Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc is an investment company. The Company's investment objective is the achievement of long term capital growth by investing primarily in listed companies throughout the world. It invests in industries, such as biotechnology; Internet and catalogue retail; Internet software and services; software; electronic equipment, instruments and components; pharmaceuticals; diversified financial services; capital markets; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; healthcare equipment and supplies; life sciences tools and services; automobiles; technology hardware, storage and peripherals; chemicals; trading companies and distributors; machinery; media; household durables; aerospace and defense; thrifts and mortgage finance; electrical equipment; consumer finance, and energy equipment and services. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited serves as an alternative investment manager to the Company.