<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-16-472747.txt : 20160223
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160223094011
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-472747
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160414
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20160223

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADAMS NATURAL RESOURCES FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000216851
		IRS NUMBER:				135506797
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-02736
		FILM NUMBER:		161447038

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 EAST PRATT STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4107525900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 EAST PRATT STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1300
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ADAMS NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150331

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PETROLEUM & RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>(Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed by the Registrant <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preliminary Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONFIDENTIAL, FOR USE OF THE COMMISSION ONLY&nbsp;(AS PERMITTED BY RULE 14A-6(E)(2))</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Additional Materials </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting Material Pursuant to (s) 240.14a-11(c) or (s) 240.14a-12 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No fee required. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
state how it was determined): </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total fee paid: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount Previously Paid: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filing Party: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date Filed: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:5%" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:1%;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notes: </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500 East Pratt Street </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Baltimore, Maryland 21202 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="55%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="55%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">February&nbsp;23, 2016 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ADAMS NATURAL RESOURCES FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;),
will be held at the Fund&#146;s offices, 500&nbsp;E. Pratt St., Suite&nbsp;1300, Baltimore, MD 21202, on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m., local time, for the following purposes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1) to elect directors as identified in the Proxy Statement to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 and
until their successors are duly elected and qualify; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2)
to consider and vote upon the ratification of the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to audit the books and accounts of the Fund for or during the year ending December 31, 2016; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3) to transact such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on February 5, 2016, as the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at this meeting. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:41%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">By order of the Board of Directors, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:41%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:41%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Vice President, General Counsel </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:41%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>and Secretary </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Baltimore, MD
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Note: Even if you expect to attend the meeting,
stockholders are requested to fill in, sign, date and return the accompanying proxy in the enclosed envelope without delay. Stockholders may also authorize their proxies by telephone and Internet as described further in the enclosed materials.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Because space will be limited, please call the Fund at
(800) 638-2479 or send an email to contact@adamsfunds.com if you will be attending the Annual Meeting. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500 E. Pratt Street, Suite 1300 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Baltimore, Maryland 21202 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Proxy
Statement </B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>INTRODUCTION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the Fund&#146;s offices at 500&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Pratt St.,
Suite&nbsp;1300, Baltimore, MD 21202, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and also set forth below. This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of proxies to be
used at the meeting and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof and is first being sent to stockholders on or about February&nbsp;23, 2016. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">At the Annual Meeting, action is to be taken on (1)&nbsp;the election of a Board of Directors; (2)&nbsp;the ratification of the selection of an
independent registered public accounting firm; and (3)&nbsp;the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to Be Held On April 14, 2016:
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>This proxy statement, the notice of annual meeting,
a form of the proxy, and the 2015 Annual Report to stockholders are all available on the internet at the following website: http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/13580/. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>How You May Vote and Voting By Proxy </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">You may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy. To authorize
a proxy to cast your votes, please date, execute and mail the enclosed proxy card, or authorize a proxy by using telephone or internet options as instructed in the proxy card. Except for Proposals (1) and (2), referred to above, the proxies confer
discretionary authority on the persons named therein or their substitutes with respect to any business that may properly come before the meeting. Stockholders retain the right to revoke executed proxies at any time before they are voted by written
notice to the Fund, by executing a later dated proxy, or by appearing and voting at the meeting. All shares represented at the meeting by proxies in the accompanying form will be voted, provided that such proxies are properly executed. In cases
where a choice is indicated, the shares represented will be voted in accordance with the specifications so made. In cases where no specifications are made, the shares represented will be voted <B>FOR </B>Proposal (1) and <B>FOR</B> Proposal
(2)<B></B>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If your shares are held in the name of a bank,
broker or other holder of record, you will receive instructions from the holder of record that you must follow in order to vote your shares. If your shares are not registered in your own name and you plan to vote your shares in person at the Annual
Meeting, you should contact your broker or agent to obtain a broker&#146;s proxy card and bring it with you to the Annual Meeting in order to vote. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If you have questions regarding how to attend the meeting and vote in person, please contact the Secretary of the Fund by telephone at (800)
638-2479 or by email at contact@adamsfunds.com. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Who May Vote </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Only stockholders of record at the close of business on February 5, 2016, may vote at the Annual Meeting. The total number of shares of Common Stock
of the Fund outstanding and entitled to be voted on the record date was 28,071,134. Each share is entitled to one vote. The Fund has no other class of security outstanding. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Vote Requirement </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">For Proposal (1), referred to above, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting. Proposal
(2), referred to above, require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Quorum Requirement </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">A quorum is necessary to hold a valid meeting. If stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the Annual
Meeting are present in person or by proxy, a quorum will exist. Proxies received by the Fund that are marked &#147;withhold authority&#148; or abstain, or that constitute a broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-vote,</FONT> are counted as
present for purposes of establishing a quorum. A broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-vote</FONT> occurs when a broker returns a valid proxy but does not vote on a particular matter because the broker does not have the discretionary voting
power for that matter and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Proxies marked &#147;withhold authority&#148;, abstentions and broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-votes</FONT> do not count as votes cast with respect to any
proposal, and therefore, such proxies would have no effect on the outcome of Proposals (1) and (2), above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Appraisal Rights </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Under Maryland law, there are no appraisal or other dissenter rights with respect to any matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting that is
described herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Other Matters </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund will pay all costs of soliciting proxies in the accompanying
form. See &#147;Other Matters and Annual Report&#148; below. Solicitation will be made by mail, and officers, regular employees, and agents of the Fund may also solicit proxies by telephone or personal interview. The Fund expects to request brokers
and nominees who hold stock in their names to furnish this proxy material to their customers and to solicit proxies from them, and will reimburse such brokers and nominees for their
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> and reasonable clerical expenses in connection therewith. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Fund Complex </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund is part of a fund complex (the &#147;Fund Complex&#148;) which is composed of the Fund and Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc., a
closed-end investment company formerly known as The Adams Express Company (&#147;ADX&#148;). Effective March&nbsp;31, 2015, the Fund and ADX became a part of a newly-branded Adams Funds platform. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B><U>(1) NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS</U> </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Unless contrary instructions are given by the stockholder signing a
proxy, it is intended that each proxy in the accompanying form will be voted at the Annual Meeting for the election of the following nominees to the Board of Directors to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2017 and until their
successors are duly elected and qualify, all of whom have consented to serve if elected: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Enrique R. Arzac</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Phyllis&nbsp;O.&nbsp;Bonanno</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kenneth J. Dale</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Frederic&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Escherich</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Roger W. Gale</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kathleen&nbsp;T.&nbsp;McGahran</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Craig R. Smith</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; text-indent:2.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mark E. Stoeckle</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></SUP><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#042;</FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">If for any reason one or more of the
