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The Investment Company Plc - Result of AGMThe Investment Company Plc - Result of AGM
PR Newswire
London, December 7
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