Compass Diversified Holdings — Capital/Financing Update 2010

Nov 12, 2010

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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 Registration Statement No. 333-159339

Pricing Term Sheet

Compass Diversified Holdings

4,300,000 Shares

This term sheet to the preliminary prospectus supplement dated November 11, 2010 should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement before making a decision in connection with an investment in the securities. The information in this term sheet supersedes the information contained in the preliminary prospectus supplement to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith. Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

Issuer:	Compass Diversified Holdings
Symbol / Exchange:	CODI / New York Stock Exchange
Shares offered before overallotment option:	4,300,000 shares
Maximum number of shares to be sold in
overallotment:	645,000 shares
The offering	If the underwriters exercise
their overallotment option in
full, the total number of shares
offered by us will be 4,945,000.
Price to public:	$16.90 per share
Underwriting discount:	4.50%
Net proceeds to issuer:	$68,999,850 (after deducting
underwriting discounts and
estimated net offering expenses)
assuming no exercise of the
overallotment option
Last reported sale price (November 11, 2010):	$17.79
Pricing Date	November 12, 2010
Closing Date:	November 17, 2010
CUSIP:	20451Q104
Underwriters:	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated UBS Investment Bank BB&T Capital Markets, a division
of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC CJS Securities, Inc. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. TD Securities

We have filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement included in that registration statement and other documents we have filed with the SEC for more complete information about us and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, we or the underwriters will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-877-858-5407

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