due to net sales of marketable securities during the first quarter of 2019 resulting from a change in investment strategy, partially offset by a decrease in capital expenditures during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 in comparison to the same period of the prior year.
Cash used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 decreased $7.5 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to a reduction in the cost of open market share repurchases coupled with lower dividends paid to common shareholders in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period of the prior year.
Financial Condition and Liquidity
The Company believes that the liquidity provided by existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, its overall strong capitalization and cash generated by operations will provide sufficient capital to meet the Company’s requirements for at least the next twelve months. The Company’s decisions about the amount of cash to be used for investing and financing purposes are influenced by its capital position and the expected amount of cash to be provided by operations.
Cash Requirements
The Company currently expects that capital expenditures in 2020 will be approximately $2.1 million, of which $1.6 million has been spent through September 30, 2020.
The Company participates in a multiple employer Retirement Income Plan, sponsored by RPC, Inc. (“RPC”). The Company made a cash contribution of $550 thousand to this plan during the third quarter of 2020 and does not expect to make any additional contributions for the remainder of 2020.
The Company has repurchased an aggregate total of 6,679,572 shares in the open market under the Company stock repurchase program, which began in 2002. As of September 30, 2020, there are 1,570,428 shares that remain available for repurchase under the current authorization. There were 97,940 shares repurchased under this program during the third quarter of 2020.
On October 27, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share and a special year-end cash dividend of $0.04 per share. Both dividends are payable December 10, 2020 to common stockholders of record at the close of business November 10, 2020. The Company expects to continue to pay cash dividends to common stockholders, subject to industry conditions and Marine Product’s earnings, financial condition, and other relevant factors.
OFF BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
To assist dealers in obtaining financing for the purchase of its boats for inventory, the Company has entered into agreements with various third-party floor plan lenders whereby the Company guarantees varying amounts of debt for qualifying dealers on boats in 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 all repossessed boats to the Company in a new and unused condition as defined, in exchange for the Company’s assumption of specified percentages of the debt obligation on those boats, up to certain contractually determined dollar limits which vary by lender. The Company had no material repurchases of dealer inventory during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and repurchases totaling $3.4 million under contractual agreements during the nine months ended Sepetmber 30, 2019.
Management continues to monitor the risk of defaults and resulting repurchase obligations 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.
The Company currently has an agreement with one of the floor plan lenders whereby the contractual repurchase limit is based on a specified percentage of the amount of the average net receivables financed by the floor plan lender for our dealers less repurchases during the prior 12 month period, which was a net $12.2 million as of September 30, 2020. The Company has contractual repurchase agreements with additional lenders with an aggregate maximum repurchase obligation of approximately $1.9 million with various