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170602:0941
DELUXE CORPORATION 401(k) AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN
SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION
May 1, 2016
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INFORMATION IN THIS
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1
WHY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLAN? ........... 2
ELIGIBILITY .................................................... 2
Eligibility for New Employees .................... 2 Eligibility for Rehired Employees ............... 3 Eligibility for Employees of an Acquired
Company ..................................................... 3
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS ..................... 5
Your Pre-tax 401(k) Contributions .............. 5 Your Roth 401(k) Contributions ................. 5 Which Is Better For You?............................ 6 Catch-Up Contributions .............................. 6 Matching Contributions ............................... 7 Profit Sharing Contributions........................ 8 Rollover Contributions ................................ 9 Employer Pension Contributions ............... 10 Special Rules for Contributions................. 10
INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS ................... 11
In General .................................................. 11 Participant Direction of Investments ......... 11 ERISA Section 404(c) ............................... 11 Information on Investment Funds ............. 11 Adjustment of Accounts ............................ 12 Account Statements ................................... 12 Risk of Loss ............................................... 12 Investment Restrictions ............................. 12
VESTING ........................................................ 13
PAYMENT ...................................................... 13
Payment to You After Termination ........... 13 Payment to Your Beneficiary .................... 15 Payment During Employment ................... 17 Retiree Health Account ............................. 20 In General .................................................. 20 Loans ......................................................... 20
CLAIMS PROCEDURES ............................... 22
Steps in Filing a Claim .............................. 22 Steps in Filing Request for Review ........... 23
PLAN AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION ............................................. 25
WHO TO CONTACT: THE PLAN
ADMINISTRATOR, PLAN SPONSOR,
TRUSTEE AND RECORDKEEPER .............. 25
Plan Name ................................................. 25 Plan Number ............................................. 25 Plan Administrator .................................... 25 Plan Sponsor ............................................. 25 Trustee ....................................................... 26 Recordkeeper ............................................ 26
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ................... 26
QDRO Procedures ..................................... 26 Address Updates ....................................... 26 Fees and Expenses..................................... 26 Service of Legal Process ........................... 27 Type of Plan .............................................. 27 USERRA ................................................... 27 Normal Retirement Age ............................ 27 Uncashed Check Procedures ..................... 27 ERISA Rights ............................................ 27
ABOUT THIS SUMMARY
This booklet is a summary of the Deluxe
Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (the
“Plan”). It describes the general operation of the
Plan and outlines your rights and obligations
under the Plan. It is, however, only a summary.
It does not describe every Plan feature, nor is it
used to administer the Plan.
The Plan’s official terms are in the Plan
document entitled “Deluxe Corporation 401(k)
and Profit Sharing Plan (2016 Restatement),”
along with any amendments to that document.
The plan administrator will only use the official
Plan document to administer the Plan and
resolve any disputes. If there is a discrepancy
between this Summary and the Plan document,
the Plan document will control.
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A summary cannot give all the details, and the
details may affect your benefits. You must read
the Plan document to gain a complete
understanding of the Plan. If you have questions
about the Plan, you should contact the Human
Resources Department.
INTRODUCTION
We all look forward to the day we can retire.
We plan to take trips, have more time for
hobbies, or pursue our dreams. The Deluxe
Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan can
help you achieve your retirement goals.
The Plan allows you to contribute a portion of
your pay to a pre-tax 401(k) account, an after-
tax Roth 401(k) account, or both. The Plan also
allows your Employer to make matching
contributions and profit sharing contributions.
The Plan also includes the Deluxe Corporation
Defined Contribution Pension Plan’s money
purchase pension account (the “pension
account”) and retiree health account that were
merged into the Plan on December 31, 2013.
You choose how to invest your contributions,
your matching contributions, your profit sharing
contributions and your pension account.
The following is a list of some terms used in this
Summary:
• Accounts. Your contributions, any
employer contributions, and other
contributions (such as rollover
contributions) are held in separate accounts
within your account for bookkeeping
purposes. Your pension account is included
in your account. The retiree health account
is not included in your account.
• Committee. The group of people who
administer the Plan, unless the Employer has
appointed someone else to administer the
Plan.
• Employer. The “Employer” is Deluxe
Corporation (“Deluxe”) or any affiliate of
Deluxe that is a participating employer
under Schedule I of the Plan. A profit center
is a substantially integrated economic unit of
an Employer that Deluxe recognizes as a
separate profit center for internal
bookkeeping purposes and which is
designated under Schedule I of the Plan.
• Employer Contributions. The Employer
will make matching contributions equal to a
portion of your contributions. The
Employer may also make profit sharing
contributions to the Plan for eligible
participants. The Employer discontinued
pension contributions effective for all years
beginning on or after January 1, 2011.
• Participant. You become a participant in
the Plan once you satisfy the Plan’s
eligibility requirements.
• Vested. “Vested” refers to how much of the
balance in your account that you own. You
are “100% vested” in your account in the
Plan at all times (except for some transfer
accounts).
• Year. The term “year” generally refers to a
“Plan Year.” A “Plan Year” is the 12-month
calendar year.
Did you know?
The summary uses a number of terms, such as
“pay” and “year” in the place of more formal
terms (“Recognized Compensation” and “Plan
Year”) defined in the Plan document. We do
this to make the Summary easier to read. The
Plan document’s defined terms, however, not the
Summary’s terms, are used to administer the
Plan. See the Plan for details.
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WHY CONTRIBUTE TO
THE PLAN?
The amounts you contribute to a pre-tax 401(k)
account are not subject to federal or state income
tax at the time you make the contributions.
Your contributions (and investment earnings)
are not taxed until you withdraw them, so your
benefit is able to accumulate tax-deferred until
that time.
Example
Suppose you decide to receive $1,000 in pay
rather than contribute it to a pre-tax 401(k)
account. Also suppose you pay income tax at
the 25% federal income tax rate and at a 5%
state income tax rate. You will pay $300 of the
$1,000 in income taxes. After deducting social
security and Medicare taxes, your net take home
pay would be approximately $623.
In contrast, if you contribute the $1,000 to a pre-
tax 401(k) account, only the social security and
Medicare taxes are withheld. You will
contribute $923 to your retirement savings.
The amounts you contribute to a Roth 401(k)
account are subject to federal and state income
at the time you make the contributions.
However, these Roth 401(k) contributions (and
investment earnings) are generally not taxed
when you withdraw them.
In addition to the advantages of tax-deferred or
tax-free growth through making pre-tax 401(k)
or Roth 401(k) contributions, respectively, you
will be eligible to receive matching
contributions. See the section on contributions
for more details.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility for New Employees
Eligibility for 401(k) Contributions. To
initially become a participant eligible to make
pre-tax 401(k) and Roth 401(k) contributions,
you must:
• be classified by an Employer as being in
Recognized Employment,
• be regularly scheduled to work 1,000 hours
a year, and
• complete 30 days of service if you are hired
on or after January 1, 2010.
If you satisfy these requirements, you become
eligible to make contributions to the Plan on the
day after you complete 30 days of service.
If you are not regularly scheduled to work at
least 1,000 hours a year, you become eligible to
make contributions on the January 1, April 1,
July 1, or October 1 after you complete at least
one year of service (if you are employed in
Recognized Employment).
Eligibility for Employer Contributions. To
initially become eligible to receive Employer
matching contributions and to become eligible to
qualify for any Employer profit sharing
contributions, you must:
• be classified by an Employer as being in
Recognized Employment, and
• have completed one year of service.
If you satisfy these requirements, you become
eligible to receive Employer matching
contributions and to qualify for any Employer
profit sharing contributions (in accordance with
the rules discussed on pages 7 and 8) on the next
“entry date.” The entry dates are January 1,
April 1, July 1, and October 1. If you are not
employed in Recognized Employment on the
first entry date after you complete a year of
service, you will become eligible to receive
Employer matching contributions and to qualify
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for any Employer profit sharing contributions (in
accordance with the rules discussed on pages 7
and 8) when you transfer to Recognized
Employment.
If you were a participant in the Deluxe
Corporation Defined Contribution Pension Plan
as of December 31, 2010, you will continue to
be a participant in the Plan with respect to your
pension account. If you were not a participant in
the Deluxe Corporation Defined Contribution
Pension Plan as of December 31, 2010, you will
not be eligible for a pension account.
Eligibility for Rehired Employees
If you were previously employed by Employer,
you can enroll in the Plan again immediately
after you are rehired and are classified in
Recognized Employment. If you had previously
completed a year of service, you will be eligible
to receive Employer matching contributions and
to qualify for any Employer profit sharing
contributions. If you had not previously
completed a year of service, you must first
complete a year of service before you will
become a participant eligible to receive
Employer matching contributions and to qualify
for any Employer profit sharing contributions.
The Employer discontinued pension
contributions effective for years beginning on or
after January 1, 2011. This means if you were
previously a participant with a pension account,
your employment ended and you are rehired
after December 31, 2010, after you are rehired,
you will not receive any pension contributions
under the Plan.
Eligibility for Employees of an Acquired
Company
Certain transition rules may apply to Plan
eligibility, your contributions, matching
contributions, profit sharing contributions, loans,
and vesting if you were an employee of a
company that was acquired by or merged with
Deluxe or a Deluxe affiliate. If you have
questions regarding your eligibility to participate
in the Plan, contact the plan administrator.
Service
In general, “service” or “employment” means a
period of time during which the Employer pays
you as a common-law employee and provides
you with a Form W-2. See the Plan for details
regarding service for eligibility.
Hour of Service
In general, an “hour” or “Hour of Service”
means any hour for which the Employer pays
you as a common-law employee. If, however,
your Employer does not keep track of the actual
hours you work, you will be credited with
190 hours for each month that you work at least
one hour for your Employer.
