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Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters [Abstract]  
Commitments, Contingencies And Other Matters

 

13.COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Litigation – From time to time, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings arising from normal business operations. The Company does not expect the outcome of such proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on its financial position, cash flows or results of operations, except for the proceedings involving the Polish IRS described in Note 3.

 

Employee Benefit Plans – The Company provides its employees in Colorado with a 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “401K Plan”). The 401K Plan allows eligible employees to make tax-deferred cash contributions that are matched on a discretionary basis by the Company up to a specified level. Participants become fully vested in employer contributions over a six-year period. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company reinstated matching contributions that were suspended on December 1, 2008. For each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company contributed less than $0.1 million to the 401K Plan.

 

The Company provides its employees in Canada with two registered retirement plans: the Registered Savings Plan and Registered Pension Plan (“RSP and RPP Plans”). The RSP and RPP Plans allow eligible employee to make tax-deferred cash contributions that are matched on a discretionary basis by the Company up to a specified level. Participants of the RPP Plan become fully vested in employer contributions over a two-year period and participants of the RSP Plan become fully vested in employer contributions immediately. The Company contributed $0.1 million to the RSP and RPP Plans during each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. 

 

Austrian Depository Certificates (“ADC”) Guarantee - The Company issued a guarantee of $1.1 million (€0.8 million) to Bank Austria in connection with the listing of ADCs on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Bank Austria in turn issued a guarantee in the same amount to Oesterreichische Kontrollbank, the holder of the global certificate representing the ADCs. The guarantee was returned to the Company on December 30, 2014 as a result of delisting the ADCs from the Vienna Stock Exchange.

 

Operating Lease Commitments and Purchase Options – The Company has entered into certain noncancelable operating leases for real property and equipment. Rental expenses, including month-to-month rentals, were $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. 

 

Following is a summary of operating lease commitments as of December 31, 2014:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts in thousands

 

 

2015

$

365 

2016

 

196 

2017

 

142 

2018

 

131 

2019

 

125 

Total

$

959