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Shipping LP Capital Product Partners prices above range

March 29, 2007

Capital Product Partners LP, a limited partnership formed to own and charter shipping vessels, priced its initial public offering of 11.75 million units at $21.50, above its proposed $19 to $21 range, on Thursday night. The units sold in the offering came from the parent, Capital Maritime & Trading. Merrill Lynch and UBS Investment Bank were joint book runners on the deal. The stock is expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker CPLP on Friday.