Holding(s) in Company

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
17 April 2003

                   DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (the 'Company')

                             Holding(s) in Company


The Company was today notified that, following a recent sale of 250,000 ordinary
shares of 1p each in the Company, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited no
longer has a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.


17 April 2003


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