SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES 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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMMONS L E (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SCF PARTNERS, INC. 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/18/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Nine Energy Service, Inc. [ NINE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	1,132,238	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMMONS L E (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SCF PARTNERS, INC. 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SIMMONS L E & ASSOCIATES INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCF-VII, G.P., Limited Partnership (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCF-VII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCF-VII(A), G.P., Limited Partnership (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SCF-VII(A), L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 600 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 6600 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 938,063 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of Nine Energy Service, Inc. (the "Issuer") directly owned by SCF-VII, L.P. and 194,175 shares of Common Stock directly owned by SCF-VII(A), L.P.

2. L. E. Simmons is the Chairman and sole member of the board of directors of L.E. Simmons & Associates, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("LESA"), which is the sole general partner of each of SCF-VII, G.P., Limited Partnership ("SCF-VII GP") and SCF-VII(A), G.P., Limited Partnership ("SCF-VII(A) GP"). Additionally, SCF-VII, GP is the sole general partner of SCF-VII, L.P. and SCF-VII(A) GP is the sole general partner of SCF-VII(A), L.P. Based on the reporting person's affiliation with SCF-VII, L.P. and SCF-VII(A), L.P., L. E. Simmons may be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer directly owned by SCF-VII, L.P. and SCF-VII(A), L.P. Mr. Simmons disclaims beneficial ownership of all such interests.

Remarks:

This Form 3 is being filed in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-217601) of Nine Energy Service, Inc. See attached for Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.

	/s/ L. E. Simmons	01/18/2018
	/s/ L.E. Simmons & Associates, Incorporated by Theodore R. Moore, as Attorney-in-fact	01/18/2018
	/s/ SCF-VII, G.P., Limited Partnership by Theodore R. Moore, as Attorney-in-fact	01/18/2018
	/s/ SCF-VII, L.P. by Theodore R. Moore, as Attorney-in-fact	01/18/2018
	/s/ SCF-VII(A), G.P., Limited Partnership by Theodore R. Moore, as Attorney-in-fact	01/18/2018
	/s/ SCF-VII(A), L.P. by Theodore R. Moore, as Attorney-in-fact	01/18/2018
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