Deluxe Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$DLX
Publishing
Consumer Discretionary
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): August 20, 2025
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 20, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Deluxe Corporation (the “Company”) unanimously elected Michelle T. Collins to the Board, effective August 20, 2025. Ms. Collins will stand for re-election at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders. The Board has determined that Ms. Collins qualifies as an independent director under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the Company’s director independence standards, as adopted by the Board. The Board has also determined that Ms. Collins has sufficient accounting or related financial management expertise to serve as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K. As such, Ms. Collins also qualifies as a financial expert pursuant to 303A.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Ms. Collins will serve on the Company’s Audit and Finance Committee and a second committee to be determined at a later date.
Ms. Collins recently served as Vice Chair and a member of Deloitte’s U.S. Board of Directors. During her six-year tenure on the Board, she served as the Chair of the Governance Committee and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. During her career with Deloitte, Ms. Collins advised across a broad spectrum of issues, including business transformations, mergers and acquisitions, enterprise risk management, financial accounting and reporting, and SEC compliance. Ms. Collins also serves as a member of the board of directors of Owens Corning. Ms. Collins earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Michigan University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Section 7 - Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the election of Ms. Collins to the Board is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
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Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 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.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) | |||||||
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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: August 21, 2025
| DELUXE CORPORATION | ||||||||
| /s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter | ||||||||
| Jeffrey L. Cotter | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief | ||||||||
| Administrative Officer and | ||||||||
| General Counsel | ||||||||
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