Result of General Meeting

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY PLC (the “Company”)

Result of General Meeting

The Company announces that the resolution put to shareholders at the General Meeting held on 28 January 2016 was passed on a show of hands.

Resolution 1 (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.

The proxy votes received in relation to this resolution were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes at Chairman’s Discretion	Votes Withheld
Resolution 1	797,041	225	1,119	0

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