Interim Management Statement

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
07 February 2008



                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
           Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 31 January 2008


Edinburgh Worldwide aims to achieve long term capital growth by investing in
listed companies throughout the world. It tends to hold shares in around forty
companies and income is not a consideration when selecting investments.



Review of the period


•    Over the quarter, the Company's net asset value fell by 10.3% compared to 
     a fall in the benchmark of 9.2% while the share price fell by 11.0%. All 
     figures are total return.
•    The final dividend of 1.5p per share was approved at the Annual General 
     Meeting on 7 February and will be paid on 11 February 2008.
•    Over the period, there were two significant changes to the Top 20 Equity 
     Holdings:  New Purchase - UBS; Complete Sale - Infosys Technologies.  
     Other transactions in the Top 20 Equity Holdings were: additions
     to Atlas Copco and Sandvik; reductions to Petrobras, CVRD, Teva, Samsung 
     Electronics and SAP. Other changes to the Top 20 Equity Holdings were due 
     to market movements.


                                        Top Twenty Equity Holdings

Name                             % of   % of total     Name                               % of   % of total
                                total    assets at                                       total    assets at
                            assets at     31/10/07                                   assets at     31/10/07

                             31/01/08                                                 31/01/08
Petrobras                     7.9         6.3          Banco Itau                     2.5          2.7
CVRD                          7.0         7.6          Teva Pharmaceuticals           2.3          2.7
Atlas Copco                   4.6         4.2          UBS                            2.3           -
Porsche                       4.3         5.6          VCA Antech                     2.2          2.3
Gazprom                       4.3         3.9          Samsung Electronics            2.1          2.5
Sandvik                       3.8         3.8          Moody's                        2.1          2.3
HDFC                          3.4         2.9          SAP                            2.1          3.5
Amazon.com                    2.9         2.9          Lukoil                         2.1          2.4
Canon                         2.9         2.9          Vestas Windsystems             2.1          1.7
eBay                          2.6         3.0          Deere                          2.0          1.6
                                                       Total                         65.5         64.8




Total Return Performance
                                                              %
                            3 Months               1 Year              3 Years              5 Years
Share Price                  -11.0                  0.8                  58.1                127.0
Nav                          -10.3                  5.0                  56.3                110.1
Benchmark*                    -9.2                  0.4                  35.1                85.1

Source: Fundamental Data Ltd.

*Benchmark - On 1 November 2003 the Company changed its benchmark from MSCI
World Index (in sterling terms) to MSCI All Countries World Index (in sterling
terms).  For the purposes of the performance data above, the MSCI All Countries
World Index in sterling terms has been applied retrospectively.



Past performance is not a guide to future performance

                                          General Information


                                                             31/01/08                  31/10/07
Share Price                                                  236.75p                   267.75p
Total assets (before deduction of  borrowings)               £158.2m                   £173.6m

Total borrowings                                              £25.7m                    £24.3m
Equity shareholder's funds                                   £132.5m                   £149.3m
Net asset value per share                                    270.34p                   304.68p
Discount                                                      12.4%                     12.1%
Potential Gearing                                             19.4%                     16.3%
Actual Gearing                                                13.4%                     12.2%



This interim management statement and up to date NAV and Share Price information
are available on the Managers' website http://www.edinburghworldwide.co.uk/



For further information contact:-  Anzelm Cydzik on 0131 275 3276




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