of $10.9 million related to operating right-of-use assets associated with exiting certain leases early.

Earnings Before Income Taxes ("EBIT") and Adjusted EBIT

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20232022YoY Growth
EBIT$4,437.6$3,804.117%
EBIT Margin24.6%23.1%160 bps
Adjusted EBIT$4,467.9$3,871.815%
Adjusted EBIT Margin24.8%23.5%130 bps

Earnings before income taxes increased due to the increases in revenues partially offset by the increases in expenses discussed above.

Overall margin increased due to increases in revenues discussed above, and operating efficiencies for costs of servicing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by increased selling expenses, increased interest expense, and increases in zero-margin pass through costs.

Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT margin exclude interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds

extended investment strategy, and net charges, including gain on sale of assets related to our broad-based transformation

initiatives and the impact of net severance charges relating to these initiatives, as applicable, in the respective periods.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate in fiscal 2023 and 2022 was 23.1% and 22.5%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to an intercompany transfer of certain assets that resulted in a lower effective tax rate in fiscal 2022 and higher reserves for uncertain tax positions in fiscal 2023. Refer to Note 11, Income Taxes, within the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes

The adjusted effective tax rate in fiscal 2023 and 2022 was 23.1% and 22.5%, respectively. The drivers of the adjusted effective tax rate are the same as the drivers of the effective tax rate discussed above.

Net Earnings and Diluted EPS, Unadjusted and Adjusted

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Years Ended
June 30,
20232022YoY Growth
Net earnings$3,412.0$2,948.916%
Diluted EPS$8.21$7.0017%
Adjusted net earnings$3,419.5$2,951.616%
Adjusted diluted EPS$8.23$7.0117%

30

Adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

Diluted EPS increased as a result of the increase in net earnings and the impact of fewer shares outstanding resulting from the repurchase of approximately 4.9 million shares during fiscal 2023 and 9.2 million shares during fiscal 2022, partially offset by the issuances of shares under our employee benefit plans.

For fiscal 2023, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

ANALYSIS OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Revenues
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20232022As ReportedOrganic Constant Currency
Employer Services$12,042.6$10,967.710%11%
PEO Services5,984.25,545.78%8%
Other(14.6)(15.1)n/mn/m
$18,012.2$16,498.39%10%
Earnings before Income Taxes
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20232022As Reported
Employer Services$3,974.2$3,406.317%
PEO Services977.3871.212%
Other(513.9)(473.4)n/m
$4,437.6$3,804.117%
Margin
Years Ended June 30,
20232022YoY Growth
Employer Services33.0%31.1%190 bps
PEO Services16.3%15.7%60 bps

n/m - not meaningful

31

Employer Services

Revenues

Revenues increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in our pays per control of 5%, continued strong client retention, an increase in interest earned on funds held for clients, and an increase in pricing, partially offset by an unfavorable impact of one percentage point from foreign currency.

Earnings before Income Taxes

Employer Services' earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2023 due to increased revenues discussed above, partially offset by increases in expenses. The increases in expenses were due to increased costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue, increases in selling expenses, and investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

Margin

Employer Services' margin increased due to increases in revenues discussed above, and operating efficiencies for costs of servicing our clients on growing revenue, partially offset by an increase in selling expenses.

PEO Services

Revenues

PEO Revenues
Years EndedChange
June 30,
20232022$%
PEO Services' revenues$5,984.2$5,545.7$438.58%
Less: PEO zero-margin benefits pass-throughs3,800.93,514.4286.58%
PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-throughs$2,183.3$2,031.3$152.07%

PEO Services' revenues increased 8% for fiscal 2023 due to increases in average worksite employees of 6% for fiscal 2023, as compared to fiscal 2022, and due to an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

Earnings before Income Taxes

PEO Services’ earnings before income taxes increased 12% in fiscal 2023 due to increases in revenues discussed above and a net reduction of $12.3 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity, partially offset by the increases in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs of $286.5 million for fiscal 2023.

Margin

PEO Services' overall margin increased for fiscal 2023 due to increases in revenues discussed above, lower state unemployment and workers compensation insurance costs, and changes in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity, partially offset by increases in selling expenses.

32

ADP Indemnity provides workers’ compensation and employer’s liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services’ worksite employees up to $1 million per occurrence. PEO Services has secured a workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy that caps the exposure for each claim at $1 million per occurrence and has also secured aggregate stop loss insurance that caps aggregate losses at a certain level in fiscal years 2012 and prior from an admitted and licensed insurance company of AIG. We utilize historical loss experience and actuarial judgment to determine the estimated claim liability, and changes in estimated ultimate incurred losses are included in the PEO segment.

Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company up to the $1 million per occurrence related to the workers' compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services' worksite employees. Each of these reinsurance arrangements limits our overall exposure incurred up to a certain limit. The Company believes the likelihood of ultimate losses exceeding this limit is remote. During fiscal 2023, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $284 million to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2023 policy year up to $1 million per occurrence. ADP Indemnity recorded a pre-tax benefit of approximately $73 million in fiscal 2023 and a pre-tax benefit of approximately $61 million in fiscal 2022, which were primarily a result of changes in our estimated actuarial losses. ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $269 million in July 2023, to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for fiscal 2024 policy year on terms substantially similar to the fiscal 2023 reinsurance policy.

Other

The primary components of “Other” are certain corporate overhead charges and expenses that have not been allocated to the reportable segments, including corporate functions, costs related to our transformation office, severance costs, non-recurring gains and losses, the elimination of intercompany transactions, and all other interest income and expense.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our GAAP results, we use the adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics set forth in the table below to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods:

Adjusted Financial MeasuresU.S. GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITNet earnings
Adjusted provision for income taxesProvision for income taxes
Adjusted net earningsNet earnings
Adjusted diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share
Adjusted effective tax rateEffective tax rate
Organic constant currencyRevenues

We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations and against prior periods, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance.  The nature of these exclusions is for specific items that are not fundamental to our underlying business operations.  Since these adjusted financial measures and other non-GAAP metrics are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures at other companies.

33

Years Ended June 30,% Change
20232022As Reported
Net earnings$3,412.0$2,948.916%
Adjustments:
Provision for income taxes1,025.6855.2
All other interest expense (a)70.971.3
All other interest income (a)(50.5)(7.1)
Transformation initiatives (b)8.73.5
Legal settlements (c)1.2
Adjusted EBIT$4,467.9$3,871.815%
Adjusted EBIT Margin24.8%23.5%
Provision for income taxes$1,025.6$855.220%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (d)2.20.8
Legal settlements0.2
Adjusted provision for income taxes$1,028.0$856.020%
Adjusted effective tax rate (e)23.1%22.5%
Net earnings$3,412.0$2,948.916%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b)8.73.5
Income tax (benefit)/provision for transformation initiatives (d)(2.2)(0.8)
Legal settlements (c)1.2
Income tax (benefit)/provision for legal settlements (d)(0.2)
Adjusted net earnings$3,419.5$2,951.616%
Diluted EPS$8.21$7.0017%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b) (d)0.020.01
Legal settlements (c) (d)
Adjusted diluted EPS$8.23$7.0117%

(a) In adjusted EBIT, we include the interest income earned on investments associated with our client funds extended investment strategy and interest expense on borrowings related to our client funds extended investment strategy as we believe these amounts to be fundamental to the underlying operations of our business model. The adjustments in the table above represent the interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds extended investment strategy and are labeled as “All other interest expense” and “All other interest income.”

(b) In fiscal 2023, the charges include consulting costs relating to our company-wide transformation initiatives, partially offset by net reversals relating to severance. Unlike other severance charges which are not included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results, these specific charges relate to actions taken as part of our broad-based, company-wide transformation initiatives.

(c) Represents net charges (reserves and insurance recovery) from legal matters during fiscal 2023.

(d) The income tax (benefit)/provision was calculated based on the marginal rate in effect for the year ended June 30, 2023.

(e) The Adjusted effective tax rate is calculated as our Adjusted provision for income taxes divided by the sum of our Adjusted net earnings plus our Adjusted provision for income taxes.

The following table reconciles our reported growth rates to the non-GAAP measure of organic constant currency, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, the impact of dispositions, and the impact of foreign currency. The impact of acquisitions and dispositions is calculated by excluding the current year revenues of acquisitions until the one-year anniversary of the transaction and by excluding the prior year revenues of divestitures for the one-year period preceding the transaction. The impact of foreign currency is determined by calculating the current year results using foreign exchange rates consistent with the

34

prior year. The PEO segment is not impacted by acquisitions, dispositions or foreign currency.

Year Ended
June 30,
2023
Consolidated revenue growth as reported9%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency1%
Consolidated revenue growth, organic constant currency10%
Employer Services revenue growth as reported10%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency1%
Employer Services revenue growth, organic constant currency11%

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2023, cash and cash equivalents were $2.1 billion, which were primarily invested in time deposits and money market funds.

For corporate liquidity, we expect existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term marketable securities, cash flow from operations together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to access both long-term and short-term debt financing from the capital markets will be adequate to meet our operating, investing, and financing activities such as regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2023 and we have sufficient liquidity.

For client funds liquidity, we have the ability to borrow through our financing arrangements under our U.S. short-term commercial paper program and our U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom short-term reverse repurchase agreements, together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to use corporate liquidity when necessary to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for a further discussion of the risks related to our client funds extended investment strategy. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including commercial paper.

Operating, Investing and Financing Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, as reflected in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are summarized as follows:

Years ended June 30,
20232022$ Change
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$4,207.6$3,099.5$1,108.1
Investing activities(2,517.3)(7,014.4)4,497.1
Financing activities(15,680.7)13,653.4(29,334.1)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents(21.1)(98.7)77.6
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$(14,011.5)$9,639.8$(23,651.3)

35

Net cash flows provided by operating activities increased due to growth in our underlying business (net income adjusted for non-cash adjustments), and a net favorable change in the components of operating assets and liabilities primarily due to timing on collections of accounts receivable, and a decrease in incentive compensation payments, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2022.

Net cash flows used in investing activities changed due to the timing of proceeds and purchases of corporate and client funds marketable securities of $4,570.2 million, offset by higher payments for capital expenditures in fiscal 2023, and the sale of property, plant, and equipment in fiscal 2022.

Net cash flows used in financing activities changed due to a net decrease in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $29,759.5 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employees and other payees, an increase in dividends paid, and a net decrease in reverse repurchase agreements borrowing, offset by a decrease in repurchases of common stock in fiscal 2023.

We purchased approximately 4.9 million shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $227.30 during fiscal 2023, as compared to purchases of 9.2 million shares at an average price per share of $214.40 during fiscal 2022. From time to time, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including, among other things, actual and potential acquisition activity, cash balances and cash flows, issuances due to employee benefit plan activity, and market conditions.

Capital Resources and Client Fund Obligations

We have $3.0 billion of senior unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2025, 2028, and 2030. We may from time to time revisit the long-term debt market to refinance existing debt, finance investments including acquisitions for our growth, and maintain the appropriate capital structure. However, there can be no assurance that volatility in the global capital and credit markets would not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our notes.

