Company: DLX
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000027996-25-000107
Chunk: 11

Company: DELUXE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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en by the board's Corporate Governance Committee. These evaluations are designed to ensure that the board and its committees are functioning effectively and to identify any issues or potential areas for improvement. In addition, from time to time, the board undergoes an effectiveness evaluation conducted by an independent, third-party governance expert.

#### Code of Ethics
All of our directors and employees, including our Named Executive Officers (NEOs), are required to comply with our Code of Ethics to help ensure that our business is conducted in accordance with applicable legal and ethical standards. Our Code of Ethics is designed to require strict adherence to the letter and spirit of all laws and regulations applicable to our business, and addresses professional conduct, including customer relationships, respect for coworkers, conflicts of interest, insider trading, the integrity of our financial recordkeeping and reporting, and the protection of our intellectual property and confidential information. Employees are required to report any violations or suspected violations of the Code of Ethics to management or our legal department, or by using our confidential, third-party ethics and compliance hotline. The full text of our Code of Ethics is posted on our website at www.investors.deluxe.com/governance/governance-documents. The Code of Ethics is available in print, free of charge, to any shareholder who submits a request to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices at Deluxe Corporation, 801 Marquette Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.

Policies and Procedures with Respect to Related Person Transactions

The board has adopted a written policy under which the Audit and Finance Committee is responsible for reviewing and, as appropriate, approving any proposed related person transactions. Specifically, the policy requires that any transaction: (a) involving our company; (b) in which any of our directors, nominees for director, executive officers, or greater than five percent shareholders, their immediate family members, or the associates of these persons have a direct or indirect material interest; and (c) where the amount involved exceeds $120,000 in any fiscal year, be approved in advance by the Audit and Finance Committee. A related party transaction may only be approved if the transaction is determined to be consistent with the best interests of the company and its shareholders. In determining whether to approve such transaction, the committee must consider, in addition to other factors deemed appropriate, whether the transaction is on terms generally available to an unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction. The committee has the discretion to impose such conditions as it deems necessary and appropriate