---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-22-000116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:10:39.269699+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe Corp. Controller and Principal Accounting Officer resigns, effective April 8, 2022

## Summary
- Ronald van Houwelingen tendered his resignation on March 16, 2022, effective April 8, 2022.
- No successor has been named for the Controller and Principal Accounting Officer role.
- Departure is for a key finance leadership position but does not involve the CEO or CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-22-000116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000116/0000027996-22-000116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000116/dlx-20220316.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-22-000116
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-22-000116.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-22-000116.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ronald van Houwelingen resigned as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at DELUXE CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 16, 2022, Ronald van Houwelingen, the Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Deluxe Corporation (the “Company”), tendered his resignation to the Company, effective April 8, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799622000116/0000027996-22-000116-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.