Compass Diversified Holdings Announces Share Offering

WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI), announced today it has commenced a public offering of 4,300,000 trust shares, with a 30-day option for the underwriters to purchase up to an additional 645,000 trust shares. Net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank are the joint book-running managers on the offering, with BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC; CJS Securities, Inc.; Janney Montgomery Scott; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and TD Securities acting as co-managers. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from the following address:

You may also obtain these documents for free when they are available by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The offering will be made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and prospectus filed by CODI with the SEC.

About Compass Diversified Holdings ("CODI")

Compass Diversified Holdings ("CODI") was formed to acquire and manage a group of middle market businesses that are headquartered in North America. Its subsidiaries are a diverse group of businesses with highly defensible market positions.

Subsidiary Businesses

Each of our companies is a leader in their respective market niche:

• The manufacture of quick-turn, prototype and production rigid printed circuit boards (Advanced Circuits, www.advancedcircuits.com);
• The design and manufacture of promotionally priced upholstered furniture (American Furniture Manufacturing, www.americanfurn.net);
• The design and manufacture of medical therapeutic support surfaces and other wound treatment devices (Anodyne Medical Device, also doing business and known as Tridien Medical, www.anodynemedicaldevice.com);
• The design and marketing of wearable baby carriers and related products (ERGObaby, www.ergobabycarriers.com);
• The design, manufacture and marketing of premium suspension products for mountain bikes and powered off-road vehicles (Fox Racing Shox, www.foxracingshox.com);
• The design, sourcing and fulfillment of logo based promotional products (Halo Lee Wayne, www.haloleewayne.com);
• The design and manufacture of premium home and gun safes (Liberty Safe, www.libertysafe.com); and
• The provision of temporary staffing services, operating approximately 300 locations in 29 states (Staffmark, www.staffmark.com).

SOURCE Compass Diversified Holdings

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