James Fisher's chairman increases stake
The chairman of James Fisher and Sons bought shares in the company following a trading plan entered with Investec Bank back in 2013.
Fisher (James) & Sons
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16:40 10/05/24
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4,634.75
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Charles Rice purchased 2,288 shares for an individual price of 1328p, spending a total of £30,385.
Following the transaction, Rice holds 19,069 ordinary shares in the engineering services company, which represent 0.04% of its share capital.
James Fisher last month acquired X-Subsea Holding, a manufacturer of undersea dredging equipment, for £14.8m.
The group expects to consolidate its position in subsea services, after warning that its first-half results would be lower than last year after its offshore oil arm suffered a "slow start" to 2015.
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