AGM Statement

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
01 February 2007

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

                    Annual General Meeting, 1 February 2007

 At the AGM held on 1 February 2007 all resolutions were passed, including those
detailed below:

•         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.

The authority will expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the
Company to be held in 2008 or 31 July 2008, whichever is the earlier, unless
previously varied, revoked or renewed.

•        An increase in the aggregate fees payable to the Directors was
approved.

The maximum aggregate fees payable to the Directors was increased from £75,000
per annum to £100,000 per annum.

A copy of the resolution detailing the increase in aggregate Directors' fees has
been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's document viewing facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. no. 020 7066 1000


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                 1 February 2007


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