Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. filings document proxy governance and shareholder voting matters for a Maryland closed-end fund. The Fund's definitive proxy materials cover annual meeting procedures, director elections, board recommendations, record-date voting rights, and ratification of the independent registered public accounting firm.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund filed a Form 13F reporting its institutional holdings. The filing lists 99 reported holdings with a Form 13F Information Table value total of $2,837,152,835. The report is signed by Christine M. Sloan, Treasurer, dated 04-22-2026.
ADX submitted an N-CEN annual report template-style filing with several fund-level operational figures disclosed in the excerpt. The report lists a monthly average value of portfolio securities on loan of $37,171,282 and net income from securities lending of $47,121.
The filing shows aggregate brokerage commissions of $709,625 and individual broker commission entries (examples include $72,854 and $70,161). Principal transaction totals reported include $150,402,500, $30,000,500, $29,700,000, and $29,600,850.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. reported year-end net assets of $3.03B and a NAV per share of $24.72 as of December 31, 2025. The Fund delivered a 18.9% total return on NAV and a 25.7% total return on market price for 2025 while distributing $221 million to shareholders.
The Board maintains a Managed Distribution Policy committing to an 8% annual distribution rate (2% per quarter), payable in newly issued shares unless cash is elected. Portfolio highlights show large positions in NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft and a diversified sector allocation; total investments were valued at $3.032B.
ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC. director Steven G. Chambers filed an initial ownership report showing indirect beneficial ownership of 4,275 shares of Common Stock. These shares are held through the Steven G. Chambers Trust - 2017, indicating trust-based, rather than direct personal, ownership.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. is asking stockholders to elect two Class II directors, Kenneth J. Dale and Mary Chris Jammet, to serve until the 2029 annual meeting, and to ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2026.
The board is mostly independent, chaired by Mr. Dale, and highlights strong governance practices such as mandatory director retirement at 75, 15‑year term limits, equity ownership requirements, and 100% director meeting attendance in 2025. The fund reports a 2025 expense ratio of 0.49% and portfolio turnover of 55.6%, both lower than in the prior two years. The board unanimously recommends voting FOR both proposals.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. filed a Form 13F reporting its institutional equity holdings. The report lists 89 holdings with a reported total market value of $3,007,022,541. The report was signed by Treasurer Christine M. Sloan on 02-13-2026.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund insider activity centers on family purchases of ADX shares. Multiple open-market buys of common stock were made on January 30, 2026 and February 2, 2026 in the individual brokerage account of the adult child of Janis F. Kerns, the fund’s General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
The transactions, all coded as purchases, range from 7 to 107 ADX shares at prices between $23.23 and $23.30 per share. Following these trades, indirect holdings reported as "By Child" total 51,989.6375 shares of Adams Diversified Equity Fund common stock.
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. filed a Form 13F reporting its institutional holdings. The report lists 93 holdings with a total market value of $2,968,437,924 as reported on the Form 13F summary page.
The report is signed by Christine M. Sloan, Treasurer on 10-22-2025. It is a routine 13F holdings report and states there are no other included managers.