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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Branford Castle Holdings, Inc.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Castle Harlan, Inc.
150 E. 58th Street
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(Street)
New York NY 10155
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/23/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (UCO)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title Below)
[ x ] Other (Specify below)(1)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ x ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I--Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Beneficial
Beneficially Direct (D) Ownership
Owned or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share
("Common Stock") 19,449 D (1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see instruction 5(b)(v). Page 1
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
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FORM 3 (continued)
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Table II--Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exercisable and 3. Title and Amount 4. Conversion or 5. Ownership Form of 6. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Expiration Date of Securities Exercise Price Derivative Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) Underlying of Derivative Security: Beneficial
----------------------- Derivative Security Direct (D) Ownership
Date Expiration Security or Indirect (Instr. 5)
Exercisable Date (Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5)
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Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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No Derivative Securities Owned
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The Reporting Person is party to a Voting Trust Agreement, dated as of
February 20, 1998 (the "Voting Trust Agreement"), among certain entities and
persons affiliated with Castle Harlan Partners III, L.P. whereby the Reporting
Person agreed to have John K. Castle act as voting trustee for the 228,722
shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, after giving effect to the consummation
of the initial public offering (the "IPO") of the Common Stock (including,
without limitation, the conversion of the outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock of the Issuer).
John K. Castle is party to a Voting Trust Agreement, dated as of December 1,
1998, among certain persons not affiliated with Castle Harlan Partners III,
L.P. whereby they agreed to have John K. Castle act as voting trustee for
the 66,898 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, after giving effect to the
IPO.
John K. Castle is the controlling stockholder of the Reporting Person as well
as Castle Harlan Partners III, G.P., Inc. ("CHP GP"), the general partner of
Castle Harlan Associates III, L.P. ("CH Associates"). Castle Harlan
Associates is the general partner of Castle Harlan Partners III, L.P. ("CHP
III") which directly owns 2,936,718 shares of Common Stock (after giving
effect to the IPO). John K. Castle is also the controlling stockholder of
Castle Harlan, Inc. ("CHI"), the investment manager of CHP III. CHP III and
related investment funds own directly 3,064,565 shares of Common Stock (after
giving effect to the IPO).
CHP III controls the voting of an additional 2,174,529 shares of Common Stock
(after giving effect to the IPO) pursuant to the Voting Agreement, dated as of
February 20, 1998, as amended, among CHP III, the Issuer, Mellon Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee for the Bell Atlantic Master Trust, First Union Capital Partners,
Inc., DB Capital Partners SBIC, L.P. (f/k/a BT Capital Partners, Inc.),
Wilmington Trust, as Trustee for the Du Pont Pension Trust and Brown
University Third Century Fund.
All of the foregoing shares of Common Stock may be deemed to be beneficially
owned by the Reporting Person. Only the number of shares of Common Stock
(after giving effect to the IPO), held directly by the Reporting Person are
reported herein. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the
Issuer's securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16(a) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, except as to
securities representing the Reporting Person's pro rata interest in, and
interest in the profits of, CHI, CHP GP and CH Associates, and CHP III and its
affiliates.
Branford Castle Holdings, Inc.
/s/ John K. Castle 5/23/00
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