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one capital

One Capital is an independent corporate advisory firm in South Africa providing differentiated, strategic and financial advice to its clients.
Professional members have in excess of 55 years combined corporate finance and advisory experience and have initiated and executed a number of DealMakers top rated transactions across a variety of sectors. The One Capital ethos is one of committed teamwork with a collective focus on ethics, swift execution, quality and excellence. One Capital prides itself on the innovative ideas, comprehensive strategies and bespoke solutions provided to clients based on the strength of the firm’s intellectual capital and experience. One Capital acquired the entire issued share capital of Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance (Pty) Limited (“BJM Corporate Finance”) from the JSE listed company (at the time), Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings Limited, during 2010 and BJM Corporate Finance became a wholly-owned subsidiary of One Capital. One Capital renamed and re-branded BJM Corporate Finance to One Capital Sponsor Services (Pty) Limited and it trades under the One Capital name and brand. -
services
One Capital provides strategic advice and JSE sponsor services to clients across various industries. Our services include advice on:
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Equity and Debt Raisings
- Secondary Equity Placements and Sell-downs
- Divestments and Restructurings
- Capital and Balance Sheet Optimisation
- Listings
- Fairness Opinions (JSE and Takeover Regulation Panel)
- JSE Listings Requirements
- JSE Debt Listings Requirements
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team
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Cobus Human
Cobus Human CA(SA)CEOBCom Hons (University of Pretoria), BCompt Hons (University of South Africa)
Cobus co-founded One Capital in 2009 and serves as CEO of the firm. He has over 14 years of corporate finance experience.
Prior to establishing One Capital, Cobus served as CEO of Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance from 2007 to 2009 as well as Managing Director of Quaestor Capital from 2000 to 2006. During his time as a principal he gained extensive experience across various types of corporate actions.
Cobus qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1997 following which he spent approximately two years at Anglo American Corporation in their Corporate and International Finance division.
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Sholto Simpson
Sholto Simpson CA(SA) | JSE Approved ExecutiveDirectorBAcc Hons (Rhodes University), PGD Corporate Law cum laude (University of Johannesburg)
Sholto co-founded One Capital in 2009 and serves as a director of the firm. He has over 6 years of corporate finance experience across various types of corporate actions.
Prior to co-founding One Capital, Sholto worked for Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance from 2008 to 2009. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Moores Rowland (Mazars) in 2005 and spent 1 year at the JSE Limited as a Corporate Finance Officer, gaining exposure to a large variety of corporate actions before joining Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance.
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Tristin Lee
Tristin Lee CA(SA)DirectorBCom Hons (University of Pretoria)
Tristin joined One Capital in May 2012 and serves as a director of the firm. He has more than 5 years of corporate finance experience and has successfully advised on numerous transactions across all aspects of corporate finance and spanning a broad range of industries. Prior to joining One Capital, Tristin co-founded Capital Hill, a niche corporate finance advisory boutique focused on M&A and debt & equity capital markets. Capital Hill was acquired by Sasfin Bank in April 2010, following which Tristin served as a corporate finance executive at Sasfin Corporate Finance until April 2012. Tristin qualified as a chartered accountant in 2006 after completing his articles with Ernst & Young. He subsequently joined Ernst & Young’s corporate finance division after a 3 month secondment to the UK. In January 2008 Tristin joined T-Corporate, a corporate finance boutique based in Sandton, and was later selected to participate in a management buy-out of T-Corporate resulting in the formation of Capital Hill.
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Michael Louw
Michael Louw CA (SA)DirectorBCom Hons (University of Cape Town)
Michael joined One Capital in March 2013 and serves as a director of the firm. He has over 5 years corporate finance experience successfully advising on many transactions throughout Africa and Europe, across a broad range of corporate actions.
Prior to joining One Capital, Michael worked for Deloitte LLP corporate finance in London for 3 years before joining KPMG corporate finance in South Africa. Michael qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte in the Financial Services team in 2007.
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Megan Young
Megan Young CA(SA) | JSE Approved ExecutiveHead: Regulatory AdvisoryBCom (University of Cape Town), BCompt Hons (University of South Africa)
Megan joined One Capital during 2010. She has over 15 years of corporate finance experience across various types of corporate actions.
Prior to joining One Capital in 2010, Megan worked for Nedbank Capital from 2003 to 2010 where she served as a Corporate Finance Principal heading Sponsor Services.
Megan qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1995 following which she spent just over 8 years at KPMG Corporate Finance before joining Nedbank Capital. During her tenure at KPMG Corporate Finance Megan was seconded to the JSE Limited for 6 months where she worked as a Corporate Finance Officer.
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Neil Schultz
Neil Schultz CA(SA)AssociateBAcc Hons (University of Stellenbosch)
Neil joined One Capital during 2010. Prior to joining One Capital, he worked as a Senior Associate with PwC Caymans focusing on hedge funds, private equity funds and funds of funds. Neil qualified as a chartered accountant with Greenwoods in 2007 and passed the third and final level of the Chartered Financial Analyst exams presented by the CFA Institute in 2009.
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Prelini Moonsamy
Prelini MoonsamyHEAD: DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS SPONSOR DIVISIONBBusSc with Honours (University of KwaZulu Natal)
Prelini joined One Capital in October 2012. She has 5 years of experience in various transactions across the Corporate Finance and Debt Capital Markets space.
Prior to joining One Capital, Prelini worked for Allan Gray as part of their Institutional Client Services team in 2006. Thereafter, in 2007, she joined Rand Merchant Bank where she initially served in the Corporate Finance and Equity Sponsor teams and was chiefly responsible for any bond listings on the JSE Main Board including the listing of the first South African convertible bond. Prelini ended her tenure at RMB as the head of the RMB Debt Sponsor team.
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Kathy Kirkpatrick
Kathy KirkpatrickAssociateBCom Finance (University of Johannesburg), PGD Financial Planning (University of the Free State)
Kathy joined One Capital in October 2012. She has over 3 years of corporate finance experience.
Prior to joining One Capital, Kathy was employed by Investec Corporate Finance’s JSE sponsor division where she was exposed to a large variety of transactions spanning a broad range of industries. Kathy completed her Certified Financial Planning experience as a consultant for Cadiant Partners Consultants and Actuaries before joining Investec.
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Sujal Roy
Sujal RoyBcom (Finance and Economics) with Honours (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Sujal joined One Capital in January 2013 and has in excess of four years corporate finance experience.
Prior to joining One Capital, she worked in the JSE Sponsor unit of Rand Merchant Bank’s corporate finance division, where she gained a comprehensive knowledge of the South African regulatory environment and was exposed to a variety of transactions and corporate actions in the listed space.
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Rone McPhail
Rone McPhailAssociateRone joined One Capital in September 2012.
Prior to joining One Capital in September 2012, Rone worked within the ECM Division of Macquarie First South Capital from 2010 to 2012.
Rone’s career is filled with a broad range of roles within various companies with a core focus on regulatory, secretarial and compliance. Rone has previously been employed by; inter alia, Investec Private Bank, RMB, Fisher Hoffman PKF and SARS.
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recent transactions

