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

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    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2003--


AMVESCAP PLC
IMMEDIATE RELEASE  11 AUGUST 2003
CONTACT:  ANGELA TULLY  TEL:  020 7065 3652



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

On the 8 August 2003,  the Trustee of the  AMVESCAP  Employee  Stock  Ownership  Plan  (?ESOP?)  sold 19,575  shares on behalf of a
beneficiary  at �4.775.  The sale was not made on behalf of a director of AMVESCAP.  The Company was  notified of this  transaction
on 11 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.




11 AUGUST 2003.


   Short Name: Amvescap PLC
   Category Code: RDS
   Sequence Number: 00008266
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030811T163755+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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