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In our annual report you can read all about the developments in the past year. You can read that we ended the year with a healthy financial situation, which allowed us to fully increase pensions in 2026.

The 2026 Uniform Pension Overview is available to anyone who is still employed by Philips, Signify or Versuni.

The 2026 pension overviews are available to everyone who receives a pension.

As of 1 July 2026, a vacancy will arise within the Board of Trustees of Philips Pensioenfonds for a Non‑Executive Board Member (NUB) representing employees.

How much of a pension increase is sensible as of 1 April 2026, so that every participant can make a good start in the new pension scheme that will apply from 2027? Our Board has recently answered that question. In 2026, we are able to fully increase our participants’ pensions in line with our ambition. We can grant this increase because we are applying the more lenient indexation rules.

This week we received the sad news that Coen Reuvers passed away on 4 January 2026 at the age of 72. Coen was, until recently, a board member representing pension recipients at Philips Pensioenfonds. We knew him as a calm, dedicated board member with strong financial expertise and a sharp eye for the position and interests of our participants.

Today, all participants who accrue pension with Philips Pensioenfonds or receive a pension from us, received the latest edition of our Generaties magazine. In this edition Christiane van der Wateren and Eric Coutinho talk about the role of the Accountability Body within Philips Pensioenfonds and the new composition of the Accountability Body. We also tell you what the Pension Agreement ('Pensioenakkoord') means for you as a participant of Philips Pensioenfonds.

In the past month, the current funding ratio has risen from 110.9% (end of September) to 113.1% (end of October). After a fall in the third quarter, interest rates rose again in October. This is because the US and China seem to be getting closer to resolving the trade dispute. In addition, a firm Brexit has been averted in the short term now that the EU has agreed to a third extension until 31 January 2020. This interest rate increase did indeed reduce the value of the fixed-interest portfolio. But this negative effect on the funding ratio was more than offset by a stronger fall in pension liabilities. Stock markets also responded positively to developments regarding the trade dispute and Brexit. The value of the portfolio with real values ​​increased in the past month. On balance, the rise in interest rates and positive stock markets led to an increase in the current funding ratio by 2.2 percentage points in October.

Philips Pensioenfonds exerts influence in various ways on companies in which we invest. As a shareholder in many companies, for example, we have the option of voting at shareholder meetings. And if companies in which we invest violate the Global Compact principles, we address them to this.

You probably would rather not think about it, but imagine that you will die ... do you know how your partner and children are left behind financially? A few things are also arranged for your partner within the flex pension. But you have to do something for it yourself!