Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
04 August 2005


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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


31 July 2005


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Moody's                                                      4.4%
2.       Golden West Financial                                        3.9%
3.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.4%
4.       Atlas Copco                                                  3.3%
5.       Lukoil                                                       3.1%
6.       Porsche                                                      2.9%
7.       Canon                                                        2.9%
8.       CNOOC                                                        2.7%
9.       Gazprom                                                      2.7%
10.      Vale                                                         2.7%


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                   3 August 2005


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