DiaMedica Inc. Announces Results of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwired - July 25, 2014) - DiaMedica Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DMA), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of novel, first-in-class therapies for metabolic disorders, kidney dysfunction and orphan diseases, today announced that at its Annual General and Special Meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders held on July 24, 2014, Michael Giuffre, Rick Pauls, Richard Pilnik, Dawson Reimer and Thomas Wellner were re-elected as the Company's board of directors.

In addition to the election of directors, the shareholders passed all resolutions placed before the Meeting as outlined in the management information circular (the "Circular") dated June 26, 2014. As more particularly described in the Circular, the additional resolutions included re-appointing KPMG LLP as auditors for the upcoming year; approving the continuance of the Company under the Canada Business Corporations Act; authorizing the Company's board of directors to amend the Articles of Incorporation to consolidate the outstanding common shares on the basis of one post-consolidation common share for each two to ten pre-consolidation common shares; approving certain amendments to the Company's by-laws; and renewing the shareholder rights plan of the Company.

About DiaMedica

DiaMedica Inc. is a publicly traded (TSX VENTURE:DMA) clinical stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of novel, first-in-class therapies for metabolic disorders, kidney dysfunction and orphan diseases. DiaMedica's lead clinical stage product, DM199, recombinant human tissue kallikrein-1 protein ("rhKLK-1"), is a novel, first-in-class, therapeutic for the treatment of diabetes mellitus and associated complications. DiaMedica also is developing DM204, a monoclonal antibody program, for glucose control and cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes and a companion diagnostic in vitro assay, DMDx, utilizing the detection of tissue kallikrein-1 protein ("KLK-1") as a potential biomarker in human urine to identify diabetic kidney disease patients who are most likely to respond to a therapeutic regimen that includes DM199.

The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol 'DMA'.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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