---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-012727"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLX"
cik: "0000027996"
company_name: "DELUXE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:42:23.470805+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deluxe sells Safeguard business for $25M; expected close Q1 2026

## Summary
- Aggregate purchase price ~$25M; $12M at closing, balance in three annual installments.
- Buyer is PFG-SG Operating Group LLC; PFG Ventures, L.P. guarantees financial obligations.
- Transaction expected to close in first quarter 2026, subject to customary conditions.
- Three-year non-competition and non-solicitation covenants for Seller Entities.
- Customary representations, warranties, and indemnification provisions included.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-012727
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLX
- cik: 0000027996
- company_name: DELUXE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000110465926012727/0001104659-26-012727-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000110465926012727/tm265641d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DELUXE CORP entered into Asset Purchase Agreement with PFG-SG Operating Group LLC valued at approximately $25 million, $12 million of which will be paid on the Closing Date and the remainder o (effective 2026-02-10).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: PFG-SG Operating Group LLC
  - Value: approximately $25 million, $12 million of which will be paid on the Closing Date and the remainder o
  - Effective: 2026-02-10
  source text: On February 10, 2026, Deluxe Corporation (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (“Seller Entities”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between the Seller Entities, the Company, PFG-SG Operating Group LLC (“Purchaser”), and PFG Ventures, L.P. (“Purchaser Parent”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/000110465926012727/0001104659-26-012727-index.htm

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