t65396_10q.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q



Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009



Commission File No. 1-16263

MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
Delaware
58-2572419
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 

2801 Buford Highway, Suite 520, Atlanta, Georgia  30329
(Address of principal executive offices)    (zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code -- (404) 321-7910

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X  No __
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer [ ]  Accelerated filer [X]  Non-accelerated filer [ ]  Smaller reporting company [ ]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes__ No X

As of April 24, 2009, Marine Products Corporation had 36,901,290 shares of common stock outstanding.
 

 
Marine Products Corporation

Table of Contents

 
Part I. Financial Information
 
Page
No.
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets – As of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
3
     
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations – for the three and three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
4
     
 
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity – for the three months ended March 31, 2009
5
     
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
6
     
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
7-18
     
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19
     
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
27
     
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
27
     
Part II.  Other Information
 
   
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
28
     
   Item 1A.
Risk Factors
28
     
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
28
     
Item 3.
Defaults upon Senior Securities
28
     
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
28
     
Item 5.
Other Information
28
     
Item 6.
Exhibits
29
     
Signatures
30
 

 
MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
   
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
AS OF MARCH 31, 2009 AND DECEMBER 31, 2008
 
(In thousands)
 
(Unaudited)
 
             
             
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
ASSETS
       
(Note 1)
 
             
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 9,427     $ 4,622  
Marketable securities
    19,057       8,799  
Accounts receivable, net
    1,213       5,575  
Inventories
    19,408       22,453  
Income taxes receivable
    4,769       2,464  
Deferred income taxes
    913       1,116  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    1,218       1,681  
   Total current assets
    56,005       46,710  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    14,192       14,579  
Goodwill
    3,308       3,308  
Other intangibles, net
    465       465  
Marketable securities
    27,034       37,953  
Deferred income taxes
    2,479       2,934  
Other assets
    4,324       4,344  
   Total assets
  $ 107,807     $ 110,293  
                 
                 
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
Accounts payable
  $ 1,733     $ 1,437  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    12,508       12,281  
   Total current liabilities
    14,241       13,718  
Pension liabilities
    4,984       5,285  
Other long-term liabilities
    444       501  
   Total liabilities
    19,669       19,504  
Common stock
    3,690       3,643  
Capital in excess of par value
    -       -  
Retained earnings
    85,564       88,535  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (1,116 )     (1,389 )
Total stockholders' equity
    88,138       90,789  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 107,807     $ 110,293  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
         
 
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MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 AND 2008
 
(In thousands except per share data)
 
(Unaudited)
 
             
             
   
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
Net sales
  $ 13,806     $ 65,542  
Cost of goods sold
    13,864       52,078  
Gross (loss) profit
    (58 )     13,464  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    4,699       8,259  
Operating (loss) income
    (4,757 )     5,205  
Interest income
    455       563  
(Loss) income before income taxes
    (4,302 )     5,768  
Income tax (benefit) provision
    (1,816 )     1,636  
Net (loss) income
  $ (2,486 )   $ 4,132  
                 
                 
(Loss) Earnings per share
               
Basic
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.12  
Diluted
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.11  
                 
                 
Dividends per share
  $ 0.010     $ 0.065  
                 
                 
Average shares outstanding
               
Basic
    35,981       35,728  
Diluted
    35,981       36,504  
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
 
 
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MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009
 
(In thousands)
 
(Unaudited)
 
   
   
   
 
   
 
   
Capital in
   
 
   
 
 
   
Comprehensive
   
Common Stock
   
Excess of
   
Retained
   
Accumulated
       
   
Income (Loss)
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Par Value
   
Earnings
   
Other
   
Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2008
          36,425     $ 3,643     $ -     $ 88,535     $ (1,389 )   $ 90,789  
Stock issued for stock incentive
                                                     
plans, net
          625       62       (131 )                 (69 )
Stock purchased and retired
          (149 )     (15 )     (527 )     (116 )           (658 )
Net loss
  $ (2,486 )                       (2,486 )           (2,486 )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                 
Pension adjustment
    140                               140       140  
Unrealized gain (loss) on securities,
                                                 
net of reclassification adjustment
    133                               133       133  
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (2,213 )                                                
Dividends declared
                              (369 )           (369 )
Stock-based compensation
                        400                   400  
Excess tax benefits for share -
                                                       
based payments
                        258                   258  
Balance, March 31, 2009
            36,901     $ 3,690     $ -     $ 85,564     $ (1,116 )   $ 88,138  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated statement.
                         
