COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

s of December 31, 2015, the Company’s future minimum rental payments required under operating leases with noncancellable terms in excess of one year were as follows:

(in thousands)
For the calendar year	Operating Leases (1)
2016	$	13,087
2017		13,101
2018		13,057
2019		11,281
2020		10,294
2021 & Thereafter		26,604
	$	87,424

⁽¹⁾  Operating leases include future minimum rent payments, net of estimated sublease income for facilities that the Company has vacated pursuant to its restructuring activities, as discussed in Note 12.