Exhibit 99.1
| Compass Diversified Holdings Ryan J. Faulkingham Chief Financial Officer 203.221.1703 ryan@compassequity.com |
Investor Relations and Media Contact: The IGB Group Leon Berman / Scott Eckstein 212.477.8438 / 212.477.8261 lberman@igbir.com / seckstein@igbir.com |
Compass Diversified Holdings Announces Pricing of 5.6 Million Share Offering
Westport, Conn., December 7, 2016 – Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE: CODI) (“CODI” or the “Company”), announced today it has priced a public offering of 5,600,000 common shares at a price to the public of $18.65 per share. CODI expects the gross proceeds from the offering to be $104.4 million. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 840,000 common shares from CODI. CODI will use the net proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of the outstanding balance of its revolving credit facility. The closing is expected to occur on or about December 13, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS Investment Bank are the lead book-running managers on the offering and Jefferies and Raymond James are also book-running managers on the offering with William Blair, Janney Montgomery Scott, and CJS Securities acting as co-managers. A copy of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained (when available) from the following addresses:
| BofA Merrill Lynch |
UBS Investment Bank | |
| NC1-004-03-43 | Attn: Prospectus Department | |
| 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor | 1285 Avenue of the Americas | |
| Charlotte, NC 28255-0001 | New York, NY 10019 | |
| Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com | ||
| Jefferies |
Raymond James | |
| Attn: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department |
880 Carillon Parkway | |
| 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor |
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 | |
| New York, New York 10022 |
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The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and prospectus filed by CODI with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You may obtain copies of the registration statement and the final prospectus for free when they are available by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
About Compass Diversified Holdings (“CODI”)
CODI owns and manages a diverse family of established North American middle market businesses. Each of its current subsidiaries is a leader in its niche market.
CODI maintains controlling ownership interests in each of its subsidiaries in order to maximize its ability to impact long term cash flow generation and value. The Company provides both debt and equity capital for its subsidiaries, contributing to their financial and operating flexibility. CODI utilizes the cash flows generated by its subsidiaries to invest in the long-term growth of the Company and to make cash distributions to its shareholders.
Our eight majority-owned subsidiaries are engaged in the following lines of business:
| • | The design and marketing of purpose-built tactical apparel and gear serving a wide range of global customers (5.11); |
| • | The manufacture of quick-turn, small-run and production rigid printed circuit boards (Advanced Circuits); |
| • | The manufacture of engineered magnetic solutions for a wide range of specialty applications and end-markets (Arnold Magnetic Technologies); |
| • | Environmental services for a variety of contaminated materials including soils, dredged material, hazardous waste and drill cuttings (Clean Earth); |
| • | The design and marketing of wearable baby carriers, strollers and related products (ERGObaby); |
| • | The design and manufacture of premium home and gun safes (Liberty Safe); |
| • | The manufacture and marketing of branded, hemp-based food products (Manitoba Harvest); and |
| • | The manufacture and marketing of portable food warming fuels and creative ambience solutions for the hospitality and consumer markets (Sterno Products). |
In addition, we own approximately 14% of the common stock of Fox Factory Holding Corp. (“FOX”, Nasdaq: FOXF), a former subsidiary business that completed its initial public offering in August 2013. FOX designs and manufactures high-performance suspension products primarily for mountain bikes, side-by-side vehicles, on-road and off-road vehicles and trucks, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, specialty vehicles and applications, and motorcycles.
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including statements with regard to the future performance of CODI. Words such as “believes,” “expects,” “projects,” and “future” or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, and some of these factors are enumerated in the risk factor discussion in the Form 10-K filed by CODI with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2015, as amended by the Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2016, and other filings with the SEC. Except as required by law, CODI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.