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| Look, we were really pleased with record sales in Q1 |
| I'm pleased that we are seeing success with this approach |
| First, Broadridge reported strong financial results |
| Recurring revenue grew 8%, all organic, with strong growth across governance, capital markets and wealth |
| Recurring revenue growth of 8% was all organic and grew above our 5% to 7% growth objective for a six consecutive quarter |
| Trade volumes rose 15% on a blended basis, led by double-digit volume growth in both equities and fixed income, which benefited our capital markets business |
| And we think that we win that on the merits by being safer for our clients, more resilient, less cyber risk, smarter in terms of better all-in economics when you take into account all the things we can provide our clients based on our unique network |
| So we continue to feel very good about that guidance |
| That execution is driving our results in the form of strong sales in our Government Solutions and strong performance of BTCS, and a growing pipeline in our Wealth Management business among many examples |
| And I think the first quarter is a strong testament to that |
| We expect recurring revenue growth of 6% to 9%, continued margin expansion, and another year of 8% to 12% adjusted EPS growth and closed sales of $280 million to $320 million |
| So you put those two things together, to dilutive impact from the items that I mentioned, our ability to be able to drive margin expansion after absorbing the wealth management platform and you get to this approximately 20% |
| Our ICS recurring revenue grew 6%, driven by a combination of revenue from sales, increased investor participation and higher interest income |
| Looking across our product lines, solid growth in our regulatory solutions was complemented by strong results in data-driven fund and issuer solutions |
| The impact of those two things together for the full year, we estimate to be dilutive by about 50 basis points and what we said is we'd be able to overcome that and continue to deliver margin expansion in the 50 basis points range absorbing the amortization associated with the Wealth management platform |
| And we were certainly happy with the 8% record growth, which I know wasn't your question about what it was, but I have to repeat it |
| Event driven activity in the quarter was particularly strong and benefited from the timing of mutual fund proxy activity and significant corporate actions |
| Increasing investor participation also remains a positive driver for our regulatory business despite headwinds from a choppy market and rising interest rates |
| In what is the smallest quarter of the year, equity record growth remained strong at 8% |
| So we feel very good about that |
| Fund and ETF position growth was 3%, the underlying trends remain solid with double-digit growth in passive fund positions, offsetting weaker trends in actively managed vehicles |
| We continue to expect distribution revenue to grow in the high-single to low-double-digit range, driven by further postal rate increases |
| So longer term, we expect to see lower growth in print, with strong growth in digital and strong profitability growth, which is exactly what we saw in the first quarter |
| I'm especially proud of the work done by our issuer business as part of the recent large cap spin-off |
| So on the base of that, we saw lower print volumes on that client, but overall, we saw a double digit increase in our digital revenues and a double digit increase in profitability |
| Adjusted operating income margin was 13.9%, a 220 basis point improvement over the prior year period powered by a combination of operating leverage on our higher recurring and event driven revenue, higher float income and continued discipline expense management |
| Our governance business is in strong hands |
| Capital Markets revenues rose 9% to $249 million, driven by strong growth in BTCS, and higher trading volumes |
| I think one of the things, Peter, is that with the investments that we’ve made, we’re feeling really good about our ability to drive organic growth through organic investment |
| Good to see the improved bookings performance in Q1 after a somewhat soft second half of FY2023, despite the pipelines being strong last year |
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| Clearly, the economy and our world remain in a volatile and difficult place |
| And while we do expect print volumes to pick up over the balance of fiscal 2024, we continue to expect print revenues to decline over time and be replaced with higher margin digital revenue |
| I think as you have heard from others, sales cycles are lengthening, which did drive some slippage from Q4 into Q1 |
| Second, while markets have remained uneven |
| I’ll start with a reminder that Broadridge’s cash flow generation is typically negative in the fiscal first quarter and strengthens throughout the year |
| Distribution revenue was elevated and reached 14%, with half of that growth coming from postal rate increases, which have a dilutive impact on our adjusted operating income margin |
| But the degree of pipeline and activity is definitely way below where it was a few years ago |
| Our pipeline has never been higher |
| Tim Gokey And I think the only thing I would add to that is we tend to wait on that until we really have high confidence on how the year is coming out |
| That investment is moderating |
| Just lost you for a second there |
| But I do have to put an asterisk on it, which is that we are continuing to see a lot of demand from companies that are seeking to rationalize their print facilities |
| Our total capital investment for Q1 2024 was $34 million, including platform investment of $20 million, down significantly from the prior year’s $163 million |
| A summary of these risks can be found on the second page of the slides and a more complete description on our annual report on Form 10-K |
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