Company: CODI-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013771
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Company: Compass Diversified Holdings
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 45
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’s business are performed by employees of our Manager under the leadership of Mr. Elias Sabo and Mr. Stephen Keller, who are seconded to the Company as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. This means that they have been assigned by our Manager to work for the Company during the term of the Management Services Agreement. The pay ratio disclosure rules of Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K require an issuer to disclose the ratio of the total compensation of the median employee of the issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries, if any, to the total compensation of the issuer’s chief executive officer. Because we do not reimburse our Manager for our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, we do not believe such pay ratio disclosure would provide meaningful information to our shareholders and, therefore, do not provide a pay ratio disclosure in our Proxy Statement. Our Business Compass Diversified acquires, owns and actively manages a diverse group of highly defensible, middle-market businesses across the branded consumer, industrial, healthcare, and critical outsourced services sectors. We are an experienced acquirer and manager of middle-market North American companies. Since 2006, we have acquired and operated twenty-four businesses and have supported our subsidiaries as they consummated thirty-five add-on acquisitions during that same period. Currently, our subsidiary businesses include six branded consumer businesses and three industrial businesses. We believe our public company structure gives us a capital structure advantage and provides our subsidiaries with a much more stable source of funding base than is available to stand-alone private, leveraged entities. Our capital structure

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allows us to take longer-term views and positions us to deliver returns across a wide range of economic climates. Our shareholders have been rewarded with more than a billion dollars in realized gains since our initial public offering in 2006. In 2018, we further refined and enhanced our strategy, with the objective of owning and managing high-growth, innovative and disruptive businesses. We are passionate about partnering with outstanding management teams and supporting them with patient growth capital. We have found that companies who strategically plan for the long term have outperformed those who only focus on the short term. Ultimately, we create value for our shareholders by acquiring and managing high-quality companies for long-term success. We are committed to identifying, owning and actively supporting strong businesses with innovative and sustainable business models. Guided by our buy, build, and grow philosophy, we seek to create lasting value for our stakeholders. Our subsidiaries include many brands that are household names.