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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    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): JANUARY 22, 2004



                         AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           DELAWARE            1-5397                  22-1467904
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      (State or              (Commission           (IRS
      other                  File                  Employer
      jurisdiction           Number)               Identification
      of                                           No.)
      incorporation)



      ONE ADP BOULEVARD, ROSELAND, NEW JERSEY              07068
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      (Address of principal                              (Zip
      executive offices)                                 Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (973) 974-5000
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                                    N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

      On January 22, 2004, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the
Registrant's financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 31,
2003. A copy of the Registrant's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99
and is hereby incorporated by reference. The information in this Form 8-K,
including the accompanying exhibit, is being furnished under Item 12 and shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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                                    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:  January 22, 2004

                               AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.


                               By: /s/ Karen E. Dykstra
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                                  Name:  Karen E. Dykstra
                                  Title: Chief Financial Officer




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

        EXHIBIT NUMBER            DESCRIPTION
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             99         Press Release dated January 22, 2004, issued by
                        Automatic Data Processing, Inc.



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