 
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MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 AND 2008
 
(In thousands)
 
(Unaudited)
 
   
   
   
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
           
   Net (loss) income
  $ (2,486 )   $ 4,132  
   Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash
               
   provided by operating activities:
               
      Depreciation and amortization
    400       451  
      Stock-based compensation expense
    400       374  
      Excess tax benefits for share-based payments
    (258 )     (582 )
      Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
    270       (580 )
   (Increase) decrease in assets:
               
      Accounts receivable
    4,362       (806 )
      Inventories
    3,045       747  
      Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    463       234  
      Income taxes receivable
    (2,047 )     1,178  
      Other non-current assets
    20       149  
   Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
               
      Accounts payable
    296       2,346  
      Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    227       4,484  
      Other long-term liabilities
    (142 )     (99 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    4,550       12,028  
                 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Capital expenditures
    (13 )     (129 )
Purchases of marketable securities
    (3,829 )     (11,647 )
Sales of marketable securities
    2,696       6,923  
Maturities of marketable securities
    2,000       1,000  
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
    854       (3,853 )
                 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Payment of dividends
    (369 )     (2,339 )
Excess tax benefits for share-based payments
    258       582  
Cash paid for common stock purchased and retired
    (500 )     (1,558 )
Proceeds received upon exercise of stock options
    12       37  
Net cash used for financing activities
    (599 )     (3,278 )
                 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    4,805       4,897  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    4,622       3,233  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 9,427     $ 8,130  
                 
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
 
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
1.  
GENERAL

 
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (all of which consisted of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2009.

 
The balance sheet at December 31, 2008 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

 
For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 
A group that includes the Company’s Chairman of the Board, R. Randall Rollins and his brother Gary W. Rollins, who is also director of the Company, and certain companies under their control, controls in excess of fifty percent of the Company’s voting power.

2.  
EARNINGS PER SHARE

 
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) 128, “Earnings Per Share,” requires a basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share presentation. The two calculations differ as a result of the dilutive effect of stock options and time lapse restricted shares and performance restricted shares included in diluted earnings per share, but excluded from basic earnings per share. Basic and diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the respective periods.  A reconciliation of weighted average shares outstanding is as follows:
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
       
(in thousands except per share data amounts)
 
 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
             
Net (loss) income
  $ (2,486 )   $ 4,132  
(Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share)
               
Shares (denominator):
               
Weighted average shares outstanding
    35,981       35,728  
(denominator for basic earnings per share)
               
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted shares
    -       776  
Adjusted weighted average shares outstanding
    35,981       36,504  
(denominator for diluted earnings per share)
               
                 
(Loss) earnings per share:
               
Basic
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.12  
Diluted
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.11  
                                            
 
The effect of the Company’s stock options and restricted shares as shown below have been excluded from the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share for the following periods, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive:

     
(in thousands)
 
Three months ended March 31,
   
2009
2008
Stock options
 
280
47
Restricted stock
 
786
-

 
In June 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) EITF 03-6-1, “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities,” to clarify that all outstanding unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents, whether paid or unpaid, are participating securities. An entity must include participating securities in its calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) pursuant to the two-class method, as described in FASB Statement 128, Earnings per Share. The Company has periodically issued share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends.  The Company evaluated the impact of FSP EITF 03-6-1 and determined that the impact was not material and determined the basic and diluted earnings per share amounts as reported are equivalent to the basic and diluted earnings per share amounts calculated under FSP EITF 03-6-1.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
3.  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements:
   
  Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Positions and Interpretations
   
  In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1, “Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities.”  The Company adopted FSP EITF 03-6-1 effective January 1, 2009 and the adoption of this accounting guidance did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements or EPS.  See Note 2  titled Earnings Per Share for further details.
   
  In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS No. 142-3, which amends the factors that must be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life over which to amortize the cost of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” The FSP requires an entity that is estimating the useful life of a recognized intangible asset to consider its historical experience in renewing or extending similar arrangements or, in the absence of historical experience, must consider assumptions that market participants would use about renewal or extension that are both consistent with the asset’s highest and best use and adjusted for entity-specific factors under SFAS No. 142.  The Company adopted the provisions of this FSP on January 1, 2009 and plans to apply the guidance for determining the useful life of a recognized intangible asset acquired hereafter.
   
  Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted:
   
  Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Positions and Interpretations
   
  In December 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 132R-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets.” The FASB issued the FSP, which amends FASB Statement 132R, Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, in order to provide adequate transparency about the types of assets and associated risks in employers’ postretirement plans.  Disclosures are designed to provide an understanding of how investment decisions are made: the major categories of plan assets; the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets; the effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements in FASB Statement 157, Fair Value Measurements) on changes in plan assets for the period; and significant concentrations of risk within plan assets.  The disclosures about plan assets required by this FSP are required to be provided for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with the provisions of this FSP not required for earlier periods that are presented for comparative purposes, upon initial application. Earlier application of the provisions of this FSP is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of determining the additional disclosures required upon the adoption of this FSP.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
  
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly.”  FSP SFAS 157-4 affirms that the objective of fair value when the market for an asset is not active is the price that would be received to sell the asset in an orderly transaction, and clarifies and includes additional factors for determining whether there has been a significant decrease in market activity for an asset when the market for that asset is not active. FSP SFAS 157-4 requires an entity to base its conclusion about whether a transaction was not orderly on the weight of the evidence. FSP SFAS 157-4 also amended SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” to expand certain disclosure requirements.  This FSP shall be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. Adoption of this FSP SFAS 157-4 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
   
  In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 115-2 and SFAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments.” FSP SFAS 115-2 and SFAS 124-2 (i) changes existing guidance for determining whether an impairment is other than temporary to debt securities and (ii) replaces the existing requirement that the entity’s management assert it has both the intent and ability to hold an impaired security until recovery with a requirement that management assert: (a) it does not have the intent to sell the security; and (b) it is more likely than not it will not have to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. Under FSP SFAS 115-2 and SFAS 124-2, declines in the fair value of held-to-maturity and available-for-sale securities below their cost that are deemed to be other than temporary are reflected in earnings as realized losses to the extent the impairment is related to credit losses. The amount of the impairment related to other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income. This FSP shall be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009.  Adoption of this FSP is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
   
  In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” FSP SFAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 amends SFAS 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” to require an entity to provide disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim financial information and amends Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting,” to require those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting periods. Under FSP SFAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, a publicly traded company shall include disclosures about the fair value of its financial instruments whenever it issues summarized financial information for interim reporting periods. In addition, entities must disclose, in the body or in the accompanying notes of its summarized financial information for interim reporting periods and in its financial statements for annual reporting periods, the fair value of all financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value, whether recognized or not recognized in the statement of financial position, as required by SFAS 107. This FSP shall be effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009.  The new interim disclosures required by this FSP will be included in the Company’s interim financial statements beginning with the second quarter of 2009.
 
   
   
   
   
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
  In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS 141R-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies.”  FSP SFAS 141R-1 amends the guidance in SFAS 141R to require that assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies be recognized at fair value if fair value can be reasonably estimated. If fair value of such an asset or liability cannot be reasonably estimated, the asset or liability would generally be recognized in accordance with SFAS 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” and FASB Interpretation (FIN) No. 14, “Reasonable Estimation of the Amount of a Loss.” FSP SFAS 141R-1 removes subsequent accounting guidance for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies from SFAS 141R and requires entities to develop a systematic and rational basis for subsequently measuring and accounting for assets and liabilities arising from contingencies. FSP SFAS 141R-1 eliminates the requirement to disclose an estimate of the range of outcomes of recognized contingencies at the acquisition date. For unrecognized contingencies, entities are required to include only the disclosures required by SFAS 5. FSP SFAS 141R-1 also requires that contingent consideration arrangements of an acquiree assumed by the acquirer in a business combination be treated as contingent consideration of the acquirer and should be initially and subsequently measured at fair value in accordance with SFAS 141R. FSP SFAS 141R-1 is effective for assets or liabilities arising from contingencies the Company acquires in business combinations occurring after January 1, 2009.
   
4.  
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

 
The components of comprehensive (loss) income for the applicable periods are as follows:
         
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
     
2009
   
2008
 
 
Comprehensive (loss) income:
           
 
Net (loss) income
  $ (2,486 )   $ 4,132  
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes:
               
 
Unrealized gain on securities available for sale, net of
reclassification adjustment during the period
    133       186  
 
        Pension adjustment
    140       -  
 
Total comprehensive (loss) income
  $ (2,213 )   $ 4,318  
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
5.  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
   
  The Company reserved 5,250,000 shares of common stock under the 2001 and 2004 Stock Incentive Plans each of which expires ten years from the date of approval.  These plans provide for the issuance of various forms of stock incentives, including, among others, incentive and non-qualified stock options and restricted stock.  As of March 31, 2009, there were approximately 1,437,000 shares available for grants.
   
