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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%.
http://www.hemscott.com/internet/custom/whog/
Trades over 90,000 shares are delayed in reporting by 1 hour.

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.

willfagg - 07 Jul 2005 11:14 - 1173 of 1449

iturams
shares and cash may become distributable but acting in the interests of its shareholders wouldnt WHOG board continue to hold? Its not my understanding that they have to sell and redistribute only that they can not cash the share before the anniversary. is that your understanding?

iturama - 07 Jul 2005 11:57 - 1174 of 1449

Yes. I expect the Whog board will present a resolution for voting at an EGM.

willfagg - 07 Jul 2005 16:47 - 1175 of 1449

dissapointing trading down to $14.50

thesaurus - 07 Jul 2005 20:49 - 1176 of 1449


I think under today's circumstances, the performance of the market doesnt really reflect the real strength of the company

willfagg - 07 Jul 2005 20:52 - 1177 of 1449

spoke too soon back over $15 again

thesaurus - 08 Jul 2005 15:16 - 1178 of 1449

Nice rise up to 15.85 today

thesaurus - 11 Jul 2005 17:38 - 1179 of 1449

Some big orders towards the end of the day for WHOG.

thesaurus - 12 Jul 2005 17:31 - 1180 of 1449

tiger up to $16.4

iturama - 12 Jul 2005 18:11 - 1181 of 1449

Tiger steaming ahead today.

thesaurus - 12 Jul 2005 18:35 - 1182 of 1449

touching $18 almost

iturama - 12 Jul 2005 19:27 - 1183 of 1449

$18.50 now - up almost 20% so far today. The market seems to know something we don't. Whog par value is almost 1.50p. Expect a big movement upwards tomorrow.

thesaurus - 12 Jul 2005 20:01 - 1184 of 1449

There must be something happening, its just running away today

stringy - 12 Jul 2005 23:30 - 1185 of 1449

iturama,

Sorry to have to ask but what is this constantly referred to 'par value' based on?

iturama - 13 Jul 2005 06:32 - 1186 of 1449

stringy
The par value of each whog share is the sum of its tangible assets divided by the number of shares in issue. Its tangible assets are cash and shares in TGTL- as decribed in the header. The shares alone are today worth 5.2M, or 1.46p per Whog share.
Apart from the tangible assets, it has other assets such as its AIM listing and tax credits on its balance sheet that a takeover company might find attractive.

Mr Mole - 13 Jul 2005 08:11 - 1187 of 1449

You were spot on iturama. Up 20% in the first few minutes of trading. By the way thanks to both you and thesaurus for keeping all the WHOG holders appraised on the US prices and movement.

Looking forward to a good few weeks.

arsenal1 - 13 Jul 2005 08:52 - 1188 of 1449

Does anyone know why Tiger went up so much?

mtwallit - 13 Jul 2005 10:17 - 1189 of 1449

visibility of gizmondo in the states is increasing etc...
they recently settled their dispute with Jordan Grand Prix
http://www.tigertelematics.com/latest_news.asp?id=111

Mr Mole - 13 Jul 2005 14:29 - 1190 of 1449

US markets open in 5 minutes or so. I've stopped being so lazy (i.e. relying on others to post the share price) with this share and started taking an interest in the Tiger share price. Easy enough to find and now added to my favourites.

Hope today brings another surge. Bought and several prices..0.85p/0.90p and 1.60p (ouch!!). Lets hope we can motor up into the 2p over the next couple of months after the US launch.

iturama - 13 Jul 2005 14:32 - 1191 of 1449

Tiger up at $19.80 already.

iturama - 14 Jul 2005 06:01 - 1192 of 1449

A good day for Tiger yesterday. It tested the profit taking and recovered to show another rise. Some confusion over actual finishing price. My provider shows a finish at $19.70, up $1.25. Pink sheets shows a $18.90 finish.
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