Maxima Holdings plc ('Maxima' or 'the Company')

Directors' Share Dealings 

Maxima Holdings plc, (AIM: MXM) the integrated IT Solutions and Managed Services Company announces that, pursuant to the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Boris Huard, Chief Operations Officer, increased his shareholding in the Company by 1,256 ordinary 1p shares on 14 October 2008 at a price of 155p per share and by a further 1,333 ordinary 1p shares on 13 May 2009 at a price of 83p per share. Boris Huard now holds 57,485 ordinary 1p shares in the Company (representing 0.23% of the total shares in issue).

(Maxima has a total of 25,261,402 Shares in issue)

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Notes to editors:

Maxima Holdings plc floated on AIM in November 2004 at an issue price of 110p. It was established to acquire businesses supplying IT solutions and services, with the objective of building a focused IT services group. On flotation it immediately acquired Azur Holdings Ltd, bringing together a management team with the skill, experience and incentive to deliver significant shareholder value, through a combination of acquisitive and organic growth. The business implements and supports enterprise software solutions for mid-sized, UK-based manufacturing, distribution and service organisations. These solutions are based upon leading software suites as well as products developed in-house.

It has since made a further eleven acquisitions:

• August 2005 - Ringwood Group plc, a specialist in content and document management solutions, based on Microsoft technologies;

• September 2005 - Hanston Technology Partners Ltd, a fast growing managed services business providing applications support and consultancy services to Oracle users;

• January 2006 - The MFG/PRO business of Seabrook Research Ltd, the sole Irish distributor of MFG/PRO, a manufacturing package for which Maxima was already the sole UK distributor;

• May 2006 - QED Business Systems Ltd, which provides managed services for critical mainframe and mid-range computer systems and applications software; 

• October 2006 - Cognition Solutions Ltd, provider of enterprise software solutions to the construction and facilities management sector; 

• November 2006 - IIL (Intertech Solutions Ireland) Ltd, which provides IT infrastructure solutions and managed services based upon Citrix technologies; 

• March 2007 - SevenThree Ltd, supplier of customer relationship management software solutions to the construction sector;

• May 2007 - 3net Limited, an IT Services business, providing consultancy, solutions delivery and managed services in networking and security infrastructure; 

• July 2007 - Centric Networks Ltd, which provides managed services for infrastructure software to a broad range of clients in the mid-market; 

• January 2008 - Eclectic Group Limited, which supplies software, consultancy, support and training in the areas of Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM); and

• July 2008 - DXI Networks Ltd, a provider of converged Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services to business customers

Maxima has grown to become an IT systems integration and managed services company with a proven track record of delivering innovative and flexible IT solutions and services. Maxima's in-depth knowledge of industry and business, coupled with its skills and understanding of leading software suites such as Oracle, Microsoft and SAP ensures its solutions and services deliver real business benefits. The group prides itself on the quality of its service, which leads to strong customer relationships and high retention rates.