EY Global Delivery Services India LLP Tel: +91 080 6681 3000

3rd Floor, Tower ‘C’, Fax: +91 080 6681 3334

RMZ Infinity, Old Madras Road, ey.com
Benniganahalli, K.R. Puram,
Bangalore - 560016
Karnataka , India

27 January, 2021

Mr Arun Balaji Tholkappian

5/276,2nd Street, K R Colony,
Next to Kokila Appartment,,
Tenkasi,
Tamil Nadu - 627811

Contact No: +91 9080589873

Email: arunbalaji.india@gmail.com

Dear Arun ,

Subject: Offer letter

With reference to your application and the subsequent interview you had with us, we are pleased to make this
offer to you on a fixed term contract in “EY Global Delivery Services India LLP ”(the ” Firm”) subject to the
following terms and conditions:

1. CONTRACT PERIOD AND POSITION:

The period of contract is fixed for a period of 3 months starting from 15 February, 2021 and ends on 14 May,
2021.You will be offered the position of INTERN in the Firm. While serving the Firm in this position, you will
report to, and receive direction from the reporting manager or as may be communicated to you from time to
time.

2. DUTIES :

You will perform duties and services as required in relation to the affairs of the Firm as may be assigned to you
from time to time. During the term of your contract with the Firm, you shall (a) faithfully and diligently perform
your duties, (b) use your best endeavours to promote the business interest of the Firm, (c) devote your full
time, attention and efforts to serve the Firm, and (d) not directly or indirectly engage or be interested in any
activity, which competes with the Firm or conflicts with your duties to the Firm.

3. WORKING HOURS :

Your standard working hours will be 45 hours a week.Your work week comprises of weekly off, which will be
communicated to you by your reporting manager. In view of your position in the Firm, you shall effectively
perform to ensure results and you will be expected to work beyond the standard working hours to achieve the
results, whenever your job so requires. Additionally, as mentioned in your interview process, the Firm may
implement staggered work shifts, from time to time. In such an event, you shall abide by the change in the
standard working hours as may be notified by the Firm to accommodate such staggered shifts.

4. DATE OF JOINING :

As per our discussion your date of joining will be 15 February, 2021

EY Global Delivery Services India Private Limited, (A private limited company with registration no. U74999KA2016PTC093751)
converted into EY Global Delivery Services India LLP (a limited liability partnership with LLP Identity No. AAL – 2743) effective 30
November, 2017 Regd.Office: 3rd floor, Tower ‘C’, RMZ Infinity, Old Madras Road, Benniganahalli, K R Puram Bangalore - 560016, India

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Your initial work location will be 6th and 7th floor block3 A3 and A4 olympia national towers north phase
Guindy industrial estate Chennai 600032 Tamil Nadu, India.

Given the current situation, you will be onboarded virtually and can work remotely till you are specifically
advised to report to a GDS facility by your counsellor or your Service Line Operations team.

5. COMPENSATION AND DETAILS:

You shall be paid a fixed compensation of INR 21,000/- per month. The compensation will be subject to
applicable taxes and will be paid to you after deduction of income tax and other applicable taxes at source. It is
a condition of your service that you shall abide by the Firm’s policy maintaining the strictest confidentiality of
the compensation you receive from the Firm. Please refer to Annexure B for your detailed compensation
package.

6. TRANSFERABILITY :

Your initial place of posting will be Chennai.The Firm reserves the right to transfer you to any other location in
India and/or to any other entity affiliated or associated with the Firm.

7. CONFIDENTIALITY :

You shall keep and maintain strict confidentiality of all information and data that may come to your possession
or knowledge by virtue of this engagement and shall not disclose or divulge any such information or data,
without prior written consent of an authorised officer of the Firm, except as required in normal course of the
work. You shall at all times, whether during or after the termination of your engagement, act with utmost
fidelity and shall not disclose or divulge any such information to third parties or make use of such information
for your own benefit or otherwise how so ever. You will not reproduce, store in a retrieval system or transmit in
any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise - any
copyrighted material or other confidential or proprietary material, which is the property of the Firm or of its
clients, for your own benefit or for the benefit of any third party, either during the term of this engagement or
thereafter. Upon termination of this engagement, you will immediately return and surrender to the Firm, all
data, information, files, books, magazines, reports, documents, manuals, audio and video tapes, floppies and
discs and any other knowledge databases entrusted to you in the course of the contract and shall not retain any
copy thereof in any form whatsoever. The Firm reserves the right to alter the confidentiality agreement from
time to time, as and when required.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY :

All intellectual property rights in any work or material developed by you during the course of this engagement
shall belong to and be the property of the Firm. You shall assign and transfer in favour of the Firm all
intellectual property rights in such works or materials and shall execute such deeds and documents, as the Firm
may require, to effectually vesting in the Firm any and all intellectual property rights and benefits in such works
or materials. In performance of your duties and responsibilities, you shall not use or infringe any intellectual
properties or rights of any other parties.

9. LEAVE :

You will be entitled to leaves in accordance with the leave rules of the Firm. The Firm reserves the right to alter
the policy from time to time and the Policy in effect for the time being shall be applicable to you.

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10. PROVIDENT FUND:

You will participate in the Firm’s Provident Fund as may be applicable in the Firm.

11. NOTICE PERIOD; TERMINATION :

a. The contract can be terminated either by the Firm or by you, by giving the required notice of one
month, in writing to the other party, without assigning any reasons thereof. The Firm reserves the
right to pay or recover gross compensation as applicable, in lieu of the notice period. However, the
Firm retains the right to terminate your employment, without giving any notice or pay in lieu of notice,
in case of any wrongful declaration, misconduct, fraud or misappropriation of funds or breach of any
terms of service or Firm.
b. If termination is initiated by you, the Firm may, at its discretion, relieve you at a date it may deem fit,
even before expiration of the notice period, without any liability to compensate you for the remaining
notice period.
c. During the notice period, however, you shall cooperate with the Firm in ensuring smooth and proper
hand-over of your responsibilities, failing which the Firm shall be authorized to withhold or forfeit your
dues.
d. The Firm may also terminate/suspend your services at its discretion at any time immediately upon
written notice to you if it has been alleged and prima facie established through preliminary internal
enquiry (to be completed within 30 days of date on which the said allegation has been first notified to
your reporting manager save and except delayed due to events beyond control) that you have
committed (i) any heinous criminal act or any offense involving moral turpitude (the term “moral
turpitude” includes crimes having an inherent quality of baseness, vileness, or depravity with respect
to a person's duty to the society in general such as rape, forgery, theft, solicitation, etc.), (ii) sexual
harassment (adjudicated guilty as per the Firm’s policy and local laws) or (iii) other act that threatens
or likely to damage Firm’s reputation.
e. We also expect that you voluntarily disclose details of any of the above acts to the Firm at the time of
joining or during your service with the Firm, as applicable, based on which the Firm may
terminate/suspend your services at its discretion at any time immediately upon written notice to you.
f. Your performance during the internship is subject to periodic reviews by your reporting manager. In
the event that your performance during the Internship does not meet the EY standards as defined post
the training or in the event of any breach of the Code of Conduct, and/or any disciplinary issues, you
will be liable for action as applicable including but not limited to termination of this internship and
revocation of the final job offer already extended to you, if any. The Firm reserves the right to take
action in accordance with the policies of the Firm.

12. PAST RECORD:

If any information or declaration given by you to the Firm proves to be false or if you are found to have willfully
suppressed any material information, you will be liable to be discharged from the services of the Firm, without
any notice or compensation.

13. RULES AND REGULATIONS:

You shall abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Firm in effect from time to time or as the Firm may
communicate from time to time.

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14. DUAL EMPLOYMENT :

You will be in the exclusive service of the Firm. You will not be entitled to accept directly or indirectly any part
time or full time job or transact any business of any kind whatsoever during the course of your contract with
the Firm.

15. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION :

Your qualifications and contract will be subject to a background check, which will be conducted by such
agency/firm/establishment, whose services are contracted by the Firm, from time to time. The verification will
include authentication of any factual or historical information provided by you, related to past and present data
such as reference details, previous employment details, educational credentials and criminal records, etc. You
are required to give your consent, by signing the background verification declaration in such a manner as may
be required by the Firm. In the event that you fail to submit the documents sought by the Firm within the
stipulated timeline or if any information provided by you to the Firm proves to be false or if you are found to
have willfully withheld any information, the Firm reserves the right to revoke and/ or terminate this contract of
employment, without any notice or compensation.

16. SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS:

You will be expected to mandatorily submit relevant documents as stated in Annexure A at the time or prior to
joining the Firm.In the event that you do not submit the relevant documents within the stipulated time period,
the Firm reserves the right to revoke and/ or terminate this contract without any notice or compensation.

Please acknowledge your acceptance of these terms and conditions of employment by signing the duplicate
copy of this letter and submitting the same to us for the Firm’s records.

Thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
for EY Global Delivery Services India LLP

Signed By : DIVYA PARIHAR

Reason : Offer Letter
Location : Bangalore
Date: 27-01-2021 18:30:44

Authorized Signatory

I hereby accept the offer and terms and conditions of contract set forth above.

Signed: ______________________________ Date: _________

Name: ______________________________

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Annexure A

Dear Arun,

Please refer to the discussion that you had with us. Please note that you have to submit the following
documents on the date of joining (it is mandatory to carry all documents & information listed below).

Tick
SN Documents to be submitted on the Date of Joining
Y/N

1 2 passport size photographs (the background of the photographs should be white)

Photocopy of the Permanent Account Number (PAN) - submission of PAN detail is

2
mandatory.

3 Passport / Voters ID / Ration Card / Driving License (Photocopy any one of these)

Photo Copy of the Aadhar card- Submission of Aadhaar details and photocopy is mandatory
4
to remit Provident Fund contributions.

Photocopies of 10th, 12th / PUC, Graduation, Post-graduation - marks cards of all

years/semesters have to be submitted,
5
(If awaiting results please submit all previous semester mark sheets, along with a copy of
your last semester result print out from the internet or college result sheet)

Experience certificate / relieving letter of your last employer, if applicable. Resignation

6 acceptance letter will be accepted; however within 30 days of joining the relieving letter
should be submitted.

SN Keep the below mentioned details handy (no proofs/documents required)

For medical insurance - you will need to fill the following details, depending on your status
1
as mentioned below:

a If unmarried - father and mother's date of birth.

If married - date of birth of 2 dependent parents or parents - in - law (combination of

b
parents and in – laws not allowed), spouse and children

2 You should be aware of your blood group

Name, address and telephone number of two references - excluding relatives.

3 Employees with prior work experience - one of the ref has to be from the previous
organization).

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Annexure B
Name Arun Balaji Tholkappian
Rank 51 Service Line: TC_IN_GDS_Adobe_Other
From To
Contract Period
15 February, 2021 14 May, 2021
COMPONENTS Per Month ( INR ) Annual ( INR )
Basic Salary 8,400 1,00,800
House Rent Allowance (HRA) 4,200 50,400
Advanced Statutory Bonus 2,223 26,680
Transport Assistance 1,600 19,200
Other allowance including flexible 1,906 22,872
Employer's ESI contribution 871 10,448
Employer's Provident Fund (PF) contribution 1,800 21,600
Total Cost to Firm (CTC) 21,000 2,52,000

Benefits (Estimated value)

Insurance premium 3 (Group Medical + Group Personal
14,945
Accident + Group Term Life)
Total of Benefits 14,945
Insurance benefits
Benefit Type Benefit Value Features

Floater cover for self.The premium stated is the

Group Medical
INR 4,00,000 maximum amount paid/incurred by the Firm, and
Insurance is subject to change every year post renewal.

For self, as per policy, is being paid/incurred by

the Firm on your behalf. The premium stated
Group Personal Accident
INR 3,00,000 above is the maximum amount paid/incurred by
Insurance
the Firm, and is subject to change every year post
renewal of insurance policy.

For self, as per policy, is being paid/incurred by

the Firm on your behalf. The premium stated
Group Term Life
INR 3,00,000 above is the maximum amount paid/incurred by
insurance
the Firm, and is subject to change every year post
renewal of insurance policy.

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