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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 13: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In conjunction with its spin-off from RPC in 2001, the Company and RPC entered into various agreements that define the companies’ relationship after the spin-off.

The Transition Support Services Agreement provides for RPC to provide certain services, including financial reporting and income tax administration, acquisition assistance, etc., to Marine Products until the agreement is terminated by either party. Marine Products reimbursed RPC for its estimated allocable share of administrative costs incurred for services rendered on behalf of Marine Products totaling $867,000 in 2021, $846,000 in 2020, and $865,000 in 2019. The Company’s payable to RPC for these services was $87,000 as of December 31, 2021 and $49,000 as of December 31, 2020. Many of the Company’s directors are also directors of RPC and the Company’s executive officers are employees of both the Company and RPC.

The Employee Benefits Agreement provides for, among other things, the Company’s employees to continue participating subsequent to the spin-off in two RPC sponsored benefit plans, specifically, the defined contribution 401(k) plan and the defined benefit retirement income plan.

RPC and Marine Products own 50 percent each of a limited liability company called 255 RC, LLC that was created for the joint purchase and ownership of a corporate aircraft. The purchase was funded primarily by a $2,554,000 contribution by each company to 255 RC, LLC. Each of RPC and Marine Products is currently a party to an operating lease agreement with 255 RC, LLC for a period of five years. Marine Products recorded certain net operating costs comprised of rent and an allocable share of fixed costs of $160,000 in 2021, $160,000 in 2020 and $159,000 2019 for the corporate aircraft. The Company has a payable to 255 RC LLC of $1.4 million as of December 31, 2021 and $1.2 million as of December 31, 2020. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method and its proportionate share of income or loss is recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. As of December 31, 2021, the investment closely approximates the underlying equity in the net assets of 255 RC, LLC and the undistributed earnings represented in retained earnings was approximately $521,000.

A group that includes the Company’s Chairman of the Board, 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.