Director/PDMR Shareholding

Fisher (James) & Sons PLC
25 March 2008





25 March 2008


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


                          Directors interest in shares


The Company was notified on 25 March 2008 that the executive directors of the
Company had increased their holdings 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 relevant
performance conditions.


This has been accomplished by the vesting of an aggregate of 135,468 Ordinary
Shares at a deemed price of 622.67p being the average middle market price at the
close of business on 18, 19 and 20 March 2008, comprising the day of the
announcement of the 2007 preliminary results and the two subsequent business
days.


On 25 March 2008 an aggregate of 70,542 Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of
622.67p per Ordinary Share, primarily to fund the tax liability resulting from
the awards.


Details of the Ordinary Shares vesting to each director are as follows:

        Number of  Percentage   Number of         Beneficial     Percentage of
         Ordinary   of issued    Ordinary        interest in      Issued Share
           Shares       share      Shares    Ordinary Shares Capital following
          awarded     capital    retained    following award             award
T C        63,646        0.13      22,551            232,774              0.47
Harris

N P        27,762        0.05      16,380             45,683              0.09
Henry

M J        31,382        0.06      18,515            187,284              0.38
Shields

S A        12,678        0.03       7,480             18,116              0.04
Harris


The Company has granted options to the executive directors of the Company under
the Long Term Incentive Plan (2001) which was approved by shareholders in April
2001 and the Executive Share Option Scheme (2005) which was approved by
shareholders on 29 April 2005 and the Inland Revenue on 17 June 2005.


Long Term Incentive Plan


The options granted under the Long Term Incentive Plan have been granted at an
exercise price of nil cost. The award is granted subject to the performance
conditions stipulated in the scheme rules and the option is exercisable on 25
March 2011 assuming that the performance conditions are met.


No consideration was paid for the grant of options.


Executive Share Option Scheme


The options granted under the Executive Share Option Scheme have been granted at
a price of 622.67p per share, being the average middle market price of a share
over the three dealing days immediately preceding the date of grant. The award
is granted subject to the performance conditions stipulated in the scheme rules
and the option is exercisable from 25 March 2011 to 25 March 2018 assuming that
the performance conditions are met.


Details of the award under each of these schemes are as follows:

        Number of Ordinary Shares Options Granted over         Total number of
         under Option pursuant to      Ordinary Shares   Ordinary Shares under
      the LTIP prior to the award pursuant to the LTIP  Option pursuant to the
                                                                          LTIP
T C                        48,760               24,291                  73,051
Harris

N P                        45,229               16,060                  61,289
Henry

M J                        23,888               11,242                  35,130
Shields

S A                        20,676                9,475                  30,151
Harris

         Number of Ordinary Shares     Options Granted          Total number of
      under Option pursuant to the   over Shares under    Ordinary Shares under
            Executive Share Option       the Executive   Share Option under the
         scheme prior to the award       Option Scheme   Executive Share Option
                                                                         scheme
T C                        294,352              48,581                  342,933
Harris

N P                        102,147              32,120                  134,267
Henry

M J                         79,498              22,484                  101,982
Shields

S A                         58,923              18,951                   77,874
Harris




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