Director Shareholding

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
12 October 2001

                                                              12 October, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                  DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (the 'Company')

                             Director's Interest


Riverside Industries Limited, a company owned by a trust, a beneficiary of
which is Mike Redmond, a non-executive director of the Company, yesterday
bought 10,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at 153p per share.
Following this acquisition, Mr. Redmond's total beneficial holding in the
Company is 10,000 shares or 0.02 per cent. of the Company.