Holding(s) in Company

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
07 May 2003


                   DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC (the 'Company')


                             Holding(s) in Company



The Company was today notified that Platinum Fund Managers Limited is now
interested in 2,008,400 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company, which
represents 3.98 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.



7 May 2003






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