Company: CODI-PB
Filing Date: 2025-12-08
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001345126-25-000078
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Company: Compass Diversified Holdings
Filing Date: 2025-12-08
Form: 10-K/A
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 are the following: “RECOMA”, “PLASTIFORM”, “FLEXMAG” and “ARNOLD”. Application dates for various trademarks date back to as early as 1960.

#### Regulatory Environment
Arnold’s domestic manufacturing and assembly operations and its facilities are subject to evolving federal, state and local environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations. These include laws and regulations governing air emissions, wastewater discharge and the storage and handling of chemicals and hazardous substances. Arnold’s foreign manufacturing and assembly operations are also subject to local environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations. New requirements, more stringent application of existing requirements, or discovery of previously unknown environmental conditions could result in material environmental expenditures in the future.

Arnold is a major producer of both Samarium Cobalt permanent magnets under its brand name RECOMA ® and Alnico (in both cast and sintered forms). Both materials from Arnold meet the current Berry Amendment or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Systems (DFARS) requirements per clause 252.225.7014 further described under 10 U.S.C. 2533b. This provision covers the protection of strategic materials critical to national security. These magnet types are considered “specialty metals” under these regulations.

#### Human Capital
Arnold is led by a capable management team of industry veterans that possess a balanced combination of industry experience and operational expertise. Arnold employed approximately 798 hourly and salaried employees located throughout North America, Europe and Asia at December 31, 2024. Arnold’s employees are compensated at levels commensurate with industry standards, based on their respective position and job grade.

Arnold’s workforce is non-union except for approximately 61 hourly employees at its Marengo, Illinois facilities, who are represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). Arnold enjoys good labor relations with its employees and union and has a three-year contract in place with the IAM, which will expire in June 2025.

#### Sterno

### Overview
Sterno, headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the parent company of Sterno Products, LLC ("Sterno Products") and Rimports, LLC ("Rimports"). Sterno operates via two product divisions:

• Sterno Products - S terno Products offers a broad range of wick and gel chafing fuels, liquid and traditional wax candles, butane stoves and accessories, and catering equipment and lamps for restaurants, hotel and home entertainment uses, selling both Sterno brand and private label. As a leading supplier of canned