Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
06 May 2005


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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



30 April 2005


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Moody's                                                      4.1%
2.       Golden West Financial                                        4.0%
3.       Atlas Copco                                                  3.1%
4.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.0%
5.       Imperial Tobacco                                             2.9%
6.       Canon                                                        2.9%
7.       Lukoil                                                       2.7%
8.       Teva Pharmaceuticals                                         2.7%
9.       Porsche                                                      2.6%
10.      Gazprom                                                      2.5%



                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                      6 May 2005



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