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| Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. |
| 4440 Brittmoore Road, Houston, TX 77041 * (713) 335-7000 |
| Business Description | The company is a leading natural gas compression services company, providing a full range of rental, sales, operations, maintenance and fabrication services and products to the natural gas industry. |
| Offering Information Company has | |||
| Trading As | UCO (NYSE) | Industry | Service (SIC 7359) |
| Type of Stock Offered | Common Shares | Filing Date | 4/5/00 |
| Domestic Shares Offered | 7,000,000 | Offer Date | 5/23/00 |
| Foreign Shares Offered | 0 | Filing Range | $21.00 - $23.00 |
| Company Shares | 7,000,000 | Offer Price | $22.00 |
| Selling Shrhldrs Shares | 0 | Gross Spread | $1.485 |
| Gross Proceeds | $154,000,000 | Selling | $0.890 |
| Expenses | - - | Reallowance | $0.100 |
| Post-IPO Shares | 12,980,000 | Employees | - - |
| Primary Underwriting Group | ||
| Underwriter Name | Participation | Underwriter Phone |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. | Lead Manager | (212) 449-4600 |
| Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown | Co-manager | (410) 727-1700 |
| First Union Capital Markets Corp. | Co-manager | (804) 649-2311 |
| Wasserstein Perella Securities | Co-manager | (212) 969-2611 |
| Income Statement and Cash Flow Summary | |||||||
| Prior Audited Income |
Latest Unaudited Income | ||||||
| Full Year Audited Figures | - - Months Ending | ||||||
| Figures in U.S. millions except per share data | 3/31/96 | 3/31/97 | 3/31/98 | 3/31/99 | |||
| Revenues | - | 110.464 | 113.886 | 108.805 | 129.498 | - | - |
| Income from Oper. | - | 14.180 | 11.165 | 26.099 | 25.710 | - | - |
| Net Income | - | 5.972 | 7.842 | -3.214 | -2.361 | - | - |
| E.P.S | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Revenue Growth (%) | - | 3.10 | -4.46 | 19.018 | - | ||
| Net Income Growth (%) | - | 31.31 | - | - | - | ||
| Oper. Profit Margin (%) | - | 12.84 | 9.80 | 23.99 | 19.85 | - | - |
| Net Profit Margin (%) | - | 5.41 | 6.89 | - | - | - | - |
| Cash Flow - Oper. | 22.79 | - | - | ||||
| Cash Flow - Inv. | -63.00 | - | - | ||||
| Cash Flow - Fin. | 40.75 | - | - | ||||
| Balance Sheet Summary and Financial Ratios | |||||
| Balance sheet as of: 3/31/99 | Financial Ratios | ||||
| Total Assets | 437.99 | Current Assets | 37.03 | Current Ratio | 2.79 |
| Total Liab. | 357.22 | Current Liab. | 13.29 | Debt Ratio | 81.56% |
| Total Equity | 80.77 | Working Cap. | 23.74 | Debt to Equity Ratio | 4.42 |
| Cash | 2.93 | Return on Assets | - | ||
| Use Of Proceeds |
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay outstanding indebtedness under an existing credit facility and international debt arrangements and redemption of 11.3/8% senior discount notes and for general corporate purposes which may include redemption of some 9.7/8% senior discount notes. |
| Legal Counsel Registrar Auditor | |
| Issuer's Law Firm | King & Spalding |
| Bank's Law Firm | Vinson & Elkins |
| Auditor | Deloitte & Touche |
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| Principal Shareholders | ||
| Name of Shareholder | % Owned Before | % Owned After |
| Wilmington Trust, as Trustee of Du Pont Pension Trust | ||
| Mellon Bank N.A. as Trustee for the Bell Atlantic Master Trust | ||
| First Union Capital Partners, Inc. | ||
| Castle Harlan Partners III | ||
| BT Capital Partners, Inc. | ||
| Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering. | ||