Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
04 August 2004


                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
   Statement of Top Ten Investments and all Holdings Over 5% of Total Assets


31 July 2004

No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Golden West Financial                                        3.8%
2.       Moodys                                                       3.8%
3.       Imperial Tobacco                                             3.7%
4.       Atlas Copco                                                  2.7%
5.       Microsoft                                                    2.7%
6.       Samsung Electronics                                          2.6%
7.       Canon                                                        2.5%
8.       Porsche                                                      2.4%
9.       Lukoil                                                       2.4%
10.      BMW                                                          2.4%


                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                   4 August 2004


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