End-to-End Vote Confirmation

Broadridge put together a securities industry end-to-end vote confirmation steering committee to investigate the ability for beginning-to-end vote confirmation, determining that such a goal is viable. The Working Group met regularly to: define the basic ground rules under which vote confirmation would be offered, develop best practices surrounding entitlement adjustment, collaborate and develop with Broadridge an online tool that facilitates bank and broker nominee communication with the tabulator, and develop an educational webinar for bank and broker nominee and tabulators to familiarize them with the confirmation process and the use of the communication tool. According to the announcement, under the current broker and bank nominee qualification parameters, vote confirmation can be implemented without any regulatory changes.