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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-001179.txt : 20090105
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-09-001179.hdr.sgml : 20090105
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090105182613
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-001179
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BURNS GORDON M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001204375

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51937
		FILM NUMBER:		09507433

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		602-381-4100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AZTAR CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		2390 E. CAMELBACK RD., SUITE 400
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85016

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Compass Diversified Holdings
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001345126
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363]
		IRS NUMBER:				576218917
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		61 WILTON ROAD
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-221-1703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		61 WILTON ROAD
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Compass Diversified Trust
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051122
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-01-02</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001345126</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Compass Diversified Holdings</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CODI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001204375</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BURNS GORDON M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SECOND FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WESTPORT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06880</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See Remark (a)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-01-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1690</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>11.78</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1690</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>980</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By IRA</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>55850</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By IRA</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>14182</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust Account</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>13877</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust Account</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each Share represents one undivided beneficial interest in Compass Diversified Holdings (the &quot;Trust&quot;) property and corresponds to one trust interest of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC held by the Trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>(a) Mr. Burns is a Director of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, Sponsor of the Trust.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gordon M. Burns, by James J. Bottiglieri as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24.4_268322
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, Gordon Burns, Director of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC the
sponsor of Compass Diversified Holdings (the "Trust"), hereby authorize and
designate each of I. Joseph Massoud and James J. Bottiglieri as my agent and
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution to:
     (1) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under
Section l6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the
Shares of the Trust are listed;
     (2) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.
     The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Trust assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Section 5
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated under such
Act.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Trust, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

Dated:  May 28, 2008			Signed:	/s/ Gordon Burns

</TEXT>
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