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Retirement (Pension) Plan

If you are eligible, Kraft’s Retirement Plan provides a benefit as long as you are vested — that is, you have at least five years of service. The Retirement Plan is not available to all employees.*

How the Plan Works

The benefit amount you receive is based on a formula and depends on:

  • Your age when you leave Kraft and start receiving benefits,

  • The payment option you select (and, if applicable, your spouse), and

  • Any prior plans you participated in.

Retirement before age 65 results in lower benefit payments because the payout period is longer.

For more information, see Plan Details.

Using the Plan

Retirement Timeline

The retirement timeline highlights your responsibilities before and immediately after your retirement. See your Human Resources Representative for more information.

NetBenefitsSM Planning Tool

The Fidelity NetBenefitsSM web-based tool gives a snapshot of the benefit you’ve earned so far under the Retirement Plan. It also lets you see what your benefit would be under different “what if” scenarios — for instance, if you retire at a certain age or select various payment options. In addition, NetBenefits answers common questions about how the Retirement Plan works and provides plan-related forms. If you’re not online, you can call the Kraft Foods Retirement Center at 1-877-208-0782.

The Retirement Plan is not intended to provide all of the income you’ll need at retirement, so look to the Thrift 401(k) Plan and your personal savings for help. Save as much as you can and use Financial Engines® and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. to help you invest wisely for retirement.

How to Get a Pension Estimate

If you are retirement eligible, contact the Kraft Foods Retirement Center — at 1-877-208-0782 or go to http://netbenefits.fidelity.com — within 180 days of your retirement to request a pension estimate. You will be sent a retirement initiation kit, which includes your pension estimate.

If you are a salaried former Nabisco grandfathered Preserved employee (age 55 with 5 years of service as of 1/1/88 or 40 with 10 years of service as of 1/1/88) or an hourly employee at Fort Smith, AR, contact Kraft Foods Retirement Benefits Service Center at 1-866-434-4880 to request a pension estimate.

For more information, see MyBenefits Online.

*The Retirement Plan is currently available to eligible Kraft employees hired before January 1, 2009. The Retirement Plan is closed to employees hired on or after January 1, 2009.

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