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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/1/24, at 11:38am ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1383312-24-7   ·   File #:  1-33220

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 2/01/24  Broadridge Fin’l Solutions, Inc.  10-Q       12/31/23   89:7.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.72M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     77K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings       HTML     84K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     55K 
                Income                                                           
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     30K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    129K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     48K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    122K 
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders?  HTML     68K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders?  HTML     33K 
                Equity (Parenthetical)                                           
20: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     44K 
21: R11         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     39K 
22: R12         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     94K 
23: R13         Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding                 HTML     38K 
24: R14         Interest Expense, Net                               HTML     37K 
25: R15         Acquisitions                                        HTML     28K 
26: R16         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     87K 
27: R17         Deferred Client Conversion And Start-Up Costs       HTML     35K 
28: R18         Other Non-Current Assets                            HTML     39K 
29: R19         Payables and Accrued Expenses                       HTML     41K 
30: R20         Borrowings                                          HTML    101K 
31: R21         Other Non-Current Liabilities                       HTML     38K 
32: R22         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     77K 
33: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     41K 
34: R24         Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and          HTML     53K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements                                   
35: R25         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive          HTML     72K 
                Income/(Loss) by Component                                       
36: R26         Interim Financial Data by Segment                   HTML     66K 
37: R27         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     37K 
38: R28         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     31K 
39: R29         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     67K 
40: R30         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     80K 
41: R31         Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding (Tables)        HTML     36K 
42: R32         Interest Expense, Net (Tables)                      HTML     37K 
43: R33         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     86K 
44: R34         Deferred Client Conversion And Start-Up Costs       HTML     33K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R35         Other Non-Current Assets (Tables)                   HTML     39K 
46: R36         Payables and Accrued Expenses (Tables)              HTML     39K 
47: R37         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML     90K 
48: R38         Other Non-Current Liabilities (Tables)              HTML     35K 
49: R39         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     73K 
50: R40         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     38K 
51: R41         Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and          HTML     40K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements (Tables)                          
52: R42         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive          HTML     61K 
                Income/(Loss) by Component (Tables)                              
53: R43         Interim Financial Data by Segment (Tables)          HTML     64K 
54: R44         Basis of Presentation - Additional Information      HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Revenue Recognition - Additional Information        HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Disaggregation    HTML     74K 
                of Revenue (Details)                                             
57: R47         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Contract Assets   HTML     30K 
                and Liabilities (Details)                                        
58: R48         Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding - Additional    HTML     30K 
                Information (Details)                                            
59: R49         Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding - Schedule of   HTML     34K 
                Denominators of Basic and Diluted EPS Computations               
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Interest Expense, Net - Schedule of Interest        HTML     32K 
                Expense, Net (Details)                                           
61: R51         Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     27K 
62: R52         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     57K 
                Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair                
                Value on Recurring Basis (Details)                               
63: R53         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional    HTML     27K 
                Information (Details)                                            
64: R54         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     36K 
                Changes in Level 3 Financial Liabilities (Details)               
65: R55         Deferred Client Conversion And Start-Up Costs -     HTML     32K 
                Schedule of Deferred Client Conversion and                       
                Start-up Costs (Details)                                         
66: R56         Deferred Client Conversion and Start-up Costs -     HTML     36K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
67: R57         Other Non-Current Assets - Schedule of Other        HTML     45K 
                Non-Current Assets (Details)                                     
68: R58         Payables and Accrued Expenses - Schedule of         HTML     48K 
                Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities                   
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Payables and Accrued Expenses - Additional          HTML     51K 
                Information (Details)                                            
70: R60         Borrowings - Schedule of Outstanding Borrowings     HTML     98K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Borrowings - Schedule of Future Principal Payments  HTML     43K 
                on Outstanding Debt (Details)                                    
72: R62         Borrowings - Additional Information (Details)       HTML    165K 
73: R63         Other Non-Current Liabilities - Schedule of Other   HTML     38K 
                Noncurrent Liabilities (Details)                                 
74: R64         Other Non-Current Liabilities - Additional          HTML     31K 
                Information (Details)                                            
75: R65         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Incentive    HTML    107K 
                Awards (Details)                                                 
76: R66         Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R67         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Provision  HTML     34K 
                for Income Taxes (Details)                                       
78: R68         Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and          HTML     65K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - Additional                      
                Information (Details)                                            
79: R69         Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and          HTML     27K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - Schedule of                     
                Software License Agreements (Details)                            
80: R70         Contractual Commitments, Contingencies and          HTML     28K 
                Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements - Schedule of Fixed               
                Operating Lease Cost (Details)                                   
81: R71         Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive          HTML     54K 
                Income/(Loss) by Component - Schedule of Changes                 
                in Accumulated Balances for Each Component of                    
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
82: R72         Interim Financial Data by Segment - Additional      HTML     27K 
                Information (Details)                                            
83: R73         Interim Financial Data by Segment - Schedule of     HTML     43K 
                Segment Results (Details)                                        
84: R74         Interim Financial Data by Segment - Schedule of     HTML     33K 
                Amortization of Acquired Intangibles and Purchased               
                Intellectual Property by Segment (Details)                       
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