Our U.S. short-term funding requirements related to client funds are sometimes obtained on an unsecured basis through the issuance of commercial paper, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. This commercial paper program provides for the issuance of up to $9.7 billion in aggregate maturity value. Our commercial paper program is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, Prime-1 (“P-1”) by Moody’s and F1+ by Fitch. These ratings denote the highest quality commercial paper securities. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to up to 364 days. At June 30, 2023 and 2022, we had no commercial paper borrowing outstanding. Details of the borrowings under the commercial paper program are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20232022
Average daily borrowings (in billions)$3.4$2.0
Weighted average interest rates3.7%0.4%
Weighted average maturity (approximately in days)2 days1 day

Our U.S., Canadian, and United Kingdom short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations are sometimes obtained on a secured basis through the use of reverse repurchase agreements, which are collateralized principally by government and government agency securities, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. These agreements generally have terms ranging from overnight to up to five business days. We have successfully borrowed through the use of reverse repurchase agreements on an as-needed basis to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. At June 30, 2023 and 2022, there were $105.4 million and $136.4 million, respectively, of outstanding obligations related to the reverse repurchase agreements. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20232022
Average outstanding balances$1,279.9$299.6
Weighted average interest rates4.3%0.7%

We vary the maturities of our committed credit facilities to limit the refinancing risk of any one facility. We have a $4.25 billion, 364-day credit agreement that matures in June 2024 with a one year term-out option. In addition, we have a five-year $3.2 billion credit facility and a five-year $2.25 billion credit facility maturing in June 2026 and June 2028, respectively, each with an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million, subject to the availability

36

of additional commitments. The primary uses of the credit facilities are to provide liquidity to the commercial paper program and funding for general corporate purposes, if necessary. We had no borrowings through June 30, 2023 under the credit facilities. We believe that we currently meet all conditions set forth in the revolving credit agreements to borrow thereunder, and we are not aware of any conditions that would prevent us from borrowing part or all of the $9.7 billion available to us under the revolving credit agreements. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including credit facilities.

Our investment portfolio does not contain any asset-backed securities with underlying collateral of sub-prime mortgages, alternative-A mortgages, sub-prime auto loans or sub-prime home equity loans, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, credit default swaps, derivatives, auction rate securities, structured investment vehicles or non-investment grade fixed-income securities. We own AAA-rated senior tranches of primarily fixed rate auto loan, credit card, and equipment lease receivables, secured predominantly by prime collateral. All collateral on asset-backed securities is performing as expected through June 30, 2023. In addition, we own U.S. government securities which primarily include debt directly issued by Federal Farm Credit Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). This investment strategy is supported by our short-term financing arrangements necessary to satisfy short-term funding requirements relating to client funds obligations. See Note 4 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our corporate investments and funds held for clients.

Capital expenditures for fiscal 2023 were $206.0 million, as compared to $177.1 million for fiscal 2022. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2024 to be between $200 million and $225 million.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations at June 30, 2023 relate primarily to operating leases (Note 6) and other arrangements recorded in our balance sheet or disclosed in the notes to our financial statements, including benefit plan obligations (Note 10), liabilities for uncertain tax positions (Note 11), purchase obligations (Note 12), debt obligations (Note 9) and $263.5 million of interest payments of our debt, of which $64.3 million is expected to be paid within one year.

In addition to the obligations described above, we had obligations for the remittance of funds relating to our payroll and payroll tax filing services. As of June 30, 2023, the obligations relating to these matters, which are expected to be paid in fiscal 2024, total $38,538.6 million and were recorded in client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $36,333.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities that were impounded from our clients to satisfy such obligations recorded in funds held for clients on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2023.

Separately, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $269 million in July 2023 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2024 policy year. At June 30, 2023, ADP Indemnity had total assets of $660.8 million to satisfy the actuarially estimated unpaid losses of $552.3 million for the policy years since July 1, 2003. ADP Indemnity paid claims of $0.8 million and $1.8 million, net of insurance recoveries, in fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively. Refer to the “Analysis of Reportable Segments - PEO Services” above for additional information regarding ADP Indemnity.

In the normal course of business, we also enter into contracts in which we make representations and warranties that relate to the performance of our services and products. We do not expect any material losses related to such representations and warranties.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our overall investment portfolio is comprised of corporate investments (cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term marketable securities) and client funds assets (funds that have been collected from clients but have not yet been remitted to the applicable tax authorities, client employees or other payees).

Our corporate investments are invested in cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities. These assets are available for our regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, as well as other corporate operating purposes. All of our short-term and long-term fixed-income securities are classified as available-for-sale securities.

Our client funds assets are invested with safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary objectives. Consistent with those objectives, we also seek to maximize interest income and to minimize the volatility of interest income.  Client funds

37

assets are invested in highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities, with a maximum maturity of 10 years at the time of purchase, and money market securities and other cash equivalents.

We utilize a strategy by which we extend the maturities of our investment portfolio for funds held for clients and employ short-term financing arrangements to satisfy our short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). As part of our client funds investment strategy, we use the daily collection of funds from our clients to satisfy other unrelated client funds obligations, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In circumstances where we experience a reduction in employment levels due to a slowdown in the economy, we may make tactical decisions to sell certain securities in order to reduce the size of the funds held for clients to correspond to client funds obligations. We attempt to minimize the risk of not having funds collected from a client available at the time such client’s obligation becomes due by generally impounding the client’s funds by the time we pay such client’s obligation. When we don’t impound client funds in advance of paying such client obligations, we are at risk of not recovering such funds or a material delay in such recovery.  Through our clients funds investment strategy and client impounding processes, we have consistently maintained the required level of liquidity to satisfy all of our obligations.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties involving our investment strategy relating to our client funds assets. Such risks include liquidity risk, including the risk associated with our ability to liquidate, if necessary, our available-for-sale securities in a timely manner in order to satisfy our client funds obligations. However, our investments are made with the safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary goals to minimize the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy all of our client funds obligations. We also believe we have significantly reduced the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy our client funds obligations by consistently maintaining access to other sources of liquidity, including our corporate cash balances, available borrowings under our $9.7 billion commercial paper program (rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, P-1 by Moody’s, and F1+ by Fitch, the highest possible short-term credit ratings), our ability to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions and available borrowings under our $9.7 billion committed credit facilities. The reduced availability of financing during periods of economic turmoil, even to borrowers with the highest credit ratings, may limit our ability to access short-term debt markets to meet the liquidity needs of our business. In addition to liquidity risk, our investments are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk, as discussed below.

We have established credit quality, maturity, and exposure limits for our investments. The minimum allowed credit rating at time of purchase for corporate, Canadian government agency and Canadian provincial bonds is BBB, for asset-backed securities is AAA, and for municipal bonds is A. The maximum maturity at time of purchase for BBB-rated securities is 5 years, and for single A rated, AA-rated and AAA-rated securities it is 10 years. Time deposits and commercial paper must be rated A-1 and/or P-1. Money market funds must be rated AAA/Aaa-mf.

Details regarding our overall investment portfolio are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20232022
Average investment balances at cost:
Corporate investments$6,293.9$4,241.3
Funds held for clients34,142.832,480.3
Total$40,436.7$36,721.6
Average interest rates earned exclusive of realized losses/(gains) on:
Corporate investments2.4%1.0%
Funds held for clients2.4%1.4%
Total2.4%1.3%
Net realized losses/(gains) on available-for-sale securities14.74.4

38

As of June 30:
Net unrealized pre-tax (losses)/gains on available-for-sale securities$(2,206.9)$(1,721.4)
Total available-for-sale securities at fair value$29,764.9$28,391.6

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to securities that mature, as the proceeds from maturing securities are reinvested. Factors that influence the earnings impact of interest rate changes include, among others, the amount of invested funds and the overall portfolio mix between short-term and long-term investments. This mix varies during the fiscal year and is impacted by daily interest rate changes. The annualized interest rate earned on our entire portfolio increased from 1.3% for fiscal 2022 to 2.4% for fiscal 2023. A hypothetical change in both short-term interest rates (e.g., overnight interest rates or the federal funds rate) and intermediate-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $14 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2024. A hypothetical change in only short-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average short-term investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $5 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2024.

We are exposed to credit risk in connection with our available-for-sale securities through the possible inability of the borrowers to meet the terms of the securities. We limit credit risk by investing in investment-grade securities, primarily AAA-rated and AA- rated securities, as rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, DBRS for Canadian dollar denominated securities, and Fitch for asset-backed and commercial-mortgage-backed securities. In addition, we limit amounts that can be invested in any security other than U.S. government and government agency, Canadian government, and United Kingdom government securities.

We operate and transact business in various foreign jurisdictions and are therefore exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments as risk management tools and not for trading purposes.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and other comprehensive income. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.

The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. These estimates require levels of subjectivity and judgment, which could result in actual results differing from our estimates. The Company believes the following are its critical accounting estimates:

Deferred Costs - Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts

Description

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract (e.g., sales commissions) and cost incurred to implement clients on our solutions (e.g., direct labor) that are expected to be recovered are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the client retention period, depending on the business unit.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company has estimated the amortization periods for deferred costs by using its historical retention rates by business unit to estimate the pattern during which the service transfers. The expected client relationship period ranges from three to eight years.

39

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

As the assumptions used to estimate the amortization period of the deferred costs could have a material impact on timing of recognition, we assess the amortization periods annually using historical retention rates. Actual retention rates were not materially different than those used in our calculation to determine the amortization period. We regularly review our deferred costs for impairment. There were no impairment losses incurred during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2021.

Goodwill.

Description

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill might be impaired.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment as of June 30, 2023 was performed for all reporting units using a quantitative approach by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit using, as appropriate, the income approach, which is derived using the present value of future cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted weighted-average cost of capital, and the market approach, which is based upon using market multiples of companies in similar lines of business. Significant assumptions used in determining the fair value of our reporting units include projected revenue growth rates, profitability projections, working capital assumptions, the weighted average cost of capital, the determination of appropriate market comparison companies, and terminal growth rates. Several of these assumptions including projected revenue growth rates and profitability projections are dependent on our ability to upgrade, enhance, and expand our technology and services to meet client needs and preferences.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

Some of the inherent estimates and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the reporting units are outside the control of management including the weighted-average cost of capital, tax rates, market comparisons, and terminal growth rates. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to calculate the fair value of the reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If our actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions used to calculate fair value, it could result in material impairments of our goodwill. The assumptions used to assess impairment consider historical trends, macroeconomic conditions, and projections consistent with the Company’s operating strategy. Changes in these estimates can have a significant impact on the assessment of fair value which could result in material impairment losses.

We completed our annual assessment of goodwill as of June 30, 2023 and determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. We performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that a one percentage point increase in the weighted-average cost of capital would not result in an impairment of goodwill for all reporting units and their fair values substantially exceeded their carrying values.

Income Taxes

Description

Judgment is required in addressing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our Consolidated Financial Statements or tax returns (e.g., realization of deferred tax assets, changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof). A change in the assessment of the outcomes of such matters could materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company computes its provision for income taxes based on the statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Assumptions, judgment, and the use of estimates are required in determining if the “more likely than not” standard has been met when computing the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and uncertain tax positions.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

While the Company considers all of its tax positions fully supportable, the Company is occasionally challenged by various tax authorities regarding the amount of taxes due. If certain pending tax matters settle within the next twelve months, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease for all open tax years and jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company's liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits, which include interest and penalties, were $116.9 million and $98.1 million, respectively.

