Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee benefit plans

The Company has a 401(k) retirement savings plan for substantially all of its U.S. employees which has been established pursuant to applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The plan allows for employees to contribute a percentage of their base annual salaries on a tax-deferred basis not to exceed IRC limitations. The Company maintains a 401(k) matching program under which the Company matches 50% of the employee's contribution up to 6% of the employee's salary, subject to certain limitations. The matching contributions are subject to certain eligibility and vesting conditions. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company accrued matching contributions totaling approximately $68,658, $70,180 and $64,988, respectively.

The Company also maintains a voluntary compensation deferral plan, the Deferred Compensation Plan, as well as other legacy deferral plans. The Deferred Compensation Plan is non-qualified and permits certain employees whose annualized base salary equals or exceeds a minimum annual threshold amount as set by the Company to elect to defer all or a portion of their annual bonus payment and up to 50% of their base salary into a deferral account maintained by the Company. Total contributions to this plan in 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $2,962, $3,637 and $1,751, respectively. Deferred amounts are generally paid out in cash at the participant’s election either in the first or second year following retirement or in a specified future period at least three to four years after the deferral election was effective. During 2021, 2020 and 2019 the Company distributed $11,887, $3,139 and $2,730, respectively, to participants from its deferred compensation plans. Participants are credited with

their proportional amount of annual earnings from the plans. The assets of these plans are held in rabbi trusts subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors in the event of its bankruptcy. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total fair value of assets held in these plans' trusts was $38,019 and $43,844, respectively. The assets of these plans are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other income. See Note 5 for further details. Any fair value changes to the corresponding liability balance are recorded as compensation expense.