<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001345126-22-000053.txt : 20220922
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001345126-22-000053
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220824

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Compass Diversified Holdings
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001345126
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE [2510]
		IRS NUMBER:				576218917
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-221-1703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Compass Diversified Trust
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051122

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001345122
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300]
		IRS NUMBER:				203812051
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-221-1703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		301 RIVERSIDE AVENUE
		CITY:			WESTPORT
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06880
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="iabab30f03ed149b7848fe601d4e63a8b_1"></div><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">COMPASS DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">COMPASS GROUP DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS LLC </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">301 Riverside Avenue</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Second Floor </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Westport, Connecticut 06880 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(203) 221-1703 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">August 24, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Office of Manufacturing </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, North East</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549-3561</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Attn&#58; Beverly Singleton, Andrew Blume</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Re&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Compass Diversified Holdings</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Filed&#58; February 24, 2022</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">File No&#58; 001-34927</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Filed&#58; February 24, 2022</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">File No&#58; 001-34926</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ladies and Gentleman&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On behalf of Compass Diversified Holdings (&#8220;Holdings&#8221;) and Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC (the &#8220;LLC&#8221;) (collectively, the &#34;Company&#34;), set forth below is our response to the letter provided by the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) dated August 16, 2022 commenting on</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> the above-captioned Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on February 24, 2022 (the &#8220;Form 10-K&#8221;). For your convenience, we have set forth the Staff&#8217;s comments in bold, italic typeface followed by our response. References to &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; &#8220;our&#8221; and &#8220;Registrant&#8221; refer to the Company. All other terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Form 10-K. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Financial Statements</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note C - Acquisition of Businesses, page F-18</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;We have reviewed your response to comment 1. As part of your proposed disclosure revisions to more fully explain the Holding Company structure you use to conduct your less than wholly-owned business combinations, please ensure that you clearly disclose the pertinent aspects of your intercompany loans. In doing so, disclose that the intercompany loans are funded by Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC to the Holding Company as part of the Holding Company's initial capitalization and that the Holding Company </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">uses the intercompany loan proceeds to, in turn, fund a portion of the purchase price of the acquired business. In addition, clarify that the selling security holders are not a party to the intercompany loan agreement nor have any obligation to repay the intercompany loans, but rather are a recipient of such proceeds in the purchase consideration.</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We will revise our disclosures in future filings to further describe the pertinent aspects of our intercompany loans. We will describe the Holding Company structure that we use to conduct business combinations, and the related funding of the Holding Company to effect the business combination. In particular, we will disclose that the intercompany loans are funded by Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC to the Holding Company as part of the the Holding Company's initial capitalization and that the Holding Company uses the intercompany loans to, in turn, fund a portion of the purchase price of the acquired business. We will also clarify that the selling security holders are not a party to the intercompany loan agreements nor have any obligation to repay the intercompany loans, but rather are a recipient of such proceeds in the purchase consideration.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Please contact me at (203) 221-1703 and ryan&#64;compassdiversified.com with any questions or further comments regarding our responses to the Staff's comments.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Ryan J. Faulkingham</font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ryan J. Faulkingham </font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">cc&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ms. Kerri Tiernan, Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Mr. Evan A. Toebbe, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP </font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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