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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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of event requiring this shell company report:
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
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Common
units representing limited partnership interests
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anticipated
future acquisition of vessels from Capital Maritime, and in particular the
expected acquisition of the M/T Aristofanis in the second quarter of
2008;
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our
anticipated growth strategies;
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future
charter hire rates and vessel
values;
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our
ability to make cash distributions on the
units;
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our
future financial condition or results of operations and our future
revenues and expenses, including revenues from profit sharing
arrangements;
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the
repayment of debt and settling of interest rate
swaps;
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our
ability to access debt and equity
markets;
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future
refined product and crude oil prices and
production;
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planned
capital expenditures and availability of capital resources to fund capital
expenditures;
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future
supply of, and demand for, refined products and crude
oil;
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increases
in domestic oil consumption;
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changes
in interest rates;
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our
ability to maintain long-term relationships with major refined product
importers and exporters, major crude oil companies, and major commodity
traders;
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our
ability to leverage to our advantage Capital Maritime & Trading
Corp.’s (“Capital Maritime”) relationships and reputation in the shipping
industry;
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our
continued ability to enter into long-term, fixed-rate time charters with
our tanker charterers;
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obtaining
tanker projects that we or Capital Maritime bid
on;
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our
ability to maximize the use of our vessels, including the re-deployment or
disposition of vessels no longer under long-term time
charter;
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timely
purchases and deliveries of newbuilding
vessels;
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our
ability to compete successfully for future chartering and newbuilding
opportunities;
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the
expected cost of, and our ability to comply with, governmental regulations
and maritime self-regulatory organization standards, as well as standard
regulations imposed by our charterers applicable to our
business;
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our
anticipated general and administrative expenses and our expenses under the
management agreement and the administrative services agreement with
Capital Ship Management Corp., a subsidiary of Capital Maritime (“Capital
Ship Management”), and for reimbursement for fees and costs of our general
partner;
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the
expected impact of heightened environmental and quality concerns of
insurance underwriters, regulators and
charterers;
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the
anticipated taxation of our partnership and distributions to our
unitholders;
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estimated
future maintenance and replacement capital
expenditures;
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expected
demand in the refined product shipping sector in general and the demand
for our medium range vessels in
particular;
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our
ability to retain key employees;
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customers’
increasing emphasis on environmental and safety
concerns;
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future
sales of our common units in the public market;
and
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our
business strategy and other plans and objectives for future
operations.
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Period
from
Aug. 27, 2003 (inception) to Dec. 31, 2004* |
Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2005*
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Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2006*
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Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2007
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Income
Statement Data:
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Revenues
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$ |
-
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$ |
4,377
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$ | 19,913 | $ | 72,543 | ||||||||
Expenses:
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Voyage
expenses(1)
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-
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520
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373 | 770 | ||||||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses—related party
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-
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216
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890 | 12,283 | ||||||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses(2)
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40
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1,932
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4,043 | 3,196 | ||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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-
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-
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- | 1,477 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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-
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360
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3,370 | 13,109 | ||||||||||||
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Total
operating expenses
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40
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3,028
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8,676 | 30,835 | ||||||||||||
Operating
income (expense)
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(40
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1,349
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11,237 | 41,708 | |||||||||||
Interest
expense and finance costs
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-
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(389
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(4,584 |
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(10,809 |
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Loss
on interest rate swap agreement
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-
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- | - | (3,763 |
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Interest
income
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-
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1 | 13 | 710 | ||||||||||||
Foreign
currency gain/(loss), net
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-
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9 | (56 |
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(19 |
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Net
income (loss)
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(40 |
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$ | 970 | $ | 6,610 | $ | 27,827 | ||||||||
Less:
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Net
income attributable to predecessor operations:
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Initial
vessels’ net income from January 1, 2007 to April 3, 2007
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- | - | - | $ | (5,328 |
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Attikos’
net income from January 1, 2007 to September 23,
2007
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- | - | - | (928 |
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Partnership’s
net income for the period from April 4 to December 31,
2007
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- | - | - | 21,571 | ||||||||||||
General
partner’s interest in our net income
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- | - | - | 431 | ||||||||||||
Limited
partners’ interest in our net income
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- | - | - | 21,140 | ||||||||||||
Net
income per limited partner unit, basic and diluted:
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Common units
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- | - | - | 1.11 | ||||||||||||
Subordinated
units
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- | - | - | 0.70 | ||||||||||||
Total
units
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- | - | - | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
Weighted-average
units outstanding (basic and diluted):
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Common units
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- | - | - | 13,512,500 | ||||||||||||
Subordinated units
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- | - | - | 8,805,522 | ||||||||||||
Total units
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- | - | - | 22,318,022 | ||||||||||||
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Balance Sheet Data (at
end of period):
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Vessels,
net and under construction
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$
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25,152 | $ | 49,351 | $ | 208,028 | $ | 429,171 | ||||||||
Total
assets
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25,165
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50,553 | 216,124 | 454,914 | ||||||||||||
Total
partners’/stockholders’ equity
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19,658 | 24,840 | 49,397 | 161,939 | ||||||||||||
Number
of shares/units
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3,700 | 3,700 | 3,700 | 22,773,492 | ||||||||||||
Common
units
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- | - | - | 13,512,500 | ||||||||||||
Subordinated units
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- | - | - | 8,805,522 | ||||||||||||
General
Partner units
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- | - | - | 455,470 | ||||||||||||
Dividends
declared per unit
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- | - | - | $ | 0.75 |
Period
from
Aug. 27, 2003 (inception) to Dec. 31, 2004* |
Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2005*
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Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2006*
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Year
Ended
Dec. 31, 2007
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Cash
Flow Data:
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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29 | 1,468 | 9,497 | 50,582 | ||||||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(25,152 |
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(24,559 |
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(162,047
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(246,938 |
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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25,134 | 23,087 | 153,782 | 215,034 |
(1)
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Vessel
voyage expenses primarily consist of commissions, port expenses, canal
dues and bunkers. Since April 4, 2007 our only voyage expenses have been
commissions.
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(2)
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Since
April 4, 2007 our vessel operating expenses have consisted primarily of
management fees payable to our manager, who provides commercial and
technical services such as crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurance,
stores, spares and lubricants, as well as administrative services pursuant
to management and administrative services agreements. Vessel operating
expenses presented in the predecessor combined financial statements
consist of all expenses relating to the operation of the vessels including
crewing, repairs and maintenance, insurances, stores and lubricants,
management fees and miscellaneous
expenses.
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The
amount of historical earnings per unit for the period from August 27, 2003
(inception) to December 31, 2004, for the years ended December 31,
2005 and 2006 and for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 3, 2007,
giving retroactive impact to the number of common and subordinated units
(and the 2% general partner interest) that were issued upon the completion
of our initial public offering on April 3, 2007 is not presented
in our selected historical financial data. We do not believe that a
presentation of earnings per unit for these periods would not be
meaningful to our investors as the vessels comprising our initial fleet
and the M/T Attikos were under construction during the period from August
27, 2003 (inception) to December 31, 2004 and during the year ended
December 31, 2005 the vessel-owning subsidiaries included herein,
with the exception of the one which owns the M/T Attikos which was
delivered in January 2005 to Capital Maritime, were in the start-up phase.
In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2006 only six of the 13
vessels we owned as of December 31, 2007 had been delivered to us and only
the M/T Attikos was in operation for the full year ended December 31,
2006, while the other five vessels were in operation for only part of the
period (the vessels were delivered in April, May, July, August and
November 2006, respectively) and a portion of the revenues generated
during 2006 was derived from charters with different terms and conditions
from those in the charters in place during 2007. Earnings per unit for
these periods are not reflective of our anticipated earnings and
operations going forward.
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Please
note that our audited consolidated and predecessor combined financial
statements for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 and for
the period from August 27, 2003 (inception) to December 31, 2004 have been
retroactively adjusted to reflect the results of operations and initial
construction costs of the M/T Attikos, which was delivered in January 2005
to an entity under common control and acquired by us in September
2007.
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the
rates we obtain from our charters;
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the
level of additional revenues we generate from our profit-sharing
arrangements, if any;
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the
level of our operating costs, such as the cost of crews and insurance,
following the expiration of our management agreement pursuant to which we
pay a fixed daily fee for an initial term of approximately five years from
the time we take delivery of each vessel, which includes the expenses for
its next scheduled special or intermediate survey, as applicable, and
related drydocking;
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the
number of unscheduled off-hire days for our fleet and the timing of, and
number of days required for, scheduled drydocking of our
vessels;
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delays
in the delivery of newbuildings and the beginning of payments under
charters relating to those vessels;
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demand
for seaborne transportation of refined oil products and crude
oil;
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supply
of product and crude oil tankers and specifically the number of
newbuildings entering the world tanker fleet each
year;
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prevailing
global and regional economic and political conditions;
and
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the
effect of governmental regulations and maritime self-regulatory
organization standards on the conduct of our
business.
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the
level of capital expenditures we make, including for maintaining vessels,
building new vessels, acquiring existing vessels and complying with
regulations;
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our
debt service requirements and restrictions on distributions contained in
our debt instruments;
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interest
rate fluctuations;
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the
cost of acquisitions, if any;
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fluctuations
in our working capital needs;
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our
ability to make working capital borrowings, including to pay distributions
to unitholders; and
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the
amount of any cash reserves, including reserves for future maintenance and
replacement capital expenditures, working capital and other matters,
established by our board of directors in its
discretion.
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prevailing
economic conditions in the market in which the vessel
trades;
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regulatory
change;
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lower
levels of demand for the seaborne transportation of refined products and
crude oil;
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increases
in the supply of vessel capacity;
and
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the
cost of retrofitting or modifying existing ships, as a result of
technological advances in vessel design or equipment, changes in
applicable environmental or other regulations or standards, or
otherwise.
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the
cost of our labor and materials;
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the
cost and replacement life of suitable replacement
vessels;
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customer/market
requirements;
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increases
in the size of our fleet;
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the
age of the vessels in our fleet;
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charter
rates in the market; and
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governmental
regulations, industry and maritime self-regulatory organization standards
relating to safety, security or the
environment.
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our
ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, for working capital,
capital expenditures, acquisitions or other purposes may be impaired, or
such financing may not be available on favorable
terms;
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we
will need a substantial portion of our cash flow to make interest payments
and, following the end of the relevant non-amortizing periods, principal
payments on our debt, reducing the funds that would otherwise be available
for operations, future business opportunities and distributions to
unitholders;
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our
debt level will make us more vulnerable to competitive pressures, or to a
downturn in our business or in the economy in general, than our
competitors with less debt; and
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our
debt level may limit our flexibility in responding to changing business
and economic conditions.
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incur
or guarantee indebtedness;
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charge,
pledge or encumber the vessels;
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change
the flag, class, management or ownership of our
vessels;
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change
the commercial and technical management of our
vessels;
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sell
or change the beneficial ownership or control of our vessels;
and
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subordinate
our obligations thereunder to any general and administrative costs
relating to the vessels, including the fixed daily fee payable under the
management agreement.
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maintain
minimum free consolidated liquidity (50% of which may be in the form of
undrawn commitments under the relevant credit facility) of at least
$500,000 per financed vessel;
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maintain
a ratio of EBITDA (as defined in each credit facility) to interest expense
of at least 2.00 to 1.00 on a trailing four-quarter basis;
and
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maintain
a ratio of net Total Indebtedness to the aggregate Fair Market
Value (as defined in each credit facility) of our total fleet, current or
future, of no more than 0.725 to
1.00.
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failure
to pay principal or interest when
due;
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breach
of certain undertakings, negative covenants and financial covenants
contained in the credit facility, any related security document or
guarantee or the interest rate swap agreements, including failure to
maintain unencumbered title to any of the vessel-owning subsidiaries or
any of the assets of the vessel-owning subsidiaries and failure to
maintain proper insurance;
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any
breach of the credit facility, any related security document or guarantee
or the interest rate swap agreements (other than breaches described in the
preceding two bullet points) if, in the opinion of the lenders, such
default is capable of remedy and continues unremedied for 20 days
after written notice of the
lenders;
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any
representation, warranty or statement made by us in the credit facility or
any drawdown notice thereunder or related security document or guarantee
or the interest rate swap agreements is untrue or misleading when
made;
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a
cross-default of our other indebtedness of $5.0 million or greater or
of the indebtedness of our subsidiaries of $750,000 or
greater;
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we
become, in the reasonable opinion of the lenders, unable to pay our debts
when due;
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any
of our or our subsidiaries’ assets are subject to any form of execution,
attachment, arrest, sequestration or distress in respect of a sum of
$1.0 million or more that is not discharged within 10 business
days;
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an
event of insolvency or bankruptcy;
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cessation
or suspension of our business or of a material part
thereof;
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unlawfulness,
non-effectiveness or repudiation of any material provision of our credit
facility, of any of the related finance and guarantee documents or of our
interest rate swap agreements;
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failure
of effectiveness of security documents or
guarantee;
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the
common units cease to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market or on any
other recognized securities
exchange;
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any
breach under any provisions contained in our interest rate swap
agreements;
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termination
of our interest rate swap agreements or an event of default thereunder
that is not remedied within five business
days;
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invalidity
of a security document in any material respect or if any security document
ceases to provide a perfected first priority security interest;
or
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any
other event that occurs or circumstance that arises in light of which the
lenders reasonably consider that there is a significant risk that we will
be unable to discharge our liabilities under the credit facility, related
security and guarantee documents or interest rate swap
agreements.
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the
customer fails to make charter payments because of its financial
inability, disagreements with us or
otherwise;
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the
customer exercises certain rights to terminate the charter or purchase the
vessel;
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the
customer terminates the charter because we fail to deliver the vessel
within a fixed period of time, the vessel is lost or damaged beyond
repair, there are serious deficiencies in the vessel or prolonged periods
of off-hire, or we default under the charter;
or
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a
prolonged force majeure event affecting the customer, including damage to
or destruction of relevant production facilities, war or political unrest
prevents us from performing services for that
customer.
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quality
or engineering problems;
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changes
in governmental regulations or maritime self-regulatory organization
standards;
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work
stoppages or other labor disturbances at the
shipyard;
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bankruptcy
or other financial crisis of the
shipbuilder;
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a
backlog of orders at the shipyard;
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political
or economic disturbances in South Korea, where the vessels are being
built;
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weather
interference or catastrophic event, such as a major earthquake or
fire;
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the
shipbuilder failing to deliver the vessels in accordance with our vessel
specifications;
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our
requests for changes to the original vessel
specifications;
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shortages
of or delays in the receipt of necessary construction materials, such as
steel;
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our
inability to finance the purchase of the
vessels;
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a
deterioration in Capital Maritime’s relations with STX;
or
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our
inability to obtain requisite permits or
approvals.
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renew
existing charters upon their
expiration;
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obtain
new charters;
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successfully
interact with shipyards during periods of shipyard construction
constraints;
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obtain
financing on commercially acceptable terms;
or
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maintain
satisfactory relationships with suppliers and other third
parties.
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fluctuations
in the actual or projected price of refined products and crude
oil;
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refining
capacity and its geographical
location;
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increases
in the production of oil in areas linked by pipelines to consuming areas,
the extension of existing, or the development of new, pipeline systems in
markets we may serve, or the conversion of existing non-oil pipelines to
oil pipelines in those markets;
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decreases
in the consumption of oil due to increases in its price relative to other
energy sources, other factors making consumption of oil less attractive or
energy conservation measures;
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availability
of new, alternative energy sources;
and
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negative
or deteriorating global or regional economic or political conditions,
particularly in oil consuming regions, which could reduce energy
consumption or its growth.
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office
assessments of the vessel operator, including extensive annual office
audits;
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the
operator’s environmental, health and safety
record;
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compliance
with the standards of the International Maritime Organization ("IMO"), a
United Nations agency that issues international trade standards for
shipping;
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compliance
with heightened industry standards that have been set by some energy
companies;
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shipping
industry relationships, reputation for customer service, technical and
operating expertise;
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shipping
experience and quality of ship operations, including
cost-effectiveness;
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quality,
experience and technical capability of
crews;
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the
ability to finance vessels at competitive rates and overall financial
stability;
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relationships
with shipyards and the ability to obtain suitable
berths;
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construction
management experience, including the ability to procure on-time delivery
of new vessels according to customer
specifications;
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willingness
to accept operational risks pursuant to the charter, such as allowing
termination of the charter for force majeure events;
and
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competitiveness
of the bid in terms of overall
price.
