UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-04875

Name of Registrant: Royce Value Trust, Inc.

Address of Registrant: 745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151

Name and address of agent for service:           John E. Denneen, Esq.
  745 Fifth Avenue
  New York, NY 10151

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 508-4500
Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2012
Date of reporting period: January 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012



Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

SEMIANNUAL
REVIEW AND REPORT

TO STOCKHOLDERS

   

Royce Value Trust

Royce Micro-Cap Trust

Royce Focus Trust
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 





A Few Words on Closed-End Funds


     
 
Royce & Associates, LLC manages three closed-end funds: Royce Value Trust, the first small-cap value closed-end fund offering; Royce Micro-Cap Trust, the only micro-cap closed-end fund; and Royce Focus Trust, a closed-end fund that invests in a limited number of primarily small-cap companies.
 
     
 
A closed-end fund is an investment company whose shares are listed and traded on a stock exchange. Like all investment companies, including open-end mutual funds, the assets of a closed-end fund are professionally managed in accordance with the investment objectives and policies approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. A closed-end fund raises cash for investment by issuing a fixed number of shares through initial and other public offerings that may include shelf offerings and periodic rights offerings. Proceeds from the offerings are invested in an actively managed portfolio of securities. Investors wanting to buy or sell shares of a publicly traded closed-end fund after the offerings must do so on a stock exchange, as with any publicly traded stock. This is in contrast to open-end mutual funds, in which the fund sells and redeems its shares on a continuous basis.
 
     

A Closed-End Fund Offers Several Distinct Advantages Not Available From an Open-End Fund Structure

Since a closed-end fund does not issue redeemable securities or offer its securities on a continuous basis, it does not need to liquidate securities or hold uninvested assets to meet investor demands for cash redemptions, as an open-end fund must.
   
In a closed-end fund, not having to meet investor redemption requests or invest at inopportune times is ideal for value managers who attempt to buy stocks when prices are depressed and sell securities when prices are high.
   
A closed-end fund may invest more freely in less liquid portfolio securities because it is not subject to potential stockholder redemption demands. This is particularly beneficial for Royce-managed closed-end funds, which invest in small- and micro-cap securities.
The fixed capital structure allows permanent leverage to be employed as a means to enhance capital appreciation potential.
   
Unlike Royce’s open-end funds, our closed-end funds are able to distribute capital gains on a quarterly basis. Each of the Funds has adopted a quarterly distribution policy for its common stock. Please see page 16-18 for more details.
   
   
We believe that the closed-end fund structure is very suitable for the long-term investor who understands the benefits of a stable pool of capital.

     
  Why Dividend Reinvestment Is Important  
     
 
A very important component of an investor’s total return comes from the reinvestment of distributions. By reinvesting distributions, our investors can maintain an undiluted investment in a Fund. To get a fair idea of the impact of reinvested distributions, please see the charts on pages 11, 13 and 15. For additional information on the Funds’ Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options and the benefits for stockholders, please see page 18 or visit our website at www.roycefunds.com.
 
     

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Table of Contents  

   
Semiannual Review  

   
Performance Table 2
   
Letter to Our Stockholders 3
   
2012: In Quotes 60
   
Postscript: Is the Business Cycle Dead? Inside Back Cover

   
Semiannual Report to Stockholders 9
   
 
   
For nearly 40 years, we have used a value approach to invest in small-cap securities. We focus primarily on the quality of a company’s balance sheet, its ability to generate free cash flow and other measures of profitability or sound financial condition. We then use these factors to assess the company’s current worth, basing the assessment on either what we believe a knowledgeable buyer might pay to acquire the entire company, or what we think the value of the company should be in the stock market.


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Performance Table  


NAV Average Annual Total Returns   Through June 30, 2012

    Royce   Royce   Royce   Russell   Russell
    Value Trust   Micro-Cap Trust   Focus Trust   2000 Index   2500 Index

Year-to-Date1     4.09 %     6.48 %     -0.07 %     8.53 %     8.31 %

One-Year     -11.17       -4.68       -13.77       -2.08       -2.29  

Three-Year     16.41       15.95       12.55       17.80       19.06  

Five-Year     -1.72       -1.45       -1.45       0.54       1.18  

10-Year     6.53       7.17       9.46       7.00       3.01  

15-Year     8.27       8.81       8.70       6.14       7.62  

20-Year     10.18       n.a.       n.a.       8.96       10.27  

25-Year     9.90       n.a.       n.a.       8.12       9.65  

Since Inception     10.10       10.14       9.62       n.a.       n.a.  

Inception Date   11/26/86   12/14/93   11/1/962     n.a.       n.a.  

1 Not annualized
2 Date Royce & Associates, LLC assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund.


Important Performance and Risk Information
All performance information in this Review and Report reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Current month-end performance may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. Investments in securities of micro-cap, small-cap and/or mid-cap companies may involve considerably more risk than investments in securities of larger-cap companies. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of domestic small-cap stocks. The Russell 2500 is an index of 2,500 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index.

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Letter to Our Stockholders

 
 
 
 
 
“I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.”
 
Another dismal summer has dawned with spring having brought a wave of worries back to the market for the third consecutive year. Karl Marx—as canny an observer of the global scene as he was a checkered prognosticator of its future—wrote in 1852 that all events in history occur twice: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Allowing for the accuracy of this observation, what are we then to make of this third round of wobbly recovery, sluggish markets, panic-stuffed headlines, and the by now reflexive anxiety about the potential horrors of European debt for the world economy? What lies beyond farce, other than lousy returns, high correlation, and growing numbers of investors disenchanted with equities? To this kind of question, too many investors have no answer, having lost not only their belief in the viability of investing in stocks, but also in the prospects for the global economy.
    Indeed, one unfortunate result of the contagion of uncertainty has been the erosion of confidence in the ability of equities to deliver returns that will beat inflation and build wealth over the long term. On May 7, a USA Today headline asked and answered, “Invest in stocks? Forget About It.” It was not quite as damning as the now infamous Business Week cover from August 1979 that proclaimed “The Death of Equities,” but the overall message was not much happier: “Wall Street’s long-running story about how stocks are the best way to build wealth seems tired, dated and less believable to many individual investors.” And the USA Today piece was published early in May, just before the current bear bit down most sharply. The implicit assumption that the best days for the stock market may be (way) behind it seems to us to be the distinguishing feature of this third round of poor results for most equities. Panic has given way to a shrug of resignation. This stance sees equity investing as a mug’s game, even if the alternatives—Treasuries, bonds, money markets, etc.—are not much more attractive or profitable.

































Our collective experience tells us that this highly volatile, tightly correlated, range-bound market will be remembered as being as anomalous as it has been painful, one that tends to occur once or twice a century. It does not, in our view, change the fact that stocks remain the single best way of building wealth over the long run.


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Charles M. Royce, President

We have often stressed the
importance of capital preservation in
asset management, arguing that not
losing money is as critical as making
it grow. Implicit in this belief is the
idea that capital preservation is
mostly synonymous with preserving
purchasing power. However, we
now find ourselves in a very non-
traditional investment environment,
an age marked by near-zero interest
rates; regular, short-term bursts of
volatility for equities; and relentless
money printing on the part of the
developed world’s central banks.

While this has not altered our view
of the significance of risk aversion,
it has led us to ask if at this moment
in history capital preservation and
preservation of purchasing power
should be defined differently.
The answer approaches what we think
is one of the most underappreciated
risks to which investors are now
subject: the potential for meaningful
loss in the future purchasing power of
investments. With so much attention
being paid to preservation of capital,
too little has been placed on what
that capital, once returned, will
actually be worth.

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Letter to Our Stockholders

 
    Such a belief—as ultimately wrong-headed as we think it is—has the advantage that recent history, as far back as five years, is on its side. With a few exceptions, there is simply not much of a defense for equity investing as a whole since the respective index peaks in 2007. The explanation for why the market has been so troublesome and unprofitable seems simple: The world is still emerging from the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. Yet this account may be in equal parts true and unhelpful, at least to anyone who had been looking for a way to safely and effectively grow capital during the last few years, which helps to explain why panic and resignation are symptoms of the same fatalism that has gripped investors since the early days of the mortgage and banking crisis in 2008.
    We understand the pessimism and the unwillingness to take risks on the part of so many investors today. At the same time, we still see many of the same positive signs that have been inspiring our confidence about stocks and the economy as a whole since the spring of 2010. By taking the long view (a common perspective for us), we can offer, in addition to a Nostra Culpa for much recent fund performance, the benefit of nearly 40 years of small-cap value investing. Our collective experience tells us that this highly volatile, tightly correlated, range-bound market will be remembered as being as anomalous as it has been painful, one that tends to occur once or twice a century. It does not, in our view, change the fact that stocks remain the single best way of building wealth over the long run. We know that in the current environment these words may sound hollow or even self-serving. We are more than willing to assume that risk in the hope that investors will continue to look to equities (and to our portfolios) as effective and ultimately successful ways to invest in the years to come.

“They’ve Been Going in and out of Style”
The kind of dynamic rally that ushered out the first half of 2012 is always guaranteed to raise a smile, even if it could not completely erase earlier losses in the second quarter, losses that spoiled a promising upswing that lasted through most of the year’s opening quarter. Indeed, lack of direction has arguably been the most distinguishing characteristic of the recent market. Still, the major U.S. indexes finished the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2012 in decent condition, as did their overseas counterparts. Domestic small-caps brought up the rear. The Russell 2000 Index was up 8.5% in the first half, compared to respective gains of 9.4% and 9.5% for the large-cap Russell 1000 and S&P 500 Indexes and an electrifying 12.7% for the Nasdaq Composite.
    It was an interesting road for each index. The first quarter extended a rally that began following the October 2011 lows. Small-cap trailed, though its 12.4% gain was its best opening quarter since 2006. It was also not far behind its large-cap counterparts. The Russell 1000 rose 12.9%, and the S&P 500 gained 12.6%. The Nasdaq was especially impressive, notching an 18.7% increase for the quarter. We were among those hopeful souls who saw a nearly six-month bull run and thought that maybe the market was ready for some consistent recovery. Yet April and May were cruel months, the latter especially so, as the now-traditional spring downturn caused by concerns about European debt and the state of the American and Chinese economies spoiled the party and tamped down returns. (If not for the rally on the final trading day of June, that month
 

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would also have been less solidly in the black.) That rally was welcome—they always are—but second-quarter returns were still negative. The Nasdaq led on the downside, falling 5.1%, while the Russell 2000 slipped 3.5%. Large-caps held their value a bit better, with the Russell 1000 losing 3.1% and the S&P 500 declining 2.8%. So the first half concluded with a bang, but still left investors whimpering about the future.
     Looking at longer-term returns, this uncertainty has been well-earned. While three- and 10-year average annual total returns for the major indexes were solid-to-strong, one-, five-, and 12-year results for the periods ended June 30, 2012 were generally poor. The 12-year period—not a period that we, or anyone else, usually discusses—is instructive because it encompasses the Internet Bubble, the subsequent recovery, the recession that was followed by the financial crisis, and the market’s herky-jerky, volatile aftermath. So we think it is worth pointing out that for the 12-year period ended December 31, 2011, the average annual total return for the S&P 500 was its lowest since the end of World War II (beginning with the period from the end of 1945 through the end of 1957). Small-cap returns for that same period ended December 31, 2011 for the Russell 2000 and the CRSP 6-10, a small-cap proxy that dates back to the 1920s, were among the worst for both since the launch of the Russell 2000 on December 31, 1978 and since the end of 1945 for the CRSP 6-10.
     Recent performance for the two non-U.S. indexes that we track followed patterns similar to their domestic cousins, though with more muted results. This was not entirely surprising considering both Europe’s ongoing travails and worries about the pace of growth in China. Non-U.S. small-caps enjoyed an advantage over their large-cap siblings, with the Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap up 4.8% for the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2012 versus a 2.7% gain for the Russell Global ex-U.S. Large Cap Index. Both indexes enjoyed strong first-quarter results. The Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index rose 14.4%, and the Russell Global ex-U.S. Large Cap Index was up 11.5% in the first three months of 2012. Each index’s second quarter was far more difficult, as Europe’s troubles registered more dramatically outside the U.S. Small-cap lost a bit more in the downturn, with the Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index falling 8.5%, while the Russell Global ex-U.S. Large Cap Index was down 7.9%.
     U.S. mid-caps performed well on an absolute basis, though they were behind the domestic micro-cap, small-cap, and large-cap indexes in the first half. The Russell Midcap Index gained 8.0% through the end of June. Like the domestic indexes, they enjoyed a strong first quarter, up 12.9%, before slipping in the second quarter with a loss of 4.4%. Considering both the significant volatility and the unpopularity of stocks, the strength of micro-cap stocks was something of a surprise in the first half. Year-to-date through June 30, 2012, the Russell Microcap Index gained an impressive 13.0%. That the index accomplished this feat with stronger and steadier quarterly performances was equally notable: the Russell Microcap climbed 15.3% in the first quarter and fell only 2.0% in the bearish second.





Our expectation is for a less extreme, more historically normal phase, without so many of the stomach-churning drops followed by equally steep upticks that we saw last summer and fall and have seen so far in 2012. It is worth noting that a more historically normal range is one in which we think our funds can generate strong absolute and relative performance over the long run.

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For more than three decades, an
investment vehicle provided highly
consistent returns with such low
volatility that they were nearly devoid
of risk—U.S. government bonds,
specifically Treasury securities. They
were the instruments that possessed
that highly desired standard, “the
risk-free rate of return.” The currently
volatile investment climate has
greatly expanded the appeal of this
designation. Investors trying to
cope with the economic uncertainty
and asset-price volatility caused
by the bursting credit bubble have
grown increasingly sensitive to the
possibilities of capital loss.

Yet if history is any proxy—and we
believe that it is—a healthy degree
of skepticism should greet the notion
that Treasuries remain risk free or
provide an acceptable rate of return.
If nothing else, the lens through which
we see them needs to be adjusted to
include the growing uncertainty of
ultimate purchasing power (of real
goods and services) of the currency
in which they are denominated. This
risk, one for which we have a healthy
respect over the intermediate term, is
the ominous combination of ongoing
currency debasement and acceleration
in inflationary pressures. These could
erode the purchasing power of non-
productive assets. Central banks
around the world, with the U.S. Federal
Reserve a primary contributor, have
been pumping liquidity into the capital
markets through a combination of
historically low interest rates and
quantitative easing or, more simply
stated, money printing.

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Letter to Our Stockholders

 
“The Act You’ve Known for all these Years...”
If only our own portfolios had done as well. On an absolute basis, our three closed-end funds posted results that ranged from uninspiring to strong in the first half, but relative performance was a more significant issue. Normally, this does not trouble us. Long ago, we accepted that our disciplined approaches to stock selection would result in out-of-sync moments against our portfolios’ respective benchmarks. Our goal has always been strong absolute performance over long-term periods. If we met that standard, then relative results would most likely not be an issue, at least over long-term time spans. We have also been glad to accept the historical trade-off in which underperformance was more common for our Funds during short-term periods of 18 months or less, while outperformance was more typical over full market cycle and other long-term periods of three years or more. For too many time periods ended June 30, 2012, however, that history has become too exclusively long-term, even for us, with strong relative and absolute results coming only in periods of 10 years or longer. Three-year results were fine on an absolute basis, but trailed on a relative score, while the five-year returns were disappointing on both an absolute and relative basis. With significant investments in all three closed-end portfolios, we share our investors’ frustrations with recent results.
 

  2012 NAV YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL RETURNS FOR THE ROYCE FUNDS VS.
  RUSSELL 2000 AND THE RUSSELL 2500 as of 6/30/12

 
    Those areas of the market in which we have seen both high quality and compelling valuations during the last three-to-five years—energy and mining companies, in particular—were among the worst performers in the first half, with net losses in some cases stretching back even further. Many of these stocks remain in our portfolios, as their attractive valuations and our ongoing high regard have combined to keep turnover low. In many cases, we have been building or at least maintaining positions in those businesses in which we have the highest conviction. As has been our practice since the 1970s, we are keeping our focus on company fundamentals. We seek companies that look capable of surviving adversity

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and flourishing when their fortunes change. Those that generate free cash via high returns on capital can give investors a return in the form of dividends, take advantage of their low valuation by buying back stock, or make acquisitions to grow their business when organic growth is harder to come by. Strong fundamentals mean these companies have the necessary tools to make it through difficult periods and emerge stronger. While many of our recent efforts have not been successful, nothing about the way that we select stocks has changed, including our insistence on rock-solid fundamentals in the companies that we choose. Selectiveness, patience, and discipline remain our watchwords.
 

Getting Better

We do not know how much longer markets and economies will remain so uncertain. The fiscal turmoil that continues to haunt Europe has been hampering equity markets across the globe and contributing to the tight range of returns that have nonetheless demonstrated ample levels of volatility. The fragile recovery here in the U.S. has also played a role, as has the recent deceleration of the Chinese economy. These major macro events, which have been the dominant influence on investors’ behavior over the last three years, largely account for why stocks have struggled to create any direction for longer than a few months. Instead, markets have been mired in a pattern of short-term swings in which they have moved straight up or straight down, and for no longer than a few months at a time.
    One consequence of this closely correlated, range-bound cycle is that our Funds have not had the time to create the spread that we would usually seek to build through a full market cycle. However, we think that as Europe meets its challenges and as the U.S. begins to get its own fiscal house in order, which is not likely to happen until after the election, we will escape this range and move toward a more lasting upswing. Our expectation is for a less extreme, more historically normal phase, without so many of the stomach-churning drops followed by equally steep upticks that we saw last summer and fall and have seen so far in 2012. It is worth noting that a more historically normal range is one in which we think our Funds can generate strong absolute and relative performance over the long run. We would like to think that long-term history is on our side in this assessment.
  Through all manner of markets—many of which were thought to establish a “New Normal”—we have never wavered in our convictions. We still believe that equities remain the best way—maybe the only way—to beat inflation and build wealth over the long term.

Good Morning, Good Morning

Obviously, we would all like to reach a more hospitable market climate soon. As always, patience is critical. Indeed, the ability to be patient is probably the single most important quality that an investor who seeks strong long-term returns can possess. It is easy to talk about the importance of patience and discipline when markets are solid and portfolios are doing well. Yet at some point, these things will change, and both will be tested, as they have been in this market. It has been a very difficult time, but we believe it will pass. When it does, our disciplined approach will remain and, we believe, be effective.
 

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Headline inflation numbers have
remained subdued due to the
continuing struggles in the labor
market and stubbornly weak housing
markets, but commodity inflation
has been on the rise. With the recent
uptick in U.S. leading economic
indicators and encouraging signs
of stability and improvement in the
housing market, it would not take
much to see a more broad-based
uptick in inflation.

So while U.S. government bonds
are likely to continue to pay their
meager coupons and return principal
on schedule, the value of what is
being returned to investors will be
declining. For the first time in almost
30 years, we think that investors risk
meaningful losses in that portion of
their investment portfolio they deem
to be the safest.

Commodities offer one possible way to
protect against the loss of purchasing
power caused by currency debasement.
Unsurprisingly, however, we prefer
assets that are inherently productive
and flexible and can adjust quickly to
changing pricing environments. To us,
investments in quality companies
that possess embedded pricing power
and high returns on their invested
capital look to be some of the best
investments to protect, and grow,
purchasing power. We believe they
need much broader representation in
investors’ asset allocation.

 
 


Letter to Our Stockholders
 
As we approach our 40th anniversary as a firm this coming November, we look back at what we have seen—the “Nifty Fifty” market of the ’70s, Black Friday in the ’80s, the first stirrings of the Internet boom in the ’90s, the horrific events of 9/11, our current era of uncertainty, and much, much more. Through all manner of markets—many of which were thought to establish a “New Normal”—we have never wavered in our convictions. We still believe that equities remain the best way—maybe the only way—to beat inflation and build wealth over the long term. (We also think that equities are capable of beating the fixed income markets over the next five years.) Our guess is that stocks can deliver returns in the mid- to upper-single digits, which we think would be respectable on an absolute basis and, equally important, higher than the rate of inflation. When things are working well, the underlying parts of an equity portfolio, the companies themselves, can act as compounding machines—compounding book value. We are confident that we can create portfolios that can grow commendably, especially in the more historically typical market climate that we believe we will eventually see.
 
