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1 May 2018

Directa Plus plc ("Directa Plus" or the "Company")

Director Share Purchase

Directa Plus plc (AIM: DCTA), a producer and supplier of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, announces that David Gann, a non-executive director of the Company, today purchased 19,134 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 52 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following this purchase, David Gann holds 42,379 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.1% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial

Responsibilities ("PDMR") and persons closely associated with them ("PCA")

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a.

Name

David Gann

2

Reason for notification

a.

Position/Status

Non-Executive Director

b.

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a.

Name

Directa Plus plc

b.

LEI

N/A

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a.

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification Code

Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each

ISIN: GB00BSM98843

b.

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c.

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

£0.52

19,134

d.

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

19,134 52 pence

e.

Date of the transactions

1 May 2018

f.

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

Enquiries

Directa Plus plc

Giulio Cesareo, CEO Marco Ferrari, CFO

+39 02 36714458

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Marc Milmo, David Foreman (Corporate Finance)

Alex Pollen (Sales)

+44 20 7894 7000

Luther Pendragon (Financial PR)

Harry Chathli, Claire Norbury, Alexis Gore

+44 20 7618 9100

About Directa Plus

Directa Plus is one of the largest producers and suppliers of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets worldwide. By incorporating Directa Plus' unique graphene blends, identified by the G+ brand, its customers can enhance the performance of their end products without significantly increasing their cost. Directa Plus graphene-based products are natural, chemical-free, sustainably produced and tailored to specific customer requirements for commercial applications such as smart textiles, tyres, composite materials and environmental solutions.

Established in 2005, the Company has a patented technology process and a portfolio of product and application patents. It produces its graphene-based products at its own factory in Lomazzo, Italy, with a scalable and exportable manufacturing model enabling the set-up of additional production at customer locations to reduce transport costs, waste and time-to-utilisation. Directa Plus partners with customers to enable them to offer the high-performance benefits of graphene in their own products.

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