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: OCTOBER 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 October 24, 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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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: October
25, 2007
Exhibit
I
CAPITAL
PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P. INCREASES CASH DISTRIBUTION
Athens,
Greece — October 24, 2007 — Capital Product Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:
CPLP) today announced that its board of directors has declared a cash
distribution of $0.385 per unit for the third quarter ended September 30,
2007.
This
represents an increase from the previous cash distribution of $0.3626 per
unit,
which was the pro rata portion of the Partnership’s minimum quarterly
distribution of $0.375 per unit. That distribution was paid for the
88-day period from April 4, 2007, when the Partnership formally launched
its
shipping operations, through June 30, 2007.
The
cash
distribution for the third quarter is payable on November 15, 2007, to
unitholders of record on November 7, 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 product tankers. The Partnership
owns
13 product tankers, including 12 Ice Class 1A medium-range tankers, and has
an
agreement to purchase three additional MR product tankers from Capital Maritime
& Trading Corp. All 16 vessels are under medium- to long-term charters to BP
Shipping Limited, Morgan Stanley, Overseas Shipholding Group and Trafigura
Beheer B.V.
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