Eligibility Service
In general, a “year of service” or “Eligibility
Service” means a year in which you work at
least 1,000 hours (specifically, “Hours of
Service”). Your service for eligibility begins to
count as of your first day of work. If you have
at least 1,000 hours (specifically, “Hours of
Service”) in your first 12 months, you have a
year of service. If you do not, you may become
eligible by completing 1,000 hours during any
calendar year beginning after your initial date of
hire.
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Recognized Employment
The term “Recognized Employment” is defined
in the Plan. In general, “Recognized
Employment” means all workers classified by
the Employer as employees for both payroll and
personnel purposes. But this excludes service
classified by the Employer as: (1) employment
under a collective bargaining agreement unless
that agreement expressly provides for the
employee’s coverage; (2) employment as a
nonresident alien; (3) employment in an
Employer division or facility not in existence on
January 1, 1997, unless the Committee
designates such employees as eligible;
(4) employment as a United States citizen or a
United States resident alien outside the United
States unless the Committee designates such
employees as eligible; (5) employment as a
temporary employee, (6) employment to the
extent agreed in writing by the employee, and
(7) employment of an individual who is a
resident of Puerto Rico. Workers not classified
by the Employer as employees for both payroll
and personnel purposes are not in Recognized
Employment, including, but not limited to,
service as a leased employee, leased owner,
leased manager, shared employee, shared leased
employee, temporary worker, independent
contractor, contract worker, agency worker,
freelance worker, or other similar classification.
The Employer’s classification of you at the time
of inclusion or exclusion in Recognized
Employment is conclusive. Any uncertainty
regarding your classification will be resolved by
excluding you from Recognized Employment.
See the Plan for details.
Example
Example: Alice starts full-time work in
Recognized Employment on October 1, 2015.
She completes 30 days of service on October 30,
2015. On October 31, 2015, she is a participant
and eligible to make 401(k) contributions. She
will be automatically enrolled to make pre-tax
401(k) contributions at the rate of four percent
(4%) of pay beginning as soon as
administratively possible on or after October 31,
2015, unless she declines to make 401(k)
contributions, elects a different pre-tax 401(k)
contribution rate, or elects to make Roth 401(k)
contributions instead. Alice completes one year
of service on September 30, 2016. On
October 1, 2016, Alice becomes eligible to
receive matching contributions and eligible to
share in the profit sharing contribution for the
year ending December 31, 2016 (if she qualifies
as described on pages 7 and 8). Alice has no
pension account.
Example: Harry starts work on July 9, 2014, in
a job classification that is not in Recognized
Employment (e.g., temporary employee). From
July 9, 2014 through July 8, 2015, he works at
least 1,000 hours. On October 29, 2015, he
transfers to Recognized Employment. He then
becomes a participant eligible to make 401(k)
contributions and to receive matching
contributions on October 29, 2015. He will be
automatically enrolled to make pre-tax 401(k)
contributions at the rate of four percent (4%) of
pay beginning as soon as administratively
possible after he receives the enrollment
materials for the Plan, unless he declines to
make 401(k) contributions, elects a different
pre-tax 401(k) contribution rate, or elects to
make Roth 401(k) contributions instead. He is
also eligible to share in the profit sharing
contribution for the year ending December 31,
2013 (if he qualifies as described on pages 7
and 8). Harry has no pension account.
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YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
AND YOUR EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS
Your Pre-tax 401(k) Contributions
If you are a participant, as defined under the
“Eligibility” section, you may contribute a
percentage of your pay each pay period to the
Plan as “pre-tax 401(k) contributions.” This
means that the amounts of these contributions
are not included in your federal taxable income.
These contributions are, however, subject to
social security taxes. This means the
contributions will not reduce your social security
benefits.
You may enroll for pre-tax 401(k) contributions
by calling Empower Retirement at
1-800-345-2345 or logging on to
www.retireonline.com. Your Employer will
begin taking the contributions out of your pay as
of the first possible payroll period after your
enrollment is processed. Your pre-tax 401(k)
contributions will be credited to your pre-tax
401(k) account.
Automatic Enrollment for Newly Eligible
Employees. When you are first eligible to
become a participant in the Plan, you will
receive a notice describing the automatic
enrollment feature of the Plan. If you do not
make a pre-tax 401(k) contribution election, you
will be automatically enrolled to make pre-tax
401(k) contributions at the rate of 4% of your
pay for each pay period beginning on the date
you become a participant in the Plan, unless you
affirmatively elect a different percentage,
affirmatively decline to make pre-tax 401(k)
contributions, or affirmatively elect to make
Roth 401(k) contributions instead.
Automatic Enrollment for Rehired
Employees. When you are rehired and you are
classified in Recognized Employment, you can
enroll in the Plan again immediately. You will
receive a notice describing the automatic
enrollment feature of the Plan. If you do not
make a pre-tax 401(k) contribution election, you
will be automatically enrolled to make pre-tax
401(k) contributions at the rate of 4% of your
pay for each pay period beginning as soon as
administratively possible after you receive such
notice, unless you affirmatively elect a different
percentage, affirmatively decline to make
pre-tax 401(k) contributions, or affirmatively
elect to make Roth 401(k) contributions instead.
Automatic Increase in Pre-tax 401(k)
Contribution Rate. If you are automatically
enrolled in the Plan, your pre-tax 401(k)
contribution rate will automatically increase
annually by two percent (2%) until the earlier of
(i) your pre-tax 401(k) contribution rate equals
fifteen percent (15%), or (ii) you affirmatively
decline to have your pre-tax 401(k) contribution
rate automatically increased. Generally, the
automatic annual increase will occur as soon as
administratively possible on or after March 1st
of each year.
Empower Retirement will notify you of the
automatic increase in your pre-tax contribution
rate. If you do not want your pre-tax 401(k)
contribution rate to increase, you may change
your pre-tax 401(k) contribution rate and the
automatic annual increase as of any subsequent
business day. You may elect (1) to have your
pre-tax 401(k) contribution rate increase by
more than or less than two percent (2%) each
year, (2) to continue the automatic two percent
(2%) increase in your pre-tax 401(k)
contribution rate after your pre-tax contribution
rate equals fifteen percent (15%), (3) to have the
automatic increase occur as of some other date,
or (4) any combination of (1), (2) or (3). Such
elections may be made by calling Empower
Retirement at 1-800-345-2345 or logging on to
www.retireonline.com.
Your Roth 401(k) Contributions
If you are a participant, as defined under the
“Eligibility” section, you may also contribute a
percentage of your pay each pay period to the
Plan as “Roth 401(k) contributions.” The
amounts of these contributions are included in
your federal taxable income. However, your
Roth 401(k) contributions (and investment
earnings) are generally not taxed when you
withdraw them.
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You may enroll for Roth 401(k) contributions by
calling Empower Retirement at 1-800-345-2345
or logging on to www.retireonline.com. Your
Employer will begin taking the contributions out
of your pay as of the first possible payroll period
after your enrollment is processed. Your Roth
401(k) contributions will be credited to your
Roth 401(k) account.
Which Is Better For You?
Making a decision to contribute on a pre-tax
401(k) or Roth 401(k) basis is difficult. It is a
personal decision that you have to make. We
strongly urge you to seek qualified financial or
tax advice as to what is likely to be the best for
you given your personal circumstances.
Some factors that your financial or tax advisor
may consider are your current federal and state
tax rates and available tax credits, the length of
time the money will be in the Plan, as well as
predictions of future tax rates and your level of
taxable income during retirement.
We will not provide tax or financial advice to
you.
Change or Terminate 401(k) Contribution
Rate.
You may change your pre-tax 401(k) and Roth
401(k) contribution rate as of any subsequent
business day by making a new contribution
election by calling Empower Retirement or
logging on to www.retireonline.com. You may
terminate your enrollment at the end of a payroll
period by calling Empower Retirement or
logging on to www.retireonline.com. If you
terminate your enrollment, you may begin
contributing again as of any subsequent payroll
period.
Limits.
You may elect to contribute from 1% to 50% (in
whole percentages) of your pay to your pre-tax
and Roth 401(k) accounts. Although currently
all participating Employers and profit centers
permit the same percentages of pre-tax 401(k)
and Roth 401(k) contributions by their
employees, the Plan provides that the permitted
percentages of 401(k) contributions may vary
among Employers and/or among profit centers.
The percentages of permitted employee
contributions may be changed from year to year.
Federal law has an annual limit (as adjusted for
cost of living) on the total amount that you may
contribute each year to your pre-tax and Roth
401(k) accounts, regardless of the percentage of
pay you elect to contribute. The adjusted limit
for 2016 is $18,000. This limit is reduced by the
amount of any similar contributions you make to
another employer’s retirement plan. To comply
with federal law, it might be necessary from
time to time to limit the maximum percentage of
pay that may be contributed to the Plan.
Catch-Up Contributions
If you are a participant in the Plan and you will
be age 50 or older during the year, you may be
eligible to make additional 401(k) contributions
known as “catch-up” contributions. Catch-up
contributions will be deducted from your pay
unless you elect otherwise. Your catch-up
contributions will be credited to your pre-tax
401(k) and Roth 401(k) accounts, according to
your elections for 401(k) contributions.
Eligibility for Catch-Up Contributions. To be
eligible to make a catch-up contribution, you
must satisfy the following two requirements:
(1) you must be age 50 or older (if you will
attain age 50 during the calendar year, then you
satisfy this requirement), and (2) you must either
contribute: (i) the maximum dollar amount of
pre-tax and Roth 401(k) contributions permitted
under federal law ($18,000 for 2016), or (ii) the
maximum percent of your pay permitted under
the Plan (50% of your pay).
Election. If you are eligible to make catch-up
contributions, then catch-up contributions will
be automatically deducted from your pay (at the
same rate as your pre-tax 401(k) and Roth
401(k) contributions), unless you elect
otherwise. If you want to change your
contribution rate, or the designation of your
contributions as pre-tax 401(k), Roth 401(k), or
both, contact Empower Retirement at
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1-800-345-2345. You may contribute up to the
dollar amount permitted under federal law for
that particular year.
