The following is a glossary of a number of the terms and acronyms which can be found within this document:
- Adriatic region
- Croatia, Bosnia-Herzgovinna, Serbia and Slovenia
- AER
- Actual Exchange Rate
- API
- Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
- APP
- Actinobacillis pleuropneumonia (APP) is a bacterial infection that affects the respiratory system of pigs
- APSP
- Approved Performance Share Plan
- BEPS
- Base Erosion Profit Sharing
- Bioequivalence
- The demonstration that the proposed formulation has the same biological effects as the pioneer product to which it is being compared. This is usually demonstrated by comparing blood concentrations of the active over time, but can be compared using a clinical endpoint (e.g. lowering of a worm count) for drugs that are not absorbed or for which blood levels cannot be determined
- CAGR
- Compound Annual Growth Rate
- CAP
- Companion Animal Products
- CER
- Constant Exchange Rate
- CMC
- Chemistry and Manufacturing Controls
- CSOP
- Company Share Option Plan
- Cushing's Syndrome
- A condition caused by excess cortisol and is named after the physician who first described the condition in humans in the early twentieth century
- Dechra Values or Values
- Dedication, Enjoyment, Courage, Honesty, Relationships and Ambition
- DPM
- Dechra Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
- DOCP
- Desoxycortine pivolate
- DVP
- Dechra Veterinary Products
- DVP EU
- Dechra Veterinary Products EU or Dechra Veterinary Products Europe
- DVP NA
- Dechra Veterinary Products North America
- DVP US
- Dechra Veterinary Products US
- EBIT
- Earnings before interest and tax
- EBITDA
- Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
- EPS
- Earnings Per Share
- ERP
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Executive Directors
- The Executive Directors of the Company, currently Ian Page, and Tony Griffin
- FAP
- Food producing Animal Products
- FDA
- US Food and Drug Administration; a federal agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
- FRC
- Financial Reporting Council
- FRS
- Financial Reporting Standards
- FTSE100 Index
- An index comprising the 1st to 100th largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange in terms of their market capitalisation
- FTSE250/350 Index
- An index comprising the 101st to 350th largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange in terms of their market capitalisation
- GAAP
- Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
- GHG
- Greenhouse Gas
- GMP
- Good Manufacturing Practice
- HANFA
- Hrvatska agencija za nadzor financijskih usluga (Croatian Financial Services Agency)
- HCM
- Human Capital Management
- HR
- Human Resources
- Hyperthyroidism
- Occurs when the thyroid glands produce excessive amounts of thyroid hormone. This causes an increase in the animal's metabolism (the rate at which energy is utilised)
- IAS
- International Accounting Standards
- IFRS
- International Financial Reporting Standards
- Intertrigo
- Refers to a bacterial, fungal or viral infection that has developed at the site of broken skin due to inflammation of body folds. This infection is common in dogs with folds, such as Pugs or Shar Peis
- IT
- Information Technology
- KPI
- Key Performance Indicator
- LIBOR
- The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
- LTAFR
- Lost Time Accident Frequency Rate
- LTIP
- Long Term Incentive Plan
- MAT
- Moving Annual Total
- Malassezia
- Yeasts that cause a secondary inflammatory skin disease. Malassezia is often found in otitis externa
- MHRA
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; an executive agency of the Department of Health in the UK
- MPLS
- Multiprotocol Label Switching
- Maximum Residue Limit (MRL)
- The maximum acceptable concentration of a substance that may be found in a food product obtained from an animal that has received a veterinary medicine
- NADA
- New Animal Drug Application
- Non-Executive Directors
- The Non-Executive Directors of the Company, currently Michael Redmond, Julian Heslop, Ishbel Macpherson and Tony Rice
- OECD
- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Ordinary Shares
- An ordinary share of 1 pence in the share capital of the Company
- Otitis Externa
- A condition which causes inflammation of the external ear canal (the tube between the outer ear and the ear drum)
- Oracle Programme
- Enterprise Resources Planing (ERP) software
- PDRA
- Dechra's Product Development and Regulatory Affairs team
- QC
- Quality Control
- R&D
- Research and Development
- RIDDOR
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
- Rights Issue
- The three for ten rights issue of 20,040,653 shares, details of which are set out in the prospectus of the Company dated 25 April 2012
- ROCE
- Return On Capital Employed
- ROI
- Return On Investment
- RPI
- Retail Price Index
- S&OP
- Sales and Operations Planning
- SAGARPA
- Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food)
- SAYE
- Save As You Earn Share Scheme
- SET
- Senior Executive Team
- SG&A
- Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
- S.suis
- Streptococcus suis is a bacterial infection which occurs primarily in nursing or recently weaned pigs
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Communicable conditions caused by the Staphylococcus type of bacteria and generally characterised by pyoderma or the formation of abscesses
- Surface Pyoderma
- Pyoderma is the medical term used to denote infections of the skin caused by bacteria. Surface Pyoderma is a bacterial infection which is confined to the surface of the skin; one of the commonest types is known as Pyotraumatic Dermatitis (acute moist dermatitis, or 'hot spots'). It is typified by localised itching, moist reddened skin patches and ulcerated lesions
- TSR
- Total Shareholder Return
- VMD
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate