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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;13, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM
S-8</b>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><b>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">23-3011077</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Westpointe Corporate Center One</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1550 Coraopolis Heights Road</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Moon Township, PA
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">15108</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.<BR>
2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN <DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Eugene N. Dubay<BR>
Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC<BR>
Westpointe Corporate Center One<BR>
1550 Coraopolis Heights Road<BR>
Moon Township, PA 15108</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV> (Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(412)&nbsp;262-2830 <DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
Mark E. Rosenstein, Esquire<BR>
Ledgewood, P.C.<BR>
1900 Market Street &#151; Suite&nbsp;750<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR>
(215)&nbsp;731-9450</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>








<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>REGISTERED</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>SHARE(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>PRICE</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>FEE</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Units
representing
Limited Partner
Interests</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13.85</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">41,550,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,963</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereafter be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends,
recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common units on April&nbsp;8, 2010 as quoted on the New
York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, or the
&#147;Plan,&#148; covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 promulgated under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><U></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the SEC by Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2009.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;8, 2010, March
18, 2010 and April&nbsp;2, 2010.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common units contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 10, 2004.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements and management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting included in Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.&#146;s Annual
 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the consolidated balance sheet
 of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC included in the Current Report of Atlas Pipeline Partners,
 L.P. on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2010, incorporated by reference in this registration
 statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the reports of Grant Thornton
 LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing in giving said reports.

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;17-108 of the Delaware Revised Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited
partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims
and demands whatsoever. Atlas Pipeline Partners&#146; partnership agreement provides that, in most
circumstances, it will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
from and against all losses, claims, damages or similar events:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>its general partner;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any departing general partner;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any person who is or was a member, partner, officer, director employee, agent or trustee of
the general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of a general partner
or any departing general partner; or</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any person who is or was serving at the request of a general partner or any departing
general partner or any affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner as
an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent or trustee of another person.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of the partnership&#146;s assets. The
general partner will not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan
funds or assets to the partnership to enable it to effectuate, indemnification. The partnership may
purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for its
activities, regardless of whether it would have the power to indemnify the person against
liabilities under the partnership agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the bylaws of Atlas
Energy, Inc. provide that its officers and directors (including those who act at its request as
officers of and directors of subsidiaries) shall not be personally liable to the corporations or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for
any breach of their duty of loyalty, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director or officer derives an
improper personal benefit. In addition, they provide for indemnification of its officers and
directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law, including indemnification for their
service as officers and directors of subsidiaries.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Substantially the same provisions regarding indemnification are contained in the limited
liability company agreement of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC, the general partner.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance for
itself, its subsidiaries and Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Registration Statement:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>EXHIBIT</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>DOCUMENT</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Common unit certificate<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(c)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(d)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(5)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(e)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(6)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(f)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(7)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(g)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;6 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(8)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(h)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;7 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(9)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (10)</SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ledgewood, P.C.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ledgewood, P.C. (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included as part of signature page)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to registration statement on Form S-1 on January
20, 2000.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to registration statement on Form S-3 on April
2, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on July&nbsp;30, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on January&nbsp;8,
2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on June&nbsp;16, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on January&nbsp;6,
2009.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(8)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on April&nbsp;3, 2009.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(9)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on April&nbsp;2, 2010.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(10)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as Appendix&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s Preliminary Proxy Statement
on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April
13, 2010.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, on April&nbsp;13,
2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>

