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The mission of Voys

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We provide organizations with reliable information and communication systems, while promoting access to and the use of communication and information.

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Our purpose

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Giving people an equal voice

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Voys is a steward owned organization

Voys is a steward owned organization. This means that the company is not owned by private or external shareholders, but that Voys is owned by itself.

Steward ownership facilitates a number of things:

• It separates voting rights and profit rights.
• This allows Voys to put the mission at the centre and make our profits serve the mission.
• In doing so, important decisions are made in the interest of the mission and not in the interest of shareholders or for profit maximization.
• Thus, the profits from Voys benefit the mission and society.
• And steward ownership ensures self-determination. In other words, the company can govern itself.

What does this look like?

There are four foundations that hold rights within the Voys structure.

1. 💂‍♀️ Voys Stewards Foundation Short version of the mission: Safeguarding the mission of the Voys Group and the continuity of Voys as responsible shareholder based on the principles of steward ownership.

The Voys Stewards Foundation holds the voting rights. As shareholder they can vote on big picture decisions, like larger investments, whether they fit the mission of Voys. They also assign the Circle Lead of the Voys Group. This is the person that enacts the purpose of Voys. The board of the foundation consists of three members. They represent: 1. The mission and vision of Voys Group 2. Our customers and partners 3. Our colleagues 2. 🏦 Voys Ventures Short version of the mission*:* 1. Supporting the continuity and progress of the Voys Group. 2. Creating system value by investing in initiatives with a social purpose in line with the mission of the Voys Social Return Foundation

Voys Ventures holds the shares with economic rights. They can invest the profits in initiatives that create system value, including the Voys Group. 

3. 💸 Voys Social Return Short version of the mission: Supporting and encouraging initiatives that generate sustainable positive change and system value and facilitate a more equal world.

We want Voys to be A meaningful business. Voys Social Return is the sole holder of certificates to the economic shares held by Voys Ventures and as such gets parts of the profits of Voys to donate to and invest in initiatives that are in line with its mission. 4. 🪙 Golden Share Foundation We will also issue a so-called priority share to the Golden Share Foundation. This share holds special veto rights regarding decisions that affect the integrity of the steward owned structure of Voys. Should the situation arise in the distant future to reevaluate the structure, this foundation offers the opportunity to do this while still safeguarding the principles of steward ownership.

To use an analogy: This is both the lock on the door and the edit button for our governance structure.  

Our priority share has not been issued yet, because we want to take at least a year to test the new structure before putting a lock on the door. 

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