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                                               (1,936)                         (2,916)                         (5,263)                                          
 Sale of investments held by consolidated funds                                                                                                             524                             17                              1,553                                            
 Purchase of investments                                                                                                                                    (38)                            (473)                           (638)                                            
 Purchase of intangible assets                                                                                                                              (7)                             (5)                             (28)                                             
 Purchase of property, plant and equipment                                                                                                                  (38)                            (9)                             (33)                                             
 Net cash used by investment activities                                                                                                                     (1,094)                         (2,870)                         (3,637)                                          
 Financing activities:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Dividends paid                                                                                                                          8                  (1,231)                         (1,004)                         (1,338)                                          
 Impax shares acquired by EBT 2012                                                                                                                          (864)                           -                               (619)                                            
 Cash received on exercise of Impax share options                                                                                                           -                               38                              47                                               
 (Redemptions)/Investments by third parties from/into consolidated funds                                                                 (466)              (38)                            2,257                                                         
 (Increase)/decrease in cash held in money market funds and long-term deposit accounts                                                   (8)                4,264                           554                                                           
 Net cash (used by)/generated from financing activities                                                                                                     (2,569)                         3,260                           901                                              
 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                       (4,811)                         491                             2,954                                            
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period                                                                                                   6,634                           3,680                           3,680                                            
 Effect of foreign exchange rate changes                                                                                                                    3                               3                               -                                                
 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period                                                                                      11                 1,826                           4,174                           6,634                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Impax Asset Management Group plcNotes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial StatementsFor the Six Months Ended 31 March 2015                                                     
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 1                                                                                                                                       Basis of                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                         preparation                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         This interim report                                 
                                                                                                                                         is unaudited and                                   
                                                                                                                                         does not constitute                                 
                                                                                                                                         statutory accounts                                 
                                                                                                                                         within the meaning                                 
                                                                                                                                         of Section 435 of                                  
                                                                                                                                         the Companies Act                                  
                                                                                                                                         2006. These                                        
                                                                                                                                         condensed                                          
                                                                                                                                         consolidated                                       
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements have                                    
                                                                                                                                         been prepared in                                   
                                                                                                                                         accordance with IAS                                 
                                                                                                                                         34 "Interim                                        
                                                                                                                                         Financial                                          
                                                                                                                                         Reporting" as                                      
                                                                                                                                         adopted by the EU                                  
                                                                                                                                         and the AIM rules.                                 
                                                                                                                                         They do not include                                 
                                                                                                                                         all of the                                         
                                                                                                                                         information                                        
                                                                                                                                         required for full                                  
                                                                                                                                         annual financial                                   
                                                                                                                                         statements, and                                    
                                                                                                                                         should be read in                                  
                                                                                                                                         conjunction with                                   
                                                                                                                                         the consolidated                                   
                                                                                                                                         financial                                          
                                                                                                                                         statements of the                                  
                                                                                                                                         Group for the year                                 
                                                                                                                                         ended 30 September                                 
                                                                                                                                         2014.                                              
                                                                                                                                         The comparative                                    
                                                                                                                                         figures for the                                    
                                                                                                                                         financial year                                     
                                                                                                                                         ended 30 September                                 
                                                                                                                                         2014 are not the                                   
                                                                                                                                         Company's statutory                                 
                                                                                                                                         accounts for that                                  
                                                                                                                                         financial year.                                    
                                                                                                                                         Those accounts,                                    
                                                                                                                                         prepared in                                        
                                                                                                                                         accordance with                                    
                                                                                                                                         IFRSs as adopted by                                 
                                                                                                                                         the EU, have been                                  
                                                                                                                                         reported on by the                                 
                                                                                                                                         Company's auditors                                 
                                                                                                                                         and delivered to                                   
                                                                                                                                         Companies House.                                   
                                                                                                                                         The report of the                                  
                                                                                                                                         auditors was (i)                                   
                                                                                                                                         unqualified, (ii)                                  
                                                                                                                                         did  not include a                                 
                                                                                                                                         reference to                                       
                                                                                                                                         matters to which                                   
                                                                                                                                         the auditors drew                                  
                                                                                                                                         attention by way of                                 
                                                                                                                                         emphasis without                                   
                                                                                                                                         qualifying their                                   
                                                                                                                                         report, and (iii)                                  
                                                                                                                                         did not contain a                                  
                                                                                                                                         statement under                                    
                                                                                                                                         section 498 (2) or                                 
                                                                                                                                         (3) of the                                         
                                                                                                                                         Companies Act 2006.                                 
