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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 30, 2020, Marine Products Corporation issued a press release titled, “Marine Products Corporation Announces Temporary Suspension of Production Operations,” announcing the temporary suspension of production in its Nashville, Georgia production facility related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company announced that it will temporarily suspend production beginning March 30, and has not decided at this time when production will resume. It noted that essential administrative and management functions will continue without interruption, the Company’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta remains open and that it does not anticipate any delays in its upcoming first quarter 2020 earnings announcement, its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, or its 2020 annual meeting to be held on April 28, 2020.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated March 30, 2020.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Marine Products Corporation has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Marine Products Corporation | |
Date: March 31, 2020 | /s/ Ben M. Palmer |
Ben M. Palmer | |
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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