---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001383312-21-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BR"
cik: "0001383312"
company_name: "BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T16:26:46.273676+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Broadridge appoints former SEC Commissioner Annette Nazareth to board

## Summary
- Board increased from 11 to 12 members; Annette Nazareth appointed as independent director effective Aug 10, 2021.
- Ten of 12 board members are independent, including Lead Independent Director Les Brun.
- Nazareth is Senior Counsel at Davis Polk and served as SEC Commissioner from 2005-2008.
- She brings regulatory and corporate governance expertise; no disclosable transactions under Item 404(a).
- Compensation for board service will be consistent with other independent directors as described in proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001383312-21-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BR
- cik: 0001383312
- company_name: BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383312/000138331221000039/0001383312-21-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383312/000138331221000039/br-20210810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001383312-21-000039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001383312-21-000039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001383312-21-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Annette L. Nazareth was appointed as independent member of the Board at BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: independent member of the Board
  source text: On August 10, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge" or the "Company") unanimously approved an increase in the Board size from 11 members to 12 members and appointed Annette L. Nazareth as an independent member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383312/000138331221000039/0001383312-21-000039-index.htm

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