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Press Release

Former ADP Brokerage Services Group Begins Trading as an Independent Company - Broadridge Lists on the New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, New York -- April 2, 2007 -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) CEO Rich Daly and COO John Hogan will greet members of the New York Stock Exchange this morning to begin the first trading day of Broadridge as an independent, public company focused on providing services to the financial services industry. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. was officially spun off from Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) on Friday, March 30th. The newly independent company begins trading as a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index.

"This is a very exciting milestone for Broadridge that exemplifies our commitment to pursue continued growth and build value for our shareholders and clients," said Broadridge CEO, Rich Daly. "As an independent company focused on providing solutions to the financial services industry, we believe Broadridge is well positioned to execute strategic initiatives specific to our business needs, provide expanded solutions for our clients and increase opportunities for our associates."

Broadridge is an industry leader with nearly $2 billion in revenue. The company specializes in three areas of services to the financial services industry: investor communications, securities processing, and clearing and outsourcing. Broadridge distributes over 1 billion investor communications each year, and components of its securities processing solutions are used by 7 of the top 10 U.S. broker-dealers. Additionally, its fixed income business processes trades with an aggregate settlement value of over $2 trillion each day.

As a result of the spin off, ADP shareholders received one share of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. stock for every four shares of stock they held in ADP on March 23, 2007. Approximately 138.5 million shares of Broadridge stock were distributed on Friday March 30th to ADP shareholders.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and other written or oral statements made from time to time by representatives of Broadridge may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Statements that are not historical in nature, such as our fiscal year 2011 financial guidance, and which may be identified by the use of words like “expects,” “assumes,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “we believe,” “could be” and other words of similar meaning, are forward-looking statements.  These statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed.  These risks and uncertainties include those risk factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (the “2010 Annual Report”), as they may be updated in any future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in the 2010 Annual Report.  These risks include: the success of Broadridge in retaining and selling additional services to its existing clients and in obtaining new clients; the pricing of Broadridge’s products and services; changes in laws and regulations affecting the investor communication services provided by Broadridge; declines in participation and activity in the securities markets; overall market and economic conditions and their impact on the securities markets; any material breach of Broadridge security affecting its clients’ customer information; the failure of Broadridge’s outsourced data center services provider to provide the anticipated levels of service; any significant slowdown or failure of Broadridge’s systems or error in the performance of Broadridge’s services; Broadridge’s failure to keep pace with changes in technology and demands of its clients; Broadridge’s ability to attract and retain key personnel; the impact of new acquisitions and divestitures; and competitive conditions. Broadridge disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

To contact media relations, please email us at mediarelations@broadridge.com.