6-K
KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2025
Commission File Number: 001-35866
KNOT Offshore Partners LP
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
2 Queen’s Cross,
Aberdeen, AB15 4YB
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
ITEM 1–INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of KNOT Offshore Partners LP dated April 4, 2025.
ITEM 2– EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report:
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| Exhibit<br><br>Number | Exhibit Description |
| 99.1 | Press release dated April 4, 2025. |
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SIGNATURE
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.
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| | KNOT OFFSHORE PARTNERS LP | ||
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| Date: April 4, 2025 | By: | /s/ Derek Lowe | |
| | | Name: | Derek Lowe |
| | | Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
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E xhibit 99.1
KNOT Offshore Partners LP Announces Change to its Board of Directors
April 4, 2025
ABERDEEN, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KNOT Offshore Partners LP (NYSE:KNOP) (the “Partnership”)
The Partnership announced today that there has been a change on the board of directors of the Partnership.
The Partnership’s general partner has appointed Mr. Masami Okubo to replace Mr. Yasuhiro Fukuda, both of whom are employees of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (“NYK”), on the Partnership’s Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2025.
Mr. Okubo is the Managing Director of NYK Energy Transport (Atlantic) Ltd., based in London. From April 2024 to March 2025, he was Senior General Manager of NYK’s LNG Group, following two years as General Manager. Between 2016 and 2022, Mr. Okubo was Manager of NYK’s Offshore Business Group, having served in a variety of divisions since joining NYK in 1999. Mr. Okubo graduated from the University of Kyoto, Faculty of Education.
About KNOT Offshore Partners LP
KNOT Offshore Partners LP owns, operates and acquires shuttle tankers primarily under long-term charters in the offshore oil production regions of Brazil and the North Sea.
KNOT Offshore Partners LP is structured as a publicly traded master limited partnership but is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and thus issues a Form 1099 to its unitholders, rather than a Form K-1. KNOT Offshore Partners LP’s common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KNOP”.
KNOT Offshore Partners LP
Derek Lowe Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tel: +44 1224 618 420
Email: [email protected]
Source: KNOT Offshore Partners LP