Compass Diversified Holdings

Compass Group Diversified Holdings, LLC acquires and actively manages controlling interests in small and middle-market businesses headquartered in North America. The company focuses on businesses operating in industries with long-term macroeconomic growth opportunities, positive and stable cash flows, minimal threats of technological or competitive obsolescence, and strong management teams. It offers investors a diverse group of leading middle-market businesses primarily in the branded-consumer and industrial sectors. The company's financial structure allows for efficient business purchases with fewer third-party financing contingencies and provides acquired businesses with access to growth capital. Compass Group Diversified Holdings, LLC was formed on November 18, 2005. The Trust, which was previously treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, elected to be taxed as an association taxable as a corporation effective September 1, 2021. The LLC is the operating entity, and its Board of Directors oversees the management of the company and its businesses.