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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190612
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001084991
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				752811855
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31398
		FILM NUMBER:		19894116

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		508 WEST WALL STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			MIDLAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		432-262-2700

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		STREET 1:		508 WEST WALL STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			MIDLAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79701
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<div><a name="sca6cf3c953374dfcb97793cf3de6ad8a"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;"><img src="logo1a02.jpg" alt="logo1a02.jpg" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;height:88px;width:154px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">June 12, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Dear Fellow Natural Gas Services Group Shareholder:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">I am writing today to update you on our annual meeting and the proxy materials you recently received. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">First, we appreciate your support of NGS. Your confidence in the Company is important to us, and we take our role as stewards of your capital very seriously. The NGS team works hard to consider the impact of shareholder value on every decision we make. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">As you know, we recently filed our Annual Proxy Statement ahead of the Company&#8217;s annual meeting to be held on June 20, 2019. In that Proxy we outline a number of important action items including our Board of Directors standing for re-election and our independent auditors which we ask you to ratify for another year of service. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">We also provide significant detail regarding our executive compensation program, its evolution over the past several years and modifications made in response to our engagement and discussions with you, our shareholders. We would ask that you carefully review those materials and, as recommended by your Board of Directors, vote in favor of the proposed plan. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">We also ask you to approve a new Omnibus Stock Plan which provides equity and equity derivatives to incentivize NGS employees for their efforts on your behalf. We award stock and stock options to both the leadership team as well as other key employees on an annual basis, something we consider a key component of our incentive compensation plan which allows us to attract and retain exceptional members of the NGS team. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Unfortunately, one of the proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (&#8220;ISS&#8221;), has recommended a vote against our executive compensation program and our Omnibus Stock Plan, a recommendation that we believe is based on </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">flawed and careless</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">&#32;analysis. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">While we understand the role that proxy advisory firms play in the governance process, your Board of Directors and Compensation Committee believe that the ISS analysis is based on erroneous data and has significant factual and interpretive errors. For example, the ISS peer group does not contain a single contract energy compression company but does contain several exploration and production companies and non-energy companies that have no relationship to our business whatsoever. Moreover, the ISS peer group contains companies that have filed for bankruptcy, received delisting notices or are so small so as to be inappropriate peers.  </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;">In short, the proxy advisor&#8217;s peer group selection suggests little care was taken in attempting to understand the business of NGS and providing an objective analysis of the Company and the efficacy of its compensation program.</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">This is not a new phenomenon for ISS. In the past three years, nearly half (47%) of the companies selected by ISS as NGS peers have either filed for bankruptcy or have received delisting notices. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">The Compensation Committee, with the assistance of compensation experts and legal counsel and </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;text-decoration:underline;">input from shareholders like you</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">, has crafted a compensation program that they believe is fair, balancing the need to attract and retain exceptional leaders with the desire to maximize value for all of Natural Gas Services Group&#8217;s shareholders. In fact, we have continued to modify our compensation program detailed in this year&#8217;s proxy as a result of our conversations with many of our shareholders and as a result of counsel from our compensation consultants.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">ISS has also - based on specious, careless and lazy analysis - recommended a vote against our Omnibus Stock Plan. Contrary to the claims of ISS, NGS has provided equity incentives well beyond the named executive officers, the primary reason ISS recommends a vote against the plan. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Quite simply, if ISS is successful in its campaign to defeat the approval of our Omnibus Stock Plan, our ability to attract and retain key members of our leadership team is threatened as is the opportunity to use equity to align the interests of other employees with our shareholders which eliminates a key competitive advantage for Natural Gas Services Group. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Your Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR approval of the Omnibus Stock Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Your Board of Directors has reached out to the proxy advisory firm recommending the &#8220;no&#8221; votes, explaining our rationale and requesting they reconsider their position. </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">A copy of our formal correspondence is attached to this letter</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">As always, we are open to dialogue with you - our shareholders - to make certain the decisions we make on key compensation issues include your interests and are consistent with the long-term goals of the Company. We appreciate your consideration of these important matters and look forward to continuing our dialogue with you as we work together to make Natural Gas Services Group a premier energy services concern. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Sincerely, </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP, INC. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;"><img src="sct.jpg" alt="sct.jpg" style="height:54px;width:112px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Stephen C. Taylor</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sa4865a950bac43c39724abe928415e04"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><img src="logo1a03.jpg" alt="logo1a03.jpg" style="height:88px;width:154px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Mr. Robert Kalb</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">June 12, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Page 2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">June 12, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Via Electronic Mail and Overnight Delivery</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Robert Kalb</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Senior Associate - Governance Department</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">702 King Farm Boulevard</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Suite 400</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Rockville, MD&#160;20850</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Electronic Mail: Robert.D.Kalb@issgovernance.com</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Ref:</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">ISS Proxy Advisory Services (&#8220;ISS&#8221;) Report (Dated June 6, 2019)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Natural Gas Services Group Proxy Analysis </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Dear Mr. Kalb:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">I serve as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (&#8220;NGS&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) Board of Directors. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">I write to alert you to egregious inaccuracies and misinterpretations in the above-captioned report on which you are indicated as the primary contact. We are disappointed by what we believe are erroneous assumptions and interpretations that cast an incorrect view of NGS&#8217;s compensation structure and, as a result, provide your clients and readers of your report with a jaundiced view of NGS&#8217;s proxy ballot initiatives. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Moreover, we find your claims regarding the Company&#8217;s proposed Omnibus Stock Plan to be specious, based either on a lack of understanding of omnibus equity plans or a lack of effort in your attempt to understand the equity compensation program of Natural Gas Services Group. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In past years, NGS has provided a detailed response to the erroneous and careless analysis by your firm of the Company&#8217;s proxy material and offered to discuss your findings and engage in a dialogue with your firm to better understand and address your concerns. Our attempts to engage in such dialogue have gone unanswered, suggesting you and your firm have little interest in understanding the compensation programs of our Company or a sincere, good faith analysis of our programs and policies. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">It should be noted that last year ISS recommended a vote in favor of the Company&#8217;s Named Executive Officers&#8217; (&#8220;NEO&#8221;) Compensation plan; yet, this year ISS recommended a vote against the Company&#8217;s NEO Compensation plan even though there were no material changes in the structure of the plan. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">In short, your recommendation that shareholders vote against the </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers&#8217; Compensation</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;and the </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Omnibus Stock Plan </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">is inconsistent with both the facts and reasonable interpretation of the Company&#8217;s compensation policy and the available public data on NGS named executives&#8217; compensation structure. </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Furthermore, your recommendations are not in the best interest of NGS shareholders and could result in irreparable harm to the competitiveness of the Company, especially as it relates to attracting and retaining employees critical to maximizing shareholder value over time.</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">While we note a number of factual and interpretative errors in your analysis of the NGS proxy, we focus on three specific items that, in the Company&#8217;s view, are fatal errors that discredit your analysis: (1) Pay for Performance Alignment; (2) Peer Group Selection; and (3) Approval of the Company&#8217;s Omnibus Stock Plan. Each is addressed in turn. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Errors in Pay for Performance Alignment Analysis</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">While we appreciate the ISS analysis regarding executive compensation and annual incentive awards, including the challenges faced by NGS (and the entire oilfield equipment and services sector) in the most recent fiscal year, we find your critique and criticisms to be both myopic and misleading. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">NGS considers its executive compensation program structure as a critical component of attracting and retaining key employees.  Over the past several years, the Compensation Committee has received meaningful input and feedback from key stakeholders as well as proxy advisory services, including ISS, regarding effective compensation practices.  A critical element of the executive compensation plan is the incentive compensation program, a plan that has been substantially revised over the past several years based on feedback from all of our stakeholders, including input from proxy advisors such as ISS. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">As described in the Company&#8217;s proxy, incentive compensation is calculated based on three-year total shareholder return (&#8220;TSR&#8221;) relative to the companies in our selected peer group. Based off this analysis, NGS three-year TSR was in the 82</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:6pt">nd</sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;percentile for the peer group and in the 100</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:6pt">th</sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#32;percentile for five-year TSR.  In recent critiques of the NGS compensation plan, as well as in your guidance publications, ISS has stressed the importance of long-term relative performance in designing incentive compensation plans. We can only conclude that you conveniently chose to ignore this metric as it doesn&#8217;t fit your narrative. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Moreover, while ISS accurately notes that NGS financial performance did not meet certain thresholds, you appear to summarily dismiss several other important accomplishments of the Company during the year; accomplishments which the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors felt are important to acknowledge through incentives. Such awards are consistent with the Board&#8217;s discretionary authority, an authority ISS acknowledged when recommending approval of the compensation scheme set forth in the previous year&#8217;s proxy.