Board of Directors

Independent Directors

Enrique R. Arzac, Ph.D., Age 67

Length of Time Served: Since 1987
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:

Professor of Finance and Economics, formerly, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

Other Directorships:

Director of The Adams Express Company (investment company), Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds (31 funds) (investment companies) and Epoch Holdings Corporation (asset management).

Phyllis O. Bonanno, Age 65

Length of Time Served: Since 2003
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years:

President & CEO of International Trade Solutions, Inc. (consultants). Formerly, President of Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, and Vice President of Warnaco Inc. (apparel).

Other Directorships: Director of The Adams Express Company (investment company), Borg-Warner Inc.(industrial) and Mohawk Industries, Inc. (carpets and flooring).

Kenneth J. Dale, Age 52

Length of Time Served: Since 2008
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Associated Press.
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company).

Daniel E. Emerson, Age 84

Length of Time Served: Since 1987
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Retired Executive Vice President of NYNEX Corp. (communications), retired Chairman of the Board of both NYNEX Information Resources Co. and NYNEX Mobile Communications Co. Previously Executive Vice President and Director of New York Telephone Company.
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company).

Frederic A. Escherich, Age 56

Length of Time Served: Since 2006
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Private Investor. Formerly, Managing Director and head of Mergers and Acquisitions Research and the Financial Advisory Department with J.P. Morgan.
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company).

Roger W. Gale, Ph.D., Age 62

Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: President & CEO of GF Energy, LLC (consultants to electric power companies). Formerly, member of management group, PA Consulting Group (energy consultants).
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company, (investment company), Ormat Technologies, Inc. (geothermal and renewable energy), and U.S. Energy Association.

Thomas H. Lenagh, Age 90

Length of Time Served: Since 1987
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Financial Advisor. Formerly, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Greiner Engineering Inc. (formerly Systems Planning Corp.) (consultants). Formerly, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the Ford Foundation (charitable foundation).
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company), Cornerstone Funds, Inc. (3 funds) (investment companies), and Photonics Product Group, Inc. (crystals).

Kathleen T. McGahran, Age 58

Length of Time Served: Since 2003
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: President & CEO of Pelham Associates, Inc. (executive education), and Adjunct Associate Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Formerly, Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education and Associate Professor, Columbia University.
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company).

Craig R. Smith, M.D., Age 62

Length of Time Served: Since 2005
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: President, Williston Consulting LLC (consultants to pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries), and Chief Operating Officer and Director of Algenol Biofuels Inc. (ethanol manufacturing). Formerly, Chairman, President & CEO of Guilford Pharmaceuticals (pharmaceuticals and biotechnology).
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company), LaJolla Pharmaceutical Company, and Depomed, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals).

 

Interested Director

Douglas G. Ober, Age 62

Length of Time Served: Director since 1989; Chairman of the Board since 1991
Principal Occupations During the Last 5 Years: Chairman & CEO of the Corporation and The Adams Express Company.
Other Directorships: The Adams Express Company (investment company).

 

Board of Directors

Stock and Distribution

Nav & Stock Price PER SHARE
Net Asset Value: $ 27.23
Closing Price: $ 24.06
Discount:

-11.64%

This is the closing price from the NYSE on 3/11/2010.
annual Rate of Distribution
2009 6.6%
5-Year Average 8.9%
*The annual rate of distribution is the total dividends and capital gain distributions during the year divided by the average daily market price of the Corporation's Common Stock.