M&A IT Divestiture

When this engagement starts

Carve-out divestitures, plant closures, business-unit shutdowns, asset sales.

What you get

Diligence-grade documentation, Engagement-based settlement, Reuse-First triage, NDA-bound discretion.

Engagement timeline — what happens day-by-day

Day 1-3: scoping call, asset list reconciliation, regulator stack confirmation, witness destruction requirement determination. Day 3-5: written CAD quote per asset with line-item detail, SOW drafted with service levels and indemnity terms, NDA executed. Day 5-10: chain-of-custody manifest pre-prepared, vehicle GPS-tracking confirmed, tamper-evident sealed containers staged for top-classified loads. Day 10-20: pickup + sanitisation in-flight (NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 Purge for working drives, IEEE 2883-2022 firmware Sanitize for SSD/NVMe, physical destruction at 6mm/2mm/0.5mm for top-classified). Day 20-25: per-asset Certificate of Destruction issued, refurb-eligible units route through trader-channel network. Day 25-30: settlement in CAD against PO with line-item invoicing, ESG metrics report attached, quarterly review scheduled for programme engagements.

Documentation outputs you receive

Per-asset Certificate of Destruction with eleven required fields (serial, make/model/capacity, data classification, sanitisation method cited to NIST/IEEE/DoD, particle size or field strength or encryption algorithm, sanitisation tool + verification response, UTC timestamp + facility location, operator + ID + signature, witness signature where applicable, chain-of-custody reference, destruction reason where Reuse-First overridden). Pickup manifest with three-signature chain. {CAD} settlement invoice line-item per asset. ESG metrics report (tonnage, Reuse-First reuse rate, material recovery, embodied-carbon-recovered estimate, downstream-chain documentation). Compliance attestation cross-referenced to {OSFI B-13} / {PIPEDA}.

Common pitfalls in this engagement type

Pitfall 1 — incomplete asset list at scoping (creates re-quote and timeline slip; we ask for the full list at scoping so the CAD quote is final). Pitfall 2 — MDM enrolment not released for laptop/desktop fleets (devices cannot be redeployed by secondary buyer until MDM release; reduces buyback value to scrap). Pitfall 3 — no witness destruction protocol agreed where the regulator expects it (typical for top-classified BFSI, government restricted-data; we flag this at scoping and document the customer's witness-destruction position). Pitfall 4 — bulk-job certificate request to reduce paperwork volume (regulator-unacceptable in our experience; we route to per-asset paperwork and absorb the per-line cost). Pitfall 5 — gap in chain of custody between pickup and destruction (any unsigned hand-off window is a regulator finding; manifests are signed at every transfer point with no exceptions).

Why customers choose Maxicom for this engagement

30 years of continuous operation since 1996 across UAE, India, Singapore, Canada and Hong Kong. Per-asset certificate format formatted to support audits under the regulatory frameworks in your jurisdiction — OSFI B-13, PIPEDA, NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022. CAD settlement against PO with 7-business-day payment terms. Reuse-First reuse rate of 65-75% blended across our 2024-2025 cohort — typically 1.5-3× the residual value of destruction-first OEM trade-in programs. Cross-border resale routing under NDA preserves channel-respect. Quarterly business reviews for programme engagements; rolling settlement against the engagement schedule.