40

FY 2022 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000008670-22-000038.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2022-08-03. Report date: 2022-06-30.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts

The following section discusses our year ended June 30, 2022 (“fiscal 2022”), as compared to year ended June 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”). A detailed review of our fiscal 2021 performance compared to our fiscal 2020 performance is set forth in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures;

25

employment and wage levels; changes in technology; availability of skilled associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the adequacy, effectiveness and success of our business transformation initiatives; the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events, including the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic; and supply-chain disruptions. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Highlights from the year ended June 30, 2022 include:

10%70 basis points15%
Revenue GrowthEarnings Before Income Taxes Margin ExpansionDiluted EPS Growth
10%90 basis points16%
Organic Constant Currency Revenue GrowthAdjusted EBIT Margin ExpansionAdjusted Diluted EPS Growth
15%Employer Services New Business Bookings Growth15%PEO Services Average Worksite Employee Growth
$3.6BCash Returned via Shareholder Friendly Actions$1.7B Dividends | $2.0B Share Repurchases

We are the leading provider of cloud-based HCM technology solutions to employers around the world. Through our extensive suite of products, coupled with industry and compliance expertise, we help our clients navigate a highly dynamic world of work in order to give them peace-of-mind and reduce the time and effort they allocate to non-core tasks. This, in turn, allows our clients to better focus on what matters most to them – running their businesses.

Over the decades since pioneering our industry, we have reshaped HCM time and again by continuously innovating across our technology platforms and service solutions. Our commitment to innovation is continuous amid challenging business and operating environments – whether it be a global recession or bull market, an international conflict or global pandemic. We believe businesses, our clients, serve as a force for progress, and we remain committed to rethinking a better, more personalized world at work to help our clients and their workers achieve their full potential. That commitment underpins our drive to innovate across our portfolio in order to deliver sustainable, profitable growth.

During the fiscal year, we made significant progress on the roll-out of a new unified user experience ("UX") across our strategic products and solutions. We transitioned hundreds of thousands of clients across our RUN, iHCM, and next-gen HCM client bases over to the new UX, generating positive feedback from this transition to even more intuitive HCM workflows.

We continue to advance all of our key platforms, with Workforce Now being especially critical to our differentiation and growth. Workforce Now continues building traction in the lower end of the U.S. enterprise market and was instrumental to

26

ADP being rated an overall "Customer's Choice" provider for the first time in Gartner's annual "Voice of the Customer" study. In addition to beginning the roll-out of the new UX, this year we continued to make progress on the roll-out of our next-gen payroll solution to a growing portion of our new Workforce Now clients, and we believe these two major enhancements will help keep Workforce Now at the forefront of the industry.

We also made exciting enhancements to other solutions during the fourth quarter. We started offering self-enrollment with full digital wallet capabilities within the Wisely program, allowing for a more frictionless experience for workers that enables them to more easily transition to our digital payment offering. We expanded our Earned Wage Access solution by offering a seamless, one-application solution for Wisely members, which enables employees to receive portions of their earned wages prior to paydate at no cost. We will also be launching "Voice of the Employee", a new employee survey and listening tool, which will help our clients seamlessly capture employee feedback and sentiments across various HR categories during the employee lifecycle, which is critical in a labor market where listening to their employees can help our clients differentiate themselves and better compete in the marketplace.

We continue to drive innovation by anticipating our clients' evolving needs and always designing for people as the world of work changes. We lead the HCM industry by driving growth through our strategic, cloud-based HCM solutions and developing innovations like our next-gen platforms. We further enable these solutions by supplementing them with organic, differentiated investments such as the ADP Datacloud and ADP Marketplace, and through our compliance expertise.

For fiscal 2022, we delivered strong revenue growth of 10%. In addition, Employer Services achieved record New Business Bookings and near-record-level retention of 92.1%. The PEO average number of Worksite Employees increased 15% for fiscal 2022. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of clients ranging from small to large businesses, grew 7% for fiscal 2022.

We have a strong business model, generating significant cash flows with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our re-investments, our long term strategy, and our commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in our business through enhancements in research and development and by driving meaningful transformation in the way we operate. ADP was named one of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies for the 16th year in a row, which highlights our culture of continuous improvement, our consistency, and our focus on being a true partner to our clients as the world of work continues to change. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2022 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

27

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Total Revenues
10% YoY Growth
10% YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency

Revenues in fiscal 2022 increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs, an increase in our pays per control, and continued strong client retention. Refer to “Analysis of Reportable Segments” for additional discussion of the changes in revenue for each of our reportable segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) Services.

Total revenues in fiscal 2022 include interest on funds held for clients of $451.8 million, as compared to $422.4 million in fiscal 2021. The increase in interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from an increase in our average client funds balances of 18.7% to $32.5 billion in fiscal 2022 as compared to fiscal 2021, partially offset by the decrease in our average interest rate earned to 1.4% in fiscal 2022, as compared to 1.5% in fiscal 2021.

28

Total Expenses

Years Ended
June 30,
20222021% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$8,252.6$7,520.710%
Systems development and programming costs798.6716.611%
Depreciation and amortization410.7403.02%
Total costs of revenues9,461.98,640.310%
Selling, general and administrative expenses3,233.23,040.56%
Interest expense81.959.737%
Total expenses$12,777.0$11,740.59%

For the year ended June 30:

Operating expenses increased due to the increase in our PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $3,514.4 million from $3,092.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Additionally, operating expenses increased due to increased costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue, partially offset by a net reduction of $28.8 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Traditional Incorporated Cell, formerly known as ADP Indemnity, Inc. ("ADP Indemnity") and the impact of foreign currency.

Systems development and programming costs increased for fiscal 2022 due to increased investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to increased selling expenses as a result of investments in our sales organization, increased marketing expenses and increased travel expenses, partially offset by a decrease in our allowance for doubtful accounts of $26.0 million as a result of a decrease in estimated credit losses related to the impact of COVID-19 on our clients ("the decrease in our allowance for doubtful accounts").

Interest expense increased primarily due to the issuance of 7-year fixed-rate notes totaling $1.0 billion issued in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, as compared to the year ended June 30, 2021. Additionally, there was an increase in average interest rates for commercial paper borrowings to 0.4% for the year ended June 30, 2022, as compared to 0.1% for the year ended June 30, 2021. This was coupled with an increase in average daily borrowings under our commercial paper program to $2.0 billion for the year ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $1.6 billion for the year ended June 30, 2021.

Other (Income)/Expense, net

(In millions)
Years ended June 30,20222021$ Change
Interest income on corporate funds$(41.0)$(36.5)$4.5
Realized losses/(gains) on available-for-sale securities, net4.4(11.3)(15.7)
Impairment of assets23.019.9(3.1)
Gain on sale of assets(7.5)(9.8)(2.3)
Non-service components of pension income, net(61.7)(58.6)3.1
Other (income)/expense, net$(82.8)$(96.3)$(13.5)

Other (income)/expense, net, decreased $13.5 million in fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021 primarily as a result of losses on available-for-sale securities, net, in the current year, compared to gains in the prior year, and the items described below, partially offset by the change in non-service components of pension income, net. See Note 10 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on non-service components of pension income, net.

29

In fiscal 2022, the Company recorded impairment charges of $23.0 million which is comprised of a write down of $12.1 million related to software and customer lists which were determined to have no future use and impairment charges of $10.9 million related to operating right-of-use assets associated with exiting certain leases early.

In fiscal 2021, the Company recorded impairment charges of $19.9 million, which is comprised of $10.5 million related to internally developed software which was determined to have no future use, impairment charges of $9.4 million related to operating right-of-use assets and certain related fixed assets associated with exiting certain leased locations early, and recognizing certain owned facilities at fair value given intent to sell and accordingly classified as held for sale.

Earnings Before Income Taxes

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á13% YoY Growthá70 bps YoY Growth

Earnings before income taxes increased due to the increases in revenues partially offset by the increases in expenses discussed above.

Overall margin increased due to increases in revenues discussed above, operational efficiencies, the decrease of $26.0 million in our allowance for doubtful accounts, and a net reduction of $28.8 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity, partially offset by incremental pressure from growth in our zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

30

Adjusted Earnings before certain Interest and Taxes ("Adjusted EBIT")

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á14% YoY Growthá90 bps YoY Growth

Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT margin exclude interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds

extended investment strategy, and net charges, including gain on sale of assets related to our broad-based transformation

initiatives and the impact of net severance charges, as applicable, in the respective periods.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate in fiscal 2022 and 2021 was 22.5% and 22.7%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily due to a favorable earnings mix, lower reserves for uncertain tax positions, and an intercompany transfer of certain assets in fiscal 2022, partially offset by favorable adjustments to prior year tax liabilities and a foreign tax election in fiscal 2021. Refer to Note 11, Income Taxes, within the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes

The adjusted effective tax rate in fiscal 2022 and 2021 was 22.5% and 22.7%, respectively. The drivers of the adjusted effective tax rate are the same as the drivers of the effective tax rate discussed above.

31

Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings per Share

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á13% YoY Growthá15% YoY Growth

Adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

Diluted EPS increased as a result of the increase in net earnings and the impact of fewer shares outstanding resulting from the repurchase of approximately 9.2 million shares during fiscal 2022 and 8.2 million shares during fiscal 2021, partially offset by the issuances of shares under our employee benefit plans.

Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á15% YoY Growthá16% YoY Growth

For fiscal 2022, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

32

ANALYSIS OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Revenues
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20222021As ReportedOrganic Constant Currency
Employer Services$10,967.7$10,195.28%8%
PEO Services5,545.74,818.315%15%
Other(15.1)(8.1)n/mn/m
$16,498.3$15,005.410%10%
Earnings before Income Taxes
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20222021As Reported
Employer Services$3,406.3$3,052.112%
PEO Services871.2718.821%
Other(473.4)(409.7)n/m
$3,804.1$3,361.213%

n/m - not meaningful

Employer Services

Revenues

Revenues increased due to new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in our pays per control of 7%, continued strong retention, and an increase in interest earned on funds held for clients.

Earnings before Income Taxes

Employer Services' earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2022 due to increased revenues discussed above, partially offset by increases in expenses. The increases in expenses were due to increased costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue, increases in selling expenses, and investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our new and existing products, partially offset by the decrease of $26.0 million in our allowance for doubtful accounts.

33

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2
á110 bps YoY Growth

Employer Services' margin increased due to increases in revenues discussed above, operational efficiencies, and the decrease of $26.0 million in our allowance for doubtful accounts, partially offset by an increase in costs to service our client base in support of our growing revenue.

PEO Services

Revenues

PEO Revenues
Years EndedChange
June 30,
20222021$%
PEO Services' revenues$5,545.7$4,818.3$727.415%
Less: PEO zero-margin benefits pass-throughs3,514.43,092.0422.414%
PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-throughs$2,031.3$1,726.3$305.018%

PEO Services' revenues increased 15% for fiscal 2022 due to increases in average worksite employees of 15% for fiscal 2022, as compared to fiscal 2021, and due to an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

Earnings before Income Taxes

PEO Services’ earnings before income taxes increased 21% in fiscal 2022, due to increased revenues discussed above and a net reduction of $28.8 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity, partially offset by the increases in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs of $422.4 million for fiscal 2022.

