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Maxima Holdings PLC
13 June 2007


Embargoed until 0700                                               13 June 2007

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

                            Year end trading update

                               Notice of Results


Year end trading update
Maxima Holdings plc (AIM:MXM), the acquisitive IT solutions and managed services
provider, announces an update on trading for its financial year ended 31 May
2007.

The Board is pleased to confirm that trading across both operating businesses of
the Company (Solutions and Managed Services) has been solid and that it
therefore expects revenues, profits and earnings per share to be in line with
market expectations. Net debt at 31 May 2007 was #6.5 million.

In line with its declared strategy, Maxima successfully completed four
acquisitions during the year. Two of these, Cognition Solutions Ltd and
SevenThree Ltd are enterprise software solutions businesses with a focus on the
construction sector. The other two, IIL (Intertech Solutions Ireland) Ltd and
3net Ltd are managed services businesses specialising in infrastructure
software. These acquisitions have now been fully integrated, both at the front
office in terms of integrated solutions and managed services to our clients and
at the back office in terms of business processes and internal information
systems.

In total seventy one new customers were won during the year, spread broadly
across the different areas of the business. In particular Solutions won eleven
new customers for SAP Business One and two for QAD Applications in the
Healthcare and Automotive sectors where we have a strong track record; we also
won the first contract for our newly launched construction industry software
solution based upon Microsoft Dynamics AX. In Managed Services significant new
business has been won, particularly as a result of our strong skills in Citrix
and Oracle technologies.

Within our existing customer base, levels of contract renewals have been high
and we are benefiting increasingly from cross-selling of the additional skills
and services now available as a result of our acquisition strategy. For example,
using the skills of SevenThree Limited acquired in March 2007, we have recently
won a major contract for Microsoft CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
software from a long-standing industrial client who uses QAD Applications ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning) software.


Notice of Results
Maxima will announce Preliminary Results for the full year, together with
details of the proposed final dividend payment, on 14 August 2007.


Kelvin Harrison, Maxima's Chief Executive said:

"It has been an exciting year for Maxima as we have acquired and carefully
integrated four more excellent businesses. We are now able to offer our clients
full end-to-end applications and infrastructure software solutions and managed
services. It is also gratifying that the benefits of Maxima's acquisition
strategy are now clearly visible in terms of consistent growth and improved
profitability.

We have started the new financial year with a strong order book and continue to
source attractive acquisition opportunities."


For further information, please contact:

Maxima
Kelvin Harrison, Chief Executive                         01242 211 211
Linda Andrews, Group Finance Director                    0141 880 1000
Cenkos
Stephen Keys/Adrian Hargrave                             020 7397 8900
Smithfield
Tania Wild/Reg Hoare                                     020 7360 4900


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

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.




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