BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – DECEMBER 9, 2009 – The price at which The Adams Express Company (NYSE:ADX) common stock will be issued in payment of the $0.30 year-end distribution, made up of $0.02 income dividend and $0.28 realized capital gains, to stockholders who have elected to receive the distribution in stock, payable December 28, 2009, is $9.84 per share. This price is the mean between today’s high and low sales prices of the Company’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Adams Express Company is a Baltimore-based closed-end investment company.
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For further information, please contact:
Douglas G. Ober, Chief Executive Officer and President
Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr., Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
at (410) 752-5900 or (800) 638-2479
E-mail: contact@adamsexpress.com
Website: www.adamsexpress.com
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