James Bottiglieri

Compass Group Management is an investment advisor to Compass Diversified Holdings (NASDAQ: CODI), as well as to Compass Group Investments Ltd. (CGI), an indirect subsidiary of the Kattegat Trust, a Bermudian trust whose sole beneficiaries are philanthropic entities. The Compass Group's relationship with CGI and Kattegat dates back to 1998 and has spanned a broad range of investments types, including investments in publicly and non-publicly traded equity and debt instruments in U.S. and non-U.S. companies, as well as limited partnership interests in private equity, venture capital and distressed debt funds. CODI seeks to provide its shareholders with superior risk adjusted returns, as well as stable and growing cash distributions, through the acquisition and management of North American middle market businesses (with minimum EBITDA of $8 million). CODI acquires interests in companies in a broad range of industries, with a preferred transaction size of $50 million to $250 million in value.