X0306 4/A 2012-11-21 2012-11-21 0 0000002230 ADAMS EXPRESS CO ADX 0001202949 OBER DOUGLAS G 7 ST PAUL STREET STE 1140 BALTIMORE MD 21202 1 1 0 0 Chairman & CEO Common Stock 2012-11-21 4 I 0 2270 10.3843 D 103297.0357 I Issuer's Thrift Plan Trust Common Stock 2012-11-21 5 J 0 E 79.282 11.0113 A 44499.497 D There was a decrease in the undersigned's number of shares held by the Issuer's Thrift Plan Trust due to a loan obtained by the undersigned from the Trust in a transaction exempt under Rule 16 (b)(3). In the previous transaction, the number of shares acquired in exempt transactions as a result of dividend reinvestment was understated. The correct number of shares is 79.282. These shares are held by the undersigned directly and include 79.282 shares that were acquired in exempt transactions as a result of dividend reinvestment from June 1, 2012 to September 1, 2012. Douglas G. Ober 2012-11-26