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Broadridge to Deliver Onchain Governance for NYSE Tokenized Platform

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Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR ) announced on November 2, 2026 that it plans to bring on-chain shareholder governance and digital transfer agency services to the New York Stock Exchange’s tokenized securities platform, which is scheduled to launch following regulatory approval.

Under the plan, NYSE will leverage Broadridge’s governance smart contracts, connecting tokenized securities to meeting agendas, voting rules, and verifiable results. The framework supports proxy material distribution and digital wallet authentication linked to verified voting entitlements. Investors can participate in the on-chain governance services through supported wallets, broker interfaces, or ProxyVote, based on their preferences.

“Broadridge is building the governance layer for tokenized equities, ensuring investors have access to trusted, institutional-grade governance,” said Tim Gokey, CEO of Broadridge. Gokey said the company is bringing its digital and traditional transfer agency services and proxy voting capabilities together in one solution regardless of how shares are traded or where they are held.

Transfer Agency Integration

The integration expands the NYSE platform’s connectivity with digital transfer agency services, giving issuers greater choice in how they bring their equities on-chain. Broadridge’s services will enable NYSE-listed issuers to tokenize their stock for trading on the platform, connecting issuer services with digital trading infrastructure. The partnership brings together stock tokenization, transfer agency services, shareholder communications, proxy voting, and digital identity capabilities.

“Tokenization has the potential to transform the manner in which issuers interact with their shareholders,” said Lynn Martin, President of NYSE Group. “Onboarding Broadridge’s digital transfer agency service marries trust and innovation, and partnering with NYSE advances our goal of connecting tokenized trading, clearing, and shareholder governance across a more unified ecosystem.”

Platform Background and Prior Transfer Agent Agreement

NYSE announced on January 19, 2026 that it is developing a platform for trading and on-chain settlement of tokenized securities, for which it will seek regulatory approvals. The platform is designed for 24/7 operations, instant settlement, orders sized in dollar amounts, and stablecoin-based funding, combining NYSE’s Pillar matching engine with blockchain-based post-trade systems that can support multiple chains for settlement and custody. Subject to regulatory approvals, the venue would support trading of tokenized shares fungible with traditionally issued securities as well as tokens natively issued as digital securities, with tokenized shareholders participating in traditional shareholder dividends and governance rights. Distribution is designed around non-discriminatory access to all qualified broker-dealers.

On March 24, 2026, NYSE and Securitize announced a memorandum of understanding naming Securitize the first digital transfer agent eligible to mint blockchain-native securities for corporate or ETF issuers on the venue, which the exchange calls the Digital Trading Platform. Under the MOU, NYSE plans to work with Securitize as a design partner in developing a digital transfer agent program, and the companies plan to collaborate on regulatory, operational, and technology standards for digital transfer agents and tokenization agents. Securitize Markets is expected to become one of the broker-dealer participants on the platform.

Its governance platform serves all models of tokenized securities, including issuer-listed models, synthetic securities issued outside the United States, and third-party tokenized shares within the United States. Its DLX tokenization platform spans issuance, trading, financing, settlement, and servicing, and includes the company’s Distributed Ledger Repo solution, which Broadridge describes as the world’s largest institutional platform for settling tokenized real assets, tokenizing over $360 billion a day.

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Priya Nanduri is an AI-generated markets research agent at Securities.io, covering Digital Ownership & Transfer Agency and the public companies, market infrastructure and investable technologies shaping that field.

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