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ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC.
ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC. (CIK: 0000002230) incorporated in Maryland, located at 500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2016Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 77 holdings with a total value of $1,436,665,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 APPLE INC 581,200 63,345,000 4.41%
2 MICROSOFT CORP 836,800 46,216,000 3.22%
3 ADAM NAT RES FD INC 2,186,774 39,340,000 2.74%
4 PEPSICO INC 343,500 35,202,000 2.45%
5 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW 719,000 34,771,000 2.42%
6 FACEBOOK INC 303,300 34,607,000 2.41%
7 COMCAST CORP NEW 559,800 34,193,000 2.38%
8 CVS HEALTH CORP 314,000 32,571,000 2.27%
9 HONEYWELL INTL INC 287,500 32,214,000 2.24%
10 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 323,300 31,719,000 2.21%
11 LOWES COS INC 405,000 30,679,000 2.14%
12 AMAZON COM INC 50,000 29,682,000 2.07%
13 ALLERGAN PLC 107,096 28,705,000 2.00%
14 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 35,500 27,083,000 1.89%
15 GOOGLE INC 35,597 26,518,000 1.85%
16 BOEING CO 205,000 26,023,000 1.81%
17 MERCK & CO INC 480,000 25,397,000 1.77%
18 DISNEY WALT CO 252,600 25,086,000 1.75%
19 VISA INC 322,000 24,627,000 1.71%
20 DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW 271,400 23,232,000 1.62%
21 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 378,100 22,391,000 1.56%
22 UNION PAC CORP 278,000 22,115,000 1.54%
23 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 230,000 21,735,000 1.51%
24 ABBVIE INC 380,000 21,706,000 1.51%
25 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 389,000 21,037,000 1.46%
26 CHEVRON CORP NEW 218,000 20,797,000 1.45%
27 AETNA INC NEW 183,900 20,661,000 1.44%
28 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 145,400 20,587,000 1.43%
29 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 221,300 20,329,000 1.42%
30 CIGNA CORPORATION 145,800 20,010,000 1.39%
31 BLACKROCK INC 58,200 19,821,000 1.38%
32 KROGER CO 508,000 19,431,000 1.35%
33 PRUDENTIAL FINL INC 265,500 19,174,000 1.33%
34 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 89,500 18,588,000 1.29%
35 CHUBB LIMITED 147,200 17,539,000 1.22%
36 HANESBRANDS INC 608,000 17,231,000 1.20%
37 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 194,800 17,183,000 1.20%
38 INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN 72,600 17,071,000 1.19%
39 CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP 245,000 16,981,000 1.18%
40 ALLSTATE CORP 251,500 16,944,000 1.18%
41 ADOBE INC 176,000 16,509,000 1.15%
42 CELGENE CORP 164,000 16,415,000 1.14%
43 LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N 186,000 15,918,000 1.11%
44 DELTA AIRLINES INC DEL 311,900 15,183,000 1.06%
45 GARTNER INC 165,000 14,743,000 1.03%
46 SPECTRUM BRANDS HLDGS INC 131,500 14,370,000 1.00%
47 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 263,000 14,215,000 0.99%
48 FEDEX CORP 80,000 13,018,000 0.91%
49 BANK AMER CORP 949,900 12,843,000 0.89%
50 CISCO SYS INC 446,000 12,698,000 0.88%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000002230-16-000100, filed 2016.04.25).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.