above-named nominees shall become unable or unwilling to serve when the election occurs, proxies in the accompanying form will, in the absence of contrary instructions, be voted for the election of the other nominees above-named and may be voted for
substitute nominees in the discretion of the persons named as proxies in the accompanying form. As an alternative to proxies being voted for substitute nominees, the size of the Board of Directors may be reduced so that there are no vacancies caused
by a nominee above-named becoming unable or unwilling to serve. The directors elected will serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the Fund. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Information as to Nominees for Election as Directors (as of December 31, 2015)
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Set forth below with respect to each nominee for
director are his or her name, address and age, any positions held with the Fund, other principal occupations, other directorships during the past five years, business affiliations, the year in which he or she first became a director, and the number
of shares of Common Stock of the Fund beneficially owned by him or her. Also set forth below is the number of shares of Common Stock of the Fund beneficially owned by all the directors and executive officers of the Fund as a group. A separate table
is provided showing the dollar value range of the shares beneficially owned by each director. </FONT></P><HR WIDTH="13%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Stoeckle is an &#147;interested person,&#148; as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, because he is an officer of the Fund. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3 </FONT></P>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Name, Age, Positions with the Fund,</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Other Principal Occupations and Other Directorships</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="122.25" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Has</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>been a</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Director</B></FONT><br><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Portfolios in<BR>Fund&nbsp;Complex<BR>Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Director or<BR>Nominee
for<BR>Director</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Shares of</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Common</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Stock</B></FONT><br><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Beneficially<BR>Owned</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>(a)(b)(c)(d)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Enrique R. Arzac, Ph.D., 74, Professor Emeritus of Finance and Economics at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. Currently
a director of ADX (1), Aberdeen Asset Management Funds (6 closed-end investment companies), Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds (2 closed-end investment companies and 9 open-end funds), and Mirae Discovery Funds (6 open-end funds). In addition,
within the past five years, Dr. Arzac served as a director of Epoch Holdings Corporation (an investment management and investment advisory services company) and Starrcomms PLC (telecommunications company).</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">1987</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">16,617</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Phyllis O. Bonanno, 72, Retired President &amp; CEO of International Trade Solutions, Inc. (consultants). Formerly, President of Columbia
College, Columbia, South Carolina, and Corporate Vice President of Warnaco, Inc. (apparel). Currently a director of ADX (1). Ms. Bonanno also served as a director of Borg-Warner Inc. (industrial) and Mohawk Industries, Inc. (carpet and flooring)
within the past five years.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2003</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">6,545</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Kenneth J. Dale, 59, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Associated Press. Formerly, Vice President, J.P. Morgan Chase
&amp; Co. Inc. Currently a director of ADX (1).</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2008</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">7,204</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Frederic A. Escherich, 63, Private Investor. Formerly, Managing Director and head of Mergers and Acquisitions Research and the Financial
Advisory Department with J.P. Morgan &amp; Co. Inc. Currently a director of ADX (1).</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2006</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">8,581</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Roger W. Gale, Ph.D., 69, President &amp; CEO of GF Energy, LLC (consultants to electric power companies). Formerly, member of management
group of PA Consulting Group (energy consultants). Currently a director of ADX&nbsp;(1). Dr. Gale also served as a director of Ormat Technologies, Inc. (geothermal and renewable energy) within the past five years.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2005</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">6,237</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Kathleen T. McGahran, Ph.D., J.D., CPA, 65, President &amp; CEO of Pelham Associates, Inc. (an executive education provider). External
Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Formerly, Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education and Associate Professor, Columbia University. Currently the Chair of the Board and a director of ADX (1), and a director of Scor
Global Life Reinsurance and Scor Reinsurance of New York.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2003</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">11,975</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Craig R. Smith, M.D., 69, President, Williston Consulting LLC (consultants to pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries). Formerly, Chief
Operating Officer of Algenol LLC (ethanol manufacturing) and Chairman, President &amp; CEO of Guilford Pharmaceuticals (pharmaceutical and biotechnology). Currently a director of PEO&nbsp;(1). Dr. Smith also served as a director of Algenol Biofuels,
Inc. and a manager of Algenol LLC, and as a director of Depomed, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals) and La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company within the past five years.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2005</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">8,019</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Interested Director</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="42.30" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Mark E. Stoeckle, 59, CEO of the Fund since February 11, 2013, and director since February 14, 2013. Currently the CEO, President, and a
director of ADX (1). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Equities and Global Sector Funds, BNP Paribas Investment Partners.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2013</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">22,032 </FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Directors and executive officers of the Fund as a group.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">149,789</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <HR WIDTH="13%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Non-controlling affiliate of the Fund (a closed-end investment company), which is part of the Fund Complex. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The address for each director is the Fund&#146;s office, 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1300, Baltimore,
MD 21202. </FONT></P><HR WIDTH="13%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">To the Fund&#146;s knowledge, other than shares referred to in footnote (c) below, each director and officer had sole investment and sole voting power with respect to the shares
shown opposite his or her name. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amount shown as beneficially owned by the directors and executive officers as a group, 24,925&nbsp;shares were held by the Trustee under the Employee Thrift Plan of the
Fund and the Employee Thrift Plan of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The amounts shown include nonvested restricted stock shares or vested but deferred restricted stock units and deferred stock units held under the Fund&#146;s 2005 Equity
Incentive Compensation Plan (see &#147;2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan&#148; below) by each director (12,118 held by Dr. Arzac, 2,800 held by Ms.&nbsp;Bonanno, 5,130 held by Mr.&nbsp;Dale, 1,646 held by Mr.&nbsp;Escherich, 1,200 held by
Dr.&nbsp;McGahran, 11,508 held by Mr. Stoeckle, and 0 held by Dr.&nbsp;Gale and Dr.&nbsp;Smith), and by directors and executive officers as a group (55,078 shares). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Calculated on the basis of 28,096,651 shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2015, each director owned less than 1.0% of the Common Stock outstanding. The directors
and executive officers as a group owned less than 1.0% of the Common Stock outstanding. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Additional information about each director follows (supplementing the information in the table above) that describes some of the specific
experience, qualifications, attributes, or skills that each director possesses that led the Board to conclude that he or she should serve as a director. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B><U>Independent Directors </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1) Enrique R. Arzac, Ph.D. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. Arzac brings to the Board extensive expertise in asset management and securities valuation, international finance and corporate finance gained
from his many years on the faculty of Columbia University&#146;s Graduate School of Business and through consulting with corporations and financial institutions for more than 30 years. Dr. Arzac has published many articles on corporate finance,
valuation, portfolio management and commodity markets in numerous academic journals. He has been deemed an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined in federal regulations, by his fellow directors and served as Chair of the
Fund&#146;s Audit Committee for several terms. In addition, Dr.&nbsp;Arzac&#146;s service on the boards of other investment companies provides him with a deep understanding of investment company oversight. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2) Phyllis O. Bonanno </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ms. Bonanno brings to the Board operational, academic and public policy knowledge. Ms.&nbsp;Bonanno gained public policy
expertise through her 10 years of service as the first director of the U.S.&nbsp;Trade Representative&#146;s Office of Private Sector Liaison in the Executive Office of Presidents Carter and Reagan. She developed global business knowledge and
expertise in the manufacturing sector and international trade rules and regulations during her employment as Corporate Vice President of International Trade of Warnaco, Inc., a worldwide apparel manufacturer, and as President and CEO of
International Trade Solutions, Inc., an international trade consulting firm. In addition, Ms.&nbsp;Bonanno&#146;s service on other public company boards in varied industries has provided her with valuable experience. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">5 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3) Kenneth J. Dale </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Dale brings broad expertise in financial management to the Board. He serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The
Associated Press (AP), one of the largest newsgathering organizations in the world. His responsibilities at AP include all corporate finance activities, internal audit, global real estate and administrative services, and oversight of AP&#146;s
software business, ENPS. Prior to joining AP, Mr. Dale spent 21 years as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. Inc., advising media and entertainment clients on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. He has been
deemed an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined in federal regulations, by his fellow directors and served as the immediate past Chair of the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">4) Frederic A. Escherich </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Escherich brings to the Board extensive knowledge of securities investing and stock valuation gained from his 25 years at J.P. Morgan &amp; Co.
