Voting Rights and Capital

Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust PLC
27 December 2006

                    Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc

                           Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with the transparency Directive's transitional provision 6 we
would like to notify the market of the following:

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc's capital consists of 49,004,319
ordinary shares with voting rights.  Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc
holds no ordinary shares in Treasury.

The above figure (49,004,319) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for
the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Edinburgh Worldwide
Investment Trust plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


                                                            Baillie Gifford & Co
                                                             Company Secretaries
                                                                27 December 2006




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