Limits. Federal law has an annual limit (as
adjusted for cost of living) on the amount that
you may contribute each year for catch-up
contributions to your pre-tax and Roth 401(k)
accounts. The adjusted limit for 2016 is $6,000.
This limit is reduced by the amount of any
similar contributions you make to another
employer’s retirement plan.
Recognized Compensation
In general, “pay” or “Recognized
Compensation” means all wages, salary, and
other compensation (before income and social
security withholding taxes) the Employer pays
you while you are in Recognized Employment
and a participant. Recognized Compensation
includes the amounts that would have been paid
to you if you had not enrolled in the Plan and
generally any other Employer retirement or
“cafeteria” employee benefit plans. Recognized
Compensation does not include
(1) reimbursements or other expense allowances,
(2) welfare and fringe benefits including
third-party sick pay (including short-term and
long-term disability insurance benefits), income
imputed from insurance coverage and premiums
and employee discounts (including discounts on
stock purchases), (3) payments for vacation or
sick leave accrued but not taken, (4) moving
expenses, (5) deferred compensation, (6) cash
incentives and bonuses, including spot, special
and other similar kinds of one-time cash
bonuses, (7) the value of any stock options,
stock appreciation rights, restricted shares and
units, and performance shares and units that you
receive from your Employer, (8) nontaxable
worker’s compensation payments, and (9) sales
draw. Pay in excess of the annual compensation
limit ($265,000 in 2016, and as adjusted for cost
of living from time to time) is also excluded
from Recognized Compensation. See the Plan
for details.
Matching Contributions
Amount of Matching Contributions. The Plan
provides that the matching contribution may
vary among the Employers (or profit centers
within an Employer). The amounts of the
matching contribution may change from year to
year.
If you are employed by two or more Employers
(or profit centers within Employers) in a year,
the amount of matching contributions you
receive for the year by each Employer or profit
center will be pro-rated for the pay you earned
while employed by each Employer or profit
center.
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Certain Employers (or profit centers within
Employers) do not currently provide matching
contributions. Prime Employee Payroll, QBF
Employee Payroll, MHC Employee Payroll,
USFI Employee Payroll, PDEC Employee
Payroll, QBS Employee Payroll, Fresno
Employee Payroll, Precision Employee Payroll,
Image Distribution d/b/a Fontis Services,
Financial Institutions Service Corporation, and
AccuSource Solutions Corporation do not
provide matching contributions.
If you are employed by an Employer or profit
center that makes a matching contribution, and
you are eligible to receive the matching
contribution, the matching contribution will be
based on the amount of your contributions. The
matching contribution will be an amount equal
to 100% of the first 1% of pay you contribute for
each pay period, and 50% of the next 5% of pay
you contribute for each pay period. In other
words, your Employer will match $1 for each $1
you contribute up to 1% of pay, and $.50 for
each $1 you contribute from 2% to 6% of pay,
for a total of a 3.5% match when you defer 6%
of pay.
Your catch-up contributions are not eligible for
matching contributions. All matching
contributions are credited to your employer
matching account.
Eligibility for Matching Contributions. If you
are a participant for employer contributions, as
defined under the “Eligibility” section, you are
eligible for matching contributions.
Example
Alice starts full-time work in Recognized
Employment on August 1, 2014. Alice
completes a year of service on July 31, 2015 and
is eligible to receive matching contributions on
October 1, 2015. If she has enrolled to make
contributions, her share of the matching
contributions for the year ending December 31,
2015, is based on her contributions during the
period from October 1, 2015 to December 31,
2015.
Annual Top Off. If you are employed by an
Employer or a profit center that has made
matching contributions for the year and at the
end of the year, your matching contribution is
less than 100% of the first 1% and 50% of the
next 5% of pay that you contribute for that year
and you worked at least 1,000 hours during the
year, your Employer will make an end-of-year
“top off” contribution so your total matching
contribution for the year will be not less than
100% of the first 1% and 50% of the next 5% of
pay that you contributed for the year. Your
catch up contributions are not eligible for an
end-of-year “top off” contribution. All top off
contributions are credited to your employer
matching account.
Profit Sharing Contributions
Amount of Profit Sharing Contributions.
Each Employer (or profit center within an
Employer) may make profit sharing
contributions to the Plan in an amount
determined by Deluxe. Generally, the amount of
the profit sharing contribution, if any, will
depend on the profitability of the Employer or
profit center. The amount of each Employer’s
profit sharing contribution may vary among
Employers and/or among profit centers.
The amounts of the profit sharing contributions
may be changed from year to year. Moreover,
the Employer or profit center is generally not
required to make a profit sharing contribution.
If your Employer or profit center makes such a
contribution and you qualify as described below,
your share will be in the proportion that your
pay bears to the total pay of all qualifying
participants within your Employer or profit
center unless you are employed by Financial
Institutions Service Corporation. If you are
employed by Financial Institutions Service
Corporation, your profit sharing will be a
contribution of 1% of compensation, regardless
of profits and your proportion of pay to the total
pay of all qualifying participants within
Financial Institutions Service Corporation.
If you are employed by two or more Employers
(or profit centers within Employers) in a year,
the amount of profit sharing contributions you
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receive for the year by each Employer or profit
center will be pro-rated for the pay you earned
while employed by each Employer or profit
center.
Certain Employers (or profit centers within
Employers) do not currently provide profit
sharing contributions. Currently, Prime
Employee Payroll, QBF Employee Payroll,
MHC Employee Payroll, USFI Employee
Payroll, PDEC Employee Payroll, QBS
Employee Payroll, Fresno Employee Payroll,
Precision Employee Payroll, Image Distribution
d/b/a Fontis Services, and AccuSource Solutions
Corporation do not provide profit sharing
contributions.
Eligibility for Profit Sharing Contributions.
If you are a participant for employer
contributions, as defined under the “Eligibility”
section, to be eligible to receive a profit sharing
contribution for a particular year, you must:
• be a participant for employer
contributions by the last entry date of
that year (i.e., by October 1) (once you
are a participant, you do not have to
meet this requirement again), and
• work at least 1,000 hours during that
year.
The profit sharing contribution will be allocated
to your employer profit sharing account.
Examples
Example: Mike starts full-time work in
Recognized Employment on August 5, 2014.
Mike completes a year of service on August 4,
2015, and he becomes a participant eligible to
qualify for any Employer profit sharing
contributions on October 1, 2015. If he works
1,000 hours during 2015, he will be eligible to
share in the profit sharing contribution for that
year. If his Employer or profit center makes a
profit sharing contribution for 2015, his share of
the profit sharing contribution will be based on
his pay for the period from October 1, 2015 to
December 31, 2015.
Example: Bob, a participant in the Plan,
switches to part-time employment on January 1,
2015. He fails to work 1,000 hours during 2015.
Bob is not eligible to share in the profit sharing
contribution for 2015, because he did not work
at least 1,000 hours during 2015. On January 1,
2016, Bob switches back to full-time
employment and works more than 1,000 hours
during 2016. If Bob’s Employer or profit center
makes a profit sharing contribution for 2016,
Bob will share in the profit sharing contribution
based on his pay for 2016.
Example: Sara, a participant in the Plan, is
employed in Recognized Employment on
January 1, 2015, but she is transferred to a job
classification that is not Recognized
Employment (e.g., temporary employee) on
July 1, 2015. Sara works 1,000 hours during
2015. If Sara’s Employer or profit center makes
a profit sharing contribution for 2014, Sara will
be eligible to share in the profit sharing
contribution based on her pay from January 1,
2015 to June 30, 2015. Any pay Sara receives
while employed as a temporary employee is not
included in her pay for the year’s profit sharing
contribution.
Rollover Contributions
You may have an account balance from another
employer’s qualified plan. Subject to the
approval of the Committee, when you are
eligible to make 401(k) contributions under the
Plan, you may roll over all or a portion of your
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account from the other plan to this Plan without
paying any income tax on it. Rolling over your
other account lets you consolidate your
retirement savings in one place and continue to
defer taxes on it until you take it out. The rules
governing rollovers are complex and there may
be reasons that the Plan would not accept your
rollover.
To qualify, a rollover must:
• be from a qualified plan, such as a 401(k)
plan, a section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity
plan, a governmental 457(b) plan or an
individual retirement account,
• be payable to you as an employee of a
former employer, as a beneficiary of a
deceased spouse’s plan, or an alternate
payee of a divorced spouse’s plan,
• be an eligible rollover distribution as defined
under the Internal Revenue Code, and
• not contain distributions of after-tax
contributions, except for designated Roth
contributions or earnings.
Designated Roth contribution rollovers must be
made in a direct rollover from your prior
employer’s plan, and the prior plan administrator
must provide specific information to Empower
regarding the length of time the Roth account
was held under that plan and the portion of the
account that reflects Roth contributions and
earnings.
Only cash rollovers are accepted. Your rollover
contribution will be credited to a separate
rollover account, which is 100% vested. If you
wish to make a rollover, contact Empower
Retirement.
Employer Pension Contributions
The Employer discontinued pension
contributions effective for years beginning on or
after January 1, 2011. This means you will not
receive any pension contributions under the Plan
for years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.
Pension contributions prior to that time were
credited to your pension account.
Special Rules for Contributions
Benefit Limitations Required by Law.
Federal law limits the amount that may be
contributed to your accounts, the “annual
addition,” each year. The maximum annual
addition to your accounts for any year cannot
exceed the lesser of 100% of your pay for the
year or $53,000 for 2016 (as adjusted for cost of
living from time to time). Annual addition
includes all your contributions (excluding any
catch-up contributions) and your employer
contributions credited to your accounts under
this Plan and any other defined contribution
plans maintained by Deluxe or an affiliate of
Deluxe for the year. Federal law also has an
annual limit (adjusted for cost of living) on the
amount of pay that may be considered for Plan
purposes. The adjusted limit for 2016 is
$265,000.