Inc. During his tenure at J.P. Morgan &amp; Co. Inc., Mr.&nbsp;Escherich served as head of mergers and acquisitions research for many years, and his responsibilities included evaluating numerous issues related to maximizing shareholder value and
setting policies and procedures in connection with the valuation of companies, the assessment of various transaction types, analytical techniques and securities. Since retiring in 2002, Mr. Escherich has focused full-time on private investing and is
familiar with the dynamics of today&#146;s equity markets. He has been deemed an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined in federal regulations, by his fellow directors and currently serves as the Chair of the Fund&#146;s Audit
Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">5) Roger W. Gale, Ph.D. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. Gale brings to the Board in-depth knowledge of the electric power
industry and U.S. and international energy policy from his service in private industry and in the public sector. Dr. Gale has gained electric utility industry expertise through his many years of service as a consultant, and has been quoted on
electric utility issues in leading business publications and television news programs. He previously served on the boards of a Fortune 500 energy conglomerate and a publicly-traded geothermal energy company. Dr. Gale holds a Ph.D. in political
science from the University of California, Berkeley. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">6) Kathleen T.
McGahran, Ph.D. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. McGahran has served as the Chair of
the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors since March 19, 2013. She is a CPA, a lawyer, and holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from New York University, and brings to the Board a very broad and valuable skill set. She is the President and CEO of
Pelham Associates, an executive education provider. She has served on the faculties of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, and the Stern School of Business at New&nbsp;York
University. Dr. McGahran has expertise in financial analysis and has conducted financial analysis training programs for Wall Street firms and Fortune 500 companies. She has been deemed an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined in
federal regulations, by her fellow directors and served as Chair of the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee for several terms. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">6 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">7) Craig R. Smith, M.D. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. Smith, a physician and former long-time member of the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, brings to the Board extensive
experience in the pharmaceuticals and biotech industries. He recently retired as the Chief Operating Officer of Algenol LLC, a research company focusing on the production of ethanol and other high-value green chemicals from algae. Previously, he was
the President and founder of Williston Consulting, a consulting company for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Prior to founding Williston Consulting, Dr. Smith was Chairman, President, CEO, and a co-founder of Guilford Pharmaceuticals, a
biopharmaceutical company that he grew to become a publicly traded company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B><U>Interested Director</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">8) Mark E. Stoeckle </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Stoeckle has been CEO of the Fund and ADX since February&nbsp;11, 2013, and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Fund and ADX on
February&nbsp;14, 2013. Mr.&nbsp;Stoeckle has had a distinguished 30-year career in financial services and asset management, and brings a wealth of investment and business experience to the role. Previously, he was Chief Investment Officer, U.S.
Equities and Global Sector Funds, at the global investment management firm BNP Paribas Investment Partners and managed approximately $5 billion in domestic and global equities. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Stock Ownership </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Dollar&nbsp;Value&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares&nbsp;Owned(1)</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="91.80" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="right" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD></TR>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Enrique R. Arzac</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater&nbsp;than&nbsp;$100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Phyllis O. Bonanno</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kenneth J. Dale</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Frederic A. Escherich</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Roger W. Gale</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kathleen&nbsp;T.&nbsp;McGahran</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Craig R. Smith</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Interested Director</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="50.90" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mark E. Stoeckle</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">greater than $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The valuation date used in calculating the dollar value of shares owned is December 31, 2015. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In 2009, the Board adopted new equity ownership requirements for the
directors and senior staff. Under these equity ownership requirements, the Chief Executive Officer, portfolio managers, research analysts, and other executive officers must own, within 3 years of the requirement&#146;s adoption or commencement of
employment, as applicable, a certain value of equity in the Fund equal to a multiple of his or her 2009 annual salary or starting salary, as applicable. Non-employee directors with more than 5 years of service on the Board must own, by December 14,
2014, at least $100,000 of Common Stock of the Fund; non-employee directors with less than 5 years of service, and new directors, must own at least $100,000 of the Fund&#146;s Common Stock within 10&nbsp;years of joining the Board. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The nominees for election as directors of the Fund identified above
are also the nominees for election to the Board of Directors of ADX, the Fund&#146;s largest stockholder (see &#147;Principal Stockholder&#148; on page 10) and part of the Fund Complex. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">7 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Board Leadership Structure</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Seven of the Fund&#146;s eight directors are not &#147;interested
persons,&#148; as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and are independent directors. Mr. Stoeckle is the only member of the Board who is an &#147;interested person&#148; under the Act and thus is not an
independent director. The Board has elected Dr. Kathleen T. McGahran, an Independent Director, to serve as the Chair of the Board. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Board&#146;s Oversight of Risk Management for the Fund</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board&#146;s role in risk management of the Fund is that of oversight. The internal staff of portfolio managers, research analysts and
administrative personnel is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, including risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk
and operational risk). As part of its oversight, the Board has delegated to the Audit Committee the primary role of overseeing the assessment and management of risks, including major financial risks, by the Fund&#146;s management, and the steps that
management has taken to monitor and control such risks. The Audit Committee reports to the Board on a periodic basis on its discussions of these items with management. In addition, the Board, acting at its regularly scheduled meetings, receives
reports from senior management, including the Fund&#146;s portfolio management team, the Chief Compliance Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. Between Board meetings, the Executive Committee, and/or the Chair of the Board, and/or the Chairman of
the Audit Committee, as appropriate, interacts with the CEO and other senior executives on any matter requiring action by or notice to the Board. The Board also receives periodic presentations from senior management regarding specific operational,
compliance or investment areas such as business continuity, personal trading, valuation, investment research and securities lending, and receives reports from the Fund&#146;s General Counsel regarding regulatory, compliance and governance matters.
