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Annual Report 1999

PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
During the Three Months Ended December 31, 1999 (unaudited)

Shares or Principal Amount
                                               ------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Held
                                                Additions       Reductions       Dec. 31, 1999
                                               -----------     -------------    ---------------
BMC Software Inc. ........................       275,000                           275,000
BP Amoco plc ADR..........................       150,000(1)                        300,000
Calpine Corp. ............................        35,000                            35,000
Calpine Capital Trust, 5.75% 
   Conv. Pfd. High Tides..................       125,000                           125,000
Exxon Mobil Corp. ........................       158,418(2)                        158,418
Ivex Packaging Corp. .....................       300,000                           900,000
Johnson & Johnson.........................       110,000                           110,000
Lucent Technologies Inc. .................       338,920(3)                        508,920
MCI WorldCom Inc. ........................       205,000(1)                        615,000
RCN Corp. ................................       167,500                           172,500(4)
SBC Communications, Inc. .................       407,960(5)                        787,960
Sapient Corp. ............................       285,000(6)                        570,000
Vodafone AirTouch plc ADS.................       230,000(1)                        287,500
Williams Communications...................       220,000                           220,000
Abbott Laboratories ......................                          175,000        255,000
Albertson's Inc. .........................                          308,700           --
American Retirement Corp., 
   5.75% Conv. Sub Debs due 2002..........                       $4,000,000           --
Ameritech Corp. ..........................                          310,000(5)        --
CBRL Group, Inc. .........................                          340,000           --
DST Systems Inc. .........................                          249,000         70,000
Fort James Corp. .........................                           75,000        500,000
International Network Services............                          400,000(3)        --
Mobil Corp. ..............................                          120,000(2)        --
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. ................                          100,000         80,000
Ryder System, Inc. .......................                          155,000        445,000
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. ..................                          135,000           --
Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc. ............                          440,000           --

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(1) By stock split.
(2) Merger of Exxon and Mobil. Received 1.32015 shares of Exxon Mobil Corp. for
    1 share of Mobil held.
(3) Received .8473 shares of Lucent Technologies Inc. for each share of
    International Network Services held.
(4) Includes shares previously listed under "Stocks under accumulation" in the
    Schedule of Investments.
(5) Received 1.316 shares of SBC Communications, Inc. for each share of
    Ameritech Corp. held.
(6) By stock split and purchased additional 15,000 shares.

Common Stock
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange
and the Pacific Exchange
The Adams Express Company
Seven St. Paul Street, Suite 1140, Baltimore, MD 21202
Website: www.adamsexpress.com
E-mail: contact@adamsexpress.com
Telephone: (410) 752-5900 or (800) 638-2479
Counsel: Chadbourne & Parke L.L.P.
Independent Accountants: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Transfer Agent, Registrar & Custodian of Securities
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
New York, NY 10286
The Bank's Shareholder Relations Department: (800) 432-8224
E-mail: Shareowner-svcs@bankofny.com

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