About the information you provide

Before you get started, you need to understand how we hold the information you provide to us and what we do with it. Please read and agree to the details below.

I understand the Trustees of the ITV Defined Contribution Plan (the DC Plan) hold personal data which I’ve provided to them. They need this to be able to administer my benefits under the DC Plan.
The Trustees, who are data controllers for data protection purposes, are required to look after my personal data in line with legal requirements. This means the Trustees are responsible for deciding what personal information needs to be processed and the way in which the information is processed.
In processing my personal data, the Trustees may need to pass personal information about me, my dependants and other members and beneficiaries to the DC Plans’ administrators, auditors, legal advisers, insurers or other occupational pension schemes and their advisers with a view to securing benefits or making or receiving a transfer of benefits, and the ITV group of companies and such third parties as may be necessary for the purpose of administering DC Plan.

Where to find out more: Full details of the personal data the Trustees hold, how they use that information and who they share it with are set out in the Trustees’ privacy notice. The privacy notice also sets out your rights about the personal data held about you by the Trustees and who to contact if you want to exercise those rights, make a complaint or generally have any questions.

The privacy notice is updated from time to time in accordance with future developments in data protection legislation and DC Plan practice. You can see the current version of the privacy notice on this website. If you’d prefer to receive a hard copy of the privacy notice, please call ITV Pensions on 01772 884 488 or enquiries@itv-pensions.com.

You’re responsible for keeping the Trustees up-to-date with your personal information, including your marital status, contact and, where necessary, bank details. Without this information, there may be delays in paying benefits to you or your dependants.

I’ve read the above information and am ready to join

Tell us about you

Surname

First name(s)

Date of birth

Employee number(you’ll find this on your ‘How about an upgrade to your pension?’ email)

Work email

Reconfirm your work email

Personal email(this gives us another way of getting in touch which can be important, particularly if you leave ITV)

Reconfirm your personal email

Mobile number

Choose how much to contribute

Why does it matter? It’s simple. The more you pay in, the more you’ll get out. With tax and national insurance savings, you might be able to afford to pay more than you think. Use the Contribution Calculator to help you decide.

I’d like to
contribute

%

& benefit
from ITV’s contribution of

%

Top tip:

You can change your core contribution twice a year and your extra contribution from month to month when it suits you.

About AE Plan savings: Most members build up savings in the ITV Auto-Enrolment Plan (the AE Plan) before joining the DC Plan. If this applies to you, we’ll move your AE Plan savings to the DC Plan automatically and invest them in the same way as your other contributions.

Choose how to invest your contributions

Why does it matter? How you choose to invest your DC savings will influence how they grow in value. There’s lots of information in the Investing section to help decide what’s right for you.

I’d like to invest my contributions using:

Guided

a ‘pre-packaged’ approach that lets you choose from a range of pre-selected investment options

Customised

a ‘pick your own’ approach that lets you choose how to invest your contributions from the funds available

Have a play

If you could use some help thinking about your choices, try our Investment Helper.

Now choose the Guided option you want to invest in

Guided invests your savings in 2 phases: a Growth phase and a Synchronise phase. Each phase offers several options to choose from – so you can find the combination that suits you.

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SYNCHRONISE phase

reflects how you may want to access your DC savings

One-off cash

for those who want to take their DC savings as one cash lump sum

Multiple cash

for those who want to take their DC savings as several cash lump sums

Flexible access

for those who want to start accessing their DC savings flexibly as soon as they retire

Flexible access
(longer term)

for those who want to access their DC savings flexibly but not straightaway

Annuity

for those who want to use their savings to buy an annuity

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GROWTH phase

determines how your DC savings are invested when your priority is to grow your savings

Focused

invests 100% in shares

Diversified

invests in a broad range of investments such as shares and bonds

Phased

invests in the Focused approach and then switches to the Diversified approach

One-off cash (Focused)

One-off cash (Diversified)

One-off cash (Phased)

Multiple cash (Focused)

Multiple cash (Diversified)

Multiple cash (Phased)

Flexible access (Focused)

Flexible access (Diversified)

Flexible access (Phased)

Flexible access (longer term) (Focused)

Flexible access (longer term) (Phased)

Annuity (Focused)

Annuity
(Diversified)

Annuity
(Phased)

Now choose your target retirement age

insert an age between 55 and 75

Your agreement

I understand how salary sacrifice works and understand that I’ll participate automatically in the DC Plan through salary sacrifice unless I opt out by completing and returning an Opt out form to ITV Pensions.
If I participate in the DC Plan through salary sacrifice, I give up my entitlement, from the date I join the DC Plan, to monthly basic salary equal to the core contribution I’ve chosen. In return, my employer agrees to pay an additional contribution to the DC Plan, for my benefit, of that amount. If I decide not to participate through salary sacrifice by returning an Opt out form, I authorise ITV to deduct the necessary contributions from my salary.
I’ve read the information in Get the full picture: your guide to the DC Plan and Deep dive into investments: DC Plan investment guide.
If I take any retirement savings as cash (other than the 25% tax-free cash) or through flexible access/drawdown, or I exceed the income limit for capped drawdown, I understand that I’ll have a reduced Annual Allowance of £10,000 each tax year for future contributions paid to defined contribution arrangements. If I access benefits in this way, I’ll let ITV Pensions know within 91 days of accessing my benefits that the reduced Annual Allowance applies.