15 January 2013

Westside Investments plc, the AIM listed investment vehicle, announces that it was informed on 14 January  2013 that on that date the directors of the Company listed below purchased ordinary shares of 0.1p each at a price of 0.24p.

These purchases are pursuant to the trading agreements to facilitate the automatic purchase of existing shares in the Company, through market purchases on a monthly basis over a twelve month period, as detailed in the announcement by the Company on 3 July 2012.

Name

Number of shares acquired

Total resultant shareholding

Richard Owen [1]

182,000

115,381,001

Geoffrey Simmonds [2]

182,000

115,373,043

John Zucker

52,000

32,176,921

David Hillel

52,000

3,930,285

David Coldbeck

52,000

6,591,194

[1]113,875,000 held through United Trading Corporation Limited, 1,506,001 held in own name

[2]106,136,362 ordinary shares held through Avonlaw Limited, 7,610,000 held through G Simmonds SIPP, 1,626,681 held in own name

**ENDS**

For further information please visit www.westsideacquisitions.com  or contact:

Geoffrey Simmonds

Westside Investments Plc

Tel: 020 7935 0823

Mark Percy

Seymour Pierce Limited

Tel: 020 7107 8000

Catherine Leftley

Seymour Pierce Limited

Tel: 020 7107 8000

Elisabeth Cowell

St Brides Media & Finance Ltd

Tel: 020 7236 1177

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