CODI - NASDAQ   $13.21   + 0.81   08-28-2008 4:12 PM ET
Thursday, August 28,2008

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