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Warthog Looking to the future !!! (WHOG)     

SueHelen - 23 Dec 2003 17:29

http://www.warthog.co.uk
Daily Execution Price and Volume
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Major Shareholders
( 4 Nov 04) 367.48m 1p Ords - Evo Noms Ltd 9.12%, Broughton Ltd 8.16%, Chase Nominees Ltd 4.76%, Barclayshare Noms Ltd 4.71%, Goldman Sachs Secs (Noms) 4.18%, HSBC Global Cust Noms (UK) 3.81%, Gartmore Inv Ltd 3.09%, A J Hall 2.05%, Other Dirs 1.34%.
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03 November 2004
WARTHOG PLC
DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARIES

The board of Warthog plc (the 'Company') announces that it has today completed
the sale of all of the Company's subsidiaries to Tiger Telematics, Inc ('TGTL')
together with the transfer to TGTL of certain intra-group indebtedness due to
the Company. The total consideration including assumed indebtedness is $8.11
million of which $1,113,000 will be paid in cash and $7 million satisfied by way
of an allotment of 497,866 shares of common stock in TGTL at $14.06 per share,
being the average mid market closing price of a TGTL common share over the 14
days preceding completion. These shares are restricted stock and as such can
only be traded on or after the first anniversary of completion (the
'Anniversary') in accordance with U.S. securities laws. Up to the Anniversary,
these shares will be held in escrow against any claim arising under certain
warranties, tax indemnities and completion account net asset value adjustments
set out in the sale and purchase agreement. 150,000 of the cash consideration
will also be held in escrow until the Anniversary, pending specific warranties.
The Company has waived the balance of all other amounts due to it by its former
subsidiaries.

Upon completion of the transaction, the executive directors Ashley Hall, Steven
Law and Simon Elms together with one other remaining employee of the Company
will transfer employment to TGTL leaving Ian Templeton FCA and David Robinson as
non-executive Directors of the Company. The Company has also undertaken to
change its name and will be calling an EGM to effect such a change in due course
and will at that time update shareholders further.

The board of Warthog plc has sought to complete this transaction as rapidly as
possible (and therefore did not elect to seek shareholder approval) because the
group has continued to face difficult trading conditions within the games
development industry, as reported in the Company's Final Results on 28 September
2004, which has put the group under ongoing financial pressure. In addition,
TGTL required the transaction to be consummated as expeditiously as possible, in
conjunction with the commencement of shipping of its Gizmondo product into the
UK. The transaction leaves the Company having discharged substantially all of
its liabilities and with a valuable shareholding in TGTL which will be capable
of realisation in a year's time. The realisable value of this shareholding
depends entirely upon the commercial success of TGTL and the performance of the
TGTL shares on the financial market.

The board considers, in conjunction with its advisers, that this transaction
represents the best available outcome for the Company and its shareholders.

Tiger Telematics, Inc is listed on the 'NASDAQ Other OTC Market' under symbol
'TGTL'. TGTL's publicly stated intention is to apply for a listing on the
'NASDAQ National Market' in December 2004. TGTL is a designer, developer and
marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS
functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and
people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are
designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and
potential subscribers, primarily by the company's United Kingdom based
subsidiary, Gizmondo Europe Limited ('GEL'). GEL is a wholly owned subsidiary of
TGTL and is the maker of the Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment
device which includes games, built-in music, video, messaging and picture
functions and GPS. On 29 October, TGTL began shipping its first generation
product as part of a strategic retail roll out in the UK.

The transaction gives GEL access to existing games content and porting
technology to enable the transfer of titles developed for use on other platforms
on to the Gizmondo handheld device. Warthog plc shareholders will therefore
benefit from continued investment in TGTL as it seeks to exploit the games
content and technical capabilities that the Company has developed over the past
few years.

As previously announced on 12 October 2004, GEL is interested in 8.62 per cent.
of the Company's current total issued ordinary share capital.

About the Gizmondo device
The Gizmondo is powered by a Microsoft Windows CE.net platform, boasts a
2.8-inch TFT colour screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates
the GoForce 3D 4500 Nvidia graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge
gaming, multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, MPEG4 movie playing
capability, a digital camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network
gaming. Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location based services, is
equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts MMC card
accessories.

The Gizmondo device and its games are due for launch in the UK in the fourth
quarter 2004 and in North American markets from the first quarter 2005.

