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

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    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,  Rothschild  Trust
(Cayman)  Limited,  the Trustee of the AMVESCAP  Share Option  Trust,  sold 6,000  ordinary  shares on behalf of a  participant  of the
AMVESCAP Executive Share Option Scheme.  The Company was notified of this transaction on 4 August, 2003.

Executive  Directors of AMVESCAP PLC who are participants in the Share Option Schemes are deemed to be  discretionary  beneficiaries of
the Trust and are consequently considered to be interested in all of the shares held by the Trustee.

CONTACT: ANGELA TULLY

   Short Name: Amvescap PLC
   Category Code: RDS
   Sequence Number: 00008004
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030805T102108+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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