Issue of Equity & Grant of Options

Westside Investments plc / Ticker: WST.L / Index: AIM / Sector: Investment

Westside Investments plc ('Westside' or 'the Company')

Issue of Equity and Grant of Options

Further to the announcement of 16 October 2013 Westside, the AIM listed investment vehicle, has agreed to issue a total of 6,918,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 0.275 pence per share to two companies providing services to Westside in connection with its development of a child-friendly, football-focussed, social network dedicated to children aged 7 to 17. 

In addition a total of 16,750,000 options over ordinary shares have been issued to certain key executives and employees of Westside who are engaged in the development of the social network. These options are exercisable for 7 years from the date of grant at an exercise price of 0.275 pence per ordinary share.

Application has been made for the admission of 6,918,000 ordinary 0.1p shares to trading on AIM and admission is expected on 12 March 2014. Following admission, there will be 1,218,406,845 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company in issue. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Westside under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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