AGM Statement

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
07 February 2008


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                    Annual General Meeting, 7 February 2008

 At the AGM held on 7 February 2008 all resolutions were passed, including the
following:



•         Shareholders authorised the Company to renew its share buy back
          authority.

Shareholders approved a special resolution renewing the Company's authority to
make market purchases of up to 14.99 per cent of the Company's issued share
capital, being 7,345,747 ordinary shares of 5p.

The authority will expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the
Company to be held in 2009 or 6 August 2009, whichever is the earlier, unless
previously varied, revoked or renewed.



                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                 7 February 2008


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