The Fund believes that its leadership structure enhances risk oversight. It should be noted that, in its oversight role, the Board is not a guarantor of the Fund&#146;s investments or activities. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Process for Stockholders to Communicate with Board </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors has implemented a process for stockholders of
the Fund to send communications to the Board. Any stockholder desiring to communicate with the Board, or with specific individual directors, may do so by writing to the Secretary of the Fund, at Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc., 500 East Pratt
Street, Suite&nbsp;1300, Baltimore, MD 21202. The Secretary has been instructed by the Board to promptly forward all such communications to the addressees indicated thereon. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Policy on Board of Directors&#146; Attendance at Annual Meetings </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund&#146;s policy with regard to attendance by the Board of
Directors at Annual Meetings is that all directors are expected to attend, absent unusual and extenuating circumstances that prohibit attendance. All of the then standing directors attended the 2015 Annual Meeting. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">8 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each director and officer of the Fund who is subject to Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Fund&#146;s securities are required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by a
specified date his or her beneficial ownership of or transactions in the Fund&#146;s securities. Based upon a review of filings with the Commission, such forms received by the Fund, and written representations that no other reports are required, the
Fund believes that each director, officer, and greater than ten percent beneficial owners filed all requisite reports with the Commission on a timely basis during 2015, except for Mr. Stoeckle, whose Form 4 reporting the payment of the tax liability
incident to the vesting of restricted stock by withholding shares was filed one day late. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Information as to Other Executive Officers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Set forth below are the names, ages and positions with the Fund, as of December 31, 2015, of all executive officers of the Fund other than those who also serve as directors. Executive officers serve as such until
the election of their successors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. James P. Haynie, 53,
has served as President of the Fund since January 21, 2015. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of the Fund beginning August 19, 2013. He has also served as the Executive Vice President of ADX since January&nbsp;21, 2015 and, before
that, served as President of ADX beginning August&nbsp;19, 2013. Prior to joining the Fund, he was Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Equities at BNP Paribas Investment Partners from February 2013 and was Senior Portfolio Manager at BNP Paribas
Investment Partners from 2005 to 2013. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Brian S. Hook,
46, has served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Fund and ADX since March&nbsp;19, 2013. Prior thereto, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Fund and ADX from March&nbsp;20, 2012 to March 19,
2013, as Treasurer of the Fund and ADX from June 1, 2009 to March 20, 2012, and as Assistant Treasurer of the Fund and ADX from September 2008 to June 1, 2009. Prior thereto, he was a Vice President and Senior Manager at T.&nbsp;Rowe Price from
March 1998 to August 2008, and a business assurance manager with Coopers &amp; Lybrand L.L.P. prior thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr., 63, has served as the Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund and ADX since April 8, 2004, as Vice&nbsp;President of the
Fund and ADX since March 30, 1999, and as General Counsel and Secretary of the Fund and ADX since April 1, 1997. Prior thereto, he was a partner in Tydings &amp; Rosenberg L.L.P., a Baltimore, Maryland law firm. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Ms. Nancy J.F. Prue, 61, has served as Executive Vice President,
Director of Shareholder Communications of the Fund and ADX since January 21, 2015. Prior to that, she served as President of the Fund from March 20, 2012 to January 21, 2015, as Executive Vice President of the Fund from July&nbsp;9, 2009 to March
20, 2012, as Vice President of the Fund from 2005 to July 9, 2009, and as Vice President &#150; Research of the Fund from 1986 to 2005. She also served as Executive Vice President of ADX from March 2010 to January 2015, and served as a research
analyst of ADX from 1982 to March 2010. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The address for
each executive officer is the Fund&#146;s office, 500 East Pratt Street, Suite&nbsp;1300, Baltimore, MD 21202. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">9 </FONT></P>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Shares
of</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Common&nbsp;Stock</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Beneficially&nbsp;
Owned</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>(b)(c)(d)(e)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="16.00" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">James P. Haynie</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">14,884</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Brian S. Hook</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">14,171</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">14,336</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Nancy J.F. Prue</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">19,187</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">As of December 31, 2015. Share ownership of directors and executive officers as a group is shown in the table beginning on page 4 and footnotes thereto. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">To the Fund&#146;s knowledge, other than shares referred to in footnote (d) below, each officer had sole investment and sole voting power with respect to the shares shown
opposite his or her name. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amounts shown, the following shares beneficially owned by the respective officer were held by the Trustee under the Employee Thrift Plan of the Fund and the Employee
Thrift Plan of ADX: Mr.&nbsp;Haynie (1,726&nbsp;shares), Mr.&nbsp;Hook (7,457 shares), Mr.&nbsp;Hooper (5,607&nbsp;shares), and Ms.&nbsp;Prue (6,359&nbsp;shares). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The amounts shown include nonvested shares of restricted stock under the Fund&#146;s 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (see &#147;2005 Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan&#148; below) held by Mr.&nbsp;Haynie (8,494 shares), Mr. Hook (2,793 shares), Mr.&nbsp;Hooper (3,143 shares), and Ms. Prue (6,246&nbsp;shares). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(e)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Calculated on the basis of 28,096,651 shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2015, each of the executive officers listed above owned less than 1.0% of the Common
Stock outstanding. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Principal Stockholder </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">At December 31, 2015, only one person or group of persons was known by
the Fund to own beneficially more than five percent of any class of the Fund&#146;s voting securities. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Name and Address</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>of Beneficial Owner</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Amount&nbsp;and&nbsp;Nature<BR>of&nbsp;Beneficial&nbsp;Ownership</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Percent&nbsp;of</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Class</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Common&nbsp;Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Adams&nbsp;Diversified&nbsp;Equity&nbsp;Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</FONT><BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">500
East Pratt Street Suite&nbsp;1300</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-top:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Baltimore,&nbsp;Maryland&nbsp;21202</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,186,774&nbsp;shares<BR>held directly</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">7.8</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">%&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Board Meetings and Committees of the Board
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors held eight meetings during
2015, at which overall attendance was 100%. Each incumbent director attended at least 75% of the total of all (i) meetings of the Board and (ii)&nbsp;meetings of committees of the Board on which he or she served in 2015. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Audit Committee </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Escherich (Chair), Dr. Arzac, Ms. Bonanno, and Dr. Smith, each of whom is an independent director as such is defined
by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, and none of whom is an &#147;interested person&#148; as such is defined in the Act, constitute the membership of the Board&#146;s standing Audit Committee, which met four times in 2015. The Board
has&nbsp;determined Mr. Escherich to be an audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined in federal regulations. The Board has adopted a written charter under which the Audit Committee operates. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter
(&#147;Charter&#148;)&nbsp;is available on the Fund&#146;s website: <U>www.adamsfunds.com</U>. Set forth below is the report of the Audit Committee: </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">10 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Audit Committee Report </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The purposes of the Audit Committee are set forth in the Audit
Committee&#146;s written Charter. As provided in the Charter, the role of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight on matters relating to accounting, financial reporting, internal control, auditing, risk assessment
and risk management, and regulatory compliance activities, and other matters the Board deems appropriate. The Audit Committee also selects the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with the provisions set out in the
Charter. Management, however, is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements, and for the procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations.