If you exceed the annual limit for your
contributions ($18,000 for 2016) federal law
permits you to request that any excess
contribution be returned. Such a request must be
filed with the Committee by March 31 of the
following calendar year.
Also, the Plan must meet a “deferral percentage”
test under federal law. If this test is not met,
some highly compensated participants may be
required to decrease the amount of pre-tax
contributions made to the Plan or have a portion
of those contributions returned. If you are
affected by this test, the Committee will contact
you. In addition, the Plan must meet a
“contribution percentage” test under federal law.
If you are affected by this test, the Committee
will contact you.
Note: Any contributions returned will be
adjusted for investment earnings or losses.
Top Heavy Provisions. If the Plan becomes
“top heavy” as defined by federal tax laws,
certain changes will become effective (such as
different contribution rules). If that occurs and
you are affected, you will be informed.
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INVESTMENT OF
ACCOUNTS
In General
Each participant will have a separate account for
bookkeeping purposes, except for the retiree
health account. The trustee (see “Who to
Contact”) will invest the participant’s account in
investment funds as directed by participants.
The trustee will invest the retiree health account
as directed by the Committee. For investment
purposes, however, all accounts will be
combined in a single trust fund.
Participant Direction of Investments
You have the opportunity to invest your
contributions and your employer contributions in
several investment funds. Each of the
investment funds has different financial goals
that you can choose among. The Committee
will supply information describing the funds and
the procedures for making and changing your
investment elections.
You have investment elections to make for both
the assets currently in your account and for your
future contributions. You may elect to change
your investment elections from time to time.
Changes to investment elections take time to
process. There may be a delay between when
you request a change to your investment
elections and when the change takes effect.
If you do not make investment elections, your
contributions and your employer contributions
will be invested in the Plan’s default investment
fund, which is the target date retirement fund
corresponding to the year in which you will
reach age 65. Investment professionals select
and manage the appropriate mix of stocks, bonds
and cash, seeking appropriate return and risk
relative to the time horizon of the target date
retirement fund. As the target date retirement
fund gets closer to the target date, the investment
mix is gradually shifted by its investment
professionals from higher-risk investments
(stocks) to a greater concentration of lower-risk
investments (bonds and money market
instruments). The target date retirement fund is
a “qualified default investment alternative”
(QDIA). A QDIA is an investment fund with
characteristics that the U.S. Department of
Labor allows as default investments when plan
participants do not make investment elections.
ERISA Section 404(c)
Because the Plan allows you to direct the
investment of the contributions made to your
account, it constitutes a plan described in
section 404(c) of ERISA and Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations
section 2550.404c-1. This means that you (and
not any plan fiduciary) will be responsible for
any investment losses that result from your
investment selections for your account.
Information on Investment Funds
To assist you in making your investment
selections, you will be given:
• a general description of the investment
objectives and risk and return characteristics
of each investment fund, including
information relating to the type and
diversification of assets comprising the
investment fund;
• information identifying the investment
manager of each investment fund;
• an explanation of how you may give
investment instructions and the limitations
on the instructions that you may give; and
• the name, address and phone number of the
plan administrator (and any person
designated to act on behalf of the plan
administrator) responsible for providing
additional information, which the Plan is
required to furnish on request.
Upon request to the plan administrator, the
following additional information will be
provided to you or your beneficiary about the
investment funds:
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• information concerning the current value of
the investment funds, as well as their past
and current investment performance; and
• information concerning the value of the
investment fund shares or units held in your
accounts.
Adjustment of Accounts
All accounts will be adjusted each business day
to show their proportionate share of any gains or
losses. The value of your account at any time
will depend both on the amount of contributions
and on the investment performance of the
investments that you select. Additionally,
administrative and investment expenses may be
paid out of the trust fund.
Account Statements
The trustee keeps financial records and
maintains a record of your investments. The
balances in your account are determined daily.
You will receive quarterly statements
summarizing the activity in your account (such
as opening balances, contributions, investment
transfers, investment earnings or losses,
withdrawals, distributions and closing balances)
by investment fund as of the end of each quarter
of the calendar year and information concerning
the value of the shares or units of the investment
funds held in your account.
Risk of Loss
Generally, the Plan allows you to direct the
investment of your account. Your account is
subject to investment risk. As with all
market-based investments, earnings are not
guaranteed and you could lose money. You
have the entire responsibility for all
consequences of your investment directions for
your account under this Plan.
Your Investments
You should monitor your account on a regular
basis. Doing so allows you to monitor changes
in the investment funds and to verify that your
account is properly invested. In particular, you
should review your account after you change
your investment elections. Remember, you are
responsible for selecting your investments and
monitoring them to achieve your retirement
goals.
Investment Restrictions
Some or all investment funds may impose
trading fees, have restrictions on the number of
times you may transfer into and out of that
investment fund or restrictions on the length of
time you must hold a particular investment fund.
Contact Empower Retirement for details.
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VESTING
You are 100% vested in your account (except
for some transfer accounts). Exception: If you
were a participant in the Custom Direct, Inc.
401(k) Plan (the “CDI 401(k) Plan”), you
terminated employment with Custom Direct,
Inc. prior to December 25, 2011 (if an hourly
employee) or December 30, 2011 (if a salaried
employee), and your account balance under the
CDI 401(k) Plan was transferred to this Plan,
your employer matching contributions from the
CDI 401(k) Plan will continue to be vested in
accordance with the vesting provisions of the
CDI 401(k) Plan. Contact Empower Retirement
for the details.
PAYMENT
Payment to You After Termination
When Payment Can Begin. Payment of your
account can be made as soon as administratively
practicable after you terminate employment with
Deluxe and its affiliates. You must request
payment of your account if your balance in this
Plan at the time of payment is greater than
$5,000.
If you terminate and want to leave your money
in the Plan, your account will continue to be
credited with gains and losses according to the
performance of the investments you choose.
You may not add contributions to your account,
and you will not receive matching contributions
and profit sharing contributions (other than
contributions from your employment that have
yet to be made). You will continue to be able to
access your account information through
Empower Retirement. You must begin to
receive payments from the Plan by your required
beginning date. See “Automatic Payment at
Required Beginning Date.”
Automatic Payment If $5,000 or Less. If the
balance of your account is $5,000 or less at any
time after your employment ends, a lump sum
payment will be made to you as soon as
possible, whether or not you make a request for
payment. If you request payment, you may elect
either (i) to have your lump sum payment paid
directly to you, (ii) to roll over your lump sum
payment to an IRA or another qualified plan, or
(iii) to roll over a portion of your lump sum
payment to an IRA or another qualified plan and
to have the balance of your payment paid
directly to you. Payments to be rolled over into
an IRA from your Roth accounts will be rolled
over to a Roth IRA, and other amounts will be
rolled over to a traditional IRA (unless you elect
to make a Roth IRA conversion as described
below).
If you do not request payment and you have
reached age 65 or older and the balance of your
account is not more than $5,000, a lump sum
payment will be made directly to you. If you do
not request payment, you have not reached age
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65, and the balance of your account is $1,000 or
less, a lump sum payment will be made directly
to you. If you do not request payment and you
have not reached age 65 and the balance of your
account is more than $1,000 (but not more than
$5,000), your lump sum payment will be
automatically rolled over into an IRA selected
by the Employer (and not paid directly to you).
See the “Automatic Rollover Rules” section
below for more details.
For purposes of this section and the section
below on automatic rollovers, the $1,000 and
$5,000 limits are applied separately to your Roth
and non-Roth accounts.
Automatic Rollover Rules. As described
above, if you do not request a payment, you
have not reached age 65, and the balance of your
account is greater than $1,000 (but not more
than $5,000), your balance will be automatically
rolled over into an IRA selected by the
Committee (and not paid directly to you).
The portion of your balance consisting of Roth
amounts will be rolled over into a Roth IRA, and
other amounts will be rolled over into a
traditional IRA (unless you elect to make a Roth
IRA conversion as described below). The
custodian of the IRA will invest the rollover
amount in a type of investment designed to
preserve principal and provide a reasonable rate
of return and liquidity (e.g., an interest-bearing
account, a certificate of deposit or a money
market fund). All fees charged to the IRA and
all fees charged by the IRA investments will be
paid by the IRA (in other words, by you). If you
have any questions regarding the automatic
rollover rules and the fees and expenses
associated with the IRA, contact Empower
Retirement at 1-800-345-2345.
Automatic Payment at Required Beginning
Date. Generally, if you have not requested
payment of your account before your “required
beginning date,” you will automatically receive
minimum required payments from your account
beginning no later than the April 1 following the
year in which you reach age 70-1/2. If,
however, you are actively employed by Deluxe
or one of its affiliates when you reach age 70-1/2
and you are not a 5% owner of Deluxe or one of
its affiliates, you may delay payment until your
“required beginning date” - the April 1
following the year in which your employment
ends.
If you have a transfer account under this Plan
from the GE Savings and Security Program,
your required beginning date as applied to your
transfer account is the later of: (i) the March 1
following the calendar year in which you reach
age 70-1/2, or (ii) the March 1 following the
calendar year in which your employment ends.
Form of Payment. Payment may be made in a
lump sum, in installments or in partial
distributions. If you receive installment
payments, you may elect to change the dollar
amount or the number of your installment
payments. Contact Empower Retirement for
details.
