Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Employee Benefit Plans

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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016
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Employee Benefit Plans

13. Employee Benefit Plans

We sponsor a 401(k) retirement savings plan (the “Plan”) that covers substantially all domestic employees of SeaChange. The Plan allows employees to contribute gross salary through payroll deductions up to the legally mandated limit based on their jurisdiction. Participation in the Plan is available to full-time employees who meet eligibility requirements. We also contribute to various retirement plans for our employees outside the United States of which the amounts will vary, according to the local plans specific to each foreign location. During fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, we contributed $1.5 million, $1.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

We have a statutory pension benefit obligation covering current employees in the Philippines. We recorded a total of approximately $0.1 million and $39,000 in interest costs in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.2 million in service costs in relating to this obligation in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015. We also recorded an actuarial gain of $0.4 million in fiscal 2016 and an actuarial loss of $0.4 million to this obligation in fiscal 2015. The total unfunded projected benefit obligation was $1.1 million and $1.2 million as of January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and recorded in other liabilities, long-term, in our consolidated balance sheets. We do not anticipate to begin paying this obligation until fiscal 2020 and estimate $0.2 million in benefit payments through fiscal 2027. We used projected discount rates of 5.08% and 4.20% for fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively, and a compensation increase rate of 7%, in the calculation of our benefit obligation and periodic benefit costs. During fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, we recorded $0.3 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in periodic benefit costs for this obligation.