A group of nine related reporting persons, led by Offshore Merchant Partners Asset Yield Fund L.P., filed Amendment No. 7 to their beneficial ownership statement on November 13, 2026, disclosing that as of November 3, 2026, none of them any longer holds more than 5% of the common units of KNOT Offshore Partners LP (NYSE:KNOP).

Key Highlights

  • Exit date: As of November 3, 2026, all nine reporting persons ceased to beneficially own more than 5% of KNOT Offshore Partners LP common units (CUSIP Y48125101).
  • Zero beneficial ownership: Each reporting person reports 0.00 shares of sole voting power, shared voting power, sole dispositive power, shared dispositive power, and 0% of class.
  • Seven-amendment history: This filing is designated Amendment No. 7, indicating a multi-year series of prior ownership disclosures by this reporting group.
  • Entity liquidated: Oslo Merchant Partners SICAV Plc (formerly OMP SICAV Plc) was liquidated and its name was struck off the Malta Business Registry on November 6, 2026, according to the filing.
  • Multiple jurisdictions: The nine reporting persons are organized across Guernsey, Malta, Norway, the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands, and Delaware.
  • Name changes noted: AYF Holdings Limited was formerly known as OMP AY Holdings Limited, and AY Preferred Limited was formerly known as OMP AY Preferred Limited, as disclosed in the filing.

Nine Reporting Persons Collectively Drop Below 5% Threshold in KNOT Offshore Partners LP

KNOT Offshore Partners LP is a publicly traded master limited partnership whose common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KNOP. The partnership operates in the shuttle tanker segment, and its common units carry voting rights registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The beneficial ownership threshold that triggers ongoing reporting obligations under the relevant rules is 5% of any such registered voting class.

According to the filing, the nine reporting persons collectively and individually reported 0.00 aggregate shares beneficially owned, representing 0% of the class, as of the November 3, 2026 trigger date. The filing states that Amendment No. 7 "constitutes an exit filing for each of the reporting persons" because the group "no longer beneficially own more than 5% of a voting class of equity securities of KNOT Offshore Partners LP." The reporting persons named in the filing are: Offshore Merchant Partners Asset Yield Fund L.P. (Guernsey); AYF Holdings Limited, formerly OMP AY Holdings Limited (Malta); AY Preferred Limited, formerly OMP AY Preferred Limited (Malta); Oslo Merchant Partners SICAV Plc, formerly OMP SICAV Plc (Malta, now liquidated); OMP Asset Yield (GP) Limited (Guernsey); Offshore Merchant Partners AS (Norway); Blue Northern Lights Ltd. (United Kingdom); Blue Container Ltd. (Cayman Islands); and EnTrust Global Partners Offshore LP (Delaware).

One of the entities within the group, Oslo Merchant Partners SICAV Plc, underwent a separate corporate event: the filing discloses that it "was liquidated, and its name was struck off the corporate registry maintained by the Malta Business Registry on November 6, 2026," three days after the ownership exit date and one week before this amendment was filed with the SEC.

What Was Disclosed

Amendment No. 7 to the group's beneficial ownership statement confirms that nine related entities dropped below the 5% common-unit ownership threshold in KNOT Offshore Partners LP as of November 3, 2026, with each entity reporting zero beneficial ownership and zero voting or dispositive power.