SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

(RULE 13d - 102)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-2(b)

(Amendment No.3)*

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Units

(Title of Class of Securities)

049392103

(CUSIP Number)

January 31, 2009

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

o      Rule 13d-1(b)

x      Rule 13d-1(c)

o      Rule 13d-1(d)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

1.

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

Elliott Associates, L.P.

2.

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)

o

(b)

o

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

 

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

3,189,792

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

0

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

3,189,792

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

3,189,792

10.

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*  

o

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

6.5%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

PN

*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

 

This statement is filed with respect to the common units (the “Common Units”) of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (the “Issuer”) beneficially owned by Elliott Associates, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Elliott Associates”) as of January 31, 2009 and amends and supplements the Schedule 13G originally filed on January 22, 2007, as amended on February 13, 2008, and January 29, 2009 (the “Schedule 13G”). Except as set forth herein, the Schedule 13G is unmodified.

Item 4.

Ownership.

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

 

(a)

Amount beneficially owned:

Elliott Associates beneficially owns 20,000 of the Issuer’s preferred units, convertible into convertible into the Issuer’s Common Units commencing on April 1, 2009.

Based on the average closing price of the Common Units on the ten trading days immediately preceding February 3, 2009, of $6.60, the preferred units were convertible into 3,189,792 Common Units.

 

(b)

Percent of class:

6.5%

 

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

3,189,792

 

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

Not applicable.

 

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

3,189,792

 

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

The securities reported on this Schedule 13G are owned directly by Sunlight Capital Partners, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Elliott Associates.

Item 10.

Certification.

By signing below the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

Dated: February 9, 2009

 

ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

By:        Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P., as General Partner

By:        Braxton Associates, Inc., as General Partner

 

By:  /s/  Elliot Greenberg

 

Elliot Greenberg,

Vice President