30 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.

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