Notice of cyber security incident

5 November 2019

James Fisher and Sons plc

Notice of cyber security incident

James Fisher and Sons plc (FSJ.L) ("JFS"), the leading marine services provider, today reports that it has been subject to a cyber security incident which involved unauthorised access to its computer systems. JFS took immediate steps to respond to and manage the incident, appointing external specialists, including forensic cyber security experts to investigate the circumstances and scope of the incident. These investigations are ongoing. 

As a precautionary measure JFS took all affected systems offline. This has restricted access to communication and financial systems. Following containment of the incident, we are working with our cyber security experts on a safe recovery of systems, applications and data from our disaster recovery back-up. Work is ongoing to complete the recovery as quickly as possible and to minimise any impact on our businesses.

As a responsible global business we have notified regulators and law enforcement agencies in the UK and, where required, are in the process of notifying in other jurisdictions. A further update will be made in due course.

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This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014.