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Deluxe Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/17 – ‘JSON’

On:  Friday, 5/5/17, at 2:15pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/17   ·   Accession #:  27996-17-71   ·   File #:  1-07945

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 5/05/17  Deluxe Corp                       10-Q        3/31/17   74:9.2M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Deluxe Corporation Form 10-Q 03.31.2017             HTML   1.05M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     98K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     39K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     73K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity      HTML     63K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    109K 
17: R7          Consolidated financial statements                   HTML     41K 
18: R8          New accounting pronouncements                       HTML     38K 
19: R9          Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML    268K 
20: R10         Earnings per share                                  HTML     54K 
21: R11         Other comprehensive income                          HTML     67K 
22: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     50K 
23: R13         Fair value measurements                             HTML    127K 
24: R14         Restructuring charges                               HTML    153K 
25: R15         Income tax provision                                HTML     25K 
26: R16         Postretirement benefits                             HTML     36K 
27: R17         Debt                                                HTML     80K 
28: R18         Other commitments and contingencies                 HTML     35K 
29: R19         Shareholders' equity                                HTML     31K 
30: R20         Business segment information                        HTML     91K 
31: R21         Subsequent event                                    HTML     23K 
32: R22         Consolidated financial statements (Policies)        HTML     36K 
33: R23         New accounting pronouncements (Policies)            HTML     34K 
34: R24         Long-term investments (Policies)                    HTML     23K 
35: R25         Recurring fair value measurements (Policies)        HTML     22K 
36: R26         Consolidated financial statements (Tables)          HTML     35K 
37: R27         Supplemental balance sheet information (Tables)     HTML    287K 
38: R28         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     53K 
39: R29         Other comprehensive income (Tables)                 HTML     65K 
40: R30         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     34K 
41: R31         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML    117K 
42: R32         Restructuring charges (Tables)                      HTML    154K 
43: R33         Postretirement benefits (Tables)                    HTML     34K 
44: R34         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     76K 
45: R35         Business segment information (Tables)               HTML     79K 
46: R36         Consolidated financial statements (Details)         HTML     34K 
47: R37         New accounting pronouncements (Details)             HTML     32K 
48: R38         Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML     34K 
                (Inventories and Supplies) (Details)                             
49: R39         Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML     65K 
                (Available-For-Sale Securities) (Details)                        
50: R40         Supplemental balance sheet information (Assets      HTML     53K 
                Held for Sale) (Details)                                         
51: R41         Supplemental balance sheet information              HTML     78K 
                (Intangibles) (Details)                                          
52: R42         Supplemental balance sheet information (Goodwill)   HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         Supplemental balance sheet information (Other)      HTML     96K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     58K 
55: R45         Other comprehensive income (Reclassification        HTML     42K 
                Adjustments) (Details)                                           
56: R46         Other comprehensive income (Accumulated Other       HTML     48K 
                Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                                    
57: R47         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     55K 
58: R48         Fair value measurements (Non-Recurring Fair Value   HTML     32K 
                Measurements) (Details)                                          
59: R49         Fair value measurements (Recurring Fair Value       HTML     74K 
                Measurements) (Details)                                          
60: R50         Fair value measurements (changes in Level 3         HTML     29K 
                recurring fair value measurement) (Details)                      
61: R51         Fair value measurements (Other Financial            HTML     56K 
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
62: R52         Restructuring charges (Details)                     HTML     51K 
63: R53         Restructuring charges (Restructuring Accruals by    HTML     80K 
                Year and by Segment) (Details)                                   
64: R54         Income tax provision (Details)                      HTML     27K 
65: R55         Postretirement benefits (Details)                   HTML     33K 
66: R56         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     84K 
67: R57         Other commitments and contingencies (Details)       HTML     39K 
68: R58         Shareholders' equity (Details)                      HTML     35K 
69: R59         Business segment information (Details)              HTML     63K 
70: R60         Subsequent event (Details)                          HTML     27K 
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    133K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- a201733110-q_htm                    XML   2.66M 
71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     78K 
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73: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              335±   494K 
74: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000027996-17-000071-xbrl      Zip    249K 


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