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 The insured members of Syngenta Pension Fund receive a certificate of insurance at least once a year showing the current individual data.Whenever a change occurs having an impact upon the insurance situation, but at least once a year (typically at the end of April), the insured members receive an updated insurance certificate.The insurance certificate includes information about the funding system as well as the benefits provided by the pension fund.On request we can send you an insurance certificate. In the case of general adjustments, all insured members receive an information sheet containing explanations together with their insurance data.

Pensionskasse Syngenta (“Syngenta”) provides the www.pensionskasse-syngenta.ch web site (the “Site”) to supply general information about Syngenta and its pension fund. You may use this site subject to your compliance with these terms and conditions.Your acceptance of these terms and conditionsPlease take a few minutes to carefully review these terms and conditions. By accessing and using this Site you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use or download materials from this Site.These terms and conditions may changeSyngenta reserves the right to update or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. Syngenta will do so by posting an updated or modified version of these terms and conditions on this Site. Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the revised terms and conditions. For this reason, we encourage you to…

Information on data protection for our insured members and beneficiaries   1. What is this privacy policy about? Data protection is a matter of trust and your trust is important to us. Although we have not changed the way we handle personal data, we would like to inform you about how we handle the personal data of our insured members and beneficiaries in accordance with the requirements of the revised Data Protection Act as of 1 September 2023. It is important to us that you are fully informed about the processing of your personal data. It is important to us that you understand: what personal data we process about you, the purpose for which we use your personal data, who has access to your personal data, what happens to your personal data after the end of our business relationship or after the statutory retention period. This privacy policy applies to all our services and activities, unless we provide you with separate privacy policies. 2. Who is responsible for processing…

Current reports and decisionsThe Annual Report of the Syngenta Pension Fund contain the management report, information on the equity market and on funding ratio trends, investment performance and pensions for anyone who is interested. The report also contains the balance sheet and the financial statement of Pension Fund. Any amendments to thr law are likewise explained here.   Data protection statementThe data protection statement explains in detail which personal data is processed, why and for what purpose, and how the Syngenta Pension Fund guarantees its security.  

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Useful addresses and linksAuthorities/Institutions:The federal authorities of SwitzerlandFederal Social Insurance OfficeFederal Tax AdministrationThe Substitute Occupational Benefit InstitutionAHV/IVGeneral informations:Occupational benefits forum: occupational benefits in SwitzerlandASIP:Pension funds – with us, for us

RegulationsThe management framework is provided by the regulations of the Syngenta Pension Funs. The wording of these regulations is exclusively binding.  The regulations of the Syngenta Pension Fund govern the occupational benefits scheme for employees.  How and when the six employee representatives have to be elected to the Board of Trustees is clearly regulated.  The procedures for when a pension fund has to be partially liquidated and how this is carried out are clearly regulated. 

Responsibility for implementing decisions by the Board of Trustees, applying the regulations, complying with legal requirements, managing the operational business and, above all, for contact with the insured members lies with the managing director and his team.Management and administrative contacts

Responsibilities of the Board of TrusteesThe Board of Trustees is a body run on a part-time basis and serves as the most senior body of the Pension Fund. In its work, it has to observe the applicable laws, the instructions of the supervisory authority, the deed of foundation, the regulations and the decisions of the Board of Trustees.The Board of Trustees issues the regulations of the Pension Fund. It defines the organization and the system of contributions and benefits. It also decides on the rules and regulations governing signatures and authority. It can appoint the executive director and the administrator, the auditors and the expert.More details on the responsibilities of the Board of Trustees are contained in the regulations.

The members of the Board of TrusteesThe members of the Board of Trustees: six employee (EE) representatives and six employer (ER) representatives make up the Board of Trustees. In addition, six “substitutes” are elected for each of the two groups of representatives.