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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.

iturama - 14 Mar 2005 14:45 - 786 of 1449

Tiger blue again.

Paulo2 - 14 Mar 2005 15:48 - 787 of 1449

There you go again, Iturama. A big red now!!

Paulo2 - 14 Mar 2005 15:52 - 788 of 1449

Sorry, It, but one minute my screen is showing Tiger down $1.80 and then the next thing it's up 25 cents. What the feck is going on over there?

iturama - 14 Mar 2005 16:06 - 789 of 1449

Ticking up, wack. Need some sales figures to make any real difference.

Paulo2 - 14 Mar 2005 16:13 - 790 of 1449

That could be weeks, if not months, away. Unless you're talking about pre-orders -- and that would be nice to hear on Friday!

iturama - 14 Mar 2005 17:20 - 791 of 1449

P,
I mean delivering against the pre-orders: internet, Australia etc, and what the latest numbers are.

Paulo2 - 15 Mar 2005 16:22 - 792 of 1449

Are the US markets closed today? Can't see a single trade on Tiger!!

iturama - 15 Mar 2005 17:34 - 793 of 1449

Still alive...just. At least the tick is up and whog par value is still around 1.80. Patience.

Paulo2 - 16 Mar 2005 10:31 - 794 of 1449

Apparently there's a good review of the Giz in Boys Toys mag. It also got a mention on Kiss 100 radio station this morning, who said it was a great gadget and were giving away tickets to its launch party on Friday.

Paulo2 - 16 Mar 2005 11:03 - 795 of 1449

Full page in today's Metro newspaper as well.

mtwallit - 16 Mar 2005 11:59 - 796 of 1449

all this good press and its still only ticking along at 1.3/1.4 ...
well if its in the Metro .. nuff said, must be cool

Paulo2 - 17 Mar 2005 07:56 - 797 of 1449

Just got to hope that when the Yanks see the cash coming in next week they'll pile back in to Tiger. Oh and a nice RNS on Friday or Monday just clarifying the pre-order figures would go down a treat.

deancroft - 17 Mar 2005 09:05 - 798 of 1449

News article carried by www.theregister.co.uk. It's comforting to keep seeing the Gizmondo mentioned in various articles.

By Tony Smith
Published Wednesday 16th March 2005 09:42 GMT
Sony has confirmed that the European launch of the PlayStation Portable has been delayed yet again, to ensure the US gets sufficient units to meet anticipated demand.

Sony is usually unwilling to comment on hardware release dates, but in a rare moment of openness, the company last night told Reuters that it had put back the European launch.

According to a Sony spokesman, no firm date has been set for the European release, despite Amazon.co.uk yesterday listing 24 June as the big day. Some other retailers, such as HMV, have the date down as 6 June.

Certainly it will be "a few months rather than a few weeks", the spokesman said, working from the original late March ship date rather than the more recent late April date the launch was already believed to have slipped to.

The cause of the delay is Sony's inability to make enough consoles for both markets. It wants to launch the PSP in the US with 1m units and "continuity of supply thereafter". The US launch is still scheduled for 24 March - almost a week away.

Sony's delay will be music to the ears of Nintendo and Gizmondo, the left-field challenger from the UK, which ships its handheld console on Saturday, 20 March. That's probably why Sony is suddenly willing to talk about the delay - the last thing it wants is to risk customers getting fed up of waiting and shifting their allegiance to a competitor's product.

john50 - 17 Mar 2005 09:29 - 799 of 1449

Up 14.50% no 4 % gainer.

Paulo2 - 17 Mar 2005 09:31 - 800 of 1449

That should bring the traders back in!!

Paulo2 - 17 Mar 2005 09:41 - 801 of 1449

There must be some really big buys going through as I haven't even seen any largish delayed trades yet.

iturama - 17 Mar 2005 10:52 - 802 of 1449

LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Irish Distribution and Retail Partner Signed Following Successful CeBIT

Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc. , made an announcement today regarding its distribution and retail partnerships for Ireland, following what has been an tremendously fruitful trade show for the company at this year's CeBIT in Hannover.

