DiaMedica Inc. Amends the Expiry Date of Warrants

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwired - April 25, 2014) -

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Further to its previously announced application to the TSX Venture Exchange, DiaMedica Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DMA) has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange to amend 1,055,600 warrants (the "Warrants") of DiaMedica by extending the expiry date from May 8, 2014 to February 8, 2015. An amended and restated warrant indenture governing the Warrants has been filed concurrently herewith on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

About DiaMedica

DiaMedica Inc. is a publicly traded (TSX VENTURE:DMA) clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies to treat diabetes and the complications associated with diabetes. DiaMedica's lead clinical stage compound, DM199, is a recombinant human protein known as rhKLK1 that represents a novel approach to treating diabetes and associated complications. DiaMedica is also developing a monoclonal antibody, DM204 for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, which is in preclinical development.

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

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