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Every half year HEINEKEN review whether the development of market interest rates requires a change to the interest rate on the HEINEKEN savings account.

The Heineken Pension Fund will communicate to participants (employees of HEINEKEN) by e-mail and no longer by post. With this we are happy to meet the expressed wish of participants to receive communication digitally. This is also more sustainable.

The Heineken Pension Fund (HPF) has internal supervision in the form of a supervisory board. The supervisory board consists of three members. The members of the supervisory board will be appointed and dismissed by the board on the binding nomination of the accountability body.

As of 1 January 2021, due to the departure of Mr Bakker, there is a vacancy in the Accountability Council on behalf of the employer. The employer has been asked to nominate a new Accountability Council member. You can find the profile here. (only available in Dutch)

At the end of 2020, we sent a survey to test the effectiveness of the means of communication. Pensioners and former participants received the survey by post.

In a news item of December 2020 we indicated that there will be two vacancies on the board in 2021/2022 on behalf of the pensioners. We can inform you that there are candidates to fill these vacancies.

The interest also has a negative effect on the value of the pension liabilities. The pension liabilities increase when interest rates fall.

The letter regarding contribution and increase was sent this week. In the letter you will find the new contribution, information about changes to the pension scheme and an explanation of why your pension has not been increased this year.

As of 1 January 2021 a change will be made in the funding of pension accrual in the event of full occupational disability. As requested by the pension fund, the employer has paid a purchase sum for the pension accrual of those employees now suffering full occupational disability.

From January 2021 the HPF website will look quite different. It is more user-friendly, and the design is more sleek. In short… keep an eye on our website!