Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
05 November 2004

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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



31 October 2004


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Moodys                                                       4.1%
2.       Golden West Financial                                        3.9%
3.       Imperial Tobacco                                             3.7%
4.       Atlas Copco                                                  3.0%
5.       Gazprom ADR                                                  2.9%
6.       Samsung Electronics                                          2.7%
7.       Lukoil ADR                                                   2.6%
8.       Progressive Ohio                                             2.5%
9.       Microsoft                                                    2.5%
10.      Canon                                                        2.4%





                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.

                                                             Company Secretaries

                                                                 5 November 2004






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