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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.
One Capital's professionals have in excess of 60 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 then JSE listed company, 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
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team
Cobus co-founded One Capital in 2009 and serves as CEO of the firm. He has over 17 years of corporate finance experience.CA(SA)Tristin joined One Capital in May 2012 and serves as a director of the firm. He has more than 8 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.CA(SA) | JSE Equity Approved Executive
B.BusSc (Hons) (Finance) (University of Cape Town)
Taryn joined One Capital in July 2015 and serves as a manager in One Capital’s sponsor services division. She has over 8 years of corporate finance experience and has specific expertise in the provision of regulatory advice in respect of corporate actions, independent experts and reporting accountants.
Prior to joining One Capital, Taryn was a manager in KPMG’s Johannesburg Deal Advisory Team. Taryn has worked on a number of local and cross-border listings and associated transactions.
JSE Equity Approved ExecutiveB.Com (Hons) (University of Pretoria)
Geoffrey has gained extensive experience at One Capital across various M&A transactions, including capital raisings (debt and equity), private equity, asset acquisitions and public-to-private transactions and instrument structuring.
Geoffrey completed his articles with PwC and has completed the JSE Sponsor Development Programme.
Prior to joining One Capital, Geoffrey worked as a Senior Associate with PwC London, focusing on Assurance.
CA(SA) | JSE Equity Approved ExecutiveBA, LLB (Hons) (Rhodes University), LLM (Commercial Law) (University of Cape Town)
Amanda joined One Capital in early 2015 as a Graduate Trainee and successfully completed One Capital’s two year Graduate Training Programme (Sponsor Division) at the end of 2016.
Amanda has gained extensive experience at One Capital and advises clients on all aspects pertaining to the JSE Listings Requirements.
Amanda graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law (with Honours) and subsequently completed a Masters in Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town.
Amanda is currently enrolled (after hours, by dissertation) in a Masters in Corporate Law at the University of the Witwatersrand.
JSE Equity and Debt Approved ExecutiveXCobus HumanCEOCA(SA)BCom 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 18 years of corporate finance experience and, in 2015, was awarded the DealMakers® Individual DealMaker of the Year award in recognition of his transaction related achievements during 2014.
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.
XTristin LeeDirector: Advisory DivisionCA(SA) | JSE Equity Approved ExecutiveBCom Hons (University of Pretoria)
Tristin joined One Capital in May 2012 and serves as a director within the advisory division. He has more than 8 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 and 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.
XTaryn CarterHead: Sponsor DivisionJSE Equity Approved ExecutiveB.BusSc (Hons) (Finance) (University of Cape Town)
Taryn joined One Capital in July 2015 and serves as a manager in One Capital’s sponsor services division. She has over 8 years of corporate finance experience and has specific expertise in the provision of regulatory advice in respect of corporate actions, independent experts and reporting accountants.
Prior to joining One Capital, Taryn was a manager in KPMG’s Johannesburg Deal Advisory Team. Taryn has worked on a number of local and cross-border listings and associated transactions.
XGeoffrey SnymanSenior Manager: AdvisoryCA(SA) | JSE Equity Approved ExecutiveB.Com (Hons) (University of Pretoria)
Geoffrey has gained extensive experience at One Capital across various M&A transactions, including capital raisings (debt and equity), private equity, asset acquisitions and public-to-private transactions and instrument structuring.
Geoffrey completed his articles with PwC and has completed the JSE Sponsor Development Programme.
Prior to joining One Capital, Geoffrey worked as a Senior Associate with PwC London, focusing on Assurance.
XAmanda MahlungeManager: Sponsor DivisionJSE Equity and Debt Approved ExecutiveBA, LLB (Hons) (Rhodes University), LLM (Commercial Law) (University of Cape Town)
Amanda joined One Capital in early 2015 as a Graduate Trainee and successfully completed One Capital’s two year Graduate Training Programme (Sponsor Division) at the end of 2016.
Amanda has gained extensive experience at One Capital and advises clients on all aspects pertaining to the JSE Listings Requirements.
Amanda graduated from Rhodes University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law (with Honours) and subsequently completed a Masters in Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town.
Amanda is currently enrolled (after hours, by dissertation) in a Masters in Corporate Law at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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recent transactions
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EOH HOLDINGS LIMITED
October 2018
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to EOH Holdings Limited in respect of its R1 billion black economic empowerment transaction. Deal value: R1 billion.