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fail
to realize anticipated benefits, such as new customer relationships,
cost-savings or cash flow
enhancements;
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be
unable to hire, train or retain qualified shore and seafaring personnel to
manage and operate our growing business and
fleet;
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decrease
our liquidity by using a significant portion of our available cash or
borrowing capacity to finance
acquisitions;
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significantly
increase our interest expense or financial leverage if we incur additional
debt to finance acquisitions;
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incur
or assume unanticipated liabilities, losses or costs associated with the
business or vessels acquired; or
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incur
other significant charges, such as impairment of goodwill or other
intangible assets, asset devaluation or restructuring
charges.
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marine
disasters;
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bad
weather;
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mechanical
failures;
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grounding,
fire, explosions and collisions;
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piracy;
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human
error; and
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war
and terrorism.
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environmental
damage, including potential liabilities or costs to recover any spilled
oil or other petroleum products and to restore the ecosystem where the
spill occurred;
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death
or injury to persons, loss of
property;
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delays
in the delivery of cargo;
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loss
of revenues from or termination of charter
contracts;
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governmental
fines, penalties or restrictions on conducting
business;
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higher
insurance rates; and
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damage
to our reputation and customer relationships
generally.
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neither
our partnership agreement nor any other agreement requires our general
partner or Capital Maritime or its affiliates to pursue a business
strategy that favors us or utilizes our assets, and Capital Maritime’s
officers and directors have a fiduciary duty to make decisions in the best
interests of the unitholders of Capital Maritime, which may be contrary to
our interests;
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the
executive officers of our general partner and three of our directors also
serve as executive officers and/or directors of Capital
Maritime;
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our
general partner and our board of directors are allowed to take into
account the interests of parties other than us, such as Capital Maritime,
in resolving conflicts of interest, which has the effect of limiting their
fiduciary duties to our
unitholders;
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our
general partner and our directors have limited their liabilities and
reduced their fiduciary duties under the laws of the Marshall Islands,
while also restricting the remedies available to our unitholders, and, as
a result of purchasing common units, unitholders are treated as having
agreed to the modified standard of fiduciary duties and to certain actions
that may be taken by our general partner and our directors, all as set
forth in the partnership agreement;
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our
general partner and our board of directors will be involved in determining
the amount and timing of our asset purchases and sales, capital
expenditures, borrowings, and issuances of additional partnership
securities and reserves, each of which can affect the amount of cash that
is available for distribution to our
unitholders;
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our
general partner may have substantial influence over our board of
directors’ decision to cause us to borrow funds in order to permit the
payment of cash distributions, even if the purpose or effect of the
borrowing is to make a distribution on the subordinated units or to make
incentive distributions or to accelerate the expiration of the
subordination period;
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our
general partner is entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable costs
incurred by it and its affiliates for our
benefit;
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our
partnership agreement does not restrict us from paying our general partner
or its affiliates for any services rendered to us on terms that are fair
and reasonable or entering into additional contractual arrangements with
any of these entities on our behalf;
and
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our
general partner may exercise its right to call and purchase our common
units if it and its affiliates own more than 80% of our common
units.
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permits
our general partner to make a number of decisions in its individual
capacity, as opposed to in its capacity as our general partner. Where our
partnership agreement permits, our general partner may consider only the
interests and factors that it desires, and in such cases it has no duty or
obligation to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors
affecting us, our affiliates or our unitholders. Decisions made by our
general partner in its individual capacity will be made by its sole owner,
Capital Maritime. Specifically, pursuant to our partnership agreement, our
general partner will be considered to be acting in its individual capacity
if it exercises its call right, pre-emptive rights or registration rights,
consents or withholds consent to any merger or consolidation of the
partnership, appoints any directors or votes for the election of any
director, votes or refrains from voting on amendments to our partnership
agreement that require a vote of the outstanding units, voluntarily
withdraws from the partnership, transfers (to the extent permitted under
our partnership agreement) or refrains from transferring its units,
general partner interest or incentive distribution rights or votes upon
the dissolution of the partnership;
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provides
that our general partner and our directors are entitled to make other
decisions in “good faith” if they reasonably believe that the decision is
in our best interests;
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generally
provides that affiliated transactions and resolutions of conflicts of
interest not approved by the conflicts committee of our board of directors
and not involving a vote of unitholders must be on terms no less favorable
to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated
third parties or be “fair and reasonable” to us and that, in determining
whether a transaction or resolution is “fair and reasonable,” our board of
directors may consider the totality of the relationships between the
parties involved, including other transactions that may be particularly
advantageous or beneficial to us;
and
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provides
that neither our general partner and its officers nor our directors will
be liable for monetary damages to us, our limited partners or assignees
for any acts or omissions unless there has been a final and non-appealable
judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that our
general partner or directors or its officers or directors or those other
persons engaged in actual fraud or willful
misconduct.
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The
unitholders will be unable to remove our general partner without its
consent because our general partner and its affiliates own sufficient
units to be able to prevent its removal. The vote of the holders of at
least 66⅔%
of all outstanding units voting together as a single class and a majority
vote of our board of directors is required to remove the general partner.
As of March 31, 2008, Capital Maritime
owned a 45.6% interest in us, including a 2% interest through its
ownership of our general partner.
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If
our general partner is removed without “cause” during the subordination
period and units held by our general partner and Capital Maritime are not
voted in favor of that removal, all remaining subordinated units will
automatically convert into common units and any existing arrearages on the
common units will be extinguished. A removal of our general partner under
these circumstances would adversely affect the common units by prematurely
eliminating their distribution and liquidation preference over the
subordinated units, which would otherwise have continued until we had met
certain distribution and performance tests. “Cause” is narrowly defined to
mean that a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final,
non-appealable judgment finding our general partner liable for actual
fraud or willful or wanton misconduct in its capacity as our general
partner. Cause does not include most cases of charges of poor management
of the business, so the removal of our general partner because of the
unitholders’ dissatisfaction with the general partner’s performance in
managing our partnership will most likely result in the termination of the
subordination period.
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Common
unitholders elect only four of the seven members of our board of
directors. Our general partner in its sole discretion has the right to
appoint the remaining three
directors.
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Election
of the four directors elected by unitholders is staggered, meaning that
the members of only one of three classes of our elected directors are
selected each year. In addition, the directors appointed by our general
partner will serve for terms determined by our general
partner.
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Our
partnership agreement contains provisions limiting the ability of
unitholders to call meetings of unitholders, to nominate directors and to
acquire information about our operations as well as other provisions
limiting the unitholders’ ability to influence the manner or direction of
management.
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Unitholders’
voting rights are further restricted by the partnership agreement
provision providing that if any person or group, other than our general
partner, its affiliates, their transferees, and persons who acquired such
units with the prior approval of our board of directors, owns beneficially
5% or more of any class of units then outstanding, any such units owned by
that person or group in excess of 4.9% may not be voted on any matter and
will not be considered to be outstanding when sending notices of a meeting
of unitholders, calculating required votes, except for purposes of
nominating a person for election to our board, determining the presence of
a quorum or for other similar purposes, unless required by law. The voting
rights of any such unitholders in excess of 4.9% will be redistributed pro
rata among the other common unitholders holding less than 4.9% of the
voting power of all classes of units entitled to
vote.
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We
have substantial latitude in issuing equity securities without unitholder
approval.
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our
unitholders’ proportionate ownership interest in us will
decrease;
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the
amount of cash available for distribution on each unit may
decrease;
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because
a lower percentage of total outstanding units will be subordinated units,
the risk that a shortfall in the payment of the quarterly distribution
will be borne by our common unitholders will
increase;
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the
relative voting strength of each previously outstanding unit may be
diminished; and
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the
market price of the common units may
decline.
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Our primary
business objective is to increase quarterly distributions per unit over
time. In
order to achieve this objective we execute the following business
strategies:
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Maintain
and grow our cash flows. We believe that the medium to
long-term, fixed-rate nature of our charters, our profit sharing
arrangements, our contracted and potential acquisitions from Capital
Maritime or third parties and our agreement with Capital Ship Management
for the commercial and technical management of our vessels, which provides
for a fixed management fee for an initial term of approximately five years
from when we take delivery of each vessel and includes the expenses for
its next scheduled special or intermediate survey, as applicable, and
related drydocking will provide a stable and growing base of revenue and
predictable expenses that will result in stable cash flows in the medium
term.
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Continue to
grow our fleet. We intend to continue to make strategic
acquisitions and to take advantage of our unique relationship with Capital
Maritime in a prudent manner that is accretive to our unitholders and to
long-term distribution growth. Since the Offering we have taken
delivery of five newbuildings and have also acquired two additional
vessels from Capital Maritime. We also expect to take delivery of one
additional 12,000 dwt small tanker during the second quarter of 2008 and
of two additional newbuildings in June and August of 2008. Furthermore,
pursuant to our omnibus agreement with Capital Maritime, we have the
opportunity to purchase six sister vessels currently owned or on order by
Capital Maritime, but only in the event those vessels are fixed under
medium to long-term charters. Capital Maritime also has a substantial
newbuilding program in place and we will continue to
evaluate opportunities to acquire both newbuildings and second-hand
vessels, if and when they are chartered for more than two years, from
Capital Maritime and from third parties as we seek to grow our
fleet. We
believe that our medium to long-term charters, strong relationships with
reputable shipyards and financial flexibility will allow us to make
additional accretive acquisitions based on our judgment and experience as
to prevailing market conditions.
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Capitalize
on our relationship with Capital Maritime and expand our charters with
recognized charterers. We believe that we can leverage
our relationship with Capital Maritime and its ability to meet the
rigorous vetting processes of leading oil companies in order to attract
new customers. We also plan to increase the number of vessels we charter
to our existing charterers as well as enter into charter agreements with
new customers in order to maintain a portfolio of charters that is diverse
from a customer, geographic and maturity perspective. Following our
Offering we have added Trafigura Beheer B.V. to our customer
base, delivered the first of three vessels to Overseas Shipholding Group
and chartered an additional vessel with BP Shipping
Limited.
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Maintain
and build on our ability to meet rigorous industry and regulatory safety
standards. Capital Ship Management, an affiliate of our
general partner that manages our vessels, has an excellent vessel safety
record, is capable of fully complying with rigorous health, safety and
environmental protection standards, and is committed to provide our
customers with a high level of customer service and support. We believe
that in order for us to be successful in growing our business in the
future we will need to maintain our excellent vessel safety record and
maintain and build on our high level of customer service and
support.
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Stable and
growing cash flows based on medium to long-term
charters. We believe that the medium to long-term,
fixed-rate nature of our charters, our profit sharing arrangements and our
fixed-rate management agreement provide a stable and growing base of
revenue and predictable expenses that result in stable and growing cash
flows. Our existing fleet has experienced significant growth since our
Offering, almost doubling in terms of carrying capacity. In addition, we
believe our intention to acquire the M/T Aristofanis in the second quarter
of 2008, our commitment to purchase two additional vessels scheduled for
delivery in 2008 and the potential opportunity to purchase up to an
additional six sister vessels and up to 25 modern double-hull
tankers of various sizes from Capital Maritime provides visible
opportunity for future growth in our revenue, operating income and net
income.
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Strong
relationship with Capital Maritime. We believe our
relationship with Capital Maritime and its affiliates provides numerous
benefits that are key to our long-term growth and success, including
Capital Maritime’s reputation within the shipping industry and its network
of strong relationships with many of the world’s leading oil companies,
shipyards, commodity traders, and shipping companies. We also benefit from
Capital Maritime’s expertise in technical fleet management and its ability
to meet the rigorous vetting processes of some of the world’s most
selective major international oil companies, including BP p.l.c., Royal
Dutch Shell plc, StatoilHydro ASA, and most recently Chevron Corporation
and ExxonMobil Corporation. We believe we are well-positioned not only to
retain existing customers such as BP Shipping Limited, Morgan Stanley
Capital Group Inc., Trafigura Beheer B.V. and Overseas Shipholding Group
Inc., but also to enter into agreements with other large charterers and
oil companies.
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Leading
position in the product tanker market, with a modern, capable fleet, built
to high specifications. Our fleet of
15 tankers includes the largest Ice Class 1A MR fleet in the
world based on number of vessels and carrying capacity. The IMO II/III and
Ice Class 1A classification notations of most of our vessels provide a
high degree of flexibility as to what cargoes our charterers can choose to
trade as they employ our fleet. We also believe that the range in size and
geographic flexibility of our fleet are attractive to our charterers,
allowing them to consider a variety of trade routes and cargoes. In
addition, with an average age of approximately 2.5 years, our fleet is one
of the youngest fleets of its size in the world. Finally, we
believe our vessels’ compliance with
existing and expected regulatory standards, the high technical
specifications of our vessels and our fleet’s flexibility to transport a
wide variety of refined products and crude oil across a wide range of
trade routes is attractive to our existing and potential
charterers.
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Financial
strength and flexibility. At the time of the Offering we
entered into a non-amortizing revolving credit facility that provided us
with the funds to purchase the vessels delivered to us to date, including
the M/T Attikos, and we expect will provide us with the funds to pay a
substantial portion of the purchase price for the remaining two newbuildings to be
delivered in 2008. On March 19, 2008 we entered into a new 10-year
revolving credit facility of up to $350.0 million, which is non-amortizing
until March 2013, further enhancing our financial flexibility to realize
new vessel acquisitions from Capital Maritime and third parties. We may
use this facility to finance a portion of the acquisition price of
certain identified vessels currently in Capital Maritime’s fleet which we
may elect to acquire in the future and up to 50% of the purchase
price of any potential future purchases of modern tanker vessels from
Capital Maritime or any third parties. To date, we have
used $46.0 million of this
facility to fund part of the acquisition price of the M/T Amore Mio II
from Capital Maritime and expect to use approximately $11.5 million in
connection with the acquisition of the M/T Aristofanis in the second
quarter of 2008.**
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BP Shipping
Limited, the shipping affiliate of BP p.l.c., one of the world’s
largest producers of crude oil and natural gas. BP p.l.c. has exploration
and production interests in 26 countries and as of December 31,
2006, BP p.l.c. had proved reserves of 17.7 billion barrels of oil
and gas equivalent.
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Morgan
Stanley Capital Group Inc., the commodities division of Morgan
Stanley, the international investment bank, is a leading commodities
trading firm in the energy and metals markets, encompassing both physical
and derivative capabilities.
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Overseas
Shipholding Group Inc., one of the largest independent
shipping companies in the world operating crude and product tankers. As of
December 31, 2007, Overseas
Shipholding Group Inc.’s operating fleet consisted of 214 vessels, 44
of which were under construction, aggregating 14.8 million
dwt.
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Trafigura
Beheer
B.V., a large trader of crude oil and refined products based in The
Netherlands and founded in 1993. Trafigura is the world’s largest
independent oil trader with investments
in industrial assets around the world of more than $600 million as of
October 2007.
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The
four Ice Class 1A, IMO II/III, 47,000 dwt, MR chemical/product contracted
newbuildings were delivered to us between May and September 2007 and
delivered to Morgan Stanley Inc., their charterer. The charters for all
four of these vessels are subject to profit sharing arrangements which
allow each party to share additional revenues above the base rate on a
50/50 basis. Our current fleet of 12 newly built, Ice Class 1A MR vessels
represents the largest such fleet in the world based on number of vessels
and carrying capacity. Ice Class 1A vessels may earn a premium
during winter months as they are capable of navigating through many
ice-covered routes inaccessible to standard product
tankers.
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The
M/T Attikos, a 12,000 dwt, 2005 built, double-hull product tanker which is
chartered to Trafigura Beheer B.V. under a charter with an earliest
scheduled expiration date of September 2009, was our first non-contracted
acquisition from Capital Maritime. The vessel was delivered to us in
September 2007.
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The
M/T Alexandros II, a 51,258 dwt IMO II/III MR chemical/product tanker, the
first of three such contracted newbuilding MR sister vessels, was
delivered in January 2008 and delivered to subsidiaries of Overseas
Shipholding Group Inc., its charterer. The two sister vessels we have
agreed to acquire from Capital Maritime are scheduled for delivery in June
and August of 2008, respectively. All vessels are capable of transporting
a range of refined oil products, chemicals (including ethanol and
biodiesel feedstock), fuel oil and crude oil
worldwide.