34

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2
á80 bps YoY Growth

PEO Services' overall margin increased for fiscal 2022 due to an increase in revenues discussed above and a net reduction of $28.8 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity, partially offset by by incremental pressure from growth in our zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

ADP Indemnity provides workers’ compensation and employer’s liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services’ worksite employees up to $1 million per occurrence. PEO Services has secured a workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy that caps the exposure for each claim at $1 million per occurrence and has also secured aggregate stop loss insurance that caps aggregate losses at a certain level in fiscal years 2012 and prior from an admitted and licensed insurance company of AIG. We utilize historical loss experience and actuarial judgment to determine the estimated claim liability, and changes in estimated ultimate incurred losses are included in the PEO segment.

Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company up to the $1 million per occurrence related to the workers' compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services' worksite employees. Each of these reinsurance arrangements limits our overall exposure incurred up to a certain limit. The Company believes the likelihood of ultimate losses exceeding this limit is remote. During fiscal 2022, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $260 million to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2022 policy year up to $1 million per occurrence. ADP Indemnity recorded a pre-tax benefit of approximately $61 million in fiscal 2022 and a pre-tax benefit of approximately $32 million in fiscal 2021, which were primarily a result of changes in our estimated actuarial losses. ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $284 million in July 2022, to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for fiscal 2023 policy year on terms substantially similar to the fiscal 2022 reinsurance policy.

Other

The primary components of “Other” are certain corporate overhead charges and expenses that have not been allocated to the reportable segments, including corporate functions, costs related to our transformation office, severance costs, non-recurring gains and losses, the elimination of intercompany transactions, and all other interest income and expense.

35

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our GAAP results, we use the adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics set forth in the table below to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods:

Adjusted Financial MeasuresU.S. GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITNet earnings
Adjusted provision for income taxesProvision for income taxes
Adjusted net earningsNet earnings
Adjusted diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share
Adjusted effective tax rateEffective tax rate
Organic constant currencyRevenues

We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations and against prior periods, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance.  The nature of these exclusions is for specific items that are not fundamental to our underlying business operations.  Since these adjusted financial measures and other non-GAAP metrics are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures at other companies.

36

Years Ended June 30,% Change
20222021As Reported
Net earnings$2,948.9$2,598.513%
Adjustments:
Provision for income taxes855.2762.7
All other interest expense (a)71.357.3
All other interest income (a)(7.1)(6.5)
Transformation initiatives (b)3.5
Excess capacity severance charges2.9
Legal settlements(30.7)
Adjusted EBIT$3,871.8$3,384.214%
Adjusted EBIT Margin23.5%22.6%
Provision for income taxes$855.2$762.712%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (c)0.8
Excess capacity severance charges0.5
Legal settlements(7.5)
Adjusted provision for income taxes$856.0$755.713%
Adjusted effective tax rate (d)22.5%22.7%
Net earnings$2,948.9$2,598.513%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b)3.5
Income tax benefit for transformation initiatives (c)(0.8)
Excess capacity severance charges2.9
Income tax benefit for excess capacity severance charges(0.5)
Legal settlements(30.7)
Income tax provision/ (benefit) for legal settlements7.5
Adjusted net earnings$2,951.6$2,577.715%
Diluted EPS$7.00$6.0715%
Adjustments:
Transformation initiatives (b) (c)0.01
Excess capacity severance charges0.01
Legal settlements(0.05)
Adjusted diluted EPS$7.01$6.0216%

(a) In adjusted EBIT we include the interest income earned on investments associated with our client funds extended investment strategy and interest expense on borrowings related to our client funds extended investment strategy as we believe these amounts to be fundamental to the underlying operations of our business model. The adjustments in the table above represent the interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds extended investment strategy and are labeled as “All other interest expense” and “All other interest income.”

(b) In fiscal 2022, the charges include consulting costs relating to our company wide transformation initiatives, partially offset by net reversals relating to severance, and gain on sale of assets. Unlike other severance charges which are not included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results, these specific charges relate to actions taken as part of our broad-based, company-wide transformation initiative.

(c) The income tax provision/(benefit) was calculated based on the marginal rate in effect for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(d) The Adjusted effective tax rate is calculated as our Adjusted provision for income taxes divided by the sum of our Adjusted net earnings plus our Adjusted provision for income taxes.

The following table reconciles our reported growth rates to the non-GAAP measure of organic constant currency, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, the impact of dispositions, and the impact of foreign currency. The impact of acquisitions

37

and dispositions is calculated by excluding the current year revenues of acquisitions until the one-year anniversary of the transaction and by excluding the prior year revenues of divestitures for the one-year period preceding the transaction. The impact of foreign currency is determined by calculating the current year results using foreign exchange rates consistent with the prior year. The PEO segment is not impacted by acquisitions, dispositions or foreign currency.

Year Ended
June 30,
2022
Consolidated revenue growth as reported10%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency%
Consolidated revenue growth, organic constant currency10%
Employer Services revenue growth as reported8%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency%
Employer Services revenue growth, organic constant currency8%

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2022, cash and cash equivalents were $1.4 billion, which were primarily invested in time deposits and money market funds.

For corporate liquidity, we expect existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, cash flow from operations together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to access both long-term and short-term debt financing from the capital markets will be adequate to meet our operating, investing, and financing activities such as regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2022 and we have sufficient liquidity.

For client funds liquidity, we have the ability to borrow through our financing arrangements under our U.S. short-term commercial paper program and our U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom short-term reverse repurchase agreements, together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to use corporate liquidity when necessary to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for a further discussion of the risks related to our client funds extended investment strategy. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including commercial paper.

38

Operating, Investing and Financing Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, as reflected in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are summarized as follows:

Years ended June 30,
20222021$ Change
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$3,099.5$3,093.3$6.2
Investing activities(7,014.4)(3,515.0)(3,499.4)
Financing activities13,653.46,437.57,215.9
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents(98.7)73.8(172.5)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$9,639.8$6,089.6$3,550.2

Net cash flows provided by operating activities was flat compared to prior year and includes a net unfavorable change in the components of operating assets and liabilities, due to timing on collections of accounts receivable and an increase in incentive compensation payments, offset by the growth in our underlying business (net income adjusted for non-cash adjustments), as compared to the year ended June 30, 2021.

Net cash flows used in investing activities changed due to the timing of proceeds and purchases of corporate and client funds marketable securities of $3,455.6 million, and higher payments related to acquisitions of intangibles and a business, offset by proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment.

Net cash flows provided by financing activities changed due to a net increase in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $8,721.7 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employees and other payees, an increase in reverse repurchase agreements borrowing, and the settlement of cash flow hedges in the year ended June 30, 2021. These were partially offset by the issuance of debt in the year ended June 30, 2021 and repurchases of common stock and dividends paid in fiscal 2022.

We purchased approximately 9.2 million shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $214.40 during fiscal 2022, as compared to purchases of 8.2 million shares at an average price per share of $170.04 during fiscal 2021. From time to time, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including, among other things, actual and potential acquisition activity, cash balances and cash flows, issuances due to employee benefit plan activity, and market conditions.

Capital Resources and Client Fund Obligations

We have $3.0 billion of senior unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2025, 2028, and 2030. We may from time to time revisit the long-term debt market to refinance existing debt, finance investments including acquisitions for our growth, and maintain the appropriate capital structure. However, there can be no assurance that volatility in the global capital and credit markets would not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our notes.

Our U.S. short-term funding requirements related to client funds are sometimes obtained on an unsecured basis through the issuance of commercial paper, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. This commercial paper program provides for the issuance of up to $9.7 billion in aggregate maturity value. Our commercial paper program is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, Prime-1 (“P-1”) by Moody’s and F1+ by Fitch. These ratings denote the highest quality commercial paper securities. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to up to 364 days. At June 30, 2022 and 2021, we had no commercial paper borrowing outstanding. Details of the borrowings under the commercial paper program are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20222021
Average daily borrowings (in billions)$2.0$1.6
Weighted average interest rates0.4%0.1%
Weighted average maturity (approximately in days)1 day1 day

39

Our U.S., Canadian, and United Kingdom short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations are sometimes obtained on a secured basis through the use of reverse repurchase agreements, which are collateralized principally by government and government agency securities, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. These agreements generally have terms ranging from overnight to up to five business days. We have successfully borrowed through the use of reverse repurchase agreements on an as-needed basis to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. At June 30, 2022 and 2021, there were $136.4 million and $23.5 million, respectively, of outstanding obligations related to the reverse repurchase agreements. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20222021
Average outstanding balances$299.6$136.7
Weighted average interest rates0.7%0.2%

We vary the maturities of our committed credit facilities to limit the refinancing risk of any one facility. We had a $3.75 billion, 364-day credit agreement that was amended in June 2022 and matured in July 2022. On July 1, 2022, the company entered into a new $3.75 billion 364-day credit agreement that matures in June 2023 with a one year term-out option to replace the maturing facility. In addition, we have a five-year $2.75 billion credit facility and a five-year $3.2 billion credit facility maturing in June 2024 and June 2026, respectively, each with an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million, subject to the availability of additional commitments. The primary uses of the credit facilities are to provide liquidity to the commercial paper program and funding for general corporate purposes, if necessary. We had no borrowings through June 30, 2022 under the credit facilities. We believe that we currently meet all conditions set forth in the revolving credit agreements to borrow thereunder, and we are not aware of any conditions that would prevent us from borrowing part or all of the $9.7 billion available to us under the revolving credit agreements. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including credit facilities.

Our investment portfolio does not contain any asset-backed securities with underlying collateral of sub-prime mortgages, alternative-A mortgages, sub-prime auto loans or sub-prime home equity loans, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, credit default swaps, derivatives, auction rate securities, structured investment vehicles or non-investment grade fixed-income securities. We own AAA-rated senior tranches of primarily fixed rate auto loan, credit card, equipment lease, and rate reduction receivables, secured predominantly by prime collateral. All collateral on asset-backed securities is performing as expected through June 30, 2022. In addition, we own U.S. government securities which primarily include debt directly issued by Federal Farm Credit Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). This investment strategy is supported by our short-term financing arrangements necessary to satisfy short-term funding requirements relating to client funds obligations. See Note 4 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our corporate investments and funds held for clients.

Capital expenditures for fiscal 2022 were $177.1 million, as compared to $178.3 million for fiscal 2021. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2023 to be between $175 million and $200 million.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations at June 30, 2022 relate primarily to operating leases (Note 6) and other arrangements recorded in our balance sheet or disclosed in the notes to our financial statements, including benefit plan obligations (Note 10), liabilities for uncertain tax positions (Note 11), purchase obligations (Note 12), debt obligations (Note 9) and $309.5 million of interest payments of our debt, of which $63.3 million is expected to be paid within one year.

In addition to the obligations described above, we had obligations for the remittance of funds relating to our payroll and payroll tax filing services. As of June 30, 2022, the obligations relating to these matters, which are expected to be paid in fiscal 2023, total $51,285.5 million and were recorded in client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $49,569.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities that were impounded from our clients to satisfy such obligations recorded in funds held for clients on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022.

