Oct 31 (Reuters) - Emeco Holdings Ltd EHL.AX
* Buys Force Equipment for enterprise value of a$69.8m
* Acquisition of force to be funded by a fully underwritten a$80 million pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer
* Acquisition represents a FY17 EV / operating EBITDA multiple of 2.96x (pre synergies and transaction costs)