INVESTMENT

EKKIA (formerly UKAL)

France's leading wholesaler of horse-riding equipment

Type of investment
:
Buy-out of a family-owned business

Date of investment
:
September 2005

Location
:
Haguenau (near Strasbourg)

Chief Executive Officer
:
Jean-François Vignion

Ekkia is France's number-one supplier of horse-riding equipment to independent saddle-makers and large specialized retail chains. Ekkia sells over 10,000 products in Europe under such brands as Equi-Thème, Norton, Apollo, Eric Thomas, Belstar and Randol’s. AtriA Capital Partenaires arranged an LBO that enabled the management team, led by Jean-François Vignion, to acquire Ekkia from the family that founded the company.

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