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The
M/T Amore Mio II, a 159,982 dwt, 2001 built,
double-hull tanker, which is chartered to BP Shipping Limited under a
charter with an earliest scheduled expiration date of January 2011, was
acquired from Capital Maritime in March 2008. The charter is subject to a
profit sharing arrangement which is calculated and settled monthly and
which allows each party to share additional revenues above the base rate
on a 50/50 basis.
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Vessel
Name
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Sister
Vessels
(1)
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Year
Built/ Delivery
Date |
DWT
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OPEX
(per
day) |
Management
Agreement Expiration |
Duration/
Charter
Type
(2)
|
Expiry
of
Charter
(3)
|
Daily
Charter
Rate (Net)
(4)
|
Profit
Sharing
|
Charterer
(5) |
Description
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VESSELS CURRENTLY IN
OUR FLEET
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Initial
Fleet – Delivered to Us At Time of the Offering (6)
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Atlantas
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A
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2006
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36,760
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$250
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Jan-Apr
2011
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8-year
BC
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Mar-2014
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$15,000(7)
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BP
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Ice
Class 1A IMO II/III Chemical/ Product
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Aktoras
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A
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2006
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36,759
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$250
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Apr-Jul
2011
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8-year
BC
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Jun-2014
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$15,000(7)
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BP
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Aiolos
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A
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2007
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36,725
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$250
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8-year
BC
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Feb-2015
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$15,000(7)
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BP
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Agisilaos
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A
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2006
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36,760
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$5,500
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May-Aug
2011
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2.5-year
TC
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Jan-2009
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$17,500(7)
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ü
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BP
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Arionas
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A
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2006
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36,725
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$5,500
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Aug-Nov
2011
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2.5-year
TC
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Apr-2009
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$21,000(9)(8)
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ü
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BP
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Axios
|
B
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2007
|
47,872
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$5,500
|
Dec-2011-Mar-2012
|
3-year
TC
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Jan-2010
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$20,500(8)
|
ü
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BP
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Avax
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B
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2007
|
47,834
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$5,500
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Jun
2010
|
3-year
TC
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May-2010
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$20,500
|
ü
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BP
|
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Assos
|
B
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2006
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47,872
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$5,500
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Feb-May
2011
|
3-year
TC
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Oct-2009
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$20,000
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ü
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MS
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Total
DWT:
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327,307
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Vessels
Purchased from Capital Maritime since the Offering
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Atrotos
(6)
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B
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May-2007
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47,786
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$5,500
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Feb-May
2012
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3-year
TC
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Apr-2010
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$20,000
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ü
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MS
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Ice
Class 1A IMO II/III Chemical/ Product
|
Akeraios
(6)
|
B
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Jul-2007
|
47,781
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$5,500
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May-Aug
2012
|
3-year
TC
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Jun-2010
|
$20,000
|
ü
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MS
|
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Anemos
I (6)
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B
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Sept-2007
|
47,782
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$5,500
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Jul-Oct
2012
|
3-year
TC
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Aug-2010
|
$20,000
|
ü
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MS
|
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Apostolos
(6)
|
B
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Sept-2007
|
47,782
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$5,500
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Jul-Oct
2012
|
3-year
TC
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Aug-2010
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$20,000
|
ü
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MS
|
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Attikos
(10)
|
C
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2005
|
12,000
|
$5,500
|
Sept-Nov
2012
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26-28
mon. TC
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Sept-2009
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$13,503
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Trafigura
|
Product
|
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Alexandros
II (11)(12)
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D
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Jan-2008
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51,258
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$250
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Dec-2012-Mar
2013
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10-year
BC
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Dec-2017
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$13,000
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OSG
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IMO
II/III Chem./Prod.
|
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Amore
Mio II (13)
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E
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2001
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159,982
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$8,500
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Mar-Apr
2013
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3-year
TC
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Jan-2011
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$36,000
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ü
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BP
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Crude
Oil
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Total
DWT:
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704,858
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VESSELS WE HAVE AGREED
TO OR MAY PURCHASE FROM CAPITAL MARITIME
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Additional
Contracted Vessels (With Expected Delivery Date)
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Aristofanis
(10)
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C
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2005
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12,000
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$5,500
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2-year
TC
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Mar-2010
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$12,952
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Shell
|
Product
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Aristotelis
II (11)(12)
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D
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Jun-2008
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51,000
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$250
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Mar-Jun
2013
|
10-year
BC
|
May-2018
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$13,000
|
OSG
|
IMO
II/III Chem./Prod.
|
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Aris
II (11)(12)
|
D
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Aug-2008
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51,000
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$250
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May-Aug
2013
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10-year
BC
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Jul-2018
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$13,000
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OSG
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Total
DWT:
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114,000
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Vessel
Name
|
Sister
Vessels
(1)
|
Year
Built/ Delivery
Date |
DWT
|
OPEX
(per
day) |
Management
Agreement Expiration |
Duration/
Charter
Type
(2)
|
Expiry
of
Charter
(3)
|
Daily
Charter
Rate (Net)
(4)
|
Profit
Sharing
|
Charterer
(5) |
Description
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May
Purchase if Under Long-Term Charter (With Expected Delivery Date to
Capital Maritime)
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Aristidis
(6)
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A
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Jan-2006
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36,680
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Ice
Class 1A IMO II/III Chem./Prod.
|
|||||||
Alkiviadis
(6)
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A
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Mar-2006
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36,721
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Agamemnon
II (11)
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D
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Oct-2008
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51,000
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IMO
II/III Chemical/
Product
|
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Ayrton
III (11)
|
D
|
Jan-2009
|
51,000
|
||||||||
Adonis
II (11)
|
D
|
Jan-2009
|
51,000
|
||||||||
Asterix
II (11)
|
D
|
Mar-2009
|
51,000
|
||||||||
Total
DWT:
|
277,401
|
||||||||||
|
(1)
|
Sister
vessels, which are vessels of similar specifications and size typically
built at the same shipyard, are denoted in the tables by the same
letter.
|
(2)
|
TC:
Time Charter, BC: Bareboat Charter.
|
(3)
|
Earliest
possible redelivery date. With the exception of the charter for the M/T
Attikos and the M/T Aristofanis, whose charters expire on the date of
expiration, redelivery date is +/–30 days at the charterer’s
option.
|
(4)
|
All
rates quoted above are the net rates after we or our charterers have paid
commissions on the base rate. The BP time and bareboat charters are
subject to 1.25% commissions. The Trafigura time charter is subject to
2.5% commissions. The Shell time charter is subject to 2.25% commissions.
We do not pay any commissions for the MS time
charters.
|
(5)
|
BP:
BP Shipping Limited. MS: Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., OSG:
certain subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. Trafigura:
Trafigura Beheer B.V. Shell: Shell International Trading &
Shipping Company Ltd.
|
(6)
|
These
vessels were built by Hyundai MIPO Dockyard Co., Ltd., South
Korea.
|
(7)
|
The
last three years of the BC will be at a daily charter rate of $13,433
(net).
|
(8)
|
In
addition to the commission on the gross charter rate, the ship broker is
entitled to an additional 1.25% commission on the amount of profit
share.
|
(9)
|
The
last six months of the TC will be at a net daily charter rate of
$19,000 plus a 50/50 profit sharing arrangement (from November 4, 2008 to
April 4, 2009).
|
(10)
|
These
vessels were built by Baima Shipyard, China. The M/T Attikos was acquired
by us in September 2007. We intend to acquire the M/T Aristofanis by the
end of the second quarter of 2008 in accordance with a letter of intent
entered into with Capital Maritime in February
2008.
|
(11)
|
These
vessels were built or are being built by STX Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.,
South Korea.
|
(12)
|
OSG
has an option to purchase each of the three STX vessels delivered or to be
delivered in 2008 at the end of the eighth, ninth or tenth year of the
applicable charter, for $38.0 million, $35.5 million and
$33.0 million, respectively, which option is exercisable six months
before the date of completion of the eighth, ninth or tenth year of the
charter. The expiration date above may therefore change depending on
whether the charterer exercises its purchase
option.
|
(13)
|
This
vessel was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Co., Ltd., South Korea and was acquired by us in March 2008.
|
|
CAPITAL MARITIME’S
FLEET
|
Vessel
Name
|
Sister Vessels
(1)
|
Year
Built/Expected Delivery
Date
|
DWT
|
Description
|
Suezmaxes
|
||||
Miltiadis
M II (2)
|
-
|
2006
|
162,396
|
ICE
Class 1A Product/Crude Oil
|
Alterego
II (2)
|
E
|
2002
|
159,924
|
Crude
Oil
|
Handy
Tankers (3)
|
||||
Achilleas
II
|
F
|
Jun-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Athlos
II
|
F
|
Jun-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Amor
II
|
F
|
Jul-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Aktor
II
|
F
|
Jul-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Aristos
II
|
F
|
Aug-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Anaxagoras
II
|
F
|
Aug-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Amadeus
II
|
F
|
Sep-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Aiolos
II
|
F
|
Sep-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Aktoras
II
|
F
|
Oct-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Alkaios
II
|
F
|
Oct-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Atlantas
II
|
F
|
Nov-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Amfitrion
II
|
F
|
Nov-2010
|
25,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Small
Tankers – 14,000 dwt (4)
|
|
|||
Amorito
II
|
G
|
Sep-2008
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Allegro
II
|
G
|
Nov-2008
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Archimidis
II
|
G
|
Dec-2008
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Aias
II
|
G
|
Apr-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Active
II
|
G
|
Jun-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Amigo
II
|
G
|
Jul-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Apollonas
II
|
G
|
Aug-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Adamastos
II
|
G
|
Sep-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Anikitos
II
|
G
|
Dec-2009
|
14,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Small
Tankers – 12,000 dwt (5)
|
|
|
||
Asopos
|
H
|
Aug-2008
|
12,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
Akadimos
|
H
|
Nov-2008
|
12,000
|
IMO
II Chemical/Product
|
TOTAL
DWT:
|
772,320
|
(1)
|
Sister
vessels, which are vessels of similar specifications and size typically
built at the same shipyard, are denoted in the tables by the same
letter.
|
(2)
|
These
vessels were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Co., Ltd., South Korea.
|
(3)
|
These
vessels are being built by Samho Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., South
Korea.
|
(4)
|
These
vessels are being built or were built by Baima Shipyard,
China.
|
(5) |
These
vessels are being built by Ziuziang Yinxing Shipyard Co. Ltd,
China.
|
|
•
|
Hull and machinery
insurance covers loss of or damage to a vessel due to marine perils
such as collisions, grounding and weather and the coverage is usually to
an agreed “insured value” which, as a matter of policy, is never less than
the particular vessel’s fair market
value.
|
|
•
|
Increased value insurance
augments hull and machinery insurance cover by providing a low-cost
means of increasing the insured value of the vessels in the event of a
total loss casualty.
|
|
•
|
Protection and indemnity
insurance is the principal coverage for third party liabilities and
indemnifies against other liabilities incurred while operating vessels,
including injury to the crew, third parties, cargo or third party property
loss for which the shipowner is responsible and pollution. The current
available amount of our coverage for pollution is $1.0 billion per
vessel per incident.
|
|
•
|
War Risks insurance
covers such items as piracy and
terrorism.
|
Type
|
Aggregate Sum Insured
For All Vessels in our Existing Fleet
|
|
Hull
and Machinery
|
$551.0
million (increased value insurance (including excess liabilities) provides
additional coverage).
|
|
Increased
Value (including Excess Liabilities)
|
Up
to $268.0 million additional coverage in total.
|
|
Protection
and Indemnity (P&I)
|
Pollution
liability claims: limited to $1.0 billion per vessel per
incident.
|
|
War
Risk
|
$819.0
million.
|
|
•
|
on-board
installation of automatic identification systems to enhance
vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore
communications;
|
|
•
|
on-board
installation of ship security alert
systems;
|
|
•
|
the
development of vessel security plans;
and
|
|
•
|
compliance
with flag state security certification
requirements.
|
|
•
|
Time charters, which
are contracts for the use of a vessel for a fixed period of time at a
specified daily rate. With the exception of our time charters with Morgan
Stanley Capital Group Inc. where we receive net daily rates, we are
responsible for the payment of all commissions under our time charters.
All other expenses related to time charter voyages are assumed by the
charterers. Capital Ship Management, our manager, is generally responsible
for commercial, technical, health and safety and other management
services related to the vessels’ operation. With the exception of the time
charter for the M/T Attikos, as of December 31, 2007 all of our time
charter agreements contained profit sharing arrangements. Profit sharing
refers to an arrangement between owners and charterers to share, at a
pre-determined percentage, voyage profit in excess of the basic hire
rate.
|
|
•
|
Bareboat charters,
which are contracts pursuant to which the vessel owner provides the vessel
to the charterer for a fixed period of time at a specified daily rate, and
the customer provides for all of the vessel’s operating expenses including
crewing, repairs, maintenance, insurance, stores, lube oils and
communication expenses in addition to the voyage costs (with the exception
of commissions) and generally assumes all risk of
operation.
|
|
•
|
the
continuing strong demand for seaborne transportation
services;
|
|
•
|
supply
of product and crude oil tankers and specifically the number of
newbuildings entering the world tanker fleet each
year;
|
|
•
|
the
successful implementation of our fleet expansion strategy, including
taking delivery of our newbuildings on or about their scheduled delivery
dates;
|
|
•
|
the
ability of Capital Maritime’s commercial and chartering operations to
successfully employ our vessels at economically attractive rates,
particularly as our fleet expands and our charters
expire;
|
|
•
|
our
ability to benefit from new maritime regulations concerning the phase-out
of single-hull vessels and the more restrictive regulations for the
transport of certain products and
cargoes;
|
|
•
|
the
effective and efficient technical management of our
vessels;
|
|
•
|
Capital
Maritime’s ability to obtain and maintain major international oil company
approvals and to satisfy their technical, health, safety and compliance
standards; and
|
|
•
|
the
strength of and growth in the number of our customer relationships,
especially with major international oil companies and major commodity
traders.
|
|
•
|
the
charterhire earned by our vessels under time charters and bareboat
charters;
|
|
•
|
our
access to capital required to acquire additional vessels and/or to
implement our business strategy;
|
|
•
|
our
ability to sell vessels at prices we deem
satisfactory;
|
|
•
|
our
level of debt and the related interest expense and amortization of
principal; and
|
|
•
|
the
level of any distribution on our common
units.
|
|
•
|
Limited
Operations. The results of operations and cash flows
presented in our audited consolidated and predecessor combined financial
statements for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 do not
reflect operations of all the vessels comprising our fleet for the
reporting period. As of December 31, 2007 our fleet was comprised of 13
vessels. The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2007
include operations of the five vessels and the M/T Attikos which had been
delivered as of December 31, 2006. The remaining seven vessels of our
fleet were delivered from the shipyard between January and September of
2007 and are
included in our results of operations and cash flows only as of their
respective delivery dates. During the year ended December 31, 2006, our
fleet was comprised of five vessels, which were in operation for only a
part of the reporting period and the M/T Attikos which was in operation
for the whole year. During the year ended December 31, 2005, our fleet was
comprised of the M/T Attikos, which was in operation for the period from
January 20, 2005 to December 31, 2005. The two vessels we have acquired or
taken delivery of in the first quarter of 2008 are not reflected in our
financial statements. Please read “—Accounting for Deliveries of Vessels”
above and “—Different Statements of Income” below for a description of the
financial treatment of vessel acquisitions, including of the M/T
Attikos.
|
|
•
|
Different Sources of
Revenues. A portion of the revenues generated during the
year ended December 31, 2006 and for the period ended April 3, 2007
was derived from charters with different terms than the charters that are
currently in place.
|
|
•
|
Different Structure of
Operating Expenses. On April 3, 2007, we entered into a
management agreement with Capital Ship Management pursuant to which
Capital Ship Management agreed to provide commercial and technical
management services to us for an initial term of approximately five years
from when we take delivery of each vessel. Under the agreement we pay Capital Ship
Management a fixed daily fee of $5,500 per vessel for our time chartered
vessels which covers vessel operating expenses, including crewing, repairs
and maintenance, insurance and the cost of any scheduled
special/intermediate surveys for each vessel, and related drydocking, as
applicable, and a fixed daily fee of $250 per bareboat chartered vessel.
Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the
period ended April 3, 2007 for the initial vessels, and September 23, 2007
for M/T Attikos, represent actual costs incurred by the vessel-owning
subsidiaries and Capital Ship Management in the operation of the vessels
that were operated as part of Capital Maritime’s
fleet.
|
|
•
|
Different Structure of General
and Administrative Expenses. Since our Offering we have
incurred certain general and administrative expenses as a publicly traded
limited partnership that we had not previously incurred. For the year
ended December 31, 2006, we did not incur any similar general and
administrative expenses.
|
|
•
|
Different Financing
Arrangements. The vessels delivered to Capital Maritime
during 2005 and 2006 were purchased under financing arrangements with
terms that differ from those of the $370.0 million credit facility we
entered into at the time of the Offering and which we used to finance the
acquisition of the seven vessels we committed to purchase from Capital
Maritime in 2007 and 2008. Importantly, under the financing arrangements
entered into following our Offering, we are not required to make
repayments of principal before June 2012. In addition, the historical bank
debt bore interest at floating rates while we have entered into
interest rate swap agreements to fix the LIBOR portion of our interest
rate in connection with the debt drawn down under our existing credit
facility. For a description of our non-amortizing revolving credit
facility, please read “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Revolving Credit
Facilities” below.
|
|
•
|
The Size of our Fleet
Continues to Change. At the time of our Offering, our fleet
consisted of eight vessels and we contracted to purchase an additional
seven vessels from Capital Maritime. Between May and September 2007 we
took delivery of four of the contracted vessels and also acquired the
M/T Attikos from Capital Maritime. All of the vessels delivered
between May and September 2007 were under long-term charters at the time
of their delivery. An additional
contracted vessel was delivered in January 2008 and the remaining two
vessels we contracted to purchase are expected to be delivered by the end
of the third quarter of 2008. In March 2008 we acquired an additional
vessel from Capital Maritime which we had not contracted to purchase at
the time of our Offering and we expect to acquire one additional
non-contracted vessel from Capital Maritime during the second quarter of
2008. We intend to continue to make strategic acquisitions in a prudent
manner that is accretive to our distributable cash flow per
unit.
|
|
•
|
Statements of Income
Retroactively Adjusted. Our statement of income for the year ended
December 31, 2007 includes the results of operations of the eight vessels
comprising our fleet at the time of our Offering, the four vessels we had
contracted to purchase from Capital Maritime which were delivered during
2007 and the M/T Attikos which was acquired from an entity under common
control on September 24, 2007. Following the acquisition of the M/T
Attikos, the statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2006
and 2005 have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the results of
operations of the M/T Attikos as if it were owned by us for the entire
three-year period from its delivery to Capital Maritime.
|
|
Cash
Flows
|
|
•
|
$77.6
million, representing advances to the shipyards paid by Capital Maritime
between January 1, 2007 and April 3, 2007 with respect to the construction
of three of the vessels in our initial fleet: the M/T Aiolos, the M/T Avax
and the M/T Axios; and
|
|
•
|
$166.1
million, representing the net book value at the time of their acquisition
by us of five vessels we contracted to purchase from Capital Maritime at
the time of our Offering that were delivered between May and September
2007: the M/T Atrotos, the M/T Akeraios, the M/T Anemos I, the M/T
Apostolos and the M/T
Attikos.
|
Name of
Vessel
|
Delivery
Date/(Expected Delivery Date) |
Expiration of
Charter |
Daily Charter
Rate (Net) |
OPEX
(per
day)
|
Charterer
(1)
|
Purchase
Price
|
Atrotos
|
May
2007
|
April
2010
|
$20,000(2)
|
$5,500
|
MS
|
$56,000,000
|
Akeraios
|
July
2007
|
June
2010
|
$20,000(2)
|
$5,500
|
MS
|
$56,000,000
|
Anemos
I
|
September
2007
|
August
2010
|
$20,000(2)
|
$5,500
|
MS
|
$56,000,000
|
Apostolos
|
September
2007
|
August
2010
|
$20,000(2)
|
$5,500
|
MS
|
$56,000,000
|
Attikos
|
September
2007
|
September
2009
|
$13,504(3)
|
$5,500
|
Trafigura
|
$23,000,000
|
Alexandros
II
|
January
2008
|
December
2017
|
$13,000(4)
|
$250
|
OSG
|
$48,000,000
|
Amore
Mio II
|
March
2008
|
January
2011
|
$36,000(2)(3)
|
$8,500
|
BP
|
$95,000,000
|
Aristofanis
|
April-June
2008 (E)
|
March
2010
|
$12,952(3)
|
$5,500
|
Shell
|
$23,000,000
|
Aristotelis
II
|
June
2008 (E)
|
May
2018
|
$13,000(4)
|
$250
|
OSG
|
$48,000,000
|
Aris
II
|
August
2008 (E)
|
July
2018
|
$13,000(4)
|
$250
|
OSG
|
$48,000,000
|
(1)
|
BP:
BP Shipping Limited. Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley Capital
Group Inc., OSG: certain subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding
Group Inc. Trafigura: Trafigura Beheer B.V. Shell: Shell
International Trading & Shipping Company
Ltd.
|
(2)
|
Subject
to 50/50 profit sharing arrangement. Please read “Item 4: Business —Time
Charters—Profit Sharing” and “Item 4: Business —Our Fleet” above for more
information on our profit sharing arrangements and relevant
commissions.
|
(3)
|
The
rates quoted above are the net rates after we have paid commissions on the
base rates. The rates for the M/T Attikos, the M/T Amore Mio II and the
M/T Aristofanis are subject to 2.5%, 1.25% and 2.25% commissions,
respectively.
|
(4)
|
Under
the charters with Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. for the three STX
vessels to be delivered in 2008, Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. has
an option to purchase each vessel at the end of the eighth, ninth or tenth
year of the charter, for $38.0 million, $35.5 million and
$33.0 million respectively, which option is exercisable six months
before the date of completion of the eighth, ninth or tenth year of the
respective charter. The expiration date above may therefore change
depending on whether the charterer exercises its purchase
option.
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Thereafter
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term
Debt Obligations
|
- | - | - | - | $ | 13,725 | $ | 260,775 | $ | 274,500 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Obligations (1)
|
$ | 16,373 | $ | 16,328 | $ | 16,329 | $ | 16,329 | $ | 16,227 | $ | 54,200 | $ | 135,786 | ||||||||||||||
Vessel
Purchase Commitments (2)(3)
|
$ | 144,000 | - | - | - | - | - | $ | 144,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 160,373 | $ | 16,328 | $ | 16,329 | $ | 16,329 | $ | 29,952 | $ | 314,975 | $ | 554,286 |
(1)
|
Interest
expense has been calculated based on the fixed interest rate of 5.1325%
plus a margin of 0.75% for the amount of $254.0 million and 4.925% plus a
margin of 0.75% for the amount of $20.5 million. The interest rate
fixation resulted from the nine interest rate swap agreements that we
entered into in order to reduce our exposure to cash flow risks from
fluctuating interest rates and fully cover our
debt.
|
(2)
|
Purchase
commitments represent outstanding purchase commitments relating to the
acquisition of the final three MR product tankers (M/T Alexandros II, M/T
Aristotelis II and M/T Aris II) to be delivered to us pursuant to the
share purchase agreement we entered into with Capital Maritime. The M/T Alexandros
II was delivered to us in January 2008 and the remaining two vessels are
scheduled for delivery in June and August 2008
respectively.
|
(3)
|
On
March 27, 2008, we entered into a share purchase agreement with Capital
Maritime to acquire the M/T Amore Mio II for an aggregate purchase price
of $95.0 million. Please read “Item 8B: Significant
Changes” for more
information regarding this
acquisition.
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
|
Evangelos
M. Marinakis (1)
|
40
|
Director
and Chairman of the Board
|
|
Ioannis
E. Lazaridis (1)
|
40
|
Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and
Director
|
|
Nikolaos
Syntychakis (1)
|
46
|
Director
|
|
Robert
Curt (2)
|
57
|
Director
(5)
|
|
Abel
Rasterhoff (3)
|
67
|
Director
(5)
|
|
Evangelos
G. Bairactaris (4)
|
37
|
Director
and Secretary
|
|
Keith
Forman (4)
|
49
|
Director
(5)
|
(1) | Appointed by our general partner (term expires in 2010). |
(2)
|
Appointed
as initial Class I director (term expires in
2008).
|
(3)
|
Appointed
as initial Class II director (term expires in
2009).
|
(4)
|
Appointed
as initial Class III director (term expires in
2010).
|
(5)
|
Member
of our Audit Committee and our Conflicts
Committee.
|
Common Units
Owned
|
Subordinated Units
Owned
|
Percentage
of
Total
Common and
Subordinated
Units
|
|||
Name of Beneficial
Owner
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Capital
Maritime(1)(2)
|
2,007,847
|
12.9%
|
8,805,522
|
100
|
43.6%
|
All
executive officers and directors as a group (7 persons)
(2)
|
0
|
0
|
8,805,522
|
100
|
36.2%
|
(1)
|
Excludes
the 2% general partner interest held by our general partner, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Capital
Maritime.
|
(2)
|
The
Marinakis family, including our chairman Mr. Marinakis, may be deemed to
beneficially own all of our subordinated units through its ownership of
Capital Maritime. None of our directors, director nominees or the officers
of our general partner (other than Mr. Marinakis) may be deemed to
beneficially own any of our subordinated
units.
|
Common
Units
Owned
|
Subordinated
Units Owned |
Percentage
of
Total
Common and
Subordinated
Units
|
|||
Name of Beneficial
Owner
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
Capital
Maritime (1)(2)
|
2,007,847
|
12.9%
|
8,805,522
|
100
|
43.6%
|
All
executive officers and directors as a group (7 persons)
(2)
|
0
|
0
|
8,805,522
|
100
|
36.2%
|
OppenheimerFunds,
Inc., Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund (3)
|
2,215,001
|
14.3%
|
0
|
0
|
9.1%
|
Morgan
Stanley, Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments, Inc. (4)
|
1,417,284
|
9.1%
|
0
|
0
|
5.8%
|
Lehman
Brothers Holdings Inc.(5)
|
978,500
|
6.3%
|
0
|
0
|
4.0%
|
Swank
Capital, LLC, Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP and Jerry V. Swank
(6)
|
1,386,000
|
8.9%
|
0
|
0
|
5.7%
|
(1)
|
Excludes
the 2% general partner interest held by our general partner, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Capital
Maritime.
|
(2)
|
The
Marinakis family, including our chairman Mr. Marinakis, may be deemed to
beneficially own all of our subordinated units through its ownership of
Capital Maritime. None of our directors, director nominees or the officers
of our general partner (other than Mr. Marinakis) may be deemed to
beneficially own any of our subordinated
units.
|
(3)
|
Includes
shared voting power and shared dispositive power as to 2,215,001 units
(with respect to Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.) and 1,000,000 units (with
respect to Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value
Fund). Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. is an investment adviser and
Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Value Fund is an investment company. This
information is based on the Schedule 13G/A filed by these parties with the
SEC on February 6, 2008.
|
(4)
|
This
information is based on the Schedule 13G filed by these parties with the
SEC on March 24, 2008. These units are owned, or may be deemed to be
beneficially owned, by Morgan Stanley Strategic Investments, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.
|
(5) | This information is based on the Schedule 13G/A filed by this person with the SEC on February 13, 2008. |
(6) |
Includes
shared voting and shared dispositive power of Swank Energy Income
Advisors, LP as to 1,386,000 units. Swank Capital LLC, as general partner
of Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP, may direct voting or disposition of
the 1,386,000 units held by Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP. Jerry V.
Swank, as the principal of Swank Capital, LLC, may direct voting or
disposition of the 1,386,000 units held by Swank Capital, LLC and Swank
Energy Income Advisors, LP. This information is based on the
Schedule 13G filed by these parties with the SEC on February 14,
2008.
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1.
|
Contribution Agreement.
Pursuant to a Contribution Agreement, entered into concurrently
with the closing of our Offering, Capital Maritime sold us all of the
outstanding capital stock of eight vessel-owning subsidiaries that owned
the vessels in our initial fleet (Capital Maritime retained all assets of
those subsidiaries other than the vessels, and paid off all debt of those
subsidiaries), in exchange for:
|
a.
|
the
issuance to Capital Maritime of 11,750,000 common units and 8,805,522
subordinated units,
|
b.
|
the
payment to Capital Maritime of a cash dividend in the amount of $25.0
million at the closing of our
Offering,
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c.
|
the
issuance to Capital Maritime of the right to receive an additional
dividend of $30.0 million in cash or a number of common units
necessary to satisfy the underwriters’ overallotment option or a
combination thereof, and
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d.
|
the
issuance of the 2% general partner interest in us and all of our incentive
distribution rights to Capital GP L.L.C, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Capital Maritime.
|
2.
|
Omnibus Agreement. In
connection with our Offering, we have entered into an omnibus agreement
with Capital Maritime, Capital GP L.L.C., our general partner, and our
operating subsidiary. The following discussion describes provisions of the
omnibus agreement.
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a.
|
acquiring,
owning, chartering or operating medium range tankers under charter for
less than two years;
|
b.
|
acquiring
one or more medium range tankers under charter for two or more years if
Capital Maritime offers to sell to us the tanker for the acquisition price
plus any administrative costs associated with transfer and re-flagging,
including related legal costs, to Capital Maritime that would be required
to transfer the medium range tankers and related charters to us at the
time it is acquired or putting a medium range tanker that Capital Maritime
owns or operates under charter for two or more years if Capital Maritime
offers to sell the tanker to us for fair market value at the time it is
chartered for two or more years and, in each case, at each renewal or
extension of that charter for two or more
years;
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c.
|
acquiring
one or more medium range tankers under charter for two or more years as
part of the acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or package
of assets and owning and operating or chartering those vessels provided,
however, that:
|
|
i.
|
if
less than a majority of the value of the total assets or business acquired
is attributable to those medium range tankers and related charters, as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of Capital Maritime;
Capital Maritime must offer to sell such medium range tankers and related
charters to us for their fair market value plus any additional tax or
other similar costs to Capital Maritime that would be required to transfer
the medium range tankers and related charters to us separately from the
acquired business.
|
|
ii.
|
if
a majority or more of the value of the total assets or business acquired
is attributable to the medium range tankers and related charters, as
determined in good faith by the board of directors of Capital Maritime.
Capital Maritime shall notify us in writing, of the proposed acquisition.
We shall, not later than the 10th calendar day following receipt of such
notice, notify Capital Maritime if we wish to acquire the medium range
tankers and related charters forming part of the business or package of
assets in cooperation and simultaneously with Capital Maritime acquiring
the Non-Medium Range Tankers (as defined below) and related charters
forming part of that business or package of assets. If we do not notify
Capital Maritime of our intent to pursue the acquisition within 10
calendar days, Capital Maritime may proceed with the acquisition as
provided in (i) above.
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d.
|
acquiring
a non-controlling interest in any company, business or pool of
assets;
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e.
|
acquiring,
owning or operating medium range tankers under charter for two or more
years subject to the offers to us described in paragraphs (b) and
(c) above (i) pending our determination whether to accept such
offers and pending the closing of any offers we accept, or (ii) if we
elect to acquire the medium range tankers and related
charter;
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f.
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providing
ship management services relating to any vessel whatsoever, including to
medium range tankers owned by the controlled affiliates of Capital
Maritime; or
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g.
|
acquiring,
operating or chartering medium range tankers under charter for two or more
years if we have previously advised Capital Maritime that we consent to
such acquisition, operation or
charter.
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a.
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apply
to any Non-Medium Range Tanker owned, operated or chartered by us or any
of our subsidiaries, and the ownership, operation or chartering of any
Non-Medium Range Tanker that replaces any of those Non-Medium Range
Tankers in connection with the destruction or total loss of the original
tanker; the tanker being damaged to an extent that makes repairing it
uneconomical or renders it permanently unfit for normal use, as determined
in good faith by our board of directors within 90 days after the
occurrence of the damage; or the tanker’s condemnation, confiscation,
requisition, seizure, forfeiture or a similar taking of title to or use of
it that continues for at least six
months;
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b.
|
prevent
us or any of our subsidiaries from acquiring Non-Medium Range Tankers and
any related charters as part of the acquisition of a controlling interest
in a business or package of assets and owning and operating or chartering
those vessels, provided, however,
that:
|
|
i.
|
if
less than a majority of the value of the total assets or business acquired
is attributable to Non-Medium Range Tankers and related charters, as
determined in good faith by our board of directors we must offer to sell
such Non-Medium Range Tankers and related charters to Capital Maritime
within 30 days for their fair market value plus any additional tax or
other similar costs to us that would be required to transfer the
Non-Medium Range Tankers and related charters to Capital Maritime
separately from the acquired
business;
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|
ii.
|
if
a majority or more of the value of the total assets or business acquired
is attributable to Non-Medium Range Tankers and related charters, as
determined in good faith by our board of directors we shall notify Capital
Maritime in writing of the proposed acquisition. Capital Maritime shall,
not later than the 10th calendar day following receipt of such notice,
notify us if it wishes to acquire the Non-Medium Range Tankers forming
part of the business or package of assets in cooperation and
simultaneously with the us acquiring the medium range tankers under
charter for two or more years forming part of that business or package of
assets. If Capital Maritime does not notify us of its intent to pursue the
acquisition within 10 calendar days, we may proceed with the acquisition
as provided in (i) above.
