Petroleum & Resources Corporation Announces Issue Price of Shares for Year-End Distribution Payable December 27, 2010

Date: 
12/08/2010

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – DECEMBER 8, 2010 – The price at which Petroleum & Resources Corporation (NYSE: PEO) common stock will be issued in payment of the $0.97 year-end distribution, made up of $0.09 income dividend and $0.88 realized capital gains, to stockholders who have elected to receive the distribution in stock, payable December 27, 2010, is $26.18 per share. This price is the mean between today’s high and low sales prices of the Corporation’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

Petroleum & Resources Corporation is a Baltimore-based closed-end investment company.

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For further information, please contact:

Douglas G. Ober,  Chairman, 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@peteres.com
Website: www.adamsexpress.com

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Petroleum & Resources Corporation Announces Issue Price of Shares for Year-End Distribution Payable December 27, 2010

Stock and Distribution

Nav & Stock Price PER SHARE

Net Asset Value: $26.59
Closing Price:

$23.20

Discount: -12.8%

This is the closing price from the NYSE on 05/17/2012.

annual DISTRIBUTION Rate
2011 7.1%
5-Year Average 7.9%
*The annual distribution rate is the total dividends and capital gain distributions during the year divided by the average month-end market price of the Corporation's Common Stock for the year.