Director/PDMR Shareholding

Fisher (James) & Sons PLC
24 March 2006


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

                          Directors Interest in Shares



The Company was notified on 23 March 2006 that Mr C J Rice a director of the
Company purchased 5,000 ordinary shares at a price of 472p on 23 March 2006..

Following this transaction Mr Rice's beneficial interest in the Company's issued
ordinary share capital is 5,000 ordinary shares representing 0.01 per cent of
the Company's issued Ordinary Share Capital.

Executive Share Option Scheme

On 23 March 2006 the Company granted options to the executive directors of the
Company under the new Executive Share Option Scheme (2005) which was approved by
shareholders on 29 April 2005 and the Inland Revenue on 17 June 2005. The
options have been granted at a price of 468p 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 23 March 2009
to 23 March 2016 assuming that the performance conditions are met.

These awards replace those that were granted on 14 March 2006, which have been
cancelled.

Details of the award under this scheme to each director and the revised number
of options they hold following this grant are set out below:

                                      Options Granted            Total number of
                                        over Ordinary            Ordinary Shares
                                             Shares               under Option
                                            under the                  under the
                                      Executive Share            Executive Share
                                      Option Scheme              Option Scheme

T C Harris                                   49,359                    246,919
N P Henry                                    29,615                     74,354
M J Shields                                  24,231                    161,088
S A Harris                                   21,368                     40,467

No consideration was paid for the grant of these options.



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