Pension Account Form of Payment. As
required by law and as described in more detail
below, payment of your pension account from
the Plan must be made in the form of an annuity
contract unless you waive payment by annuity
contract and elect payment in a lump sum, in
installments or in partial distributions. This rule,
however, applies only if your pension account
exceeds $5,000 at the time of payment. If your
pension account exceeds $5,000, the form of
annuity contract (in the absence of any waiver)
will also be affected by your marital status on
the distribution date, as follows:
• Married. If you are married, your pension
account will be used to buy a qualified joint
and survivor annuity contract for you and
your spouse. The contract will provide an
immediate monthly income to you for life.
Following your death, the contract will
provide 50% or 75%, whichever you elect,
of that monthly income to your spouse for
life. “Spouse” means the person to whom
you are married on the distribution date.
Any change in marital status after the
annuity contract is purchased will be
disregarded. This annuity contract will not
have any other death benefits.
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Exception: You may waive payment by
annuity contract and receive payment in a
lump sum, in installments or in partial
distributions. Your waiver must be in
writing and must be made within the
180-day period prior to the distribution date.
Also, if your account exceeds $5,000 at the
time of payment, your spouse must consent,
in writing, to such a waiver. To be valid,
your spouse’s consent must acknowledge
the effect of the waiver, must be witnessed
by a notary public, and must be given within
the 180-day period (but in no event less than
30 days) prior to the distribution date.
• Not Married. If you are not married, your
pension account will be used to buy an
annuity contract for you. The contract will
provide an immediate monthly income to
you for life. This annuity contract will not
have any death benefits.
Exception: You may waive payment by
annuity contract and receive payment in a
lump sum, in installments or in partial
distributions. Your rejection must be in
writing and must be made within the
180-day period (but in no event less than
30 days) prior to the distribution date.
Taxes. You will have to pay income taxes on
any withdrawal or distribution you receive from
the Plan, except for the return of any Roth
accounts in the Plan, which are subject to the tax
rules described below. If you request
payment(s) from your non-Roth accounts in the
form of a lump sum or partial payments or
installments over a period of less than 10 years,
federal income tax will be withheld when
payment is made unless you elect to directly roll
your payment(s) to a traditional IRA or another
eligible employer plan. An eligible employer
plan includes a section 401(a) qualified plan, a
section 403(a) annuity plan, a section 403(b)
tax-sheltered annuity, or a governmental 457(b)
plan. A rollover of all or a portion of your non-
Roth payments(s) to a traditional IRA or an
eligible employer plan enables you to defer taxes
on the amount rolled over until a later date.
You may also elect to directly roll your non-
Roth payment(s) to a Roth IRA. If you directly
roll these payment(s) to a Roth IRA, known as a
“conversion,” you will include in your gross
income the taxable portion of the amount rolled
over and owe taxes on such amount. When you
later receive distributions from your Roth IRA,
you will not owe any additional taxes as long as
the distributions are “qualified distributions” as
defined below.
You will not pay income taxes on withdrawals
or distributions you receive from your Roth
accounts in the Plan if they are “qualified
distributions.” To be treated as a “qualified
distribution,” the distribution must be made after
you either reach age 59-1/2, die or become
disabled, and more than five years after the
earliest of your first Roth 401(k) contribution to
the Plan, or your first Roth contribution to a
previous plan from which you made your Roth
rollover. If your distribution does not satisfy
these requirements, the part of the distribution
that reflects earnings on your Roth accounts will
be subject to taxation (unless you roll over the
distribution to a Roth IRA or an eligible
employer plan).
If you receive a payment before attaining
age 59-1/2, you may be subject to a 10% early
withdrawal penalty tax, unless an exception
applies.
In all cases, we recommend that you consult
with a qualified tax adviser before requesting
payment. Before your distribution, you will
receive more information about the distribution
options and tax consequences.
Payment to Your Beneficiary
Beneficiary Designation. If you die, your
account will be paid to your designated
beneficiary or beneficiaries. Please note, if you
have designated your spouse as your Beneficiary
and you subsequently get divorced, your
Beneficiary Designation will automatically be
revoked. If you fail to designate a beneficiary,
or if your beneficiary designation is not
effective, the Plan will pay the class of your
automatic beneficiaries: your spouse, your
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children, your parents, your siblings, or your
estate.
Married Participants. If you are married at the
time of your death, your spouse will have the
right to receive your entire death benefit unless
your spouse consents to another beneficiary.
The consent of your spouse must be in writing
and witnessed by a notary public and must
acknowledge the effect of your designation of
another beneficiary. Your spouse’s consent can
be given at the time you make a designation or
at a later time. However, consent must be given
no later than nine months after your death.
If you have a pension account and your spouse
consents to the naming of another beneficiary,
your spouse is waiving rights to death benefits
(sometimes known as the qualified preretirement
survivor annuity). As required by federal law,
if: (a) you designate a beneficiary before the
January 1 of the year in which you reach age 35,
and (b) you die on or after that January 1 while
married, and (c) your beneficiary designation
names someone other than your spouse; then
that designation is void and your spouse is your
presumed beneficiary. If you want to name
someone other than your spouse as beneficiary,
you must file a new beneficiary designation with
your spouse’s consent.
Beneficiary Forms. We recommend that you
file a beneficiary designation form and keep it
up to date. To be valid, Empower Retirement
must receive your form during your lifetime.
Contact Empower Retirement for a form to
make or change your beneficiary designations.
Note: A beneficiary entitled to a payment may
disclaim all or any portion of his or her interest,
subject to the rules of the Plan, within nine
months of the date of your death. Contact
Empower Retirement for details.
Form of Payment. Payment to your beneficiary
will be made in a lump sum, in installments or in
partial distributions. Note: If your beneficiary is
receiving installment payments, your beneficiary
may elect to change the dollar amount or the
number of installment payments. Your
beneficiary should contact Empower Retirement
for details.
Pension Account Form of Payment. If your
account exceeds $5,000, payments of your
pension account to your beneficiary upon your
death must be made in the form of an annuity
contract unless your spouse waives payment by
annuity contract and elects payment in a lump
sum, in installments or in partial distributions.
Payments from the Plan to your beneficiary may
be made in a lump sum, in installments or in
partial distributions.
Automatic Payment If $5,000 or Less. If your
account is $5,000 or less at any time, your
account will be distributed to your beneficiary in
a lump sum as soon as administratively
practicable following your death, whether or not
your beneficiary applies for payment.
Automatic Payment at Beneficiary’s
Required Beginning Date. If you die before
your “required beginning date” (generally
age 70-1/2) and you have not withdrawn the
entire amount in your account, the Plan will pay
the remaining amount to your beneficiary or
commence minimum required payments to your
beneficiary no later than the December 31 of the
year in which occurs the first anniversary of
your death.
If, however, your beneficiary is your surviving
spouse, the Plan will defer payment to your
surviving spouse until the later of: (i) the
December 31 of the year in which occurs the
first anniversary of your death, or (ii) the
December 31 of the year in which you would
have reached age 70-1/2.
If, however, your beneficiary is not an individual
(for example, your estate or certain types of
trusts), the Plan will pay your remaining account
to your beneficiary no later than the
December 31 of the year in which occurs the
fifth anniversary of your death.
If you die after your “required beginning date”
(generally age 70-1/2) and you have not
withdrawn the entire amount in your account,
the Plan will pay the remaining amount to your
beneficiary or commence minimum required
payments to your beneficiary no later than the
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December 31 of the year in which occurs the
first anniversary of your death.
Death of Beneficiary Before Entire Account is
Distributed. Following your death (i.e., the
participant’s death), your beneficiary may file a
beneficiary designation form to designate one or
more beneficiaries to receive all or a portion of
your beneficiary’s share of any remaining
account in the event of your beneficiary’s death.
To be valid, Empower Retirement must receive
your beneficiary’s form after your death and
before your beneficiary’s death. Your
beneficiary should contact Empower Retirement
for a form to make or change his or her
beneficiary designations.
If your beneficiary dies after you (i.e., the
participant) but before your beneficiary has
withdrawn the entire amount in his or her
account under the Plan, the Plan will pay your
beneficiary’s remaining account to your
beneficiary’s designated beneficiary or
beneficiaries. If your beneficiary fails to
designate a beneficiary, or if his or her
beneficiary designation is not effective, the Plan
will pay the class of automatic beneficiaries for
your beneficiary: spouse, children, parents,
siblings, or estate.
Following the death of your beneficiary (i.e., the
participant’s beneficiary), your beneficiary’s
remaining account under the Plan will be
distributed to his or her beneficiary no later than
the December 31 of the year following the year
of your beneficiary’s death. If, however, your
beneficiary was receiving minimum required
payments and your beneficiary dies before
receiving the minimum required payment for the
year of your beneficiary’s death, the minimum
required payment for that year will be paid to
your beneficiary’s designated beneficiary or
beneficiaries. Payment will be made in the form
of a lump sum payment.
Taxes. Your beneficiary will have to pay
income taxes on any withdrawal or distribution
your beneficiary receives from the Plan, except
for the return of any Roth accounts in the Plan,
which are subject to the tax rules described
below. If your beneficiary is your surviving
spouse, and your surviving spouse requests
payment(s) from his or her non-Roth accounts in
the form of a lump sum or partial payments or
installments over a period of less than 10 years,
federal income tax will be withheld when
payment is made unless your surviving spouse
elects to directly roll the payment(s) to a
traditional IRA or another eligible employer
plan.
If your beneficiary is not your surviving spouse,
your beneficiary may elect to directly roll the
payment to an inherited IRA, but not to another
qualified plan.
Your beneficiary may also elect to directly roll
your non-Roth payment(s) to a Roth IRA. If
your beneficiary directly rolls these payment(s)
to a Roth IRA, known as a “conversion,” your
beneficiary will include in gross income the
taxable portion of the amount rolled over and
owe taxes on such amount.
