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Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of
December 20, 2006, is between Natural Gas Services Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the
“Company”), and Stephen C. Taylor, an individual residing in Midland, Texas (the
“Employee”).

RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee previously entered into that certain Employment
Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2005 (the “Employment Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Company employed the Employee to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer; and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee desire to amend the Employment Agreement as more
particularly described below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee agree to the following:

     1.      Amendment to Section 4(c) of the Employment Agreement. Section 4(c) of the
Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted therefor:

	 	 	      “(c) Bonuses. In addition to base salary, the Employee shall be entitled to
receive on an annual basis during the Employment Term a cash bonus of up to 50% of
the Employee’s base salary, the amount of which will be based upon and subject to
parameters established by the Board of Directors of the Company or its Compensation
Committee. Any such bonuses shall be payable to the Employee in the manner
specified by the Board of Directors of the Company or its Compensation Committee at
the time such bonus is awarded.”

     2.      No Additional Amendments. Except as amended by this Amendment, the Employment
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

     3.      Binding Effect. This Amendment shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

     4.      Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and it
is not necessary that each party to this Amendment execute each counterpart.

[Signatures on Following Page]

 

 

DATED as of December 20, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMPANY:

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.
a Colorado corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	     /s/ William F. Hughes, Jr.
 	 
	 	 	William F. Hughes, Jr. 	 
	 	 	Chairman of Compensation Committee 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EMPLOYEE:

 	 
	 	By:  	     /s/ Stephen C. Taylor
 	 
	 	 	Stephen C. Taylor 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver 

to and under 

Credit Agreement

          This Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver, dated as of December 18, 2006
(this “Amendment”), to and under the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2006 (as
amended, including by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among Affiliated Computer
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ACS Commercial Solutions,
Inc., a Nevada corporation, ACS Education Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
ACS Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ACS HR Solutions, LLC, a
Pennsylvania limited liability company, ACS Outsourcing Solutions, Inc., a Michigan
corporation, ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc., a New York corporation, ACS State
Healthcare, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ACS TradeOne Marketing, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, Buck Consultants, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
ACS Worldwide Lending Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and
Wales, and each other Subsidiary Borrower party thereto from time to time, the Lenders
and Issuers party thereto from time to time, and Citicorp USA, Inc. (“Citicorp”),
as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise specified
herein, all capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Credit Agreement.

WITNESSETH

          WHEREAS, in connection with the investigation relating to the Company’s historical stock
option practices as disclosed in the Company’s press release dated August 7, 2006 (including the
matters disclosed in the Company’s press release dated November 27, 2006, the “Options Matter”),
the Company has requested a waiver of certain covenants under the Credit Agreement and certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement as herein set forth;

          WHEREAS, the Company, each of the Lenders signatory to an acknowledgment and consent, in the
form set forth as Exhibit A (an “Acknowledgment and Consent”), and the Administrative Agent have
agreed to such waiver and amendments on the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

          SECTION 1. Consent and Waiver.

          (a) As of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and each Lender signatory to an
Acknowledgment and Consent hereby (i) consent to (A) the delivery of the Financial Statements
required by Section 6.1(a) (Quarterly Reports) and the related Compliance Certificate required by
Section 6.1(c) (Compliance Certificate) for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2006 and the Fiscal
Quarter ended September 30, 2006, on or prior to February 14, 2007, and (B) the delivery of the
Financial Statements and related accountant’s report required by Section 6.1(b) (Annual Reports)
and the related Compliance Certificate required by Section 6.1(c) (Compliance Certificate) for the
Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006, on or prior to February 14, 2007 and (ii) waive any Default or
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Default (x) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with Section 6.1(a) (Quarterly
Reports), Section 6.1(b) (Annual Reports) or Section 6.1(c) (Compliance Certificate) (all such
financial statements, reports and certificates being the “Delayed Reports”); provided that, in each
case, the failure to deliver each of the Delayed Reports within the applicable time period provided
by the Credit Agreement shall have resulted directly or indirectly from the Options Matter.

