Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
OnFebruary 10, 2022 , the board of directors (the "Board") ofCompass Group Diversified Holdings LLC (the "Company") approved the First Amendment (the "Declassification Amendment") to the Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company to declassify the Board at the annual meeting of shareholders ofCompass Diversified Holdings (the "Trust") to be held in 2022 (the "2022 Annual Meeting") and to reflect certain technical and clean-up changes to the Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement. The Board is currently divided into three classes serving staggered three-year terms. Pursuant to the Declassification Amendment, at each annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust beginning in 2022, each director (other than any director appointed by the allocation member of the Company) will be elected for a term of office to expire at the next annual meeting following his or her election. Following the Board's approval, the Trust andSostratus LLC , as members of the Company, entered into the Declassification Amendment, effectiveFebruary 11, 2022 . The Declassification Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers In order to effect the declassification of the Board, onFebruary 10, 2022 , each of the Company's Class II directors, who consist ofJames J. Bottiglieri andGordon Burns , and Class III directors, who consist ofC. Sean Day andLarry L. Enterline , submitted his resignation from the position as a member of the Board, with such resignation to be effective immediately prior to the 2022 Annual Meeting, at which time such directors would stand for election for a one-year term at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Such resignations from the Board, which did not result from any disagreement with the Company on its operations, policies or practices, were submitted solely to facilitate the declassification of the Board at the 2022 Annual Meeting because these Class II and III directors' terms would not yet have expired at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year The information set forth in Item 3.03 above is incorporated herein in its entirety. Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description First Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement 3.1 of the Company. Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL 104 document)
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