Waco International

THERE IS NO PRIVATE EQUITY BLUEPRINT

Success is dependent on multi-party negotiations, complex structuring and an unerring sense of purpose.

The Waco International transaction exhibited all these components, which needed to be woven into a fabric of long-term trust and strategic alignment.

IT’S WHAT YOU’RE LEFT WITH WHEN THE SCAFFOLDING COMES DOWN, THAT COUNTS

In our case it's a deal worth R5.4 billion

In July 2000 an Ethos-led consortium bought Waco for R2.4 billion, the largest private equity deal in South Africa at the time.

Three cheers for the scaffolders!

Ethos supports Waco's growth strategy, enabling three major acquisitions by this global industrial services business.

Waco is a diverse industrial services group and its core operations comprise scaffolding, forming and shoring, and the manufacture, sale and hire of modular buildings in local and foreign markets.

Must be Ethos

Ethos leads consortium in buyout of multi-national Waco.

With an enterprise value of R2,4-bn, the Ethos led buyout of Waco is the largest private equity deal concluded in South Africa to date.

WACO – POSTPONEMENT OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND LISTING

With an enterprise value of R2,4-bn, the Ethos led buyout of Waco is the largest private equity deal concluded in South Africa to date.