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c.
|
prevent
us from acquiring a non-controlling interest in any company, business or
pool of assets;
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d.
|
prevent
us or any of our subsidiaries from owning, operating or chartering any
Non-Medium Range Tankers subject to the offer to Capital Maritime
described in paragraph (b) above, pending its determination whether
to accept such offer and pending the closing of any offer it accepts;
or
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e.
|
prevent
us or any of our subsidiaries from acquiring, operating or chartering
Non-Medium Range Tankers if Capital Maritime has previously advised us
that it consents to such acquisition, operation or
charter.
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3.
|
Management Agreement.
We have entered into a Management Agreement with Capital Ship Management,
a subsidiary of Capital Maritime, pursuant to which Capital Ship
Management provides us with certain commercial and technical management
services. These services will be provided in a commercially reasonable
manner in accordance with customary ship management practice and under our
direction. Capital Ship Management may provide these services to us
directly or it may subcontract for certain of these services with other
entities, including other Capital Maritime
subsidiaries.
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a.
|
We
pay Capital Ship Management a fixed daily fee of $5,500 per time chartered
vessel ($8,500 for the M/T Amore Mio II) in our fleet to provide the
commercial and technical management services and costs to such time
chartered vessels, which includes the cost of the first special survey. We
pay a fixed daily fee of $250 per bareboat chartered vessel in our fleet,
mainly to cover compliance costs, which include those costs incurred by
Capital Ship Management to remain in compliance with the oil majors’
requirements, including vetting
requirements.
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b.
|
With
respect to each vessel in our fleet at the time of our Offering, the
management agreement has an initial term of approximately five years
beginning from when each vessel commenced operations through and including
the date of its next scheduled special or intermediate survey and includes
the expenses for such special or intermediate survey, as applicable, and
related drydocking. With respect to each vessel that has been or will be
subsequently delivered the management agreement will have an initial term
of approximately five years from when we take delivery of each
vessel.
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c.
|
In
addition to the fixed daily fees payable under the management agreement,
Capital Ship Management is entitled to reasonable supplementary
remuneration for extraordinary fees and costs of any direct and indirect
expenses it incurs in providing these
services.
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4.
|
Administrative Services
Agreement. We have entered into an administrative services
agreement with Capital Ship Management, pursuant to which Capital Ship
Management will provide certain administrative management services to us.
The agreement has an initial term of five years from the closing date of
our Offering. The services Capital Ship Management provides us with under
the agreement include, among others (a) bookkeeping, audit and accounting
services, (b) legal and insurance services, (c) administrative and
clerical services, (d) banking and financial services, (e) advisory
services and (f), client and investor relations services. We reimburse
Capital Ship Management for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the provision of these services within 15 days after
Capital Ship Management submits to us an invoice for such costs and
expenses, together with any supporting detail that may be reasonably
required.
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5.
|
Share Purchase
Agreement. In connection with our Offering, we entered into a share
purchase agreement with Capital Maritime to purchase its interests in the
subsidiaries that owned the seven vessels and related charters that
comprised our contracted fleet at the time of the Offering. At this time,
we have completed the purchase of five of these vessels and expect
delivery of the final two to take place in June and August of 2008
respectively. Please read “Item 4: Business—Overview—Our Fleet” for more
information on these acquisitions.
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6.
|
Related Party Loans.
For the financing of the construction of five of the vessels in our
initial fleet, the Atlantas, Aktoras, Avax, Aiolos and Assos, Capital
Maritime had entered into loan agreements with three separate banks on
behalf of the related vessel-owning subsidiaries. Capital Maritime acted
as the borrower and the vessel-owning subsidiaries acted as guarantors in
all of these loan agreements. The five vessels in our initial fleet
described above had been financed in the aggregate amounts of $0, $15.5
million and $95.5 million as of December 31, 2004, 2005 and
2006, respectively. These loans were repaid in their entirety by Capital
Maritime with a portion of the proceeds of our
Offering.
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7.
|
Dividend to Capital
Maritime. At the closing of our Offering, we borrowed
$30.0 million under our existing credit facility, $5 million of which
we used for working capital purposes and $25.0 million of
which we used to pay a cash dividend to Capital Maritime. We
also issued to Capital Maritime a number of common units necessary to
satisfy the underwriters’ overallotment option. We accounted for the
distribution to Capital Maritime of the common units necessary to satisfy
the underwriters’ overallotment option as a common unit dividend, which
had no net impact on partners’
equity.
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8.
|
Purchase of M/T
Attikos. On September 24, 2007 we entered into a share purchase
agreement with Capital Maritime pursuant to which we acquired all of
Capital Maritime’s interests in the wholly owned subsidiary that owns the
M/T Attikos. The aggregate purchase price for the vessel was $23.0
million. The M/T Attikos, a 12,000 dwt, 2005 built double-hull product
tanker, is chartered to Trafigura Beheer B.V., under a charter with an
earliest scheduled expiration date of September 2010 at a gross rate of
$13,850 per day (net rate $13,503). The transaction was approved by our
board of directors following approval by the conflicts committee of
independent directors.
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9.
|
Purchase of M/T Amore Mio
II. On March 27, 2008 we entered into a
share purchase agreement with Capital Maritime pursuant to which we
acquired all of Capital Maritime’s interests in the wholly owned
subsidiary that owns the M/T Amore Mio II. The aggregate purchase price
for the vessel was $95.0 million. We funded a portion of the purchase
price of the vessel through the issuance of 2,048,823 common units to
Capital Maritime at a price of $22.94 per unit, which was the weighted
average unit price for the period from October 15, 2007 to February 15,
2008, and the remainder through the incurrence of $46.0 million of debt
under our new credit facility and $2.0 million in cash. The M/T Amore Mio
II, a 159,982 dwt, 2001 built,
double-hull tanker, is chartered to BP Shipping Limited under a charter
with an earliest scheduled expiration date of January 2011 at a base gross
rate of $36,456 per day (net rate $36,000). The charter is also subject to
a profit sharing arrangement which is calculated and settled monthly and
which allows each party to share additional revenues above the base rate
on a 50/50 basis. The transaction was approved by our board of directors
following approval by the conflicts committee of independent
directors.
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|
•
|
Our
unitholders have no contractual or other legal right to receive
distributions other than the obligation under our partnership agreement to
distribute available cash on a quarterly basis, which is subject to the
broad discretion of our board of directors to establish reserves and other
limitations.
|
|
•
|
While
our partnership agreement requires us to distribute all of our available
cash, our partnership agreement, including provisions requiring us to make
cash distributions contained therein, may be amended. Although during the
subordination period, with certain exceptions, our partnership agreement
may not be amended without the approval of non-affiliated common
unitholders, our partnership agreement can be amended with the approval of
a majority of the outstanding common units after the subordination period
has ended.
|
|
•
|
Even
if our cash distribution policy is not modified or revoked, the amount of
distributions we pay under our cash distribution policy and the decision
to make any distribution is determined by our board of directors, taking
into consideration the terms of our partnership agreement and the
establishment of any reserves for the prudent conduct of our
business.
|
|
•
|
Under
Section 51 of the Marshall Islands Limited Partnership Act, we may
not make a distribution if the distribution would cause our liabilities to
exceed the fair value of our
assets.
|
|
•
|
We
may lack sufficient cash to pay distributions to our unitholders due to
decreases in net revenues or increases in operating expenses, principal
and interest payments on outstanding debt, tax expenses, working capital
requirements, maintenance and replacement capital expenditures or
anticipated cash needs.
|
|
•
|
Our
distribution policy will be affected by restrictions on distributions
under our revolving credit facilities which contain
material financial tests and covenants that must be satisfied. Should we
be unable to satisfy these restrictions included in our credit facilities
or if we are otherwise in default under the credit agreements, our ability
to make cash distributions to our unitholders, notwithstanding our stated
cash distribution policy, would be materially adversely
affected.
|
|
•
|
If
we make distributions out of capital surplus, as opposed to operating
surplus, such distributions will constitute a return of capital and will
result in a reduction in the quarterly distribution and the target
distribution levels. We do not anticipate that we will make any
distributions from capital surplus.
|
|
•
|
If
the ability of our subsidiaries to make any distribution to us is
restricted by, among other things, the provisions of existing and future
indebtedness, applicable partnership and limited liability company laws or
any other laws and regulations, our ability to make distributions to our
unitholders may be restricted.
|
Distributions for
Quarter Ended:
|
Amount of Cash
Distributions
|
Cash Distributions per
Unit
|
Jun.
30, 2007*
|
$8.3
million
|
$0.3626
per unit
|
|
Sep.
30, 2007
|
$8.8
million
|
$0.385
per unit
|
|
Dec.
31, 2007
|
$9.0
million
|
$0.395
per unit
|
___________
*
Prorated for the period from April 4, 2007 to June 30,
2007.
|
Marginal Percentage
Interest in Distributions
|
|||
Total Quarterly
Distribution Target Amount
|
Unitholders
|
General
Partner
|
|
Minimum
Quarterly Distribution
|
$0.3750
|
98%
|
2%
|
First
Target Distribution
|
up
to $0.4313
|
98%
|
2%
|
Second
Target Distribution
|
above
$0.4313 up to $0.4688
|
85%
|
15%
|
Third
Target Distribution
|
above
$0.4688 up to $0.5625
|
75%
|
25%
|
Thereafter
|
above
$0.5625
|
50%
|
50%
|
1.
|
On
January 28, 2008 we declared a dividend of $0.395 per unit to unitholders
of record on February 5, 2008, which amounted to $9.0 million. The
dividend was paid on February 15,
2008.
|
2.
|
On
January 29, 2008 we took delivery of the M/T Alexandros II, the first of
the three 51,000 dwt newbuilding MR chemical/product tanker sister vessels
we had contracted to purchase from Capital Maritime at a fixed purchase
price of $48 million. The vessel is chartered to subsidiaries of Overseas
Shipholding Group Inc. under a 10 year bareboat charter at a rate of
$13,000 per day.
|
3.
|
On
March 19, 2008 we entered into a new 10-year revolving credit facility of
up to $350.0 million which is non-amortizing until March 2013 with HSH
Nordbank. The credit facility is intended to finance a portion of the
acquisition price of the M/T Amore Mio II, the M/T Aristofanis and of two
other vessels currently in Capital Maritime’s fleet which we may elect to
acquire in the future. We may also use this facility to finance up to 50%
of the purchase price of any potential future purchases of modern tanker
vessels from Capital Maritime or any third parties. The loan facility is
subject to similar covenants and restrictions as those in our existing
facility.
|
4.
|
On
March 27, 2008 we entered into a
share purchase agreement with Capital Maritime pursuant to which we
acquired all of Capital Maritime’s interests in the wholly owned
subsidiary that owns the M/T Amore Mio II, a 159,982 dwt, 2001 built,
double-hull tanker. A portion of the $95.0 million aggregate purchase
price was funded through the issuance of 2,048,823 common units to
Capital Maritime at a price of $22.94 per unit, which was the weighted
average unit price for the period from October 15, 2007 to February 15,
2008, and the remainder was funded through the issuance of $46.0 million
of debt under our new credit facility and $2.0 million in cash. The M/T
Amore Mio II is chartered to BP Shipping Limited under a charter with an
earliest scheduled expiration date of January 2011 at a base gross rate of
$36,456 per day (net rate $36,000).
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5.
|
On
March 31, 2008, Capital Maritime, which owns and controls our general
partner, Capital GP L.L.C, made a capital contribution of 40,976 common
units to our general partner, which our general partner in turn
contributed to us in exchange for the issuance of 40.976 general partner
units to our general partner in order for it to maintain its 2% general
partner interest in us. Following the issuance of common units in
connection with the purchase of the Amore Mio II and the capital
contribution described above, Capital Maritime owns a 45.6% interest in
us, including its 2% interest through its ownership of our general
partner.
|
High
|
Low
|
|
Year Ended: | ||
December
31, 2007*
|
32.50
|
20.80
|
Quarter
Ended:
|
||
March
31, 2008
|
24.93
|
16.35
|
December
31, 2007
|
27.75
|
20.80
|
September
30, 2007
|
32.50
|
23.33
|
June
30, 2007*
|
28.90
|
24.08
|
Month
Ended:
|
||
March 31,
2008
|
20.31
|
16.34
|
February
29, 2008
|
20.75
|
19.05
|
January
31, 2008
|
24.93
|
17.52
|
December
31, 2007
|
24.91
|
20.80
|
November
30, 2007
|
27.75
|
20.98
|
October
31, 2007
|
27.38
|
22.66
|
_________________
*
Period commenced on March 30, 2007.
|
|
•
|
Share
Purchase Agreement dated March 27, 2008 with Capital
Maritime to acquire all of its interest in the wholly owned subsidiary
that owns the M/T Amore Mio II for an aggregate purchase price of $95.0
million. A portion of the acquisition price was funded through the
issuance of 2,048,823 common units to
Capital Maritime at a price of $22.94 per unit and the remainder through
the issuance of $46.0 million of debt under our new credit facility and
$2.0 million in cash. The transaction was approved by our board of
directors following approval by the conflicts committee of independent
directors.
|
|
•
|
Share
Purchase Agreement dated September 24, 2007 with Capital Maritime to
acquire all of its interest in the wholly owned subsidiary that owns the
M/T Attikos for an aggregate purchase price of $23.0 million. The
transaction was approved by our board of directors following approval by
the conflicts committee of independent
directors.
|
|
•
|
Revolving
Facility Agreement, dated March 19, 2008, for a new 10-year revolving
credit facility of up to $350.0 million with HSH Nordbank AG which is
non-amortizing until March 2013. The credit facility bears interest at US$
LIBOR plus a margin of 1.1% and may be
used to
finance a portion of the acquisition price of certain identified vessels
currently in Capital Maritime’s fleet which we may elect to acquire in the
future. We may also use this facility to finance up to 50% of the purchase
price of any potential future purchases of modern tanker vessels from
Capital Maritime or any third parties. To date, we have used
$46.0 million
of this facility to fund part of the acquisition price of the M/T Amore
Mio II from Capital Maritime and expect to use approximately $11.5 million
in connection with the acquisition of the M/T Aristofanis in the second
quarter of 2008. Please read “Item 5: Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Liquidity and Capital
Resources—Revolving Credit Facilities” for a full description of the new
credit facility.
|
|
•
|
Revolving
Facility Agreement, dated March 22, 2007, as amended September 19, 2007,
for a 10-year revolving credit facility of up to $370.0 million with HSH Nordbank
AG which is non-amortizing until June 2012. The credit facility bears
interest at US$ LIBOR plus a margin of 0.75%. The credit facility may be
used for acquisitions and for general partnership purposes. Our
obligations under the facility are secured by first-priority mortgages
on 14 product tankers.
Please read “Item 5: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operation—Liquidity and Capital
Resources—Revolving Credit Facilities” for a full description of the
existing credit facility.
|
|
•
|
Omnibus
Agreement with Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., Capital GP LLC, our
general partner, and Capital Product Operating GP LLC dated April 3,
2007.
|
|
•
|
Management
Agreement with Capital Ship Management pursuant to which Capital Ship
Management shall provide commercial and technical management services to
us dated April 3, 2007, as amended on September 24, 2007 and March 27,
2008 to reflect the acquisitions of the M/T Attikos and the M/T Amore Mio
II, respectively.
|
|
•
|
Administrative
Services Agreement with Capital Ship Management pursuant to which Capital
Ship Management shall provide administrative support services to us dated
April 3, 2007.
|
|
•
|
Contribution
Agreement with Capital Maritime & Trading Corp., Capital GP LLC, our
general partner, and Capital Product Operating GP LLC pursuant to which
certain vessels were contributed to us at the time of our Offering dated
April 3, 2007.
|
|
•
|
Share
Purchase Agreement with Capital Maritime to purchase its interest in the
subsidiaries that owned the seven vessels and related charters we agreed
to purchase from Capital Maritime at the time of our Offering dated April
3, 2007.
|
|
•
|
We
are organized in a jurisdiction outside the United States that grants an
equivalent exemption from tax to corporations organized in the United
States (an "Equivalent
Exemption");
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•
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We
satisfy the Publicly
Traded Test (as described below);
and
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•
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We
meet certain substantiation, reporting and other
requirements.
