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( BW)(AMVESCAP-PLC)(AVZ) Director Shareholding

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003--

In accordance with Chapter 16.13 of the Listing Rules, notification is
hereby given that:-

On the 4 August 2003, the Trustee of the AMVESCAP Employee Stock
Ownership Plan ("ESOP") sold 386 shares on behalf of a beneficiary at
�4.865. The sale was not made on behalf of a director of AMVESCAP. The
Company was notified of this transaction on 5 August 2003.

Executive Directors of AMVESCAP PLC who are participants in the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan are deemed to be discretionary
beneficiaries of the Trust and are consequently considered to be
interested in all of the shares held by the Trustees.

5 AUGUST 2003.

   Short Name: Amvescap PLC
   Category Code: RDS
   Sequence Number: 00008012
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030805T145633+0100

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    CONTACT: Amvescap PLC

    KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING HUMAN RESOURCES 
    SOURCE: Amvescap PLC

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