    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.<BR>
<BR></td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>
BY:
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap > Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC, <BR>
its General Partner&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">  /s/ Eugene N. Dubay
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Eugene N. Dubay&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer, President<br>
and Managing Board Member of the<br>
General Partner&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Eugene N. Dubay, Eric T. Kalamaras and Gerald R. Shrader, or any of them, as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or of his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities
indicated as of April&nbsp;13, 2010.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="57%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ EDWARD E. COHEN
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Managing Board of the General Partner</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward E. Cohen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JONATHAN Z. COHEN
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Managing Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jonathan Z. Cohen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;of
the General Partner</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ EUGENE N. DUBAY
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, President and Managing Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eugene N. Dubay
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Member
of the General Partner (principal executive
officer)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
23-3011077
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
Westpointe Corporate Center One
1550 Coraopolis Heights Road
Moon Township, PA
15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Eugene N. Dubay
Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC
Westpointe Corporate Center One
1550 Coraopolis Heights Road
Moon Township, PA 15108
(Name and address of agent for service)
(412) 262-2830
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mark E. Rosenstein, Esquire
Ledgewood, P.C.
1900 Market Street — Suite 750
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 731-9450
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED
PROPOSED
MAXIMUM
MAXIMUM
OFFERING
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE
AMOUNT TO BE
PRICE PER
OFFERING
REGISTRATION
REGISTERED
REGISTERED(1)
SHARE(2)
PRICE
FEE
Common Units
representing
Limited Partner
Interests
3,000,000
$
13.85
$
41,550,000
$
2,963
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereafter be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends,
recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant's common units on April 8, 2010 as quoted on the New
York Stock Exchange.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, or the
"Plan," covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the SEC by Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (the "Registrant")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2009.
(b)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2010, March
18, 2010 and April 2, 2010.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common units contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 10, 2004.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
Experts
The consolidated financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting included in Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.'s Annual
 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the consolidated balance sheet
 of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC included in the Current Report of Atlas Pipeline Partners,
 L.P. on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 2010, incorporated by reference in this registration
 statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the reports of Grant Thornton
 LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited
partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all claims
and demands whatsoever. Atlas Pipeline Partners' partnership agreement provides that, in most
circumstances, it will indemnify the following persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
from and against all losses, claims, damages or similar events:
•
its general partner;
•
any departing general partner;
•
any person who is or was an affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner;
•
any person who is or was a member, partner, officer, director employee, agent or trustee of
the general partner or any departing general partner or any affiliate of a general partner
or any departing general partner; or
•
any person who is or was serving at the request of a general partner or any departing
general partner or any affiliate of a general partner or any departing general partner as
an officer, director, employee, member, partner, agent or trustee of another person.
Any indemnification under these provisions will only be out of the partnership's assets. The
general partner will not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan
funds or assets to the partnership to enable it to effectuate, indemnification. The partnership may
purchase insurance against liabilities asserted against and expenses incurred by persons for its
activities, regardless of whether it would have the power to indemnify the person against
liabilities under the partnership agreement.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the bylaws of Atlas
Energy, Inc. provide that its officers and directors (including those who act at its request as
officers of and directors of subsidiaries) shall not be personally liable to the corporations or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability (i) for
any breach of their duty of loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director or officer derives an
improper personal benefit. In addition, they provide for indemnification of its officers and
directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law, including indemnification for their
service as officers and directors of subsidiaries.
Substantially the same provisions regarding indemnification are contained in the limited
liability company agreement of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC, the general partner.
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance for
itself, its subsidiaries and Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Registration Statement:
EXHIBIT
DOCUMENT
4.1
Common unit certificate
(1)
4.2(a)
Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(2)
4.2(b)
Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(3)
4.2(c)
Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(4)
4.2(d)
Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(5)
4.2(e)
Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(6)
4.2(f)
Amendment No. 5 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(7)
4.2(g)
Amendment No. 6 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(8)
4.2(h)
Amendment No. 7 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership
(9)
4.3
2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
(10)
5.1
Opinion of Ledgewood, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2
Consent of Ledgewood, P.C. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of signature page)
(1)
Previously filed as an exhibit to registration statement on Form S-1 on January
20, 2000.
(2)
Previously filed as an exhibit to registration statement on Form S-3 on April
2, 2004.
(3)
Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2007.
(4)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on July 30, 2007.
(5)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on January 8,
2008.
(6)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on June 16, 2008.
(7)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on January 6,
2009.
(8)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on April 3, 2009.
(9)
Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K on April 2, 2010.
(10)
Previously filed as Appendix A to the Registrant's Preliminary Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A filed on April
13, 2010.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent
no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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 S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, on April 13,
2010.
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.
BY:
Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC,
its General Partner
By:
/s/ Eugene N. Dubay
Eugene N. Dubay
Chief Executive Officer, President
and Managing Board Member of the
General Partner
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Eugene N. Dubay, Eric T. Kalamaras and Gerald R. Shrader, or any of them, as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or of his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities
indicated as of April 13, 2010.
/s/ EDWARD E. COHEN
Chairman of the Managing Board of the General Partner
Edward E. Cohen
/s/ JONATHAN Z. COHEN
Vice Chairman of the Managing Board
Jonathan Z. Cohen
of
the General Partner
/s/ EUGENE N. DUBAY
Chief Executive Officer, President and Managing Board
Eugene N. Dubay
Member
of the General Partner (principal executive
officer)
/s/ ERIC T. KALAMARAS
Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner
Eric T. Kalamaras
(principal
financial officer)
/s/ ROBERT W. KARLOVICH III
Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner
Robert W. Karlovich III
(principal
accounting officer)
/s/ TONY C. BANKS
Managing Board Member of the General Partner
Tony C. Banks
/s/ CURTIS D. CLIFFORD
Managing Board Member of the General Partner
Curtis D. Clifford
/s/ MARTIN RUDOLPH
Managing Board Member of the General Partner
Martin Rudolph
/s/ MICHAEL L. STAINES
Managing Board Member of the General Partner
Michael L. Staines