Your beneficiary will not pay income taxes on
withdrawals or distributions your beneficiary
receives from your Roth accounts in the Plan if
they are “qualified distributions” as defined
earlier. If the distribution does not satisfy this
requirement, the part of the distribution that
reflects earnings on your Roth accounts will be
subject to taxation (unless your beneficiary rolls
over the distribution to a Roth IRA or an eligible
employer plan).
Your beneficiary will receive more information
about the distribution options and tax
consequences if you die. Death benefits are not
subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty tax.
We recommend that your beneficiary consult
with a qualified tax adviser before requesting
payment.
Payment During Employment
In-Service Withdrawals from Your Profit
Sharing Account. In some situations, you may
request an in-service payment from your profit
sharing account. Such payments may be for one
of the following reasons:
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• to pay large uninsured medical expenses of
yourself, your spouse, your domestic partner
or any legal dependent;
• to prevent eviction from or foreclosure on
your principal residence;
• to purchase your principal residence;
• to pay for post-secondary education
expenses of yourself, your spouse, your
domestic partner or any legal dependent; or
• for any purpose if you are age fifty (50).
If you have been a participant in this Plan for
five or more years (or your combined years of
participation in the Deluxe Corporation Profit
Sharing Plan prior to 2003, and your years of
participation in this Plan after December 31,
2002, equal five or more years), the withdrawal
cannot exceed the current balance of your profit
sharing account under the Plan. If you have
been a participant for less than five years, your
withdrawal amount cannot exceed the current
balance of your profit sharing account at the
time of the request less an amount equal to the
last two annual Employer profit sharing
contributions to your account.
Note: If you have a transfer account under this
Plan that is attributable to the A. O. Smith Profit
Sharing Retirement Plan under the Deluxe Data
Systems, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing Plan,
such transfer account is not available for
payment during employment.
Transfer Account. If you were a participant in
a plan maintained by an employer that was
acquired by Deluxe (or an affiliate of Deluxe)
and all or a portion of its plan was merged into
this Plan, then a transfer account has been
established under this Plan to hold your accounts
from the merged plan. The following transfer
accounts will be subject to special distribution
rules. Empower Retirement will advise you of
the special distribution rules when you request a
distribution. Contact Empower Retirement if
you have questions regarding your transfer
account.
• Deluxe Payment Protection Systems, Inc.
401(k) Retirement Plan. If you have a
transfer account under this Plan from the
Deluxe Payment Protection Systems, Inc.
401(k) Retirement Plan and you have
attained age 65, you may receive a
distribution while employed from your
transfer account. Contact Empower
Retirement for details.
• HCL 401(k) Plan. If you have a transfer
account under this Plan from the HCL
401(k) Plan (also known as the iDLX
Technology Partners, Inc. 401(k) Plan) and
you have attained age 59-1/2, you may
receive a distribution while employed from
your transfer account. Contact Empower
Retirement for details.
• GE Savings and Security Program. If you
have a transfer account under this Plan from
the GE Savings and Security Program, you
may receive a distribution at any time while
employed from your transfer account
(excluding, however, any portion of the
transfer account that is attributable to 401(k)
contributions or earnings on 401(k)
contributions). Contact Empower
Retirement for details.
• Current Retirement Trust. If you have a
transfer account under this Plan from the
Current Retirement Trust and you have
attained age 59-1/2, you may receive a
distribution while employed from that
portion of your transfer account that is
attributable to your pre-tax contributions,
your after-tax contributions (if any) and
profit sharing contributions under the
Current Retirement Trust. In addition, if
you made any after-tax contributions to the
Current Retirement Trust, you may receive a
distribution while employed of your
after-tax contributions. You may also
request an in-service payment from your
transfer account from the Current
Retirement Trust if you have been a
participant in this Plan and the Current
Retirement Trust for at least 60 months or
the distribution is for certain hardship
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purposes. Contact Empower Retirement for
details.
• NEBS 401(k) Plan. If you have a transfer
account under this Plan from the 401(k) Plan
for Employees of New England Business
Service, Inc. (the “NEBS 401(k) Plan”) and
you have attained age 59-1/2, you may
receive a distribution while employed from
the portion of your transfer account that is
attributable to your pre-tax contributions
under the NEBS 401(k) Plan. If you were
employed by NEBS prior to September 1,
2002, you may also receive a distribution
while employed from the portion of your
transfer account that is attributable to the
vested portion of your company match
account and employer supplemental account
under the NEBS 401(k) Plan as of
August 31, 2002. In addition, if you made
any rollovers to the NEBS 401(k) Plan, you
may receive a distribution while employed
of your rollover contributions. Contact
Empower Retirement for details.
• Safeguard 401(k) Plan. If you have a
transfer account under this Plan from the
Safeguard Business Systems, Inc. 401(k)
and Profit Sharing Plan (the “Safeguard
401(k) Plan”), and you have attained age
59-1/2, you may receive a distribution while
employed from your transfer account. If
you made any rollovers to the Safeguard
401(k) Plan, you may receive a distribution
while employed of your rollover
contributions. In addition, if you made any
after-tax contributions to the Safeguard
401(k) Plan, you may receive a distribution
while employed of your after-tax
contributions. Contact Empower Retirement
for details.
• Deluxe Johnson Corporation 401(k) Plan.
If you have a transfer account under this
Plan from the Deluxe Johnson Corporation
401(k) Plan (the “DJC 401(k) Plan”), and
you have attained age 59-1/2, you may
receive a distribution while employed from
your transfer account. In addition, if you
made any rollovers to the DJC 401(k) Plan,
you may receive a distribution while
employed of your rollover contributions.
Contact Empower Retirement for details.
• Custom Direct, Inc. 401(k) Plan. If you
have a transfer account under this Plan from
the Custom Direct, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the
“CDI 401(k) Plan”) and you have attained
age 59-1/2, you may receive a distribution
while employed from your transfer account.
Contact Empower Retirement for details.
• Hostopia.com Inc. 401(k) Plan. If you
have a transfer account under this Plan from
the Hostopia.com Inc. 401(k) Plan (the
“Hostopia 401(k) Plan”) and you have
attained age 59-1/2, you may receive a
distribution while employed from your
transfer account. In addition, if you made
rollovers to the Hostopia 401(k) Plan, you
may receive a distribution while employed
of your rollover contributions. Contact
Empower Retirement for details.
• OrangeSoda 401(k) Plan. If you have a
transfer account under this Plan from the
OrangeSoda 401(k) Plan (the “OrangeSoda
401(k) Plan”) and you have attained age
59-1/2, you may receive a distribution while
employed from your transfer account. In
addition, if you are on active duty in the
uniformed services, you may receive a
distribution during your active duty period
of your pre-tax and Roth contributions,
subject to certain rules regarding future
contributions and early withdrawal tax. In
addition, if you meet the “qualified reservist
distribution” conditions of section 72(t) of
the Internal Revenue Code, you may receive
a distribution while employed of your pre-
tax and Roth contributions. Contact
Empower Retirement for details.
• VerticalResponse, Inc. 401(k) Plan. If you
have a transfer account under this Plan from
the VerticalResponse 401(k) Plan (the
“VerticalResponse 401(k) Plan”) and you
have attained age 59-1/2, you may receive a
distribution while employed from your
transfer account. In addition, if you are on
active duty in the uniformed services, you
may receive a distribution during your active
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duty period of your pre-tax contributions,
subject to certain rules regarding future
contributions and early withdrawal tax.
Contact Empower Retirement for details.
• Wausau Financial Services, Inc. 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan. If you have a transfer
account under this Plan from the Wausau
Financial Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the “Wausau 401(k) Plan”)
and you have either attained age 59-1/2 or
become disabled, you may receive a
distribution while employed from your
transfer account. If you made any rollovers
to the Wausau 401(k) Plan, you may receive
a distribution while employed of your
rollover contributions. In addition, if you
are on active duty in the uniformed services,
you may receive a distribution during your
active duty period of your pre-tax and Roth
contributions, subject to certain rules
regarding future contributions and early
withdrawal tax. Contact Empower
Retirement for details.
Retiree Health Account
In the past, the Employer made contributions to
be allocated to a retiree health account.
Distributions will be made from the retiree
health account for the health benefits of
qualified retirees who retire after the retiree
health account was established, and their eligible
spouses and dependents. Qualified retirees, for
purposes of the Plan, are persons who are
qualified for company-paid retiree health
benefits. Under the provisions of federal tax
law, there are limits on payments from the
retiree health account, and certain “key
employees” are ineligible.
In General
Request for Payment. If you have terminated
and you want to receive payment from your
account, you must request a payment by calling
Empower Retirement at 1-800-345-2345 or
logging on to www.retireonline.com.
You will receive a tax notice within a certain
period after you request a distribution. The tax
notice will provide you with general tax and
rollover information. You are encouraged to
seek advice from a tax adviser.
Timing of Distribution. Requests for
distribution will be processed as soon as
practicable. The request for payment will be
reviewed for completeness, compliance with any
Plan requirements, and your eligibility for
payment. If the request is approved, the
investments in the applicable investment funds
will be sold and the sale proceeds will be used to
pay you, typically within several days after the
sale.
Payments to Minors or Others. Special rules
apply if the participant, beneficiary, or alternate
payee entitled to a distribution is a minor, or a
person who is not legally capable of handling
financial matters. Contact Empower Retirement
for details.
Tax Reporting. On or about January 31 of the
year following the year in which you receive a
distribution, you or your beneficiary will receive
Form 1099-R which will contain the specific tax
information relating to the distribution or
withdrawal. This information is also reported to
the IRS.
Payments
This booklet only provides a summary of the
Plan’s rules governing payments and
distributions. See the Plan for details on these
rules.
Loans
Loan Amount. You may obtain a loan from
your account (excluding your profit sharing
account and pension account) if you are actively
employed by your Employer. The minimum
loan amount is $500. The total amount of your
loan may not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50% of
the balance of your account excluding your
profit sharing account and pension account, or
(2) $50,000. The maximum you can borrow
may be smaller if you had an outstanding loan
during the last 12 months. You may not have
more than one (1) loan outstanding.
