Holding(s) in Company

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
17 September 2002






FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     17 September 2002




                   DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (the 'Company')

                             Holding in the Company




The Company received notification on 12 September 2002, in accordance with the
provisions of sections 198-202 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended by the
Companies Act 1989), that neither Morley Fund Management Limited nor Aviva plc
has a notifiable interest in the Company's issued ordinary share capital.


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