Director/PDMR Shareholding

Phytopharm PLC
09 November 2007



Phytopharm plc

9 November 2007


DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING - Purchase of Ordinary Shares (the 'Shares') in
Phytopharm plc (the 'Company') by Directors of the Company under its employee
Share Incentive Plan (the 'SIP').

The SIP trustee, Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited (the 'Trustee'), notified
the Company on 8 November 2007 that the following Directors of the Company
acquired Shares under the SIP on 7 November 2007, in each case, held by the
Trustee:

Director                Number of              Aggregate number of Shares held 
                        Shares acquired*       beneficially following 
                                               acquisition (across all accounts)

Daryl Rees                  674                          19,663

Piers Morgan                674                          19,663

*The number of Shares acquired includes 337 Partnership Shares acquired at 37
 pence and 337 Matching Shares issued under a Block Listing arrangement. Both
 partnership and matching elements are registered in the name of the Trustee.

The SIP operates as follows:

Each month the Trustee uses participants' contributions (which may not exceed
£125 per participant per month) to purchase shares in the market. These shares
are called 'Partnership Shares'.

At the same time the Company allots to participants via the Trustee one
'Matching Share' for every Partnership Share purchased that month. These
Matching Shares vest with the employee three years from the date of issue.


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