Director/PDMR Shareholding

18 December 2015

Midatech Pharma PLC

("Midatech" or the "Company")

Director Dealing

Midatech (AIM: MTPH), the international specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising products in oncology and other therapeutic areas, announces that today, 18 December 2015, Jim Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, purchased 960 ordinary shares of 0.005p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 204 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Mr Phillips' direct beneficial interest in the Company is 36,871 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.11% of the Company's total issued share capital.

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For more information, please contact:

Midatech Pharma PLC

Jim Phillips, CEO

Tel: +44 (0)1235 841575

www.midatechpharma.com

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Corporate Finance

Freddy Crossley / Atholl Tweedie / Duncan Monteith

Broking

Tom Salvesen

Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 2500

RBC Europe Limited (Joint Broker)

Darrell Uden / Paul Tomasic / Rupert Walford / Thomas Stockman

Tel: +44 (0)207 653 4000

Consilium Strategic Communications (Financial PR)

Mary Jane Elliott / Ivar Milligan / Matthew Neal / Hendrik Thys

Tel: +44 (0)20 3709 5700

Email: [email protected]

About Midatech Pharma PLC

Midatech is an international specialty pharmaceutical company focused on oncology and other therapeutic areas with a commercial platform and four marketed products in the US. Midatech's strategy is to develop products in-house in oncology and with partners in other indications, and to accelerate growth organically and through strategic acquisitions. The Company's R&D activities are supported by two breakthrough drug delivery technologies. The Group, listed on AIM: MTPH and Nasdaq: MTP, employs c.100 staff in four countries. For further company information see: www.midatechpharma.com