Broadridge has announced plans to deliver on-chain shareholder governance and digital transfer agency services to the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) tokenized securities platform, which is scheduled to launch following regulatory approval. According to the companies, the steps underscore the platform's interoperability and mark the next phase of its development, reflecting Broadridge's commitment to bringing institutional-grade governance and transfer agency services to token investors and public companies. The announcement links tokenized shares to two pillars of public equity market plumbing: transfer agency, the maintenance of official shareholder records, and proxy voting, the process through which shareholders vote on corporate matters. Extending those functions on-chain is intended to let tokenized securities carry the same shareholder rights as conventionally held shares.

"Broadridge is building the governance layer for tokenized equities, ensuring investors have access to trusted, institutional-grade governance. We're pleased to bring these capabilities to the NYSE's tokenized securities platform. We're also making it easier for issuers to participate by bringing our 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," said Tim Gokey, CEO of Broadridge.

Under the arrangement, NYSE will leverage Broadridge's governance smart contracts to connect tokenized securities with meeting agendas, voting rules, and verifiable results. The framework supports the distribution of proxy materials and digital wallet authentication tied to verified voting entitlements, helping investors exercise their shareholder rights as ownership moves on-chain. Investors will be able to participate in Broadridge's on-chain governance services through supported wallets, broker interfaces, or ProxyVote, Broadridge's long-running proxy voting platform, depending on their preferences.

"Tokenization has the potential to transform the manner in which issuers interact with their shareholders," said Lynn Martin, President, 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."

The integration of Broadridge's digital transfer agency service expands the NYSE platform's connectivity with digital transfer agency services, giving issuers greater choice in how they bring their equities on-chain. Because Broadridge is bringing its digital and traditional transfer agency and proxy voting capabilities together in one solution, issuers can move listed shares on-chain while keeping the record-keeping and voting processes that public company governance already relies on—an approach consistent with the broader industry effort to connect tokenized assets with established market infrastructure rather than build parallel systems. Broadridge's services will also enable NYSE-listed issuers to tokenize their stock for trading on NYSE's tokenized securities platform, connecting issuer services with digital trading infrastructure.

More broadly, the partnership between Broadridge and NYSE brings together stock tokenization, transfer agency services, shareholder communications, proxy voting, and digital identity capabilities, linking tokenized stock ownership with the infrastructure that supports public company governance. The platform itself remains scheduled to launch following regulatory approval, and issuer uptake of the newly connected services—as well as how token holders choose to vote on-chain—are the practical markers to watch as this ecosystem takes shape.