As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2011
Registration
Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Republic of the Marshall Islands
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4412
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N/A |
(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary Standard Industrial
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization)
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Classification Code Number)
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Identification No.) |
85 Akti Miaouli Street
Piraeus, Greece 185 38
(011) +30 210 459 5000
(Address and telephone number of Registrants principal executive offices)
Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc.
Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island
P.O. Box 1405
Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960
(011) +30 210 429 3223
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Kenneth R. Koch, Esq.
Todd E. Mason, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
The Chrysler Center
666 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 935-3000 (telephone number)
(212) 983-3115 (facsimile number)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are being offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933,
check the following box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for
the same offering. þ 333-157000
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a
post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following box. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum |
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Proposed Maximum |
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Amount to be |
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Aggregate Offering |
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Aggregate |
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Amount of |
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(1) |
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Registered(1) |
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Price Per Unit(1) |
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Offering Price(1) |
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Registration Fee(2) |
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Common units representing limited partnership interests |
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Debt Securities |
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Total |
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$19,000,000 |
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2,217.51 |
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This registration statement relates to the registration statement on Form F-3
(Registration No. 333-157000) of the registrant, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 28, 2009, as amended (the Prior Registration Statement),
pursuant to which the registrant registered such indeterminate number of common units and
debt securities (collectively, Securities), as may be sold by the registrant from time to
time, which collectively shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $500,000,000. This registration statement is being filed to register additional
Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
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Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
As of the date of this registration statement, the maximum aggregate
offering price of securities which remain to be offered pursuant to
the Prior Registration Statement is $99,000,000. The maximum
aggregate offering price of the additional securities being
registered hereby pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is
$19,000,000, which represents almost 20% of the maximum aggregate
offering price of securities remaining on the Prior Registration
Statement. |
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This
registration statement will become effective upon filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the Commission), pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
General Instruction IV.A. to Form F-3.
This registration statement relates to the shelf registration statement on Form F-3
(Registration No. 333-157000) of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (the Company), filed with the
Commission on January 28, 2009, as amended, and declared effective by the Commission on February 6,
2009 (the Prior Registration Statement), and is being filed for the purpose of increasing the
dollar amount of the Companys common units and debt securities, registered under the Prior
Registration Statement by $19,000,000. The information set forth in the Prior Registration
Statement, including the exhibits thereto and each of the documents incorporated by reference
therein, is incorporated by reference herein.
The required opinions and consents are listed on the exhibit index attached hereto and filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-3 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Piraeus,
Country of Greece on the 7th day
of April, 2011.
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NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P.,
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By: |
/s/ Angeliki Frangou
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Name: |
Angeliki Frangou |
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Title: |
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature |
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/s/ Angeliki Frangou
Angeliki Frangou
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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April 7, 2011 |
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/s/ Efstratios Desypris
Efstratios Desypris |
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer) |
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April 7, 2011 |
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Director
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April 7, 2011 |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, a duly authorized
representative of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. in the United States, has signed the Registration
Statement in the City of Newark, State of Delaware on the
7th day of April, 2011.
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By: |
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
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Name: |
Donald J. Puglisi |
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Title: |
Managing Director
Authorized Representative in the United States |
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