Purchase of own securities

Investment Company PLC
18 August 2005


The Investment Company plc

Purchase of own securities

The Investment Company plc announces that on 1 August 2005 it purchased 3,000
ordinary shares of 50p each for cancellation at a price of 200p per share.
Following this purchase, 1,927,391 ordinary shares of 50p each remain in issue.

Enquiries:

Stephen Cockburn - 020 7448 4700


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