Problem: Maxima is a company that was built through acquisitions. The company decided to divest its document management systems business, EDMS, to focus on larger-scale vertically oriented solution businesses. For maximum return to Maxima, a buyer had to be found with a strategic need for a business such as EDMS, and whose value perception would exceed the operating numbers.

Solution: The Catalyst Group focused on companies that would gain maximum leverage from EDMS's technology and its client base.

Result: Catalyst negotiated an acquisition by Top Info Technology Holdings, a South African document management company, providing Top Info with a platform from which to launch its entry into the European market.