dlx-20210428

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): April 28, 2021

DELUXE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


MN	1-7945	41-0216800
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)


3680 Victoria St. N.	Shoreview	MN	55126-2966
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

(651) 483-7111

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share	DLX	NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange

Act. ☐

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

We held our annual shareholders' meeting on April 28, 2021. 38,275,554 shares were represented (90.9% of the 42,100,275 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting). Three items were considered at the meeting, and the results of the voting were as follows:

(1) Election of Directors:

Shareholders were asked to elect nine directors to hold office until the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. The nominees for director and the results of the voting were as follows:


	For	Withheld	Broker non-vote
William C. Cobb	35,120,422	402,001	2,753,131
Paul R. Garcia	35,036,753	485,670	2,753,131
Cheryl E. Mayberry McKissack	33,959,381	1,563,042	2,753,131
Barry C. McCarthy	34,967,141	555,282	2,753,131
Don J. McGrath	34,192,520	1,329,903	2,753,131
Thomas J. Reddin	34,259,085	1,263,338	2,753,131
Martyn R. Redgrave	34,162,479	1,359,944	2,753,131
John L. Stauch	35,115,808	406,615	2,753,131
Victoria A. Treyger	34,794,343	728,080	2,753,131

(2) A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the proxy statement filed in connection with the annual meeting:


For						33,412,018
Against						1,918,750
Abstain						191,655
Broker non-vote						2,753,131

(3) Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:


For						37,565,951
Against						559,377
Abstain						150,226

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number						Description
101.INS						XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE						XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104						Cover page interactive data file (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURES

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: April 28, 2021


			DELUXE CORPORATION

			/s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter

			Jeffrey L. Cotter
			Senior Vice President, Chief
			Administrative Officer and
			General Counsel