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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*

Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001
(Title of Class of Securities)
02149U101
(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2008
(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)

     þ 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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in 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 (“Act”) 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).

 
 

 

                     
CUSIP No.
  
02149U101  
    

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
    Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 1, LLC 
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  (a)   o
  (b)   o
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   2,613,989
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    2,613,989
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  2,613,989
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  5.1%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO

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CUSIP No.
  
02149U101  
    

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
    Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 2, LLC 
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  (a)   o
  (b)   o
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  Delaware
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   1,595,611
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    1,595,611
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  1,595,611
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  3.1%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  OO

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CUSIP No.
  
02149U101  
    

 

           
1   NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
    Fir Tree, Inc. 
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
  (a)   o
  (b)   o
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
  New York
       
  5   SOLE VOTING POWER
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 6   SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   4,209,600
       
EACH 7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH: 8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
     
    4,209,600
     
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
  4,209,600
     
10   CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  o
     
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
   
  8.1%
     
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
   
  CO

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SCHEDULE 13G/A
     This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G (the “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SPAC Holdings 1”), Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SPAC Holdings 2”), and Fir Tree, Inc., a New York corporation (“Fir Tree”), relating to common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”) of Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), owned by SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2. Fir Tree SPAC Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Fir Tree SPAC Master”), is the sole member of SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2, and Fir Tree is the investment manager of SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2.
     In addition to updating the holdings of the Reporting Persons, this Amendment is being filed to report that Sapling, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, transferred ownership of their shares of Common Stock to SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2 and consequently ceased to be Reporting Persons.
Item 1(a)  
Name of Issuer.
 
Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp.
Item 1(b)  
Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices.
 
590 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Item 2(a)  
Name of Person Filing.
Item 2(b)  
Address of Principal Business Office.
Item 2(c)  
Place of Organization.
 
Fir Tree, Inc.
505 Fifth Avenue
23rd Floor
New York, New York 10017
A New York corporation
 
Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 1, LLC
505 Fifth Avenue
23rd Floor
New York, New York 10017
A Delaware limited liability company
 
Fir Tree SPAC Holdings 2, LLC
505 Fifth Avenue
23rd Floor
New York, New York 10017

 

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A Delaware limited liability company
Fir Tree, Inc. is the investment manager for each of SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2, and has been granted investment discretion over portfolio investments, including the Common Stock (as defined below), held by each of them.
Item 2(d)  
Title of Class of Securities.
 
common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”)
Item 2(e)  
CUSIP Number.
 
02149U101
Item 3  
Reporting Person.
 
The person filing is not listed in Items 3(a) through 3(j).
Item 4  
Ownership.
  (a)  
SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2 are the beneficial owners of 2,613,989 shares of Common Stock and 1,595,611 shares of Common Stock, respectively. Fir Tree may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock held by SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2 as a result of being the investment manager of SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2.
 
  (b)  
SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2 are the beneficial owners of 5.1% and 3.1%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Collectively, the Reporting Persons beneficially own 4,209,600 shares of Common Stock which represent 8.1% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding. These percentages are determined by dividing the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially held by 51,750,000, the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of November 14, 2008, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2008.
 
  (c)  
SPAC Holdings 1 may direct the vote and disposition of 2,613,989 shares of Common Stock. SPAC Holdings 2 may direct the vote and disposition of 1,595,611 shares of Common Stock. Fir Tree has been granted investment discretion over the Common Stock held by SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2.
Item 5  
Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 6  
Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

 

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Fir Tree SPAC Master, as the sole member of SPAC Holdings 1 and SPAC Holdings 2, has the right to receive dividends from and the proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock.
Item 7  
Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported On by the Parent Holding Company.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 8  
Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 9  
Notice of Dissolution of Group.
 
Inapplicable.
Item 10  
Certification.
 
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my 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.

 

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SIGNATURE
     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
     Date: February 10, 2009
         
  FIR TREE SPAC HOLDINGS 1, LLC
 		  
  By:   FIR TREE, INC., its Manager    
     
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
    Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
    Title:   President   
 
  FIR TREE SPAC HOLDINGS 2, LLC
 		  
  By:   FIR TREE, INC., its Manager    
     
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
    Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
    Title:   President   
 
  FIR TREE, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum    
    Name:   Jeffrey Tannenbaum   
    Title:   President   

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
       
 
  1    
Joint Filing Agreement

 

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