X0306 5/A 2015-12-31 2016-01-29 0 0 0 0000002230 ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC. ADX 0001267416 MCGAHRAN KATHLEEN T 500 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 1300 BALTIMORE MD 21202 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2015-12-31 5 J 0 326.24 0 A 19332.222 D Common Stock 2332.536 I By Spouse The number of shares reported in this column in the reporting person's original Form 5 filing incorrectly included 1,463.536 shares that had been acquired by the reporting person's spouse prior to their marriage in early 2015. These shares are now included in the number of shares reported in this amended Form 5 as indirectly held. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, which were acquired by the reporting person's spouse prior to their marriage in early 2015. Of these shares, 869 were inadvertently omitted from the original Form 5 filing. Gail L. Valenti as Attorney-in-Fact for Kathleen T. McGahran 2017-02-01