Exhibit 5.2

 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE P. O. BOX 2508 CINCINNATI, OH 45201		DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Date: MAR 03 2014		Employer Identification Number:
		22-3514823 DLN:
INGREDION INCORPORATED		17007063052003
C/O SIDNEY AUSTIN LLP		Person to Contact:
MARY C NIEHAUS		ARLETTE A ANDREWS         ID# 52380
ONE SOUTH DEARBORN		Contact Telephone Number:
CHICAGO, IL 60603		(727) 568-2501 Plan Name: INGREDION INCORPORATED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEE Plan Number: 003

Dear Applicant:

We have made a favorable determination on the plan identified above based on the information you have supplied. Please keep this letter, the application forms submitted to request this letter and all correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service regarding your application for a determination letter in your permanent records. You must retain this information to preserve your reliance on this letter.

Continued qualification of the plan under its present form will depend on its effect in operation. See section 1.401-1(b)(3) of the Income Tax Regulations. We will review the status of the plan in operation periodically.

The enclosed Publication 794 explains the significance and the scope of this favorable determination letter based on the determination requests selected on your application forms. Publication 794 describes the information that must be retained to have reliance on this favorable determination letter. The publication also provides examples of the effect of a plan’s operation on its qualified status and discusses the reporting requirements for qualified plans. Please read Publication 794.

This letter relates only to the status of your plan under the Internal Revenue Code. It is not a determination regarding the effect of other federal or local statutes.

This determination letter gives no reliance for any qualification change that becomes effective, any guidance published, or any statutes enacted, after the issuance of the Cumulative List (unless the item has been identified in the Cumulative List) for the cycle under which this application was submitted.

This determination letter is applicable for the amendment(s) executed on 11/30/12 & 12/6/11.

This determination letter is also applicable for the amendment(s) dated on 12/6/10 & 9/2/10.

This determination letter is also applicable for the amendment(s) dated on 3/11/10 & 12/16/09.

Letter 2002

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INGREDION INCORPORATED

This determination is subject to your adoption of the proposed amendments submitted in your letter dated 2/14/14. The proposed amendments should be adopted on or before the date prescribed by the regulations under Code section 401(b).

This is not a determination with respect to any language in the plan or any amendment to the plan that reflects Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, Pub. L. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419 (DOMA) or U.S. v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013), which invalidated that section.

We have sent a copy of this letter to your representative as indicated in the Form 2848 Power of Attorney or appointee as indicated by the Form 8821 Tax Information Authorization.

If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact the person whose name and telephone number are shown above.

 

 

Enclosures:

Publication 794

Letter 2002

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INGREDION INCORPORATED

This determination letter also applies to the amendments adopted 8/9/13, 4/8/13 and amendments to the Trust executed 10/29/12, 8/25/11, 7/23/09, and 3/15/09.

Letter 2002