Capital Product Partners LP

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CPLP

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CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P.

CPLP tanker activity to be merged with DSS

Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP), controlled by Greek shipowner Evangelos Marinakis, and Diamond S Shipping (DSS), whose main stakeholder is the WL Ross & Co private investment fund founded in 2000 by US Trade Secretary Wilbur Ross, announced on Wednesday they have reached a merger deal for a new entity whose value is estimated at $1.65 billion.