Director Shareholding

Impax Group PLC
15 August 2006


Impax Group plc ('Impax' or the 'Company')

Sanne Trust Company Limited, as trustee of the Impax Group Employee Benefit
Trust ('IGEBT'), yesterday sold 464,920 ordinary shares of 1p each in the
Company ('Ordinary Shares').  This disposal provides funds for the purchase of
8.075 million Ordinary Shares by the IGEBT at nominal value.  Following this
disposal, the IGEBT is interested in 14,880,080 Ordinary Shares, representing
approximately 13.84 per cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue.

Following the conversion of Impax Group plc 5.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2009 and admission to trading of Ordinary Shares arising on conversion on
7 August 2006, Keith Falconer, Chairman of the Company, was interested in
6,329,263 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.89 per cent. of the
Ordinary Shares in issue.

Mr Falconer has bought 219,947 Ordinary Shares being sold by the IGEBT at a
price of 17.5p per share.  Following this transaction Mr Falconer is interested
in 6,549,210 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 6.09 per cent. of the
Ordinary Shares in issue.

Following the conversion of Impax Group plc 5.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2009 and admission to trading of Ordinary Shares arising on conversion on
7 August 2006, Ian Simm, Chief Executive of the Company, was interested in
371,976 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.35 per cent. of the
Ordinary Shares in issue.

Mr Simm has bought 114,285 Ordinary Shares being sold by the IGEBT at a price of
17.5p per share.  Following this transaction Mr Simm is interested in 486,261
Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.45 per cent. of the Ordinary
Shares in issue.

Following the conversion of Impax Group plc 5.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2009 and admission to trading of Ordinary Shares arising on conversion on
7 August 2006, Nigel Taunt, an executive director of the Company, was interested
in 513,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.48 per cent. of the
Ordinary Shares in issue.

Mr Taunt has bought 57,142 Ordinary Shares being sold by the IGEBT at a price of
17.5p per share.  Following this transaction Mr Taunt is interested in 570,142
Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.53 per cent. of the Ordinary
Shares in issue.

Following the conversion of Impax Group plc 5.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2009 and admission to trading of Ordinary Shares arising on conversion on
7 August 2006, David Kempton, a non executive director of the Company, is
interested in 1,997,367 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 1.86 per
cent. of the Ordinary Shares in issue.

Following the conversion of Impax Group plc 5.5% Convertible Unsecured Loan
Stock 2009 and admission to trading of Ordinary Shares arising on conversion on
7 August 2006, Melville Haggard, an executive director of the Company, is
interested in 180,313 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.17 per cent.
of the Ordinary Shares in issue.


The Company has 107,524,098 Ordinary Shares in issue.


15 August 2006


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