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">First among those factors is solid revenue and profitability during a period of significant uncertainty in the oilfield equipment and services sector. As important, NGS continues to maintain the strongest balance sheet amongst its peers in a period where an unprecedented number of oilfield equipment and service peers experienced balance sheet stress, NGS maintained a strong cash position and no meaningful debt. Finally, the Company - under Mr. Taylor and his team&#8217;s leadership - have positioned NGS to compete in the burgeoning high-horsepower compression market which should result in significant growth in revenue and profitability, again without endangering the Company&#8217;s strong financial position. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">It is the view of the Board of Directors - notwithstanding ISS&#8217;s neophyte critique - that the adopted compensation strategy was in the best interest of NGS shareholders. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Errors in Peer Group Selection</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">While you are critical of the Company&#8217;s peer group selection based on market capitalization, it is far superior to the random selection of companies that ISS mistakenly suggests is representative of NGS&#8217;s business. 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style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Company Name</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Market Cap as of June 6, 2019</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Market Cap Relative to NGS</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid 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(ICD) into our current peer group.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">That said, as the table above clearly demonstrates, ISS has, at best, a challenged track record when providing recommendations for companies to be included in the NGS peer group.  Out of the remaining 19 ISS-Only recommendations, five (26%) have filed for bankruptcy and four (21%) have received delisting notices from their respective stock exchanges.  </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Nearly half (47%) of the companies selected by ISS as NGS peers have either filed for bankruptcy or have recently received delisting notices</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The only companies in the current ISS peer group that NGS might consider as peer group members (and that are not already in the NGS selected peer group) are Abraxas Petroleum Corporation and Panhandle Oil and Gas, both exploration and production companies. After discussions with the Board of Directors and our advisors, we do not believe exploration and production companies should be represented in our peer group as their businesses and measurement metrics are unique when compared to oilfield equipment and service concerns.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Additionally, from 2016-2018 the ISS-Only peer group contained no direct peers, companies that provide contract compression services or sale of compression equipment, the primary business of NGS. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Errors in Omnibus Stock Plan Analysis</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">This year, NGS has asked shareholders to approve the 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, requesting 500,000 shares for this new employee stock incentive plan. 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In fact, (an element that we are certain you are aware of), a stock plan simply authorizes a certain number of shares or share derivatives to be used to provide incentive compensation for employees in the future. The plan itself is silent on how those shares will be awarded, a process left to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. We can only assume that the use of such magniloquent rhetoric was an attempt to deceptively frighten your clients rather than provide accurate, astute and objective counsel regarding the intent, purpose and effect of renewing a company&#8217;s stock incentive plan. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Your second claim that the &#8220;plan is not sufficiently broad-based&#8221; is simply incorrect. While we issue restricted stock units to our Named Executive Officers, we also issue incentive equity, in the form of stock options, to a large number of NGS employees. The leadership of NGS views this program as the most efficacious way to provide compelling economic incentives to our employees. Your assumption that only NEOs receive incentive equity in the company is simply incorrect. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Prior to the creation of this Omnibus Stock Plan, the Company provided equity and equity derivatives to non-NEOs through a separate and distinct stock option plan. To reduce cost and improve the efficiency of administration, the Board felt it appropriate to combine the plans into one Omnibus plan. Based on the most recent ISS analysis, we are convinced you were unaware of the awards made to other NGS employees. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Your recommended vote against the Omnibus Stock Plan not only threatens the Company&#8217;s ability to attract and retain key members of our leadership team, it also removes the opportunity to use equity to align the interests of other employees with our shareholders which eliminates a key competitive advantage for Natural Gas Services Group. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">While the ISS analysis of the Company&#8217;s executive compensation plan is both careless and inaccurate, your critique and opinion of our new Omnibus Stock Plan is also reckless. The Board of Directors has taken great care to ensure that we can attract and retain key leaders that have the attributes and abilities to strategically position NGS to create durable shareholder value. For ISS to presuppose it can substitute its judgment for the Board of Directors of </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">any </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">company regarding the tools necessary to attract and retain key leadership is both dangerous and arrogant. 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We appreciate your immediate attention and look forward to a dialogue and resolution prior to our annual meeting.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Please contact the undersigned should you have questions.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Very truly yours, </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NATURAL GAS SERVICES GROUP, INC. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">/s/ William F. Hughes, Jr. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">William F. Hughes, Jr. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">cc:</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Stephen C. Taylor, Chairman, President &amp; Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Members - Natural Gas Services Group Board of Directors </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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