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TRANS HEX GROUP LIMITED
SEPTEMBER 2018
One Capital acted as Transaction Sponsor to Trans Hex Group Limited in respect of the disposal of its Lower Orange River Operations. Approximate deal value: R72 million.
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DRDGOLD Limited
July 2018
One Capital acted as Transaction Sponsor to DRDGOLD Limited on the acquisition of selected surface processing plants and tailings assets, by way of an acquisition of a 100% interest in WRTRP Proprietary Limited, from Sibanye Gold Limited, trading as Sibanye-Stillwater. Approximate deal value: R895 million.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
MAY 2018
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor to Northam Platinum Limited in respect of its new R1 billion two-year unsecured revolving credit facility. Deal value: R1 billion.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
APRIL / MAY 2018
One Capital acted as Sole Arranger, Dealer and Sole Debt Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited in respect of the fresh issue of R1 billion one-year senior unsecured fixed rate notes under its R2 billion Domestic Medium Term Note Programme. Deal value: R1 billion.
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TRANS HEX GROUP LIMITED
FEBRUARY 2018
One Capital acted as Transaction Sponsor to Trans Hex Group Limited on the acquisition of a further 27% interest in West Coast Resources from a related party. Approximate deal value: R39 million.
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SOVEREIGN FOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED | CAPITALWORKS PRIVATE EQUITY
November 2017
One Capital acted as Joint Corporate Advisor to Sovereign Food Investments Limited and Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP Proprietary Limited (acting in its capacity as general partner of Special Purpose Acquisition Partnership II, and Gallus Holdings Limited) and Transaction Sponsor to Sovereign Food Investments Limited, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital and delisting of Sovereign Food Investments Limited from the JSE. Approximate deal value: R907 million.
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ATLATSA RESOURCES CORPORATION
JULY 2017 (ongoing)
One Capital acts as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Atlatsa Resources Corporation in respect of the financial restructure plan of Atlatsa Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries with its joint venture partner and co-shareholder, Anglo American Platinum Limited. Deal value: in excess of R4.5 billion.
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CAPITALWORKS PRIVATE EQUITY
JUNE 2017
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor to Capitalworks Private Equity SP GP Proprietary Limited, acting in its capacity as general partner of Special Purpose Acquisition Partnership I, and CorpVent 100 Limited on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital and delisting of Petmin Limited from the JSE. Approximate deal value: R830 million.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
MAY 2017
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the disposal of its 7.5% interest in Pandora Joint Venture. Approximate deal value: R46 million.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
February 2017
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the acquisition of the Eland Platinum mine and related assets from Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Approximate deal value: R175 million.
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Northam Platinum Limited
October 2016
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the acquisition of contiguous additional resources at Zondereinde mine from Anglo American Platinum Limited. Approximate deal value: R1 billion.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
MAY 2016
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor, Arranger, Dealer and Debt Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the issue of R175 million five year senior unsecured fixed rate notes under its R2 billion Domestic Medium Term Note Programme. Approximate deal value: R175 million.
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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
MAY 2016
One Capital acted as South African Bookrunner and JSE Sponsor to Pan African Resources PLC on a vendor consideration placing, comprising two separate but simultaneous and co-ordinated vendor consideration placings in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Approximate deal value: R363 million.
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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
MAY 2016
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Pan African Resources PLC on the acquisition of a further 33.6% interest in Shanduka Gold Proprietary Limited from Jadeite Limited. Approximate aggregate deal value for Pan African’s acquisition of SBSA’s and Jadeite’s interest in Shanduka Gold: R545.6 million.
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PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC
FEBRUARY 2016
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Pan African Resources PLC on the acquisition of a 6.9% interest in Shanduka Gold Proprietary Limited from Standard Bank of South Africa Limited. Approximate deal value: Confidential.
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Northam Platinum Limited
February 2016
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor, Arranger, Dealer and Debt Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the private placement of new domestic medium term notes with the Industrial Development Corporation. Approximate deal value: R250 million.
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Zambezi Platinum (RF) Limited
May 2015
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor, Sole Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor on the listing of Zambezi Platinum (RF) Limited on the Main Board of the JSE, pursuant to Northam Platinum Limited’s empowerment transaction. Approximate deal value: R6.6 billion.
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Northam Platinum Limited
March 2015
One Capital acted as Sole Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the secondary placement of Eurasian Natural Resource Corporation’s (ENRC) 13% equity interest in Northam to institutional shareholders. Approximate deal value: R2.5 billion.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
February 2015
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum Limited on the acquisition of the Everest Mine and related assets from Aquarius Platinum. Approximate deal value: R450 million.
