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The Company maintains the Aaron’s, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan for a select group of
management, highly compensated employees and non-employee directors. On a pre-tax basis, eligible employees can defer receipt of up to 75% of their base
compensation and up to 100% of their incentive pay compensation, and eligible non-employee directors can defer receipt of up to 100% of both their cash
and stock director fees.
Compensation deferred under the plan is credited to each participant’s deferral account and a deferred compensation liability is recorded in accounts payable
and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets. The deferred compensation plan liability was $11.6 million and $12.7 million as of December 31,
2015 and 2014, respectively. Liabilities under the plan are recorded at amounts due to participants, based on the fair value of participants’ selected
investments. The Company has established a rabbi trust to fund obligations under the plan with Company-owned life insurance. The obligations are
unsecured general obligations of the Company and the participants have no right, interest or claim in the assets of the Company, except as unsecured general
creditors. The cash surrender value of these policies totaled $15.4 million and $14.5 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and is included
in prepaid expenses and other assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
Deferred compensation expense charged to operations for the Company’s discretionary matching contributions was not significant during any of the periods
presented. Benefits of $1.7 million, $1.9 million and $1.3 million were paid during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
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