Director/PDMR Shareholding

Fisher (James) & Sons PLC
30 March 2007


          James Fisher and Sons Public Limited Company ('the Company')

                          Directors interest in Shares

The Company was notified on 28 March 2007 that certain executive directors of
the Company had increased their holding of Ordinary Shares of 25p each in the
Company ('Ordinary Shares') through the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan and
Share Matching Scheme, following the satisfactory achievement of the performance
conditions stipulated in the plan.

This has been accomplished by the vesting of an aggregate of 119,027 Ordinary
Shares at a deemed price of 621p being the prevailing middle market price at the
close of business on 27 March 2007, the day of the announcement of the
preliminary results. On the same day an aggregate of 48,801 Ordinary Shares were
sold at a deemed price of 621p per share to fund the tax liability resulting
from the award.

Details of these Ordinary Shares vesting to each executive director are set out
below:

              Number of   Number of   Percentage  Beneficial   Percentage
               Ordinary    Ordinary    of Issued Interest in    of Issued
                 Shares      Shares        Share    Ordinary        Share
                Awarded    Retained      Capital      Shares      Capital
                                                   Following
                                                       Award

T.C.Harris       66,715      39,362         0.08     210,223         0.43
N.P.Henry        13,116       7,739         0.02      26,301         0.05
M.J.Shields      33,058      19,504         0.04     230,042         0.46
S.A.Harris        6,138       3,621         0.01      10,636         0.02


                                                                   30 March 2007



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