AGM Statement

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
30 January 2006

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                    Annual General Meeting, 30 January 2006

At the AGM held on 30 January 2006 all resolutions were passed, including the
following:

•    Shareholders authorised the Company to renew its share buy back authority.

Shareholders approved a special resolution renewing the Company's authority to
make market purchases of up to 14.99 per cent of the Company's issued share
capital, being 7,345,747 ordinary shares of 5p.



                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                 30 January 2006




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