                                                                                                                                         Copies of these                                    
                                                                                                                                         accounts are                                       
                                                                                                                                         available upon                                     
                                                                                                                                         request from the                                   
                                                                                                                                         Company's                                          
                                                                                                                                         registered office                                  
                                                                                                                                         at Norfolk House,                                  
                                                                                                                                         31 St James's                                      
                                                                                                                                         Square, London,                                    
                                                                                                                                         SW1Y 4JR or at the                                 
                                                                                                                                         Company's website:                                 
                                                                                                                                         www.impaxam.com.                                   
                                                                                                                                         This interim report                                 
                                                                                                                                         is prepared in                                     
                                                                                                                                         accordance with                                    
                                                                                                                                         International                                      
                                                                                                                                         Accounting Standard                                 
                                                                                                                                         ("IAS") 34 Interim                                 
                                                                                                                                         Financial Reporting                                 
                                                                                                                                         and the AIM rules.                                 
                                                                                                                                         The Group has                                      
                                                                                                                                         considerable                                       
                                                                                                                                         financial resources                                 
                                                                                                                                         and a broad range                                  
                                                                                                                                         of products.  As a                                 
                                                                                                                                         consequence the                                    
                                                                                                                                         Directors believe                                  
                                                                                                                                         the Group is well                                  
                                                                                                                                         placed to manage it                                 
                                                                                                                                         business risks in                                  
                                                                                                                                         the context of the                                 
                                                                                                                                         current economic                                   
                                                                                                                                         outlook.  The                                      
                                                                                                                                         Directors therefore                                 
                                                                                                                                         have a reasonable                                  
                                                                                                                                         expectation that                                   
                                                                                                                                         the Group has                                      
                                                                                                                                         adequate resources                                 
                                                                                                                                         to continue in                                     
                                                                                                                                         operational                                        
                                                                                                                                         existence for the                                  
                                                                                                                                         foreseeable future                                 
                                                                                                                                         and have continued                                 
                                                                                                                                         to adopt the going                                 
                                                                                                                                         concern basis in                                   
                                                                                                                                         preparing these                                    
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements.                                        
                                                                                                                                         With effect from 1                                 
                                                                                                                                         October 2014 the                                   
                                                                                                                                         Group has adopted                                  
                                                                                                                                         IFRS 10,                                           
                                                                                                                                         Consolidated                                       
                                                                                                                                         Financial                                          
                                                                                                                                         Statements and IFRS                                 
                                                                                                                                         12, Disclosure of                                  
                                                                                                                                         Interests in Other                                 
                                                                                                                                         Entities.  The                                     
                                                                                                                                         adoption of IFRS                                   
                                                                                                                                         10, which                                          
                                                                                                                                         determines when                                    
                                                                                                                                         entities should be                                 
                                                                                                                                         consolidated and in                                 
                                                                                                                                         particular changes                                 
                                                                                                                                         the definition of                                  
                                                                                                                                         control, has not                                   
                                                                                                                                         had an impact on                                   
                                                                                                                                         these financial                                    
                                                                                                                                         statements.  IFRS                                  
                                                                                                                                         12 requires certain                                 
                                                                                                                                         disclosure to be                                   
                                                                                                                                         made in respect of                                 
                                                                                                                                         the Group's                                        
                                                                                                                                         investments in the                                 
                                                                                                                                         funds it manages.                                  
                                                                                                                                         These disclosures                                  
                                                                                                                                         are not required to                                 
                                                                                                                                         be presented in                                    
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements and will                                 
                                                                                                                                         be presented in the                                 
                                                                                                                                         2015 Annual Report                                 
                                                                                                                                         and Accounts.  With                                 
                                                                                                                                         the exception of                                   
                                                                                                                                         the adoption of                                    
                                                                                                                                         IFRS 10 and 12 the                                 
                                                                                                                                         accounting policies                                 
                                                                                                                                         applied by the                                     
                                                                                                                                         Group in these                                     
                                                                                                                                         condensed                                          
                                                                                                                                         consolidated                                       
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements are the                                 
                                                                                                                                         same as those                                      
                                                                                                                                         applied by the                                     
                                                                                                                                         Group in its                                       
                                                                                                                                         consolidated                                       
                                                                                                                                         financial                                          
                                                                                                                                         statements for the                                 
                                                                                                                                         year ended 30                                      
                                                                                                                                         September 2014.                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 2                                                                                                                                       Estimates                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         The preparation of                                 
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements requires                                 
                                                                                                                                         management to make                                 
                                                                                                                                         judgements,                                        
                                                                                                                                         estimates and                                      
                                                                                                                                         assumptions that                                   
                                                                                                                                         affect the                                         
                                                                                                                                         application of                                     
                                                                                                                                         accounting policies                                 
                                                                                                                                         and the reported                                   
                                                                                                                                         amounts of assets                                  
                                                                                                                                         and liabilities,                                   
                                                                                                                                         income and expense.                                 
