---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000027996-26-000129"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-16T20:07:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-16T20:09:06.751393+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe 8-K/A reveals Celero Commerce 2025 revenue $198.8M, net loss $5.7M after $29.2M interest expense

## Summary
- Celero Commerce 2025 revenue $198.8M vs $182.0M in 2024; payment processing revenue $191.3M vs $174.2M.
- Celero swung to net loss of $5.7M in 2025 from net income $9.5M in 2024; operating income fell to $24.3M from $31.0M.
- Interest expense, net rose to $29.2M in 2025 from $21.1M in 2024; debt, net stood at $320.3M at Dec. 31, 2025.
- Goodwill $233.7M and intangible assets, net $54.1M at Dec. 31, 2025; total assets $340.6M.
- Celero paid $114.8M distributions to members in 2025; cash and equivalents fell to $16.2M from $18.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000027996-26-000129
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-16T20:07:55+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799626000129/0000027996-26-000129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000002799626000129/dlx-20260731.htm

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