Ceridian HCM is an American provider of

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and services with employees in the

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, Canada, Europe, Australia and

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. It is a publicly traded company on the

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History

Ceridian is a descendant of Control Data Corporation (CDC). In 1992, Ceridian was founded as an information services company from the restructuring of CDC, a computer services and manufacturing company founded in 1957. In 2007, Ceridian was acquired for US$5.3 billion by

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and Fidelity National Financial (FNF). Ceridian common stock ceased trading on the

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before commencement of trading on November 9, 2007 and was delisted from the NYSE. In March 2012, Ceridian completed its acquisition of Dayforce, a single SaaS application for HR, payroll, tax, benefits, workforce management, talent management and several related activities. In October 2013, Ceridian announced the legal separation of its Human Capital Management and payments businesses. Ceridian completed the separation on October 1, 2013 through a series of transactions, which resulted in the payments business being operated as Comdata Inc. (“Comdata”), and the HCM business being operated as Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (“Ceridian HCM”). David Ossip, Chief Executive Officer of Dayforce, became CEO of Ceridian HCM in February 2013. In April 2018, Ceridian went public in an initial offering that raised over $400 million. In September 2019, Ceridian acquired Australia-based enterprise workforce management solutions provider Riteq. In April 2020, Ceridian acquired an Asian HCM (Excelity Global Solutions). On 1 March 2021, Ceridian completed the acquisition of Ascender HCM.

Leadership

* David Ossip, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2013–present) * Leagh Turner, President and Chief Operating Officer (2018–present)

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