Financial Condition and Liquidity
The Company believes that the liquidity provided by existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, its overall strong capitalization, cash generated by operations and the Company’s revolving credit facility 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 2023 will be approximately $8.4 million, of which $7.2 million has been spent through June 30, 2023.
The Company participates in a multiple employer Retirement Income Plan (Plan), sponsored by RPC, Inc. (“RPC”). The Company did not contribute to this Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and currently does not expect to make any additional contributions.
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 June 30, 2023, there were 1,570,428 shares that remained available for repurchase under the current authorization. There were no shares repurchased under this program during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.
On July 25, 2023, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share payable September 11, 2023 to common stockholders of record at the close of business August 10, 2023. The Company expects to continue to pay cash dividends to common stockholders, subject to industry conditions and Marine Products’ 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 six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.
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, subject to minimum of $8.0 million, 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 repurchase limit of $11.2 million as of June 30, 2023. The Company has contractual repurchase agreements with additional lenders with an aggregate maximum repurchase obligation of approximately $7.1 million with various expiration and cancellation terms of less than one year, for an aggregate repurchase obligation with all financing institutions of approximately $18.3 million as of June 30, 2023.
CERTAIN RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In conjunction with its spin-off from RPC, Inc. in 2001, the Company and RPC entered into various agreements that define their relationship after the spin-off. RPC charged the Company for its allocable share of administrative costs incurred for services rendered on behalf of Marine Products totaling approximately $526 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and approximately $473 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2022.