Separately, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $284 million in July 2022 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2023 policy year. At June 30, 2022, ADP Indemnity had total assets of $612.0 million to satisfy the actuarially estimated unpaid losses of $533.9 million for the policy years since July 1, 2003. ADP Indemnity paid claims of $1.8 million and $3.3 million, net of insurance recoveries, in fiscal 2022 and 2021,

40

respectively. Refer to the “Analysis of Reportable Segments - PEO Services” above for additional information regarding ADP Indemnity.

In the normal course of business, we also enter into contracts in which we make representations and warranties that relate to the performance of our services and products. We do not expect any material losses related to such representations and warranties.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our overall investment portfolio is comprised of corporate investments (cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term marketable securities) and client funds assets (funds that have been collected from clients but have not yet been remitted to the applicable tax authorities or client employees).

Our corporate investments are invested in cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities.  These assets are available for our regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, as well as other corporate operating purposes. All of our short-term and long-term fixed-income securities are classified as available-for-sale securities.

Our client funds assets are invested with safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary objectives. Consistent with those objectives, we also seek to maximize interest income and to minimize the volatility of interest income.  Client funds assets are invested in highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities, with a maximum maturity of 10 years at the time of purchase, and money market securities and other cash equivalents.

We utilize a strategy by which we extend the maturities of our investment portfolio for funds held for clients and employ short-term financing arrangements to satisfy our short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). As part of our client funds investment strategy, we use the daily collection of funds from our clients to satisfy other unrelated client funds obligations, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In circumstances where we experience a reduction in employment levels due to a slowdown in the economy, we may make tactical decisions to sell certain securities in order to reduce the size of the funds held for clients to correspond to client funds obligations. We minimize the risk of not having funds collected from a client available at the time such client’s obligation becomes due by impounding, in virtually all instances, the client’s funds in advance of the timing of payment of such client’s obligation. As a result of this practice, we have consistently maintained the required level of client funds assets to satisfy all of our obligations.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties involving our investment strategy relating to our client funds assets. Such risks include liquidity risk, including the risk associated with our ability to liquidate, if necessary, our available-for-sale securities in a timely manner in order to satisfy our client funds obligations. However, our investments are made with the safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary goals to minimize the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy all of our client funds obligations. We also believe we have significantly reduced the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy our client funds obligations by consistently maintaining access to other sources of liquidity, including our corporate cash balances, available borrowings under our $9.7 billion commercial paper program (rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, P-1 by Moody’s, and F1+ by Fitch, the highest possible short-term credit ratings), our ability to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions and available borrowings under our $9.7 billion committed credit facilities. The reduced availability of financing during periods of economic turmoil, even to borrowers with the highest credit ratings, may limit our ability to access short-term debt markets to meet the liquidity needs of our business. In addition to liquidity risk, our investments are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk, as discussed below.

We have established credit quality, maturity, and exposure limits for our investments. The minimum allowed credit rating at time of purchase for corporate, Canadian government agency and Canadian provincial bonds is BBB, for asset-backed securities is AAA, and for municipal bonds is A. The maximum maturity at time of purchase for BBB-rated securities is 5 years, and for single A rated, AA-rated and AAA-rated securities it is 10 years. Time deposits and commercial paper must be rated A-1 and/or P-1. Money market funds must be rated AAA/Aaa-mf.

41

Details regarding our overall investment portfolio are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20222021
Average investment balances at cost:
Corporate investments$4,241.3$3,525.6
Funds held for clients32,480.327,353.1
Total$36,721.6$30,878.7
Average interest rates earned exclusive of realized losses/(gains) on:
Corporate investments1.0%1.0%
Funds held for clients1.4%1.5%
Total1.3%1.5%
Net realized losses/(gains) on available-for-sale securities4.4(11.3)
As of June 30:
Net unrealized pre-tax (losses)/gains on available-for-sale securities$(1,721.4)$502.2
Total available-for-sale securities at fair value$28,391.6$24,371.7

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to securities that mature, as the proceeds from maturing securities are reinvested. Factors that influence the earnings impact of interest rate changes include, among others, the amount of invested funds and the overall portfolio mix between short-term and long-term investments. This mix varies during the fiscal year and is impacted by daily interest rate changes. The annualized interest rate earned on our entire portfolio decreased from 1.5% for fiscal 2021 to 1.3% for fiscal 2022. A hypothetical change in both short-term interest rates (e.g., overnight interest rates or the federal funds rate) and intermediate-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $18 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2023. A hypothetical change in only short-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average short-term investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $8 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2023.

We are exposed to credit risk in connection with our available-for-sale securities through the possible inability of the borrowers to meet the terms of the securities. We limit credit risk by investing in investment-grade securities, primarily AAA-rated and AA- rated securities, as rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, DBRS for Canadian dollar denominated securities, and Fitch for asset-backed and commercial-mortgage-backed securities. In addition, we limit amounts that can be invested in any security other than U.S. government and government agency, Canadian government, and United Kingdom government securities.

We operate and transact business in various foreign jurisdictions and are therefore exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments as risk management tools and not for trading purposes.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

42

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and other comprehensive income. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional information.

The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. These estimates require levels of subjectivity and judgment, which could result in actual results differing from our estimates. The Company believes the following are its critical accounting estimates:

Deferred Costs - Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts

Description

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract (e.g., sales commissions) and cost incurred to implement clients on our solutions (e.g., direct labor) that are expected to be recovered are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the client retention period, depending on the business unit.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company has estimated the amortization periods for deferred costs by using its historical retention rates by business unit to estimate the pattern during which the service transfers. The expected client relationship period ranges from three to eight years.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

As the assumptions used to estimate the amortization period of the deferred costs could have a material impact on timing of recognition, we assess the amortization periods annually using historical retention rates. Actual retention rates were not materially different than those used in our calculation to determine the amortization period. We regularly review our deferred costs for impairment. There were no impairment losses incurred during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, June 30, 2021, or June 30, 2020.

Goodwill.

Description

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill might be impaired.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment as of June 30, 2022 was performed for all reporting units using a quantitative approach by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit using, as appropriate, the income approach, which is derived using the present value of future cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted weighted-average cost of capital, and the market approach, which is based upon using market multiples of companies in similar lines of business. Significant assumptions used in determining the fair value of our reporting units include projected revenue growth rates, profitability projections, working capital assumptions, the weighted average cost of capital, the determination of appropriate market comparison companies, and terminal growth rates. Several of these assumptions including projected revenue growth rates and profitability projections are dependent on our ability to upgrade, enhance, and expand our technology and services to meet client needs and preferences.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

Some of the inherent estimates and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the reporting units are outside the control of management including the weighted-average cost of capital, tax rates, market comparisons, and terminal growth rates. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to calculate the fair value of the reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If our actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions used to calculate fair value, it could result in material impairments of our goodwill. The assumptions used to assess impairment consider historical trends, macroeconomic conditions, and projections consistent with the Company’s operating strategy. Changes in these estimates can have a significant impact on the assessment of fair value which could result in material impairment losses.

43

We completed our annual assessment of goodwill as of June 30, 2022 and determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. We performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that a one percentage point increase in the weighted-average cost of capital would not result in an impairment of goodwill for all reporting units and their fair values substantially exceeded their carrying values.

Income Taxes

Description

Judgment is required in addressing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our Consolidated Financial Statements or tax returns (e.g., realization of deferred tax assets, changes in tax laws or interpretations thereof). A change in the assessment of the outcomes of such matters could materially impact our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Judgments and Uncertainties

The Company computes its provision for income taxes based on the statutory tax rates in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Assumptions, judgment, and the use of estimates are required in determining if the “more likely than not” standard has been met when computing the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and uncertain tax positions.

Sensitivity of Estimate to Change

While the Company considers all of its tax positions fully supportable, the Company is occasionally challenged by various tax authorities regarding the amount of taxes due. If certain pending tax matters settle within the next twelve months, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may increase or decrease for all open tax years and jurisdictions. As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company's liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits, which include interest and penalties, were $98.1 million and $99.9 million, respectively.

FY 2021 10-K MD&A

SEC filing source: 0000008670-21-000027.

Extracted structurally from real Item 7 body heading to real Item 7A/8 boundary. Confidence: high. Filing date: 2021-08-04. Report date: 2021-06-30.

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Tabular dollars are presented in millions, except per share amounts

The following section discusses our year ended June 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”), as compared to year ended June 30, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”). A detailed review of our fiscal 2020 performance compared to our fiscal 2019 performance is set forth in Part II, Item 7 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document and other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical in nature and which may be identified by the use of words like “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could” “is designed to” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on

25

management’s expectations and assumptions and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements or that could contribute to such difference include: ADP's success in obtaining and retaining clients, and selling additional services to clients; the pricing of products and services; the success of our new solutions; compliance with existing or new legislation or regulations; changes in, or interpretations of, existing legislation or regulations; overall market, political and economic conditions, including interest rate and foreign currency trends and inflation; competitive conditions; our ability to maintain our current credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and profitability; security or cyber breaches, fraudulent acts, and system interruptions and failures; employment and wage levels; changes in technology; availability of skilled technical associates; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; the adequacy, effectiveness and success of our business transformation initiatives; and the impact of any uncertainties related to major natural disasters or catastrophic events, including the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. ADP disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. These risks and uncertainties, along with the risk factors discussed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and in other written or oral statements made from time to time by ADP, should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, we use adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods. Adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, adjusted net earnings, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted effective tax rate and organic constant currency are all non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the accompanying financial tables in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for a discussion of why ADP believes these measures are important and for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Highlights from the year ended June 30, 2021 include:

3%60 basis points6%
Revenue GrowthEarnings Before Income Taxes Margin ExpansionDiluted EPS Growth
2%(40) basis points2%
Organic Constant Currency Revenue GrowthAdjusted EBIT Margin ExpansionAdjusted Diluted EPS Growth
23%Employer Services New Business Bookings Growth2%PEO Services Average Worksite Employee Growth
$3.0BCash Returned via Shareholder Friendly Actions$1.6B Dividends | $1.4B Share Repurchases

We are a leading global provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (“HCM”) technology solutions to employers around the world. The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the global business environment and on our clients, but our priority has been and continues to be the safety of our associates and the needs of our clients. We have continued to provide HCM services, including the processing of payroll and tax obligations, to our clients during this time. ADP's efforts have also been focused on providing information and tools to help clients understand and navigate the governmental relief that has been adopted globally. In addition, we released a Return to Workplace solution that assists our clients in bringing their employees back to work safely through a comprehensive set of tools designed to streamline the entire process.

26

During the fiscal year, we continued to advance our market-leading solutions and achieved some new milestones. Earlier this year, our next-gen payroll solution earned ADP its 6th consecutive “Top HR Product Award” at the annual HR Technology Conference. This solution features a highly scalable, policy-based framework that enables easy self-service and powerful transparency. In February, we announced the launch of Roll, a new mobile-first payroll and tax filing product aimed at small businesses, which combines an AI-driven chat-based interface with the power and scale of our payroll and tax filing expertise. We continued to add to our robust DataCloud platform by introducing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Dashboard which can help businesses analyze their diversity landscape through a simple Q&A format and user interface that allows them to better set, track and expand their DEI goals. For our RUN platform, which is a leading solution in the market with approximately 750,000 clients, we began to roll out a new user experience and launched TimeKeeping Plus, an entirely new, native workforce management solution. This year, we reached 100,000 clients across our workforce management solutions for the first time, as the pandemic reinforced the need for robust workforce management solutions for our clients while they navigate the new norm of increasingly flexible schedules and work arrangements.

