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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15-d16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
DATE OF REPORT: JULY 25, 2007
Commission File Number 001-33373
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CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.
 
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
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3 IASSONOS STREET
PIRAEUS, 18537 GREECE
 
(address of principal executive offices)
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Item 1 – Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report
 
Attached as Exhibit I is a copy of a press release of Capital Product Partners L.P., dated  July 25, 2007.
 


 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.,
     
 
  By:
Capital GP L.L.C., its general partner
   
 
   
/s/ Ioannis E. Lazaridis
   
Name:  Ioannis E. Lazaridis
   
Title:  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Capital GP L.L.C.
 
 
Dated:  July 25, 2007
 
 

 
 
Exhibit I
 
 
CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P. DECLARES CASH DISTRIBUTION

Athens, Greece — July 25, 2007 — Capital Product Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: CPLP) today announced that its board of directors has declared a cash distribution equaling the pro rata portion of the minimum quarterly distribution for the period from April 4, 2007, when the Partnership formally launched its shipping operations, through June 30, 2007.  The period consisted of 88 days out of the 91 days in the calendar quarter.

The cash distribution for the 88-day period will be $0.3626 per unit.  The cash distribution is payable on August 14, 2007, to unitholders of record on August 6, 2007.

About Capital Product Partners L.P.

Capital Product Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: CPLP), a Marshall Islands master limited partnership, is an international owner of medium-range product tankers.  Following the delivery of the M/T Akeraios on July 13, 2007, Capital Product Partners L.P. now owns 10 MR Ice Class 1A product tankers and has an agreement to purchase five additional product tankers from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. All 15 vessels are under medium- to long-term charters to BP Shipping Limited, Morgan Stanley, and Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.
 
CPLP-F
 
Contacts:
Ioannis Lazaridis
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Capital GP L.L.C.
+30 (210) 4584 950
i.lazaridis@capitalpplp.com

Jerry Kalogiratos
Commercial Officer
Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.
+30 (210) 4584 950
j.kalogiratos@capitalmaritime.com

Robert Ferris
RF|Binder Partners Inc.
+1 (212) 994-7505
Robert.ferris@rfbinder.com

Tom Pratt
RF|Binder Partners Inc.
+1 (212) 994-7563
Tom.pratt@rfbinder.com