(5.11 ABR withdrew its IPO plans in an SEC letter dated Oct. 11, 2022. The company had filed its S-1 on Nov. 8, 2021. 5.11 ABR submitted confidential IPO documents on Aug. 10, 2021.)

We built 5.11 in 2003 around the deep heritage of the original ‘5.11 pant’ made for outdoor enthusiasts. These pants were designed in the 1970s by the Royal Robbins Company specifically to climb the face of El Capitan in Yosemite, the birthplace of American rock climbing. Leveraging the broad applications of our highly functional, versatile and durable products, we successfully transitioned to serving larger and more diverse customer groups, starting with the federal government. Since 1992, our pants have been utilized by the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where discerning elite law enforcement professionals from across the world train. This connection to the F.B.I. Academy represents a legacy we are very proud of and a responsibility we take very seriously. Today, these professionals, and many others, rely on our pants as well as a variety of other 5.11 products to accomplish their most demanding missions.