Sincerely,
 
     
Charles M. Royce W. Whitney George Jack E. Fockler, Jr.
President Vice President Vice President
     
July 31, 2012    

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Table of Contents


Semiannual Report to Stockholders  

   
Managers’ Discussions of Fund Performance  
   
Royce Value Trust 10
   
Royce Micro-Cap Trust 12
   
Royce Focus Trust 14
   

History Since Inception 16
   
Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options 18
   
Schedules of Investments and Other Financial Statements  
   
Royce Value Trust 19
   
Royce Micro-Cap Trust 34
   
Royce Focus Trust 47
   
Directors and Officers 56
   
Notes to Performance and Other Important Information 57
   
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements 58
   
 

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Royce Value Trust

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS
Through 6/30/12

Jan-June 20121   4.09 %  

One-Year         -11.17    

Three-Year         16.41    

Five-Year         -1.72    

10-Year         6.53    

15-Year         8.27    

20-Year         10.18    

25-Year         9.90    

Since Inception (11/26/86) 10.10    

1 Not annualized  
       
CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS  

Year   RVT     Year     RVT    

2011   -10.1 %   2003     40.8 %  

2010   30.3     2002     -15.6    

2009   44.6     2001     15.2    

2008   -45.6     2000     16.6    

2007   5.0     1999     11.7    

2006   19.5     1998     3.3    

2005   8.4     1997     27.5    

2004   21.4     1996     15.5    

                     
TOP 10 POSITIONS
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders
 

Advisory Board (The)   1.2 %  

Carter’s   1.1    

Nordson Corporation   1.1    

HEICO Corporation   1.0    

Coherent   1.0    

Mohawk Industries   1.0    

MAXIMUS   1.0    

Lincoln Electric Holdings   0.9    

PAREXEL International   0.9    

E-L Financial   0.8    

                     
PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders
 

Industrials   27.5 %  

Information Technology   21.9    

Financials   20.7    

Consumer Discretionary   14.3    

Materials   9.1    

Health Care   7.8    

Energy   4.9    

Consumer Staples   2.4    

Telecommunication Services   0.8    

Diversified Investment Companies   0.4    

Miscellaneous   2.2    

Bond and Preferred Stock   0.1    

Cash and Cash Equivalents   10.1    

 
 



 
Manager’s Discussion
Difficulties continued for Royce Value Trust (RVT) in the first half. The Fund gained 4.1% on an NAV (net asset value) basis and 4.5% on a market price basis for the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2012, in both cases trailing its unleveraged small-cap benchmarks, the Russell 2000 Index, which gained 8.5%, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, which rose 8.0%, for the same period. So while RVT’s semiannual performance was solid on an absolute basis, it was disappointing on a relative score. Our dissatisfaction with the portfolio’s first-half showing was exacerbated by the fact that, combined with a poor showing compared to its benchmarks in 2011, it was a factor in erasing once-pronounced relative advantages, especially on an NAV basis, for several intermediate- and long-term periods, to say nothing of the deleterious effect it had on absolute results for the same periods.
     During the more bullish first quarter, all was well. The Fund gained 13.9% on an NAV basis and 14.7% on a market price basis for the quarter, in both cases ahead of its small-cap benchmarks, the Russell 2000 Index (+12.4%), and the S&P SmallCap 600 (+12.0%). This advantage proved as short-lived as the rally that helped to produce it. A recurring wave of worry about European debt, decelerating growth in China, and the pace of economic recovery here in the U.S. conspired to throw the bull off course following the first-half small-cap high on March 26. The result was a dismal second quarter that featured a brutal May, though it was admittedly a worse month for RVT (down 9.7% on an NAV basis) than it was for the small-cap indexes. For the second quarter as a whole, RVT fell 8.6% on an NAV basis and 8.9% based on its market price, behind both the Russell 2000, which declined 3.5%, and the S&P SmallCap 600, which lost 3.6%.
     As mentioned, current intermediate- and long-term results were not much better until one goes back 15 years or longer. Market cycle results were also underwhelming, though the Fund did remain ahead of both benchmarks on an NAV and market price basis from the small-cap bottom on March 9, 2009 through June 30, 2012. During this period, RVT gained 159.0% on an NAV basis and 176.1% on a market price basis versus respective gains of 143.4% and 155.0% for the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indexes. On an NAV basis, the Fund outpaced each benchmark for the 15-, 25-year, and since inception (11/26/86) periods ended June 30, 2012. (RVT was also ahead of the Russell 2000 for the 20-year span on an NAV and market price basis.) The Fund’s NAV average annual total return since inception was 10.1%.

GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED
Top Contributors to Performance
Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  

Carter’s   0.26%

Advisory Board (The)   0.24   

PAREXEL International   0.23   

MAXIMUS   0.21   

Emulex Corporation   0.20   

1 Includes dividends    
     
Important Performance and Risk Information
All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund invests primarily in securities of small- and micro-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Regarding the two “Good Ideas” tables shown above, the sum of all contributors to, and all detractors from, performance for all securities in the portfolio would approximate the Fund’s year-to-date performance for 2012.

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     Three equity sectors—Financials, Health Care, and Information Technology—posted solid net gains in the first half, while four others made smaller contributions. Three sectors detracted from performance, though only Energy posted net losses beyond a modest measure. At the individual company level, the largest net losses were clustered mostly in the otherwise-solid Industrials and Information Technology sectors. Shares of PMFG, a business we have owned since 1990, fell more than 70% between early February and the end of June, mostly driven by the issuing of a secondary offering priced at a sizable discount to its stock. As a manufacturer of custom products primarily for the natural gas industry, the company was also adversely affected by declining energy prices in the second quarter. Fond of its growing business and attractive valuation, we increased our stake in the first half. We were similarly optimistic about the long-term prospects for old favorite and top-ten position Coherent. The company makes precision optics and other laser-based products. An earnings miss for its fiscal second quarter was announced in April, which kept its share price on a downward trajectory for the remainder of the first half. Although the company faces increased competition from fiber-optic laser makers, we like its long history of business success and potential to rebound. Sapient Corporation is a top-25 holding that specializes in tech-based management consulting services. Its share price was trending downward in a slow but not alarming fashion until the company announced disappointing quarterly results in early May. Higher operating costs ate into revenues and earnings, prompting investors to flee.
     RVT’s two largest holdings at the end of June were also its two biggest contributors to first-half returns. The share price of Carter’s suffered when cotton prices were on the rise and began to grow in the first quarter when the cost of cotton declined. The company, which markets branded children’s wear, then reaped the benefit of investors cottoning to its growing revenues and solid financials. The Fund’s top gainer in 2011, The Advisory Board, offers programs, services, and software focused on best practices research services while also providing management and advisory services. Strong execution and innovative technology, bolstered by growing revenues and steady earnings, appeared to boost the health of its stock price through the first half.

  GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME
  Top Detractors from Performance
  Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  


PMFG -0.32%

Coherent -0.18   

Sapient Corporation -0.16   

Kirby Corporation -0.15   

GrafTech International -0.14   

1 Net of dividends

MARKET PRICE PERFORMANCE HISTORY SINCE INCEPTION (11/26/86) through 6/30/12

 
1   Reflects the cumulative total return of an investment made by a stockholder who purchased one share at inception ($10.00 IPO), reinvested all annual distributions and fully participated in primary subscriptions of the Fund’s rights offerings.
2   Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on the NYSE.

FUND INFORMATION AND
PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Total Net Assets $1,212 million   

Number of Holdings 519   

Turnover Rate 13%   

Symbol  
    Market Price RVT   
    NAV XRVTX   

Net Leverage1 12%   

Average Market
Capitalization2
$1,334 million   

Weighted Average
P/E Ratio3,4
14.6x   

Weighted Average
P/B Ratio3
1.6x   

U.S. Investments (% of
Net Assets applicable to
Common Stockholders)
84.6%   

Non-U.S. Investments
(% of Net Assets
applicable to Common
Stockholders)
27.5%   

 1 Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.

 2 Geometric average
 3 Harmonic average

 4 The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (8% of portfolio holdings as of 6/30/12).

 
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding
at 6/30/12 at NAV or Liquidation Value

69.0 million shares of
Common Stock
$992 million   

5.90% Cumulative
Preferred Stock
$220 million   

DOWN MARKET PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
All Down Periods of 7.5% or Greater
Over the Last 7 Years, in Percentages(%)

 



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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

 

 


AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS
Through 6/30/12

Jan-June 20121   6.48 %  

One-Year         -4.68    

Three-Year         15.95    

Five-Year         -1.45    

10-Year         7.17    

15-Year         8.81    

Since Inception (12/14/93)     10.14    

1 Not annualized  
 
CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS

Year   RMT     Year      RMT    

2011   -7.7 %   2003     55.5 %  

2010   28.5     2002     -13.8    

2009   46.5     2001     23.4    

2008   -45.5     2000     10.9    

2007   0.6     1999     12.7    

2006   22.5     1998     -4.1    

2005   6.8     1997     27.1    

2004   18.7     1996     16.6    

                     
TOP 10 POSITIONS
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings   2.2 %  

Epoch Holding Corporation   1.5    

Advisory Board (The)   1.4    

Raven Industries   1.4    

Seneca Foods   1.3    

Tennant Company   1.3    

America’s Car-Mart   1.2    

Sapient Corporation   1.2    

Flexsteel Industries   1.2    

Quaker Chemical   1.2    

                     
PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders

Industrials   27.7 %  

Information Technology   21.0    

Financials   20.4    

Consumer Discretionary   12.4    

Materials   8.6    

Health Care   8.4    

Energy   3.8    

Consumer Staples   3.5    

Utilities   0.1    

Miscellaneous   3.4    

Preferred Stock   0.4    

Cash and Cash Equivalents   10.8    

 




Manager’s Discussion

The diversified portfolio of Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT) was up 6.5% on an NAV (net asset value) basis and 4.7% on a market price basis for the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2012 compared to gains of 8.5% for its unleveraged benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index, and 13.0% for the unleveraged Russell Microcap Index for the same period. Following the rally that began off the most recent small-cap low on October 3, 2011, the Fund lagged in the bullish first quarter. For the quarter, the Fund rose 11.4% on an NAV basis and 8.8% on a market price basis, compared to a 12.4% increase for its benchmark and a gain of 15.3% for the microcap index.
     The rally slackened after small-caps reached a first-half high on March 26, only to be thrown off course for the third straight year by the same three worries—sovereign debt in Europe and the pace of economic growth in the U.S. and China. These anxieties drove share prices down through most of the second quarter, with May seeing the largest losses. RMT fell 4.4% on an NAV basis and 3.8% based on its market price in the second quarter. That same period saw the Russell 2000 down 3.5%, while the Russell Microcap lost 2.0%. Three consecutive quarters of relative underperformance have eroded some of the portfolio’s recent market cycle advantage, though RMT remained ahead of both indexes from the last small-cap low on March 9, 2009 through June 30, 2012, up 170.2% on an NAV basis and 189.1% on a market price basis. During the same period, the Russell 2000 was up 143.4%, and the Russell Microcap rose 145.7%. For the periods ended June 30, 2012, RMT outpaced the micro-cap index (for which data only goes back to 2000) on an NAV basis for the five- and 10-year periods. On an NAV basis, the Fund also outperformed the Russell 2000 for the 10-, 15-year and since inception (12/14/93) periods ended June 30, 2012. The Fund’s NAV average annual total return since inception was 10.1%.
     Correlation and a relatively narrow performance range have hindered recent results for equities in general, but RMT’s poor relative performance had less to do with those phenomena and more to do with two other factors. First, two areas that helped to drive the terrific results for the Russell Microcap Index during the first half were areas that the Fund has avoided through its long history: utilities, banks, and REITs (real estate investment trusts). Utilities by and large fail to meet our disciplined value criteria. Many bank stocks were beaten down to very low valuations during late 2008 and early 2009, but the lack of balance sheet strength and other fundamental factors led us to avoid making any significant investments in the industry. Similarly, REITs often boast attractive yields, which was a key driver of first-half results, but do not offer much else in the way of strong business fundamentals, so we have

GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED
Top Contributors to Performance
Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings   0.57%

Charming Shoppes   0.46   

ACI Worldwide   0.36   

PLX Technology   0.36   

Flexsteel Industries   0.33   

1 Includes dividends    
     
     
Important Performance and Risk Information
All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund normally invests in micro-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Regarding the two “Good Ideas” tables shown above, the sum of all contributors to, and all detractors from, performance for all securities in the portfolio would approximate the Fund’s year-to-date performance for 2012.

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generally stayed away. A more important reason is that many of those companies in which we have been seeing attractive valuations and excellent potential over the last year fell further out of favor in a market that has been largely indifferent to quality and uninterested in those sectors in which we have seen the most compelling bargains.
     Energy was the only equity sector that detracted from first-half results, though its net losses were slight. Financials led portfolio contributors by a wide margin. The sector was boosted by strong results from holdings in the real estate management & development group, capital markets stocks, insurance companies, and commercial banks. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, RMT’s largest position on June 30, manages and invests in real estate in the U.S. and Japan. As banks continue to shed troubled real estate from their portfolios, the company has been acting in our view like a value investor, taking on low-priced properties and waiting for a rebound. While its stock price was volatile during the first half, the company ended the half on a high note. In May, we finished selling our shares of women’s apparel retailer Charming Shoppes shortly after the announcement of its acquisition by Ascena Retail Group (a stock that we own in other Royce-managed portfolios). We first bought shares of Charming Shoppes in RMT’s portfolio in 2003 and repurchased shares in 2008.
     Shares of PMFG, a business we have owned since 1994, plummeted more than 70% between early February and the end of June, mostly driven by the issuing of a secondary offering priced at a sizable discount to its stock. As a manufacturer of custom products primarily for the natural gas industry, the company was also adversely affected by declining energy prices in the second quarter. Fond of its growing business and attractive valuation, we increased our stake in the first half. Sapient Corporation is a top-10 holding that specializes in tech-based management consulting services. Its share price was trending downward in a slow but not alarming fashion until the company announced disappointing quarterly results in early May. Higher operating costs ate into revenues and earnings, prompting investors to flee, though we were content to hold a good-sized position.

GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME
Top Detractors from Performance
Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  


PMFG -0.51%

Sapient Corporation -0.28   

Dawson Geophysical -0.28   

Heckmann Corporation -0.22   

Extorre Gold Mines -0.20   

1 Net of dividends

MARKET PRICE PERFORMANCE HISTORY SINCE INCEPTION (12/14/93) through 6/30/12


 
1

Reflects the cumulative total return of an investment made by a stockholder who purchased one share at inception ($7.50 IPO), reinvested distributions and fully participated in the primary subscription of the 1994 rights offering.

2

Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on the NYSE and, prior to 12/1/03, on the Nasdaq.


FUND INFORMATION AND
PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Total Net Assets $353 million   

Number of Holdings 338   

Turnover Rate 13%   

Symbol  
    Market Price RMT   
    NAV XOTCX   

Net Leverage1 10%   

Average Market
Capitalization2
$315 million   

Weighted Average
P/E Ratio3,4
15.6   

Weighted Average
P/B Ratio3
1.3x   

U.S. Investments (% of
Net Assets applicable to
Common Stockholders)
95.9%   

Non-U.S. Investments
(% of Net Assets
applicable to Common
Stockholders)
13.8%   

 1 Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.

 2 Geometric average

 3 Harmonic average

 4 The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (21% of portfolio holdings as of 6/30/12).

 
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding
at 6/30/12 at NAV or Liquidation Value

29 million shares of
Common Stock
$293 million   

6.00% Cumulative
Preferred Stock
$60 million   

 
DOWN MARKET PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
All Down Periods of 7.5% or Greater
Over the Last 7 Years, in Percentages(%)

 



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Royce Focus Trust

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS
Through 6/30/12

Jan-June 20121   -0.07 %  

One-Year         -13.77    

Three-Year         12.55    

Five-Year         -1.45    

10-Year         9.46    

15-Year         8.70    

Since Inception (11/1/96)2 9.62    

1 Not annualized  
2 Royce & Associates assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on 11/1/96.  
       
CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS  

Year   FUND     Year     FUND   

2011   -10.5 %   2003     54.3 %  

2010   21.8     2002     -12.5    

2009   54.0     2001     10.0    

2008   -42.7     2000     20.9    

2007   12.2     1999     8.7    

2006   15.8     1998     -6.8    

2005   13.3     1997     20.5    

2004   29.3                

                     
TOP 10 POSITIONS
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders
 

Berkshire Hathaway Cl. B   4.2 %  

Microsoft Corporation   4.1    

Analog Devices   3.6    

Buckle (The)   3.2    

Exxon Mobil   3.2    

Mosaic Company (The)   3.1    

Western Digital   3.1    

Franklin Resources   3.0    

Allied Nevada Gold   2.9    

MKS Instruments   2.5    

                     
PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN
% of Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders
 

Materials   31.2 %  

Financials   18.8    

Information Technology   18.8    

Energy   11.7    

Industrials   6.7    

Consumer Discretionary   6.3    

Consumer Staples   4.8    

Health Care   1.6    

Cash and Cash Equivalents   16.9    

 
 



 
Manager’s Discussion
Although correlation has been the order of the day for most stocks recently, the limited portfolio of Royce Focus Trust (FUND) proved an unhappy exception to the rule in the first half. The Fund was down 0.1% on an NAV (net asset value) basis and gained 2.7% on a market price basis, in each case trailing both its new unleveraged benchmark, the Russell 2500 Index, which climbed 8.3%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index, which was up 8.5%, for the same period. Coming in the aftermath of a dismal performance in 2011, these were disappointing results on both an absolute and relative basis.
     The year began with a continuation of the rally that began off the small-cap low on October 3, 2011, making the first quarter of 2012 a highly rewarding one for stocks across asset classes and around the globe. FUND gained 11.0% on an NAV basis and 12.0% on a market price basis in the first quarter. While this was a strong absolute showing, the Fund trailed both the Russell 2500, which was up 13.0%, and the Russell 2000, which rose 12.4%. Coupled with improving U.S. economic numbers, we were cheered by these strong quarterly results, thinking that both the market and economy were establishing more lasting and positive directions.
     However, spring brought a spate of negative news centered on European debt, concerns over the pace and strength of the U.S. recovery, and fears of decelerating growth in China for the third consecutive year. The effects on share prices were slightly less damaging than what they were in 2010 and 2011, but negative all the same. There was also the unfortunate reality that many more economically sensitive areas of the stock market—including energy and materials companies—were among the hardest hit in the first half. These are the sectors in which we have been seeing especially compelling valuations in what we deem to be high-quality businesses, so their punishment by investors led to a significant second-quarter tailspin for the portfolio, which declined 10.0% on an NAV basis and 8.3% on a market price basis from the beginning of April through the end of June. FUND’s investments in non-U.S. companies also made an outsized contribution to its second-quarter loss. During the same period, the Fund’s new benchmark lost 4.1%, and the Russell 2000 fell 3.5%.
     Market cycle and long-term results were better, though for periods ended June 30, 2012 the long term means going back 10 years or more. During the most recent full market cycle period—from the previous small-cap peak on July 13, 2007 through the small-cap peak on April 29, 2011—the Fund gained 10.2% on an NAV basis versus 9.2% for its new benchmark and 6.6% for the Russell 2000. On both an NAV and market price basis, FUND outperformed the Russell 2500 and the Russell 2000 for the 10-, 15-year, and since inception of our management (11/1/96) periods ended June 30, 2012. The Fund’s NAV average annual total return since inception was 9.6%.

GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED
Top Contributors to Performance
Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  

Veeco Instruments   0.76%

Apple   0.70   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings   0.62   

Microsoft Corporation   0.57   

Franklin Resources   0.45   

1 Includes dividends    
     
Important Performance and Risk Information
All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund normally invests primarily in small-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Regarding the two “Good Ideas” tables shown above, the sum of all contributors to, and all detractors from, performance for all securities in the portfolio would approximate the Fund’s year-to-date performance for 2012.

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     Information Technology and Financials led all sectors in net gains for the period. Top contributor Veeco Instruments was one of 2011’s largest detractors, and its then-declining share price led us to re-initiate and then bolster our position in the second half of last year. The company manufactures equipment used to make high brightness light emitting diodes (HB LEDs), solar panels, hard-disk drives, and other devices. The combination of its strong balance sheet and high-growth potential businesses first drew us to the company. Its shares began to rebound in 2012 on signs that MOCVD—a key piece of equipment used to make LEDs—had bottomed. The company has been gaining market share, LED manufacturer utilization rates have been improving, and there is a growing tailwind for the early adoption phase of LEDs into the $100 billion general lighting market. We think these events have all set the stage for second-half momentum and renewed sales and profit growth in 2013. Apple continues to be the favorite of many investors otherwise disinclined to buy stocks. Its towering success with such ubiquitous devices as the iPad and iPhone makes it easy to see why. After adding shares in January, we took some gains in April.
     The Energy and Materials sectors detracted most from first-half results. A growing business, talented management, and a pristine balance sheet helped to draw us to Trican Well Service, which we first purchased in the portfolio in 2004. The company provides specialized equipment and services for drilling, completion, and reworking oil and gas wells. Confident in its long-term prospects and secure in the belief that the market was punishing it disproportionately, we were happy to hold a good-sized position at the end of the period. We have also owned shares of steel and scrap metal recycler Schnitzer Steel Industries since 2004. Demand for recycled metals slackened amid the slow pace of growth in the U.S. Along with lower-than-normal spring scrap flows and margins compressed from increases in raw materials and transport costs, this helped keep investors selling, while we continued to hold our shares in anticipation of a rebound in industrial activity that should help to spark demand.

  GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME
  Top Detractors from Performance
  Year-to-Date through 6/30/121  


Trican Well Service -0.81%

Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A -0.66   

GameStop Corporation Cl. A -0.53   

SanDisk Corporation -0.51   

Helmerich & Payne -0.46   

1 Net of dividends

MARKET PRICE PERFORMANCE HISTORY SINCE INCEPTION (11/1/96)3 through 6/30/12

 
1 Reflects the cumulative total return experience of a continuous common stockholder who reinvested all distributions and fully participated in the primary subscription of the 2005 rights offering.
2 Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on Nasdaq.
3 Royce & Associates assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on 11/1/96.

FUND INFORMATION AND
PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Total Net Assets $174 million   

Number of Holdings 53   

Turnover Rate 11%   

Symbol  
    Market Price FUND   
    NAV XFUNX   

Net Leverage1 0%   

Average Market
Capitalization2
$5,043 million   

Weighted Average
P/E Ratio3,4
12.0x   

Weighted Average
P/B Ratio3
1.7x   

U.S. Investments (% of
Net Assets applicable to
Common Stockholders)
74.7%   

Non-U.S. Investments
(% of Net Assets
applicable to Common
Stockholders)
25.2%   

 1 Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.

 2 Geometrically calculated

 3 Harmonic average

 4 The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (7% of portfolio holdings as of 6/30/12).

 
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding
at 6/30/12 at NAV or Liquidation Value

21 million shares of
Common Stock
$149 million   

6.00% Cumulative
Preferred Stock
$25 million   

 
DOWN MARKET PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
All Down Periods of 7.5% or Greater
Over the Last 7 Years, in Percentages(%)

 



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History Since Inception


The following table details the share accumulations by an initial investor in the Funds who reinvested all distributions and participated fully in primary subscriptions for each of the rights offerings. Full participation in distribution reinvestments and rights offerings can maximize the returns available to a long-term investor. This table should be read in conjunction with the Performance and Portfolio Reviews of the Funds.


        Amount   Purchase           NAV   Market
  History   Invested   Price1   Shares     Value2   Value2
Royce Value Trust                                      
11/26/86   Initial Purchase   $ 10,000     $ 10.000       1,000     $ 9,280     $ 10,000
10/15/87   Distribution $0.30             7.000       42                
12/31/87   Distribution $0.22             7.125       32       8,578       7,250
12/27/88   Distribution $0.51             8.625       63       10,529       9,238
9/22/89   Rights Offering     405       9.000       45                
12/29/89   Distribution $0.52             9.125       67       12,942       11,866
9/24/90   Rights Offering     457       7.375       62                
12/31/90   Distribution $0.32             8.000       52       11,713       11,074
9/23/91   Rights Offering     638       9.375       68                
12/31/91   Distribution $0.61             10.625       82       17,919       15,697
9/25/92   Rights Offering     825       11.000       75                
12/31/92   Distribution $0.90             12.500       114       21,999       20,874
9/27/93   Rights Offering     1,469       13.000       113                
12/31/93   Distribution $1.15             13.000       160       26,603       25,428
10/28/94   Rights Offering     1,103       11.250       98                
12/19/94   Distribution $1.05             11.375       191       27,939       24,905
11/3/95   Rights Offering     1,425       12.500       114                
12/7/95   Distribution $1.29             12.125       253       35,676       31,243
12/6/96   Distribution $1.15             12.250       247       41,213       36,335
1997   Annual distribution total $1.21             15.374       230       52,556       46,814
1998   Annual distribution total $1.54             14.311       347       54,313       47,506
1999   Annual distribution total $1.37             12.616       391       60,653       50,239
2000   Annual distribution total $1.48             13.972       424       70,711       61,648
2001   Annual distribution total $1.49             15.072       437       81,478       73,994
2002   Annual distribution total $1.51             14.903       494       68,770       68,927
1/28/03   Rights Offering     5,600       10.770       520                
2003   Annual distribution total $1.30             14.582       516       106,216       107,339
2004   Annual distribution total $1.55             17.604       568       128,955       139,094
2005   Annual distribution total $1.61             18.739       604       139,808       148,773
2006   Annual distribution total $1.78             19.696       693       167,063       179,945
2007   Annual distribution total $1.85             19.687       787       175,469       165,158
2008   Annual distribution total $1.723             12.307       1,294       95,415       85,435
3/11/09   Distribution $0.323             6.071       537       137,966       115,669
12/2/10   Distribution $0.03             13.850       23       179,730       156,203
2011   Annual distribution total $0.783             13.043       656       161,638       139,866
2012   Year-to-Date distribution total $0.38             13.057       334                
 
6/30/12       $ 21,922               11,733     $ 168,251     $ 146,193
 

1 The purchase price used for annual distribution totals is a weighted average of the distribution reinvestment prices for the year.
2 Other than for initial purchase, values are stated as of December 31 of the year indicated, after reinvestment of distributions.
3 Includes a return of capital.


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The following table details the share accumulations by an initial investor in the Funds who reinvested all distributions and participated fully in primary subscriptions for each of the rights offerings. Full participation in distribution reinvestments and rights offerings can maximize the returns available to a long-term investor. This table should be read in conjunction with the Performance and Portfolio Reviews of the Funds.


        Amount   Purchase           NAV   Market
  History   Invested   Price1   Shares     Value2   Value2
Royce Micro-Cap Trust                                      
12/14/93   Initial Purchase   $ 7,500     $ 7.500       1,000     $ 7,250     $ 7,500
10/28/94   Rights Offering     1,400       7.000       200                
12/19/94   Distribution $0.05             6.750       9       9,163       8,462
12/7/95   Distribution $0.36             7.500       58       11,264       10,136
12/6/96   Distribution $0.80             7.625       133       13,132       11,550
12/5/97   Distribution $1.00             10.000       140       16,694       15,593
12/7/98   Distribution $0.29             8.625       52       16,016       14,129
12/6/99   Distribution $0.27             8.781       49       18,051       14,769
12/6/00   Distribution $1.72             8.469       333       20,016       17,026
12/6/01   Distribution $0.57             9.880       114       24,701       21,924
2002   Annual distribution total $0.80             9.518       180       21,297       19,142
2003   Annual distribution total $0.92             10.004       217       33,125       31,311
2004   Annual distribution total $1.33             13.350       257       39,320       41,788
2005   Annual distribution total $1.85             13.848       383       41,969       45,500
2006   Annual distribution total $1.55             14.246       354       51,385       57,647
2007   Annual distribution total $1.35             13.584       357       51,709       45,802
2008   Annual distribution total $1.193             8.237       578       28,205       24,807
3/11/09   Distribution $0.223             4.260       228       41,314       34,212
12/2/10   Distribution $0.08             9.400       40       53,094       45,884
2011   Annual distribution total $0.533             8.773       289       49,014       43,596
2012   Year-to-Date distribution total $0.26             8.975       145                
 
6/30/12       $ 8,900               5,116     $ 52,183     $ 45,635
 
Royce Focus Trust                                      
10/31/96   Initial Purchase   $ 4,375     $ 4.375       1,000     $ 5,280     $ 4,375
12/31/96                                 5,520       4,594
12/5/97   Distribution $0.53             5.250       101       6,650       5,574
12/31/98                                 6,199       5,367
12/6/99   Distribution $0.145             4.750       34       6,742       5,356
12/6/00   Distribution $0.34             5.563       69       8,151       6,848
12/6/01   Distribution $0.14             6.010       28       8,969       8,193
12/6/02   Distribution $0.09             5.640       19       7,844       6,956
12/8/03   Distribution $0.62             8.250       94       12,105       11,406
2004   Annual distribution total $1.74             9.325       259       15,639       16,794
5/6/05   Rights offering     2,669       8.340       320                
2005   Annual distribution total $1.21             9.470       249       21,208       20,709
2006   Annual distribution total $1.57             9.860       357       24,668       27,020
2007   Annual distribution total $2.01             9.159       573       27,679       27,834
2008   Annual distribution total $0.473             6.535       228       15,856       15,323
3/11/09   Distribution $0.093             3.830       78       24,408       21,579
12/31/10                                 29,726       25,806
2011   Annual distribution total $0.413             6.894       207       26,614       22,784
2012   Year-to-Date distribution total $0.20             6.681       109                
 
6/30/12       $ 7,044               3,725     $ 26,597     $ 23,393
 

1 The purchase price used for annual distribution totals is a weighted average of the distribution reinvestment prices for the year.
2 Other than for initial purchase, values are stated as of December 31 of the year indicated, after reinvestment of distributions.
3 Includes a return of capital.


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Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options


Why should I reinvest my distributions?
By reinvesting distributions, a stockholder can maintain an undiluted investment in the Fund. The regular reinvestment of distributions has a significant impact on stockholder returns. In contrast, the stockholder who takes distributions in cash is penalized when shares are issued below net asset value to other stockholders.

How does the reinvestment of distributions from the Royce closed-end funds work?
The Funds automatically issue shares in payment of distributions unless you indicate otherwise. The shares are generally issued at the lower of the market price or net asset value on the valuation date.

How does this apply to registered stockholders?
If your shares are registered directly with a Fund, your distributions are automatically reinvested unless you have otherwise instructed the Funds’ transfer agent, Computershare, in writing. A registered stockholder also has the option to receive the distribution in the form of a stock certificate or in cash if Computershare is properly notified.

What if my shares are held by a brokerage firm or a bank?
If your shares are held by a brokerage firm, bank, or other intermediary as the stockholder of record, you should contact your brokerage firm or bank to be certain that it is automatically reinvesting distributions on your behalf. If they are unable to reinvest distributions on your behalf, you should have your shares registered in your name in order to participate.

What other features are available for registered stockholders?
The Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plans also allow registered stockholders to make optional cash purchases of shares of a Fund’s common stock directly through Computershare on a monthly basis, and to deposit certificates representing your Fund shares with Computershare for safekeeping. The Funds’ investment adviser is absorbing all commissions on optional cash purchases under the Plans through December 31, 2012.

How do the Plans work for registered stockholders?
Computershare maintains the accounts for registered stockholders in the Plans and sends written confirmation of all transactions in the account. Shares in the account of each participant will be held by Computershare in non-certificated form in the name of the participant, and each participant will be able to vote those shares at a stockholder meeting or by proxy. A participant may also send other stock certificates held by them to Computershare to be held in non-certificated form. There is no service fee charged to participants for reinvesting distributions. If a participant elects to sell shares from a Plan account, Computershare will deduct a $2.50 fee plus brokerage commissions from the sale transaction. If a nominee is the registered owner of your shares, the nominee will maintain the accounts on your behalf.

How can I get more information on the Plans?
You can call an Investor Services Representative at (800) 221-4268 or you can request a copy of the Plan for your Fund from Computershare. All correspondence (including notifications) should be directed to: [Name of Fund] Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan, c/o Computershare, PO Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010, telephone (800) 426-5523.


18  |   The Royce Funds 2012 Semiannual Report to Stockholders    



Royce Value Trust   June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 
   Schedule of Investments    

      SHARES       VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 112.0%              
               
Consumer Discretionary – 14.3%              
Auto Components - 1.1%              

China XD Plastics 1,2

    99,100     $ 453,878

Drew Industries 2

    46,591       1,297,559

Gentex Corporation

    76,600       1,598,642

Minth Group

    1,028,900       1,116,630

WABCO Holdings 2

    103,800       5,494,134

Williams Controls

    37,499       453,738

Xinyi Glass Holdings

    700,000       374,259
           
              10,788,840
           
Automobiles - 0.4%              

Thor Industries

    77,500       2,124,275

Winnebago Industries 2

    222,500       2,267,275
           
              4,391,550
           
Distributors - 0.8%              

LKQ Corporation 1,2

    184,000       6,145,600

Weyco Group

    97,992       2,271,455
           
              8,417,055
           
Diversified Consumer Services - 1.8%              

Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes

    80,000       1,019,667

Career Education 1,2

    28,900       193,341

ChinaCast Education 2

    46,842       30,447

Corinthian Colleges 1,2

    59,500       171,955

MegaStudy

    31,150       2,136,197

Regis Corporation

    233,800       4,199,048

Sotheby’s

    212,400       7,085,664

Steiner Leisure 2

    10,042       466,049

Universal Technical Institute

    153,521       2,074,069
           
              17,376,437
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.2%              

Benihana

    3,300       53,163

CEC Entertainment

    64,100       2,331,317

Lotto24 2,3

    6,800       17,211
           
              2,401,691
           
Household Durables - 2.8%              

Desarrolladora Homex ADR 2

    14,100       217,140

Ekornes

    70,000       1,003,915

Ethan Allen Interiors

    345,800       6,891,794

Hanssem

    39,100       632,612

Harman International Industries

    121,400       4,807,440

Mohawk Industries 2

    144,200       10,069,486

NVR 2

    1,875       1,593,750

Tupperware Brands

    10,700       585,932

Woongjin Coway

    50,000       1,558,315
           
              27,360,384
           
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3%              

Manutan International

    43,900       1,667,235

Takkt

    120,000       1,493,354
           
              3,160,589
           
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.4%              

Beneteau

    80,000       770,523

Shimano

    45,500       2,976,149
           
              3,746,672
           
Media - 1.1%              

Global Sources 1,2

    64,671       426,829

Morningstar

    109,800       6,350,832

Pico Far East Holdings

    13,179,000       3,266,461

Television Broadcasts

    75,000       523,120
           
              10,567,242
           
Multiline Retail - 0.3%              

New World Department Store China

    4,774,700       2,584,701
           
Specialty Retail - 1.5%              

Abercrombie & Fitch Cl. A

    7,400       252,636

Dickson Concepts (International)

    434,300       233,837

Dover Saddlery 2

    17,821       74,492

Guess?

    19,100       580,067

Hengdeli Holdings

    2,112,250       677,015

Lewis Group

    200,000       1,723,665

L’Occitane International

    100,000       276,971

Luk Fook Holdings (International)

    387,400       812,779

Men’s Wearhouse (The)

    65,300       1,837,542

Oriental Watch Holdings

    2,098,900       560,554

OSIM International

    1,400,000       1,338,871

Sa Sa International Holdings

    700,000       441,354

Stein Mart 2

    167,800       1,334,010

Systemax 2

    194,000       2,293,080

USS

    10,000       1,080,175

West Marine 2

    131,100       1,540,425
           
              15,057,473
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.6%              

Anta Sports Products 1

    928,200       565,865

Carter’s 1,2

    211,200       11,109,120

China Xiniya Fashion ADR 2

    95,700       136,851

Columbia Sportswear

    41,297       2,214,345

Daphne International Holdings

    510,700       521,405

Gildan Activewear

    19,800       544,896

Grendene

    300,000       1,568,335

J.G. Boswell Company 4

    2,292       1,650,240

K-Swiss Cl. A 1,2

    163,600       503,888

Li Ning 2

    535,000       301,345

Pacific Textiles Holdings

    3,921,000       2,410,223

Stella International Holdings

    633,700       1,572,478

Texwinca Holdings

    1,277,000       1,213,553

Van de Velde

    8,423       363,499

Warnaco Group (The) 2

    160,500       6,834,090

Wolverine World Wide

    100,000       3,878,000

Xtep International Holdings

    750,000       262,696
           
              35,650,829
           
Total (Cost $121,442,744)             141,503,463
           
               
Consumer Staples – 2.4%              
Beverages - 0.0%              

MGP Ingredients

    127,400       408,954
           
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4%              

FamilyMart

    83,500       3,823,232
           
Food Products - 2.0%              

Alico

    27,000       824,580

Asian Citrus Holdings

    287,800       162,056


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Royce Value Trust

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES       VALUE
Consumer Staples (continued)              
Food Products (continued)              

Binggrae

    23,796     $ 1,496,250

Cal-Maine Foods

    34,848       1,362,557

Cerebos Pacific

    257,000       1,074,315

First Resources

    1,059,800       1,619,940

Industrias Bachoco ADR

    5,000       109,750

Origin Agritech 1,2

    76,800       109,824

Seneca Foods Cl. A 2

    110,000       2,959,000

Seneca Foods Cl. B 2

    13,251       359,102

Super Group

    890,000       1,479,565

Tootsie Roll Industries

    322,058       7,684,304

Waterloo Investment Holdings 2,3

    598,676       84,413

Westway Group

    31,500       188,685
           
              19,514,341
           
Total (Cost $20,595,129)             23,746,527
           
               
Diversified Investment Companies – 0.4%              
Closed-End Funds - 0.4%              

Central Fund of Canada Cl. A

    226,000       4,472,540
           
Total (Cost $2,031,252)             4,472,540
           
               
Energy – 4.9%              
Energy Equipment & Services - 4.2%              

Cal Dive International 2

    456,250       1,323,125

CARBO Ceramics

    4,500       345,285

Ensco Cl. A

    50,600       2,376,682

Ensign Energy Services

    225,100       3,095,374

Heckmann Corporation 1,2

    50,000       169,000

Helmerich & Payne

    121,100       5,265,428

ION Geophysical 1,2

    361,500       2,382,285

Oil States International 2

    93,023       6,158,123

Pason Systems

    105,400       1,540,469

SEACOR Holdings 2

    88,866       7,942,843

ShawCor Cl. A

    58,000       2,099,303

TETRA Technologies 1,2

    68,000       484,840

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical

    50,000       1,347,666

Tidewater

    36,000       1,668,960

Trican Well Service

    282,400       3,259,208

Unit Corporation 2

    34,000       1,254,260

Willbros Group 2

    103,800       670,548
           
              41,383,399
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.7%              

Africa Oil 1,2

    97,400       750,040

Bill Barrett 1,2

    50,000       1,071,000

Cimarex Energy

    61,300       3,378,856

Green Plains Renewable Energy 1,2

    65,000       405,600

Resolute Energy 1,2

    181,134       1,733,453
           
              7,338,949
           
Total (Cost $39,976,537)             48,722,348
           
               
Financials – 20.7%              
Capital Markets - 9.2%              

A.F.P. Provida ADR

    14,960       1,248,113

Affiliated Managers Group 2

    47,600       5,209,820

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.

    514,600       6,530,274

AP Alternative Assets L.P. 2

    233,200       2,449,734

Artio Global Investors Cl. A

    235,000       822,500

ASA Gold and Precious Metals

    117,501       2,619,097

Ashmore Group

    806,000       4,423,148

Bank Sarasin & Co. Cl. B 2

    1       28

BT Investment Management

    163,717       298,820

Cowen Group Cl. A 2

    1,154,458       3,070,858

Dubai Investments

    8,900,000       1,690,527

Eaton Vance

    85,300       2,298,835

Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Company 2

    51,625       87,682

Epoch Holding Corporation

    25,000       569,500

FBR & Co. 2

    576,200       1,596,074

Federated Investors Cl. B

    224,700       4,909,695

Fiducian Portfolio Services

    227,000       225,364

GAMCO Investors Cl. A

    80,575       3,576,724

GFI Group

    166,247       591,839

GIMV

    22,500       1,023,377

Gleacher & Company 2

    200,000       160,000

Jupiter Fund Management

    75,000       253,265

KKR & Co. L.P.

    415,000       5,349,350

Lazard Cl. A

    319,700       8,309,003

MVC Capital

    254,200       3,291,890

Oppenheimer Holdings Cl. A

    75,000       1,179,000

Paris Orleans

    198,359       4,255,479

Partners Group Holding

    14,600       2,595,612

Reinet Investments 2

    164,948       3,013,467

Reinet Investments DR 2

    500,000       923,752

SEI Investments

    338,600       6,734,754

SHUAA Capital 2

    485,000       88,253

SPARX Group 2

    730       61,588

Sprott

    269,600       1,310,795

Treasury Group

    42,250       174,110

UOB-Kay Hian Holdings

    135,000       167,833

Value Partners Group

    7,511,700       3,680,321

VZ Holding

    12,800       1,212,697

Waddell & Reed Financial Cl. A

    139,300       4,218,004

Westwood Holdings Group

    23,460       874,120
           
              91,095,302
           
Commercial Banks - 1.7%              

Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 2

    882,304       1,120,526

BCB Holdings 2

    598,676       178,147

Center Bancorp

    2,419       27,214

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach

    1,200       5,280,000

Fauquier Bankshares

    160,800       2,090,400

First Citizens BancShares Cl. A

    35,596       5,932,074

Hawthorn Bancshares

    23,056       210,965

Mechanics Bank

    200       2,300,000

Old Point Financial

    17,573       189,788
           
              17,329,114
           
Consumer Finance - 0.3%              

World Acceptance 2

    42,000       2,763,600
           


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June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


      SHARES       VALUE
Financials (continued)              
Diversified Financial Services - 1.2%              

Banca Finnat Euramerica

    1,060,000     $ 345,706

Interactive Brokers Group

    100,000       1,472,000

PICO Holdings 2

    83,060       1,861,374

RHJ International 2

    232,500       1,049,066

Sofina

    89,000       6,873,949

State Bank of Mauritius

    36,000       94,920
           
              11,697,015
           
Insurance - 5.0%              

Alleghany Corporation 2

    24,197       8,220,931

Argo Group International Holdings

    64,751       1,895,262

Brown & Brown

    151,800       4,139,586

Discovery Holdings

    120,000       765,131

eHealth 2

    32,000       515,520

E-L Financial

    20,400       8,315,490

Erie Indemnity Cl. A

    50,000       3,580,500

Independence Holding

    349,423       3,441,816

Platinum Underwriters Holdings

    149,000       5,676,900

Primerica

    170,000       4,544,100

ProAssurance Corporation

    22,000       1,959,980

RLI

    80,724       5,505,377

White Mountains Insurance Group

    1,550       808,712
           
              49,369,305
           
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%              

Colony Financial

    275,461       4,765,475

Vestin Realty Mortgage II 1,2

    214,230       247,436
           
              5,012,911
           
Real Estate Management & Development - 2.4%              

Altisource Portfolio Solutions 2

    41,199       3,017,003

Consolidated-Tomoka Land

    63,564       1,829,372

E-House China Holdings ADR

    471,100       2,591,050

Forestar Group 1,2

    177,000       2,267,370

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

    150,000       2,101,500

Midland Holdings

    3,138,800       1,534,511

St. Joe Company (The) 1,2

    167,000       2,640,270

Tejon Ranch 2

    264,400       7,567,128
           
              23,548,204
           
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.4%              

CFS Bancorp

    150,000       670,500

HopFed Bancorp

    108,521       749,880

Kearny Financial

    70,862       686,653

MyState 2

    100,578       314,520

Timberland Bancorp 2,5

    444,200       2,203,232
           
              4,624,785
           
Total (Cost $220,667,144)             205,440,236
           
               
Health Care – 7.8%              
Biotechnology - 0.1%              

3SBio ADR 1,2

    33,200       453,180
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%              

Allied Healthcare Products 2

    174,712       545,101

Analogic Corporation

    40,135       2,488,370

Atrion Corporation

    15,750       3,228,435

bioMerieux

    13,800       1,134,795

Carl Zeiss Meditec

    80,000       1,928,183

CONMED Corporation

    81,500       2,255,105

DiaSorin 1

    50,000       1,458,254

DynaVox Cl. A 1,2

    55,000       61,600

IDEXX Laboratories 1,2

    40,201       3,864,522

Kossan Rubber Industries

    473,968       481,311

Nihon Kohden

    25,100       764,305

Straumann Holding

    4,000       587,476

Top Glove

    375,000       613,631

Urologix 1,2

    261,200       201,124

Young Innovations

    62,550       2,157,350
           
              21,769,562
           
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9%              

Accretive Health 1,2

    244,700       2,681,912

Cross Country Healthcare 2

    30,000       131,100

Landauer

    75,500       4,328,415

MWI Veterinary Supply 1,2

    10,000       1,027,700

VCA Antech 2

    39,900       877,002
           
              9,046,129
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 3.3%              

Bio-Rad Laboratories Cl. A 2

    22,888       2,289,029

EPS

    512       1,399,841

Furiex Pharmaceuticals 2

    8,333       174,576

ICON ADR 2

    207,650       4,678,354

Luminex Corporation 1,2

    20,000       489,800

Mettler-Toledo International 2

    33,500       5,220,975

PAREXEL International 2

    312,400       8,819,052

PerkinElmer

    185,800       4,793,640

Techne Corporation

    71,000       5,268,200
           
              33,133,467
           
Pharmaceuticals - 1.3%              

Adcock Ingram Holdings

    215,000       1,583,327

Almirall

    140,000       1,006,833

Boiron

    55,000       1,428,330

Daewoong Pharmaceutical

    14,843       316,526

Green Cross

    5,000       652,160

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

    60,000       613,879

Kalbe Farma

    800,000       322,062

Recordati

    230,000       1,636,514

Santen Pharmaceutical

    76,000       3,116,937

Vetoquinol

    30,000       779,682

Virbac

    9,000       1,487,100
           
              12,943,350
           
Total (Cost $51,846,190)             77,345,688
           
               
Industrials – 27.5%              
Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%              

AeroVironment 2

    22,900       602,499

Alliant Techsystems

    9,300       470,301

Cubic Corporation

    11,800       567,344

Ducommun 1,2

    117,200       1,149,732

HEICO Corporation

    210,351       8,313,072

HEICO Corporation Cl. A

    64,647       2,085,512


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Royce Value Trust

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES       VALUE
Industrials (continued)              
Aerospace & Defense (continued)              

Hexcel Corporation 2

    47,500     $ 1,225,025

Moog Cl. A 2

    25,000       1,033,750

National Presto Industries

    3,000       209,310

Teledyne Technologies 2

    59,930       3,694,684
           
              19,351,229
           
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.8%              

C. H. Robinson Worldwide

    50,000       2,926,500

Forward Air

    209,750       6,768,633

Hub Group Cl. A 2

    149,400       5,408,280

UTi Worldwide

    175,000       2,556,750
           
              17,660,163
           
Building Products - 1.2%              

American Woodmark 2

    123,335       2,109,029

Apogee Enterprises

    71,100       1,142,577

Burnham Holdings Cl. B 4

    36,000       543,600

Simpson Manufacturing

    258,400       7,625,384
           
              11,420,590
           
Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.5%              

Brink’s Company (The)

    206,320       4,782,498

CompX International Cl. A

    185,300       2,334,780

Copart 2

    149,780       3,548,288

Kimball International Cl. B

    286,180       2,203,586

Moshi Moshi Hotline

    240,000       2,470,277

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

    337,700       7,176,125

Tetra Tech 2

    87,400       2,279,392

TMS International Cl. A 2

    45,500       453,635
           
              25,248,581
           
Construction & Engineering - 1.6%              

EMCOR Group

    199,400       5,547,308

Integrated Electrical Services 1,2

    266,349       729,796

Jacobs Engineering Group 2

    81,400       3,081,804

KBR

    180,000       4,447,800

Raubex Group

    1,065,000       1,743,769
           
              15,550,477
           
Electrical Equipment - 3.2%              

AZZ

    43,900       2,689,314

Belden

    57,800       1,927,630

Elektrobudowa

    16,392       477,773

Franklin Electric

    104,600       5,348,198

Fushi Copperweld 2

    97,931       851,021

GrafTech International 2

    530,031       5,114,799

Jinpan International

    96,284       781,826

Powell Industries 2

    92,400       3,452,064

Preformed Line Products

    91,600       5,304,556

Regal-Beloit

    100,000       6,226,000
           
              32,173,181
           
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%              

Raven Industries

    99,500       6,924,205
           
Machinery - 9.6%              

Armstrong Industrial

    1,514,500       319,483

Astec Industries 1,2

    21,900       671,892

Burckhardt Compression Holding

    15,400       3,952,921

Chen Hsong Holdings

    1,615,000       481,061

China Automation Group

    844,800       201,958

CLARCOR

    92,500       4,454,800

Columbus McKinnon 1,2

    133,700       2,017,533

Donaldson Company

    185,600       6,193,472

EVA Precision Industrial Holdings

    6,393,600       526,753

FAG Bearings India

    28,000       730,752

Flowserve Corporation

    5,200       596,700

Gardner Denver

    36,700       1,941,797

Graco

    116,376       5,362,606

IDEX Corporation

    67,400       2,627,252

Industrea

    1,004,725       1,325,090

Kennametal

    193,500       6,414,525

Lincoln Electric Holdings

    210,860       9,233,559

Lindsay Corporation

    6,400       415,360

NN 2

    197,100       2,012,391

Nordson Corporation

    204,200       10,473,418

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology

    18,500       1,883,100

PMFG 1,2

    378,352       2,954,929

Rational

    7,000       1,668,661

RBC Bearings 2

    47,000       2,223,100

Rotork

    12,500       386,142

Semperit AG Holding

    84,000       3,069,743

Spirax-Sarco Engineering

    65,000       2,025,394

Sun Hydraulics

    8,600       208,894

Valmont Industries

    49,800       6,024,306

Wabtec Corporation

    87,725       6,843,427

Woodward

    208,400       8,219,296
           
              95,460,315
           
Marine - 0.4%              

Kirby Corporation 2

    80,000       3,766,400
           
Professional Services - 2.6%              

Advisory Board (The) 2

    231,200       11,465,208

CRA International 2

    64,187       942,907

eClerx Services

    35,900       395,528

FTI Consulting 2

    7,850       225,688

JobStreet Corporation

    600,000       418,817

ManpowerGroup

    78,600       2,880,690

Michael Page International

    200,000       1,178,685

On Assignment 2

    375,400       5,991,384

Robert Half International

    78,900       2,254,173
           
              25,753,080
           
Road & Rail - 1.2%              

Frozen Food Express Industries 2

    286,635       315,299

Landstar System

    99,400       5,140,968

Patriot Transportation Holding 2

    212,958       5,010,902

Universal Truckload Services

    121,876       1,843,374
           
              12,310,543
           
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.7%              

AerCap Holdings 1,2

    45,000       507,600

Air Lease Cl. A 1,2

    40,700       789,173

Lawson Products

    161,431       1,493,237

MSC Industrial Direct Cl. A

    56,448       3,700,166
           
              6,490,176
           


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June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


      SHARES       VALUE
Industrials (continued)              
Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%              

Wesco Aircraft Holdings 1,2

    68,400     $ 870,732
           
Total (Cost $167,315,025)             272,979,672
           
               
Information Technology – 21.9%              
Communications Equipment - 1.8%              

AAC Technologies Holdings

    206,700       598,540

ADTRAN

    127,700       3,855,263

Bel Fuse Cl. A

    36,672       664,130

Black Box

    43,798       1,257,003

Cogo Group 1,2

    87,715       154,378

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings 1

    2,880,928       1,207,349

Comtech Telecommunications

    30,000       857,400

EVS Broadcast Equipment

    37,298       1,756,332

Globecomm Systems 2

    183,700       1,862,718

Sonus Networks 1,2

    1,124,000       2,416,600

Tellabs

    650,000       2,164,500

VTech Holdings

    64,050       762,782

Zhone Technologies 2

    256,878       168,255
           
              17,725,250
           
Computers & Peripherals - 1.5%              

Asustek Computer

    50,000       462,509

Catcher Technology

    85,600       579,379

China Digital TV Holding Co. ADR

    5,000       14,700

Diebold

    151,600       5,595,556

Electronics for Imaging 1,2

    8,517       138,401

Foxconn Technology

    81,100       297,151

Intermec 2

    23,000       142,600

Intevac 2

    57,450       432,024

Simplo Technology

    83,300       576,487

SMART Technologies Cl. A 2

    75,000       136,500

STEC 1,2

    345,500       2,694,900

Steel Excel 2,4

    156,880       4,212,228
           
              15,282,435
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 8.9%    

Agilysys 2

    165,125       1,431,633

Anixter International

    61,795       3,278,225

Benchmark Electronics 2

    165,200       2,304,540

China High Precision Automation Group 1,3

    2,720,300       480,386

Chroma Ate

    269,982       614,495

Cognex Corporation

    236,200       7,475,730

Coherent 2

    233,300       10,101,890

Dolby Laboratories Cl. A 2

    128,500       5,307,050

FEI Company 2

    103,000       4,927,520

FLIR Systems

    105,000       2,047,500

Hana Microelectronics

    1,391,300       838,532

Hollysys Automation Technologies 2

    65,727       559,994

Inficon Holding

    1,100       224,470

IPG Photonics 1,2

    74,620       3,252,686

Kingboard Chemical Holdings

    311,900       606,451

Mercury Computer Systems 2

    40,500       523,665

Molex

    72,600       1,738,044

National Instruments

    251,850       6,764,691

Newport Corporation 2

    523,500       6,292,470

Perceptron 2

    357,700       1,974,504

Plexus Corporation 2

    176,100       4,966,020

Pulse Electronics 1,2

    286,200       563,814

Richardson Electronics

    395,712       4,879,129

Rofin-Sinar Technologies 1,2

    320,200       6,061,386

Tech Data 1,2

    122,800       5,915,276

TTM Technologies 2

    211,400       1,989,274

Vaisala Cl. A

    164,833       3,128,637
           
              88,248,012
           
Internet Software & Services - 1.0%              

Active Network 1,2

    21,500       330,885

Perficient 2

    10,000       112,300

RealNetworks

    61,350       530,064

ValueClick 2

    145,000       2,376,550

VistaPrint 1,2

    187,000       6,040,100
           
              9,389,899
           
IT Services - 3.5%              

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation Cl. A

    22,300       340,744

Convergys Corporation

    121,000       1,787,170

CSE Global

    1,886,100       1,189,298

Forrester Research

    40,300       1,364,558

Gartner 2

    86,000       3,702,300

Hackett Group 2

    655,000       3,648,350

ManTech International Cl. A

    35,400       830,838

MAXIMUS

    188,400       9,749,700

MoneyGram International 2

    164,962       2,408,445

NeuStar Cl. A 2

    64,287       2,147,186

Sapient Corporation

    706,602       7,115,482
           
              34,284,071
           
Office Electronics - 0.1%              

Zebra Technologies Cl. A 2

    29,658       1,019,049
           
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.2%    

Aixtron ADR

    75,158       1,075,511

Analog Devices

    8,000       301,360

ASM Pacific Technology

    90,000       1,148,275

ATMI 2

    63,315       1,302,390

BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR 1,2

    195,500       842,605

BE Semiconductor Industries 4

    58,000       406,580

Cabot Microelectronics

    34,500       1,007,745

Cymer 2

    13,700       807,615

Diodes 1,2

    252,450       4,738,487

Exar Corporation 1,2

    157,576       1,285,820

Integrated Silicon Solution 2

    180,200       1,818,218

International Rectifier 1,2

    120,000       2,398,800

Miraial

    26,170       418,619

Nanometrics 2

    140,100       2,151,936

OmniVision Technologies 2

    57,300       765,528

Power Integrations

    49,000       1,827,700

RDA Microelectronics ADR 2

    103,800       1,042,152

Teradyne 2

    262,200       3,686,532

TriQuint Semiconductor 2

    350,000       1,925,000


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Royce Value Trust

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES       VALUE
Information Technology (continued)              
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)    

Veeco Instruments 1,2

    83,000     $ 2,851,880
           
              31,802,753
           
Software - 1.9%              

ACI Worldwide 2

    131,150       5,798,142

ANSYS 1,2

    105,600       6,664,416

Aspen Technology 2

    42,100       974,615

Blackbaud

    31,400       806,038

JDA Software Group 2

    49,900       1,481,531

Majesco Entertainment 1,2

    36,255       72,510

Net 1 UEPS Technologies 1,2

    50,000       418,500

NetScout Systems 2

    23,100       498,729

SimCorp

    15,000       2,579,527
           
              19,294,008
           
Total (Cost $194,871,406)             217,045,477
           
               
Materials – 9.1%              
Chemicals - 2.1%              

Agrium

    7,500       663,525

C. Uyemura & Co.

    18,000       680,990

Cabot Corporation

    67,200       2,735,040

Fufeng Group

    693,400       263,438

Hawkins

    86,178       3,290,276

Huchems Fine Chemical

    40,056       792,680

Intrepid Potash 2

    132,766       3,021,754

KMG Chemicals

    53,285       1,027,335

LSB Industries 2

    79,200       2,448,072

Minerals Technologies

    28,930       1,845,155

Mosaic Company (The)

    11,000       602,360

OM Group 2

    90,000       1,710,000

Stepan Company

    7,500       706,350

Victrex

    70,000       1,396,094
           
              21,183,069
           
Construction Materials - 0.8%              

Ash Grove Cement Cl. B 4

    50,518       6,819,930

Mardin Cimento Sanayii

    350,000       1,080,938
           
              7,900,868
           
Containers & Packaging - 1.1%              

Broadway Industrial Group

    1,485,200       425,159

Greif Cl. A

    116,344       4,770,104

Mayr-Melnhof Karton

    65,000       5,959,598
           
              11,154,861
           
Metals & Mining - 5.0%              

Allied Nevada Gold 2

    72,200       2,049,036

AuRico Gold 2

    258,300       2,068,983

Centamin 2

    1,165,000       1,281,603

Central Steel & Wire 4

    6,062       4,091,850

Cliffs Natural Resources

    22,500       1,109,025

Coeur d’Alene Mines 2

    27,400       481,144

Commercial Metals

    36,600       462,624

Endeavour Mining 2

    300,000       654,160

Fresnillo

    40,000       918,002

Globe Specialty Metals

    45,600       612,408

Hecla Mining

    300,000       1,425,000

Hochschild Mining

    300,000       2,213,445

Kimber Resources 2

    560,000       411,600

Kinross Gold

    29,200       237,980

Maharashtra Seamless

    330,000       2,011,278

Major Drilling Group International

    367,600       4,249,731

Medusa Mining

    300,000       1,488,066

Northam Platinum

    460,000       1,317,092

Pretium Resources 2

    39,000       538,200

Randgold Resources ADR 1

    33,000       2,970,330

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

    151,920       7,671,960

Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A

    100,000       2,802,000

Silvercorp Metals

    116,500       644,245

Sims Metal Management ADR

    218,383       2,161,992

Synalloy Corporation

    178,800       2,038,320

Worthington Industries

    185,000       3,786,950
           
              49,697,024
           
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%              

China Forestry Holdings 3

    3,563,800       268,734

Qunxing Paper Holdings 3

    3,296,000       175,380
           
              444,114
           
Total (Cost $85,129,469)             90,379,936
           
               
Telecommunication Services – 0.8%              
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.1%              

ORBCOMM 2

    93,400       304,484
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.7%              

Telephone and Data Systems

    338,270       7,201,768
           
Total (Cost $8,586,851)             7,506,252
           
               
Miscellaneous6 – 2.2%              
Total (Cost $22,601,924)             22,164,135
           
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS              

(Cost $935,063,671)

            1,111,306,274
           
               
PREFERRED STOCK – 0.1%              

Seneca Foods Conv. 2,3

             

(Cost $796,469)

    55,000       1,331,550
           
               
      PRINCIPAL        
      AMOUNT        
CORPORATE BOND – 0.0%              

GAMCO Investors (Debentures) 0.00%

             

due 12/31/15

             

(Cost $289,828)

  $ 289,800       252,314
           
               


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June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


            VALUE  
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 8.0%              
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,              

0.11% dated 6/29/12, due 7/2/12,

             

maturity value $79,013,724 (collateralized

             

by obligations of various U.S. Government

             

Agencies, 0.875% due 11/30/16, valued at

             

$80,598,000)

             

(Cost $79,013,000)

        $ 79,013,000  
         
 
               
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES              

LOANED – 3.5%

             
Money Market Funds              

Federated Government Obligations Fund

             

(7 day yield-0.0115%)

             

(Cost $34,162,585)

          34,162,585  
         
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 123.6%              

(Cost $1,049,325,553)

          1,226,065,723  
               
LIABILITIES LESS CASH              

AND OTHER ASSETS – (1.4)%

          (14,124,876 )
               
PREFERRED STOCK – (22.2)%           (220,000,000 )
         
 
               
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON              

STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%

        $ 991,940,847  
         
 

   

New additions in 2012.
1

All or a portion of these securities were on loan at June 30, 2012. Total market value of loaned securities at June 30, 2012, was $34,221,501.

2 Non-income producing.
3

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available represent 0.2% of net assets. These securities have been valued at their fair value under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. These securities are defined as Level 3 securities due to the use of significant unobservable inputs in the determination of fair value. See Notes to Financial Statements.

4

These securities are defined as Level 2 securities due to fair value being based on quoted prices for similar securities. See Notes to Financial Statements.

5

At June 30, 2012, the Fund owned 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting securities thereby making the Company an Affiliated Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. See Notes to Financial Statements.

6

Includes securities first acquired in 2012 and less than 1% of net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.

   
 

Bold indicates the Fund’s 20 largest equity holdings in terms of June 30, 2012, market value.

   
 

TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $1,050,543,499. At June 30, 2012, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $175,522,224, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $302,938,768 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $127,416,544. The primary difference between book and tax basis cost is the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold.


   
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Royce Value Trust   June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 
   Statement of Assets and Liabilities    

ASSETS:          
Investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)          

Non-Affiliated Companies (cost $964,879,987)

    $ 1,144,849,491  

Affiliated Companies (cost $5,432,566)

      2,203,232  
 
Total investments at value       1,147,052,723  
Repurchase agreements (at cost and value)       79,013,000  
Cash and foreign currency       1,354,533  
Receivable for investments sold       23,193,974  
Receivable for dividends and interest       1,088,873  
Prepaid expenses and other assets       472,554  
 

Total Assets

      1,252,175,657  
 
LIABILITIES:          
Payable for collateral on loaned securities       34,162,585  
Payable for investments purchased       5,090,419  
Payable for investment advisory fee       487,469  
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared       288,452  
Accrued expenses       205,885  
 

Total Liabilities

      40,234,810  
 
PREFERRED STOCK:          
5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 8,800,000 shares outstanding       220,000,000  
 

Total Preferred Stock

      220,000,000  
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS     $ 991,940,847  
 
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:          
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 69,170,978 shares outstanding (150,000,000 shares authorized)     $ 805,986,320  
Undistributed net investment income (loss)       8,605,037  
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency       33,400,395  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency       176,721,304  
Unallocated and accrued distributions       (32,772,209 )
 

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $14.34)

    $ 991,940,847  
 

Investments at identified cost (including $34,162,585 of collateral on loaned securities)

    $ 970,312,553  

Market value of loaned securities

      34,221,501  

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Royce Value Trust   Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 
   Statement of Operations    

INVESTMENT INCOME:          
Income:          

Dividends1

    $ 9,367,401  

Interest

      51,692  

Securities lending

      182,424  
 
Total income       9,601,517  
 
Expenses:          

Investment advisory fees

      2,948,872  

Stockholder reports

      202,217  

Custody and transfer agent fees

      174,182  

Administrative and office facilities

      65,771  

Directors’ fees

      62,123  

Professional fees

      55,587  

Other expenses

      42,277  
 
Total expenses       3,551,029  
Compensating balance credits       (82 )
Fees waived by investment adviser       (25,000 )
 
Net expenses       3,525,947  
 
Net investment income (loss)       6,075,570  
 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:          
Net realized gain (loss):          

Investments

      31,970,519  

Foreign currency transactions

      (105,015 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation):          

Investments and foreign currency translations

      6,782,833  

Other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

      (6,899 )
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency       38,641,438  
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS       44,717,008  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS       (6,490,000 )
 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

    $ 38,227,008  

1 Net of foreign withholding tax of $463,080.

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Royce Value Trust    

 
   Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

    Six months ended    
    6/30/12   Year ended
    (unaudited)   12/31/11
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                    
Net investment income (loss)     $ 6,075,570       $ 6,739,838  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency       31,865,504         35,713,778  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency       6,775,934         (143,670,265 )
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from investment operations       44,717,008         (101,216,649 )
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                    
Net investment income               (2,024,508 )
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency               (10,955,492 )
Unallocated distributions1       (6,490,000 )        
 
Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders       (6,490,000 )       (12,980,000 )
 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

      38,227,008         (114,196,649 )
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                    
Net investment income               (5,275,650 )
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency               (28,548,829 )
Return of capital               (18,288,444 )
Unallocated distributions1       (25,993,760 )        
 
Total distributions to Common Stockholders       (25,993,760 )       (52,112,923 )
 
CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                    
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders       13,067,726         27,070,308  
 
Total capital stock transactions       13,067,726         27,070,308  
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS       25,300,974         (139,239,264 )
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                    

Beginning of period

      966,639,873         1,105,879,137  
 

End of period (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $8,605,037 at 6/30/12 and $2,529,467 at 12/31/11)

    $ 991,940,847       $ 966,639,873  
                     
1 To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.

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Royce Value Trust    

 
    Financial Highlights    

This table is presented to show selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding throughout each period, and to assist stockholders in evaluating the Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

    Six months ended                                          
    June 30, 2012     Years ended December 31,
    (unaudited)       2011       2010       2009       2008       2007  
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD     $ 14.18       $ 16.73     $ 12.87     $ 9.37     $ 19.74     $ 20.62  
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                                    

Net investment income (loss)

      0.09         0.10       0.24       0.17       0.14       0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

      0.57         (1.62 )     3.85       3.87       (8.50 )     1.13  
 

Total investment operations

      0.66         (1.52 )     4.09       4.04       (8.36 )     1.22  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                                                    

Net investment income

      –              (0.03 )     (0.20 )     (0.18 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

      –              (0.16 )     –            –            (0.20 )     (0.21 )

Return of capital

      –              –            –            (0.02 )     –            –       

Unallocated distributions1

      (0.09 )       –            –            –            –            –       
 

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders

      (0.09 )       (0.19 )     (0.20 )     (0.20 )     (0.21 )     (0.22 )
 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

      0.57         (1.71 )     3.89       3.84       (8.57 )     1.00  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                                                    

Net investment income

      –              (0.08 )     (0.03 )     –            (0.06 )     (0.09 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

      –              (0.43 )     –            –            (1.18 )     (1.76 )

Return of capital

      –              (0.27 )     –            (0.32 )     (0.48 )     –       

Unallocated distributions1

      (0.38 )       –            –            –            –            –       
 

Total distributions to Common Stockholders

      (0.38 )       (0.78 )     (0.03 )     (0.32 )     (1.72 )     (1.85 )
 
CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                                                    

Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders

      (0.03 )       (0.06 )     (0.00 )     (0.02 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )
 

Total capital stock transactions

      (0.03 )       (0.06 )     (0.00 )     (0.02 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )
 
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD     $ 14.34       $ 14.18     $ 16.73     $ 12.87     $ 9.37     $ 19.74  
 
MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD     $ 12.46       $ 12.27     $ 14.54     $ 10.79     $ 8.39     $ 18.58  
 
TOTAL RETURN:2                                                    
Market Value       4.52 %3       (10.46 )%     35.05 %     35.39 %     (48.27 )%     (8.21 )%
Net Asset Value       4.09 %3       (10.06 )%     30.27 %     44.59 %     (45.62 )%     5.04 %
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO                                            

COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:

                                                   

Investment advisory fee expense4

      0.56 %5       0.86 %     0.11 %     0.00 %     1.27 %     1.29 %

Other operating expenses

      0.12 %5       0.12 %     0.12 %     0.16 %     0.12 %     0.09 %
Total expenses (net)6       0.68 %5       0.98 %     0.23 %     0.16 %     1.39 %     1.38 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers and balance credits       0.69 %5       0.98 %     0.23 %     0.16 %     1.39 %     1.38 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers       0.69 %5       0.98 %     0.23 %     0.16 %     1.39 %     1.38 %
Net investment income (loss)       1.17 %5       0.63 %     1.69 %     1.66 %     0.94 %     0.43 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                                                    
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,                                                    

End of Period (in thousands)

      $991,941         $966,640     $ 1,105,879       $849,777       $603,234     $ 1,184,669  
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,                                                    

End of Period (in thousands)

      $220,000         $220,000       $220,000       $220,000       $220,000       $220,000  
Portfolio Turnover Rate       13 %       26 %     30 %     31 %     25 %     26 %
PREFERRED STOCK:                                                    
Total shares outstanding       8,800,000         8,800,000       8,800,000       8,800,000       8,800,000       8,800,000  
Asset coverage per share     $ 137.72       $ 134.88     $ 150.67     $ 121.57     $ 93.55     $ 159.62  
Liquidation preference per share     $ 25.00       $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00  
Average month-end market value per share     $ 25.67       $ 25.37     $ 25.06     $ 23.18     $ 22.51     $ 23.68  
 

1
To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.
2
The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period. Dividends and distributions are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
3 Not annualized
4
The investment advisory fee is calculated based on average net assets over a rolling 60-month basis, while the above ratios of investment advisory fee expenses are based on the average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders over a 12-month basis.
5 Annualized
6
Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 0.56%, 0.82%, 0.18%, 0.12%, 1.13% and 1.17% for the periods ended June 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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Royce Value Trust


   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Royce Value Trust, Inc. (the “Fund”), was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on July 1, 1986, as a diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund commenced operations on November 26, 1986.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, the officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.

Valuation of Investments:
Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date. Securities that trade on an exchange, and securities traded on Nasdaq’s Electronic Bulletin Board, are valued at their last reported sales price or Nasdaq official closing price taken from the primary market in which each security trades or, if no sale is reported for such day, at their bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price, except in the case of some bonds and other fixed income securities which may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. The Fund values its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities in U.S. dollars daily at the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates as quoted by a major bank. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors, and are reported as Level 3 securities. As a general principle, the fair value of a security is the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. However, in light of the judgment involved in fair valuations, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security will be the amount which the Fund might be able to receive upon its current sale. In addition, if, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. The Fund uses an independent pricing service to provide fair value estimates for relevant non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market volatility exceeds a certain threshold. This pricing service uses proprietary correlations it has developed between the movement of prices of non-U.S. equity securities and indices of U.S.-traded securities, futures contracts and other indications to estimate the fair value of relevant non-U.S. securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, as noted above. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:
Level 
1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 

2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, foreign securities that may be fair valued and repurchase agreements). The table below includes all Level 2 securities. Level 2 securities with values based on quoted prices for similar securities are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

Level 

3 – significant unobservable inputs (including last trade price before trading was suspended, or at a discount thereto for lack of marketability or otherwise, market price information regarding other securities, information received from the company and/or published documents, including SEC filings and financial statements, or other publicly available information).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2012. For a detailed breakout of common stocks by sector classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.

    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Common Stocks   $ 887,712,798   $ 222,567,352   $ 1,026,124   $ 1,111,306,274
Preferred Stocks             1,331,550     1,331,550
Corporate Bonds         252,314         252,314
Cash Equivalents     34,162,585     79,013,000         113,175,585

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Royce Value Trust


   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Valuation of Investments (continued):
Level 3 Reconciliation:
                  Realized and Unrealized    
    Balance as of 12/31/11   Purchases   Gain (Loss)1   Balance as of 6/30/12
Common Stocks     $ 1,701,029         $17,052       $ (691,957 )     $ 1,026,124  
Preferred Stocks       1,278,090                 53,460         1,331,550  

1

The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized. Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations.


Repurchase Agreements:
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Fund’s investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. The Fund restricts repurchase agreements to maturities of no more than seven days. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements, which are held until maturity of the repurchase agreements, are marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counter-party, including possible delays or restrictions upon the ability of the Fund to dispose of its underlying securities.

Foreign Currency:
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, expiration of currency forward contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at the end of the reporting period, as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Securities Lending:
The Fund loans securities through a lending agent to qualified institutional investors for the purpose of realizing additional income. Collateral for the Fund on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and cash equivalents and invested temporarily by the custodian. The collateral maintained is at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The Fund retains the risk of any loss on the securities on loan as well as incurring the potential loss on investments purchased with cash collateral received for securities lending. The Fund’s securities lending income consists of the income earned on investing cash collateral, plus any premium payments received for lending certain securities, less any rebates paid to borrowers and lending agent fees associated with the loan. The lending agent is not affiliated with Royce.

Taxes:
As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund is not subject to income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for its fiscal year. The Schedule of Investments includes information regarding income taxes under the caption “Tax Information”.

Distributions:
The Fund pays quarterly distributions on the Fund’s Common Stock at the annual rate of 5% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end NAVs of the Fund’s Common Stock, with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of 1.25% of the rolling average or the distribution required by IRS regulations. Distributions to Preferred Stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly and distributions to Common Stockholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Distributable capital gains and/or net investment income are first allocated to Preferred Stockholder distributions, with any excess allocable to Common Stockholders. If capital gains and/or net investment income are allocated to both Preferred and Common Stockholders, the tax character of such allocations is proportional. To the extent that distributions are not paid from long-term capital gains, net investment income or net short-term capital gains, they will represent a return of capital. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax differences relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividend income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium and discounts on debt securities are amortized using the effective yield-to-maturity method. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the basis of identified cost for book and tax purposes.


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   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Expenses:
The Fund incurs direct and indirect expenses. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund’s operations, while expenses applicable to more than one of the Royce Funds are allocated equitably. Certain personnel, occupancy costs and other administrative expenses related to the Royce Funds are allocated by Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) under an administration agreement and are included in administrative and office facilities and professional fees. The Fund has adopted a deferred fee agreement that allows the Directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of directors’ fees otherwise payable. The deferred fees are invested in certain Royce Funds until distributed in accordance with the agreement.

Compensating Balance Credits:
The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby a portion of the custodian’s fee is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank. This deposit arrangement is an alternative to purchasing overnight investments. Conversely, the Fund pays interest to the custodian on any cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by credits earned on positive cash balances.

Capital Stock:
The Fund issued 999,484 and 2,076,969 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.
At June 30, 2012, 8,800,000 shares of 5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. The Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with accounting for redeemable equity instruments, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.
The Fund is required to meet certain asset coverage tests with respect to the Cumulative Preferred Stock as required by the 1940 Act. In addition, pursuant to the Rating Agency Guidelines established by Moody’s, the Fund is required to maintain a certain discounted asset coverage. If the Fund fails to meet these requirements and does not correct such failure, the Fund may be required to redeem, in part or in full, the Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared on such shares, in order to meet these requirements. Additionally, failure to meet the foregoing asset coverage requirements could restrict the Fund’s ability to pay dividends to Common Stockholders and could lead to sales of portfolio securities at inopportune times. The Fund has met these requirements since issuing the Cumulative Preferred Stock.

Investment Advisory Agreement:
As compensation for its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement, Royce receives a fee comprised of a Basic Fee (“Basic Fee”) and an adjustment to the Basic Fee based on the investment performance of the Fund in relation to the investment record of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index (“S&P 600”).
The Basic Fee is a monthly fee equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% on an annualized basis) of the average of the Fund’s month-end net assets applicable to Common Stockholders, plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock, for the rolling 60-month period ending with such month (the “performance period”). The Basic Fee for each month is increased or decreased at the rate of 1/12 of .05% for each percentage point that the investment performance of the Fund exceeds, or is exceeded by, the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 for the performance period by more than two percentage points. The performance period for each such month is a rolling 60-month period ending with such month. The maximum increase or decrease in the Basic Fee for any month may not exceed 1/12 of .5%. Accordingly, for each month, the maximum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of 1.5% and is payable if the investment performance of the Fund exceeds the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period, and the minimum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of .5% and is payable if the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 exceeds the investment performance of the Fund by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Royce is not entitled to receive any fee for any month when the investment performance of the Fund for the rolling 36-month period ending with such month is negative. In the event that the Fund’s investment performance for such a performance period is less than zero, Royce will not be required to refund to the Fund any fee earned in respect of any prior performance period.
Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate.

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   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)


Investment Advisory Agreement (continued):
For the six rolling 60-month periods ended June 2012, the Fund’s investment performance ranged from 12% to 19% below the investment performance of the S&P 600. Accordingly, the net investment advisory fee consisted of a Basic Fee of $5,897,741 and a net downward adjustment of $2,948,869 for the performance of the Fund relative to that of the S&P 600. Additionally, Royce voluntarily waived a portion of its investment advisory fee ($25,000) attributable to issues of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for those months in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return failed to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Fund accrued and paid Royce investment advisory fees totaling $2,923,872.

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than short-term securities and collateral received for securities loaned, amounted to $152,181,404 and $185,889,472, respectively.

Transactions in Affiliated Companies:
An “Affiliated Company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, is a company in which a fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities at any time during the period. The Fund effected the following transactions in shares of such companies for the six months ended June 30, 2012:

  Shares Market Value Cost of Cost of Realized Dividend Shares Market Value
Affiliated Company 12/31/11 12/31/11 Purchases Sales Gain (Loss) Income 6/30/12 6/30/12
Timberland Bancorp 444,200 $1,710,170 444,200 $2,203,232
    $1,710,170           $2,203,232

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES     VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 109.3%            
             
Consumer Discretionary – 12.4%            
Auto Components - 1.8%            

China XD Plastics 1,2

    91,600   $ 419,528

China Zenix Auto International ADR

    50,000     121,500

Drew Industries 2

    111,200     3,096,920

Fuel Systems Solutions 1,2

    60,000     1,001,400

Spartan Motors

    41,000     214,840

Williams Controls

    31,000     375,100
         
            5,229,288
         
Distributors - 0.4%            

Weyco Group

    48,000     1,112,640
         
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%            

ChinaCast Education 2

    44,000     28,600

Lincoln Educational Services

    112,500     731,250

Spectrum Group International 2,3

    6,925     13,019
         
            772,869
         
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%            

Benihana

    72,800     1,172,808
         
Household Durables - 3.2%            

Cavco Industries 2

    3,091     158,506

Ethan Allen Interiors

    81,600     1,626,288

Flexsteel Industries

    172,500     3,412,050

Koss Corporation

    73,400     391,222

Natuzzi ADR 2

    409,800     995,814

Skullcandy 1,2

    65,100     921,165

Universal Electronics 2

    152,400     2,007,108
         
            9,512,153
         
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3%            

Geeknet 2

    1,500     29,730

NutriSystem

    21,800     252,008

US Auto Parts Network 2

    140,900     588,962
         
            870,700
         
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.2%            

Leapfrog Enterprises Cl. A 1,2

    48,400     496,584

Sturm, Ruger & Co.

    6,400     256,960
         
            753,544
         
Media - 0.7%            

Global Sources 2

    59,655     393,723

Rentrak Corporation 2

    87,000     1,796,550
         
            2,190,273
         
Specialty Retail - 3.1%            

America’s Car-Mart 2

    92,800     3,605,280

Le Chateau Cl. A 2

    73,100     86,160

Lewis Group

    57,000     491,245

Oriental Watch Holdings

    545,100     145,580

Shoe Carnival

    35,028     752,752

Stein Mart 2

    178,900     1,422,255

Systemax 2

    84,000     992,880

West Marine 2

    86,000     1,010,500

Wet Seal (The) Cl. A 2

    149,279     471,722
         
            8,978,374
         
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.0%            

China Xiniya Fashion ADR 2

    40,000     57,200

G-III Apparel Group 2

    30,200     715,438

J.G. Boswell Company 3

    2,490     1,792,800

K-Swiss Cl. A 1,2

    72,400     222,992

Marimekko

    25,300     413,815

Movado Group

    77,633     1,942,378

True Religion Apparel

    21,100     611,478
         
            5,756,101
         
Total (Cost $28,419,288)           36,348,750
         
             
Consumer Staples – 3.5%            
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.5%            

Arden Group Cl. A

    16,000     1,395,360
         
Food Products - 2.7%            

Asian Citrus Holdings

    1,060,000     596,871

Binggrae

    9,700     609,919

Calavo Growers

    17,300     442,534

Farmer Bros. 2

    41,400     329,544

Griffin Land & Nurseries 2

    70,274     1,966,969

Origin Agritech 1,2

    121,488     173,728

Seneca Foods Cl. A 2

    51,400     1,382,660

Seneca Foods Cl. B 2

    42,500     1,151,750

Waterloo Investment Holdings 2,4

    806,207     113,675

Westway Group

    220,000     1,317,800
         
            8,085,450
         
Personal Products - 0.3%            

Inter Parfums

    26,400     455,928

Schiff Nutrition International Cl. A 2

    17,015     305,419
         
            761,347
         
Total (Cost $8,874,885)           10,242,157
         
             
Energy – 3.8%            
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.8%            

Dawson Geophysical 2

    53,213     1,267,533

Geodrill 2

    177,700     375,263

Global Geophysical Services 2

    35,000     214,200

Gulf Island Fabrication

    29,116     821,362

Heckmann Corporation 1,2

    200,000     676,000

Lamprell

    202,400     320,157

North American Energy Partners 2

    50,000     129,000

OYO Geospace 1,2

    7,130     641,629

Pason Systems

    139,200     2,034,472

Pioneer Drilling 1,2

    57,500     458,275

Tesco Corporation 2

    50,000     600,000

Willbros Group 2

    131,100     846,906
         
            8,384,797
         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.0%            

Approach Resources 1,2

    12,000     306,480

Resolute Energy 1,2

    40,000     382,800

Sprott Resource 2

    172,600     673,040

VAALCO Energy 2

    92,900     801,727

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June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


      SHARES     VALUE
Energy (continued)            
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)            

Warren Resources 2

    290,000   $ 696,000
         
            2,860,047
         
Total (Cost $9,532,174)           11,244,844
         
             
Financials – 20.4%            
Capital Markets - 8.1%            

ASA Gold and Precious Metals

    35,000     780,150

BKF Capital Group 2,3

    130,200     130,200

Cohen & Steers

    27,900     962,829

Diamond Hill Investment Group

    34,479     2,699,361

Duff & Phelps Cl. A

    50,000     725,000

Edelman Financial Group (The)

    209,000     1,818,300

Epoch Holding Corporation

    196,500     4,476,270

FBR & Co. 2

    215,000     595,550

Fiera Capital

    78,000     622,100

INTL FCStone 2

    32,910     636,808

JZ Capital Partners

    363,999     2,081,644

MVC Capital

    151,200     1,958,040

NGP Capital Resources

    167,077     1,182,905

Queen City Investments 3

    948     957,480

SHUAA Capital 2

    1,100,000     200,162

U.S. Global Investors Cl. A

    91,500     399,855

Urbana Corporation 2

    237,600     251,856

Virtus Investment Partners 1,2

    35,000     2,835,000

Westwood Holdings Group

    8,800     327,888
         
            23,641,398
         
Commercial Banks - 2.1%            

BCB Holdings 2

    806,207     239,902

Chemung Financial

    40,000     1,020,000

Fauquier Bankshares

    140,200     1,822,600

Financial Institutions

    36,000     607,680

First Bancorp

    40,200     683,400

LCNB Corporation

    20,000     265,000

Peapack-Gladstone Financial

    88,868     1,378,343
         
            6,016,925
         
Consumer Finance - 0.1%            

Regional Management 1,2

    26,100     429,345
         
Diversified Financial Services - 1.0%            

Banca Finnat Euramerica

    1,310,000     427,241

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores

    300,000     591,018

GAIN Capital Holdings

    25,000     124,750

PICO Holdings 2

    45,700     1,024,137

RHJ International 2

    170,000     767,059
         
            2,934,205
         
Insurance - 3.3%            

Hallmark Financial Services 2

    118,000     920,400

Independence Holding

    105,380     1,037,993

Presidential Life

    241,100     2,370,013

SeaBright Holdings

    191,000     1,697,990

State Auto Financial

    139,264     1,956,659

United Fire Group

    73,603     1,569,952
         
            9,553,007
         
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%        

BRT Realty Trust 2

    228,681     1,486,426
         
Real Estate Management & Development - 4.4%        

Consolidated-Tomoka Land

    62,750     1,805,945

Forestar Group 2

    111,000     1,421,910

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

    465,358     6,519,666

Tejon Ranch 2

    110,162     3,152,836

ZipRealty 2

    25,000     36,500
         
            12,936,857
         
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.9%            

Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania

    41,344     510,599

BofI Holding 2

    91,262     1,803,337

HopFed Bancorp

    57,222     395,404
         
            2,709,340
         
Total (Cost $49,620,709)           59,707,503
         
             
Health Care – 8.4%            
Biotechnology - 1.7%            

Acadia Pharmaceuticals 1,2

    499,400     878,944

Celsion Corporation 1,2

    550,000     1,688,500

Chelsea Therapeutics International 1,2

    540,000     799,200

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals 1,2

    364,203     655,566

3SBio ADR 2

    45,880     626,262

Vical 1,2

    120,000     432,000
         
            5,080,472
         
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.4%            

Allied Healthcare Products 2

    226,798     707,610

AngioDynamics 2

    116,940     1,404,449

Atrion Corporation

    7,557     1,549,034

CryoLife 2

    50,573     264,497

DynaVox Cl. A 2

    20,000     22,400

Exactech 2

    132,100     2,215,317

Medical Action Industries 2

    125,250     435,870

STRATEC Biomedical

    14,000     621,989

Syneron Medical 2

    69,200     718,296

Theragenics Corporation 1,2

    336,900     677,169

Trinity Biotech ADR 1

    49,900     598,800

Utah Medical Products

    42,300     1,418,319

Young Innovations

    61,450     2,119,410
         
            12,753,160
         
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.4%            

CorVel Corporation 2

    20,000     980,000

Cross Country Healthcare 2

    300,773     1,314,378

Gentiva Health Services 2

    23,000     159,390

PDI 2

    65,383     538,756

PharMerica Corporation 2

    40,000     436,800

Psychemedics Corporation

    37,500     385,875

U.S. Physical Therapy

    10,000     254,300
         
            4,069,499
         
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%            

Affymetrix 2

    150,000     703,500

Furiex Pharmaceuticals 1,2

    23,758     497,730

PAREXEL International 2

    28,800     813,024
         
            2,014,254
         

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES     VALUE
Health Care (continued)            
Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%            

Daewoong Pharmaceutical

    357   $ 7,613

XenoPort 1,2

    102,000     616,080
         
            623,693
         
Total (Cost $20,743,415)           24,541,078
         
             
Industrials – 27.7%            
Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%            

Astronics Corporation 2

    26,017     734,720

CPI Aerostructures 1,2

    38,335     421,685

Ducommun 2

    78,700     772,047

HEICO Corporation

    65,625     2,593,500

Innovative Solutions and Support 2

    100,000     329,000

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions 1,2

    72,324     422,372

SIFCO Industries

    45,800     1,052,484
         
            6,325,808
         
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%            

Forward Air

    50,700     1,636,089

Pacer International 2

    35,000     189,700
         
            1,825,789
         
Building Products - 3.5%            

AAON

    109,500     2,064,075

American Woodmark 2

    72,000     1,231,200

Apogee Enterprises

    57,900     930,453

Burnham Holdings Cl. A 3

    121,000     1,827,100

Griffon Corporation

    89,500     767,910

Trex Company 2

    90,000     2,708,100

WaterFurnace Renewable Energy

    53,400     852,323
         
            10,381,161
         
Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.4%            

Acorn Energy

    60,000     499,200

CompX International Cl. A

    107,500     1,354,500

Heritage-Crystal Clean 2

    113,301     1,852,471

Interface Cl. A

    27,000     368,010

Team 2

    69,940     2,180,729

US Ecology

    52,000     922,480
         
            7,177,390
         
Construction & Engineering - 1.8%            

Comfort Systems USA

    27,096     271,502

Integrated Electrical Services 2,5

    1,122,500     3,075,650

Layne Christensen 2

    36,000     744,840

MYR Group 2

    28,500     486,210

Pike Electric 2

    90,900     701,748
         
            5,279,950
         
Electrical Equipment - 2.7%            

AZZ

    16,147     989,165

Deswell Industries 1

    544,371     1,480,689

Encore Wire

    15,000     401,700

Fushi Copperweld 2

    74,163     644,477

Global Power Equipment Group

    32,500     709,800

Jinpan International

    97,821     794,307

LSI Industries

    79,812     568,261

Powell Industries 2

    36,000     1,344,960

Preformed Line Products

    16,000     926,560
         
            7,859,919
         
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.4%            

Raven Industries

    58,400     4,064,056
         
Machinery - 6.4%            

Armstrong Industrial

    1,085,500     228,985

Cascade Corporation

    10,900     512,845

CIRCOR International

    14,000     477,260

Columbus McKinnon 2

    26,950     406,676

Eastern Company (The)

    39,750     641,963

FAG Bearings India

    23,700     618,529

Foster (L.B.) Company

    66,200     1,893,982

FreightCar America

    44,300     1,017,571

Graham Corporation

    43,900     817,418

Hurco Companies 2

    52,666     1,079,126

Industrea

    932,854     1,230,302

NN 2

    164,300     1,677,503

PMFG 2

    223,245     1,743,543

Semperit AG Holding

    12,500     456,807

Sun Hydraulics

    93,087     2,261,083

Tennant Company

    92,300     3,687,385
         
            18,750,978
         
Professional Services - 4.0%            

Advisory Board (The) 2

    82,800     4,106,052

CBIZ 1,2

    47,000     279,180

eClerx Services

    25,100     276,539

Exponent 2

    58,400     3,085,272

GP Strategies 2

    18,485     341,418

Heidrick & Struggles International

    115,600     2,023,000

JobStreet Corporation

    50,000     34,902

Kforce 2

    60,000     807,600

On Assignment 2

    41,100     655,956
         
            11,609,919
         
Road & Rail - 1.6%            

Frozen Food Express Industries 2

    157,000     172,700

Patriot Transportation Holding 2

    111,681     2,627,854

Universal Truckload Services

    134,200     2,029,775
         
            4,830,329
         
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.6%            

Aceto Corporation

    72,219     652,138

Houston Wire & Cable

    67,375     736,409

Lawson Products

    50,269     464,988
         
            1,853,535
         
Transportation Infrastructure - 0.5%            

Touax

    47,000     1,320,756
         
Total (Cost $56,822,354)           81,279,590
         
             
Information Technology – 21.0%            
Communications Equipment - 1.0%            

Bel Fuse Cl. A

    67,705     1,226,137

ClearOne Communications 2

    25,000     102,250

Cogo Group 1,2

    48,035     84,542

Globecomm Systems 2

    42,700     432,978

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June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


      SHARES     VALUE
Information Technology (continued)            
Communications Equipment (continued)            

Oplink Communications 2

    49,951   $ 675,837

PC-Tel

    44,100     285,327
         
            2,807,071
         
Computers & Peripherals - 1.4%            

Imation Corporation 2

    112,312     663,764

Rimage Corporation

    79,200     633,600

STEC 2

    189,900     1,481,220

Super Micro Computer 2

    42,754     678,079

TransAct Technologies 2

    78,600     606,006
         
            4,062,669
         
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 6.6%

Agilysys 2

    90,000     780,300

Checkpoint Systems 2

    52,300     455,533

Diploma

    50,000     349,295

Domino Printing Sciences

    80,000     677,142

Frequency Electronics 2

    34,600     279,568

Hana Microelectronics

    763,700     460,280

Hollysys Automation Technologies 2

    248,400     2,116,368

Inficon Holding

    3,600     734,629

Mercury Computer Systems 2

    71,956     930,391

Mesa Laboratories

    48,267     2,243,933

Methode Electronics

    118,613     1,009,397

Multi-Fineline Electronix 1,2

    25,400     625,856

Newport Corporation 2

    80,900     972,418

Parametric Sound 1,2

    75,000     684,000

Park Electrochemical

    14,200     367,496

Pulse Electronics 1,2

    150,000     295,500

Richardson Electronics

    250,900     3,093,597

Rogers Corporation 2

    58,400     2,313,224

TTM Technologies 2

    114,400     1,076,504
         
            19,465,431
         
Internet Software & Services - 0.9%            

Bitauto Holdings ADR 2

    50,000     204,500

Marchex Cl. B

    95,000     342,950

Stamps.com 2

    6,600     162,822

Support.com 2

    417,500     1,331,825

WebMediaBrands 2

    525,000     330,750

World Energy Solutions 2

    72,920     226,781
         
            2,599,628
         
IT Services - 4.4%            

Cass Information Systems

    16,500     664,125

Computer Task Group 2

    211,800     3,174,882

CSE Global

    1,066,300     672,365

Dynamics Research 2

    108,269     629,043

Forrester Research

    54,900     1,858,914

Innodata 1,2

    153,832     1,052,211

Official Payments Holdings 2

    333,414     1,300,315

Sapient Corporation

    350,000     3,524,500
         
            12,876,355
         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.5%

Advanced Energy Industries 2

    47,600     638,792

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor 2

    211,800     1,937,970

Amtech Systems 1,2

    92,000     345,920

AXT 2

    46,600     184,070

BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing ADR 2

    158,414     682,764

Exar Corporation 2

    341,208     2,784,257

GSI Technology 2

    39,471     187,093

Integrated Silicon Solution 2

    86,500     872,785

LTX-Credence Corporation 2

    72,200     483,740

Miraial

    22,030     352,395

MoSys 1,2

    400,000     1,296,000

O2Micro International ADR 1,2

    80,000     352,800

Photronics 2

    173,000     1,055,300

RDA Microelectronics ADR 2

    94,800     951,792

Rubicon Technology 1,2

    36,899     376,370

Rudolph Technologies 2

    34,800     303,456

Silicon Motion Technology ADR 1,2

    35,400     499,494
         
            13,304,998
         
Software - 2.2%            

ACI Worldwide 2

    69,600     3,077,016

Actuate Corporation 2

    100,300     695,079

American Software Cl. A

    62,800     499,260

BSQUARE Corporation 1,2

    163,875     478,515

Pegasystems

    49,000     1,616,020
         
            6,365,890
         
Total (Cost $49,297,068)           61,482,042
         
             
Materials – 8.6%            

Chemicals - 2.8%

           

Balchem Corporation

    63,375     2,066,659

C. Uyemura & Co.

    10,300     389,677

Hawkins

    29,697     1,133,832

Landec Corporation 2

    60,300     516,168

Quaker Chemical

    73,100     3,377,951

Zoltek Companies 2

    70,000     632,100
         
            8,116,387
         
Construction Materials - 0.8%            

Ash Grove Cement 3

    8,000     1,080,000

Monarch Cement

    52,303     1,150,666
         
            2,230,666
         
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%            

Broadway Industrial Group

    1,347,200     385,655
         
Metals & Mining - 4.7%            

AuRico Gold 2

    91,250     730,912

Aurizon Mines 2

    47,000     211,970

Central Steel & Wire 3

    1,088     734,400

Comstock Mining 1,2

    325,000     802,750

Endeavour Mining 2

    642,400     1,400,774

Endeavour Mining (Warrants) 2

    50,000     22,837

Exeter Resource 2

    140,000     233,800

Golden Star Resources 1,2

    640,000     742,400

Haynes International

    16,000     815,040

Horsehead Holding Corporation 2

    67,888     676,164

Kingsrose Mining

    224,000     264,613

MAG Silver 2

    74,750     650,325

Midway Gold 2

    345,000     479,550

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

 
   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES     VALUE  
Materials (continued)              
Metals & Mining (continued)              

Richmont Mines 2

    93,100   $ 431,053  

RTI International Metals 2

    55,000     1,244,650  

Scorpio Mining 2

    136,000     85,493  

Seabridge Gold 2

    16,700     241,983  

Synalloy Corporation

    58,200     663,480  

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products 2

    40,199     1,652,179  

Victoria Gold 2

    1,000,000     299,578  

Vista Gold 2

    498,000     1,449,180  
         
 
            13,833,131  
         
 
Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%              

Pope Resources L.P.

    12,205     672,129  

Qunxing Paper Holdings 4

    1,500,000     79,815  
         
 
            751,944  
         
 
Total (Cost $22,777,618)           25,317,783  
         
 
               
Utilities – 0.1%              
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1%

Alterra Power 2

    450,000     201,110  

China Hydroelectric ADS 1,2

    73,100     51,543  
         
 
Total (Cost $754,614)           252,653  
         
 
               
Miscellaneous 6 – 3.4%              
Total (Cost $9,682,941)           9,816,332  
         
 
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS              

(Cost $256,525,066)

          320,232,732  
         
 
               
PREFERRED STOCK – 0.4%              

Seneca Foods Conv. 2,3

             

(Cost $578,719)

    45,409     1,163,379  
         
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 11.0%
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,

0.11% dated 6/29/12, due 7/2/12,

maturity value $32,076,294 (collateralized

by obligations of various U.S. Government

Agencies, 0.875% due 11/30/16, valued at

$32,718,950)

(Cost $32,076,000)

    32,076,000  
         
 
               
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES

LOANED – 4.2%

Money Market Funds

Federated Government Obligations Fund

(7 day yield-0.0115%)

(Cost $12,358,059)

    12,358,059  
         
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 124.9%              

(Cost $301,537,844)

          365,830,170  
               
LIABILITIES LESS CASH              

AND OTHER ASSETS – (4.4)%

          (12,823,065 )
               
PREFERRED STOCK – (20.5)%           (60,000,000 )
         
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON

STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%

        $ 293,007,105  
         
 


   

New additions in 2012.
1
All or a portion of these securities were on loan at June 30, 2012. Total market value of loaned securities at June 30, 2012, was $11,927,021.
2
Non-income producing.
3
These securities are defined as Level 2 securities due to fair value being based on quoted prices for similar securities. See Notes to Financial Statements.
4
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available represent 0.1% of net assets. These securities have been valued at their fair value under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. These securities are defined as Level 3 securities due to the use of significant unobservable inputs in the determination of fair value. See Notes to Financial Statements.
5
At June 30, 2012, the Fund owned 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting securities thereby making the Company an Affiliated Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. See Notes to Financial Statements.
6
Includes securities first acquired in 2012 and less than 1% of net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.
   
 
Bold indicates the Fund’s 20 largest equity holdings in terms of June 30, 2012, market value.
   
 
TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $302,399,108. At June 30, 2012, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $63,431,062, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $92,492,956 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $29,061,894. The primary difference between book and tax basis cost is the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold.


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Royce Micro-Cap Trust   June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

     
  Statement of Assets and Liabilities

ASSETS:        
Investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)        

Non-Affiliated Companies (cost $267,339,619)

  $ 330,678,520  

Affiliated Companies (cost $2,122,225)

    3,075,650  
 
Total investments at value     333,754,170  
Repurchase agreements (at cost and value)     32,076,000  
Cash and foreign currency     38,610  
Receivable for investments sold     1,275,565  
Receivable for dividends and interest     334,546  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     36,569  
 

Total Assets

    367,515,460  
 
LIABILITIES:        
Payable for collateral on loaned securities     12,358,059  
Payable for investments purchased     1,811,288  
Payable for investment advisory fee     171,185  
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared     80,000  
Accrued expenses     87,823  
 

Total Liabilities

    14,508,355  
 
PREFERRED STOCK:        
6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 2,400,000 shares outstanding     60,000,000  
 

Total Preferred Stock

    60,000,000  
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS   $ 293,007,105  
 
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:        
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 28,728,978 shares outstanding (150,000,000 shares authorized)   $ 230,803,869  
Undistributed net investment income (loss)     (2,141,601 )
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency     9,324,816  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency     64,291,876  
Unallocated and accrued distributions     (9,271,855 )
 

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $10.20)

  $ 293,007,105  
 

Investments at identified cost (including $12,358,059 of collateral on loaned securities)

  $ 269,461,844  

Market value of loaned securities

    11,927,021  

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust   Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 (unaudited)

     
  Statement of Operations

INVESTMENT INCOME:        
Income:        

Dividends1

  $ 2,003,684  

Interest

    9,966  

Securities lending

    60,114  
 
Total income     2,073,764  
 
Expenses:        

Investment advisory fees

    2,027,135  

Stockholder reports

    60,584  

Custody and transfer agent fees

    55,103  

Professional fees

    33,504  

Directors’ fees

    30,836  

Administrative and office facilities

    18,500  

Other expenses

    21,384  
 
Total expenses     2,247,046  
Compensating balance credits     (8 )
Fees waived by investment adviser     (26,666 )
 
Net expenses     2,220,372  
 
Net investment income (loss)     (146,608 )
 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:        
Net realized gain (loss):        

Investments

    10,564,653  

Foreign currency transactions

    (12,891 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation):        

Investments and foreign currency translations

    8,956,877  

Other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

    1,019  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency     19,509,658  
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS     19,363,050  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS     (1,800,000 )
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS        

FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

  $ 17,563,050  

1 Net of foreign withholding tax of $28,809.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

      Six months ended        
      6/30/12   Year ended
      (unaudited)   12/31/11
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                  
Net investment income (loss)     $ (146,608 )   $ 1,181,694  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency       10,551,762       5,899,117  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency       8,957,896       (28,491,445 )
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from investment operations       19,363,050       (21,410,634 )
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                  
Net investment income             (660,851 )
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency             (2,939,149 )
Unallocated distributions1       (1,800,000 )      
 
Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders       (1,800,000 )     (3,600,000 )
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS                  

FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

      17,563,050       (25,010,634 )
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                  
Net investment income             (1,505,199 )
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency             (6,694,405 )
Return of capital             (6,511,252 )
Unallocated distributions1       (7,391,855 )      
 
Total distributions to Common Stockholders       (7,391,855 )     (14,710,856 )
 
CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                  
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders       3,543,691       7,734,894  
 
Total capital stock transactions       3,543,691       7,734,894  
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS       13,714,886       (31,986,596 )
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                  

Beginning of period

      279,292,219       311,278,815  
 

End of period (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(2,141,601) at 6/30/12 and

                 

$(1,994,992) at 12/31/11)

    $ 293,007,105     $ 279,292,219  

1 To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
  Financial Highlights

This table is presented to show selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding throughout each period, and to assist stockholders in evaluating the Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

    Six months ended   Years ended December 31,
    June 30, 2012  
    (unaudited)   2011     2010     2009     2008     2007  
 
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 9.86     $ 11.34     $ 8.90     $ 6.39     $ 13.48     $ 14.77  
 
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                                

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.00 )     0.04       0.08       0.00       0.02       (0.00 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and

                                               

foreign currency

    0.68       (0.82 )     2.58       2.88       (5.70 )     0.24  
 

Total investment operations

    0.68       (0.78 )     2.66       2.88       (5.68 )     0.24  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                                                

Net investment income

    –            (0.02 )     (0.10 )     (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

    –            (0.11 )     (0.03 )     –            (0.13 )     (0.14 )

Return of capital

    –            –            –            (0.09 )     –            –       

Unallocated distributions1

    (0.06 )     –            –            –            –            –       
 

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders

    (0.06 )     (0.13 )     (0.13 )     (0.13 )     (0.14 )     (0.15 )
 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON                                                

STOCKHOLDERS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

    0.62       (0.91 )     2.53       2.75       (5.82 )     0.09  
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                                                

Net investment income

    –            (0.05 )     (0.06 )     –            (0.09 )     (0.08 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

    –            (0.24 )     (0.02 )     –            (0.83 )     (1.27 )

Return of capital

    –            (0.24 )     –            (0.22 )     (0.27 )     –       

Unallocated distributions1

    (0.26 )     –            –            –            –            –       
 

Total distributions to Common Stockholders

    (0.26 )     (0.53 )     (0.08 )     (0.22 )     (1.19 )     (1.35 )
 
CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                                                

Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders

    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )
 

Total capital stock transactions

    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )
 
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 10.20     $ 9.86     $ 11.34     $ 8.90     $ 6.39     $ 13.48  
 
MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 8.92     $ 8.77     $ 9.80     $ 7.37     $ 5.62     $ 11.94  
 
TOTAL RETURN: 2                                                
Market Value     4.69 %3     (4.99 )%     34.10 %     37.91 %     (45.84 )%     (20.54 )%
Net Asset Value     6.48 %3     (7.69 )%     28.50 %     46.47 %     (45.45 )%     0.64 %
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO                                                

COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:

                                               

Investment advisory fee expense4

    1.35 %5     0.97 %     0.97 %     1.38 %     1.39 %     1.44 %

Other operating expenses

    0.15 %5     0.15 %     0.15 %     0.21 %     0.16 %     0.12 %
Total expenses (net)6     1.50 %5     1.12 %     1.12 %     1.59 %     1.55 %     1.56 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers and balance credits     1.52 %5     1.15 %     1.17 %     1.74 %     1.58 %     1.56 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers     1.52 %5     1.15 %     1.17 %     1.74 %     1.58 %     1.56 %
Net investment income (loss)     (0.10 )%5     0.40 %     0.84 %     0.02 %     0.15 %     (0.07 )%
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                                                
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,                                                

End of Period (in thousands)

    $293,007       $279,292       $311,279       $243,156       $169,854       $331,476  
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,                                                

End of Period (in thousands)

    $60,000       $60,000       $60,000       $60,000       $60,000       $60,000  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     13 %     30 %     27 %     30 %     42 %     41 %
PREFERRED STOCK:                                                
Total shares outstanding     2,400,000       2,400,000       2,400,000       2,400,000       2,400,000       2,400,000  
Asset coverage per share   $ 147.09     $ 141.37     $ 154.70     $ 126.32     $ 95.77     $ 163.11  
Liquidation preference per share   $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00  
Average month-end market value per share   $ 25.69     $ 25.41     $ 25.11     $ 23.47     $ 23.08     $ 24.06  
 

1
To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.
2
The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period. Dividends and distributions are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
3
Not annualized
4
The investment advisory fee is calculated based on average net assets over a rolling 36-month basis, while the above ratios of investment advisory fee expenses are based on the average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders over a 12-month basis.
5
Annualized
6
Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 1.25%, 0.93%, 0.91%, 1.21%, 1.26% and 1.33% for the periods ended June 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
  Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (the “Fund”), was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 9, 1993, as a diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund commenced operations on December 14, 1993.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, the officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.

Valuation of Investments:
Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date. Securities that trade on an exchange, and securities traded on Nasdaq’s Electronic Bulletin Board, are valued at their last reported sales price or Nasdaq official closing price taken from the primary market in which each security trades or, if no sale is reported for such day, at their bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price, except in the case of some bonds and other fixed income securities which may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. The Fund values its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities in U.S. dollars daily at the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates as quoted by a major bank. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors, and are reported as Level 3 securities. As a general principle, the fair value of a security is the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. However, in light of the judgment involved in fair valuations, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security will be the amount which the Fund might be able to receive upon its current sale. In addition, if, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. The Fund uses an independent pricing service to provide fair value estimates for relevant non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market volatility exceeds a certain threshold. This pricing service uses proprietary correlations it has developed between the movement of prices of non-U.S. equity securities and indices of U.S.-traded securities, futures contracts and other indications to estimate the fair value of relevant non-U.S. securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, as noted above. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:
Level 

1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 
2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, foreign securities that may be fair valued and repurchase agreements). The table below includes all Level 2 securities. Level 2 securities with values based on quoted prices for similar securities are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Level 
3 – significant unobservable inputs (including last trade price before trading was suspended, or at a discount thereto for lack of marketability or otherwise, market price information regarding other securities, information received from the company and/or published documents, including SEC filings and financial statements, or other publicly available information).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2012. For a detailed breakout of common stocks by sector classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.

    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  
Common Stocks   $ 288,966,924   $ 31,072,318   $ 193,490   $ 320,232,732  
Preferred Stocks         1,163,379         1,163,379  
Cash Equivalents     12,358,059     32,076,000         44,434,059  

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Valuation of Investments (continued):
                       
  Level 3 Reconciliation:                    
              Realized and Unrealized        
        Balance as of 12/31/11     Gain (Loss)1     Balance as of 6/30/12  
Common Stocks     $347,895     $(154,405)     $193,490  

  1
The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized. Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

Repurchase Agreements:
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Fund’s investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. The Fund restricts repurchase agreements to maturities of no more than seven days. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements, which are held until maturity of the repurchase agreements, are marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counter-party, including possible delays or restrictions upon the ability of the Fund to dispose of its underlying securities.

Foreign Currency:
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, expiration of currency forward contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at the end of the reporting period, as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Securities Lending:
The Fund loans securities through a lending agent to qualified institutional investors for the purpose of realizing additional income. Collateral for the Fund on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and cash equivalents and invested temporarily by the custodian. The collateral maintained is at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The Fund retains the risk of any loss on the securities on loan as well as incurring the potential loss on investments purchased with cash collateral received for securities lending. The Fund’s securities lending income consists of the income earned on investing cash collateral, plus any premium payments received for lending certain securities, less any rebates paid to borrowers and lending agent fees associated with the loan. The lending agent is not affiliated with Royce.

Taxes:
As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund is not subject to income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for its fiscal year. The Schedule of Investments includes information regarding income taxes under the caption “Tax Information”.

Distributions:
The Fund pays quarterly distributions on the Fund’s Common Stock at the annual rate of 5% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end NAVs of the Fund’s Common Stock, with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of 1.25% of the rolling average or the distribution required by IRS regulations. Distributions to Preferred Stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly and distributions to Common Stockholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Distributable capital gains and/or net investment income are first allocated to Preferred Stockholder distributions, with any excess allocable to Common Stockholders. If capital gains and/or net investment income are allocated to both Preferred and Common Stockholders, the tax character of such allocations is proportional. To the extent that distributions are not paid from long-term capital gains, net investment income or net short-term capital gains, they will represent a return of capital. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax differences relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividend income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium and discounts on debt securities are amortized using the effective yield-to-maturity method. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the basis of identified cost for book and tax purposes.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Expenses:
The Fund incurs direct and indirect expenses. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund’s operations, while expenses applicable to more than one of the Royce Funds are allocated equitably. Certain personnel, occupancy costs and other administrative expenses related to the Royce Funds are allocated by Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) under an administration agreement and are included in administrative and office facilities and professional fees. The Fund has adopted a deferred fee agreement that allows the Directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of directors’ fees otherwise payable. The deferred fees are invested in certain Royce Funds until distributed in accordance with the agreement.

Compensating Balance Credits:
The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby a portion of the custodian’s fee is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank. This deposit arrangement is an alternative to purchasing overnight investments. Conversely, the Fund pays interest to the custodian on any cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by credits earned on positive cash balances.

Capital Stock:
The Fund issued 395,771 and 881,817 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2012, and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.
At June 30, 2012, 2,400,000 shares of 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. The Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with accounting for redeemable equity instruments, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.
The Fund is required to meet certain asset coverage tests with respect to the Cumulative Preferred Stock as required by the 1940 Act. In addition, pursuant to the Rating Agency Guidelines established by Moody’s, the Fund is required to maintain a certain discounted asset coverage. If the Fund fails to meet these requirements and does not correct such failure, the Fund may be required to redeem, in part or in full, the Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared on such shares, in order to meet these requirements. Additionally, failure to meet the foregoing asset coverage requirements could restrict the Fund’s ability to pay dividends to Common Stockholders and could lead to sales of portfolio securities at inopportune times. The Fund has met these requirements since issuing the Cumulative Preferred Stock.

Investment Advisory Agreement:
As compensation for its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement, Royce receives a fee comprised of a Basic Fee (“Basic Fee”) and an adjustment to the Basic Fee based on the investment performance of the Fund in relation to the investment record of the Russell 2000.
The Basic Fee is a monthly fee equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% on an annualized basis) of the average of the Fund’s month-end net assets applicable to Common Stockholders, plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock, for the rolling 36-month period ending with such month (the “performance period”). The Basic Fee for each month is increased or decreased at the rate of 1/12 of .05% for each percentage point that the investment performance of the Fund exceeds, or is exceeded by, the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 for the performance period by more than two percentage points. The performance period for each such month is a rolling 36-month period ending with such month. The maximum increase or decrease in the Basic Fee for any month may not exceed 1/12 of .5%. Accordingly, for each month, the maximum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of 1.5% and is payable if the investment performance of the Fund exceeds the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period, and the minimum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of .5% and is payable if the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 exceeds the investment performance of the Fund by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period.
Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate.
For the six rolling 36-month periods ended June 2012, the Fund’s investment performance ranged from 25% above to 9% below the investment performance of the Russell 2000. Accordingly, the net investment advisory fee consisted of a Basic Fee of $1,639,531 and a net upward adjustment of $387,604 for the performance of the Fund relative to that of the Russell 2000. Additionally, Royce voluntarily waived a portion of its investment advisory fee ($26,666) attributable to issues of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for those months in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return failed to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Fund accrued and paid Royce investment advisory fees totaling $2,000,469.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust    

     
   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than short-term securities and collateral received for securities loaned, amounted to $49,054,019 and $40,632,743, respectively.

Transactions in Affiliated Companies:
An “Affiliated Company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, is a company in which a fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities at any time during the period. The Fund effected the following transactions in shares of such companies for the six months ended June 30, 2012:

    Shares   Market Value   Cost of   Cost of   Realized   Dividend   Shares   Market Value
Affiliated Company   12/31/11   12/31/11   Purchases   Sales   Gain (Loss)   Income   6/30/12   6/30/12
Integrated Electrical Services   1,122,500   $2,155,200           1,122,500   $3,075,650
        $2,155,200                       $3,075,650

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Royce Focus Trust

  June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


   Schedule of Investments

      SHARES     VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 99.9%            
             
Consumer Discretionary – 6.3%            
Automobiles - 1.3%            

Thor Industries

    70,000   $ 1,918,700
         
Specialty Retail - 5.0%            

Buckle (The)

    120,000     4,748,400

GameStop Corporation Cl. A

    150,000     2,754,000
         
            7,502,400
         
Total (Cost $9,312,642)           9,421,100
         
Consumer Staples – 4.8%            
Food Products - 3.7%            

Cal-Maine Foods

    50,000     1,955,000

Industrias Bachoco ADR

    90,000     1,975,500

Sanderson Farms

    35,000     1,603,700
         
            5,534,200
         
Personal Products - 1.1%            

Nu Skin Enterprises Cl. A

    35,000     1,641,500
         
Total (Cost $7,026,608)           7,175,700
         
Energy – 11.7%            
Energy Equipment & Services - 8.5%            

C&J Energy Services 1,2

    120,000     2,220,000

Helmerich & Payne

    70,000     3,043,600

Pason Systems

    180,000     2,630,783

Trican Well Service

    250,000     2,885,276

Unit Corporation 2

    50,000     1,844,500
         
            12,624,159
         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.2%            

Exxon Mobil

    55,000     4,706,350
         
Total (Cost $15,739,927)           17,330,509
         
Financials – 18.8%            
Capital Markets - 12.2%            

Affiliated Managers Group 2

    20,000     2,189,000

Ashmore Group

    600,000     3,292,666

Franklin Resources

    40,000     4,439,600

Knight Capital Group Cl. A 2

    100,000     1,194,000

Partners Group Holding

    12,000     2,133,380

Sprott

    500,000     2,430,999

Value Partners Group

    4,900,000     2,400,731
         
            18,080,376
         
Insurance - 4.2%            

Berkshire Hathaway Cl. B 2

    75,000     6,249,750
         
Real Estate Management & Development - 2.4%            

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

    260,000     3,642,600
         
Total (Cost $24,965,531)           27,972,726
         
Health Care – 1.6%            
Biotechnology - 1.6%            

Myriad Genetics 2

    100,000     2,377,000
         
Total (Cost $2,334,558)           2,377,000
         
Industrials – 6.7%            
Construction & Engineering - 1.3%            

Jacobs Engineering Group 2

    50,000     1,893,000
         
Electrical Equipment - 1.0%            

GrafTech International 2

    150,000     1,447,500
         
Machinery - 3.0%            

Lincoln Electric Holdings

    50,000     2,189,500

Semperit AG Holding

    65,000     2,375,397
         
            4,564,897
         
Road & Rail - 1.4%            

Patriot Transportation Holding 2

    90,000     2,117,700
         
Total (Cost $9,147,819)           10,023,097
         
Information Technology – 18.8%            
Computers & Peripherals - 7.2%            

Apple 2

    6,000     3,504,000

SanDisk Corporation 2

    70,000     2,553,600

Western Digital 2

    150,000     4,572,000
         
            10,629,600
         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.5%            

Analog Devices

    142,000     5,349,140

MKS Instruments

    130,000     3,760,900

Veeco Instruments 1,2

    60,000     2,061,600
         
            11,171,640
         
Software - 4.1%            

Microsoft Corporation

    200,000     6,118,000
         
Total (Cost $24,646,858)           27,919,240
         
Materials – 31.2%            
Chemicals - 7.3%            

LSB Industries 2

    100,000     3,091,000

Mosaic Company (The)

    85,000     4,654,600

Westlake Chemical

    60,000     3,135,600
         
            10,881,200
         
Metals & Mining - 22.5%            

Alamos Gold

    120,000     1,874,079

Allied Nevada Gold 2

    150,000     4,257,000

Centamin 2

    1,200,000     1,320,106

Endeavour Mining 2

    450,000     981,239

Fresnillo

    70,000     1,606,504

Globe Specialty Metals

    200,000     2,686,000

Major Drilling Group International

    200,000     2,312,150

Newmont Mining

    75,000     3,638,250

Nucor Corporation

    50,000     1,895,000

Pan American Silver

    160,000     2,702,400

Pretium Resources 2

    200,000     2,760,000

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

    70,000     3,535,000

Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A

    75,000     2,101,500

Seabridge Gold 2

    120,000     1,738,800
         
            33,408,028
         
Paper & Forest Products - 1.4%            

Stella-Jones

    40,000     2,103,919
         
Total (Cost $45,293,559)           46,393,147
         


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Royce Focus Trust

  June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


   Schedule of Investments

            VALUE  
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS              

(Cost $138,467,502)

        $ 148,612,519  
         
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 17.0%              

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.11% dated 6/29/12, due 7/2/12, maturity value $25,251,231 (collateralized by obligations of various U.S. Government Agencies, 3.25% due 6/30/16, valued at $25,760,000)
(Cost $25,251,000)

          25,251,000  
         
 
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES              

LOANED – 2.8%

             

Money Market Funds
Federated Government Obligations Fund
(7 day yield-0.0115%)
(Cost $4,229,011)

          4,229,011  
         
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 119.7%              

(Cost $167,947,513)

          178,092,530  
               
LIABILITIES LESS CASH              

AND OTHER ASSETS – (2.9)%

          (4,249,859 )
               
PREFERRED STOCK – (16.8)%           (25,000,000 )
         
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON              

STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%

        $ 148,842,671  
         
 

   

New additions in 2012.
1
All or a portion of these securities were on loan at June 30, 2012. Total market value of loaned securities at June 30, 2012, was $4,178,585.
2 Non-income producing.
   