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Northam Platinum Limited
September 2012
Arranger, JSE Debt Sponsor and Sponsor to Northam Platinum on the issue of R1.25 billion three year senior unsecured floating rate notes under its R2 billion Domestic Medium Term Note Programme.
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Pan African Resources PLC
August 2012
Sole Bookrunner to Pan African Resources on a R700 million equity bookbuild concluded in anticipation of a Pan African Resources rights offer to partially fund the acquisition of Evander Mines from Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd ("Evander Transaction"). Sole Corporate Advisor to Pan African Resources in obtaining more than 50% shareholder irrevocable undertakings to support the Rights Offer, the Evander Transaction and ancillary transactions.
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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
MAY 2012
Lead Corporate Advisor and Sole Transaction Sponsor to Pan African Resources on the proposed acquisition of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited's entire interest in Evander Gold Mines Limited. Approximate deal value: R1.5 billion
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DRDGOLD LIMITED
FEBRUARY 2012
Corporate Advisor to DRDGold in respect of its disposal of all its shares in and claims against Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company to Village Main Reef Limited. Approximate deal value: R200 million
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UNISYS CORPORATION
January 2012
Corporate Advisor to Unisys Corporation, a NYSE listed company, in respect of the disposal of its entire interest in Unisys Africa to Bytes Technology Group.
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UCS GROUP LIMITED
July 2011
Corporate Advisor, Sponsor and Transaction Sponsor to UCS in respect of the proposed re-acquisition of a portion of its issued share capital by way of a scheme of arrangement between UCS and its shareholders and the subsequent delisting of UCS from the exchange operated by the JSE Limited. Simultaneous to this process, acting as Corporate Advisor to UCS in respect of the treatment, execution and settlement of various instruments and transactions implemented and executed in conjunction with the scheme and the delisting. Combined approximate deal value: R250 million
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Metorex Limited | DealMakers Deal of the Year 2011
July 2011
Joint Corporate Advisor and sole Transaction Sponsor to Metorex on the proposed acquisition by Jinchuan Group Limited of the entire issued share capital of Metorex by way of a scheme of arrangement. Approximate deal value: R9.1 billion.
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Metorex Limited
April 2011
Joint Corporate Advisor and sole Transaction Sponsor to Metorex on the proposed acquisition by Vale S.A. of the entire issued share capital of Metorex by way of a scheme of arrangement. Approximate deal value: R7.5 billion.
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Northam Platinum Limited
February 2011
Independent Professional Expert and Transaction Sponsor to Northam for the proposed related party acquisition by Northam of the entire issued ordinary share capital of Mvelaphanda Resources Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement. Approximate deal value: R1 billion.
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Mvelaphanda Resources Limited
February 2011
Independent Professional Expert to Mvelaphanda Resources for the proposed acquisition by Northam Platinum Limited of the entire issued ordinary share capital of Mvelaphanda Resources by way of a scheme of arrangement. Approximate deal value: R1 billion.
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UCS Group Limited
December 2010
Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to UCS for the disposal of its major assets to Business Connexion Group Limited. Approximate deal value: R706 million.
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Sovereign Food Investments Limited
October 2010
Corporate Advisor, Lead Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Sovereign for its fully subscribed R150 million rights offer.
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Metorex Limited
September 2010
Corporate Advisor to Metorex for its recapitalisation and disposal of the Consolidated Murchison operations, a division of Metorex, to To The Point Growth Specialists. Approximate deal value: R105 million.
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Santam Limited
June 2010
Independent Expert Advisor to Santam for its acquisition of the remaining 53% shareholding in Indwe Broker Holdings Group Limited for R263 million.
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Omnia Holdings Limited
May 2010
Corporate Advisor, Lead Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Omnia for its fully subscribed R1 billion rights offer.
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Metorex Limited
February 2010
Corporate Advisor, Lead Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Metorex for its fully subscribed R900 million (USD120 million) rights offer.
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Metorex Limited
February 2010
Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Metorex for its USD200 million debt restructuring.
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contact

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enquiries
- tel: 011 550 5000
- fax: 086 538 4299
- info@onecapital.co.za
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physical address
17 Fricker Road, Illovo, 2196 -
postal address
PO Box 784573, Sandton, 2146
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