Sec Form 13D Filing - Saba Capital Management L.P. filing for ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND INC. (ADX) - 2024-02-09

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.3)*

ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC

(Name of Issuer)

Common Shares, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

006212104

(CUSIP Number)

Saba Capital Management, L.P.
405 Lexington Avenue
58th Floor
New York, NY 10174
Attention: Michael D'Angelo
(212) 542-4635

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

February 8, 2024

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]

(Page 1 of 8 Pages)

______________________________

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 2 of 8 Pages

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          Saba Capital Management, L.P.
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
(b) ☐
3 SEC USE ONLY
         
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
          OO (see Item 3)
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
          -0-
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
          7,910,207
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
          -0-
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
7,910,207
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
          7,910,207
12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
          6.55%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
          PN; IA
       

The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 120,813,797 Common Shares outstanding as of 6/30/23, as disclosed in the Issuer's N-CSRS filed 8/7/23.


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 3 of 8 Pages

1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          Boaz R. Weinstein
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
(b) ☐
3 SEC USE ONLY
 
4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
          OO (see Item 3)
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          United States
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
          -0-
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
          7,910,207
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
          -0-
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
          7,910,207
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
          7,910,207
12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
          6.55%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
          IN
       

The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 120,813,797 Common Shares outstanding as of 6/30/23, as disclosed in the Issuer's N-CSRS filed 8/7/23.


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 4 of 8 Pages

1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          Saba Capital Management GP, LLC
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐
(b) ☐
3 SEC USE ONLY

4 SOURCE OF FUNDS
          OO (see Item 3)
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:
7 SOLE VOTING POWER
          -0-
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
          7,910,207
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
          -0-
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
          7,910,207
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON
          7,910,207
12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN RO W (11)
          6.55%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
          OO
       

The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 120,813,797 Common Shares outstanding as of 6/30/23, as disclosed in the Issuer's N-CSRS filed 8/7/23.


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 5 of 8 Pages

Item 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER

This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on 9/1/23, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed 9/25/23 and Amendment No. 2 filed 12/11/23 with respect to the Common Shares of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. This Amendment No. 3 amends Items 3, 4 and 5 as set forth below.

Item 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION 

Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: 

Funds for the purchase of the Common Shares were derived from the subscription proceeds from investors and the capital appreciation thereon and margin account borrowings made in the ordinary course of business.  In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the account, which may exist from time to time.  Since other securities are held in the margin accounts, it is not possible to determine the amounts, if any, of margin used to purchase the Common Shares reported herein. A total of approximately $121,394,967 was paid to acquire the Common Shares reported herein.

Item 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

On February 8, 2024, Saba informed the Issuer that it withdrew its notice of intent, delivered to the Issuer on September 22, 2023, to nominate a slate of seven independent director candidate Nominees- Paul Kazarian, Aditya Bindal, Karen Caldwell, John Karabelas, Neal Neilinger, Srinivas Dhulipala and Simon Reeves- for election to the Board at the Issuer's 2024 Annual Meeting.

Item 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) See rows (11) and (13) of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D/A for the aggregate number of Common Shares and percentages of the Common Shares beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons.  The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 120,813,797 Common Shares outstanding as of 6/30/23, as disclosed in the Issuer's N-CSRS filed 8/7/23.


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 6 of 8 Pages

(b) See rows (7) through (10) of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D/A for the number of Common Shares as to which each Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition.

(c) The transactions in the Common Shares effected by the Reporting Persons in the past sixty days, which were all in the open market, are set forth in Schedule A, and are incorporated herein by reference.

(d) The funds and accounts advised by Saba Capital have the right to receive the dividends and proceeds of sales from the Common Shares.

(e) Not applicable.


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 7 of 8 Pages

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:  February 9, 2024

  SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
   
  By:  /s/ Michael D'Angelo
  Name: Michael D'Angelo
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
   
   
  SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GP, LLC
   
  By:  /s/ Michael D'Angelo
  Name: Michael D'Angelo
  Title: Authorized Signatory
   
   
  BOAZ R. WEINSTEIN
   
  By:  /s/ Michael D'Angelo
  Name: Michael D'Angelo
  Title: Attorney-in-fact*
   
* Pursuant to a power of attorney dated as of November 16, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13G filed by the Reporting Persons on December 28, 2015, accession number: 0001062993-15-006823  


CUSIP No.  006212104 SCHEDULE 13D Page 8 of 8 Pages

Schedule A

This Schedule sets forth information with respect to each purchase and sale of Common Shares which were effectuated by Saba Capital in the past sixty days.  All transactions were effectuated in the open market through a broker. 

Trade Date Buy/Sell Shares Price
12/11/2023 Buy 11,789 17.09
12/12/2023 Buy 42,422 17.20
1/5/2024 Buy 80,379 17.29
1/9/2024 Buy 90,086 17.46
1/10/2024 Buy 85,237 17.54
1/11/2024 Buy 71,458 17.61
1/12/2024 Buy 13,266 17.61
1/16/2024 Buy 4,836 17.57