BR — what changed in the latest 10-K
A section-by-section comparison of BR's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-K · 2026-08-04 vs the prior 10-K · 2025-08-05
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Text added/removed | +12 | −9 | ~36 | 50 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +10 | −5 | ~17 | 87 |
| Legal proceedings | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +40 | −41 | ~53 | 44 |
| Market risk (Item 7A) | Text added/removed | +5 | −4 | 0 | 1 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
Business
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-08-04
We provide institutional investors with a suite of global solutions and services to manage and vote their holdings, including meeting their reporting needs. ProxyEdge® (“ProxyEdge”) is our institutional voting platform that allows institutional investors to view, manage and vote on their multi-custo…
•Proxy services – we provide complete project management for the entire annual meeting process including proxy materials distribution, vote processing, and tabulation for registered and beneficial holdings, including tokenized equities, through our ShareLink® solution. In addition, we provide a Stan…
Our services support both digital and physical delivery of critical customer communications. Our physical delivery services operate through a network of six highly automated production facilities across North America. The Broadridge Communications CloudSM (the “Communications Cloud”) is a flexible o…
In August 2025, we acquired Signal Agency Limited (“Signal”) to expand and globalize our digital customer communications capabilities, strengthen our presence in Europe, and further enhance our ability to help our clients modernize omni-channel customer and investor communications.
Through our Broadridge Trading and Connectivity Solutions business, we provide technology-driven trading and connectivity solutions that enable global capital markets participants to connect and trade. Our front-office solutions, post-trade product suite and other capital markets capabilities enable…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-08-05
We provide institutional investors with a suite of services to manage and track the entire proxy voting process, including meeting their reporting needs. ProxyEdge® (“ProxyEdge”) is our innovative electronic proxy delivery and voting solution for institutional investors and financial advisors that i…
Our Pass-Through Voting solution supports fund clients in providing individual investors the ability to participate in the proxy voting process, helping them to expand their investor engagement efforts and receive valuable input for important investment decisions. Our solution for institutional inve…
•Proxy services – we provide complete project management for the entire annual meeting process including registered and beneficial proxy materials distribution, vote processing, and tabulation through our ShareLink® solution.
•Sustainability services - we provide consulting in support of issuers and their sustainability initiatives. The services include peer governance and sustainability disclosure benchmarking, sustainability strategy and policy development, greenhouse gas emission assessments, and sustainability data m…
These services include digital and physical delivery of critical communications. Our physical delivery services operate through a network of seven highly automated facilities across North America. The Broadridge Communications CloudSM is an omni-channel platform (the “Communications Cloud”) that pro…
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-08-04
We provide technology solutions to financial services firms that are generally subject to extensive regulation globally. As a provider of products and services to financial institutions and issuers of securities, our products and services are provided in a manner designed to assist our clients in co…
The regulatory framework governing tokenized securities and other digital assets continues to evolve in the U.S. and internationally. Currently, there is no uniform approach to the regulatory treatment of these assets, and changes in their classification or regulation, or in broader regulatory posit…
In fiscal year 2026, our largest client accounted for approximately 7% of our consolidated revenues. While our clients generally work with multiple business segments, the loss of business from any of our larger clients due to merger or consolidation, financial difficulties or bankruptcy, or the term…
client’s demand for our services, or a change in the method of delivery of our services, then in addition to losing the revenue from that client, we could be required to write-off all or a portion of the related client investments or accelerate the amortization of certain costs, including costs incu…
If we are unable to respond to the demands of our existing and new clients, or adapt to technological changes or advances, our business and future growth could be impacted.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-08-05
We provide technology solutions to financial services firms that are generally subject to extensive regulation globally. As a provider of products and services to financial institutions and issuers of securities, our products and services are provided in a manner designed to assist our clients in co…
In fiscal year 2025, our largest client accounted for approximately 7% of our consolidated revenues. While our clients generally work with multiple business segments, the loss of business from any of our larger clients due to merger or consolidation, financial difficulties or bankruptcy, or the term…
If we are unable to respond to the demands of our existing and new clients, or adapt to technological changes or advances, our business and future growth could be impacted.
