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CUSIP No. Y11082206 | | Page 5 of 12 |
This Amendment No. 26 amends and supplements the disclosures in Items 2 and 4 of the Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D”) filed with the SEC on April 4, 2008, as amended by amendments thereto filed on October 6, 2023, September 29, 2023, June 21, 2023, May 26, 2023, October 17, 2022, August 8, 2022, April 4, 2022, December 21, 2021, December 7, 2021, October 18, 2021, September 22, 2020, September 10, 2020, May 1, 2019, December 14, 2018, December 3, 2018, April 23, 2015, September 29, 2014, March 29, 2013, June 13, 2012, May 31, 2012, October 26, 2011, October 5, 2011, May 9, 2011, February 26, 2009, and April 30, 2008, relating to the Common Units of the Issuer, a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosures set forth in the Schedule 13D remain unchanged.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
This Schedule 13D is jointly filed by Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. (“Capital Maritime”), Evangelos M. Marinakis and Miltiadis E. Marinakis (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).
The principal business office and address of each Reporting Person is c/o Capital Maritime, 3 Iassonos Street Piraeus, 18537, Greece.
Mr. Evangelos M. Marinakis is the chairman and a director of Capital Maritime.
Mr. Miltiadis E. Marinakis is the son of Mr. Evangelos M. Marinakis. Although not engaged in day-to-day management, Mr. Miltiadis E. Marinakis holds and oversees certain shipping interests on behalf of the Marinakis family.
Capital Maritime is a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands. The principal business of Capital Maritime consists of shipping and transportation services.
Capital Gas is a corporation incorporated in the Marshall Islands. The principal business of Capital Gas consists of shipping and transportation services.
The name, position, address and citizenship of the directors and executive officers of Capital Maritime are set forth on Schedule A attached hereto, and are incorporated herein by reference.
During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons, and to the best of their knowledge, none of the Reporting Persons’ directors or executive officers (as applicable) (1) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (2) has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 3 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
On August 28, 2023, Capital Maritime acquired 1,000 Common Units, in open market transactions, for an average price of $14.90 per Common Unit.
The source of funds used for this transaction was working capital of Capital Maritime. The information set forth in Item 4 of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented to include the following:
On November 8, 2023, Capital Maritime delivered to the Issuer a proposal for the Issuer to acquire the vessel-owning companies of 11 newbuild liquefied natural gas carrier (“LNG/C”) vessels (the “Vessels”) from Capital Maritime or its subsidiaries and to take certain other actions.
On November 13, 2023, Capital Maritime, the General Partner and the Issuer entered into an Umbrella Agreement (the “Umbrella Agreement”), pursuant to which Capital Maritime, the General Partner and the Issuer agreed, among other things, that the Issuer shall acquire the Vessels from Capital Maritime for an aggregate acquisition price for the Issuer of $3,130,000,000 and shall take certain other post-closing actions, including (i) changing the name of the Issuer from “Capital Product Partners L.P.” to “Capital New Energy Carriers L.P.”, (ii) committing to negotiate to agree procedures for the conversion of the Issuer from a Marshall Islands limited partnership to a corporation with customary corporate governance and (iii) committing to explore, following the closing of the Umbrella Agreement, the disposition of the Issuer’s container vessels and the Issuer’s abstention from acquiring additional container vessels. In addition, Capital Maritime agreed to grant to the Issuer, beginning on the closing date of the Umbrella Agreement, certain rights of first refusal over transfers and employment of certain LNG/C vessels and certain other vessels recently ordered by Capital Maritime.