UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION HOLDINGS INC
EXHIBIT 10.35
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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Exhibit&nbsp;10.35  </B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE<BR>  TO THE UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  EMPLOYEES' SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS, Universal Compression,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") maintains the Universal Compression,&nbsp;Inc. Employees' Supplemental Savings Plan, effective
July&nbsp;1, 1998 (the "Plan"); </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS,
Section&nbsp;11.1 of the Plan reserves to the Company the right to amend the Plan by action of its Board of Directors (the "Board"); and </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS,
the Board has approved the amendment to the Plan to provide that a Participant's Matching Contributions that are deemed invested in the common stock of Universal Compression
Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. shall be distributed in such form; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NOW,
THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;3.3(g)
of the Plan is hereby amended, effective September&nbsp;1, 2002, to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Each
Eligible Employee executing a Supplemental Salary Deferral Agreement may also elect, but shall not be required to elect, to specify the manner in which such Participant shall receive such
distributions, which election shall be either as a single lump-sum cash distribution or in installments; provided, however, that such Participant shall receive a distribution in the form
of Universal Compression Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. common stock with respect to post-August&nbsp;31, 2002 Matching Contributions that are deemed invested in such stock." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.1(d)
of the Plan is hereby amended, effective September&nbsp;1, 2002, to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Distributions
made under this Section&nbsp;8.1 shall be in cash and in a single lump sum, except that a Participant may elect pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.3(g) hereof in his Supplemental Salary
Deferral Agreement to receive installments payments in the case of distributions on a Termination Date resulting from retirement from the Company; provided, however, that such Participant shall
receive a distribution in the form of Universal Compression Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. common stock with respect to post-August&nbsp;31, 2002 Matching Contributions that are deemed invested
in such stock." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.2(c)
of the Plan is hereby amended, effective September&nbsp;1, 2002, to read as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Distributions
made under this Section&nbsp;8.2 shall be in cash and in a single lump sum paid within sixty (60)&nbsp;days after the Participant's death; provided, however, that such Participant's
Death Beneficiary shall receive a distribution in the form of Universal Compression Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. common stock with respect to post-August&nbsp;31, 2002 Matching Contributions
that are deemed invested in such stock." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, and as evidence of the adoption of this amendment by the Company, the undersigned officer being duly authorized has signed this amendment to be effective as of
September&nbsp;1, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RICHARD&nbsp;W. FITZGERALD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richard&nbsp;W. FitzGerald<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Senior Vice President&nbsp;&amp; Chief
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