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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Oct 6, 2008)

Filed October 6, 2008For Securities:ADP

Summary

This 8-K filing by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) on October 6, 2008, primarily serves as a submission of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, in XBRL format. Investors should note that this XBRL data is considered unaudited and is not the official filing. ADP explicitly advises investors to rely on the officially filed versions of their financial statements and not to make investment decisions based on the information presented in this 8-K or its accompanying XBRL exhibit.

Key Highlights

  • 1ADP filed its fiscal year 2008 10-K Annual Report data in XBRL format as an exhibit to this 8-K.
  • 2The filing date for this 8-K is October 5, 2008, with the earliest event date being June 29, 2008.
  • 3The XBRL data includes financial statements such as Statements of Consolidated Earnings, Consolidated Balance Sheets, Statements of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity, and Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows.
  • 4ADP explicitly states that the XBRL data is unaudited and not the official filing.
  • 5Investors are strongly cautioned by ADP to rely on the official filed versions of financial documents and not on the XBRL exhibit in this 8-K for investment decisions.
  • 6The information in this 8-K, including Exhibit 100, is not deemed 'filed' for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to submit the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). It serves as a technological submission and test for XBRL formatting.

No, investors are explicitly advised by ADP not to rely on the information contained in this 8-K filing or its XBRL exhibit (Exhibit 100) for making investment decisions. They should continue to rely on the official filed versions of ADP's financial statements.

No, ADP states that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents attached as Exhibit 100 is unaudited.

The XBRL exhibit includes the Statements of Consolidated Earnings for the three years ended June 30, 2008, Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2006, Statements of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity for the three years ended June 30, 2008, and Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the three years ended June 30, 2008.