  Stock-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
 
         
 
(in thousands)
 
 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
     
2009
   
2008
 
               
 
Pre – tax cost
  $ 400     $ 374  
 
After tax cost
  $ 266     $ 253  

 
Stock Options
   
  Transactions involving Marine Products stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2009 were as follows:
 
           
   
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
           
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2009
990,172
$2.88
2.5 years
 
 
Granted
-
-
N/A
 
 
Exercised
(277,155)
0.61
N/A
 
 
Forfeited
(675)
1.71
N/A
 
 
Expired
-
-
N/A
 
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2009
712,342
$3.76
3.19 years
$341,900
 
Exercisable at March 31, 2009
703,192
$3.65
3.16 years
$414,900
 
  The total intrinsic value of share options exercised was approximately $975,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and approximately $3,496,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008.  Tax benefits associated with the exercise of non-qualified stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2009 were approximately $196,000 and were approximately $561,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 
  Restricted Stock
   
  The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested restricted shares for the three months ended March 31, 2009:
 
           
       
Shares
Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 
Non-vested shares at January 1, 2009
   
600,700
$9.93
 
Granted
   
353,500
4.26
 
Vested
   
(106,800)
9.84
 
Forfeited
   
(5,600)
10.63
 
Non-vested shares at March 31, 2009
   
841,800
$7.55
 
  The total fair value of shares vested was approximately $1,051,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and $651,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2008.  For the three months ended March 31, 2009, tax benefits for compensation tax deductions in excess of compensation expense totaling approximately $62,000 were credited to capital in excess of par value and are classified as financing cash flows in accordance with SFAS 123R.
   
  Other Information
   
  As of March 31, 2009, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted shares was approximately $5,536,000.  This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 4.5 years.  As of March 31, 2009, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options was immaterial.
   
6.  
MARKETABLE SECURITIES
   
  Marine Products maintains investments held with a large, well-capitalized financial institution.  Management determines the appropriate classification of debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designations as of each balance sheet date.  Debt securities are classified as available-for-sale because the Company does not have the intent to hold the securities to maturity. Available-for-sale securities are stated at their fair values, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.  The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.  Realized gains and losses, declines in value judged to be other than temporary, interest and dividends on available-for-sale securities are included in interest income.  The fair value and the unrealized gains (losses) of the available-for-sale securities are as follows:
 
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(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2009
   
December 31, 2008
 
 
Type of Securities
 
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
                                   
 
Municipal
Obligations
  $ 46,091     $ 466     $ 46,752     $ 260  
 
  Investments with remaining maturities of less than 12 months are considered to be current marketable securities.  Investments with remaining maturities greater than 12 months are considered to be non-current marketable securities.
   
7.  
WARRANTY COSTS AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES
   
 
Warranty Costs
The Company warrants the entire boat, excluding the engine, against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year.  The Company also warrants the entire deck and hull, including its bulkhead and supporting stringer system, against defects in materials and workmanship for periods ranging from five to ten years.
   
 
An analysis of the warranty accruals for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
 
               
 
(in thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
 
 
Balances at beginning of year
  $ 3,567     $ 4,768  
 
Less: Payments made during the period
    (956 )     (1,194 )
 
Add: Warranty provision for the period
    280       1,255  
 
          Changes to warranty provision for prior years
    367       (11 )
 
Balances at March 31
  $ 3,258     $ 4,818  
 
  Repurchase Obligations
   
  The Company is a party to various agreements with third party lenders that provide floor plan financing to qualifying dealers whereby the Company guarantees varying amounts of debt on boats in dealer inventory.  The Company’s obligation under these guarantees becomes effective in the case of a default under the financing arrangement between the dealer and the third party lender. The agreements provide for the return of repossessed boats in “like new” condition to the Company, in exchange for the Company’s assumption of specified percentages of the debt obligation on those boats, up to certain contractually determined dollar limits by lender.
 
