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Broadridge Introduces the First Mobile ProxyVote Platform

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  Published in Science and Technology on Thursday, December 2nd 2010 at 14:50 GMT by Market Wire
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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Proxy voting moves to the next generation of advanced technology with todaya™s announcement by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) that its ProxyVote^®.com platform will be available on mobile data devices such as smartphones and tablets in early 2011.

"Mobile ProxyVote is yet another of the technological innovations Broadridge has pioneered to improve and encourage more shareholder voting and enhanced shareholder communications"

The announcement and demonstration was made at Broadridgea™s annual Investor Communications Conference, held today in New York City, which attracts hundreds of top executives from the nationa™s leading financial services firms, institutional investors and corporate issuers.

aMobile ProxyVote is yet another of the technological innovations Broadridge has pioneered to improve and encourage more shareholder voting and enhanced shareholder communications,asaidJoseph Vicari, Vice President, Business Strategy and Development, Broadridge, in making the announcement.aThe sophisticated graphical user interface is customized to be used with an array of mobile devices a" including the market leading iPhone^®, iPad^®, BlackBerry^® smartphones, and Androida" phones a" and will seamlessly integrate with Broadridgea™s ProxyVote.com platform,a he stated.

Twenty million proxy votes were recorded through ProxyVote.com for the 12 months ending June 2010. ProxyVote offers street name and registered shareowners, as well as 401(k), ESOP and ESPP participants, the convenience of voting their shares on the Internet, and now with the introduction of Mobile ProxyVote, through compatible mobile devices.

Until now, shareowners who had registered for electronic delivery of proxy materials and were notified via e-mail, would only be able to cast electronic votes via their personal computers. According to Broadridge, e-mail delivery of proxy materials is growing exponentially; nearly tripling from the annualized period ending June 30, 2006 of 27 million deliveries to almost 78 million deliveries for the annualized period ending June 30, 2010.

aShareholder preference is shifting towards using technology to improve both their access to information and their ability to act upon it,a explained Mr. Robert Schifellite, President, Investor Communication Solutions, Broadridge.aAs the market leader in delivering innovation to the proxy system and investor communications, this introduction signals a significant shift forward for shareholders and will increase participation, especially among individual investors,a he added.

About Broadridge

Broadridge is a technology services company focused on global capital markets. Broadridge is the market leader enabling secure and accurate processing of information for communications and securities transactions among issuers, investors and financial intermediaries. Broadridge builds the infrastructure that underpins proxy services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America; processes more than $3 trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day; and saves companies billions annually through its technology solutions. For more information about Broadridge, please visit [ www.broadridge.com ].

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