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•
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is
an individual U.S. citizen or resident (as determined for U.S. federal
income tax purposes), a corporation or other entity organized under the
laws of the United States or its political subdivisions and classified as
a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, an estate the income
of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its
source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more
U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of
the trust;
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•
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owns
the common units as a capital asset, generally, for investment purposes;
and
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•
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owns
less than 10% of our common units for United States federal income tax
purposes.
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•
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at
least 75.0% of our gross income (including the gross income of our
vessel-owning subsidiaries) for such taxable year consists of passive
income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other
than in the active conduct of a rental business),
or
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•
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at
least 50.0% of the average value of the assets held by us (including the
assets of our vessel-owning subsidiaries) during such taxable year
produce, or are held for the production of, passive
income.
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•
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the
excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the
Non-Electing Holder’s aggregate holding period for the common
units;
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•
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the
amount allocated to the current taxable year and any year prior to the
year we were first treated as a PFIC with respect to the Non-Electing
Holder would be taxed as ordinary income;
and
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•
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the
amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to
tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of
taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral
benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to
each such other taxable year.
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•
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fails
to provide an accurate taxpayer identification
number;
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•
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is
notified by the IRS that he has failed to report all interest or corporate
distributions required to be shown on its U.S. federal income tax returns;
or
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•
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in
certain circumstances, fails to comply with applicable certification
requirements.
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Fees
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2007
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2006*
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|||||||
Audit
Fees (1)
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$ | 227 | $ | - | |||||
Audit-Related
Fees
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- | - | |||||||
Tax
Fees
|
- | - | |||||||
Total
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$ | 227 | - |
*
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Capital
Maritime was responsible for all fees payable to Deloitte for the year
ended December 31, 2006.
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(1)
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Audit
fees represent fees for professional services provided in connection with
the audit of our consolidated financial statements, review of our
quarterly consolidated financial statements and audit services provided in
connection with other regulatory filings. Fees in connection with the
review of our regulatory filings for our Offering of common units in April
2007 amounted to $1.0 million and were paid by Capital Maritime with
part of the proceeds from the offering.
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INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Page
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CAPITAL
PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-1
|
Consolidated
and Predecessor Combined Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and
2006
|
F-2
|
Consolidated
and Predecessor Combined Statements of Income for the years ended December
31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
|
F-3
|
Consolidated
and Predecessor Combined Statement of Changes in Partners’/ Stockholders’
Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005 and
2004
|
F-4
|
Consolidated
and Predecessor Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
|
F-5
|
Notes
to the Consolidated and Predecessor Combined Financial
Statements
|
F-6
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
1.1
|
Certificate
of Limited Partnership of Capital Product Partners L.P.
(1)
|
|
1.2
|
First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Capital Product
Partners L.P. (2)
|
|
1.3
|
Certificate
of Formation of Capital GP L.L.C. (1)
|
|
1.4
|
Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Capital GP L.L.C. (1)
|
|
1.5
|
Certificate
of Formation of Capital Product Operating GP L.L.C. (1)
|
|
4.1
|
Revolving
$370.0 Million Credit Facility dated March 22, 2007 (1)
|
|
4.2
|
Amendment
to Revolving $370.0 million Credit Facility dated September 19,
2007
|
|
4.3
|
Omnibus
Agreement (1)
|
|
4.4
|
Management
Agreement with Capital Ship Management (1)
|
|
4.5
|
Amendment
1 to Management Agreement with Capital Ship Management dated
September 24, 2007
|
|
4.6
|
Amendment
2 to Management Agreement with Capital Ship Management dated
March 27, 2008
|
|
4.7
|
Administrative
Services Agreement with Capital Ship Management (1)
|
|
4.8
|
Contribution
and Conveyance Agreement for Initial Fleet (1)
|
|
4.9
|
Share
Purchase Agreement for 2007 and 2008 Vessels (1)
|
|
4.10
|
Revolving
$350.0 Million Credit Facility dated March 19,
2008
|
|
4.11
|
Share
Purchase Agreement for M/T Attikos dated September 24,
2007
|
|
4.12
|
Share
Purchase Agreement for M/T Amore Mio II dated March 27,
2008
|
|
8.1
|
List
of Subsidiaries of Capital Product Partners L.P.
|
|
12.1
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Capital Product Partners L.P.’s Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
12.2
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Capital Product Partners L.P.’s Chief
Financial Officer
|
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13.1
|
Capital
Product Partners L.P. Certification of Ioannis E. Lazaridis, Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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(1)
|
Previously
filed as an exhibit to Capital Product Partners L.P.’s Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-141422), filed with the SEC on March
19, 2007 and hereby incorporated by reference to such Registration
Statement.
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(2)
|
Previously
filed as Appendix A to the Partnership’s Rule 424(b)(4) Prospectus filed
with the SEC on March 30, 2007, and hereby incorporated by reference to
this Annual Report.
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CAPITAL
PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.,
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||
By:
|
Capital
GP L.L.C., its general partner
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Ioannis E. Lazaridis
|
|
Name: Ioannis
E. Lazaridis
|
||
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Capital GP
L.L.C.
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 19,917 | $ | 1,239 | ||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
1,488 | 771 | ||||||
Insurance
claims
|
- | 69 | ||||||
Due
from related parties (Note 3)
|
- | 4,954 | ||||||
Prepayments
and other assets
|
140 | 172 | ||||||
Inventories
|
- | 259 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
21,545 | 7,464 | ||||||
Fixed
assets
|
||||||||
Vessels
under construction (Note 4)
|
- | 29,225 | ||||||
Vessels,
net (Note 4)
|
429,171 | 178,803 | ||||||
Total
fixed assets
|
429,171 | 208,028 | ||||||
Other
non-current assets
|
||||||||
Deferred
finance charges, net (Note 7)
|
948 | 632 | ||||||
Restricted
cash (Note 2,5)
|
3,250 | - | ||||||
Total
non-current assets
|
433,369 | 208,660 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 454,914 | $ | 216,124 | ||||
Liabilities
and Partners’ / Stockholders’ Equity
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt (Note 5)
|
- | $ | 6,029 | |||||
Current
portion of related party debt (Note 3)
|
- | 8,042 | ||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
$ | 257 | 1,539 | |||||
Due
to related parties (Note 3)
|
28 | 1,899 | ||||||
Accrued
loan interest (Note 6)
|
- | 1,513 | ||||||
Accrued
other liabilities (Note 6)
|
249 | 478 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
3,200 | 475 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
3,734 | 19,975 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
||||||||
Long-term
debt (Note 5)
|
274,500 | 59,254 | ||||||
Long-term
related party debt (Note 3)
|
- | 87,498 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
690 | - | ||||||
Derivative
instruments (Note 2)
|
14,051 | - | ||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
289,241 | 146,752 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
292,975 | 166,727 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 13)
|
- | |||||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
||||||||
Common
stock (par value $0; 3,500 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2006)
|
- | - | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital - Predecessor
|
- | 41,857 | ||||||
Retained
earnings - Predecessor
|
- | 7,540 | ||||||
Partners’
Equity
|
||||||||
General
Partner interest
|
3,444 | - | ||||||
Limited
Partners
|
||||||||
· Common
(13,512,500 units issued and outstanding at Dec. 31, 2007)
|
102,130 | - | ||||||
· Subordinated (8,805,522 units
issued and outstanding at Dec. 31, 2007)
|
66,653 | - | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss (Note 2)
|
(10,288 | ) | - | |||||
Total
partners’ / stockholders’ equity
|
161,939 | 49,397 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and partners’ / stockholders’ equity
|
$ | 454,914 | $ | 216,124 |
For
the year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 72,543 | $ | 19,913 | $ | 4,377 | ||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Voyage
expenses (Note 8)
|
770 | 373 | 520 | |||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses - related party (Note 3 and Note 8)
|
12,283 | 890 | 216 | |||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses (Note 8)
|
3,196 | 4,043 | 1,932 | |||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
1,477 | - | - | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization (Note 4, 7)
|
13,109 | 3,370 | 360 | |||||||||
Operating
income
|
41,708 | 11,237 | 1,349 | |||||||||
Other
income (expense), net:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
expense and finance cost
|
(10,809 | ) | (4,584 | ) | (389 | ) | ||||||
Loss
on interest rate agreements
|
(3,763 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Interest
income
|
710 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
Foreign
currency gain/(loss), net
|
(19 | ) | (56 | ) | 9 | |||||||
Total
other expense, net
|
(13,881 | ) | (4,627 | ) | (379 | ) | ||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 27,827 | $ | 6,610 | $ | 970 | ||||||
Less:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to predecessor operations
|
||||||||||||
Initial
vessels’ net income from January 1, 2007 to April 3, 2007
|
(5,328 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Attikos
net income from January 1, 2007 to September 23, 2007
|
(928 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Partnership’s
net income
|
21,571 | - | - | |||||||||
General
Partner’s interest in Partnership’s net income
|
$ | 431 | - | - | ||||||||
Limited
Partners’ interest in Partnership’s net income
|
21,140 | - | ||||||||||
Net
income per:
|
||||||||||||
· Common
unit (basic and diluted)
|
1.11 | - | - | |||||||||
· Subordinated
unit (basic and diluted)
|
0.70 | - | - | |||||||||
· Total
unit (basic and diluted)
|
0.95 | - | - | |||||||||
Weighted-average
units outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
· Common
units (basic and diluted)
|
13,512,500 | - | - | |||||||||
· Subordinated
unit (basic and diluted)
|
8,805,522 | - | - | |||||||||
· Total
units (basic and diluted)
|
22,318,022 | - | - |
Partners’
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income
|
Common
Stockholders’
Equity
|
Common
|
Subordinated
|
General
Partner
|
Total
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Loss
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
$ | - | $ | 19,658 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 19,658 | ||||||||||||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
- | 4,212 | - | - | - | - | - | 4,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
970 | 970 | - | - | - | - | - | 970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
24,840 | - | - | - | - | - | 24,840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
- | 17,947 | - | - | - | - | - | 17,947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
6,610 | 6,610 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
6,610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
49,397 | - | - | - | - | - | 49,397 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
paid in capital “Initial Vessels” up to April 3, 2007
|
- | 13,679 | - | - | - | - | - | 13,679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income “Initial Vessels” predecessor operations
|
5,328 | 5,328 | - | - | - | - | - | 5,328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
5,328 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 3, 2007
|
- | 68,404 | - | - | - | - | - | 68,404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution
of “Initial Vessels” retained earnings as of April 3, 2007, to previous
owners
|
- | (9,919 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (9,919 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at April 3, 2007
Allocation
of predecessor’s “Initial Vessels” equity to unit holders
|
- | (55,073 | ) | 32,658 | 21,313 | 1,102 | 55,073 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributions
to the Partnership
|
- | - | 129,556 | 84,550 | 4,369 | 218,475 | - | 218,475 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Excess
of purchase price over book value of vessels acquired from entity under
common control (Note 4)
|
- | - | (47,954 | ) | (31,295 | ) | (1,617 | ) | (80,866 | ) | - | (80,866 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Dividend
to CMTC
|
- | - | (14,825 | ) | (9,675 | ) | (500 | ) | (25,000 | ) | - | (25,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid (Note 11)
|
- | - | (10,096 | ) | (6,589 | ) | (341 | ) | (17,026 | ) | - | (17,026 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Attikos
net income January 1, 2007 through September 23, 2007 – predecessor
operations
|
928 | 928 | - | - | - | - | - | 928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution
of retained earnings as of September 23, 2007, “M/T Attikos”, to previous
owners
|
- | (3,877 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (3,877 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution
of paid in capital of “M/T Attikos” to previous owners
|
- | (463 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (463 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Partnership income April 4, 2007 through December 31, 2007
|
21,571 | - | 12,791 | 8,349 | 431 | 21,571 | - | 21,571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
· Unrealized
loss on derivative instruments
|
(10,288 | ) | - | - | - | - | - | (10,288 | ) | (10,288 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
12,211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | - | $ | 102,130 | $ | 66,653 | $ | 3,444 | $ | 172,227 | $ | (10,288 | ) | $ | 161,939 |
For
the Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 27,827 | $ | 6,610 | $ | 970 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Vessel
depreciation
|
13,017 | 3,370 | 360 | |||||||||
Amortization
of deferred charges
|
204 | 41 | 4 | |||||||||
Loss
on interest rate swap agreement
|
3,763 | - | - | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
(2,757 | ) | (734 | ) | (36 | ) | ||||||
Insurance
claims
|
(1 | ) | (65 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||
Due
from related parties
|
(2,644 | ) | (4,247 | ) | (705 | ) | ||||||
Prepayments
and other assets
|
(325 | ) | (141 | ) | (31 | ) | ||||||
Inventories
|
(69 | ) | (229 | ) | (30 | ) | ||||||
Dry
docking cost
|
(921 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
1,113 | 1,386 | 152 | |||||||||
Due
to related parties
|
3,646 | 1,131 | 694 | |||||||||
Accrued
loan interest
|
(1,476 | ) | 1,433 | 81 | ||||||||
Accrued
other liabilities
|
577 | 479 | - | |||||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
8,628 | 463 | 12 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
50,582 | 9,497 | 1,468 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Vessel
acquisitions
|
(243,688 | ) | (142,795 | ) | (9,523 | ) | ||||||
Vessel
advances – new buildings
|
- | (19,252 | ) | (15,036 | ) | |||||||
Increase
of restricted cash
|
(3,250 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(246,938 | ) | (162,047 | ) | (24,559 | ) | ||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of long-term debt
|
344,361 | 77,426 | 10,000 | |||||||||
Proceeds
from related party debt/financing
|
- | 82,341 | 15,453 | |||||||||
Payments
of long-term debt
|
(16,841 | ) | (21,393 | ) | (750 | ) | ||||||
Payments
of related party debt/financing
|
- | (2,254 | ) | (5,436 | ) | |||||||
Loan
issuance costs
|
(1,022 | ) | (285 | ) | (392 | ) | ||||||
Excess
of purchase price over book value of vessels acquired from entity under
common control (Note 4)
|
(80,866 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(42,026 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Cash
balance as of April 3, 2007 that was distributed to the previous
owner
|
(2,251 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Capital
contributions by predecessor
|
13,679 | 17,947 | 4,212 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
215,034 | 153,782 | 23,087 | |||||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
18,678 | 1,232 | (4 | ) | ||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
1,239 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$ | 19,917 | $ | 1,239 | $ | 7 | ||||||
Supplemental
Cash Flow information
|
||||||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | 12,250 | $ | 4,713 | $ | 223 |
1.
|
Basis
of Presentation and General
Information
|
·
|
An
omnibus agreement with CMTC, CGP and others governing, among other things,
the circumstances under which the Partnership and CMTC can compete with
each other and certain rights of first offer on medium range product
tankers;
|
·
|
A
management agreement with Capital Shipmanagement Corp. (the “Manager” or
“CSM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CMTC, pursuant to which the
Manager agreed to provide commercial and technical management services to
the Partnership;
|
·
|
An
administrative services agreement with the Manager pursuant to which the
Manager agreed to provide administrative management services to the
Partnership; and
|
·
|
A
share purchase agreement with CMTC to purchase for a total consideration
of $368,000 its interests in seven wholly owned subsidiaries each of which
owns a newly built, double-hull medium-range product tanker (the
“Committed Vessels”). The Committed Vessels have been or will be
transferred to the Partnership at historical cost and all assets and
liabilities of vessel owning subsidiaries other than vessels at the
transfer date were or will be assumed by CMTC. On May 8, July 13,
September 20, and September 28, 2007 the Partnership remitted to CMTC the
amount of $224,000 in exchange for the acquisition of the shares in the
vessel-owning companies of the vessels: “Motor Tanker (“M/T”) Atrotos”,
“M/T Akeraios”, “M/T Apostolos”, and “M/T Anemos I”, (four of the seven
Committed Vessels) respectively. On September 24, 2007 the
partnership remitted to CMTC the amount of $23,000 in exchange for the
acquisition of the shares in the vessel owning company of M/T Attikos,
(this vessel was not part of the Committed Vessels) a 2005-built double
hull product tanker which has a capacity of 12,000
DWT.
