REG - Vela Technologies - Exercise of warrants in BTL Group Ltd <Origin Href="QuoteRef">VELA.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 1377CVela Technologies PLC17 January 201817 January 2018
Vela Technologies plc
("Vela" or the "Company")
Exercise of warrants in BTL Group Ltd
The Board of Vela (AIM: VELA), the investing company focused on early-stage and pre-IPO disruptive technology investments, announces that, on 16 January 2018, the Company exercised its remaining 25,000 warrants in BTL Group Ltd ("BTL") at a price of C$3.25 per share (the "Exercise") at a total cost of approximately C$81,250 (equivalent to approximately 47,315). The warrants were exercisable for a period expiring on 6 April 2019.
Following the Exercise, the Company holds 620,000 common shares in BTL, equivalent to approximately 2.91 per cent. of BTL's issued share capital. BTL is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange,on which the closing mid-market price on 16 January 2018 of BTL's common shares was C$11.17 per share which values Vela's shareholding in BTL at approximately C$6.93 million (equivalent to approximately 4.03 million*).
ABOUT BTL GROUP LTD.
Operating from both Canada and the UK, BTL offers blockchain solutions to businesses across multiple industries, in particular the finance, energy and gaming sectors. BTL has built prototypes that showcase the capabilities of its Interbit platform, a proprietary blockchain based interbank payment network and settlement and asset trading solution.
Interbit is an open, multi-chain, asset settlement platform with a suite of APIs and smart contracts that allow businesses from across the world to provide global access to fast, secure, and auditable financial and asset trading services.
With offices in Vancouver and Canary Wharf in London, BTL is positioning itself as a front-runner in the blockchain ecosystem, providing advice and knowledge to industry leaders.
Website:www.btl.co
Twitter:https://twitter.com/blockchainltd
*Based on the exchange rate as on 17 January 2018 of C$1: GB0.5823
For further information, please contact:
Vela Technologies plc
Brent Fitzpatrick, Non-Executive Chairman
Antony Laiker, Director
Tel: +44 (0) 7802 262 443
Allenby Capital Limited
(Nominated Adviser)
Nick Athanas/Katrina Perez/Asha Chotai
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
Smaller Company Capital Limited
(Broker)
Rupert Williams/Jeremy Woodgate
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3651 2910
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