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: AUGUST 3, 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 August 3, 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.
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CAPITAL
PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.,
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By:
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Capital
GP L.L.C., its general partner
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| /s/ Ioannis E. Lazaridis | |
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Name: Ioannis
E. Lazaridis
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
of
Capital GP L.L.C.
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Dated: August
3, 2007
Exhibit
I
CAPITAL
PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P. APPOINTS ROBERT P. CURT TO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Athens,
Greece — August 3, 2007 — Capital Product Partners L.P. (Nasdaq: CPLP)
today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert P. Curt
to
serve as a Director on the Partnership’s Board. He will be an
independent Board member and will serve on the Board’s Audit and Conflicts
committees.
Mr.
Curt,
56, joined the Partnership’s board
on July
24th, 2007.
He
has been a career executive for more than 30 years with Exxon Mobil, and
he was
named General Manager of Exxon Mobil’s Marine Transportation department
following the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999. In 2003, he was
seconded to Qatargas to lead its LNG vessel acquisition program and
subsequently was appointed Managing Director of Qatar Gas Transport Company,
the
world’s largest owner of LNG vessels. In 2006, he returned to the U.S.,
where he served as Vice President in Exxon Mobil’s SeaRiver
subsidiary. Mr. Curt received his B.S. degree in Marine Engineering
from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and holds an MBA in Finance
from Iona College.
Evangelos
M. Marinakis, Chairman of the Board of Capital Product Partners, said, “We are
very pleased to welcome Bob Curt to the Partnership’s Board of
Directors. Given the breadth of his experience in the marine shipping
arena, I am confident that Bob will provide valuable perspective as we pursue
our growth strategies in the years ahead.”
Mr.
Curt’s appointment brings the number of directors on the Board to seven, and the
number of independent directors to three. The other independent
directors are Keith Forman and Abel Rasterhoff, both of whom joined the Board
immediately following the Partnership’s initial public offering earlier this
year. Mr. Forman, a former El Paso Corp. executive, is a member of
the board of directors of Kayne Anderson Energy Management, an investment
company investing primarily in energy companies, and he is the Chairman
of the CPLP Conflicts Committee. Mr. Rasterhoff joined
Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij in 1967, and worked for various
entities in the Shell group of companies until his retirement in
1997. From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Rasterhoff was Managing Director of
Shell Tankers B.V., and from 1991 to 1997, Mr. Rasterhoff was Director and
Vice
President Finance and Planning for Shell International Trading and Shipping
Company Limited. Mr. Rasterhoff is the Chairman of the Audit
Committee.
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.
Forward-Looking
Statements
The
statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be
forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially
different. Capital Product Partners L.P. expressly disclaims any obligation
to
update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether because
of
future events, new information, a change in our views or expectations, or
otherwise. We make no prediction or statement about the performance of our
common units.
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
CPLP-F