THE INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC (the "Company")Result of Annual General MeetingThe 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 DiscretionResolution 1 435,880 0 24,442 0Resolution 2 433,993 2,087 24,242 0Resolution 3 433,770 2,087 24,465 0Resolution 4 434,193 1,887 24,242 0Resolution 5 454,193 1,887 4,242 0Resolution 6 433,574 2,506 24,242 0Resolution 7 434,193 1,887 24,242 0Resolution 8 433,993 2,087 24,242 0Resolution 9 430,039 5,818 24,465 0Resolution 10 430,262 5,818 24,242 0Resolution 11 434,193 1,887 24,242 0A 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