Darwen Holdings admitted to AIM yesterday, Chairman Roy Stanley of Tanfield fame. See article in Shares mag. Going to corner the market in low emission "green" buses.

Aberneen vct, is a shareholder.

Has strong ORDER BOOK with GO AHEAD AND ARRIVA

Darwen Holdings PLC
25 February 2008

DARWEN HOLDINGS PLC

Admission to AIM and first day of dealings

Darwen Holdings plc ('Darwen' or the 'Company') is pleased to confirm the
admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the AIM market of the London
Stock Exchange today, under the ticker symbol, DHP. The number of shares in
issue following admission is 49,293,145.

THE REAL START. 25 FEB 2008.

OK CYNIC AND SKYHIGH, DICK HEADS.

Director's Shareholding


Darwen received notification on 26 February 2008 that, on 25 February 2008,
Justage Limited, a company in which John Fickling, Non-Executive Director of
Darwen, has an interest, acquired 134,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in
Darwen at 37.31 pence per share. Following this purchase Mr Fickling has an
interest in 884,000 shares, representing 1.79 per cent. of the issued share
capital of the Company.

thanks for your input xsteffx.

Darwen says there may be scope for some collaboration with Tanfield on smaller vehicles, but says double-deckers will at best be low-emission, rather than zero emission, with an emphasis in the next decade on cleaner diesel engines with hybrid power.

Darwen produced 170 buses last year but has increased production to a rate of about six units per week and hopes to make 10 a week by the end of this year, when the company is expected to make pre-tax profits of about 2.4m from sales of some 30m.

The company, which is backed by investors such as Aberdeen Asset Management and Barclays Capital, is not raising any new money in the float, which is being sponsored by Andy Stewart's Cenkos Securities.

Darwen Holdings, which makes buses for major British operators such as Arriva and FirstGroup.

Darwen Group builds a range of premium quality single and double-deck buses and coaches, combining state-of-the-art technology with the quality of traditional coach building.

We use the innovative alusuisse system, providing an extremely durable and strong construction and a proven track record in minimising repair and maintenance.

XSTEFFX - 27 Feb 2008 11:49 - 10 of 19
OK CYNIC AND SKYHIGH, DICK HEADS.


oh yes indeed .... fine, intelligent comment supported by unassailable logic (or should that be unsaleable?)..... clearly the mind of a Nobel Prize winner

Cynic dont be so tetchy perhaps you should have done your homework before posting thread 4?

God what about the BUS. LOVE you CYNIC, thanks HALIFAX.

the first part of the post stands ... the second part presumed, not unreasonably, that the chart was correct ... and still an unimpressive debut

THANKS for the input CYNIC. ONLY 3 days old.

Most of the floats start by dropping and then come back later (except for New Brit palm Oil) : incredible that one !