The Investment Company Plc - Result of AGM

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC (the “Company”)

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce that at the Annual General Meeting held on 7 December 2017 all resolutions were passed on a show of hands, including the following resolutions:

Resolution 11 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.

Resolution 12 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot ordinary shares for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights.

Resolution 13 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares.

Resolution 14 (special resolution): To hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days’ notice.

Resolution 15 (ordinary resolution): To approve the continuation of the Company as a closed-ended investment trust in accordance with the Articles of Association.

The proxy votes received in relation to these resolutions were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes at Chairman’s Discretion	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	961,365	0	110,600	7,200
Resolution 2	958,472	2,893	110,600	7,200
Resolution 3	958,249	2,893	110,823	7,200
Resolution 4	958,672	2,693	110,600	7,200
Resolution 5	941,402	19,963	110,600	7,200
Resolution 6	958,672	2,693	110,600	7,200
Resolution 7	941,402	19,963	110,600	7,200
Resolution 8	941,402	19,963	110,600	7,200
Resolution 9	958,672	2,693	110,600	7,200
Resolution 10	964,432	0	107,533	7,200
Resolution 11	963,940	0	108,025	7,200
Resolution 12	957,085	6,632	108,248	7,200
Resolution 13	956,869	4,496	110,600	7,200
Resolution 14	961,308	57	110,600	7,200
Resolution 15	970,956	95,268	5,741	7,200

A copy of the full text of Resolutions 11 to 15 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

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