Portfolio Update

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
04 November 2005

                    EDINBURGH WORLDWIDE INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

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



31 October 2005


No       Holding                                               % of Total Assets

1.       Moody's                                                      4.7%
2.       Lukoil                                                       4.0%
3.       Gazprom                                                      3.8%
4.       Golden West Financial                                        3.6%
5.       Vale                                                         3.4%
6.       Atlas Copco                                                  3.4%
7.       Samsung Electronics                                          3.1%
8.       Canon                                                        3.1%
9.       Petrobras                                                    3.0%
10.      Teva Pharmaceuticals                                         2.9%



                                                           Baillie Gifford & Co.
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                 4 November 2005



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