                                                                                                                                          Actual results may                                 
                                                                                                                                         differ from these                                  
                                                                                                                                         estimates.                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         In preparing these                                 
                                                                                                                                         condensed                                          
                                                                                                                                         consolidated                                       
                                                                                                                                         interim financial                                  
                                                                                                                                         statements, the                                    
                                                                                                                                         significant                                        
                                                                                                                                         judgements made by                                 
                                                                                                                                         management in                                      
                                                                                                                                         applying the                                       
                                                                                                                                         Group's accounting                                 
                                                                                                                                         policies and the                                   
                                                                                                                                         key sources of                                     
                                                                                                                                         estimation                                         
                                                                                                                                         uncertainty were:                                  
                                                                                                                                         i) judgements and                                  
                                                                                                                                         estimates made in                                  
                                                                                                                                         the valuation of                                   
                                                                                                                                         unlisted current                                   
                                                                                                                                         asset investments                                  
                                                                                                                                         (see note 9); ii)                                  
                                                                                                                                         determining whether                                 
                                                                                                                                         managed funds                                      
                                                                                                                                         should be                                          
                                                                                                                                         consolidated; iii)                                 
                                                                                                                                         determining the                                    
                                                                                                                                         size of the charge                                 
                                                                                                                                         for National                                       
                                                                                                                                         Insurance                                          
                                                                                                                                         Contributions                                      
                                                                                                                                         payable on long                                    
                                                                                                                                         -term incentive                                    
                                                                                                                                         schemes and iv)                                    
                                                                                                                                         determining the                                    
                                                                                                                                         value of deferred                                  
                                                                                                                                         tax assets.                                        
 3                                                                                                                                       Charges related to                                 
                                                                                                                                         legacy long-term                                   
                                                                                                                                         incentive schemes                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                            Six months ended 31 March 2015  Six months ended 31 March 2014  Year ended 30 September 2014                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             £'000                             £'000                           £'000                           
                                                                                                                                         EIA charge                                                                         93                            303                223                                                               
                                                                                                                                         EIA Extension NIC                                                                  51                            274                207                                                               
                                                                                                                                         charge                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                         EIA Additional                                                                     18                            130                109                                                               
                                                                                                                                         payments                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         Other long-term    162                             707                             539                                              
                                                                                                                                         incentive scheme                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         related charges                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         (NIC = Employers                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         National Insurance                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         Charge)                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         EIA NIC Charge                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         The Impax Employee                                 
                                                                                                                                         Benefit Trust 2004                                 
                                                                                                                                         ("EBT 2004") holds                                 
                                                                                                                                         Impax shares and                                   
                                                                                                                                         other assets in sub                                 
                                                                                                                                         -funds for the                                     
                                                                                                                                         benefit of certain                                 
                                                                                                                                         of the Group's past                                 
                                                                                                                                         and current                                        
                                                                                                                                         employees.  The                                    
                                                                                                                                         Impax shares were                                  
                                                                                                                                         awarded under the                                  
                                                                                                                                         Group's Employee                                   
                                                                                                                                         Incentive                                          
                                                                                                                                         Arrangement                                        
                                                                                                                                         ("EIA").  The Group                                 
                                                                                                                                         is required to pay                                 
                                                                                                                                         Employer's National                                 
                                                                                                                                         Insurance Charge                                   
                                                                                                                                         ("NIC") on the                                     
                                                                                                                                         value of any assets                                 
                                                                                                                                         that are                                           
                                                                                                                                         transferred out of                                 
                                                                                                                                         the Trust and has                                  
                                                                                                                                         accrued for the                                    
                                 

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