Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company:
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
Legal and General Investment Management Limited

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is
a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 as 2
above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd - a/c 357206 - 1,253,496 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd - a/c 747381 - 97,440 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd - a/c 866203 - 64,000 shares
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd - a/c 360509 - 75,000 shares
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
41,153 ordinary shares transferred into management

6) Percentage of issued class
0.08%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed,
n/a

8) Percentage of issued class
n/a

9) Class of security
Ordinary 5p shares

10) Date of transaction
2 December 2002

11) Date company informed
4 December 2002

12) Total holding following this notification
1,489,936

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.04%

14) Any additional information
None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Lynn Mathewson
Date of notification 4 December 2002