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Employee Benefit Plans
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Dec. 31, 2014
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(15)Employee Benefit Plans Ìý Liberty is the sponsor of the Liberty Media 401(k) Savings Plan (the "Liberty 401(k) Plan"), which provides its employees and the employees of certain of its subsidiaries an opportunity for ownership in the Company and creates a retirement fund.ÌýÌýThe Liberty 401(k) Plan provides for employees to make contributions to a trust for investment in Liberty common stock, as well as several mutual funds.ÌýÌýThe Company and its subsidiaries make matching contributions to the Liberty 401(k) Plan based on a percentage of the amount contributed by employees.ÌýÌýIn addition, certain of the Company's subsidiaries have similar employee benefit plans.ÌýÌýEmployer cash contributions to all plans aggregated $11 million, $12 million and $12 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
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- Definition
The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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