Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
04 May 2004

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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


30 April 2004


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Imperial Tobacco                                             3.7%
2.       Golden West Financial                                        3.7%
3.       Moodys                                                       3.5%
4.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.4%
5.       Vodafone Group                                               3.2%
6.       Canon                                                        2.7%
7.       Atlas Copco                                                  2.6%
8.       Progressive Ohio                                             2.5%
9.       OAO Gazprom                                                  2.5%
10.      Microsoft                                                    2.5%


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                      4 May 2004



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