Exit employee communication & OPLs

Date: 24^th May 2024

Subject line: IMPORTANT and CRITICAL: GM PF Trust Related Update

Dear Colleagues,

In line with the prevalent industry practices, we wish to further communicate that the Board of Trustees have discussed and thereon concluded that the “General Mills India Private Limited Staff Provident Fund “would be handed over to EPFO (Employee Provident Fund Organization).

We, therefore, the employer and all members of Board of Trustees of General Mills India Private Limited Staff Provident Fund hereby confirm that we intend to make an application to surrender the General Mills India Private Limited Staff Provident Fund to Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (RPFC), Thane with effect from 1^st August, 2024 (wage period July 2024) and there on comply as an ‘Unexempted Establishment under the Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

This implies that post the transition, all the PF related transactions will directly be managed by the EPFO.

In accordance with the above, you are required to kindly withdraw or transfer your PF lying in the GM PF trust on or before 30^th June 2024. Please write to generalmills.pf@genmills.com for sending your request or queries.

Please Note:

1. Applications received post 30^th June 2024 will not be considered.
2. Further, till the completion of the transition process no withdrawals/transfers will be processed by General Mills till the EPFO uploads all the PF balances on the EPFO Portal.”

Kindly take the above on record.

Regards,
General Mills India Staff Provident Fund Trustees
Management Representatives- Anand Khurana, Monika Potharkar, Vaishaly Rajput, Minesh Soni.
Employee Representatives- Reshmi Narang, Tejasvi Salve, Anil Jain, Sheshadri Savalgi.