Is Aqua Lung buying PADI? Asking price of US$1.2B

[Darcy Kieran]

Will we see a match Aqua Lung / PADI vs. Mares / SSI?

Is Aqua Lung buying PADI? With an asking price of US$1.2B

From a source generally well-informed: The American families who've just recently purchased PADI for US$700M are putting PADI up for sale, again, this time with an asking price of US$1.2B.

Also hearing that talks are on-going with Montagu, the London-based private equity firm that recently purchased Aqua Lung from Air Liquide for approximately 200M Euros.

Does it matter? Do we care?

Where is the dive industry heading?

 

[The Chairman]

Interesting. Very interesting.

 

[runsongas]

lol 1.2B

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Does it matter? Do we care?

Where is the dive industry heading?

These are rhetorical questions, right?

 

[Wookie]

No one ever could have predicted this. Actually, I said it would be Johnson Outdoors, but I believe Montagu would be a fine buyer.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Says Montagu was founded in 1968 -- the year I was born. I turn 50 in 3 days. In 50 years, they've managed to attain €4 billion in fund assets, while I've managed to attain $1 from the diving industry.

 

[The Chairman]

while I've managed to attain $1 from the diving industry.

But they are about to lose 1.2B in the Scuba Industry. See how far ahead you are?

 

[scubadada]

I've been wondering about consolidation in the diving industry for many years now and what the impact will be on divers

There's Huish, they own Atomic Aquatics, Bare, Hollis, Oceanic, Stahlsac and Zeagle and distribute Suunto in the US. Of course AUP is gone now.

Johnson Outdoors only has Scubapro as a diving asset but has holdings in camping, fishing, and watercraft.

Montagu's Aqua Lung asset owns Apeks and Pelagic Pressure Systems. PPS not only supplies the Aqua Lung computers, but is the OEM for Genesis, Oceanic, Sherwood, and Tusa. They also supply the transmitters to Shearwater. And now, there's the discussion of the purchase of PADI

Mares, SSI was discussed in the OP's article.

There are numerous other examples of common OEMs, etc, that others know much better than I do.

So....what about us divers? I wish I knew.

 

[The Chairman]

I just wonder when they will make me an offer I can't refuse.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

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