Further information on TGTL, GEL and the Gizmondo device can be found at:
www.tigertelematics.com
www.gizmondo.com
Enquiries:
Ian Templeton
Chairman - Warthog plc
Tel: 0870 122 5420

6 November 2004.
Daily Mail Newspaper : Page 80.

DEALERS believe that Warthog, 0.11p dearer, could be a good recovery punt. More than 52m shares in the computer games developer changed hands on hopes that the worst is over. Tiger Telematics, a leading European games console maker grabbed it by the tusks in October when it bought its subsidaries, intellectual properties and assests. In return Warhog acquired a stake in TT which is now worth at least 3p per share.

StarFrog - 11 May 2005 15:41 - 1024 of 1449

Because Tiger dropped last night to $15.4, making WHOG fair value at about 1.21p.

It opened slightly higher today, though.

mtwallit - 11 May 2005 17:01 - 1025 of 1449

would think it will hover round 1-1.2 till next week - E3 US 18-20 May no doubt will bring a flurry of announcements..

thesaurus - 11 May 2005 17:58 - 1026 of 1449

Tiget getting close to reaching $16 dollars again today

thesaurus - 11 May 2005 21:40 - 1027 of 1449

Fantastic close for tiger up back to 16.25 at close

mtwallit - 12 May 2005 13:09 - 1028 of 1449

http://www.gizmondoforums.com/
off one of the fan sites - regarding E3 next week
"The entertainment industry focal event that draws tens of thousands of industry professionals and analysts will be the stage from which Gizmondo will give the first ever demos of six new original titles exclusive to Gizmondo, namely; Supernaturals, Johnny Whatever, Chicane, Hit and Myth, Sticky Balls, and Agaju: The Sacred Path - which is scheduled to have a soon-to-be-announced legendary rock star provide a title soundtrack.

The multi-million dollar booth (#1078, South Hall), next to software giant and supplier of the Gizmondos Windows CE operating system, Microsoft, will also feature expert demos of the first ever, internally developed GPS enabled gang warfare game, Colors. In addition, Gizmondo will be showing the award-winning driving game, Richard Burns Rally, and launch titles; TrailBlazer, Fathammer Classics, and Gizmondo Motocross 2005, all delivery in stunning detail by the 128-bit NVIDIA GoForce 3D 4500 graphic accelerator.

QUOTE
Gizmondo to showcase six new proprietary games, one featuring incredible new Augmented Reality and Gyroscopic Camera gaming technology, one featuring GPRS, and the first ever GPS-enabled game."

StarFrog - 12 May 2005 15:48 - 1029 of 1449

Tiger opened up $0.25 at $16.5 (+1.5%) on small volume.

thesaurus - 13 May 2005 03:32 - 1030 of 1449

Tiger closed at $16.45. Should start reflecting in the sp for warthog

iturama - 13 May 2005 18:08 - 1031 of 1449

This could prove of real significance. May mean that financing by selling stock may be a thing of the past.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tiger Telematics Inc. , is pleased to announce that it has retained Morgan Stanley & Co Inc as its financial advisor to assess strategic and financing opportunities for the company.


thesaurus - 13 May 2005 18:41 - 1032 of 1449

Tiger up a touch again today.

StarFrog - 16 May 2005 10:07 - 1033 of 1449

The satellite navigation company TomTom will go IPO on May 27 (on AEX?) with an anticipated share price of somewhere between E14 and E18.5. Subscriptions start today.

I seem to recall that Tiger have a license deal with TomTom, so maybe this may be helpful - bringing Tiger to a wider audience.

thesaurus - 16 May 2005 15:10 - 1034 of 1449

tiger opens + again

StarFrog - 16 May 2005 16:34 - 1035 of 1449

Oh, and the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Exposition) starts tomorrow. Gizmondo are demonstrating in the same hall as Microsoft Corp.

mtwallit - 17 May 2005 12:49 - 1036 of 1449

so why the drop? should be a week for good news

StarFrog - 17 May 2005 13:07 - 1037 of 1449

mtwallit - I'm sure that you already know this but WHOG sp is intimately linked to how well Tiger Telematics performs. Last night the sp dropped for tiger down 7% to $15.4 (making WHOG fair value at 1.24p). We would all like to see the sp for Tiger rise back to the $30 value (and beyond) that it showed at the begining of the year. Personally, I don't expect this to happen until the Gizmondo is rolled out across the states. The problem with this share is that it is not 'highly visible' in its own market. However, this weeks E3 expo should help promote the Giz and possibly help Tiger decide when to start their roll out. Our problem is one of time. The WHOG tranch of Tiger shares is only being held in escrow until November. We need Tiger to go balistic before this deadline.

mtwallit - 17 May 2005 13:16 - 1038 of 1449

Sf - thanks for that, appreciate it, time is not on my side, lets hope e3 gives tiger a boost - my comment was this should be sitting around 1.2ish as you outlined in your comment

chienti - 17 May 2005 14:12 - 1039 of 1449

November is when they CAN sell the shares, not HAVE to right??