Our suite of HRO solutions also continued to deliver steady growth this year, despite the dynamic economic environment. Within PEO, the average worksite employee count grew 12% in the fourth quarter resulting in annual growth of 2%. We also have over 2 million worksite employees on our other HRO solutions within our Employer Services segment, as clients look for ways to outsource parts of the HR function to a best-in-class provider like ADP.

We continue to drive innovation by anticipating our clients' evolving needs and always designing for people as the world of work changes. We lead the HCM industry by driving growth through our strategic, cloud-based HCM solutions and developing innovations like our next gen platforms. We further enable these solutions by supplementing them with organic, differentiated investments such as the ADP Datacloud and ADP Marketplace, and through our compliance expertise.

For fiscal 2021, we drove solid revenue growth of 3% for the year, continued to invest for sustainable growth despite market conditions, and managed any non-essential spend prudently. Employer Services New Business Bookings was up 23% for fiscal 2021. In addition, the Employer Services client revenue retention rate for fiscal 2021 improved 170 basis points to 92.2% as compared to our rate for fiscal 2020. The PEO average number of Worksite Employees increased 2% for fiscal 2021. Our pays per control metric, which represents the number of employees on ADP clients' payrolls in the United States when measured on a same-store-sales basis for a subset of clients ranging from small to large businesses, turned positive in the fourth quarter resulting in annual growth of negative 3% for fiscal 2021.

We have a strong business model, a highly cash generative business with low capital intensity, and offer a suite of products that provide critical support to our clients’ HCM functions. We generate sufficient free cash flow to satisfy our cash dividend and our modest debt obligations, which enables us to absorb the impact of downturns and remain steadfast in our reinvestments, our longer term strategy, and our commitments to shareholder friendly actions. We are committed to building upon our past successes by investing in our business through enhancements in research and development and by driving meaningful transformation in the way we operate. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2021 and we remain well positioned to support our associates and our clients.

27

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

Total Revenues

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

á3% YoY Growth
á2% YoY Growth, Organic Constant Currency

Revenues for fiscal 2021 increased due to strong retention, new business started from New Business Bookings, an increase in zero-margin benefits pass-throughs and one percentage point of favorability from foreign currency. This increase is partially offset by a one percentage point of pressure from our interest earned on funds held for clients discussed below. Refer to “Analysis of Reportable Segments” for additional discussion of the increases in revenue for both of our reportable segments, Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”) Services.

Total revenues in fiscal 2021 include interest on funds held for clients of $422.4 million, as compared to $545.2 million in fiscal 2020. The decrease in the consolidated interest earned on funds held for clients resulted from the decrease in our average interest rate earned to 1.5% in fiscal 2021, as compared to 2.1% in fiscal 2020. The decrease is partially offset by an increase in our average client funds balances of 5.2% to $27.4 billion in fiscal 2021 as compared to fiscal 2020.

28

Total Expenses

Years Ended
June 30,
20212020% Change
Costs of revenues:
Operating expenses$7,520.7$7,404.12%
Systems development and programming costs716.6674.16%
Depreciation and amortization403.0366.910%
Total costs of revenues8,640.38,445.12%
Selling, general and administrative expenses3,040.53,003.01%
Interest expense59.7107.1(44)%
Total expenses$11,740.5$11,555.22%

For the year ended June 30, 2021, operating expenses increased due to the increase in our PEO Services zero-margin benefits pass-through costs to $3,092.0 million from $2,907.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the impact of foreign currency, and an increase in incentive compensation costs due to decreases in the prior year. These increases were partially offset by reduced costs as a result of our broad-based transformation initiatives and excess capacity headcount actions in the prior year, a change of $52.5 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity compared to prior year, reduced travel expenses and decreased pension costs as a result of U.S. pension service costs that were eliminated with the July 1, 2020 cessation of U.S. participants accruing any future service benefits (“U.S. pension freeze”).

Systems development and programming costs increased for fiscal 2021 due to increased investments and costs to develop, support, and maintain our products, partially offset by capitalization of costs related to our strategic projects, including our next gen platforms.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased related to the amortization of our acquisitions of intangibles and internally developed software.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended June 30, 2021 due to an increase in

incentive compensation costs, investments in our sales organization, and the impact of foreign currency, partially offset by a decrease in charges related to transformation initiatives, reduced costs as a result of our broad-based transformation initiatives and excess capacity headcount actions in the prior year for non-sales associates, capitalization of costs to obtain a contract under ASC 606, reduced travel expenses, legal settlements, and a decrease in bad debt expense.

Interest expense decreased for the year ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to a decrease in average interest rates for commercial paper borrowings to 0.1% for the year ended June 30, 2021, as compared to 1.6% for the year ended June 30, 2020. This was coupled with a decrease in average daily borrowings under our commercial paper program to $1.6 billion for the year ended June 30, 2021, as compared to $2.7 billion for the year ended June 30, 2020.

Other (Income)/Expense, net

(In millions)
Years ended June 30,20212020$ Change
Interest income on corporate funds$(36.5)$(84.5)$(48.0)
Realized (gains)/losses on available-for-sale securities, net(11.3)(12.9)(1.6)
Impairment of assets19.929.910.0
Gain on sale of assets(8.1)(5.8)2.3
Gain on sale of investment(1.7)(0.2)1.5
Non-service components of pension income, net(58.6)(74.5)(15.9)
Other (income)/expense, net$(96.3)$(148.0)$(51.7)

29

Other (income)/expense, net, decreased $51.7 million in fiscal 2021, as compared to fiscal 2020 as a result of a decrease in interest income on corporate funds due to lower interest rates earned and the change in non-service components of pension income, net, and the items described below. See Note 10 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on non-service components of pension income, net.

In fiscal 2021, the Company recorded impairment charges of $19.9 million which is comprised of a write down of $10.5 million related to internally developed software which was determined to have no future use, impairment charges of $9.4 million related to operating right-of-use assets and certain related fixed assets associated with vacating certain leased locations early, and recognizing certain owned facilities at fair value given intent to sell and accordingly classified as held for sale.

In fiscal 2020, the Company recorded impairment charges of $29.9 million, which is comprised of $25.3 million as a result of recognizing certain owned facilities at fair value given intent to sell and accordingly classified as held for sale and vacating certain leased locations early and recorded total impairment charges of $4.6 million related to operating right-of-use assets and certain related fixed assets associated with the vacated locations.

Earnings Before Income Taxes

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á6% YoY Growthá60 bps YoY Growth

Earnings before income taxes increased in fiscal 2021 due to the increases in revenues partially offset by the increases in expenses discussed above.

Overall margin increased in fiscal 2021 as a result of operational efficiencies, coupled with a decrease in charges related to transformation initiatives, legal settlements, reduced costs as a result of our broad-based transformation initiatives and excess capacity headcount actions in the prior year, a change of $52.5 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity compared to prior year, decreased selling expense, and decreased interest expense. These were partially offset by an increase in incentive compensation costs, a decrease in interest earned on funds held for clients, and incremental pressure from growth in our zero-margin benefits pass-throughs.

30

Adjusted Earnings before certain Interest and Taxes ("Adjusted EBIT")

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á1% YoY Growthâ40 bps YoY Growth

Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBIT margin exclude certain interest amounts, legal settlements, gain on sale of assets, net charges related to our broad-based transformation initiatives and the impact of the net severance charges as applicable in the respective periods.

Provision for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate in fiscal 2021 and 2020 was 22.7% and 22.5%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to combined benefits from a valuation allowance release related to foreign tax credit carryforwards and a foreign tax law change during fiscal 2020 as well as a decrease in the excess tax benefit on stock-based compensation, partially offset by favorable adjustments to prior year tax liabilities during fiscal 2021. Refer to Note 11, Income Taxes, within the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes

The adjusted effective tax rate in fiscal 2021 and 2020 was 22.7% and 22.6%, respectively. The drivers of the adjusted effective tax rate are the same as the drivers of the effective tax rate discussed above.

31

Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings per Share

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á5% YoY Growthá6% YoY Growth

For fiscal 2021, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

For fiscal 2021, diluted EPS increased as a result of the impact of fewer shares outstanding resulting from the repurchase of approximately 8.2 million shares during fiscal 2021 and 6.2 million shares during fiscal 2020, partially offset by the issuances of shares under our employee benefit plans.

Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
á1% YoY Growthá2% YoY Growth

For fiscal 2021, adjusted net earnings and adjusted diluted EPS reflect the changes in components described above.

32

ANALYSIS OF REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

Revenues
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20212020As ReportedOrganic Constant Currency
Employer Services$10,195.2$10,086.61%%
PEO Services4,818.34,511.57%7%
Other(8.1)(8.3)n/mn/m
$15,005.4$14,589.83%2%
Earnings before Income Taxes
Years Ended June 30,% Change
20212020As Reported
Employer Services$3,052.1$3,058.2%
PEO Services718.8609.318%
Other(409.7)(484.9)n/m
$3,361.2$3,182.66%

n/m - not meaningful

Employer Services

Revenues

Revenues increased in fiscal 2021 due to strong retention, business started from New Business Bookings and one percentage point of favorability from foreign currency. Employer Services client revenue retention rate for fiscal 2021 improved 170 basis points to 92.2% as compared to our rate for fiscal 2020. Increases in revenues were partially offset by a decrease in interest earned on funds held for clients.

Earnings before Income Taxes

Employer Services’ earnings before income taxes was flat in fiscal 2021 due to increased revenues discussed above offset by increases in expenses. The increases in expenses were due to an increase in incentive compensation costs, investments in our sales organization, an increase in amortization expense, and the impact of foreign currency. The increases in expenses were offset by reduced costs as a result of our broad-based transformation initiatives and excess capacity headcount actions for non-sales associates, reduced travel expenses, and a decrease in bad debt expense.

33

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2
â40 bps YoY Growth

Employer Services' overall margin decreased for fiscal 2021 due to an increase in incentive compensation costs, a decrease in interest earned on funds held for clients, and an increase in amortization expense. This decrease was partially offset by reduced costs as a result of our broad-based transformation initiatives and excess capacity headcount actions in the prior year, and a decrease in bad debt expense.

Revenues

PEO Revenues
Years EndedChange
June 30,
20212020$%
PEO Services' revenues$4,818.3$4,511.5$306.87%
Less: PEO zero-margin benefits pass-throughs3,092.02,907.7184.36%
PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-throughs$1,726.3$1,603.8$122.58%

PEO Services' revenues increased 7% and PEO Services' revenues excluding zero-margin benefits pass-through costs increased 8% in fiscal 2021. PEO Services' revenues increased due to a 2% increase in the average number of Worksite Employees in fiscal 2021 driven by an increase in the number of new PEO Services clients, partially offset by a modest decline in pays per control.

