Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
02 February 2005


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

   Statement of Top Ten Investments and all Holdings Over 5% of Total Assets

31 January 2005

No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Moody's                                                      4.2%

2.       Golden West Financial                                        4.1%

3.       Atlas Copco                                                  3.2%

4.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.2%

5.       Imperial Tobacco                                             2.6%

6.       Vale                                                         2.6%

7.       Porsche                                                      2.6%

8.       Gazprom                                                      2.5%

9.       Lukoil                                                       2.5%

10.      Canon                                                        2.4%


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                 2 February 2005

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