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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
gone public

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 NameParticipationUnderwriter 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.

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