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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001345126-24-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001345122"
company_name: "Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC"
filed_at: "2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:13:17.458170+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CODI CFO Ryan Faulkingham out without cause; receives $1.375M severance + $300K transition

## Summary
- CFO Ryan Faulkingham terminated without cause effective Aug 30, 2024; also resigned as trustee.
- Severance: $500,000 (12 months base salary) plus $575,000 (2023 bonus); COBRA reimbursed through Dec 2025.
- Transition services for 60 days at $300,000; will provide part-time assistance.
- No successor or interim CFO named in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001345126-24-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001345122
- company_name: Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC
- filed_at: 2024-09-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01, 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345122/000134512624000052/0001345126-24-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345122/000134512624000052/codi-20240912.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001345126-24-000052
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001345126-24-000052.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001345126-24-000052.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan J. Faulkingham resigned as regular trustee of the Trust at Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: regular trustee of the Trust
  source text: Mr. Faulkingham resigned from all officer and director positions he held with the Manager, the Company and the Trust and their respective affiliates (including any committee thereof).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345122/000134512624000052/0001345126-24-000052-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan J. Faulkingham was terminated as Chief Financial Officer at Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: announced the departure of Ryan J. Faulkingham as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and as a regular trustee of the Trust, each effective as of August 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345122/000134512624000052/0001345126-24-000052-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.