Company: DLX
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000027996-25-000107
Chunk: 79

Company: DELUXE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 79
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 voted "FOR" the proposal. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against the proposal.

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#### What is the effect of broker non-votes?
If you are a beneficial owner but not the record holder, you generally cannot vote your shares directly and must instead instruct your broker, trustee, bank or nominee how to vote your shares using the voting instruction form provided by that intermediary party. If you do not provide voting instructions, whether your shares can be voted by this party depends on the type of matter being considered. If this party does not have discretion to vote your shares, your shares will not be voted unless you provide instructions. Broker non-votes will generally have no effect in determining whether any proposals to be voted on at the meeting are approved.

#### Will the meeting include any other business?
The board does not intend to present any business at the meeting other than the matters specifically set forth in this Proxy Statement and knows of no other business scheduled to come before the meeting. If any other matters are brought before the meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote on such matters in accordance with their judgment of the best interests of our company and our shareholders. The proxies solicited by us will confer discretionary authority on the persons named therein as proxies to vote on any matter presented at the meeting of which the board did not have knowledge a reasonable time before we printed and mailed these proxy materials.

What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials?

It means you hold shares registered in more than one account. To ensure that all of your shares are voted, if you vote by telephone or the internet, vote once for each Internet Notice you receive. If you wish to consolidate your accounts, please contact our stock transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services, at P.O. Box 64874, St. Paul, MN 55164 or by toll-free telephone at (800) 401-1957. You also may receive a "voting instruction" card, which looks very similar to a proxy card. Voting instructions are prepared by brokers, trustees, banks, or nominees for shareholders who hold shares in street name.

What is the difference between a shareholder of record and a "street name" holder?

If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services, you are considered the shareholder of record with respect to those shares. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank, trustee, or other nominee, you