Broadridge InGovern 2011

Broadridge and InGovern Announce Alliance for Sales and Distribution of Proxy Research and Vote Recommendations for Listed Companies in India

Hyderabad and Bangalore, India, Sept. 16, 2011 – Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) and InGovern Research Services Pvt. Ltd today jointly announced an alliance for the sale and distribution of InGovern’s proxy research and vote recommendations for listed Indian companies through Broadridge’s ProxyEdge® voting platform. This will immediately allow institutional investors, who are current users of the ProxyEdge platform, access to insights on governance of listed companies in India. Also, this will enable institutional investors to exercise their votes at shareholder meetings of Indian companies in a more informed manner.

Mr. V. Laxmikanth, Managing Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions, India, commented: “Broadridge is a leader in the area of investor communications with a number of offerings for retail and institutional investors, especially for electronic voting. ProxyEdge, our leading platform, serves more than 3,500 institutions globally and carries vote recommendations from multiple agencies. Having a link on our platform with InGovern to offer vote research and recommendations for listed Indian securities enhances our offering to our institutional clients globally. We are very excited about this relationship.”

Mr. Shankar Jaganathan, advisor to InGovern and leading corporate governance expert, said, “The alliance of InGovern and Broadridge has enormous potential for institutional investors owning listed Indian securities. For the first time, investors can access Indian voting recommendations from corporate governance
specialists on the Broadridge ProxyEdge platform. Institutional fund managers have a fiduciary duty to their investors to actively campaign for better corporate governance, and this alliance provides them with the necessary inputs.”

Mr. Shriram Subramanian, Managing Director of InGovern, stated, “We are extremely pleased to have developed this relationship with Broadridge. Institutional investors – foreign and domestic – have significant
shareholdings in many Indian companies, and our alliance with Broadridge enables us to support the higher levels of governance that investors are now seeking. The independent research and insights provided by InGovern combine with the wide global reach of Broadridge to offer clients a unique proposition.”

The alliance with InGovern further extends Broadridge’s commitment to provide solutions for the India market. In 2010, Broadridge launched its new market connectivity solutions for the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange to support institutional brokerage firms operating in the India markets, either domestically or on a cross-border basis

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 $4 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.

About InGovern

InGovern Research Services Pvt. Ltd. is India’s first and leading independent proxy research and analysis firm. InGovern assists institutional investors that have financial or reputation exposure to public companies. The services include: Corporate Governance Research and Proxy Voting Solutions. InGovern was founded with the objective of enhancing the corporate governance culture in India, and enhancing shareholder activism of institutional investors. Research and Vote Recommendations are based on objective criteria - Governance Radar – comprised of over 400 criteria.

Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Private Ltd
6-3-348, Mid Town Mall, Dwarakapuri Colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500 082. AP, India
V. Laxmikanth
Managing Director
Laxmikanth.Venkatraman@broadridge.com

InGovern Research Services Pvt. Ltd
HSR Layout Sector 1, Bangalore 560102, Karnataka, India
Shriram Subramanian
Managing Director
Shriram@ingovern.com

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