Holding(s) in Company

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
15 April 2002


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     15 April 2002


                   DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (THE 'COMPANY')

                             Holding in the Company


The Company received notification on 9 April 2002 that Zurich Financial Services
and its Group no longer has a notifiable interest in the Company. This arises
from a corporate re-organisation within the Zurich Financial Services Group such
that at 8 April 2002, Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc. ceased to be a member of
the Zurich Financial Services Group.


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