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Impax Asset ManagementAnnouncement

24/03/2016 13:39

RNS Number : 1148T
Impax Asset Management Group plc
24 March 2016
24 March 2016
Impax Asset Management Group plc ('Impax' or the 'Company')
Recommendation to Trustees of EBT in Advance of Close Period 
The Company announces that it has provided a recommendation to Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited, the independent trustee of the Impax Asset Management Group plc Employee Benefit Trust 2012, to continue to acquire Impax Ordinary Shares of 1p each ("Impax Shares") in the market to satisfy historical and future share awards to employees. 
This recommendation is provided in advance of the Company entering into its close period as defined by the AIM Rules on 31 March 2016. The recommendation expires upon the publication of the Company's interim results for the six month period ended 31 March 2016 on or around 18 May 2016. The recommendation is subject to a pre-agreed maximum price and general availability of Impax Shares in the market. 
Given the low levels of liquidity in Impax Shares, the EBT may be the largest purchaser of Impax Shares on any given day.
As at the date of this announcement the Impax Asset Management Group plc Employee Benefit Trust 2012 owns 19,584,847 Impax Shares and the Impax Group Employee Benefit Trust 2004 owns 15,388,353 Impax Shares. In aggregate they own 34,973,200 Impax Shares.
The total number of voting rights in Impax is 127,749,098. 
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Enquiries:
Ian Simm Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7434 1122 (switchboard)
Chief Executive 
Impax Asset Management Group plc
Norfolk House, 31 St James's Square, 
London, SW1Y 4JR 
www.impaxam.com
Anne Gilding Tel: +44 (0) 20 7434 1122 (switchboard)
Head of Brand & Communications   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7432 2602 (direct)
Impax Asset Management Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 7881 249612 (mobile)
Norfolk House, 31 St James's Square, 
London, SW1Y 4JR Email: a.gilding@impaxam.com
www.impaxam.com

Guy Wiehahn Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8893
Nominated Adviser and Broker
Peel Hunt LLP

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