Director/PDMR Shareholding

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
09 August 2005


                   DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (the 'Company')

                             DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDING

The Company was informed on 8 August 2005 that the wife of Mr E T W Torr, a
director of the Company, sold 3,000 ordinary shares of 1p each ('Ordinary
Shares') at a price of £2.02 per share on 28 June 2005. Following this
transaction, Mr Torr's beneficial interest is 343,832 Ordinary Shares, which
represents approximately 0.67 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.


9 August 2005




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