Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans	19. Employee Benefit Plans We have established the Papa John’s International, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), as a defined contribution benefit plan, in accordance with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The 401(k) Plan is open to employees who meet certain eligibility requirements and allows participating employees to defer receipt of a portion of their compensation and contribute such amount to one or more investment funds. At our discretion, we may make matching contribution payments, which are subject to vesting based on an employee’s length of service with us. In addition, we maintain a non-qualified deferred compensation plan available to certain employees and directors. Under this plan, the participants may defer a certain amount of their compensation, which is credited to the participants’ accounts. The participant-directed investments associated with this plan are included in other long-term assets ($18.2 million and $16.8 million at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively) and the associated liabilities ($17.6 million and $15.8 million at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively) are included in other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. At our discretion, we contributed a matching payment of 1.5%, up to a maximum of 6% deferred, in 2014, 2013 and 2012 of a participating employee’s earnings deferred into both the 401(k) Plan and the non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Such costs were $734,000 in 2014, $691,000 in 2013 and $630,000 in 2012. PJUK, the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary, provided a pension plan that was frozen in 1999. The Company recorded expense of $174,000, $60,000 and $154,000 associated with the pension plan for the fiscal years ended 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. The Company transferred the assets and liabilities for the ten participants in the pension plan to an outside insurance company in 2014. Substantially all of the $174,000 expensed in 2014 was related to the transfer.

19. Employee Benefit Plans

We have established the Papa John’s International, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), as a defined contribution benefit plan, in accordance with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The 401(k) Plan is open to employees who meet certain eligibility requirements and allows participating employees to defer receipt of a portion of their compensation and contribute such amount to one or more investment funds. At our discretion, we may make matching contribution payments, which are subject to vesting based on an employee’s length of service with us.

In addition, we maintain a non-qualified deferred compensation plan available to certain employees and directors. Under this plan, the participants may defer a certain amount of their compensation, which is credited to the participants’ accounts. The participant-directed investments associated with this plan are included in other long-term assets ($18.2 million and $16.8 million at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively) and the associated liabilities ($17.6 million and $15.8 million at December 28, 2014 and December 29, 2013, respectively) are included in other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

At our discretion, we contributed a matching payment of 1.5%, up to a maximum of 6% deferred, in 2014, 2013 and 2012 of a participating employee’s earnings deferred into both the 401(k) Plan and the non-qualified deferred compensation plan. Such costs were $734,000 in 2014, $691,000 in 2013 and $630,000 in 2012.

PJUK, the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary, provided a pension plan that was frozen in 1999. The Company recorded expense of $174,000, $60,000 and $154,000 associated with the pension plan for the fiscal years ended 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. The Company transferred the assets and liabilities for the ten participants in the pension plan to an outside insurance company in 2014. Substantially all of the $174,000 expensed in 2014 was related to the transfer.