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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $83.61 New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201- 714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares o/s: 116.5 million; Market cap: $9.7 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Investor communications makes up 72% of the company’s revenue. Securities processing and transaction clearing make up the remaining 28%. In the fiscal 2017 fourth quarter, ended June 30, 2017, revenue jumped 38.1%, to $1.3 billion from $974.5 million a year earlier. The big increase reflects the contributions of the North American Customer Communications business of DST Systems; Broadridge paid $410 million in cash for that business in July 2016. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $204.0 million, or $1.71 a share, in the quarter. That’s up 15.9% from $176.0 million, or $1.45 a share, a year earlier. Broadridge continues to make smart acquisitions: it recently bought Summit Financial Disclosure. Summit is one of the largest agents in the world for firms filing with the…