Adams Express Company : Adams Express Fund Declares Dividend

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - JANUARY 9, 2014 - The Board of Directors of The Adams Express Company (NYSE:ADX) declared a dividend of $0.05 per share, payable March 3, 2014, to shareholders of record February 14, 2014, consisting of $0.01 net investment income, $0.01 short-term capital gain, and $0.02 long-term capital gain, all realized in 2013, and $0.01 net investment income realized in 2014.

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About Adams Express
The Adams Express Company is a diversified equity fund that has been has been trading on the New York Stock Exchange as a closed-end investment company since 1929. Internally-managed, the Baltimore-based Fund has paid dividends continuously since 1935.

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