The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for planning and carrying out proper audits and reviews. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In fulfilling its responsibilities, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements contained in the 2015 Annual
Report of the Fund with the Fund&#146;s management and with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;), the independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Audit Committee has discussed with PwC the matters required to be discussed
pursuant to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 61, as modified or supplemented. The Audit Committee has also received from PwC the written disclosures and the letter required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board regarding PwC&#146;s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, considered whether the provision of nonaudit services by PwC is compatible with maintaining PwC&#146;s independence, and discussed with PwC its independence.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In reliance on the reviews and discussions with management
and PwC referred to above, and subject to the limitations on the responsibilities and role of the Audit Committee set forth in the Charter and discussed above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board has approved,
that the audited financial statements be included in the Fund&#146;s 2015 Annual Report for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Respectfully submitted on February 11, 2016, by the members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Frederich A. Escherich, Chair </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Enrique A. Arzac </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Phyllis O.
Bonanno </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Craig R. Smith </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">11 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Compensation Committee </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr. Dale (Chair), Ms. Bonanno, Mr. Escherich, and Dr. Gale constituted
the membership of the Board&#146;s standing Compensation Committee in 2015, which met two times. The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends changes in the compensation of directors, officers, and employees, including salaries and the cash and
equity incentive compensation plans in which the executive officers, officers, and employees of the Fund are eligible to participate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Executive Committee </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. McGahran (Chair), Dr. Arzac, Mr. Dale, Dr. Gale, Dr. Smith, and Mr. Stoeckle constituted the membership of the Board&#146;s standing Executive
Committee in 2015, which met two times. The Executive Committee has the authority of the Board of Directors between meetings of the Board except as limited by law, the Fund&#146;s Bylaws, or Board resolution. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Nominating and Governance Committee </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. Smith (Chair), Dr. Arzac, Mr. Dale, and Dr. Gale constituted the
membership of the Board&#146;s standing Nominating and Governance Committee in 2015, which met two times. The Board has adopted a written charter under which the Nominating and Governance Committee operates, a copy of which is available to
stockholders at the Fund&#146;s website: <U>www.adamsfunds.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Each of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee is an independent director as such is defined by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and none is an &#147;interested person&#148; as such as
defined by the Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Nominating and Governance
Committee recommends to the full Board nominees for director and leads the search for qualified director candidates. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider unsolicited recommendations for director candidates from stockholders of the Fund.
Stockholders may recommend candidates for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee by writing to the Secretary of the Fund at the office of the Fund, 500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Suite 1300, MD 21202, giving the candidate&#146;s
name, biographical data and qualifications and stating whether the candidate would be an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund. A written statement from the candidate, consenting to be named as a candidate, and if nominated and elected, to serve
as a director, should accompany any such recommendation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The process that the Nominating and Governance Committee uses for identifying and evaluating nominees for director is as follows: When there is a
vacancy on the Board, either through the retirement of a director or the Board&#146;s determination that the size of the Board should be increased, nominations to fill that vacancy are made by independent directors on the Board. The members of the
Nominating and Governance Committee meet with the prospective director nominee. If a majority of the Nominating and Governance Committee members are satisfied that the prospective director nominee is qualified and will make a positive addition to
the Board, as many of the other independent directors meet with him or her as is possible. The Nominating and Governance Committee then nominates the candidate at a meeting of the Board and a vote is taken by the full Board on whether to elect the
nominee to the Board and to include the nominee in the Fund&#146;s proxy for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders. The Fund anticipates that a similar process will be used for any qualified director candidate properly recommended by a
stockholder. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">12 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board does not have a formal policy regarding the consideration of diversity in identifying Board
candidates. When considering a new candidate for the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the full Board may consider the diversity of skills, experience and/or perspective a prospective nominee will bring to the Board as part of their
evaluation of the contribution that such prospective nominee will make to the Board. Such factors will be considered in the context of the Board&#146;s existing membership at the time such potential candidate is considered. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Retirement Benefits Committee </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Dr. Gale (Chair), and Messrs. Dale and Escherich constituted the
membership of the standing Retirement Benefits Committee of the Fund, which administered the Fund&#146;s Employees&#146; Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan. This Committee met two times during 2015. This Committee was disbanded in July
2015 following the termination of the Employees&#146; Retirement Plan and Supplemental Retirement Plan and the distribution of the plan assets to the participants. Previously, this Committee also administered the Fund&#146;s Employee Thrift Plan and
Executive Nonqualified Supplemental Thrift Plan. Those plans are now administered by a committee comprised of employees of the Fund. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Board of Directors Compensation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">During 2015, each director who is not an interested person, except for Dr. McGahran, received an annual retainer fee of $60,000. Dr.&nbsp;McGahran,
the Board Chair, received an annual retainer fee of $75,000. The Chairperson of each committee received an additional annual retainer fee of $2,500 for that committee. The total amount of fees paid to the independent directors in 2015 was $444,375.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Transactions with Principal Stockholder </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund shares certain expenses for research, accounting services,
other office services (including proportionate salaries and other employee benefits), rent and related expenses, and miscellaneous expenses, such as office supplies, postage, subscriptions and travel, with ADX, of which all of the above-named
nominees are also directors. These expenses were paid by ADX and, on the date the payment was made, the Fund simultaneously paid to ADX its allocated share of such expenses, based on either the proportion of the size of the investment portfolios of
the Fund and ADX, or, where possible, on an actual usage basis. In 2015, the Fund&#146;s share of such expenses was $1,262,189. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Audit Fees </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
for the audit of the Fund&#146;s annual financial statements and review of the Fund&#146;s semi-annual financial statements for 2015 and 2014 were $67,328 and $64,950, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Audit-Related Fees </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">There were no audit-related fees in 2015 and 2014. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">13 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Tax Fees </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The aggregate fees for professional services rendered to the Fund by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the review of the Fund&#146;s excise tax
calculations and preparations of federal, state and excise tax returns for 2015 and 2014 were $8,318 and $8,493, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>All Other Fees </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The aggregate fees for services rendered to the Fund by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, other than for the services referenced above, for 2015 and 2014
were $4,315 and $4,190, respectively, which related to the review of the Fund&#146;s procedures for calculating the amounts granted or vested for the Fund&#146;s employees in accordance with the Fund&#146;s 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan,
review of the Fund&#146;s calculations related to that plan, and preparation of a related report to the Fund&#146;s Compensation Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Board&#146;s Audit Committee has considered the provision by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of the services covered in this <B>All Other Fees</B>
section and found that they are compatible with maintaining PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP&#146;s independence. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee&#146;s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent accountants. In assessing requests for services by the independent accountants, the Audit
Committee considers whether such services are consistent with the auditor&#146;s independence; whether the independent accountants are likely to provide the most effective and efficient service based upon their familiarity with the Fund; and whether