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Loan Payments. You must complete such
applications as are required by the Committee in
connection with your loan. By accepting a loan,
you automatically put a lien on your account for
the amount of the loan plus unpaid interest. The
loan must be repaid within a specified period of
time not to exceed five years. In addition, such
loans must be repaid in substantially level
amounts, including principal and interest, over
the term of the loan. Payments must be made
through payroll deductions. Prepayment of
principal and interest is permitted only if the
entire remaining balance due on the promissory
note is paid in full.
Interest Rate on Loan. The interest rate will be
1% over the prime rate charged by large United
States money center commercial banks on the
last business day of the month prior to the month
in which the loan is made. The interest you pay
is credited to your account. For the purpose of
sharing in any gains or losses of the trust fund,
the amount of your account will be deemed to
have been reduced by the unpaid balance of any
outstanding loans.
Death. If you should die, your loan will be due
and payable in full within 90 days after your
death (or sooner if the term of the loan expires
before then). If your loan is not paid in full,
your loan will be terminated and the amount of
the outstanding principal and unpaid interest will
be offset against the assets in your account.
Termination of Employment. If you terminate
employment, you must repay the entire
outstanding balance of your loan by the earlier
of (i) 90 days following your last day of
employment with the Employer and all affiliates,
or (ii) the date you request payment of your
account following your last day of employment.
Payment must be made by certified check
delivered to Empower Retirement. If you do not
do so, your account will be reduced by the
amount of the loan which was unpaid, plus
interest. This unpaid amount will be considered
a withdrawal from the Plan and subject to all
applicable tax obligations.
Suspension of Payments while Serving in the
Uniformed Services. If you leave your
employment to serve in the uniformed services,
your obligation to make loan payments will be
suspended from the date you leave your
employment until the date you return to
employment with the Employer or terminate
employment with the Employer. You may,
however, voluntarily elect to continue to make
loan payments while you are serving in the
uniformed services. Contact Empower
Retirement for details.
Suspension of Payments while on Leave of
Absence. If you commence an authorized
unpaid or paid leave of absence and your wages
are less than your loan payment, your loan
payments may be suspended for up to one year
or until you return to work, whichever occurs
first. You may, however, voluntarily elect to
continue to make loan payments while you are
on leave. After the end of the suspension period,
your loan payments will resume automatically.
Your loan will be re-amortized to include any
loan payments you did not make, as well as any
applicable interest on those payments. The
repayment period will remain the same, but your
payments will increase slightly because of the
missed payments and applicable interest.
Contact Empower Retirement for details.
Default. Generally, your loan will be in default
if you do not make a payment within 90 days of
the date in which the payment was due. See
special rules (above) for repayment of your loan
upon termination of employment and for
repayment of you loan while on leave of absence
or while serving in the uniformed services. If
you are employed at the time of default, your
unpaid loan amount plus interest will be reported
to the Internal Revenue Service (on
Form 1099-R) as a deemed distribution from the
Plan and will be included in your taxable income
in the year in which the default occurs.
Loans are subject to a number of rules.
Empower Retirement can provide further
information regarding the loan rules and the
procedures for requesting a loan.
Loan Rollovers. If you were a participant in a
plan maintained by an employer that was
acquired by Deluxe (or an affiliate of Deluxe)
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and you had a loan from such plan, your loan
may be rolled over into this Plan under the same
terms and conditions, subject to approval by
Deluxe and modification by certain rules under
the Plan. Contact Empower Retirement for
details.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES
If you believe you are entitled to benefits, or you
disagree with a decision regarding your benefits,
or if you believe that your instructions or a
procedure of the plan have not been followed
and your rights have been negatively affected as
a result you should file a claim with the
Committee. If you do not file a claim or follow
the claims procedures, you will give up legal
rights, including your right to sue over your
claim.
A Claim for Benefits
A “claim” for benefits is a request for benefits
under the Plan filed in accordance with the
Plan’s claims procedures. To make a claim or
request review of a denied claim, you must file a
written claim with the Committee. An inquiry,
oral claim or request for review is not sufficient.
Steps in Filing a Claim
• Time for Filing a Claim. You must file
your written claim with the Committee
within 1 year after the date you knew or
reasonably should have known of the facts
behind your claim. If your claim is that your
investment directions or contribution
elections were not properly followed, this
1-year period is shortened to 30 days.
• Filing a Claim. You must file your written
claim with the Committee. You must
include all the facts and arguments that you
want considered during the claims
procedures.
• Response from the Committee. Within
90 days of the date the Committee receives
your claim, you will receive either a written
or electronic notice of the decision or a
notice describing the need for additional
time (up to 90 additional days) to reach a
decision. If the Committee notifies you that
it needs additional time, the notice will
describe the special circumstances requiring
the extension and the date by which it
expects to reach a decision. If the
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Committee denies your claim, in whole or in
part, you will receive a notice specifying the
reasons, the Plan provisions on which it is
based, a description of additional material (if
any) needed to perfect the claim, your right
to file a civil action under section 502(a) of
ERISA if your claim is denied upon review,
and it will also explain your right to request
a review.
Steps in Filing Request for Review
• Time for Filing a Request for Review. If
the Committee denies your claim, you may
request a review of your claim. The
Committee must receive actual delivery of
your written request for review within
60 days after the date you receive notice that
your claim was denied.
• Filing a Request for Review of a Denied
Claim. You may file a written request for
review of a denied claim with the
Committee. Your request should include the
facts and arguments that you want
considered in the review. You may submit
written comments, documents, records, and
other information relating to your claim.
Upon request you are entitled to receive free
of charge reasonable access to and copies of
the relevant documents, records, and
information used in the claims process.
• Response from the Committee on Review.
Within 60 days after the date the Committee
receives your request for review, you will
receive either a written or electronic notice
of the decision or a notice describing the
need for additional time (up to 60 additional
days) to reach a decision. If the Committee
notifies you that it needs additional time, the
notice will describe the special
circumstances requiring the extension and
the date by which it expects to reach a
decision. If the Committee affirms the
denial of your claim, in whole or in part, you
will receive a notice specifying the reasons,
the Plan provisions on which it is based,
notice that upon request you are entitled to
receive free of charge reasonable access to
and copies of the relevant documents,
records, and information used in the claims
process, and your right to file a civil action
under section 502(a) of ERISA.
• Committee Request for Further
Information Regarding Your Claim on
Review. If the Committee determines it
needs further information to complete its
review of your denied claim, you will
receive either a written or electronic notice
describing the additional information
necessary to make the decision. You will
then have 60 days from the date you receive
the notice requesting additional information
to provide it the requested information to the
Committee. The time between the date the
Committee sends its request to you and the
date the Committee receives the requested
additional information from you shall not
count against the 60-day period in which the
Committee has to decide your claim on
review. If the Committee does not receive a
response from you, then the period by which
the Committee must reach its decision shall
be extended by the 60-day period provided
to you to submit the additional information.
Note: If special circumstances exist, this
period may be further extended.
In General. The Committee will make all
decisions on claims and review of denied claims.
The Committee has the sole discretion,
authority, and responsibility to decide all factual
and legal questions under the Plan. This
includes interpreting and construing the Plan and
any ambiguous or unclear terms, and
determining whether a claimant is eligible for
benefits and the amount of the benefits, if any, a
claimant is entitled to receive. The Committee
may hold hearings and reserves the right to
delegate its authority to make decisions. The
Committee may rely on any applicable statute of
limitations as a basis to deny a claim. The
Committee’s decisions are conclusive and
binding on all parties and entitled to the
maximum deference permitted by law. You
may, at your own expense, have an attorney or
representative act on your behalf, but the
Committee reserves the right to require a written
authorization for a person to act on your behalf.
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Time Periods. The time period for the
Committee to decide your claim begins to run on
the date the Committee receives your written
claim. Similarly, if you file a timely request for
review of a denied claim, the time period for the
Committee to decide begins to run on the date
the Committee receives your written request. In
both cases, the time period begins to run
regardless of whether you submit comments or
information that you would like to be considered
on review.
Limitations Period. If you file your claim
within the required time, complete the entire
claims procedure, and the Committee denies
your claim after you request a review, you may
sue over your claim (unless you have executed a
release on your claim). You must, however,
commence that suit within 30 months after you
knew or reasonably should have known of the
facts behind your claim or, if earlier, within
6 months after the claims procedure is
completed. The 30-month period is shortened to
19 months to the extent your claim is that your
investment directions or your contribution
elections were not properly followed.
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies.
Before commencing legal action to recover
benefits, or to enforce or clarify rights, you must
exhaust the Plan’s claims and review
procedures.
Forum Selection. Any claim or action brought
with respect to the Plan (including any breach of
fiduciary duty claims, claims for benefits, or any
other claims brought under section 502 of
ERISA) must be brought in the Federal courts of
the State of Minnesota.
Administrative Processes and Safeguards.
The Plan uses the claims procedures outlined
herein and the review by the Committee as
administrative processes and safeguards to
ensure that the Plan’s provisions are correctly
and consistently applied.
Claims Based on Disability. In general, the
foregoing rules that apply claims for benefits
and review of claims also apply to claims for
benefits and the review of claims for benefits
based on disability. There are, however, certain
different time frames and rules that apply to
claims for benefits based on disability.
• Filing a Claim. The time period for
responding to your claim is shortened from
90 days to 45 days. The time to respond
may be extended by 30 days and then an
additional 30 days.
• Filing a Request for Review. You must
file your request for review within 180 days
after the date that you received notice that
your claim had been denied. The time
period for responding to your claim is
shortened from 60 days to 45 days. The
time to respond may be extended by
45 days.