          (b) The Administrative Agent and each Lender signatory to an Acknowledgment and Consent hereby
waive any Default or Event of Default under Section 9.1(c) (Events of Default) solely to the extent
that the representations or warranties made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 4.4(a)
(Financial Statements), Section 4.9 (Full Disclosure), Section 6.1(a) (Quarterly Reports) or
Section 6.1(e) (Business Plan) shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed to have been
made as a result of a restatement, adjustment or other modification of the Financial Statements
delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date; provided that such restatement,
adjustment or other modification shall have resulted directly or indirectly from the Options
Matter.

          (c) The Administrative Agent and each Lender signatory to an Acknowledgment and Consent hereby
waive any Default or Event of Default under Section 9.1(e) (Events of Default), arising from the
Company’s or any other Group Member’s failure to comply with similar reporting covenants under any
other Indebtedness (including any requirement to file any report with the SEC or to furnish such
report to the holders of such Indebtedness) (collectively, “Similar Reporting Covenants”); provided
that (i) such failure to comply shall have resulted directly or indirectly from the Options Matter
and (ii) the Company and/or such other Group Member, as applicable, shall have delivered all
reports and all other statements required by each such Similar Reporting Covenant on or prior to
February 14, 2007.

          (d) Except as expressly provided in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, nothing contained in this
Amendment shall be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document.

          (e) Notwithstanding the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Loans or Applicable Unused
Commitment Fee Rate that would otherwise be in effect, from and after the Effective Date and
through the earlier of (x) February 14, 2007 and (y) the date that any of the Delayed Reports have
been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the requirements set forth in the
Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) (the “Modification Termination Date”), (i)
“Applicable Margin” shall mean with respect to Revolving Loans maintained as (1) Base Rate Loans, a
rate equal to 0.25% per annum and (2) Eurocurrency Rate Loans, a rate equal to 1.25% per annum and
(ii) “Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean 0.375% per annum. Commencing on the
Modification Termination Date, “Applicable Margin” and “Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate”
shall each revert to the definition set forth in the Credit Agreement without giving effect to this
Section 1(e) and from and after the Modification Termination Date, this Amendment shall cease to be
of further force and effect with respect to any Delayed Report that has been delivered.

          (f) Promptly, but in any event within 10 Business Days after delivery of the Financial
Statements for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006, the Company shall furnish to the Administrative
Agent an update of the Projections delivered by it in accordance with Section 6.1(e) (Business
Plan).

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          SECTION 2. Amendments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement (together with the Exhibits and Schedules
thereto) is hereby amended as follows:

          (a) Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following definitions among the existing definitions set forth in such Section in alphabetical
order:

          “Permitted Unsecured Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness of the Company which (a) has a
maturity date no earlier than six months after the later of (i) the Term Loan Maturity Date
and (ii) the final maturity date applicable to any Facility Increase outstanding at the time
such Indebtedness is incurred, (b) has market interest rates and fees, (c) has no financial
covenants that are maintenance covenants, (d) has no covenants or events of default that are
more restrictive than those in the Loan Documents, (e) does not require any funds to be set
aside for any redemption, retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other
acquisition of such Indebtedness, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking
fund, a similar fund or otherwise and (f) if such Indebtedness is subordinated to the
Obligations, is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

          (b) Section 4.13(b) (Use of Proceeds) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

          (b) The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Letters of Credit are being used by
each Revolving Credit Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by such Borrower,
each Group Member) solely (i) to refinance all Indebtedness and other obligations
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) for the payment of transaction costs,
fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes for itself or
any of its Subsidiaries and (iv) to finance Permitted Acquisitions; provided, however, that
the Revolving Credit Borrowers may use the Revolving Loans from time to time to make
payments permitted under Section 8.5(e) (Restricted Payments) and to pay costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection therewith, in each case, to the extent, before and after
giving effect to all such payments on any date, (A) the aggregate principal amount of all
such Revolving Loans outstanding at any time used to make payments permitted under Section
8.5(e) shall not exceed $500,000,000, (B) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
such Revolving Loans outstanding at any time used to make payments permitted under Section
8.5(e)(i) shall not exceed $350,000,000 and (C) the sum of (1) the Available Credit and (2)
the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (free and clear of all Liens other than
Customary Permitted Liens and Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties) in excess of $50,000,000 included in the Consolidated balance sheet of
the Group Members as of such date shall not be less than $300,000,000 (or at any time prior
to or on June 30, 2007, $200,000,000).

