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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/
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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 - 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

paul30661 - 19 May 2005 08:41 - 1044 of 1449

I read the article in Shares this morning (pg 23) on the Giz, TGTL & WHOG. It didn't give much of a recommendation, just an appraisal of teh current situation. Mind you bringing the 'value play' in TGTL via WHOG to a wider audience can't be a bad thing I guess.

Perhaps that will move the sp higher. Nothing else seems to.

StarFrog - 19 May 2005 09:15 - 1045 of 1449

If memory serves me correctly, I believe that it is the European launch of the Gizmondo today. Hurrah!

mtwallit - 19 May 2005 09:37 - 1046 of 1449

bonne chance! hoh,hi,hoh for today :-)- we could do with some, perhaps with all the launch, news, e3 etc others might start taking notice - ones patience is wearing rather thin - so we got any pics of the gizmo girls to cheer us up?

mtwallit - 19 May 2005 11:28 - 1047 of 1449

sad i know but ...http://www.e3girls.com/display.cfm?type=companyyear&company=104&year=9

StarFrog - 19 May 2005 11:54 - 1048 of 1449

A few large sells today. Not sure why. Maybe the 'big boys' don't have the patience to wait it out?

btw:The Giz looks better than the girls!

mtwallit - 19 May 2005 12:08 - 1049 of 1449

lost their nerve ..? he who dares, profits those shares! (she also!) ... bit plasticy, and the outfits

thesaurus - 19 May 2005 14:53 - 1050 of 1449

we are still ++ today

iturama - 19 May 2005 16:57 - 1051 of 1449

Gizmondo Europe Ltd subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (other OTC, TGTL) is pleased to announce the street date for North America of its new multi-entertainment handheld as the 11th August, 2005.

The announcement follows recently press released detail of hit content from major games publishers [06/05/05: Gizmondo Lines Up Four Ubisoft Blockbusters, and 17/05/05: EA Backs Gizmondo With Blockbuster Titles And Co-Publishing Deal], and a declaration that 89 games will be launching on Gizmondo this year.

The extremely powerful, pocket-sized console is attracting enormous attention at the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) event in Los Angeles, California, where it's currently exhibiting (stand #1078). As well as demonstrating the six core functions of games, music, movies, messaging, digital camera, and onboard GPS, Gizmondo has used this globally-renowned industry event to unveil two brand new awesome gaming features, Augmented Reality and Gyroscopic Camera Technology, as well as the line up of GPS-enabled games exclusive to the format.

Mike Morgan, VP of Global Sales, Gizmondo, says: We will be announcing our retail and distribution partners through the trade media over the next few weeks. The sales meetings being conducted at the show have been tremendously productive and there is a genuine excitement regarding the product from everyone we've met with.

Carl Freer, Co-founder and Chairman, Tiger Telematics, says: The partnerships we've developed with major games publishers, married with internally developed content, satellite navigation products and Smart Adds, will present a unique portfolio that will guarantee the Gizmondo will stand out when we launch in the US on 11th August. He added, The North American market is hugely important and we will make every necessary resource available to ensure a successful launch.

mtwallit - 20 May 2005 13:24 - 1052 of 1449

Off the BBC website. So cant be bad - E3 games expo assaults the senses Alfred Hermida Technology editor, BBC News website, in Los Angeles

"Booth babes" are part and parcel of the games conference scene The E3 expo in Los Angeles is a trade show like no other. It is like being inside a video game itself, played by a hyperactive 13-year-old. Vibrant, vivid colours stream through the eye, as eardrums struggle to make sense of the cacophony of sound. It is a full-blown onslaught on the senses; exhibitors wrestle for the time of more than 60,000 visitors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4565553.stm

also the Gizmondo mentioned in brief on the Technology page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm

Gizmondo gets date in the US

Almost 90 titles will be available for the Gizmondo this year The Gizmondo handheld gaming device, which launched in the UK in March, is to go on sale in the US on 11 August. Full story:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2207229.stm

iturama - 20 May 2005 14:13 - 1053 of 1449

Gizmondo's had a great E3 for three reasons.
Firstly, it's finally shown off games that actually use its unique features. The GPS-enabled gang war game Colors sees you playing a single-player Grand Theft Auto lookey likey, but that links into a multi-player game based on where you live in reality being your home turf. You can then challenge other gangs as you go through their turf, or just leave them a graffiti message. Agaju: The Sacred Path looks slightly more dubious - a tomb raiding game that involves you using the Gizmondo's camera so the game sees when you turn around and matches your movement in-game.

Symbols in the box with the game can also be held up in front of the camera to trigger events in the game. More excitingly than its own games getting good, Gizmondo has announced Electronic Arts will be supporting the handheld console with titles including FIFA Football and SSX. Finally, Gizmondo's stand was packed to the rafters through the show. Though this may be because it was built to be a maze of little alleys and had more "booth babes" per square foot of stand than any other.
http://www.techdigest.tv/2005/05/e3_gizmondo_bac.html

mtwallit - 20 May 2005 15:50 - 1054 of 1449

interesting article - my god that girls chest has swelled with pride as she handles her newly accquired gizmondo games console - wait till the girls see this at home!

m100 - 23 May 2005 16:14 - 1055 of 1449

no news yet from E3 show?

deancroft - 23 May 2005 16:24 - 1056 of 1449

m100
I found this article on the net but as ever we never get much exciting news other than RNS or equivalent. It would be nice to know how the product is selling then we could judge how well it is received. At the moment its all the other way round which doesn't translate into SP.

http://www.techdigest.tv/2005/05/e3_gizmondo_bac.html

willfagg - 23 May 2005 17:18 - 1057 of 1449

the TGTL price is taking a hammering. It has reached a worrying low today. WHOG price probably not now unrealistic compared with $12 TGTL price

m100 - 23 May 2005 18:17 - 1058 of 1449

is it being forced down? if so, why? or is it an opportunity to stock up again?

thesaurus - 23 May 2005 19:13 - 1059 of 1449

Its a hammering

mtwallit - 23 May 2005 23:42 - 1060 of 1449

tgtl close -0.25% recovering from $11.7 to $13.5 - good recovery to me? so whog 1.1 tomorrow then?
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