UNITED STATES	
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549	
______________	
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT	
 	
Pursuant to Section   13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934	
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 10, 2009	
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.	
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)	
 
Delaware	 	1-5397	 	22-1467904	
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)	 	(Commission File Number)	 	(IRS Employer Identification No.)	
 
One ADP Boulevard, Roseland, New Jersey	07068	
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)	
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 974-5000	
 
N/A	
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)	
 
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Item 5.02.	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.	
(d)         On February 10, 2009, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, announced that Linda R. Gooden had been elected to the Registrant’s Board of Directors on February 10, 2009. Ms. Gooden is presently an Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services. She joined Lockheed Martin in 1980 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility culminating with her appointment to her current position in January 2007.

 	This election increases the size of the Registrant’s board to 13 directors.	

 

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 10, 2009
 
 	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

 
 	
 	By:	/s/   James B. Benson	
 	 	Name:   James B. Benson
Title:     Vice President