8-K: Current report filing
Published on October 7, 2022
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): October 3, 2022
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 7, 2022, Deluxe Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Chip Zint as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective October 17, 2022. Mr. Zint, age 37, has served as the Vice President of Finance of the Company since August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Zint served in finance and management positions at NCR Corporation, a software, consulting and technology company, from 2007 to 2020.
Mr. Zint will receive a base salary of $400,000 and will participate in the Company’s executive compensation program, including its annual and long-term incentive plans.
On October 3, 2022, Scott Bomar, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, tendered his resignation to the Company, effective October 17, 2022.
Section 7 - Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The full text of the press release announcing Mr. Zint’s appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Refer to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2022 for the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures included in the press release to the directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
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| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 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.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 has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 7, 2022
| DELUXE CORPORATION | ||||||||
| /s/ Jeffrey L. Cotter | ||||||||
| Jeffrey L. Cotter | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief | ||||||||
| Administrative Officer and | ||||||||
| General Counsel | ||||||||