---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-24-000114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:48:54.612204+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# All eight director nominees elected, say-on-pay and auditor ratified at Deluxe annual meeting

## Summary
- 86.4% of shares represented (38.0M of 44.0M outstanding).
- All eight director nominees elected with For votes ranging from 31.4M to 35.0M.
- Say-on-pay resolution approved with 23.8M For (approx. 66.5% of votes cast) and 11.7M Against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed with 37.1M For (97.6% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-24-000114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000114/0000027996-24-000114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000114/dlx-20240425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000027996-24-000114.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DELUXE CORP shareholders approved A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the named executive officers at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: (2) A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the named executive officers, as described in the proxy statement filed in connection with the annual meeting: For 23,798,765 Against 11,715,335 Abstain 193,234 Broker non-vote 2,321,907
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000114/0000027996-24-000114-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DELUXE CORP shareholders approved Election of eight directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The Company held its annual shareholders' meeting on April 25, 2024. 38,029,241 shares were represented (86.4% of the 44,028,722 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 eight directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000114/0000027996-24-000114-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DELUXE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: (3) Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: For 37,115,922 Against 789,224 Abstain 124,095
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799624000114/0000027996-24-000114-index.htm

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