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  As a result of dealer defaults, MPC became contractually obligated to repurchase inventory of approximately $2.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2008 and approximately $3.6 million during the first quarter of 2009.  At March 31, 2009, there is $2.5 million payable to floor plan lenders that is classified as accrued expenses.  The payable to floor plan lenders at December 31, 2008 was $2.4 million.  During the first quarter of 2009, the Company redistributed approximately $3.3 million of these boats among existing and replacement dealers.  Repurchased boats included in inventory as of March 31, 2009 are recorded at an estimated net realizable value of $2.1 million.  The Company recorded costs during the first quarter of 2009 in selling, general and administrative expenses associated with these repurchases of approximately $0.7 million.  As of March 31, 2009, the Company has an aggregate remaining repurchase obligation to lenders of $1.8 million.
   
  The Company re-evaluated the fair value of the remaining guarantee liability and reduced the liability from $227 thousand to $50 thousand as of March 31, 2009.  Management continues to monitor the risk of additional defaults and resulting repurchase obligation based in part on information provided by the third-party floor plan lenders and will adjust the guarantee liability at the end of each reporting period based on information reasonably available at that time.
   
  Historically, and during most of 2008, there were at least two major marine dealer floor plan financing institutions.  At the end of 2008, one of these institutions announced that it would cease floor plan lending to all unaffiliated dealers including those in the marine industry.  During the first quarter of 2009, one lender approached Marine Products with a request to raise the contractual repurchase limit.  During 2008 this lender imposed additional borrowing costs not covered in the current contractual arrangement.  Marine Products is negotiating with this lender regarding these and other issues regarding contract provisions which expire at the end of the 2009 model year and contract provisions for the 2010 model year.
   
8.  
BUSINESS SEGMENT  INFORMATION

 
The Company has only one reportable segment, its powerboat manufacturing business; therefore, the majority of the disclosures required by SFAS 131 are not relevant to the Company.  In addition, the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition are not significantly reliant upon any single customer or product model.
 
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9.  
INVENTORIES
   
  Inventories consist of the following:
 
               
 
(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2009
   
December 31, 2008
 
 
Raw materials and supplies
  $ 10,187     $ 11,052  
 
Work in process
    3,199       5,095  
 
Finished goods
    6,022       6,306  
 
Total inventories
  $ 19,408     $ 22,453  


10.  
INCOME TAXES
   
  The Company determines its periodic income tax (benefit) provision based upon the current period income and the annual estimated tax rate for the Company adjusted for any change to prior year estimates. The estimated tax rate is revised, if necessary, as of the end of each successive interim period during the fiscal year to the Company's current annual estimated tax rate.
   
  For the first quarter of 2009, the income tax provision reflects a beneficial effective tax rate of 42.2 percent, compared to an effective rate of 28.4 percent for the comparable period in the prior year.  The increase in the effective rate was due primarily to the relationship of our pretax income (loss) to permanent differences.
 
11.  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
   
  The Company participates in a multiple employer pension plan.  The following represents the net periodic benefit credit and related components for the plan:
 
         
 
(in thousands)
 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
     
2009
   
2008
 
 
Service cost
  $ -     $ -  
 
Interest cost
    70       70  
 
Expected return on plan assets
    (66 )     (109 )
 
Amortization of net losses
    59       -  
 
Net periodic benefit expense (credit)
  $ 63     $ (39 )
 
  
The Company does not currently expect to make any contributions to this plan in 2009.
 
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12.  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
   
  The Company adopted SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” and FSP 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157,” in the first quarter of 2008.  SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about items measured at fair value.  SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements.  It applies to accounting pronouncements that already require or permit fair value measures.  As a result, the Company will not be required to recognize any new assets or liabilities at fair value. FSP 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis.
   
  SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and the Company’s assumptions (unobservable inputs).  The hierarchy consists of three broad levels as follows:
 
Level 1 – Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
 
Level 2 – Inputs other than level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable
 
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs developed using the Company’s estimates and assumptions, which reflect those that market participants would use.
   
 
Securities:
The Company determines the fair value of marketable securities that are available for sale and of investments in the non-qualified plan that are trading using quoted market prices.  The adoption of SFAS 157 had no effect on the Company’s valuation of these marketable securities or investments.
   
  The following table summarizes the valuation of financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the balance sheet as of March 31, 2009:
 
         
     
Fair value Measurements at March 31, 2009 with
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant other
observable inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
Assets:
                 
 
  Trading securities
  $ 3,719     $ -     $ -  
 
  Available for sale
  securities