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 on11 December 2014 all resolutions were passed on a show of hands, including thefollowing resolutions: Resolution 8 (ordinary resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot sharespursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. Resolution 9 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to allot ordinaryshares for cash pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006otherwise than in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights. Resolution 10 (special resolution): To authorise the Directors to make marketpurchases of the Company's own shares. Resolution 11 (special resolution): To hold general meetings (other than annualgeneral meetings) on 14 clear days' notice. The proxy votes received in relation to these resolutions were as follows: Resolutions Votes For Votes Against Votes at Votes Chairman's Withheld Discretion Resolution 1 435,880 0 24,442 0 Resolution 2 433,993 2,087 24,242 0 Resolution 3 433,770 2,087 24,465 0 Resolution 4 434,193 1,887 24,242 0 Resolution 5 454,193 1,887 4,242 0 Resolution 6 433,574 2,506 24,242 0 Resolution 7 434,193 1,887 24,242 0 Resolution 8 433,993 2,087 24,242 0 Resolution 9 430,039 5,818 24,465 0 Resolution 10 430,262 5,818 24,242 0 Resolution 11 434,193 1,887 24,242 0 A copy of the full text of Resolutions 8 to 11 will be submitted to theNational Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection atwww.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM