CODI - NASDAQ   $10.98   + 0.12   11-20-2009 4:11 PM ET
Sunday, November 20,2009

Acquisition Criteria


An ideal acquisition candidate for Compass Diversified Holdings has the following characteristics:

  • Is an established, U.S. based company
  • Maintains a significant market share in a defensible industry niche (i.e., has a "reason to exist")
  • Has a solid and proven management team with meaningful incentives
  • Has low technological and/or product obsolescence risk
  • Maintains a diversified customer and supplier base
  • Generates minimum EBITDA of $8 million