SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-08-12

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i139b8bf1bd9a493e92cd9abc20d4d770_38"></div><div style="min-height:49.96pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.26</font></div></div><div><img alt="image_0a.jpg" src="image_0a.jpg" style="height:34px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:160px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Qualified &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#91;GRANT DATE&#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 OMNIBUS AWARD PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">STOCK OPTION GRANT</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">AWARD AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FOR U.S. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On &#91;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">GRANT DATE</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#93;, BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (&#8220;Broadridge&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) granted to you (the &#8220;Participant&#8221;), pursuant to the Broadridge 2018 Omnibus Award Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), the right and option to purchase &#91;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NUMBER OF SHARES</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#93;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">shares of the Common Stock of the Company, by action of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Stock Option Grant Award Agreement (the &#8220;Award Agreement&#8221;). Capitalized terms in this Award Agreement that are not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt;text-decoration:underline">Non-Qualified Option</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. The number of options granted is equal to the number shown on the Participant&#8217;s Online Grant Acceptance page which is accessed through the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect website. The applicable number of options is shown with the grant type &#8220;NQ&#8221; and a grant date of &#91;DATE&#93;.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No part of the option granted hereby is intended to qualify as an &#8220;incentive stock option&#8221; under Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt;text-decoration:underline">Vesting</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;fon