Further investment and update - Portr Ltd

12 May 2014 Vela Technologies PLC ("Vela" or the "Company") Further Investment and Update - Portr Limited ("Portr") Vela Technologies, the investing company focussing on early stage and pre-IPO technology investments, is pleased to announce a further investment of £50,000 by way of a cash subscription for 17,235 new ordinary shares of 0.01p each in investee company, Portr. The additional investment by Vela is part of a £ 500,000 funding round by Portr at a price of some 290p per share and brings Vela's total investment in Portr to £100,000, with an enlarged shareholding of 49,731 shares representing approximately 2.9 per cent of Portr's enlarged issued share capital. The additional investment by Vela follows the launch by Portr of its service at London City Airport ("LCA") on 1 May 2014 with full operations expected to commence on 22 May 2014. The service is designed to enable visitors to London to book luggage transfers between their destination airport, hotel, serviced apartment or office. Portr employs leading-edge technology across its web booking platform and logistics engine, integrated with leading same-day and specialist logistics provider CitySprint UK who will be managing and delivering the white-glove AirPortr® operation. Vela Technologies believes the AirPortr® service will be well suited to the business traveller flying in and out of LCA, where the need for speed, convenience and productivity is heightened. Portr continues to works towards launch of its service at one or more additional London airports later this year. During the 18 month pre trading period from incorporation to 26 December 2013, Portr made unaudited losses of £266,000 and as at that date had net liabilities of approximately £1,000. For further information: Vela Technologies plc Brent Fitzpatrick, Non-Executive Chairman Antony Laiker, Director 07802 262443 ZAI Corporate Finance, Nomad 020 7060 2220 Peter Trevelyan-Clark/Tim Cofman/Wei Wang Hume Capital Securities plc, Broker 020 3693 1470 Jon Belliss Newgate Threadneedle 020 7653 9850 Graham Herring/Heather Armstrong About Portr: Portr Limited a traveltech company incorporated in London in 2012, has developed Europe's first concierge-focused luggage transfer service, AirPortr®, which will initially be operating between London's airports, hotels, serviced apartments and offices. Established predominantly to serve the significant number of foreign business and leisure passengers who travel to London every year and meet the needs of the modern traveller. Portr, which is an Official Partner of the Mayor's promotional organisation London & Partners, will be marketing the service internationally enabling passengers to book at airports, online, via smartphones or through one of the Company's partner airlines and hotels. Further information about the Company and its services can be found at www.portr.com.
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