          (c) Section 8.1(d) (Indebtedness) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety
and replaced with the following:

          (d) Renewals, extensions, refinancings and refundings of Indebtedness permitted by
clause (b) or (c) above or this clause (d); provided, however, that (i) in the case of the
Existing Notes, any such renewal, extension, refinancing or refunding thereof shall

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constitute Permitted Unsecured Debt (provided that, in the case of any extension of the
Existing Notes, the Existing Notes may continue to be secured in accordance with the terms
of the Existing Indenture) and (ii) in the case of any other Indebtedness, any such renewal,
extension, refinancing or refunding shall be in an aggregate principal amount not greater
than the principal amount of, and on terms no less favorable to any Group Member obligated
thereunder, including as to weighted average maturity and final maturity, than the
Indebtedness being renewed, extended, refinanced or refunded;

          (d) The first paragraph of Section 8.4 (Sale of Assets) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

          8.4 Sale of Assets

          No Group Member shall sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of, any of
their respective assets or any interest therein (including the sale or factoring at maturity
or collection of any accounts) to any Person, or permit or suffer any other Person to
acquire any interest in any of their respective assets or issue or sell any shares of their
Stock or any Stock Equivalents (except in the case of the Company, the Company’s Stock or
any of its Stock Equivalents) (any such disposition being an “Asset Sale”), except for the
following:

          (e) Section 8.5(e) (Restricted Payments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

          (e) (i) repurchase of additional shares of the Class A Common Stock and (ii) the
prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of the Existing Notes,
(A) in each case, from the proceeds of (1) any Securities Repurchase Increase or (2) to the
extent permitted under Section 4.13(b), Revolving Loans and (B) in the case of clause (ii)
above, from the proceeds of a sale by the Company of the Company’s Stock or any of its Stock
Equivalent; provided, however, that the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the
Initial Term Loans used to pay for the Stock Repurchase and (B) the aggregate principal
amount of the additional Term Loans and Revolving Loans (less any Revolving Loans that are
repaid with proceeds of any additional Term Loans) used for the purposes permitted under
this clause (e) shall not exceed $3,500,000,000; and

          SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on
December 21, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions
precedent:

          (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by
each Borrower and the Administrative Agent;

          (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received an Acknowledgment and Consent duly executed
by each Lender constituting the Requisite Lenders; and

          (c) (i) The Lenders shall have received payment of all fees as required by Section 4 hereof
and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all fees, costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the
Administrative Agent) in connection with this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan
Document, as required by Section 5 hereof.

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          SECTION 4. Fees. As consideration for the execution of this Amendment and so long as
(i) the condition set forth in Section 3(b) above shall have been satisfied and (ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have executed this Amendment, the Company, on behalf of each Borrower,
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender from which the
Administrative Agent shall have received (by facsimile or otherwise) an executed Acknowledgment and
Consent with respect to this Amendment by 5 p.m. (New York time) on December 18, 2006, a fee equal
to 0.05% of the sum of (A) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect and (B) the
principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans then outstanding.

          SECTION 5. Costs and Expenses. As provided in Section 11.3(a) (Costs and Expenses) of
the Credit Agreement, each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for all reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs and
expenses of counsel or other advisors for advice, assistance or other representation in connection
with this Amendment, to the extent invoiced to the Borrowers no less than one Business Day prior to
the Effective Date.

          SECTION 6. Construction with the Loan Documents.

