Warthog PLC 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 3 November 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange