Directorate Change

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
13 November 2007


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                             Retirement of Director


The Board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc announces that Mr Robert
Douglas Miller intends to retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual
General Meeting in 2008.

                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                13 November 2007


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