Company: DLX
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000027996-25-000107
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Company: DELUXE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
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#### ITEM 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

#### Nominees for Election
There are currently eleven individuals serving on our board. Each director's term expires as of the date of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. William Cobb and Martyn Redgrave are not standing for re-election at the meeting. The board recommends that the nine individuals presented below, all of whom are current directors, be elected to serve on the board until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. With the exception of Mr. McCarthy, who serves as our President and CEO and therefore is not independent, all nominees have been determined by the board to meet the independence standards of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (see the discussion of Director Independence in the "Board Structure and Governance" section of this Proxy Statement). Each of the individuals listed below has consented to being named as a nominee in this Proxy Statement and has indicated a willingness to serve if elected. However, if any nominee becomes unable to serve before the election, the shares represented by proxies may be voted for a substitute designated by the board, unless a contrary instruction is indicated in the proxy card.

Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, at any shareholder meeting at which directors are subject to an uncontested election (i.e., an election where the only nominees are those recommended by the board), any nominee for director who receives a greater number of "WITHHOLD" votes from his or her election than "FOR" votes shall submit to the board, within five (5) business days of certification of the shareholder vote by the Inspector of Elections, a written offer to resign from the board. The Corporate Governance Committee shall promptly consider the resignation offer and recommend to the full board whether to accept it. The board will act on the Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation within 90 days following the certification of the shareholder vote by the Inspector of Elections, which action may include, without limitation, acceptance of the offer of resignation, adoption of measures intended to address the perceived issues underlying the vote, or rejection of the resignation offer. Thereafter, the board will disclose its decision whether to accept the director’s resignation offer and the reasons for rejecting the offer, if applicable, in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC