dlx-20221003

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): October 3, 2022

DELUXE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


MN	1-7945	41-0216800
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)


801 S. Marquette Ave., Minneapolis, MN						55402-2807
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

(651) 483-7111

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share	DLX	NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange

Act. ☐

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 October 7, 2022, Deluxe Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Chip Zint as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective October 17, 2022. Mr. Zint, age 37, has served as the Vice President of Finance of the Company since August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Zint served in finance and management positions at NCR Corporation, a software, consulting and technology company, from 2007 to 2020.

Mr. Zint will receive a base salary of $400,000 and will participate in the Company’s executive compensation program, including its annual and long-term incentive plans.

On October 3, 2022, Scott Bomar, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, tendered his resignation to the Company, effective October 17, 2022.

Section 7 - Regulation FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The full text of the press release announcing Mr. Zint’s appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Refer to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2022 for the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures included in the press release to the directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number						Description
99.1						Press Release, dated October 7, 2022, of Deluxe Corporation
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)

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: October 7, 2022


			DELUXE CORPORATION

			/s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter

			Jeffrey L. Cotter
			Senior Vice President, Chief
			Administrative Officer and
			General Counsel

Deluxe Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits