On February 24, 2015, Frank T. Chip Webster, the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Adams Resources & Energy Inc. informed the Board of Directors of the company of his decision to retire from his positions as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Webster will remain a director of the Company until at least the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In light of Mr. Webster's retirement, the Company's Board of Directors elected Mr. Thomas S. Smith, age 63, to serve as the Company's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer effective February 24, 2015.

Mr. Smith has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since December 2013. Mr. Smith has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of KSA Industries Inc.