Sigma Wireless ("Sigma") has been appointed as an official distributor for Gizmondo and its products in Ireland. Sigma specialises in the distribution of telecommunications products and services on behalf of many of the world's foremost electronic manufacturers.

Sigma has confirmed its placement of an initial order, and Gizmondo Europe also announces the retail street date for Ireland of 19th April 2005. Leading Ireland based retailers that are already onboard to stock the new multi-entertainment handheld, priced at EUR349, include 3G, Xtravision, and Spectra.

Tony Boyle, of Sigma Wireless, says: "There's been growing interest in Gizmondo since it created such a stir in at the Toys for Big Boys show in Dublin. We're thrilled to be working with Gizmondo Europe in bringing such a feature-packed piece of technology to consumers in Ireland."

Brendan Denhan, of Spectra, commented: "I've walked from one end of CeBIT to the other and this is the most innovative and exciting product I've seen."

Carl Freer, managing director, Gizmondo, says: "The demographic we're targeting in Ireland doesn't differ greatly from the UK, but in-depth knowledge of Irish retail channels is essential. Sigma has that expertise and experience, and we expect great things from them."

Paulo2 - 17 Mar 2005 11:41 - 803 of 1449

Apparently Giz have announced a $50m advertising campaign for 2005.

0057659 - 18 Mar 2005 15:20 - 804 of 1449


Vodaphone has it !!!


Tiger Telematics(R) Achieve SIMbiosis With Vodafone UK



LONDON, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Vodafone UK to Supply Pre-Pay SIMs and Network Access for Gizmondo(TM)

Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (OTC: TGTL; OTC: TGTL.PK), announced a deal today that will package the Gizmondo multi-entertainment console in the UK with a pre-pay SIM card from Vodafone and revenue share agreement.

Gizmondo users will be able to send text messages on pre-pay bundles, as well as using their handheld device for sending and receiving email from their POP3/Imap accounts via a GPRS connection. The Vodafone network covers 99% of the population in the UK.

Vodafone will also be providing a URL to allow delivery of the SmartAdds(TM) system through to the customer at no cost to them. SmartAdds(TM) is a highly targeted form of digital marketing that, once the customer is registered, identifies its audience by gender, age, and location, and can then deliver an 'added value' advertisement directly into the hands of the end user.

Carl Freer, Managing Director, Gizmondo, says: "We're delighted to offer the Gizmondo user access to the Vodafone mobile communications network in the UK. The contract-free pre-pay SIM is there to open up the Gizmondo to a massive range of communication and exciting GPS features, without an additional contract. The strength and infrastructure of the Vodafone network, and its customer commitment as a whole, will be an invaluable asset."

Nick Read, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone UK commented "We look forward to developing our working relationship with Gizmondo and Tiger Telematics, and will watch the forthcoming developments with interest."

Notes to Editors:

1) The Gizmondo uses the pre-pay SIM in all aspects of the functionality. When the device is registered for the first time, login details are sent back to the user via SMS which will allow them to set up an account on a secure website, giving access to extended functions.

2) These functions include web tracking and location-based services via GPRS like, "Where am I" and "Find my Nearest".

3) Bill-payers can upgrade to a Guardian Account that will allow the user to input up to four mobile telephone numbers, so that if the panic button is held for 3.5 seconds an alert is sent via SMS containing the last GPS location of the Gizmondo.

4) The Guardian Account also gives the bill-payer access to additional tracking functionality, geofencing, and a secure server which can report the location of a device to a registered mobile telephone number via SMS.

5) All tracking functionality is entirely opt in/opt out by the user.

6) The GPRS connectivity can also be used for viewing and downloading wallpapers, alert tones, ring tones, and other mobile content,

The Gizmondo is powered by Microsoft Windows CE advanced real-time operating system, boasting 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, picture messages, 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 in retail stores from 19th March 2005 in the UK, and in North American and Continental Europe markets from Spring 2005.

About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo

Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (TGTL) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Launched in 2004, the gaming device includes built-in music, video, messaging and picture functions and GPS.


accord - 18 Mar 2005 15:22 - 805 of 1449

excellent, giz having voda as a partner is superb news for both UK and EU
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