UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
washington, d.c. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2017



MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 1-16263 58-2572419
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2801 Buford Highway NE, Suite 520, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (404) 321-7910

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

ATLANTA, January 25, 2017 - Marine Products Corporation (NYSE: MPX) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a 17 percent increase to the regular quarterly cash dividend from $0.06 per share to $0.07 per share payable March 10, 2017 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on February 10, 2017.

  

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated January 25, 2017.

 

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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: January 25, 2017 /s/ Ben M. Palmer
    Ben M. Palmer
Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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