the service could enhance the Fund&#146;s ability to manage or control risk or improve financial statement audit and review quality. The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to its Chair. Any pre-approvals by the Chair under this
delegation are to be reported to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All services performed for 2015 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table sets forth for each of the persons named below the aggregate compensation received from the Fund during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2015, for services in all capacities: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mark E. Stoeckle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;(A)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">576,581</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">99,988</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">James P. Haynie </FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">President</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">703,743</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">52,486</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">179,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">22,487</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Independent&nbsp;Directors</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Enrique R. Arzac</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director (A)(B)(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">61,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">122,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Phyllis O. Bonanno</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director (B)(C)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">60,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">120,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kenneth J. Dale</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director (A)(C)(D)(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">62,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;(8)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">125,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Frederic&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Escherich</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director (B)(C)(D)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">61,989</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">123,239</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Roger W. Gale</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director (A)(C)(D)(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">62,614</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">125,361</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Kathleen&nbsp;T.&nbsp;McGahran</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Chair of the Board&nbsp;(A)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">89,593</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">177,481</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Craig R. Smith</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;(A)(B)(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">63,239</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;(7)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">126,611</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">N/A</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">14 </FONT></P>


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<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(A)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Member of Executive Committee </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(B)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Member of Audit Committee </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(C)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Member of Compensation Committee </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(D)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Member of Retirement Benefits Committee </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(E)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Member of Nominating and Governance Committee </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><HR WIDTH="13%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000" ALIGN="left">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amounts shown, direct salaries paid by the Fund to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper were $170,000, $245,000, and $88,400, respectively. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of their direct salaries, $10,200, $14,700, and $6,141 were deferred compensation to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively, under the Fund&#146;s Employee Thrift
Plan and the Executive Nonqualified Supplemental Thrift Plan (see &#147;Employee Thrift Plans&#148; below). The non-employee directors do not participate in these Plans. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amounts shown, $340,000, $396,025, and $69,700 were cash incentive compensation accrued for Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively, in 2015 and paid to them in
2016. These amounts include $20,400, $23,762, and $4,182 of deferred compensation to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively, under the Fund&#146;s Employee Thrift Plan and, for Messrs. Stoeckle and Haynie, under the Executive
Nonqualified Supplemental Thrift Plan (see &#147;Employee Thrift Plans&#148; below). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Under the Employee Thrift Plans, the Fund makes contributions to match the contributions made by eligible employees and may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, make an
additional contribution. The amounts shown include the Fund&#146;s matching contributions of $27,750, $21,504, and $8,814 made on behalf of Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively, in 2015, and an additional discretionary contribution of
$22,950, $28,846, and $7,115 made for 2015 on behalf of Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amounts shown, $15,881, $12,368, and $5,548 were distributions paid to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively, on shares of restricted stock held under the
2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (see &#147;2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan&#148; below). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(6)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">See &#147;Employee Retirement Plans&#148; below for a description of the termination of such plans and amounts distributed in connection with these terminations. These amounts
are not included in this column. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(7)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Includes the taxable value of dividend equivalent shares paid on vested and issued shares under the 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan of $739 for Drs.&nbsp;Gale and Smith,
$739 for Mr. Escherich, and $14,593 for Dr. McGahran. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(8)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Of the amounts shown, Mr.&nbsp;Dale elected to forego $15,625 in favor of receiving 668 deferred stock units. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(9)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Includes only aggregate compensation paid to directors for service on the boards of investment companies in the Fund Complex, which is composed of two closed-end investment
companies, including the Fund. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(10)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">This column shows the grant date fair value for the grants of restricted stock made in January 2015 to the identified executive officers under the 2005 Equity Incentive
Compensation Plan. Although the plan expired by its terms on April 27, 2015, these grants were made prior to that date and remain outstanding. The restricted shares shown for Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper will vest at the end of three years
from the grant date. For a discussion of the assumptions used in valuing the stock awards shown in this column and the related accounting treatment, please see Note 7 to the Fund&#146;s financial statements for 2015. Distributions of dividends and
capital gains paid on the Fund&#146;s shares of Common Stock (&#147;distributions&#148;) are paid on all of the shares of restricted stock shown for Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper. The distribution rate for distributions paid on these shares
is the same rate that is paid on the Common Stock. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">15 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End under the 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table presents information regarding outstanding equity
awards under the 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan to the three executive officers listed in the Compensation Table above at the end of 2015: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="14" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Stock Awards</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="20" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares&nbsp;or<BR>Units of Stock That<BR>Have
Not<BR>Vested&nbsp;(#)&nbsp;(1)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Market&nbsp;Value&nbsp;of<BR>Shares&nbsp;or&nbsp;Units<BR>of&nbsp;Stock
That<BR>Have&nbsp;Not&nbsp;Vested&nbsp;($)&nbsp;(2)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Equity&nbsp;Incentive<BR>Plan Awards:<BR>Number of<BR>Unearned<BR>Shares, Units or<BR>Other Rights<BR>That Have Not<BR>Vested
(#)&nbsp;(3)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Equity&nbsp;Incentive<BR>Plan Awards:<BR>Market or<BR>Payout Value<BR>of&nbsp;Unearned<BR>Shares, Units or<BR>Other Rights<BR>That Have Not<BR>Vested
($)&nbsp;(2)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mark E. Stoeckle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">11,508</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">204,152</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">James P. Haynie </FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">8,494</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">150,684</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,329</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">23,576</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,814</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">32,180</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">These shares vested as follows: Mr. Hooper, 1,329 on January&nbsp;10, 2016. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Using the December 31, 2015 closing market price for the Fund&#146;s stock of $17.74. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Certain of these shares are scheduled to vest as follows: Mr. Stoeckle, 3,537 on February&nbsp;11, 2016, 3,698 on January&nbsp;9, 2017, and 4,273 on January 8, 2018;
