Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc : Notification of Major Interest in Shares

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii				Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v		09 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%, 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 939,162 Invesco Fund Managers Ltd - 3,068,384 Invesco Asset Management Dublin Ltd - 274,501 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Advisers Inc. - 23,461 Invesco Canada Ltd & Invesco Advisers Inc. - 21,954 Invesco GT Management S.A - 16,190 Invesco Asset Management Japan Ltd - 6,145 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 4,610
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Invesco Limited
Contact address	Registered address: 30 Finsbury Square, London. EC2A 1AG
Phone number & email	020 7638 0731
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.