          (a) On and after this Amendment becoming effective in accordance with Section 3, each
reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of
like import, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and
be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended or otherwise modified hereby, and this Amendment
and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument. The table of
contents, signature pages and list of Exhibits and Schedules of the Credit Agreement shall be
deemed modified to reflect the changes made by this Amendment.

          (b) Except as expressly amended or otherwise modified hereby, all of the terms and provisions
of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect
and are hereby ratified and confirmed, including the respective guarantees and security interests
granted pursuant to the respective Loan Documents.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver
of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders, the Issuers or the Agents under any of the Loan
Documents, nor constitute a waiver or amendment of any provision of any of the Loan Documents or
for any purpose except as expressly set forth herein.

          (d) This Amendment is a Loan Document.

          (e) This Amendment shall not extinguish or otherwise constitute a novation of the Obligations
outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan
Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof. The Credit Agreement and each of
the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or
thereby in connection herewith or therewith.

          SECTION 7. Representations And Warranties. Each Borrower hereby represents and
warrants, on and as of the date hereof, both prior and after giving effect to this Amendment, that
(i) it has taken all necessary actions to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance of
this Amendment, (ii) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Borrower, (iii)
this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, (iv) each of the
representations and warranties made by it in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other
Loan Documents, shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and
warranties in any such Loan Document which expressly speak as of an earlier date, which shall have
been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (v) no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than any Default or Event of Default expressly
waived by Section 1(a), (b) or (c) of this Amendment).

          SECTION 8. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State
of New York.

          SECTION 9. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a
single counterpart so that all signature pages are attached to the same document. Delivery of an
executed counterpart by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of this Amendment.

          SECTION 10. Integration. This Amendment, together with the other Loan Documents,
incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.

[Signature pages follow]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.,

ACS Commercial Solutions, Inc.,

ACS Education Services, Inc.,

ACS Enterprise Solutions, Inc.,

ACS HR Solutions, LLC,

ACS Outsourcing Solutions, Inc.,

ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc., 

ACS State Healthcare, LLC,

ACS TradeOne Marketing, Inc.,

     as Borrowers

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Nancy P. Vineyard
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Nancy P. Vineyard 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	ACS Worldwide Lending Limited,

     as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Nancy P. Vineyard
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Nancy P. Vineyard 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Treasurer 	 
	 

[Signature page to Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Buck Consultants, LLC,

     as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	                /s/      Karl W. Lohwater
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Karl W. Lohwater 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Assistant Secretary 	 
	 

[Signature page to Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Citicorp USA, Inc.,

as Administrative Agent	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ James M. Walsh	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name: James M. Walsh	 	 
	 	 	Title: Vice President and Managing Director	 	 

[Signature page to Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A to

Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver

to and under Credit Agreement

Acknowledgement And Consent

			
	To:	 	Citicorp USA,
Inc., as Administrative Agent

388 Greenwich Street, 21st Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: James M. Walsh

	 	 	   Re:
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. - Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver

          Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2006 (as amended),
among Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ACS
Commercial Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation, ACS Education Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, ACS Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ACS HR
Solutions, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, ACS Outsourcing Solutions,
Inc., a Michigan corporation, ACS State & Local Solutions, Inc., a New York
corporation, ACS State Healthcare, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ACS
TradeOne Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Buck Consultants, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, ACS Worldwide Lending Limited, a limited company organized
under the laws of England and Wales, and each other Subsidiary Borrower party thereto from time to
time, the Lenders and Issuers party thereto from time to time, and Citicorp
USA, Inc. (“Citicorp”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise specified herein, all capitalized terms used in this
Acknowledgment and Consent shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

          The Company has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement and consent to a waiver
under the Credit Agreement on the terms described in Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver to and
under Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), the form of which is attached hereto.

          Pursuant to Section 11.1(a) (Amendments, Waivers, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned Lender hereby consents to the terms of the Amendment and authorizes the Administrative
Agent to execute and deliver the Amendment on its behalf.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

[Name of Lender]

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated as of December __, 2006

[Signature Page to Lender Consent to ACS’ Amendment No. 4, Consent and Waiver]

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