• In General. As noted, special rules and
time periods apply to claims for benefits that
are based on a disability. If your claim for
benefits relates to a disability, you should
contact the Committee.
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PLAN AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION
Deluxe intends to continue the Plan indefinitely,
but it has the right to amend and to terminate the
Plan at any time and for any reason. Deluxe’s
right to amend or terminate the Plan includes,
but is not limited to, changes in the eligibility
requirements, to the vesting requirements,
employee and employer contributions, the
investments offered under the Plan, the payment
options, the ability to make in-service
withdrawals and loans, and rules governing the
administration of the Plan. If the Plan is
amended, you’ll be subject to all of the changes
effective as a result of such amendment, and
your rights will be reduced, terminated, altered,
or increased in accordance with the amendment
as of the effective date of the amendment. If the
Plan is terminated, your benefits and rights will
be terminated as of the effective date of the
termination.
No amendment or termination will reduce your
account balance. If the Plan is terminated,
Deluxe may decide to pay your account to you
on any date after the termination or to follow the
payment rules described in this Summary.
WHO TO CONTACT: THE
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR,
PLAN SPONSOR, TRUSTEE
AND RECORDKEEPER
Plan Name
The official plan name is the “Deluxe
Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan.”
Plan Number
The plan number is 004.
Plan Administrator
The plan administrator is Deluxe Corporation.
To assist Deluxe Corporation, the Plan provides
for the appointment of an Investment Committee
and an Administrative Committee (each a
Committee). Communications to Deluxe
Corporation in its capacity as plan administrator
of the Plan should be addressed to the
Committee at:
Deluxe Corporation
Attn: Retirement Plan Administrative
Committee
3680 Victoria Street North
Shoreview, Minnesota 55126-2966
Telephone: (651) 483-7111
Plan Sponsor
The plan sponsor is Deluxe Corporation and its
address and federal taxpayer identification
number (“EIN”) are:
Deluxe Corporation
3680 Victoria Street North
Shoreview, Minnesota 55126-2966
EIN: 41-0216800
Participants and beneficiaries may receive from
Deluxe Corporation, on written request,
information as to whether a particular affiliate of
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Deluxe is a participating Employer in the Plan,
and if it is, its address.
Trustee
The assets of the Plan are held in a qualified
retirement plan trust fund. The trustee invests
participant’s accounts as directed by each
participant. The trustee invests the retiree health
account as directed by the Committee. The
Plan’s trustee is State Street Bank and Trust
Company. You can contact the Plan’s trustee at:
State Street Bank and Trust Company
P.O. Box 1992
Boston, MA 02115
Recordkeeper
The Plan uses the services of a recordkeeper to
keep individual and Plan records to process loan
repayments, withdrawals and distributions and
to produce individual and Plan reports. The
Plan’s recordkeeper is Empower Retirement. If
you have questions regarding the Plan, you can
contact the recordkeeper at:
Address for Regular Delivery:
Empower Retirement
Attn: Deluxe Corporation
P.O. Box 419784
Kansas City, MO 64141-6784
Address for Overnight Delivery:
Empower Retirement
Attn: Deluxe Corporation
11500 Outlook Street
Overland Park, KS 66211-1804
Telephone: 1-800-345-2345
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Creditors cannot reach your account (by
garnishment or other process) while it is held in
trust. Nor may you pledge or assign your
account while it is held in trust. The Plan,
however, must obey an IRS levy or a court order
that assigns part or all of your account to your
spouse, former spouse, or dependents if the
order is a qualified domestic relations order
(“QDRO”). See “QDRO Procedures.”
QDRO Procedures
If you are married and you or your spouse obtain
a divorce, a court may issue a domestic relations
order dividing your retirement benefit. Contact
Employer Retirement for model QDRO
language and to submit a domestic relations
order. You can obtain, without charge, a copy
of the procedures used to determine whether a
domestic relations order is a QDRO from
Empower Retirement. See section entitled
“Recordkeeper.”
Address Updates
You are responsible for making sure the plan
administrator has your current mailing address.
Fees and Expenses
Trustee fees, record keeping fees, and other
expenses the Plan incurs may be paid by the
Plan. The expenses of investment funds,
including commissions, investment management
fees, and other transactional costs, are paid out
of the investment fund and reduce the
investment fund’s rate of return. If you take out
a loan, loan payment and processing fees may be
charged on your account.
The Plan permits Deluxe to determine how to
allocate expenses incurred by the Plan. Those
expenses may be charged:
• in the same amount to the accounts of all
participants, beneficiaries, and alternate
payees (for example, record keeping fees);
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• in the same percentage over all or certain
assets (for example, investment management
fees); or
• in the case of individualized expenses,
allocated to an individual participant,
beneficiary, or alternate payee (for example,
loan and distributions fees, and fees for the
review of a domestic relations or other court
order).
Deluxe may change its method of allocating
expenses incurred by the Plan. Contact the
Committee if you have any questions regarding
the Plan’s payment or allocation of expenses
incurred by the Plan.
Service of Legal Process
Service of legal process may be made on the
corporate Secretary of Deluxe Corporation (at
the address listed on page 24). Also, service of
legal process may be made upon Deluxe
Corporation as plan administrator or upon the
Trustee.
Type of Plan
The Plan is “tax-qualified” plan under the
Internal Revenue Code that includes a
Section 401(k) qualified cash or deferred
arrangement, a defined contribution profit
sharing component, a money purchase pension
component, and a retiree medical component
under section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue
Code. As a result, payments from the Plan may
be entitled to special tax treatment. You are
encouraged to seek tax advice from an expert.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation does
not insure the Plan because profit sharing and
money purchase pension plans are not eligible
for such insurance. Rather, you are paid your
vested account balance.
USERRA
If you leave your employment to serve in the
uniformed services and the Employer rehires
you within a certain time, the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act (“USERRA”) provides you certain
rights under the Plan. Contact the Committee
for further information regarding these rights.
Normal Retirement Age
Normal retirement age under the Plan is age 65.
Uncashed Check Procedures
If a participant, alternate payee or beneficiary
receives a distribution from the Plan but the
distribution check is returned to the trustee as
undeliverable or the participant, alternate payee
or beneficiary does not cash the distribution
check within a specified period of time, the
trustee will cancel the distribution check. The
amount of the uncashed distribution check will
be deposited in an uncashed check account
under the Plan’s trust fund in the name of such
participant, alternate payee or beneficiary (the
“lost distributee”). The uncashed check account
will be invested in the investment fund
designated by the Committee. If you are a lost
distributee and you are later located, the amount
of your uncashed check account will be
distributed to you (or your beneficiary) as soon
as administratively practicable after you (or your
beneficiary) request a distribution. Distribution
will be made in the same form as you had
previously elected.
ERISA Rights
As a participant in the Deluxe Corporation
401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, you are entitled
to certain rights and protections under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (“ERISA”). ERISA provides that all plan
participants shall be entitled to:
Receive Information About Your Plan and
Benefits
• Examine, without charge, at the plan
administrator’s office and at other specified
locations all documents governing the Plan,
including insurance contracts (if any) and
copies of the latest annual report
(Form 5500 Series) filed by the Plan with
the U.S. Department of Labor and available
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at the Public Disclosure Room of the
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
• Obtain, upon written request to the plan
administrator, copies of documents
governing the operation of the Plan,
including insurance contracts (if any) and
copies of the latest annual report
(Form 5500 Series) and updated summary
plan description. The plan administrator
may make a reasonable charge for the
copies.
• Receive a summary of the Plan’s annual
financial report. The plan administrator is
required by law to furnish each participant
with a copy of this summary annual report.
• Obtain a statement telling you the value of
your profit sharing benefit. This statement
must be requested in writing and is not
required to be given more than once every
twelve (12) months. Your Employer will
provide the statement free of charge.
Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries. In
addition to creating rights for plan participants,
ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are
responsible for the operation of the employee
benefit plan. The people who operate your Plan,
called “fiduciaries” of the Plan, have a duty to
do so prudently and in the interest of you and
other plan participants and beneficiaries. No
one, including your employer, your union, or
any other person, may fire you or otherwise
discriminate against you in any way to prevent
you from obtaining a pension benefit or
exercising your rights under ERISA.
Enforce Your Rights. If your claim for a
pension benefit is denied or ignored, in whole or
in part, you have a right to know why this was
done, to obtain copies of documents relating to
the decision without charge, and to appeal any
denial, all within certain time schedules.
Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to
enforce the above rights. For instance, if you
request a copy of plan documents or the latest
annual report from the plan and do not receive
them within 30 days, you may file suit in a
Federal court. In such a case, the court may
require the plan administrator to provide the
materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you
receive the materials, unless the materials were
not sent because of reasons beyond the control
of the administrator. If you have a claim for
benefits which is denied or ignore, in whole or
in part, and you have exhausted the claims
procedures outlined in this document, you may
file suit in a state or Federal court. In addition,
if you disagree with the Plan’s decision or lack
thereof concerning the qualified status of a
domestic relations order, you may file suit in
Federal court. If it should happen that plan
fiduciaries misuse the Plan’s money, or if you
are discriminated against for asserting your
rights, you may seek assistance from the U.S.
Department of Labor, or you may file suit in a
Federal court. The court will decide who should
pay court costs and legal fees. If you are
successful the court may order the person you
have sued to pay these costs and fees. If you
lose, the court may order you to pay these costs
and fees, for example, if it finds your claim is
frivolous.
Assistance with Your Questions. If you have
any questions about your Plan, you should
contact the plan administrator. If you have any
questions about this statement or about your
rights under ERISA, or if you need assistance in
obtaining documents from the plan
administrator, you should contact the nearest
office of the Employee Benefits Security
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor,
listed in your telephone directory or the Division
of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee
Benefits Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. You may also
obtain certain publications about your rights and
responsibilities under ERISA by calling the
publications hotline of the Employee Benefits
Security Administration.
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