Company: DLX
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000027996-25-000107
Chunk: 6

Company: DELUXE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 6
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 responsibility, diversity and inclusion, and overall corporate ethics |
| Risk Management Oversight       |     | Ensures our board's ability to exercise its oversight of our overall enterprise risk management program, including identifying, managing, and mitigating key risks                                                             |
| Cybersecurity and Data Privacy  |     | Supports our commitment to protecting the data of the financial institutions, businesses, and consumers to whom we provide services and products                                                                               |

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#### Corporate Governance Highlights
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, together with our bylaws, are intended to foster leading governance practices for our board and company. Our board oversees administration and interpretation of these guidelines, including determining whether amendments to the guidelines are appropriate. Below are highlights of key features of our corporate governance practices. Please see “Board Structure and Governance” beginning on page 11 of this Proxy Statement for more information about our corporate governance practices.

| Diverse Board Leadership                                        |     | Annual Director Elections                           |     | Annual Board and Committee Evaluation Process |
| Stock Ownership Guidelines for Executive Officers and Directors |     | Regular Executive Sessions of Independent Directors |     | ESG Oversight                                 |
| No Poison Pill                                                  |     | Cybersecurity Oversight                             |     | Stock Hedging and Pledging Policies           |

#### Shareholder Outreach
As a company, we are committed to both listening and responding to our shareholders. Management, along with Investor Relations, regularly meets with shareholders throughout the year. Additionally, in response to our 2024 shareholder vote, we invited shareholders representing approximately 74% of our outstanding shares to discuss topics deemed important to them. We met with shareholders representing nearly 42% of our outstanding shares. The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, beginning on page 22, includes a detailed discussion of these shareholder engagement efforts, including the changes made to our executive compensation program in direct response to such feedback. We will continue this active dialogue with shareholders and elevate and integrate feedback into board discussions to ensure we address those matters shareholders deem critical.

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#### Fiscal 2024 Performance Highlights
In fiscal year 2024, we reported revenue of $2.122 billion, a 3.2% decrease from 2023, including the impacts of our late-2023 exit of the payroll and human resources management businesses and the June 2023 closing on the sale of our North American web hosting business. On a comparable adjusted basis, revenue decreased a more modest 1.2% versus the prior year, achieving $2.