UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
006212104
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2000
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule
pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
[ ] Rule 13d-1(b)
[x] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
*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 the disclosures provided in a prior
cover page.
The information required in 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).
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1 Name of Reporting Person Erik E. Bergstrom
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization USA
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 5,292,950
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 5,292,950
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 5,292,950
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [x]*
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 6.4%
12 Type of Reporting Person IN
*See response to Item 4.
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1 Name of Reporting Person Erik E. Bergstrom Living Trust
U/A Dated 12/6/74
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization California
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 1,260,750
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 1,260,750
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 1,260,750
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 1.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person OO
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1 Name of Reporting Person Edith H. Bergstrom
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization USA
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 7,200
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 7,200
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 7,200
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 0.0%
12 Type of Reporting Person IN
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1 Name of Reporting Person Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust
U/A Dated 12/6/74
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization California
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 7,200
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 7,200
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 7,200
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 0.0%
12 Type of Reporting Person OO
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1 Name of Reporting Person Federal United Corporation
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 250,000
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 250,000
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 250,000
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 0.3%
12 Type of Reporting Person CO
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1 Name of Reporting Person Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom
Foundation, Inc.
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization California
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 3,720,000
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 3,720,000
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 3,720,000
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 4.5%
12 Type of Reporting Person CO
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1 Name of Reporting Person Sharon's Trust
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a member of a Group (a) [ ]
(b) [x]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization California
NUMBER OF 5 Sole Voting Power 0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 Shared Voting Power 55,000
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power 0
PERSON WITH
8 Shared Dispositive Power 55,000
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by
Each Reporting Person 55,000
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9)
Excludes Certain Shares [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9 0.1%
12 Type of Reporting Person OO
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Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
The Adams Express Company
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
Seven St. Paul Street, Suite 1140,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Item 2(a). Names of Persons Filing:
Erik E. Bergstrom
Erik E. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74
Edith H. Bergstrom
Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74
Federal United Corporation
Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation, Inc.
Sharon's Trust
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
Residence:
The business address of Erik E. Bergstrom, Erik E.
Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74, Edith H.
Bergstrom, Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated
12/6/74, and Federal United Corporation is P.O. Box
126, Palo Alto, California 94302. The business
address of the Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom
Foundation, Inc. is P.O. Box 520, Palo Alto,
California 94302. The business address of Sharon's
Trust is 13781 Strubel's Lane, Grass Valley,
California 95949.
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
See Item(s) 4 to cover page.
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
006212104
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Sections
240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether
the person filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker or dealer registered under section 15
of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
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(b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c) [ ] Insurance company as defined in section
3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d) [ ] Investment company registered under section 8
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e) [ ] An investment adviser in accordance with
Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) [ ] An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in
accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g) [ ] A parent holding company or control person in
accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h) [ ] A savings associations as defined in Section
3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1813);
(i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the
definition of an investment company under section
3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15
U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
If this statement is filed pursuant to Section
240.13d-1(c), check this box. [x]
Item 4. Ownership.
The following table specifies as of January 11, 2001
the number of shares of Common Stock as to which
each person named in Item 2(a) has sole or shared
power to vote or direct the vote or to dispose or
direct the disposition, as well as the percentages
such shares constitute of the Common Stock reported
to be outstanding as of December 31, 2000.
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Sole Voting Shared Percentage
and Voting and Aggregate of
Dispositive Dispositive Number of Outstanding
Name(1) Power Power Shares Shares
Erik E. 0 5,292,950(2) 5,292,950(2) 6.4%(2)
Bergstrom
Erik E. 0 1,260,750 1,260,750 1.5%
Bergstrom
Living Trust
U/A Dated
12/6/74
Edith H. 0 7,200(3) 7,200(3) 0.0%(3)
Bergstrom
Edith H. 0 7,200 7,200 0.0%
Bergstrom
Living Trust
U/A Dated
12/6/74
Federal 0 250,000 250,000 0.3%
United
Corporation
Erik E. and 0 3,720,000 3,720,000 4.5%
Edith H.
Bergstrom
Foundation, Inc.
Sharon's Trust 0 55,000 55,000 0.1%
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(1)The reporting persons may be deemed to be members of a
"group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder. Membership in such a group is
hereby disclaimed.
(2)Consists of shares of Common Stock owned by the Erik E.
Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74, Federal United
Corporation, Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation, Inc. and
Sharon's Trust. Does not include the shares owned by Edith H.
Bergstrom and the Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated
12/6/74. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4, Erik E. Bergstrom hereby
disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares owned by Edith H.
Bergstrom, the Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74,
Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation, Inc. and Sharon's Trust.
(3)Consists of 7,200 shares of Common Stock owned by the
Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74.
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the
Parent Holding Company.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group.
See Exhibit 1.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certifications.
By signing below, each of the signatories certifies
that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were not acquired and are
not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the
securities and were not acquired and are not held in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction
having that purpose or effect.
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/s/ Erik E. Bergstrom Edith H. Bergstrom Living
_____________________________ Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74
Erik E. Bergstrom
/s/ Edith H. Bergstrom By: /s/ Edith H. Bergstrom
_____________________________ __________________________
Edith H. Bergstrom Name: Edith H. Bergstrom
Title: Trustee
Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Federal United Corporation
Foundation, Inc.
By: /s/ Erik E. Bergrstom By: /s/ Erik E. Bergrstom
_________________________ _________________________
Name: Erik E. Bergstrom Name: Erik E. Bergstrom
Title: President Title: President
Erik E. Bergstrom Living Trust Sharon's Trust
U/A Dated 12/6/74
By: /s/ Erik E. Bergrstom By: /s/ Erik E. Bergrstom
_________________________ _________________________
Name: Erik E. Bergstrom Name: Erik E. Bergstrom
Title: Trustee Title: Trustee
Dated: January 30, 2001
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Exhibit 1 - Identity of Group Members
Erik E. Bergstrom
Erik E. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74
Edith H. Bergstrom
Edith H. Bergstrom Living Trust U/A Dated 12/6/74
Federal United Corporation
Erik E. and Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation, Inc.
Sharon's Trust