DELUXE CORP
1ST AMEND. TO SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 10.19 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CERTIFICATION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I, Anthony C. Scarfone, do hereby certify that I am the Secretary of
DELUXE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation, and that by action of the Board of Directors of said corporation taken on October 26, 2001, the &#147;FIRST AMENDMENT OF DELUXE CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN (2001 Restatement)&#148; was approved
and adopted. I further certify that the document hereto attached is a true and correct copy of said amendment. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:13px; text-indent:-13px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">October 31, 2001 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <P></P>



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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FIRST AMENDMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OF
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DELUXE CORPORATION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(2001 Restatement) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The &#147;Deluxe
Corporation Supplemental Benefit Plan&#148; adopted by Deluxe Corporation, a Minnesota corporation, effective November 8, 1984, and which is presently maintained under a document entitled &#147;DELUXE CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN (2001
Restatement&#148;) (hereinafter referred to the &#147;Plan Statement&#148;), is hereby amended in the following respects: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;CHANGE IN CONTROL.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective for any change in control occurring on or after January 1, 2002, Section 14 of the Plan Statement shall be amended to read in full as follows: </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SECTION 14 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR
ACQUISITION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, a Participant or Beneficiary will receive a distribution of
his or her entire Supplemental Account if a Change in Control occurs. Distribution of the entire Supplemental Account shall be made on the date of the Change in Control. Such distribution shall be made in a single lump sum payment. A &#147;Change in
Control&#148; shall be deemed to have occurred if an event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px; text-indent:27px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding
securities, excluding, at the time of their original acquisition, from the calculation of securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates or in connection with a transaction described
in clause (i) of paragraph (c) below; or </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px; text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;the following individuals cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on January 1, 2002, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened
election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s shareholders was approved or
recommended by a vote of at </FONT></DIV> <P></P>



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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">least two-thirds (<FONT SIZE="1"><SUP>&nbsp;2</SUP></FONT><FONT SIZE="2">/</FONT><FONT
SIZE="1">3</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on January 1, 2002, or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or
</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px; text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate with any
other entity, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate, at least 65% of
the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization
of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding
securities; or </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px; text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s
assets to an entity, at least 65% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, a &#147;Change in Control&#148; shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the
consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the
same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions. Solely for purposes of this Section 14, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.1.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Affiliate</B>&#151;means a company controlled directly or indirectly by
the Company, where &#147;control&#148; shall mean the right, either directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the directors thereof without the consent or acquiescence of any third party. </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.2.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Beneficial Owner</B>&#151;a &#147;beneficial owner&#148; within the meaning
of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.3.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Exchange Act</B>&#151;the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.4.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Person</B>&#151;a &#147;person&#148; within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2. &nbsp;&nbsp;FUNDING OF THE PLAN.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective
October 26, 2001, Section 5.5 of the Plan Statement shall be amended to read in full as follows: </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:27px; text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">5.5.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Unsecured Interest</B>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligation of the Company to make payments under this Plan constitutes only the unsecured (but legally enforceable) promise of the Company to make such payments. The
Participant shall have no lien, prior claim or other security interest in any property of the Company. The Company is not required to establish or maintain any fund, trust or account (other than a bookkeeping account or reserve) for the purpose of
funding or paying the benefits promised under this Plan. If any such fund, trust (including any rabbi trust) or account is established, no Participant shall have any lien, prior claim, security interest or beneficial interest in any property
therein. The Company will pay the cost of this Plan out of its general assets. All references to accounts, accruals, gains, losses, income, expenses, payments, custodial funds and the like are included merely for the purpose of measuring the
Employers&#146; obligation to Participants in this Plan and shall not be construed to impose on the Employers the obligation to create any separate fund for purposes of this Plan. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:27px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3. &nbsp;&nbsp;SAVINGS CLAUSE.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Save and except as hereinabove expressly amended, the Plan Statement shall continue in full force and effect. </B></FONT></DIV>
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