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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

14.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lawsuits:

The Company is a defendant in certain lawsuits which allege that plaintiffs have been injured or incurred damages as a result of Company business activities or the use of the Company’s products. The Company is vigorously contesting these actions. Management, after consultation with legal counsel, is of the opinion that the outcome of these lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or liquidity of Marine Products.

Repurchase Obligations:

The Company is a party to various agreements with third party lenders that provide floor plan financing to qualifying dealers whereby the Company guarantees varying amounts of debt on boats in dealer 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 repossessed boats to the Company in new and unused condition subject to normal wear and tear 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 by the lenders. The Company had no material financial impact associated with repurchases under these contractual agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.

Management continues to monitor the risk of defaults and resulting repurchase obligations based in part on information provided by 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 the highest of the following criteria: (i) a specified percentage of the average net receivables financed by the floor plan lender for our dealers, (ii) the total average net receivables financed by the floor plan lender for our two highest dealers for the three highest monthly receivables balances during the past twelve months, or (iii) $8.0 million, less repurchases during the prior 12 month period. As defined by the agreement, the repurchase limit for this lender was $19.6 million as of March 31, 2025. The Company also has an agreement with an additional floorplan lender whereby the contractual repurchase limit is based on the highest of the following criteria: (i) a specified percentage of the average net receivables financed by the floor plan lender for our dealers, or (ii) $18.75 million through June 30, 2026, reducing to $3.0 million beginning July 1, 2026.  As defined by the agreement, the repurchase limit for this lender was $18.8 million as of March 31, 2025. The Company has contractual repurchase agreements with additional lenders with an aggregate maximum repurchase obligation of $3.4 million with various expiration and cancellation terms of less than one year, for an aggregate repurchase obligation with all floor plan financing institutions of $41.7 million as of March 31, 2025.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a three-year floor plan financing agreement with a single third-party floor plan lender which will be phased in to replace a majority of the existing agreements with the remaining third-party lenders. The agreement is similar to the current arrangements with the existing third-party floor plan lenders and provides for certain additional incentives to the Company and qualifying dealers over the term of the agreement.

Short-term Cash Incentive Compensation:

In addition to recording Short-Term Cash Incentive (“STCI”) compensation expense for executive officers, STCI expense has been recorded for certain non-executive employees based on a percentage of Pre-Tax Profit (“PTP incentive”), defined as pretax income before goodwill adjustments and certain allocated corporate expenses. The PTP incentive, subject to a discretionary determination, is nine percent in the aggregate per year.

Total STCI expense for the reported periods are as follows:

Three months ended March 31, 

(in thousands)

    

2025

    

2024

STCI expense

$

632

$

860

These amounts are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.