Earnings before Income Taxes

PEO Services’ earnings before income taxes increased 18% in fiscal 2021 due to increased revenues discussed above, partially offset by increases in expenses. The increases in expenses were due to the increase in zero-margin benefits pass-through costs of $184.3 million described above, partially offset by a change of $52.5 million in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity compared to the prior year, and a decrease in selling expenses.

34

For the year ended June 30, respectively:

Column 1Column 2
á140 bps YoY Growth

PEO Services' overall margin increased for fiscal 2021 due to an increase in revenues as discussed above, a change in our estimated losses related to ADP Indemnity compared to the prior year, and a decrease in selling expenses.

ADP Indemnity provides workers’ compensation and employer’s liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services’ worksite employees up to $1 million per occurrence. PEO Services has secured a workers’ compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy that caps the exposure for each claim at $1 million per occurrence and has also secured aggregate stop loss insurance that caps aggregate losses at a certain level in fiscal years 2012 and prior from an admitted and licensed insurance company of AIG. We utilize historical loss experience and actuarial judgment to determine the estimated claim liability, and changes in estimated ultimate incurred losses are included in the PEO segment.

Additionally, starting in fiscal year 2013, ADP Indemnity paid premiums to enter into reinsurance arrangements with ACE American Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chubb Limited (“Chubb”), to cover substantially all losses incurred by the Company up to the $1 million per occurrence related to the workers' compensation and employer's liability deductible reimbursement insurance protection for PEO Services' worksite employees. Each of these reinsurance arrangements limits our overall exposure incurred up to a certain limit. The Company believes the likelihood of ultimate losses exceeding this limit is remote. During fiscal 2021, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $240 million to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2021 policy year up to $1 million per occurrence. ADP Indemnity recorded a pre-tax benefit of approximately $32 million in fiscal 2021 and a pre-tax loss of approximately $20 million in fiscal 2020, which were primarily a result of changes in our estimated actuarial losses. ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $260 million in July 2021 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for fiscal 2022 policy year on terms substantially similar to the fiscal 2021 reinsurance policy.

Other

The primary components of “Other” are certain corporate overhead charges and expenses that have not been allocated to the reportable segments, including corporate functions, costs related to our transformation office, legal settlements, severance costs, non-recurring gains and losses, the elimination of intercompany transactions, and other interest expense.

35

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to our GAAP results, we use the adjusted results and other non-GAAP metrics set forth in the table below to evaluate our operating performance in the absence of certain items and for planning and forecasting of future periods:

Adjusted Financial MeasuresU.S. GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITNet earnings
Adjusted provision for income taxesProvision for income taxes
Adjusted net earningsNet earnings
Adjusted diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share
Adjusted effective tax rateEffective tax rate
Organic constant currencyRevenues

We believe that the exclusion of the identified items helps us reflect the fundamentals of our underlying business model and analyze results against our expectations and against prior period, and to plan for future periods by focusing on our underlying operations. We believe that the adjusted results provide relevant and useful information for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by management and improves their ability to understand and assess our operating performance.  The nature of these exclusions is for specific items that are not fundamental to our underlying business operations.  Since these adjusted financial measures and other non-GAAP metrics are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to their corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures at other companies.

36

Years Ended June 30,% Change
20212020As Reported
Net earnings$2,598.5$2,466.55%
Adjustments:
Provision for income taxes762.7716.1
All other interest expense (a)57.359.2
All other interest income (a)(6.5)(20.5)
Gain on sale of assets(0.2)
Transformation initiatives (b)77.4
Excess capacity severance charges (c)2.925.4
Legal settlements (d)(30.7)25.0
Adjusted EBIT$3,384.2$3,348.91%
Adjusted EBIT Margin22.6%23.0%
Provision for income taxes$762.7$716.17%
Adjustments:
Gain on sale of assets (e)(0.1)
Transformation initiatives (e)19.2
Excess capacity severance charges (e)0.56.3
Legal settlements (e)(7.5)6.2
Adjusted provision for income taxes$755.7$747.71%
Adjusted effective tax rate (f)22.7%22.6%
Net earnings$2,598.5$2,466.55%
Adjustments:
Gain on sale of assets(0.2)
Income tax provision on gain on sale of assets (e)0.1
Transformation initiatives (b)77.4
Income tax benefit for transformation initiatives (e)(19.2)
Excess capacity severance charges (c)2.925.4
Income tax benefit for excess capacity severance charges (e)(0.5)(6.3)
Legal settlements (d)(30.7)25.0
Income tax provision/ (benefit) for legal settlements (e)7.5(6.2)
Adjusted net earnings$2,577.7$2,562.51%
Diluted EPS$6.07$5.706%
Adjustments:
Gain on sale of assets (e)
Transformation initiatives (b) (e)0.13
Excess capacity severance charges (c) (e)0.010.04
Legal settlements (d) (e)(0.05)0.04
Adjusted diluted EPS$6.02$5.922%

(a) We include the interest income earned on investments associated with our client funds extended investment strategy and interest expense on borrowings related to our client funds extended investment strategy as we believe these amounts to be fundamental to the underlying operations of our business model. The adjustments in the table above represent the interest income and interest expense that are not related to our client funds extended investment strategy and are labeled as “All other interest expense” and “All other interest income.”

(b) In fiscal 2021, transformation initiatives include impairment charges as a result of recognizing certain owned facilities at fair value given intent to sell and accordingly classified as held for sale and lease asset impairment charges, offset by gain on sale of assets and net reversals of charges related to other transformation initiatives, including severance.

Unlike other severance charges which are not included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results, these specific charges relate to actions taken as part of our broad-based, company-wide transformation initiative.

37

(c) Represents net severance cost related to excess capacity. Unlike certain other severance charges in prior periods that are not

included as an adjustment to get to adjusted results, these specific charges relate to actions that are part of our broad-based,

company-wide initiatives to address excess capacity across our business and functions, including charges in fiscal 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(d) Represents legal settlements including an insurance recovery in fiscal 2021.

(e) The income tax provision/(benefit) was calculated based on the marginal rate in effect for the year ended June 30, 2021.

(f) The Adjusted effective tax rate is calculated as our Adjusted provision for income taxes divided by the sum of our Adjusted net earnings plus our Adjusted provision for income taxes.

The following table reconciles our reported growth rates to the non-GAAP measure of organic constant currency, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, the impact of dispositions, and the impact of foreign currency. The impact of acquisitions and dispositions is calculated by excluding the current year revenues of acquisitions until the one-year anniversary of the transaction and by excluding the prior year revenues of divestitures for the one-year period preceding the transaction. The impact of foreign currency is determined by calculating the current year result using foreign exchange rates consistent with the prior year. The PEO segment is not impacted by acquisitions, dispositions or foreign currency.

Year Ended
June 30,
2021
Consolidated revenue growth as reported3%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency(1)%
Consolidated revenue growth, organic constant currency2%
Employer Services revenue growth as reported1%
Adjustments:
Impact of acquisitions%
Impact of foreign currency(1)%
Employer Services revenue growth, organic constant currency%

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2021, cash and cash equivalents were $2.6 billion, which were primarily invested in time deposits and money market funds.

For corporate liquidity, we expect existing cash, cash equivalents, long-term marketable securities, cash flow from operations together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to access both long-term and short-term debt financing from the capital markets will be adequate to meet our operating, investing, and financing activities such as regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our financial condition remains solid at June 30, 2021 and we have sufficient liquidity as noted above; however, given the uncertainty in the rapidly changing market and economic conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact to our financial condition and liquidity.

For client funds liquidity, we have the ability to borrow through our financing arrangements under our U.S. short-term commercial paper program and our U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom short-term reverse repurchase agreements, together with our $9.7 billion of committed credit facilities and our ability to use corporate liquidity when necessary to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for a further discussion of the risks, including with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, related to our client funds extended investment strategy. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including commercial paper.

38

Operating, Investing and Financing Cash Flows

Our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, as reflected in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows are summarized as follows:

Years ended June 30,
20212020$ Change
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$3,093.3$3,026.2$67.1
Investing activities(3,515.0)3,156.3(6,671.3)
Financing activities6,437.5(5,890.6)12,328.1
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents73.8(34.5)108.3
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents$6,089.6$257.4$5,832.2

Net cash flows provided by operating activities increased due to a net favorable change in the components of operating assets and liabilities as compared to the year ended June 30, 2020.

Net cash flows from investing activities changed due to the timing of proceeds and purchases of corporate and client funds marketable securities of $6,771.2 million.

Net cash flows from financing activities changed due to a net increase in the cash flow from client funds obligations of $11,549.4 million, which is due to the timing of impounds from our clients and payments to our clients' employees and other payees, and proceeds from debt issuances. These were partially offset by payments of debt, more cash returned to shareholders via share repurchases and dividends, and settlement of cash flow hedges in fiscal 2021.

We purchased approximately 8.2 million shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $170.04 during fiscal 2021, as compared to purchases of 6.2 million shares at an average price per share of $160.61 during fiscal 2020. From time to time, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company considers several factors in determining when to execute share repurchases, including, among other things, actual and potential acquisition activity, cash balances and cash flows, issuances due to employee benefit plan activity, and market conditions.

Capital Resources and Client Fund Obligations

We have $3.0 billion of senior unsecured notes with maturity dates in 2025, 2028, and 2030. We may from time to time revisit the long-term debt market to refinance existing debt, finance investments including acquisitions for our growth, and maintain the appropriate capital structure. However, there can be no assurance that volatility in the global capital and credit markets would not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See Note 9 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our notes.

Our U.S. short-term funding requirements related to client funds are sometimes obtained on an unsecured basis through the issuance of commercial paper, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. This commercial paper program provides for the issuance of up to $9.7 billion in aggregate maturity value. Our commercial paper program is rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, Prime-1 (“P-1”) by Moody’s and F1+ by Fitch. These ratings denote the highest quality commercial paper securities. Maturities of commercial paper can range from overnight to up to 364 days. At June 30, 2021 and 2020, we had no commercial paper borrowing outstanding. Details of the borrowings under the commercial paper program are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20212020
Average daily borrowings (in billions)$1.6$2.7
Weighted average interest rates0.1%1.6%
Weighted average maturity (approximately in days)1 day2 days

Our U.S., Canadian, and United Kingdom short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations are sometimes obtained on a secured basis through the use of reverse repurchase agreements, which are collateralized principally by

39

government and government agency securities, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. These agreements generally have terms ranging from overnight to up to five business days. We have successfully borrowed through the use of reverse repurchase agreements on an as-needed basis to meet short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. At June 30, 2021 and 2020, there were $23.5 million and $13.6 million, respectively, of outstanding obligations related to the reverse repurchase agreements. Details of the reverse repurchase agreements are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20212020
Average outstanding balances$136.7$263.4
Weighted average interest rates0.2%1.6%

We vary the maturities of our committed credit facilities to limit the refinancing risk of any one facility. We have a $3.75 billion, 364-day credit agreement that matures in June 2022 with a one year term-out option. In addition, we have a five-year $2.75 billion credit facility and a five-year $3.2 billion credit facility maturing in June 2024 and June 2026, respectively, each with an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million, subject to the availability of additional commitments. The primary uses of the credit facilities are to provide liquidity to the commercial paper program and funding for general corporate purposes, if necessary. We had no borrowings through June 30, 2021 under the credit facilities. We believe that we currently meet all conditions set forth in the revolving credit agreements to borrow thereunder, and we are not aware of any conditions that would prevent us from borrowing part or all of the $9.7 billion available to us under the revolving credit agreements. See Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our short-term financing including credit facilities.

