{"url_path":"/sec/dlx/8-k/2026-06-18/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 ****Regulation FD Disclosure.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/0001104659-26-075414-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-075414","cik":"0000027996","ticker":"DLX","issuer_name":"DELUXE CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27996/0001104659-26-075414-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000027996","primary_entity_name":"DELUXE CORP"},"word_count":810,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 7.01****Regulation FD Disclosure.**\n\n \n\nOn June 18, 2026, the Company\nissued a press release announcing that it had signed the Purchase Agreement to acquire Celero. A copy of the press release is attached\nhereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.\n\n \n\nIn addition, the Company\nwill be providing supplemental information regarding the Transaction and Celero in a presentation that will be made available on the Company’s\nwebsite. A copy of the presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.\n\n \n\nAs provided in General Instruction\nB.2 of Form 8-K, the information and exhibits contained in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of\nSection 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing\nunder the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**Cautionary Statement Regarding\nForward-Looking Statements**\n\n \n\nStatements made in this Current\nReport on Form 8-K concerning the Company, the Company’s or management’s intentions, expectations, outlook or predictions\nabout future results or events, including the Transaction and its expected Closing, are “forward-looking statements” within\nthe meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements reflect management’s current intentions or\nbeliefs and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to vary from stated expectations, which variations\ncould be material and adverse. Factors that could produce such a variation include, but are not limited to, the following: the risk that\nthe proposed Transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; the inability to integrate and/or realize the benefits of\nthe Transaction, including expected synergies; the occurrence of any fact, event, change, development or circumstance that could give\nrise to the termination of the Purchase Agreement; the failure to satisfy any of the conditions to the consummation of the Transaction,\nincluding the receipt of certain regulatory approvals; the risk that the financing necessary to consummate the Transaction may not be\nobtained, may be delayed, or may be available only on less favorable terms than anticipated; that the announcement of the Transaction\ncould disrupt the Company’s or Celero’s relationships with customers, employees or other business partners; changes in local,\nregional, national and international economic or political conditions, including those resulting from heightened inflation, rising interest\nrates, a recession, or intensified international hostilities, and the impact they may have on the Company, its data, customers or demand\nfor the Company’s products and services; the effect of proposed and enacted legislative and regulatory actions affecting the Company\nor the financial services industry as a whole; continuing cost increases and/or declines in the availability of data, materials and other\nservices; the Company’s ability to execute its strategy and to realize the intended benefits; the inherent unreliability of earnings,\nrevenue and cash flow predictions due to numerous factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control; declining demand for\nthe Company’s checks, check-related products and services and business forms; risks that the Company’s strategies intended\nto drive sustained revenue and earnings growth, despite the continuing decline in checks and forms, are delayed or unsuccessful; intense\ncompetition; continued consolidation of financial institutions and/or bank failures, thereby reducing the number of potential customers\nand referral sources and increasing downward pressure on the Company’s revenue and gross profit; risks related to other acquisitions,\nincluding integration-related risks and risks that future acquisitions will not be consummated; risks that any such acquisitions do not\nproduce the anticipated results or synergies; risks that the Company’s cost reduction initiatives will be delayed or unsuccessful;\nrisks related to any divestitures contemplated or undertaken by the Company; performance shortfalls by one or more of the Company’s\nmajor suppliers, licensors, data or service providers; continuing supply chain and labor supply issues; unanticipated delays, costs and\nexpenses in the development and marketing of products and services, including financial technology and treasury management solutions;\nthe failure of such products and services to deliver the expected revenues and other financial targets; risks related to security breaches,\ncomputer malware or other cyber-attacks; risks of interruptions to the Company’s website operations or information technology systems;\nand risks of unfavorable outcomes and the costs to defend litigation and other disputes. The Company’s forward-looking statements\nspeak only as of the time made, and management assumes no obligation to publicly update any such statements. Additional information concerning\nthese and other factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from the Company’s current expectations\nare contained in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and other filings made with the SEC. Deluxe undertakes\nno obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, new information or future circumstances."}