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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
DAY C SEAN
(Last) (First) (Middle)
SIXTY ONE WILTON ROAD
SECOND FLOOR
(Street)
WESTPORT CT 06880
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Compass Diversified Trust [ CODI ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below)
See Remark (a)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/16/2006
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Shares(1) 05/16/2006 J(2) 46,667 A $15 46,667 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Each Share represents one undivided beneficial interest in the Trust property and corresponds to one trust interest of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC held by the Trust.
2. Purchased pursuant to Directed Share Program as described in Compass Diversifed Trust Registration Statement on Form S-1(333-130326).
Remarks:
(a) Mr. Day is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, Sponsor of the Trust.
/s/ C. Sean Day 05/16/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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SECTION 16 COMPLIANCE PROGRAM:
POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Christoper Sean Day, Director of Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC the
sponsor of Compass Diversified Trust (the "Trust"), hereby authorize and
designate each of I. Joseph Massoud and James J. Bottiglieri as my agent and
attorney in fact, with full power of substitution to:
 	(1)	prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section
l6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file the same with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the
Shares of the Trust are listed:
	(2)	prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Trust assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Section 5
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated under such
Act.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Trust, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

DATED: 5/15/2006	SIGNED:	/s/ Christopher Sean Day