Who is allowed to vote on behalf of a publishing company?

A staff member of a publishing company may vote on behalf of the company, but only if this staff member is authorized to do so. This means the staff member must be an executive officer, such as a manager or director, who is authorized to act on behalf of the publishing company. The publishing company itself determines who is authorized.

A person can only be the executive officer for one publishing company. If it turns out that the structure of the publishing companies is such that the same person is an executive officer for multiple publishing companies, a different executive officer must be found.

If someone is nominated on behalf of the publishing company for one of the boards of BumaStemra or Buma Cultuur, this person must be registered with BumaStemra as the executive officer. This person must remain registered as the executive officer for the entire term of office at BumaStemra on behalf of the publishing company.