RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS

The Company maintains a defined benefit pension plan that covers employees in its manufacturing plant located in Tuttlingen, Germany (the “Germany Plan”). The Company closed the Tuttlingen, Germany plant in December 2005. The Company did not terminate the Germany Plan, and the Company remains obligated for the accrued pension benefits related to this plan.

In September 2015, the Company completed the buy-out of its defined benefit pension plan in the U.K. which covered certain employees and retirees. All plan assets of the defined benefit pension plan were transferred to an independent financial services firm and the Company made cash contributions of approximately $1.8 million for the year-ended December 31, 2015. The Company recorded expenses totaling approximately $5.6 million in selling, general and administrative costs in conjunction with the buy-out of the plan. The buy-out of the U.K. pension plan eliminated future obligations of the Company under this plan.

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS

The Company also has various defined contribution savings plans that cover substantially all employees in the United States, the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico. The Company matches a certain percentage of each employee’s contributions as per the provisions of the plans. Total contributions by the Company to the plans were $5.6 million, $3.7 million and $3.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.