Retirement Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Retirement Plans

NOTE 14.  RETIREMENT PLANS

We have a 401(k) Plan for all U.S. eligible employees.  Each eligible employee can contribute a portion of their salary, limited by certain Federal regulations.  The expense recorded for all contributions to the 401(k) Plan for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $6.3 million, consisting of $3.8 million for the retirement savings contributions and $2.5 million for the non-discretionary matching contributions. The expense recorded for all contributions to the 401(k) Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $7.5 million, consisting of $3.8 million for the retirement savings contributions, $2.1 million for the non-discretionary matching contributions and $1.6 million for the discretionary matching contribution.  The expense recorded for all contributions to the 401(k) Plan for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $5.1 million, consisting of $2.7 million for the retirement savings contributions, $1.6 million for the non-discretionary matching contributions and $0.8 million for the discretionary matching contribution.

Our Company sponsors a defined contribution plan for all of our Company’s U.K. employees under U.K. regulations.  Contributions, which are fully vested when made, are equal to 15.0% of each eligible employee’s gross base salary for all U.K. employees hired prior to November 2014 and 12.0% for all employees hired after November 2014.  The expense recorded for the U.K. defined contribution plan was $2.9 million, $2.6 million and $2.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Our Company sponsors defined contribution plans for employees in several of our other European offices, outside of the U.K., under each countries’ regulations.  Contributions, which are fully vested when made, range by European office between 2.1% and 26.0% of each eligible employee’s gross base salary.  The expense recorded for the other European offices defined contribution plans was $0.5 million, $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Such expenses are included in Other operating expenses.