Non-GAAP Measures Explanation and Reconciliation of the Company’s Use of Non-GAAP
Financial Measures The Company’s results in this presentation are presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") except where otherwise noted. In certain circumstances, results have been presented that are
not generally accepted accounting principles measures (“Non-GAAP”). These Non-GAAP measures are Adjusted Operating income, Adjusted Operating income margin, Adjusted Net earnings, Adjusted earnings per share, Free cash flow, Free cash flow
conversion, and Recurring revenue growth constant currency. These Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company’s reported results. The Company believes our Non-GAAP financial measures
help investors understand how management plans, measures and evaluates the Company’s business performance. Management believes that Non-GAAP measures provide consistency in its financial reporting and facilitates investors’ understanding of the
Company’s operating results and trends by providing an additional basis for comparison. Management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures to, among other things, evaluate our ongoing operations, and for internal planning and forecasting
purposes. In addition, and as a consequence of the importance of these Non-GAAP financial measures in managing our business, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors incorporates Non-GAAP financial measures in the
evaluation process for determining management compensation. Reconciliations Non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP can be found in the tables that are part of this
presentation. Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Operating Income Margin, Adjusted Net Earnings, and Adjusted Earnings Per Share These Non-GAAP measures are adjusted to exclude the impact of certain costs, expenses, gains and losses and
other specified items the exclusion of which management believes provides insight regarding our ongoing operating performance. Depending on the period presented, these adjusted measures exclude the impact of certain of the following items:
(i) Amortization of Acquired Intangibles and Purchased Intellectual Property, which represent non-cash amortization expenses associated with the Company's acquisition activities. (ii) Acquisition and Integration Costs, which represent certain
transaction and integration costs associated with the Company’s acquisition activities. (iii) Restructuring and Other Related Costs, which represent costs associated with the Company’s Corporate Restructuring Initiative to exit and/or realign
some of our businesses, streamline the Company’s management structure, reallocate work to lower cost locations, and reduce headcount in deprioritized areas, in addition to other restructuring activities. (iv) Litigation Settlement Charges,
which represent the reserve established during the third and fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 related to the settlement of claims. (v) Russia-Related Exit Costs, which are direct and incremental costs associated with the Company’s wind down
of business activities in Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including relocation-related expenses of impacted associates. (vi) Real Estate Realignment and Covid-19 Related Expenses. Real Estate Realignment Expenses are
expenses associated with the exit of certain of the Company’s leased facilities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which consist of the impairment of certain right of use assets, leasehold improvements and equipment, as well as other related
facility exit expenses directly resulting from, and attributable to, the exit of these leased facilities. Covid-19 Related Expense are direct and incremental expenses incurred by the Company to protect the health and safety of Broadridge
associates during the Covid-19 outbreak, including expenses associated with monitoring the temperatures for associates entering our facilities, enhancing the safety of our office environment in preparation for workers to return to Company
facilities on a more regular basis, ensuring proper social distancing in our production facilities, personal protective equipment, enhanced cleaning measures in our facilities, and other safety related expenses. (vii) Investment Gains, which
represent non-operating, non-cash gains on privately held investments. (viii) Software Charge, which represents a charge related to an internal use software product that is no longer expected to be used. (ix) Gain on Acquisition-Related
Financial Instrument, which represents a non-operating gain on a financial instrument designed to minimize the Company's foreign exchange risk associated with the Itiviti acquisition, as well as certain other non-operating financing costs
associated with the Itiviti acquisition. (x) IBM Private Cloud Charges, which represent a charge on the hardware assets transferred to IBM and other charges related to the IBM Private Cloud Agreement. (xi) Gain on Sale of a Joint Venture
Investment, which represents a non-operating, cash gain on the sale of one of the Company’s joint venture investments. (xii) Gain on Sale of Securities represents a non-operating gain on the sale of securities associated with the Company’s
retirement plan obligations. (xiii) Tax Act items represent the net impact of a U.S. federal transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries, foreign jurisdiction withholding taxes and certain benefits related to the remeasurement
of the Company’s net U.S. federal and state deferred tax liabilities attributable to the Tax Act; and (xiv) The MAL investment gain represents a non-cash, nontaxable gain on investment from the Company’s acquisition of MAL in March 2017.
Restructuring Charges represent severance costs associated with the Company’s initiative to streamline our management structure, reallocate work to lower cost locations, and reduce headcount in deprioritized areas.