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Fisher (James) & Sons plc

07 January 2021

7 January 2021

James Fisher and Sons plc (FSJ.L)

Post close trading update

James Fisher and Sons plc (the "Group"), the leading marine services provider, issues the following post close trading update for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Whilst the fourth quarter continued to be challenging, we saw an improvement in trading over the third quarter with revenue ahead sequentially by 7%. Revenue for the full year, subject to audit, was 16% lower than 2019. As a result, underlying operating profit for the full year, before separately disclosed items, is now expected to be at the higher end of the GBP35m-GBP40m range previously disclosed on 6 November 2020.

Specialist Technical, Tankships and Offshore Oil performed relatively well in the fourth quarter despite difficult trading conditions. Our ship-to-ship transfer operations continue to perform in line with our expectations, whilst elsewhere in Marine Support there has been a significant impact from the lack of subsea projects, both in offshore wind and oil & gas.

We have already taken swift actions to reduce overheads in Marine Support and have reviewed the carrying value of its entire asset base. As a result, the Board intends, subject to audit, to make a one-off impairment provision in relation to goodwill, fixed assets and certain accounts receivable within this division which has no cash impact. Separately disclosed items for the Group are now estimated to amount to between GBP75m and GBP85m in 2020.

During December, the Group also completed customer acceptance testing on a 500m saturation diving system, the first of its kind, which triggered the release of advance payment bond commitments to the customer. Cash generation was strong in the quarter and year end net borrowings excluding IFRS16 leases are expected to be between GBP175m and GBP180m. Headroom on committed facilities at 31 December was c. GBP120m.

The Group will announce its full year results on 2 March 2021.

For further information:

 
                                           Chief Executive 
                                            Officer 
 James Fisher and    Eoghan O'Lionaird      Group Finance 
  Sons plc            Stuart Kilpatrick     Director          020 7614 9508 
                     Richard Mountain 
 FTI Consulting       Susanne Yule                            0203 727 1340 
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