Other Operating Charges

Other operating charges incurred by operating segment were as follows:



	Three months ended
	April 3, 2015		March 28, 2014
	(in thousands)
U.S. Residential Products	$	—	$	108
U.S. Commercial Products	—		30
European Roll Coated Aluminum	268		—
European Engineered Products	242		423
Other non-allocated	1,753		404
Total other operating charges	$	2,263	$	965

For the three months ended April 3, 2015, other operating charges of $2.3 million were primarily comprised of retention costs, severance costs, and legal and professional fees. In the first quarter of 2015, Euramax Holdings instituted a retention compensation program for certain key executives in both North America and Europe to ensure the continuation of operational and strategic initiatives implemented in 2014, which the Company believes have resulted in significant improvements to the Company's operating results, and to secure the management team of the Company to address its pending debt maturities in the first quarter of 2016. Other non-allocated charges of $1.8 million were comprised of retention costs of $0.8 million, professional fees of $0.7 million, and severance costs of $0.3 million. Other operating charges in the European Coated Products segment totaled $0.3 million and were comprised primarily of executive retention costs. The remaining $0.2 million was primarily related to continuing restructuring initiatives in the European Engineered Products segment.

For the three months ended March 28, 2014, other operating charges of $1.0 million were primarily comprised of severance costs and legal and professional fees. Other non-allocated charges of $0.4 million were related to legal and professional fees for consulting services during the executive transition period. Ongoing restructuring initiatives in the European Engineered Products segment totaled $0.4 million, including approximately $0.3 million of severance costs in the UK and $0.1 million of severance costs for various social programs in France. The remaining $0.1 million of other operating costs in the three quarter of 2014 related to various organizational initiatives in the U.S. to reduce operating costs and improve efficiencies.