GENERAL	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
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GENERAL	1. GENERAL The accompanying unaudited consolidated 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. At the end of the first quarter of 2020, the Company suspended manufacturing operations for five weeks in response to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We resumed production during the second quarter at a slightly higher production rate than our production rate during the first quarter of 2020, although production increases have been constrained by employment availability and supply chain restrictions caused by the pandemic. This operational suspension negatively impacted our net sales and profits during the second quarter of 2020. At the end of the third quarter of 2020, the Company’s order backlog was at its highest level in several years, and dealer inventories were significantly lower than in previous periods. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the annual report of Marine Products Corporation (“Marine Products,” the “Company” or “MPC”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. A group that includes the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Gary W. Rollins, who is also a director of the Company, and certain companies under his control, controls in excess of fifty percent of the Company’s voting power.

GENERAL

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

1. GENERAL

The accompanying unaudited consolidated 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020.

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.

At the end of the first quarter of 2020, the Company suspended manufacturing operations for five weeks in response to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We resumed production during the second quarter at a slightly higher production rate than our production rate during the first quarter of 2020, although production increases have been constrained by employment availability and supply chain restrictions caused by the pandemic. This operational suspension negatively impacted our net sales and profits during the second quarter of 2020. At the end of the third quarter of 2020, the Company’s order backlog was at its highest level in several years, and dealer inventories were significantly lower than in previous periods.

For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the annual report of Marine Products Corporation (“Marine Products,” the “Company” or “MPC”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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