StarFrog - 17 May 2005 15:14 - 1040 of 1449

chienti - good point. And one that I have wondered about myself. But how will the decision to sell the shares be taken? Will we have an EGM? Obviously we don't want the shares sold at the wrong time, but some investors may want to take a modest profit quickly rather than wait too long after November. I can't imagine that the shares will be sold off in small tranches. It will be all at once, imo.

Anybody have any real idea as to what will happen in November? Cheers.

iturama - 17 May 2005 15:34 - 1041 of 1449

Line-up Kicks off with EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 and SSX 3

Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC: TGTL ; OTC: TGTL.PK) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced a strategic co-publishing partnership that will bring three of EA's biggest games to the Gizmondo handheld gaming platform. The games confirmed include EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 and SSX 3.

Nancy Smith, Executive Vice President of North American Publishing, EA, said: "We are seeing a dynamic swing towards mobile gaming. These titles are a superb opportunity for us to work with Gizmondo in delivering an exhilarating EA gaming experience on this exciting new format."

Carl Freer, Co-founder and Chairman, Tiger Telematics, added: "Each of these titles represents another step forward for us in delivering mainstream games content. These are among the strongest game franchises in the world, and a co-publishing relationship with EA has been a priority goal for us from the outset."

For true Football fans that demand the finest gameplay and comprehensive game modes, EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 is the most complete and authentic Football experience. A new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. The action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. With immersive atmospheres, benchmark presentation, total realism with the world's premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 returns as the true authority in Football gaming.

SSX 3 allows gamers to go anywhere gravity will take them. Players will discover a colossal mountain where they can immerse themselves in a free-roaming snow paradise. The ultimate all-mountain experience, SSX 3 features all-new events and courses, awe-inspiring tricks, and a cast of cool, customizable characters. Discover the open terrain, explore its hidden crevices, and conquer its peaks. Produced under the EA SPORTS BIGTM brand, a new game play experience allows users to seamlessly ride from one awesome area to the next- entering competitions, taking on Big Challenges, and discovering hidden collectibles. SSX 3 has blown out the trick component with unlimited combos and new over-the-top tricks.

iturama - 18 May 2005 15:41 - 1042 of 1449

Electronic Entertainment Expo, LOS ANGELES, California, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Media and Trade get first taste of Augmented Reality and Gyroscopic Camera Technology on the Gizmondo at Leading Industry Event

Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC: TGTL ; OTC: TGTL.PK) today unveils the very latest gaming features, Augmented Reality and Gyroscopic Camera technology, on its 4500 feet-square stand at the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) event in Los Angeles, California.

The incredible Gyroscopic Camera Technology uses movement detected through the digital camera at the rear of the device as a direct analogue control input for games. This unique and versatile feature has enormous potential within all genres of games, from first-person shooters to flight simulations, and is currently being optimised for a number of exclusive titles by Gizmondo Studios.

Augmented Reality also uses the digital camera, but in a radically different way. By viewing specially designed graphics and symbols through the camera mode, a three-dimensional and animated character or object can be introduce to the 'real world' environment with stunning effect.

Both these new technologies will be featured in a groundbreaking new GPS-enabled adventure game called Agaju, and will be demonstrated behind closed doors at this leading industry event.

Carl Freer, Co-founder and Chairman, Tiger Telematics, added: "Until now we have concentrated on communicating the six core functions of the Gizmondo, namely; games, movies, music, messaging, a digital camera, and GPS. Our agenda for this industry focal event is to demonstrate to media and trade how the Gizmondo becomes greater than the sum of its parts when we begin to combine these functions and integrate them into entertainment content that is exclusive to this new handheld format."

mtwallit - 18 May 2005 15:46 - 1043 of 1449

now E3 is upon us perhaps we can see an upturn in the sp
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