|
·
|
Revolving
credit facility of up to $370,000 and swapped the interest portion for
$346,500 in order to reduce the exposure of interest rates fluctuations
(Note 2);
|
1.
|
Basis
of Presentation and General Information –
Continued
|
1.
|
Basis
of Presentation and General Information –
Continued
|
Subsidiary/
Vessel Owing
Company
|
Date
of
Incorporation
|
Name
of Vessel
Owned
by
Subsidiary
|
DWT
|
Delivery
Date
from Shipyard
|
Capital
Product Operating GP
|
01/16/2007
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Shipping
Rider Co.
|
09/16/2003
|
M/T
Atlantas
|
36,760
|
04/26/2006
|
Canvey
Shipmanagement Co.
|
03/18/2004
|
M/T
Assos
|
47,872
|
05/17/2006
|
Centurion
Navigation Limited
|
08/27/2003
|
M/T
Aktoras
|
36,759
|
07/12/2006
|
Polarwind
Maritime S.A.
|
10/10/2003
|
M/T
Agisilaos
|
36,760
|
08/16/2006
|
Carnation
Shipping Company
|
11/10/2003
|
M/T
Arionas
|
36,725
|
11/02/2006
|
Apollonas
Shipping Company
|
02/10/2004
|
M/T
Avax
|
47,834
|
01/12/2007
|
Tempest
Maritime Inc.
|
09/12/2003
|
M/T
Aiolos
|
36,725
|
03/02/2007
|
Iraklitos
Shipping Company
|
02/10/2004
|
M/T
Axios
|
47,872
|
02/28/2007
|
Epicurus
Shipping Company
|
02/11/2004
|
M/T Atrotos
|
47,786
|
05/08/2007
|
Laredo
Maritime Inc.
|
02/03/2004
|
M/T
Akeraios
|
47,781
|
07/13/2007
|
Lorenzo
Shipmanagement Inc.
|
05/26/2004
|
M/T
Apostolos
|
47,782
|
09/20/2007
|
Splendor
Shipholding S.A.
|
07/08/2004
|
M/T
Anemos I
|
47,782
|
09/28/2007
|
Ross
Shipmanagement Co.
|
12/29/2003
|
M/T
Attikos
|
12,000
|
01/20/2005
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting
Policies
|
(a)
|
Principles
of Consolidation and Combination: The accompanying consolidated and
predecessor combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“U.S. GAAP”), and include the accounts of the legal entities
comprising the Partnership as discussed in Note 1. Intra-group balances
and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation and
combination. Intercompany balances and transactions with CMTC
and its affiliates have not been eliminated, but are presented as balances
and transactions with related
parties.
|
(b)
|
Use of
Estimates: The preparation of consolidated and predecessor combined
financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the financial statements and the amounts of revenues and expenses
recognized during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates. Additionally, these consolidated financial statements
include allocations for certain expenses, including corporate overhead
expenses that are normally incurred by a listed company, such expenses
have not incurred in the periods covered by the Predecessor Combined
financial statements.
|
(c)
|
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss): The Partnership follows the provisions
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 130 “Statement
of Comprehensive Income” ("SFAS 130") which requires separate presentation
of certain transactions, which are recorded directly as components of
partners’ / stockholders’ equity. For the year ended December 31, 2007 the
Partnership had accumulated other Comprehensive Loss of $10,288, related
to the change of the fair value of derivatives that qualify for cash flow
hedge accounting.
|
(d)
|
Accounting
for Revenue, Voyage and Operating Expenses: The Partnership
generates its revenues from charterers for the charterhire of its
vessels. Vessels are chartered using either time charters or
bareboat charters. A time charter is a contract for the use of
a vessel for a specific period of time and a specified daily charterhire
rate, which is generally payable monthly in advance. Some of
the Partnership’s time charters also include profit sharing provisions,
under which the Partnership can realize additional revenues in the event
that spot rates are higher than the base rates in these time charters. A
bareboat charter is a contract in which the vessel owner provides the
vessel to the charterer for a fixed period of time at a specified daily
rate, which is generally payable monthly in advance, and the customer
generally assumes all risk and costs of operation during the lease
term.
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies –
Continued
|
(d)
|
Accounting
for Revenue, Voyage and Operating Expenses (continued): Vessel
operating expenses are expensed as
incurred.
|
(e)
|
Foreign
Currency Transactions: The functional currency of the Partnership
is the U.S. dollar because the Partnership’s vessels operate in
international shipping markets that utilize the U.S. dollar as the
functional currency. The accounting records of the Partnership are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Transactions involving other
currencies during the year are converted into U.S. dollars using the
exchange rates in effect at the time of the transactions. At
the balance sheet dates, monetary assets and liabilities, which are
denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, are translated into
the functional currency using the exchange rate at that
date. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency
transactions and translations are included in foreign currency gains and
losses, net in the accompanying consolidated and predecessor combined
statements of income.
|
(f)
|
Cash and
Cash Equivalents: The Partnership considers highly liquid
investments such as time deposits and certificates of deposit with an
original maturity of three months or less to be cash
equivalents.
|
(g)
|
Restricted
Cash: In order for the Partnership to comply with the
debt covenants under its credit facility it must maintain a minimum cash
at bank available at all times. Such amount is considered by the
Partnership as restricted cash. As of December 31, 2007, restricted cash
amounted to $3,250 and is presented under other non current
assets.
|
(h)
|
Trade
Accounts Receivable: The amount shown as trade accounts receivable
primarily consists of profit share earned but not yet collected. At each
balance sheet date all potentially uncollectible accounts are assessed
individually for purposes of determining the appropriate provision for
doubtful accounts. No allowance for doubtful accounts was established at
December 31, 2007 and 2006.
|
(i)
|
Inventories:
Inventories consist of consumable bunkers, lubricants, spares and
stores and are stated at the lower of cost or market value. The cost is
determined by the first-in, first-out
method.
|
(j)
|
Fixed
Assets: Fixed assets consist of vessels and vessels under
construction. The vessels are stated at cost, less accumulated
depreciation. Vessel cost consists of the contract price for
the vessel and any material expenses incurred upon their construction
(improvements and delivery expenses, on-site supervision costs incurred
during the construction periods, as well as capitalized interest expense
during the construction period). The cost of each of the Partnership’s
vessels is depreciated beginning when the vessel is ready for its intended
use, on a straight-line basis over the vessels’ remaining economic useful
life, after considering the estimated residual value. Management estimates
the useful life to be 25 years.
|
(k)
|
Impairment
of Long-lived Assets: The Partnership applies SFAS No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets” (“SFAS
144”) which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the
impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. SFAS 144 requires that
long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used or
disposed of by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets
may not be recoverable. An impairment loss for an asset held for use is
recognized when the estimate of undiscounted cash flows expected to be
generated by the use and eventual disposition of the asset is less than
its carrying amount. Measurement of the impairment loss is based on the
fair value of the asset. The Partnership regularly assesses whether
impairment indicators are present. No impairment loss was recorded for any
of the periods presented.
|
(l)
|
Deferred
Finance Charges: Fees paid to lenders for obtaining new loans or
refinancing existing loans are capitalized as deferred finance charges and
amortized to interest expense over the term of the respective loan using
the effective interest rate method.
|
(m)
|
Pension and
Retirement Benefit Obligations: The vessel-owning companies
included in the consolidated and predecessor combined financial statements
employ the crew on board under short-term contracts (usually up to seven
months) and accordingly, they are not liable for any pension or post
retirement benefits.
|
2.
|
Significant
Accounting Policies – Continued
|
(n)
|
Concentration
of Credit Risk: Financial instruments, which potentially subject
the Partnership to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist
principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable.
The Partnership places its cash and cash equivalents, consisting mostly of
deposits, with financial institutions with high credit ratings. The
Partnership performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing
of those financial institutions. Most of the Partnership’s revenues were
derived from a few charterers. For the year ended December 31, 2007
British Petroleum Shipping Limited and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.
accounted for 64% and 28% of Partnership’s revenue,
respectively.
|
(o)
|
Fair Value
of Financial Instruments: The carrying value
of trade receivables, accounts payable, current accrued liabilities and
interest rates swaps approximates fair value. The fair values of long-term
variable rate bank loans approximate the recorded values, due to their
variable interest rates.
|
(p)
|
Interest
Rate Swap Agreements: The Partnership designates its
derivatives based upon the criteria established by SFAS No. 133 Accounting
for derivative instruments and hedging activities which establishes
accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including
certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for
hedging activities. SFAS 133, as amended by Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 138, Accounting for Certain Derivative
Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities—An amendment of SFAS 133,
("SFAS 138") and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 149,
Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities, ("SFAS 149"), requires that an entity recognize all
derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial
position and measure those instruments at fair value. The
accounting for the changes in the fair value of the derivative depends on
the intended use of the derivative and the resulting
designation. For a derivative that does not qualify as a hedge,
the change in fair value is recognized at the end of each accounting
period on the income statement. For a derivative that qualifies
as a cash flow hedge, the change in fair value is recognized at the end of
each reporting period in other comprehensive income/ (loss) (effective
portion) until the hedged item is recognized in income. The ineffective
portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized
in the income statement.
|
2.
|
Significant
Accounting Policies – Continued
|
(p)
|
Interest
Rate Swap Agreements (continued): As of December 31,
2007 the Partnership’s nine interest rate swaps qualify as a cash flow
hedge and the changes in their fair value are recognized in accumulated
other comprehensive (loss).
|
Bank
|
Currency
|
Notional
Amount
|
Fixed
rate
|
Trade
date
|
Value
date
|
Maturity
date
|
Fair market
value as of
Dec. 31,
2007
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
30,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
04.04.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
$(1,246)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
56,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
05.08.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
(2,326)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
56.000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
07.13.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
(2,326)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
56,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
09.28.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
(2,326)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
56,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
09.20.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
(2,266)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
24,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
01.15.2008
|
06.29.2012
|
(1,004)
|
HSH Nordbank AG
|
USD
|
24,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
01.15.2008
|
06.29.2012
|
(1,004)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
24,000
|
5.1325%
|
02.20.2007
|
08.15.2008
|
06.29.2012
|
(891)
|
HSH Nordbank
AG
|
USD
|
20,500
|
4.9250%
|
09.20.2007
|
09.24.2007
|
06.29.2012
|
(662)
|
Total derivative instruments fair
value
|
$(14,051)
|
(q)
|
Net Income
(loss) Per Limited Partner Unit: Basic and diluted net income per
limited partner unit is calculated by dividing limited partners’ interest
in net income, less pro forma general partner incentive distributions
under EITF Issue No. 03-6, “Participating Securities and the Two — Class
Method Under FASB Statement No. 128”, or EITF 03-6, by the
weighted-average number of outstanding limited partner units during the
period (Note 12). Diluted net income per limited partner unit reflects the
potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to
issue common stock were exercised. The Partnership had no dilutive
securities outstanding during the year ended
December 31, 2007.
|
(r)
|
Income
Taxes: The Partnership is
not subject to the payment of any income tax on its income. Instead, a tax
is levied based on the tonnage of the vessels, which is included in
operating expenses (Note 9).
|
(s)
|
Segment
Reporting: The Partnership
reports financial information and evaluates its operations by charter
revenues and not by the length or type of ship employment for its
customers, i.e. time or bareboat charters. The Partnership does not use
discrete financial information to evaluate the operating results for each
such type of charter. Although revenue can be identified for these types
of charters, management cannot and does not identify expenses,
profitability or other financial information for these charters. As a
result, management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews
operating results solely by revenue per day and operating results of the
fleet and thus the Partnership has determined that it operates under one
reportable segment. Furthermore, when
the Partnership charters a vessel to a charterer, the charterer is free to
trade the vessel worldwide and, as a result, the disclosure of geographic
information is impracticable.
|
|
(t)
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements: In September 2006 the FASB issued
SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 addresses
standardizing the measurement of fair value for companies that are
required to use a fair value measure of recognition for recognition or
disclosure purposes. The FASB defines fair value as “the price that would be received
to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measure date.” SFAS 157 is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. The Partnership is currently
evaluating the impact, if any, of SFAS 157 on its financial position,
results of operations and cash
flows.
|
2.
|
Significant
Accounting Policies – Continued
|
(t)
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements (continued): In February 2007, the FASB issued
SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits
entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other
items at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in
earnings. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of the
first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. On January 01, 2008
the Partnership did not make any fair value
elections.
|
3.
|
Transactions
with Related Parties
|
·
|
Loan
agreements that CMTC entered into, acting as the borrower, for the
financing of the construction of five of the Initial
Vessels,
|
·
|
Manager
payments on behalf of the vessel owning companies and hire receipts from
charterers,
|
·
|
Manager
fixed monthly fees, (which were based on agreements with different terms
and conditions than those in the Partnership’s administrative and
management agreements) for providing services such as chartering,
technical support and maintenance, insurance, consulting, financial and
accounting services, (Note 8),
|
·
|
Funds
advanced/received to/from entities with common ownership,
and
|
·
|
Loan
draw downs in excess of the advances made to the shipyard by the Manager
for the funding of vessels’ extra
costs.
|
As
of
December
31, 2007
|
Predecessor
Combined
Balance as of
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||
I.
Due From:
|
||||||||
Vessels’
operation (a)
|
$ | - | $ | 4,429 | ||||
Manager
- loan surplus (b)
|
- | 500 | ||||||
Other
affiliated companies (c)
|
- | 25 | ||||||
Total
due from:
|
$ | - | $ | 4,954 | ||||
II.
Due To:
|
||||||||
CMTC
– loans current portion (d)
|
$ | - | $ | 8,042 | ||||
CMTC
– loans long-term portion (d)
|
- | 87,498 | ||||||
Manager
– payments on behalf of vessel-owning companies (e)
|
- | 1,867 | ||||||
Manager
– payments on behalf of Capital Product Partners
L.P. (f)
|
28 | - | ||||||
Other
affiliated companies (c)
|
- | 32 | ||||||
Total
due to:
|
$ | 28 | $ | 97,439 |
3.
|
Transactions
with Related Parties – Continued
|
(a)
|
Vessels’
Operation: The balance in
this line-item relates to funds that are received from charterers less
disbursements made by the Manager on behalf of the vessel-owning
subsidiaries with operations. As of December 31, 2007 and
December 31 2006, this line item balance amounted to $0 and $4,429
respectively.
|
(b)
|
Manager -
Loan Surplus: The balance in this line-item related to the loan
proceeds of M/T Axios in excess of advances made to the shipyard by the
Manager. This excess was used in 2007 for the vessel’s extra costs in
accordance with the loan agreement.
|
(c)
|
Other
Affiliated Companies: The balance in this line-item related to
funds advanced/received to/from entities with common
ownership.
|
(d)
|
CMTC
Loans: For the financing of the construction of the M/T Atlantas,
M/T Aktoras, M/T Aiolos, M/T Avax M/T Assos, CMTC was the borrower under
loan agreements with three separate banks and the vessel-owning companies
acted as guarantors under these loans (related party
loans).
|
Vessel
|
As
of
December
31, 2007
|
Predecessor
Combined Balances as of
December
31, 2006
|
||||||||
(i)
|
Issued
on November 25, 2005
Maturing
in April, 2017
|
M/T
Atlantas
|
-
|
$ | 25,190 | |||||
(ii)
|
Issued
on December 23, 2005
Maturing
in July, 2016
|
M/T
Aktoras
|
-
|
25,283 | ||||||
(iii)
|
Issued
on October 18, 2005
Maturing
in February, 2017
|
M/T
Aiolos
|
-
|
6,920 | ||||||
(iv)
|
Issued
on December 23, 2005
Maturing
in May, 2016
|
M/T
Assos
|
-
|
30,477 | ||||||
(v)
|
Issued
on October 18, 2005
Maturing
in January, 2017
|
M/T
Avax
|
-
|
7,670 | ||||||
Total
|
|
-
|
$ | 95,540 | ||||||
Less:
Current portion
|
-
|
8,042 | ||||||||
Long-term
portion
|
-
|
$ | 87,498 |
(e)
|
Manager -
Payments on Behalf of Vessel-owning Companies: This payable
includes the settlement of vessel obligations related to pre-delivery
expenses and amounted to $1,867 as of December 31,
2006.
