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): August 6, 2025

DELUXE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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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~~SECTION 21 -– ~~Financial~~REGISTRANT’S ~~Information~~BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

Item 21.~~02 Results~~01 ofEntry ~~Operations~~into ~~and~~a ~~Financial~~Material ~~Condition~~Definitive Agreement.

~~Furnished~~On asAugust ~~Exhibit~~6, 992025, Deluxe Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national bank (“Seller”).1 isSubject to the ~~earnings~~terms ~~release~~and conditions of ~~Deluxe~~the ~~Corporation~~Purchase ~~reporting~~Agreement, on ~~results~~the ~~from~~date ~~second~~of ~~quarter~~the ~~2025~~Purchase Agreement (the “Closing Date”), the Company acquired certain assets, intellectual property rights and customer contracts of Seller (as more particularly described in the Purchase Agreement, the “Purchased Assets”) related to Seller’s CheckMatch electronic check conveyance service business, and assumed certain liabilities of Seller related to the Purchased Assets (the “Transaction”).

The ~~information~~aggregate inpurchase ~~this~~price ~~Item~~payable ~~2.02~~to ~~and~~Seller in ~~Exhibit~~connection ~~99.1~~with ~~shall~~the ~~not~~Transaction beis ~~deemed~~$25,000,000, ~~"filed"~~(i) $12,500,000 ~~for purposes~~ of ~~Section~~which 18was ofpaid on the ~~Securities~~Closing ~~Exchange~~Date, ~~Act~~and of(ii) ~~1934~~$12, ~~as amended~~500,000 ~~nor~~of which ~~shall~~will it be ~~deemed~~paid ~~incorporated~~180 bydays ~~reference~~following ~~into any filings under~~ the ~~Securities~~Closing ~~Act of 1933, as amended~~Date.

~~Section~~The 9Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants tailored to the Purchased Assets (including non-competition ~~Financial~~and non-solicitation ~~Statements~~covenants), and ~~Exhibits~~indemnification provisions.

SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 6, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the Company’s entry into the Purchase Agreement, which press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2. to Form 8-K, the information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

ExhibitNumber		Description
Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of Deluxe Corporation, dated August 6, 2025.	~~Earnings Release, dated August 6, 2025, of Deluxe Corporation reporting results from second quarter 2025 (furnished)~~
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
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (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~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: August 6, 2025

	DELUXE CORPORATION

Dated: August 7, 2025	By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter
	Name:	Jeffrey L. Cotter
	Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

DELUXE CORPORATION /s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter Jeffrey L. Cotter Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

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