Darwen Share Discussion Threads

[stud69] 04/7/2008 02:47

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never been a shorter in my life

It is Stanleys fault as you will see if you have read previous posts from me I have always been concerned about clarity of "the optics " of his RNS's about what is going on and accuracy. it is only 4-5 weeks ago they were saying that the company would exceed market expectations. With lead times in manufacturing both in orders and supplies things don't change that quickly

The stock has also been ramped to death and finally never forget that he took a huge wedge off the table last year on a forecast which he got nowhere near achieving

A guy who seizes an opportunity yes but also an opportunist imho

He would do everyone a favour by getting clarity in the optics

[topvest] 03/7/2008 21:22

stud - have you got a short position?

FT confirmed that it was still going ahead according to Darwen. Lets hope so. I've not bailed as I still believe in Roy Stanley. Tanfield is very unfortunate, but there are bigger powers at work in this slow down and powered access platforms is in the wrong market. Can hardly blame Stanley!

[stud69] 03/7/2008 18:32

masur

With this outfit it is no indication whatsoever they just haven't got round to telling us yet

I may well be wrong but my ifo says its off

[masurenguy] 03/7/2008 16:47

Hmmmm.....fourth largest gainer on AIM today at 24%.
Hardly indicative that their funding is about to be pulled !

[valustar1] 03/7/2008 16:12

Down on low volume

Up on low volume

[m.t.glass] 03/7/2008 12:10

Darwen Holdings, the bus-building group backed by Tanfield founder Roy Stanley, slumped 9 to 22½p as retail investors sold out on concerns that it may also be facing difficult times. Tanfield shares have collapsed because of a major deterioration in trading and poor cash flow. Dealers noted that although Darwen shares fell 29pc, the stock was very thinly traded, with only 190,000 shares changing hands yesterday. While Mr Stanley is chairman and founder of both groups, the two businesses are unrelated.

(Tgraf, 3 July)

[stud69] 02/7/2008 19:00

Bol

Sorry to have been away from my desk but it seems that you r right info is true the share will TAN(K) in the morning pity we coudn't make out of it as the co will need to make an |RNS then

[bolman] 02/7/2008 17:32

Well Stud my contacts in the city have literally just tod me that the funding for Darwen has been pulled because of the problems at Tanield, and I am very confident in this information. I would take great care with this one until the picture is clearer.

[stud69] 02/7/2008 11:47

My guys tell me that both St Helens Capital where Stanley has a major shareholding and TAN under big investigation from FSA it is bound to spread to DHP

There may be trouble ahead............. so get your head down and take care with DHP pity as it had good possibilities it has to be a sell as there will be a clause that the listing can be pulled

[m.t.glass] 02/7/2008 10:57

grim and looking grimmer - each sell shifting the price down

[sleveen] 01/7/2008 21:39

Noshy 261 of 265


I sold out at only a small loss this a.m. After the TAN debacle I am staying away from Stanley and co

Sound advice IMHO

[topvest] 01/7/2008 21:28

Must be some risk of this deal falling over, if the placing is not secured. The Tanfield announcement is at a very unfortunate time. Can those subscribing in the placing back out? We are still 2 weeks away from admission.

[topvest] 01/7/2008 20:53

Easy to knock the guy when things get more difficult. That's the current market. Roy Stanley is an entrepeneur that creates wealth for himself and many others; the UK need more of his type!

[noshy] 01/7/2008 11:38

I sold out at only a small loss this a.m. After the TAN debacle I am staying away from Stanley and co

[charo] 01/7/2008 10:03

the collapse of tan and the terrible trading statement is the death knell for the ploacing unless stanley takes it all.

[m.t.glass] 30/6/2008 12:42

nice blog piece fugwit ;o)
Think I might pinch the photo from it, to replace the header drawing.
(done that now)

[fugwit] 30/6/2008 12:39

Many thanks for that MT.

[m.t.glass] 30/6/2008 12:30

Spreads tend to narrow once some kind of trading history is established and trading becomes more frequent and regular. In this case I guess that, with suspension having interrupted the flow and only newly resumed, it'll take a while longer for a history to become established.

There are four MMs on this one, each with individual spreads of 4p at present. If they reduce that to 3p after another week or two I suppose we might see the quoted spread halving from 2p to 1p. Just guessing.

Meanwhile some business news would help get things moving. Though RS is doubtless tied up with helping to ready tomorrow's make-or-break statement at TAN.

[mrx9000] 28/6/2008 13:26

nicely put MTG.

[m.t.glass] 28/6/2008 09:52

"..rather surprised at the lack of comment.."
What lack of comment? It's already been said and you missed it? Or because you can't resist reopening an ill-founded mischief-making attack regardless?


Mr Stanley isn't erstwhile - he's current.

And if he made a profit by selling a small portion of his tanfield holding at 160p (when he could have sold 40p higher and could have sold the lot), good luck to him. The company would never have been available to investors in the first place if he hadn't floated it. Plenty of us made plenty of money thanks to his enterprise. Tanfield made me more than any other stock I've traded. If some losers want to attack winners, that says more about the accuser than the accused.

His record at growing Tanfield is one of the very reasons some of us are interested in Darwen. And he hung onto 80% of his TAN holding, which has fallen by £34m in value between high and low - putting him in the same boat as many other shareholders there.