Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
05 May 2006

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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


30 April 2006


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Gazprom                                                      6.3%
2.       Atlas Copco                                                  4.6%
3.       Golden West Financial                                        4.3%
4.       Moody's                                                      4.2%
5.       Petrobras                                                    4.0%
6.       Canon                                                        3.8%
7.       Lukoil                                                       3.5%
8.       Vale                                                         3.5%
9.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.4%
10.      Porsche                                                      3.0%


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                      5 May 2006




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