The global financial services industry is characterized by increasingly complex and integrated infrastructures and products, new and changing business models and rapid technological and regulatory changes. Our clients’ needs and demands for our products and services evolve with these changes. Our fu…
In addition, we run the risk of disintermediation due to emerging technologies, fintech start-ups and new market entrants. If we fail to adapt or keep pace with new technologies in a timely manner, it could harm our ability to compete, decrease the value of our products and services to our clients, …
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-08-04
We acquired four businesses in fiscal year 2026, including CQG, Acolin, iJoin, and Signal, for an aggregate purchase price of $300.2 million in cash ($282.8 million net of cash acquired). Refer to Note 6, “Acquisitions” to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8. of Part II of this Annual…
The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and in accordance with the SEC requirements for Annual Reports on Form 10-K. In management’s opinion, the Consolidated Financial Statements contain all normal recurring …
“Gains or Losses on Digital Assets” represent the unrealized gains or losses, as applicable, related to the mark to market of the Company’s digital asset holdings and the unrealized and realized gains or losses, as applicable, associated with the Canton Digital Asset Treasury transaction. Refer to N…
related to the Company’s accounting for Canton Coins. Refer to Note 8, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments” for details related to realized and unrealized gains or losses.
“Internal Growth” is a component of recurring revenue and generally reflects year over year changes in existing services to our existing customers’ multi-year contracts beyond the initial twelve-month period in which it was included in Net New Business.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-08-05
In November 2024, the Company acquired SIS to provide wealth management, capital markets, and information technology solutions in Canada. SIS is included in the Company’s GTO reportable segment. Our discussions with the Canadian Competition Bureau are ongoing. In July 2024, the Company acquired Comp…
In July 2025, Broadridge announced the proposed acquisition of Acolin Group Holdco Limited (“Acolin”). Acolin is a European provider of cross-border fund distribution and regulatory services. The total purchase price is approximately $70 million plus an additional contingent consideration liability.…
Please refer to Note 6, “Acquisitions” to our Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8. of Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more detailed discussion.
The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and in accordance with the SEC requirements for Annual Reports on Form 10-K. These financial statements present the consolidated position of the Company and include the …
In presenting the Consolidated Financial Statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Management continually evaluates the accounting policies and estimates used to prepare the Consolidated Financial Statements. The estimates, by th…
Market risk (Item 7A)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2026-08-04
As of June 30, 2026, $1,022.0 million, or 31%, of the Company’s total outstanding debt balance of $3,254.6 million is based on floating interest rates. Our $1,022.0 million in variable rate debt at June 30, 2026 consists of our revolving credit facility, which, depending on the currency of the loan,…
We have assessed our exposure to changes in interest rates by analyzing the sensitivity to our earnings of a change in market interest rates on amounts borrowed from the revolving credit facility, Fiscal 2024 Amended Term Loan and Fiscal 2026 Term Loan during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026. Ass…
While the substantial majority of our business is conducted within the U.S., approximately 15% of our fiscal year 2026 revenues were earned outside of the U.S. Our operations outside of the U.S. primarily reside in Canada, Europe and India. As a result, we are exposed to foreign currency risk from c…
We manage our foreign currency risk primarily by incurring, to the extent practicable, operating and financing expenses in the local currency in the countries in which we operate. In addition, we executed a series of cross-currency swap derivative contracts with an aggregate notional amount of EUR 8…
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025, a hypothetical 10% decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar, the British pound, the Euro, the Indian Rupee, and the Swedish Krona versus the U.S. dollar would have resulted in a decrease in our total pre-tax earnings of approximately $15…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-K · 2025-08-05
As of June 30, 2025, $1,012.6 million, or 31%, of the Company’s total outstanding debt balance of $3,252.3 million is based on floating interest rates. Our $1,012.6 million in variable rate debt at June 30, 2025 consists of our revolving credit facility, which, depending on the currency of the loan,…
While the substantial majority of our business is conducted within the U.S., approximately 14% of our fiscal year 2025 revenues were earned outside of the U.S. Our operations outside of the U.S. primarily reside in Canada, Europe and India. As a result, we are exposed to foreign currency risk from c…
We manage our foreign currency risk primarily by incurring, to the extent practicable, operating and financing expenses in the local currency in the countries in which we operate. In addition, we executed a series of cross-currency swap derivative contracts with an aggregate notional amount of EUR 8…
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, a hypothetical 10% decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar, the British pound, the Euro, the Indian Rupee, and the Swedish Krona versus the U.S. dollar would have resulted in a decrease in our total pre-tax earnings of approximately $23…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice