Holding(s) in Company

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
02 November 2007





TR-1i: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



(1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

...Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust Plc...........



2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

.................

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:

...Yes ..............

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:

.................

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:

.................

Other

.................



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

...Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)...............





4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

....Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)..



5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached (v):

...17 October 2007..............



6. Date on which issuer notified:

...2 November 2007..............



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

...From 3% - 4% (L&G)..................



8. Notified details:

.................







A: Voting rights attached to shares



Situation previous to the triggering transaction (vi)


Class/type of shares if possible  Number of shares                   Number of voting Rights (viii)
using the ISIN CODE


ORD 5p                            1,743,557                          1,743,557





Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)


Class/type of shares if      Number of shares         Number of voting rights (ix)      % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
                             Direct                   Direct       Indirect (xi)        Direct      Indirect

                             1,962,567                1,962,567                          4.00
                            


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)


Type of         Expiration Date       Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial       (xiii)                Period/ Date (xiv)        that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                      instrument is exercised/
                                                                converted.



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights        % of voting rights


1,962,567                      4.00%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

...

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

                   Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (1,962,567 - 4% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited  Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD)        (1,739,732 - 3.55% = PMC)        (LGIH)


Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited   Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(PMC)
(1,739,732 - 3.55% = PMC)
                                                          Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)



Proxy Voting:



10. Name of the proxy holder:

...n/a..............



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

...n/a..............



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

...n/a..............



13. Additional information:

...Notification using the total voting rights figure of 49,004,319

Please note this notification has been delayed due to the large number of
disclosures required following a substantial amount of new business which has
come to us in the form of an in-specie transfer....



14. Contact name:

...Lynn Mathewson..............



15. Contact telephone number:

...0131 275 3185..............






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