Change of Manager

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
03 November 2003

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST plc

                               CHANGE OF MANAGER



The Board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc (the 'Company') announces
that as of 1 November 2003 Baillie Gifford & Co. has assumed portfolio
management and company secretarial responsibility for the Company.

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