10. Employee benefit plans

The Company has employee benefit plans in the form of certain statutory and other schemes covering its employees.

Defined benefit plans

In accordance with Indian law, the Company provides a defined benefit retirement plan (the “Gratuity Plan”) covering substantially all of its Indian employees. In addition, in accordance with Mexican law, the Company provides termination benefits to all of its Mexican employees. In addition, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in the Philippines and Japan have sponsored defined benefit retirement programs.

Net defined benefit plan costs for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 include the following components:


	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2012			2013			2012			2013
Service costs	$	693		$	1,528		$	2,667		$	3,274
Interest costs		331			869			1,246			1,756
Amortization of actuarial loss		193			200			532			650
Expected return on plan assets		(187	)		(298	)		(599	)		(727	)

Net Gratuity Plan costs	$	1,030		$	2,299		$	3,846		$	4,953

Defined contribution plans

During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the Company contributed the following amounts to defined contribution plans in various jurisdictions:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2013		2012		2013
India	$	3,450	$	3,446	$	10,367	$	10,935
U.S.		696		620		2,462		2,561
U.K.		345		405		1,096		1,352
Hungary		6		6		52		18
China		3,092		3,899		8,670		10,781
Mexico		4		3		25		23
Morocco		33		20		122		71
South Africa		82		46		246		172
Hong Kong		10		4		27		15
Philippines		5		3		11		11
Singapore		—		2		—		8
Netherlands		411		345		840		1,427
Japan		107		611		320		1,577

Total	$	8,241	$	9,410	$	24,238	$	28,951