Mr.&nbsp;Haynie, 2,155 each on August 19, 2016 and 2017, 1,941 on January&nbsp;9, 2017, and 2,243 on January 8, 2018; Mr. Hooper, 832 on January&nbsp;9, 2017 and 961 on January&nbsp;8, 2018. Note that these shares include 21 shares for Mr. Hooper
that were scheduled to vest in January 2016 but were forfeited as unearned because the Fund&#146;s total NAV return did not exceed specified performance criteria. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Stock Vested under the 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following table presents information regarding the vesting of
restricted stock awards during 2015 for the three executive officers listed in the Compensation Table above: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Stock Awards</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="13.30" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Shares<BR>Acquired&nbsp;
on</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Vesting&nbsp;(#)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Value</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Realized&nbsp;on</B></FONT><br><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>Vesting&nbsp;
($)</B></FONT><BR><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mark E. Stoeckle</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">3,537</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">86,515</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">James P. Haynie </FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">2,155</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">43,488</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1,241</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">28,729</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In 2005, the Board of Directors adopted an equity
incentive compensation plan for the Fund, called the 2005 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;), to replace the Stock Option Plan adopted in 1985 and described below. The 2005 Plan was reapproved by the stockholders at the
2010 Annual Meeting. The 2005 Plan expired by its terms on April 27, 2015, and grants can no longer be made under it though awards are still outstanding. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">16 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Administration </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The 2005 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors, which has general responsibility to ensure that the 2005 Plan is operated in a manner that served the best interests of the Fund&#146;s stockholders. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Available Shares </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund had reserved and made available 872,639 shares for use as
awards (4% of the Fund&#146;s Common Stock outstanding on the effective date of the 2005 Plan). With the expiration of the 2005 Plan, grants can no longer be made under it though awards are still outstanding. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Awards </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The following types of awards are currently outstanding under the 2005 Plan: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restricted stock; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">restricted stock units; </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">deferred stock units; and </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">performance awards. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In addition, dividend equivalents were awarded in connection with awards under the 2005 Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The awards are described more fully below. Grants to non-employee
directors were limited to those described below under &#147;Non-Employee Director Awards&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Restricted Stock</I>. The 2005 Plan permitted shares of the Fund&#146;s Common Stock to be granted to Participants as restricted stock. Restricted stock is stock that is subject to restrictions on
transferability, risk of forfeiture and/or other restrictions. A Participant who receives restricted stock will have all the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote the restricted stock and the right to receive dividends, unless the
Participant is limited by the terms of the 2005 Plan or any award agreement relating to the restricted stock. During the period of restriction, the Participant may not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, margin, or otherwise encumber the restricted
stock. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Restricted Stock Units</I>. The 2005 Plan
permitted restricted stock units to be granted to Participants. Restricted stock units represent rights to receive stock and are subject to certain restrictions and a risk of forfeiture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Deferred Stock Units</I>. The 2005 Plan authorized deferred stock units to be granted to Participants. A deferred
stock unit is the right to receive stock, cash, or a combination of stock and cash at the end of a time period specified by the Compensation Committee. Deferred stock units may or may not be subject to restrictions (which may include a risk of
forfeiture), which restrictions will lapse at the expiration of the specified deferral period or at earlier times, as determined by the Compensation Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><I>Performance Awards</I>. The 2005 Plan permitted the Compensation Committee to make any award under the 2005 Plan subject to performance
conditions. The Fund could pay performance awards in cash or shares of the Fund&#146;s Common Stock. The grant, exercise and/or settlement of performance awards will be contingent upon the achievement of pre-established performance goals, unless the
Compensation Committee determines that a performance award is not intended to qualify as &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; for purposes of Code Section 162(m). (Code Section 162(m) provides that compensation in excess of one million dollars
to certain officers of a public company is not deductible for income tax purposes unless it qualifies as &#147;performance-based compensation&#148;.) </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Non-Employee Director Awards </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Immediately following each annual meeting of stockholders, each
non-employee director who was elected a director at the meeting, or who was previously elected and continued as a director after that annual meeting, received an award of 400 restricted stock units of the Fund. Non-employee directors also received
dividend equivalents in respect of such restricted stock units equal to the amount or value of any cash or other dividends or distributions payable on an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock. The restricted stock units and related dividend
equivalents vest (and become non-forfeitable) and are paid (in the form of shares of Common Stock) one year from the date of grant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Employee Thrift Plans </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Employees of the Fund who have completed six months of service may defer up to 100% of base salary and cash incentive compensation to a
tax-qualified thrift plan instead of being paid currently, and the Fund contributes an amount equal to 100% of each employee&#146;s contribution (up to 6% of base salary and cash incentive compensation) but not in excess of the maximum permitted by
law (see footnotes to the Compensation Table set forth on page 15 regarding 2015 contributions for the officers identified therein). The Fund also has the discretion to contribute annually to each employee&#146;s thrift plan account an amount of up
to 6% of the employee&#146;s combined base salary and cash incentive compensation attributable to the prior year&#146;s service with the Fund. All employee contributions are credited to the employee&#146;s individual account. Employees may elect
that their salary deferral and other contributions be invested in Common Stock of the Fund, or of ADX, or a number of mutual funds, or a combination thereof. All of the Fund&#146;s matching contribution is invested in accordance with the
employee&#146;s investment elections, provided the employee is 100% vested in the Employee Thrift Plan. An employee&#146;s interest in amounts derived from the Fund&#146;s contributions becomes non-forfeitable upon completion of 36 months of service
or upon death or retirement. Payments of amounts not withdrawn or forfeited under the thrift plan may be made upon retirement or other termination of employment in a single distribution, in equal installments, or in an annuity. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund also maintains an Executive Nonqualified Supplemental Thrift
Plan for eligible employees of the Fund (the &#147;Nonqualified Plan&#148;). The purpose of the Nonqualified Plan is to provide deferred compensation in excess of contribution limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on tax-qualified thrift
plans, including the Employee Thrift Plan of the Fund described above. In accordance with such limitations, for 2016, the maximum annual amount that an individual can defer to all tax-qualified thrift plans offered by the Fund is $18,000 for those
under the age of 50, and $24,000 for those age 50 and over, and the maximum combined amount&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;consisting of both the employee&#146;s contributions and the Fund&#146;s matching contributions&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;that can go into any single
tax-qualified thrift plan is $53,000 per year for those under the age of 50 and $59,000 per year for those age 50 and over. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Nonqualified Plan permits an eligible employee to contribute to the Nonqualified Plan up to the maximum amount of 6% of the employee&#146;s
salary and cash incentive compensation that he or she is prevented from contributing to the tax-qualified thrift plan because of the Internal Revenue Code&#146;s limitations on annual contributions, and for the Fund to contribute the 100% matching
contribution on that sum and/or the Fund&#146;s discretionary contribution that would otherwise be limited by the Internal Revenue Code&#146;s limitations on annual contributions. The employee&#146;s contributions and the Fund&#146;s contributions
to the Nonqualified Plan are invested in eligible mutual funds in accordance with the employee&#146;s investment elections. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund offered an Employees&#146; Retirement Plan that was
terminated and the assets were distributed to participants in May 2015. Under the plan, employees of the Fund with one or more years of service, as of October 1, 2009, participated in a retirement plan pursuant to which contributions are made solely
