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

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

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