BALTIMORE,
June 15, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
(PEO) announces that after 35 years with the Company
and its sister fund, Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (ADX),
Nancy J. Floyd Prue, Executive Vice
President and a member of the Company's senior management team, has
retired. Ms. Prue joined ADX in 1982 as a research analyst. She
transitioned to PEO in 1986 as Vice President-Research, and was
promoted to Vice President in 2005, and Executive Vice President in
2009, when she was made a member of the portfolio management team.
She was elected President of the Company in 2012 and served in that
role until 2015. She served as Executive Vice President, Director
of Shareholder Communications for PEO and ADX from 2015 until her
retirement.
Mark Stoeckle, CEO of Adams
Funds, said, "I would like to thank Nancy for her outstanding
service to the Company and our shareholders over the past 35 years.
Nancy has made numerous contributions to this organization and has
been instrumental in building Adams Funds into what it is today.
She will be greatly missed. We wish her all the best in
retirement."
Ms. Prue graduated summa cum laude from Villanova
University. She earned an MBA and JD from the University of
Baltimore. Ms. Prue is also a graduate of Wharton Business
School's Advanced Management Program. She is a Chartered
Financial Analyst, a member of the Baltimore CFA Society, of which
she is a past president, and a member of the Maryland State Bar
Association. She is also a member and past president of the
National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts.
Since 1929, Adams Funds has consistently helped
generations of investors reach their investment goals. Adams Funds
is comprised of two closed-end funds, Adams Diversified Equity
Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
(NYSE: PEO).The Funds are actively managed by an experienced team
with a disciplined approach and have paid dividends for more than
80 years across many market cycles. The Funds are committed to
paying an annual distribution rate of 6% or more, providing
reliable income to long-term investors. Shares can be purchased
through our transfer agent or through a broker. For more
information about Adams Funds, please visit:
www.adamsfunds.com.
Contact:
Lyn Walther
Director of Shareholder Communications
Adams Funds
410.752.5900 or 800.638.2479
walther@adamsfunds.com
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