Our investment portfolio does not contain any asset-backed securities with underlying collateral of sub-prime mortgages, alternative-A mortgages, sub-prime auto loans or sub-prime home equity loans, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, credit default swaps, derivatives, auction rate securities, structured investment vehicles or non-investment grade fixed-income securities. We own AAA-rated senior tranches of primarily fixed rate auto loan, credit card, equipment lease, and rate reduction receivables, secured predominantly by prime collateral. All collateral on asset-backed securities is performing as expected through June 30, 2021. In addition, we own U.S. government securities which primarily include debt directly issued by Federal Farm Credit Banks and Federal Home Loan Banks. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). This investment strategy is supported by our short-term financing arrangements necessary to satisfy short-term funding requirements relating to client funds obligations. See Note 4 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our corporate investments and funds held for clients.

Capital expenditures for fiscal 2021 were $178.3 million, as compared to $168.3 million for fiscal 2020. We expect capital expenditures in fiscal 2022 to be between $200 million and $225 million.

Contractual Obligations

The following table provides a summary of our contractual obligations at June 30, 2021:

(In millions)Payments due by period
Contractual ObligationsLess than 1 year1-3 years3-5 yearsMore than 5 yearsUnknownTotal
Debt Obligations (1)$64.2$128.5$1,111.8$2,092.1$$3,396.6
Operating Lease Obligations (2)$103.2$160.7$102.5$100.9$$467.3
Purchase Obligations (3)$448.5$184.8$25.3$$$658.6
Obligations Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits (4)$14.8$$$$85.1$99.9
Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Compensation and Benefits (5)$49.0$64.9$57.4$267.2$33.9$472.4
Total$679.7$538.9$1,297.0$2,460.2$119.0$5,094.8

(1)These amounts represent the principal and interest payments of our debt.

40

(2)Included in these amounts are various facilities and equipment leases. We enter into operating leases in the normal course of business relating to facilities and equipment. The majority of our lease agreements have fixed payment terms based on the passage of time. Certain facility and equipment leases require payment of maintenance and real estate taxes and contain escalation provisions based on future adjustments in price indices. Our future operating lease obligations could change if we exit certain contracts or if we enter into additional operating lease agreements.

(3)Purchase obligations are comprised of a $260 million reinsurance premium with Chubb for the fiscal 2022 policy year, as well as obligations related to software subscription licenses and purchase and maintenance agreements on our software, equipment, and other assets.

(4)Based on current estimates, we expect to make cash payments up to $14.8 million in the next twelve months for obligations related to unrecognized tax benefits across various jurisdictions and tax periods. For $85.1 million of obligations related to unrecognized tax benefits we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates as to the period in which cash payments are expected to be paid.

(5)Compensation and benefits primarily relates to amounts associated with our employee benefit plans and other compensation arrangements.  These amounts exclude the estimated contributions to our defined benefit plans, which are expected to be $10.0 million in fiscal 2022.

In addition to the obligations quantified in the table above, we had obligations for the remittance of funds relating to our payroll and payroll tax filing services. As of June 30, 2021, the obligations relating to these matters, which are expected to be paid in fiscal 2022, total $34,403.8 million and were recorded in client funds obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We had $34,905.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities that were impounded from our clients to satisfy such obligations recorded in funds held for clients on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2021.

Separately, ADP Indemnity paid a premium of $260 million in July 2021 to enter into a reinsurance agreement with Chubb to cover substantially all losses incurred by ADP Indemnity for the fiscal 2022 policy year. At June 30, 2021, ADP Indemnity had total assets of $564.2 million to satisfy the actuarially estimated unpaid losses of $487.4 million for the policy years since July 1, 2003. ADP Indemnity paid claims of $3.3 million and $4.4 million, net of insurance recoveries, in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. Refer to the “Analysis of Reportable Segments - PEO Services” above for additional information regarding ADP Indemnity.

In the normal course of business, we also enter into contracts in which we make representations and warranties that relate to the performance of our services and products. We do not expect any material losses related to such representations and warranties.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our overall investment portfolio is comprised of corporate investments (cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term marketable securities) and client funds assets (funds that have been collected from clients but have not yet been remitted to the applicable tax authorities or client employees).

Our corporate investments are invested in cash and cash equivalents and highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities.  These assets are available for our regular quarterly dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures and/or acquisitions, as well as other corporate operating purposes. All of our short-term and long-term fixed-income securities are classified as available-for-sale securities.

Our client funds assets are invested with safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary objectives. Consistent with those objectives, we also seek to maximize interest income and to minimize the volatility of interest income.  Client funds assets are invested in highly liquid, investment-grade marketable securities, with a maximum maturity of 10 years at the time of purchase, and money market securities and other cash equivalents.

We utilize a strategy by which we extend the maturities of our investment portfolio for funds held for clients and employ short-term financing arrangements to satisfy our short-term funding requirements related to client funds obligations. Our client funds investment strategy is structured to allow us to average our way through an interest rate cycle by laddering the maturities of our investments out to five years (in the case of the extended portfolio) and out to ten years (in the case of the long portfolio). As part of our client funds investment strategy, we use the daily collection of funds from our clients to satisfy other unrelated client funds obligations, rather than liquidating previously-collected client funds that have already been invested in available-for-sale securities. In circumstances where we experience a reduction in employment levels due to a slowdown in the economy, we may make tactical decisions to sell certain securities in order to reduce the size of the funds held for clients to correspond to client funds obligations. We minimize the risk of not having funds collected from a client available at the time such client’s obligation becomes due by impounding, in virtually all instances, the client’s funds in advance of the timing of payment of such client’s

41

obligation. As a result of this practice, we have consistently maintained the required level of client funds assets to satisfy all of our obligations.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties involving our investment strategy relating to our client funds assets. Such risks include liquidity risk, including the risk associated with our ability to liquidate, if necessary, our available-for-sale securities in a timely manner in order to satisfy our client funds obligations. However, our investments are made with the safety of principal, liquidity, and diversification as the primary goals to minimize the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy all of our client funds obligations. We also believe we have significantly reduced the risk of not having sufficient funds to satisfy our client funds obligations by consistently maintaining access to other sources of liquidity, including our corporate cash balances, available borrowings under our $9.7 billion commercial paper program (rated A-1+ by Standard and Poor’s, P-1 by Moody’s, and F1+ by Fitch, the highest possible short-term credit ratings), and our ability to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions and available borrowings under our $9.7 billion committed credit facilities. The reduced availability of financing during periods of economic turmoil, including the COVID-19 pandemic, even to borrowers with the highest credit ratings, may limit our ability to access short-term debt markets to meet the liquidity needs of our business. In addition to liquidity risk, our investments are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk, as discussed below.

We have established credit quality, maturity, and exposure limits for our investments. The minimum allowed credit rating at time of purchase for corporate, Canadian government agency and Canadian provincial bonds is BBB, for asset-backed securities is AAA, and for municipal bonds is A. The maximum maturity at time of purchase for BBB-rated securities is 5 years, for single A rated securities is 10 years, and for AA-rated and AAA-rated securities is 10 years. Time deposits and commercial paper must be rated A-1 and/or P-1. Money market funds must be rated AAA/Aaa-mf.

Details regarding our overall investment portfolio are as follows:

Years ended June 30,20212020
Average investment balances at cost:
Corporate investments$3,525.6$4,560.3
Funds held for clients27,353.125,990.3
Total$30,878.7$30,550.6
Average interest rates earned exclusive of realized (gains)/losses on:
Corporate investments1.0%1.9%
Funds held for clients1.5%2.1%
Total1.5%2.1%
Net realized (gains)/losses on available-for-sale securities$(11.3)$(12.9)
As of June 30:
Net unrealized pre-tax gains on available-for-sale securities$502.2$876.8
Total available-for-sale securities at fair value$24,371.7$21,576.6

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to securities that mature, as the proceeds from maturing securities are reinvested. Factors that influence the earnings impact of interest rate changes include, among others, the amount of invested funds and the overall portfolio mix between short-term and long-term investments. This mix varies during the fiscal year and is impacted by daily interest rate changes. The annualized interest rate earned on our entire portfolio decreased from 2.1% for fiscal 2020 to 1.5% for fiscal 2021. A hypothetical change in both short-term interest rates (e.g., overnight interest rates or the federal funds rate) and intermediate-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately a $22 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2022. A hypothetical change in only short-term interest rates of 25 basis points applied to the estimated average short-term investment balances and any related short-term borrowings would result in approximately an $10 million impact to earnings before income taxes over the ensuing twelve-month period ending June 30, 2022.

42

We are exposed to credit risk in connection with our available-for-sale securities through the possible inability of the borrowers to meet the terms of the securities. We limit credit risk by investing in investment-grade securities, primarily AAA-rated and AA- rated securities, as rated by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, DBRS for Canadian dollar denominated securities, and Fitch for asset-backed and commercial-mortgage-backed securities. Approximately 72% of our available-for-sale securities held a AAA-rating or AA-rating at June 30, 2021. In addition, we limit amounts that can be invested in any security other than U.S. government and government agency, Canadian government, and United Kingdom government securities.

We operate and transact business in various foreign jurisdictions and are therefore exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that could impact our consolidated results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. We manage our exposure to these market risks through our regular operating and financing activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We may use derivative financial instruments as risk management tools and not for trading purposes.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

See Note 1, Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and other comprehensive income. We continually evaluate the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. The estimates are based on historical experience and assumptions believed to be reasonable under current facts and circumstances. Actual amounts and results could differ from these estimates made by management. In addition, as the duration and severity of COVID-19 pandemic are uncertain, certain of our estimates could require further judgment or modification and therefore carry a higher degree of variability and volatility. As events continue to evolve, our estimates may change materially in future periods. Certain accounting policies that require significant management estimates and are deemed critical to our results of operations or financial position are Revenue Recognition (including Deferred Costs), Goodwill and Income Taxes. Refer to Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of our policies for Revenue Recognition (including Deferred Costs), Goodwill and Income Taxes.

Goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill might be impaired.

The Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment as of June 30, 2021 was performed for all reporting units using a quantitative approach by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value.  We estimated the fair value of each reporting unit using, as appropriate, the income approach, which is derived using the present value of future cash flows discounted at a risk-adjusted weighted-average cost of capital, and the market approach, which is based upon using market multiples of companies in similar lines of business.  Significant assumptions used in determining the fair value of our reporting units include projected revenue growth rates, profitability projections, working capital assumptions, the weighted average cost of capital, the determination of appropriate market comparison companies, and terminal growth rates.  Several of these assumptions including projected revenue growth rates and profitability projections are dependent on our ability to upgrade, enhance, and expand our technology and services to meet client needs and preferences.  As such, the determination of fair value requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions related to forecasts of future revenue and operating margins.  Based upon the quantitative assessment, the Company has concluded that goodwill is not impaired. As the assumptions used in the income approach and market approach can have a material impact on the fair value determinations, we performed a sensitivity analysis and determined that a one percentage point increase in the weighted-average cost of capital would not result in an impairment of goodwill for all reporting units and their fair values substantially exceeded their carrying values.