|
3.
|
Transactions
with Related Parties – Continued
|
(f)
|
Manager -
Payments on Behalf of Capital Product Partners L.P.: Following the
IPO, the Manager is invoicing the Partnership for payments that it makes
on behalf of the Partnership and its subsidiaries. The Partnership’s total
outstanding balance due to Manager as of December 31, 2007 amounted to
$28.
|
4.
|
Vessels
and Vessels under Construction
|
As
of
December
31, 2007
|
Predecessor
Combined
Balances as of
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||
Cost:
|
||||||||
Vessels
|
$ | 445,918 | $ | 182,533 | ||||
Advances
for vessels under construction
|
- | 29,225 | ||||||
Total
cost
|
445,918 | 211,758 | ||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(16,747 | ) | (3,730 | ) | ||||
Vessels,
net
|
$ | 429,171 | $ | 178,803 | ||||
Vessels
under construction
|
$ | - | $ | 29,225 |
5.
|
Long-Term
Debt
|
Bank
Loans
|
Vessel
Entity
|
As
of
December
31, 2007
|
Predecessor
Combined
Balances
as
of
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||
(i)
|
Issued
on October 31, 2006
Maturing
in October 2016
|
M/T
Arionas
|
$ | - | $ | 26,180 | ||||
(ii)
|
Issued
on August 14, 2006
Maturing
in August 2016
|
M/T
Agisilaos
|
- | 25,740 | ||||||
(iii)
|
Pre-delivery
facility issued on
July
18, 2006 and refinanced on February 28, 2007
(Vessel’s
delivery date)
|
M/T
Axios
|
- | 5,613 | ||||||
(iv) |
Issued
on March 4, 2005
Maturing March 4, 2015
|
M/T Attikos | - | 7,750 | ||||||
(v)
|
Issued
on April 4, 2007
maturing
on June 30, 2017
|
Capital
Product
Partners
L.P.
|
274,500 | - | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 274,500 | $ | 65,283 | ||||||
Less:
Current portion
|
- | 6,029 | ||||||||
Long-term
portion
|
$ | 274,500 | $ | 59,254 |
5.
|
Long-Term
Debt – Continued
|
Year
ending December 31
|
Bank
Loan Repayment Schedule
|
|||
2008
|
$ | - | ||
2009
|
- | |||
2010
|
- | |||
2011
|
- | |||
2012
|
13,725 | |||
Thereafter
|
260,775 | |||
Total
|
$ | 274,500 |
6.
|
Accrued
Liabilities
|
As
of
December
31, 2007
|
Combined
Balances
as
of
December
31, 2006 Predecessor
|
|||||||
Accrued
loan interest and loan fees
|
$ | 2 | $ | 1,513 | ||||
Accrued
wages and crew expenses
|
- | 248 | ||||||
Accrued
other operating expenses
|
- | 172 | ||||||
Accrued
voyage expenses and commission
|
184 | 35 | ||||||
Accrued
insurance
|
- | 23 | ||||||
Accrued
general and administrative
|
63 | - | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 249 | $ | 1,991 |
7.
|
Deferred
Charges
|
Deferred
Finance
Charges
|
||||
Predecessor
Combined Balance as of January 1, 2005
|
- | |||
Additions
|
392 | |||
Amortization
|
(4 | ) | ||
Predecessor
Combined Balance as of December 31, 2005
|
$ | 388 | ||
Additions
|
285 | |||
Amortization
|
(41 | ) | ||
Predecessor
Combined Balance as of December 31, 2006
|
632 | |||
Amortization
for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 3, 2007 for the Initial
Vessels
|
(20 | ) | ||
Amortization
for the period from January 1, 2007 to September 23, 2007 for M/T
Attikos
|
(18 | ) | ||
Deferred
loan fees assumed by CMTC on April 3, 2007
|
(594 | ) | ||
Additions
(new credit facility of up to $370 million)
|
1,022 | |||
Amortization
of new credit facility loan fees
|
(74 | ) | ||
Balance
as of December 31, 2007
|
$ | 948 |
Deferred
Dry
Docking
|
||||
Predecessor
Combined Balance as of December 31, 2006
|
- | |||
Addition
Dry Docking of M/T Attikos
|
921 | |||
Amortization
for the period from July to September 23, 2007
|
(92 | ) | ||
Deferred
Dry Docking assumed by CMTC on September 23, 2007
|
(829 | ) | ||
Balance
as of December 31, 2007
|
$ | - |
8.
|
Voyage
Expenses and Vessel Operating
Expenses
|
For
the year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
(Note
1)
|
2006
(Note
1)
|
2005
(Note
1)
|
||||||||||
Voyage
expenses
|
$ | 770 | $ | 373 | $ | 520 | ||||||
Voyage
expenses consist of:
|
||||||||||||
Commissions
|
695 | 339 | 134 | |||||||||
Port
expenses
|
- | - | 218 | |||||||||
Bunkers
|
- | - | 164 | |||||||||
Other
|
75 | 34 | 4 | |||||||||
Total
|
770 | 373 | 520 | |||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses
|
3,196 | 4,043 | 1,932 | |||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses – related parties (Note 3)
|
12,283 | 890 | 216 | |||||||||
Total
|
15,479 | 4,933 | 2,148 | |||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses consist of:
|
||||||||||||
Crew
costs and related costs
|
1,895 | 2,000 | 705 | |||||||||
Insurance
|
218 | 421 | 96 | |||||||||
Spares,
repairs, maintenance and other
|
593 | 706 | 756 | |||||||||
Stores
and lubricants
|
329 | 714 | 309 | |||||||||
Management
fees(Note 3)
|
12,283 | 890 | 216 | |||||||||
Other
operating expenses
|
161 | 202 | 66 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 15,479 | $ | 4,933 | $ | 2,148 |
9.
|
Income
Taxes
|
10.
|
Cash
Flow
|
Balances
assumed
by
CMTC on September 23,
2007
|
Balances
assumed
by
CMTC on
April 3, 2007
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | - | $ | 2,251 | ||||
Trade
receivables
|
118 | 1,922 | ||||||
Insurance
claims
|
1 | 70 | ||||||
Due
from related parties
|
- | 7,598 | ||||||
Prepayments
and other
|
116 | 241 | ||||||
Inventories
|
54 | 274 | ||||||
Deferred
charges
|
829 | 594 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
1,118 | 12,950 | ||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
651 | 1,744 | ||||||
Accrued
interest and other liabilities
|
273 | 570 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
|
5,153 | 364 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
228 | 4,985 | ||||||
Long
term debt
|
- | 213,843 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
6,305 | 221,506 | ||||||
Net
liabilities assumed by CMTC
|
5,187 | 208,556 | ||||||
Contribution
to the Partnership
|
(9,064 | ) | (218,475 | ) | ||||
Retained
earnings assumed by CMTC
|
3,877 | 9,919 | ||||||
Net Partners’
/ Stockholders’ Equity contributed by CMTC
|
$ | (5,187 | ) | $ | (208,556 | ) |
11.
|
Partnership
Equity and Distributions
|
·
|
less
the amount of cash reserves established by our board of directors
to:
|
o
|
provide
for the proper conduct of Partnership’ s business (including reserves for
future capital expenditures and for our anticipated credit
needs);
|
o
|
comply
with applicable law, any of Partnership’s debt instruments, or
other agreements; or
|
o
|
provide
funds for distributions to Partnership’s unitholders and to general
partner for any one or more of the next four
quarters;
|
·
|
plus
all cash on hand on the date of determination of available cash for the
quarter resulting from working capital borrowings made after the end of
the quarter. Working capital borrowings are generally borrowings that are
made under our credit agreement and in all cases are used solely for
working capital purposes or to pay distributions to
partners.
|
Marginal
Percentage Interest
in
Distributions
|
|||||||
Total
Quarterly
Distribution Target Amount
|
Unitholders
|
General
Partner
|
|||||
Minimum Quarterly Distribution | $0.3750 |
98%
|
2%
|
||||
First Target Distribution | up to | $0.4313 |
98%
|
2%
|
|||
Second Target Distribution | above | $0.4313 | up to $0.4688 |
85%
|
15%
|
||
Third Target Distribution | above | $0.4688 | up to $0.5625 |
75%
|
25%
|
||
Thereafter | above | $0.5625 |
50%
|
50%
|
11.
|
Partnership
Equity and Distributions –
Continued
|
·
|
first,
98% to the common unitholders, pro rata, and 2.0% to our general partner,
until we distribute for each outstanding common unit an amount equal to
the minimum quarterly distribution for that
quarter;
|
·
|
second,
98% to the common unitholders, pro rata, and 2.0% to our general partner,
until we distribute for each outstanding common unit an amount equal to
any arrearages in payment of the minimum quarterly distribution on the
common units for any prior quarters during the subordination
period;
|
·
|
third,
98% to the subordinated unitholders, pro rata, and 2.0% to our general
partner, until we distribute for each subordinated unit an amount equal to
the minimum quarterly distribution for that quarter;
and
|
·
|
first,
98% to all unitholders, pro rata, and 2.0% to our general partner, until
we distribute for each outstanding unit an amount equal to the minimum
quarterly distribution for that quarter;
and
|
As
of
December 31, 2007
|
||||
Common
units
|
13,512,500 | |||
Subordinated
units
|
8,805,522 | |||
Number
of limited partners’ units outstanding
|
22,318,022 | |||
General
Partners units
|
455,470 | |||
Total
partnership’s units
|
22,773,492 |
12.
|
Net
Income (loss) Per Unit
|
(a)
|
Vessel
Purchase Commitments: As of December 31, 2007 the Partnership had
outstanding purchase commitments relating to the acquisition of the three
remaining Committed Vessels amounting to $144,000. An analysis of the
purchase commitments is as follows:
|
Vessel-owning
Company
|
Date
of
Incorp.
|
DWT
|
Expected
Delivery
Date
|
Name
of
Vessel
Owned
by
Subsidiary
|
Vessel
Purchase
Price
|
Sorrel
Shipmanagement Inc.
|
02/07/2006
|
51,000
|
01/2008
|
M/T
Alexandros II
|
$48,000
|
Wind
Dancer Shipping Inc.
|
02/07/2006
|
51,000
|
06/2008
|
M/T
Aristotelis II
|
$48,000
|
Belerion
Maritime Co.
|
01/24/2006
|
51,000
|
08/2008
|
M/T
Aris II
|
$48,000
|
(b)
|
Lease
Commitments: The vessel-owning subsidiaries owning the Initial and
Committed Vessels have entered into time and bareboat charter agreements,
which are summarized below:
|
Vessel Name
|
Time
Charter (TC)/
Bare
Boat Charter
(BC)
(Years)
|
Commencement
of Charter
|
Charterer
|
Profit
Sharing
(1)
|
Gross
Daily Hire Rate
(Without
Profit Sharing)
|
M/T
Atlantas
(British
Ensign)
|
5+3
BC
|
04/2006
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
-
|
$15.2
(5y) &
$13.5
(3y)
|
M/T
Aktoras
(British
Envoy)
|
5+3
BC
|
07/2006
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
-
|
$15.2
(5y) &
$13.5
(3y)
|
M/T
Agisilaos
|
2.5
TC
|
08/2006
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
50/50
|
$17.7
|
M/T
Arionas
|
2+0.5
TC
|
11/2006
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
50/50
|
$21.3
(2y) &
$19.2
(0.5y)
|
M/T
Aiolos
(British
Emissary)
|
5+3
BC
|
03/2007
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
-
|
$15.2
(5y) &
$13.5
(3y)
|
M/T
Avax
|
3
TC
|
06/2007
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
50/50
|
$20.8
(3y)
|
M/T
Axios
|
3
TC
|
03/2007
|
B.P.
Shipping Ltd
|
50/50
|
$20.8
|
M/T
Assos
|
3
TC
|
11/2006
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
50/50
|
$20.0
|
M/T
Atrotos
|
3
TC
|
05/2007
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
50/50
|
$20.0
|
M/T
Akeraios
|
3
TC
|
07/2007
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
50/50
|
$20.0
|
M/T
Anemos I
|
3
TC
|
09/2007
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
50/50
|
$20.0
|
M/T
Apostolos
|
3
TC
|
09/2007
|
Morgan
Stanley
|
50/50
|
$20.0
|
M/T
Alexandros II
|
10
BC
|
01/2008
|
O.S.G.
(2)
|
-
|
$13.0
|
M/T
Aristotelis II
|
10
BC
|
06/2008
|
O.S.G.
(2)
|
-
|
$13.0
|
M/T
Aris II
|
10
BC
|
08/2008
|
O.S.G.
(2)
|
-
|
$13.0
|
M/T
Attikos
|
2.2
to 2.3 TC
|
07/2007
|
Trafigura
Beheer B.V.
|
-
|
$13.9
|
|
(1)
|
Profit
sharing refers to an arrangement between vessel-owning companies and
charterers to share a predetermined percentage voyage profit in excess of
the basic rate.
|
|
(2)
|
OSG
has an option to purchase each of the three STX vessels delivered or to be
delivered in 2008 at the end of the eighth, ninth or tenth year of the
charter, for $38.0 million, $35.5 million and
$33.0 million, respectively, which option is exercisable six months
before the date of completion of the eighth, ninth or tenth year of the
charter. The expiration date above may therefore change depending on
whether the charterer exercises its purchase
option.
|
Year
ending December 31
|
Amount
|
|||
2008
|
$ | 96,308 | ||
2009
|
87,009 | |||
2010
|
49,163 | |||
2011
|
30,157 | |||
2012
|
29,202 | |||
Thereafter
|
71,842 | |||
Total
|
$ | 363,681 |
(a)
|
Dividends:
On January 28, 2008 the Partnership declared a dividend of $0.395 per unit
to all unitholders of record on February 5, 2008, which amounted to
$8,996. The dividend was paid on February 15,
2008.
|
(b)
|
Delivery of
new buildings: On January 29, 2008 M/T Alexandros II (M/T Overseas
Serifos), the fifth Committed Vessel was delivered to the Partnership
through CMTC for a total consideration of $48,000. The acquisition of M/T
Alexandros II was financed in full by a draw down on Tranche C of the
existing revolving credit facility.
|
(c)
|
Commitment
for a new credit facility: On March 19, 2008 the Partnership
entered into a loan agreement with a syndicate of financial institutions
including HSH Nordbank AG (the “Agent”), for a non amortizing credit
facility, of up to $350,000 for the financing
of:
|
·
|
Partial
acquisition cost of up to $57,500 for Amore Mio, and Aristofanis (Tranche
A)
|
·
|
50%
of the acquisition cost of up to $52,500 for M/T Alkiviadis and M/T
Aristidis (Tranche B)
|
·
|
50%
of the acquisition cost of up to $240,000 for any further modern tanker
(Tranche C)
|
(d)
|
Vessel
acquisition: On March 27, 2008 the Partnership entered into share
purchase agreement with CMTC for the acquisition of the shares of the
vessel owning company (Baymont Enterprises Incorporated) of M/T Amore Mio
II, a 159,982 dwt, 2001 built, double hull tanker from CMTC and took
delivery of the vessel on the same date. The total purchase price for the
shares of the vessel owning company of M/T Amore Mio II is $95,000. All
assets, liabilities and equity other than the vessel, related charter
agreement and related permits, at the date of the acquisition were assumed
by CMTC. The acquisition of the shares of the vessel owning company was
funded by $2,000 from available cash, $46,000 through a drawn down from
the new revolving $350,000 credit facility, and the remaining amount
through the issuance of 2,048,823 common units to CMTC at a price of
$22.94 per unit which equals the volume weighted average price of the
common units for the period from October 15, 2007 to February 15, 2008.
M/T Amore Mio is chartered to BP Shipping Limited under a charter with an
earliest scheduled expiration date of January 2011 at a base gross rate of
$36.5 per day (net rate $36), and is subject to profit
sharing. The combination of the vessel owning company of M/T
Amore Mio II with the Partnership will be accounted for as a combination
of entities under common control in accordance with guidance provided in
SFAS 141 which prescribes the method of accounting for such transfers is
similar to the pooling-of-interest method of
accounting.
|