Holding in Company

Impax Group PLC
20 June 2001



                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

Impax Group plc

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

Discretionary funds under management of Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

(a)      Aberdeen Global UK Smaller Companies Fund

(b)      Aberdeen UK Emerging Companies Unit Trust

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

State Street Nominees Limited

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

826,106 Ordinary shares acquired in the recent placing and open offer

6)   Percentage of issued class

2.33%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   Percentage of issued class



9)   Class of security

Ordinary Shares

10)  Date of transaction

19 June 2001



11)      Date company informed


20                June 2001


12)  Total holding following this notification
(a)      374,008 Ordinary Shares
(b)      3,756,525 Ordinary Shares



Total      4,130,533 Ordinary Shares

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

(a)   1.05%

(b)   10.59%

Total 11.64%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

G Butterfield, Company Secretary  01902 456767

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification
As in 15
     Date of notification: 20 June 2001