MARINE PRODUCTS CORP

Regulatory Filings • Apr 1, 2009

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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): March 26, 2009

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.)

2170 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(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):

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

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

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

Executive Officer Compensation

On March 26, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved a reduction in the base salary for certain of its Named Executive Officers identified in the registrant’s 2009 proxy statement. In light of the difficult operating environment faced by the Company, the Named Executive Officers listed below volunteered to reduce their base salaries effective April 1, 2009, as follows:

| Name | Title | Base
Salary as of | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | January
1, 2009 | April
1, 2009 |
| Richard
A. Hubbell | President
and Chief Executive Officer | $ 350,000 | $ 175,000 |
| Ben
M. Palmer | Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $ 175,000 | $ 100,000 |
| R.
Randall Rollins | Chairman | $ 300,000 | $ 150,000 |
| Linda
H. Graham | Vice
President and Secretary | $ 115,000 | $ 70,000 |

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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:
April 1, 2009 | /s/
Ben M. Palmer |
| | Ben
M. Palmer |
| | Vice
President, |
| | Chief
Financial Officer and |
| | Treasurer |

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