by the Fund on behalf of, and benefits were provided for, employees meeting certain age and service requirements. The benefits under the plan were frozen as of October&nbsp;1, 2009, and no additional benefits attributable to additional years of
service or increases in annual cash compensation after that date were recognized. In connection with the termination of the Employees&#146; Retirement Plan, distributions in the amount of $0, $0 and $704,366 were made to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie,
and Hooper, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund also maintained a
supplemental retirement benefits plan (the &#147;Supplemental Plan&#148;) for employees of the Fund that was terminated and the assets were distributed to participants in June 2015. The purpose of the Supplemental Plan was to provide deferred
compensation in excess of benefit limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on tax-qualified defined benefit plans, including the retirement plan of the Fund described above. In connection with the termination of the Supplemental Plan,
distributions in the amount of $0, $0 and $0 were made to Messrs. Stoeckle, Haynie, and Hooper, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Brokerage Commissions </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">During the past fiscal year, the Fund paid brokerage commissions in the amount of $219,662 on the purchase and sale of portfolio securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, substantially all of which were paid to brokers providing research and other investment services to the Fund and on options written or purchased by the Fund. The average per share commission rate paid
by the Fund was $0.03. No commissions were paid to an affiliated broker. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Portfolio Turnover </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The portfolio turnover rate (purchases or sales, whichever is lower, as a percentage of weighted average portfolio value) for the past three years
has been as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2015</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2014</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2013</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">16.0%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">19.6%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">18.7%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Expense Ratio </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The ratio of expenses to the average net assets of the Fund for the
past three years has been as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2015</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2014</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1"><B>2013</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="11.60" SIZE="1" NOSHADE STYLE="color:#000000"></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">1.26%*</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.63%</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">0.78%</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Excluding non-recurring charge for termination of the defined benefit retirement plans, the ratio was 0.86%. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B><U>(2) RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</U>
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">As permitted under the Act, the Audit Committee has
selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 100&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland, an independent registered public accounting firm, as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the books and accounts of the Fund for or during
the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was the Fund&#146;s principal auditor during the year 2015. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; (as defined by the Act)
have ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016. While not required under the Act, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors have determined to submit for
stockholder ratification the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016 at the Annual Meeting. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present at the
meeting to make a statement if they so desire and to respond to appropriate questions. The Fund has been informed that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP does not have any direct financial or any material indirect financial interest in the Fund. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>The Board of Directors unanimously recommends ratification of the
selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B><U>(3) OTHER
MATTERS AND ANNUAL REPORT</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">As of the date of this
proxy statement, management knows of no other business that will come before the meeting. Should other business be properly brought up, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted thereon in accordance with the judgment of the
person or persons voting such proxies. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>The Annual
Report of the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2015, including financial statements, is being mailed to all stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting to be held on April 14, 2016. A copy of the Fund&#146;s Annual
Report will be furnished to stockholders, without charge, upon request. You may request a copy by contacting Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr., Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, at 500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, by telephoning Mr.
Hooper at (800) 638-2479, or by sending Mr. Hooper an e-mail message at contact@adamsfund.com. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">The Fund has retained AST Fund Solutions, LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies. The Fund will pay AST Fund Solutions, LLC a fee for its services, not to exceed $2,500, and will reimburse AST Fund Solutions,
LLC for its expenses, which the Fund estimates should be approximately $1,500. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Stockholder Proposals or Nominations for 2017 Annual Meeting </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Stockholder proposals for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the 2017 Annual Meeting must be received at the office of
the Fund, 500 East Pratt Street, Suite&nbsp;1300, Baltimore, MD&nbsp;21202, no later than October&nbsp;26, 2016. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">In addition, for stockholder proposals or director nominations that a stockholder seeks to bring
before the 2017 Annual Meeting but does not seek to have included in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement and form of proxy for that meeting, the following requirements apply: Pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Bylaws, in order for stockholder proposals or
nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors to be properly brought before the 2017 Annual Meeting, any such stockholder proposal or nomination (including in the case of a nomination, the information required by the Fund&#146;s
advance notice Bylaws provisions) must be received at the office of the Fund no earlier than September&nbsp;26, 2016 and no later than October&nbsp;26, 2016. The Fund&#146;s advance notice Bylaw requirements are separate from, and in addition to,
the Commission&#146;s requirements (including the timing requirements described in the preceding paragraph) that a stockholder must meet in order to have a stockholder proposal included in the proxy statement. Should the Fund determine to allow a
stockholder proposal that is received by the Fund after October&nbsp;26, 2016 to be presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies in the form accompanying the proxy statement for such meeting will have discretionary voting
authority with respect to such stockholder proposal. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-top:0pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS VOTES &#147;<U>FOR</U> ALL NOMINEES&#148; IN PROPOSAL 1 AND <U>FOR</U> PROPOSAL 2. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">Enrique R. Arzac</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">Phyllis O. Bonanno</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY FOR 2016 ANNUAL MEETING </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>THIS PROXY IS
SOLICITED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>OF ADAMS NATURAL RESOURCES FUND, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">The undersigned stockholder of Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), hereby appoints James
P. Haynie and Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr., or either of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held at 10:00 a.m., local time, on Thursday,
April&nbsp;14, 2016, at the offices of the Fund, 500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1300, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all votes that the undersigned is entitled to cast at
such meeting and otherwise to represent the undersigned at the meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present at the meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy
Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference, and revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to such meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><B>The votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast as instructed on the reverse side. If this proxy is executed but no
instruction is given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast &#147;FOR ALL NOMINEES&#148; in Proposal 1 and &#147;FOR&#148; Proposal 2, as described in the Proxy Statement. The votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will
be cast in the discretion of the Proxy holder on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><U><B>INTERNET</B></U> - Access &#147;<B>www.voteproxy.com</B>&#148; and follow the on-screen instructions
or scan the QR code with your smartphone. Have your proxy card available when you access the web page. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><U><B>TELEPHONE</B></U> - Call toll-free
<B>1-800-PROXIES</B> (1-800-776-9437) in the United States or <B>1-718-921-8500</B> from foreign countries from any touch-tone telephone and follow the instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Vote online/phone until 11:59 PM EST the day before the meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><U><B>MAIL</B></U> - Sign, date and mail your proxy card in the envelope provided as soon as possible. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><U><B>IN PERSON</B></U> - You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify"><U><B>GO GREEN</B></U> - e-Consent makes it easy to go paperless. With e-Consent, you can quickly access your proxy material, statements and other
eligible documents online, while reducing costs, clutter and paper waste. Enroll today via www.amstock.com to enjoy online access.
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