SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Dated: February 1, 2013
Commission File No. 001-33811
NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P.
85 Akti Miaouli Street, Piraeus, Greece 185 38
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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On February 6, 2013, Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (“Navios”) issued a press release announcing the closing on February 6, 2013 of its follow-on offering of 5,175,000 common units at $14.15 per common unit, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional common units, raising gross proceeds of approximately $73.2 million. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
On February 1, 2013, Navios entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters identified therein, in connection with its public offering. A copy of the executed Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 as part of this report and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a copy of the opinion of Reeder & Simpson P.C. with respect to the issuance of the common units is filed as Exhibit 5.1 as part of this report.
The information contained in this report is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-170284.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS L.P. | ||
| By: | /s/ ANGELIKI FRANGOU | |
| Angeliki Frangou | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: February 7, 2013
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Exhibit | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement dated February 1, 2013 | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Reeder & Simpson P.C. dated February 6, 2013 | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated February 6, 2013 | |