17 February 2015

Vela Technologies plc

("Vela" or the "Company")

Proposed grant of share options

The Board of Vela (AIM: VELA), the investing company focused on early stage and pre-IPO technology investments, announces that on 17 February 2015, pursuant to the Company's unapproved option scheme, it agreed to award a total of 10,489,560 options to subscribe for new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company (the "Options") to the directors of the Company.

The Options will be granted once the Company has the required authority to issue new ordinary shares under section 561 of the Companies Act 2006.  The Options will be granted on the terms detailed below:

The Options, once granted, will vest over a two year period as to one third on grant and one third on the first and second anniversaries of the grant dates. The Options are not subject to any performance conditions and will lapse 7 years from the date of grant. The exercise price of 0.15 pence is equivalent to the price of the placing to raise £300,000 announced on 16 February 2015.

Once the Company has received the required authority under section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 and the Options have been granted, the total number of options outstanding over ordinary shares will be 22,724,854, representing 4.95 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital as enlarged by the issue of the placing shares, further details of which were announced on 16 February 2015.

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