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:

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