REG - Vela Technologies - Update on investment in 3Legs Resources plc <Origin Href="QuoteRef">VELA.L</Origin>
RNS Number : 7697IVela Technologies PLC30 March 201530 March 2015
Vela Technologies plc
("Vela" or the "Company")
Update on investment in 3Legs Resources plc
The Board of Vela (AIM: VELA), the investing company focused on early stage and pre-IPO technology investments, announces that, further to the announcement released by the Company on 10 March 2015, the Company acquired a further 1,500,000 existing ordinary shares in 3Legs Resources plc ("3Legs") (AIM: 3LEG) on 25 March 2015 at a price of 0.21 pence per share.
Vela's resultant holding in 3Legs is 19,000,000 shares representing 4.41% of the total voting rights of 3Legs.
3Legs is an Isle of Man incorporated investing company whose shares are traded on AIM. In February 2015, 3Legs completed a corporate reorganisation which included the adoption of a new investing policy to invest in and/or acquire companies within the technology sector or within the resources sector, particularly where a resource can be brought into production through the application of modern technologies. As part of the above reorganisation, 3Legs raised 800,000 through a subscription for new ordinary shares at a price of 0.232 pence per share which valued 3Legs at approximately 1 million with the funds to be used by 3Legs in connection with the implementation of the new investing policy.
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
Nick Athanas/Katrina Perez/James Reeve
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
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