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BLACKSTAR GROUP SE
February 2015
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Blackstar Group SE on its acquisition of the entire issued ordinary share capital of Times Media Group Limited not already owned by it by way of a scheme of arrangement. Approximate deal value: R2.1 billion.
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Tiso Investment Holdings
December 2014
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor to Tiso Investment Holdings and the Tiso Foundation Charitable Trust on the disposal of their 22.9% interest in Kagiso Tiso Holdings to Blackstar Group SE. Approximate deal value: R2.1 billion.
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LITHA HEALTHCARE GROUP LIMITED
October 2014
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor and JSE Transaction Sponsor to Litha Healthcare Group on the offer by Paladin (Endo) to acquire 100% of Litha Healthcare via a scheme of arrangement and the related delisting of Litha Healthcare Group. Approximate deal value: R464 million.
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NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED
October 2014
One Capital acted as Sole Corporate Advisor, Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum on its innovative empowerment transaction which incorporated a rights offer for and listing of preference shares in Zambezi Platinum Limited, the specific issue of Northam shares to Zambezi Platinum and the acquisition by Zambezi Platinum of Northam shares from the Public Investment Corporation. Approximate deal value: R6.6 billion.
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DRDGOLD LiMITED
March 2014
One Capital acted as Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to DRDGOLD on the acquisition of the 20% and 6% interests in Ergo Mining Operations held Khumo and DRDSA Empowerment Trust, respectively. Approximate deal value: R193 million
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Metair Investments Limited
October 2013
Independent Sponsor to Metair on its acquisition of the Mutlu Akü group, a Turkish group of companies, for USD277 million and the related equity and debt capital raising in an aggregate amount of R3.3 billion. Approximate deal value: R6 billion.
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Northam Platinum Limited
September 2013
Sole Corporate and Debt Advisor, Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Northam Platinum on its capital raising programme comprising a fully subscribed R600 million claw back rights offer, the procurement of a new R400 million revolving credit facility and the restructuring of existing debt facilities in an amount of R1 billion, pursuant to which a special covenant holiday on all earnings related covenants for three future measurement periods was obtained. Approximate deal value: R2 billion.
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Business Connexion Group Limited
August 2013
Sole Corporate Advisor and JSE Transaction Sponsor to Business Connexion on its voluntary offer and alternative scheme offer to reacquire Business Connexion’s “A” Shares which resulted in the reacquisition of a portion of and delisting of all the “A” Shares by way of a scheme of arrangement between Business Connexion and the holders of "A” Shares. Approximate deal value: R95 million.
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Northam Platinum Limited
July 2013
Arranger and JSE Debt Sponsor to Northam Platinum on the tap issue of a further R120 million in senior unsecured floating rate notes under its R2 billion Domestic Medium Term Note Programme. Approximate deal value: R120 million.
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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 and the subsequent tap issue for R120 million during July 2013. Approximate deal value: R1.37 billion.
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Pan African Resources PLC
August 2012
Lead Corporate Advisor, Sole Bookrunner and Sole Transaction Sponsor to Pan African Resources on the acquisition of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited's entire interest in Evander Gold Mines Limited and the related R700 million equity capital raise and R600 million debt restructuring. Approximate deal value: R2.8 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. Approximate deal value: Confidential.
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UCS GROUP LIMITED
July 2011
Corporate Advisor, Sponsor and Transaction Sponsor to UCS in respect of the 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. Approximate deal value: R250 million.
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Metorex Limited | DealMakers Deal of the Year
July 2011
Joint Corporate Advisor and sole Transaction Sponsor to Metorex on the 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 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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Mvelaphanda Resources Limited
February 2011
Independent Professional Expert to Mvelaphanda Resources for the 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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Northam Platinum Limited
February 2011
Independent Professional Expert and Transaction Sponsor to Northam for the 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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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 rights offer. Approximate deal value: R150 million.
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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. Approximate deal value: R263 million.
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Omnia Holdings Limited
May 2010
Corporate Advisor, Lead Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Omnia for its fully subscribed rights offer. Approximate deal value: R1 billion.
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Metorex Limited
February 2010
Corporate Advisor, Lead Bookrunner and Transaction Sponsor to Metorex for its fully subscribed rights offer. Approximate deal value: R900 million.
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Metorex Limited
February 2010
Corporate Advisor and Transaction Sponsor to Metorex for its USD200 million debt restructuring. Approximate deal value: R2.4 billion.
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