Deluxe Corporation

04/28/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/28/2021 15:20

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

We held our annual shareholders' meeting on April 28, 2021. 38,275,554 shares were represented (90.9% of the 42,100,275 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting). Three items were considered at the meeting, and the results of the voting were as follows:

(1) Election of Directors:

Shareholders were asked to elect nine directors to hold office until the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. The nominees for director and the results of the voting were as follows:

For Withheld Broker non-vote
William C. Cobb 35,120,422 402,001 2,753,131
Paul R. Garcia 35,036,753 485,670 2,753,131
Cheryl E. Mayberry McKissack 33,959,381 1,563,042 2,753,131
Barry C. McCarthy 34,967,141 555,282 2,753,131
Don J. McGrath 34,192,520 1,329,903 2,753,131
Thomas J. Reddin 34,259,085 1,263,338 2,753,131
Martyn R. Redgrave 34,162,479 1,359,944 2,753,131
John L. Stauch 35,115,808 406,615 2,753,131
Victoria A. Treyger 34,794,343 728,080 2,753,131

(2) A non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the proxy statement filed in connection with the annual meeting:

For 33,412,018
Against 1,918,750
Abstain 191,655
Broker non-vote 2,753,131

(3) Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:

For 37,565,951
Against 559,377
Abstain 150,226

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Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number 		Description
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
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase 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)


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