  Bold indicates the Fund’s 20 largest equity holdings in terms of June 30, 2012, market value.
   
 
TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $167,947,513. At June 30, 2012, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $10,145,017, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $23,799,973 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $13,654,956.



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Royce Focus Trust

  June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


   Statement of Assets and Liabilities

ASSETS:        
Total investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)   $ 152,841,530  
Repurchase agreements (at cost and value)     25,251,000  
Cash and foreign currency     5,749  
Receivable for dividends and interest     162,710  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     40,484  

Total Assets

    178,301,473  

LIABILITIES:        
Payable for collateral on loaned securities     4,229,011  
Payable for investment advisory fee     139,720  
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared     33,322  
Accrued expenses     56,749  

Total Liabilities

    4,458,802  

PREFERRED STOCK:        
6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 1,000,000 shares outstanding     25,000,000  

Total Preferred Stock

    25,000,000  

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS   $ 148,842,671  

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:        
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 20,859,655 shares outstanding (150,000,000 shares authorized)   $ 133,981,152  
Undistributed net investment income (loss)     (72,289 )
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency     9,690,244  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency     10,142,631  
Unallocated and accrued distributions     (4,899,067 )

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $7.14)

  $ 148,842,671  

Investments at identified cost (including $4,229,011 of collateral on loaned securities)

  $ 142,696,513  

Market value of loaned securities

    4,178,585  


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Royce Focus Trust

  Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 (unaudited)


   Statement of Operations

INVESTMENT INCOME:        
Income:        

Dividends1

  $ 1,066,326  

Interest

    64,865  

Securities lending

    15,573  

Total income     1,146,764  

Expenses:        

Investment advisory fees

    916,882  

Stockholder reports

    39,453  

Custody and transfer agent fees

    31,585  

Professional fees

    24,188  

Directors’ fees

    18,808  

Administrative and office facilities

    9,888  

Other expenses

    21,602  

Total expenses     1,062,406  
Compensating balance credits     (4 )

Net expenses     1,062,402  

Net investment income (loss)     84,362  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:        
Net realized gain (loss):        

Investments

    8,878,782  

Foreign currency transactions

    (3,037 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation):        

Investments and foreign currency translations

    (8,555,242 )

Other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency

    (358 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency     320,145  

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS     404,507  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS     (750,000 )

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS        

FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

  $ (345,493 )
         

1 Net of foreign withholding tax of $42,738.

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Royce Focus Trust


Statement of Changes in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

    Six months ended        
    6/30/12   Year ended
    (unaudited)   12/31/11
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                
Net investment income (loss)   $ 84,362     $ 449,951  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency     8,875,745       7,961,607  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency     (8,555,600 )     (25,251,663 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from investment operations     404,507       (16,840,105 )

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                
Net investment income            
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency           (1,500,000 )
Unallocated distributions1     (750,000 )      

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders     (750,000 )     (1,500,000 )

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS                

FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

    (345,493 )     (18,340,105 )

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                
Net investment income            
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency           (5,749,656 )
Return of capital           (2,456,896 )
Unallocated distributions1     (4,115,734 )      

Total distributions to Common Stockholders     (4,115,734 )     (8,206,552 )

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders     2,447,979       5,111,803  

Total capital stock transactions     2,447,979       5,111,803  

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS     (2,013,248 )     (21,434,854 )

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                

Beginning of period

    150,855,919       172,290,773  

End of period (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(72,289) at 6/30/12 and

               

$(156,651) at 12/31/11)

  $ 148,842,671     $ 150,855,919  


1 To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.

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Royce Focus Trust


   Financial Highlights

This table is presented to show selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding throughout each period, and to assist stockholders in evaluating the Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

    Six months ended   Years ended December 31,
    June 30, 2012  
    (unaudited)   2011     2010     2009     2008     2007  

NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   $ 7.36     $ 8.72     $ 7.16     $ 4.76     $ 8.92     $ 9.75  

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                                                

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00       0.02       (0.01 )     0.03       0.07       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and

                                               

foreign currency

    0.04       (0.86 )     1.65       2.54       (3.67 )     1.12  

Total investment operations

    0.04       (0.84 )     1.64       2.57       (3.60 )     1.27  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:                                                

Net investment income

    –            –            (0.05 )     (0.08 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

    –            (0.07 )     (0.03 )     –            (0.07 )     (0.07 )

Unallocated distributions1

    (0.04 )     –            –            –            –            –       

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders

    (0.04 )     (0.07 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.09 )

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

    (0.00 )     (0.91 )     1.56       2.49       (3.68 )     1.18  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:                                                

Net investment income

    –            –            –            (0.00 )     (0.07 )     (0.44 )

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency

    –            (0.29 )     –            –            (0.37 )     (1.57 )

Return of capital

    –            (0.12 )     –            (0.09 )     (0.03 )     –       

Unallocated distributions1

    (0.20 )     –            –            –            –            –       

Total distributions to Common Stockholders

    (0.20 )     (0.41 )     –            (0.09 )     (0.47 )     (2.01 )

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:                                                

Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders

    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     –            (0.00 )     (0.01 )     (0.00 )

Total capital stock transactions

    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     –            (0.00 )     (0.01 )     (0.00 )

NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 7.14     $ 7.36     $ 8.72     $ 7.16     $ 4.76     $ 8.92  

MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD   $ 6.28     $ 6.30     $ 7.57     $ 6.33     $ 4.60     $ 8.97  

TOTAL RETURN:2                                                
Market Value     2.66 %3     (11.75 )%     19.59 %     40.84 %     (44.94 )%     3.02 %
Net Asset Value     (0.07 )%3     (10.51 )%     21.79 %     53.95 %     (42.71 )%     12.22 %
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO                                                

COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:

                                               

Investment advisory fee expense

    1.16 %4     1.15 %     1.17 %     1.16 %     1.13 %     1.14 %

Other operating expenses

    0.18 %4     0.18 %     0.20 %     0.26 %     0.21 %     0.18 %
Total expenses (net)5     1.34 %4     1.33 %     1.37 %     1.42 %     1.34 %     1.32 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers and balance credits     1.34 %4     1.33 %     1.37 %     1.48 %     1.39 %     1.31 %
Expenses prior to fee waivers     1.34 %4     1.33 %     1.37 %     1.48 %     1.39 %     1.31 %
Net investment income (loss)     0.11 %4     0.27 %     (0.15 )%     0.49 %     0.72 %     1.13 %
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                                                
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,                                                

End of Period (in thousands)

    $148,843       $150,856       $172,291       $141,497       $92,550       $165,807  
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,                                                

End of Period (in thousands)

    $25,000       $25,000       $25,000       $25,000       $25,000       $25,000  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     11 %     33 %     36 %     46 %     51 %     62 %
PREFERRED STOCK:                                                
Total shares outstanding     1,000,000       1,000,000       1,000,000       1,000,000       1,000,000       1,000,000  
Asset coverage per share   $ 173.84     $ 175.86     $ 197.29     $ 166.48     $ 117.55     $ 190.81  
Liquidation preference per share   $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00  
Average month-end market value per share   $ 26.40     $ 25.65     $ 25.38     $ 23.56     $ 22.89     $ 24.37  


1 To be allocated to net investment income, net realized gains and/or return of capital at year end.
2
The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period. Dividends and distributions are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
3 Not annualized
4 Annualized
5
Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 1.16%, 1.16%, 1.17%, 1.16%, 1.14% and 1.15% for the periods ended June 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.


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Royce Focus Trust


   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Royce Focus Trust, Inc. (the “Fund”), is a diversified closed-end investment company incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland. The Fund commenced operations on March 2, 1988, and Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on November 1, 1996.
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     Under the Fund’s organizational documents, the officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.
     At June 30, 2012, officers, employees of Royce, Fund directors, the Royce retirement plans and other affiliates owned 25% of the Fund.


Valuation of Investments:

Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date. Securities that trade on an exchange, and securities traded on Nasdaq’s Electronic Bulletin Board, are valued at their last reported sales price or Nasdaq official closing price taken from the primary market in which each security trades or, if no sale is reported for such day, at their bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price, except in the case of some bonds and other fixed income securities which may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. The Fund values its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities in U.S. dollars daily at the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates as quoted by a major bank. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors, and are reported as Level 3 securities. As a general principle, the fair value of a security is the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. However, in light of the judgment involved in fair valuations, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security will be the amount which the Fund might be able to receive upon its current sale. In addition, if, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. The Fund uses an independent pricing service to provide fair value estimates for relevant non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market volatility exceeds a certain threshold. This pricing service uses proprietary correlations it has developed between the movement of prices of non-U.S. equity securities and indices of U.S.-traded securities, futures contracts and other indications to estimate the fair value of relevant non-U.S. securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, as noted above. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:

Level 

1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 
2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, foreign securities that may be fair valued and repurchase agreements). The table below includes all Level 2 securities. Any Level 2 securities with values based on quoted prices for similar securities would be noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Level 
3 – significant unobservable inputs (including last trade price before trading was suspended, or at a discount thereto for lack of marketability or otherwise, market price information regarding other securities, information received from the company and/or published documents, including SEC filings and financial statements, or other publicly available information).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2012. For a detailed breakout of common stocks by sector classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.

 
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Common Stocks   $120,265,290   $28,347,229     $–     $148,612,519
Cash Equivalents   4,229,011   25,251,000         29,480,011
                     
Repurchase Agreements:
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Fund’s investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. The Fund restricts repurchase agreements to maturities of no more than seven days. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements, which are held until maturity of the repurchase agreements, are marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counter-party, including possible delays or restrictions upon the ability of the Fund to dispose of its underlying securities.

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Royce Focus Trust


   Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Foreign Currency:
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, expiration of currency forward contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at the end of the reporting period, as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Securities Lending:
The Fund loans securities through a lending agent to qualified institutional investors for the purpose of realizing additional income. Collateral for the Fund on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and cash equivalents and invested temporarily by the custodian. The collateral maintained is at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The Fund retains the risk of any loss on the securities on loan as well as incurring the potential loss on investments purchased with cash collateral received for securities lending. The Fund’s securities lending income consists of the income earned on investing cash collateral, plus any premium payments received for lending certain securities, less any rebates paid to borrowers and lending agent fees associated with the loan. The lending agent is not affiliated with Royce.

Taxes:
As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund is not subject to income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for its fiscal year. The Schedule of Investments includes information regarding income taxes under the caption “Tax Information”.

Distributions:
The Fund pays quarterly distributions on the Fund’s Common Stock at the annual rate of 5% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end NAVs of the Fund’s Common Stock, with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of 1.25% of the rolling average or the distribution required by IRS regulations. Distributions to Preferred Stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly and distributions to Common Stockholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Distributable capital gains and/or net investment income are first allocated to Preferred Stockholder distributions, with any excess allocable to Common Stockholders. If capital gains and/or net investment income are allocated to both Preferred and Common Stockholders, the tax character of such allocations is proportional. To the extent that distributions are not paid from long-term capital gains, net investment income or net short-term capital gains, they will represent a return of capital. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax differences relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:
Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividend income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium and discounts on debt securities are amortized using the effective yield-to-maturity method. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the basis of identified cost for book and tax purposes.

Expenses:
The Fund incurs direct and indirect expenses. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund’s operations, while expenses applicable to more than one of the Royce Funds are allocated equitably. Certain personnel, occupancy costs and other administrative expenses related to the Royce Funds are allocated by Royce under an administration agreement and are included in administrative and office facilities and professional fees. The Fund has adopted a deferred fee agreement that allows the Directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of directors’ fees otherwise payable. The deferred fees are invested in certain Royce Funds until distributed in accordance with the agreement.

Compensating Balance Credits:
The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby a portion of the custodian’s fee is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund's cash on deposit with the bank. This deposit arrangement is an alternative to purchasing overnight investments. Conversely, the Fund pays interest to the custodian on any cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by credits earned on positive cash balances.

Capital Stock:
The Fund issued 365,203 and 735,388 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2012, and the year ended December 31, 2011, respectively.
At June 30, 2012, 1,000,000 shares of 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. The Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets

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Royce Focus Trust


  Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Capital Stock (continued):
applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with accounting for redeemable equity instruments, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.
The Fund is required to meet certain asset coverage tests with respect to the Cumulative Preferred Stock as required by the 1940 Act. In addition, pursuant to the Rating Agency Guidelines established by Moody’s, the Fund is required to maintain a certain discounted asset coverage. If the Fund fails to meet these requirements and does not correct such failure, the Fund may be required to redeem, in part or in full, the Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared on such shares, in order to meet these requirements. Additionally, failure to meet the foregoing asset coverage requirements could restrict the Fund’s ability to pay dividends to Common Stockholders and could lead to sales of portfolio securities at inopportune times. The Fund has met these requirements since issuing the Cumulative Preferred Stock.

Investment Advisory Agreement:
The Investment Advisory Agreement between Royce and the Fund provides for fees to be paid at an annual rate of 1.0% of the Fund’s average daily net assets applicable to Common Stockholders plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock. Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Fund accrued and paid Royce investment advisory fees totaling $916,882.

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than short-term securities and collateral received for securities loaned, amounted to $16,868,377 and $23,375,045, respectively.


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Directors and Officers


All Directors and Officers may be reached c/o The Royce Funds, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10151

Charles M. Royce, Director1, President
Age: 72 | Number of Funds Overseen: 35 | Tenure: Since 1982
Non-Royce Directorships: Director of TICC Capital Corp.
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Member of Board of Managers of Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”), The Royce Funds’ investment adviser.
 
Mark R. Fetting, Director1
Age: 57 | Number of Funds Overseen: 49 | Tenure: Since 2001
Non-Royce Directorships: Director of Legg Mason, Inc. and Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds.
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: President, CEO, Chairman and Director of Legg Mason, Inc. and Chairman of Legg Mason Funds. Mr. Fetting’s prior business experience includes having served as a member of the Board of Managers of Royce; President of all Legg Mason Funds; Senior Executive Vice President of Legg Mason, Inc.; Director and/or officer of various Legg Mason, Inc. affiliates; Division President and Senior Officer of Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies.

Patricia W. Chadwick, Director
Age: 63 | Number of Funds Overseen: 35 | Tenure: Since 2009
Non-Royce Directorships: Trustee of ING Mutual Funds and Director of Wisconsin Energy Corp.
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Consultant and President of Ravengate Partners LLC (since 2000).
 
Richard M. Galkin, Director
Age: 74 | Number of Funds Overseen: 35 | Tenure: Since 1982
Non-Royce Directorships: None
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Private investor. Mr. Galkin’s prior business experience includes having served as President of Richard M. Galkin Associates, Inc., telecommunications consultants, President of Manhattan Cable Television (a subsidiary of Time, Inc.), President of Haverhills Inc. (another Time, Inc. subsidiary), President of Rhode Island Cable Television and Senior Vice President of Satellite Television Corp. (a subsidiary of Comsat).
 
Stephen L. Isaacs, Director
Age: 72 | Number of Funds Overseen: 35 | Tenure: Since 1989
Non-Royce Directorships: None
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President of The Center for Health and Social Policy (since September 1996); Attorney and President of Health Policy Associates, Inc., consultants. Mr. Isaacs’s prior business experience includes having served as Director of Columbia University Development Law and Policy Program and Professor at Columbia University (until August 1996).
 
Arthur S. Mehlman, Director
Age: 70 | Number of Funds Overseen: 49 | Tenure: Since 2004
Non-Royce Directorships: Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds.
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Director of The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.; Director of University of Maryland Foundation (non-profits). Formerly: Director of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (from October 2004 to April 1, 2011); Director of University of Maryland College Park Foundation (non-profit) (from 1998 to 2005); Partner, KPMG LLP (international accounting firm) (from 1972 to 2002); Director of Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (from July 1984 to June 2002).
 
David L. Meister, Director
Age: 72 | Number of Funds Overseen: 35 | Tenure: Since 1982
Non-Royce Directorships: None
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Consultant. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Tennis Channel (from June 2000 to March 2005). Mr. Meister’s prior business experience includes having served as Chief Executive Officer of Seniorlife.com, a consultant to the communications industry, President of Financial News Network, Senior Vice President of HBO, President of Time-Life Films and Head of Broadcasting for Major League Baseball.
 
G. Peter O’Brien, Director
Age: 66 | Number of Funds Overseen: 49 | Tenure: Since 2001
Non-Royce Directorships: Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds; Director of TICC Capital Corp.
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Trustee Emeritus of Colgate University (since 2005); Board Member of Hill House, Inc. (since 1999); Formerly: Trustee of Colgate University (from 1996 to 2005), President of Hill House, Inc. (from 2001 to 2005) and Managing Director/Equity Capital Markets Group of Merrill Lynch & Co. (from 1971 to 1999).

John D. Diederich, Vice President and Treasurer
Age: 60 | Tenure: Since 2001
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director and member of the Board of Managers of Royce; Chief Financial Officer of Royce; Director of Administration of The Royce Funds; and President of Royce Fund Services, Inc. (“RFS”), having been employed by Royce since April 1993.
 
Jack E. Fockler, Jr., Vice President
Age: 53 | Tenure: Since 1995
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Managing Director and Vice President of Royce, and Vice President of RFS, having been employed by Royce since October 1989.
 
W. Whitney George, Vice President
Age: 54 | Tenure: Since 1995
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Co-Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director and Vice President of Royce, having been employed by Royce since October 1991.
 
Daniel A. O’Byrne, Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Age: 50 | Tenure: Since 1994
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Principal and Vice President of Royce, having been employed by Royce since October 1986.
 
John E. Denneen, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Age: 45 | Tenure: 1996-2001 and Since April 2002
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: General Counsel, Principal, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary of Royce; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of The Royce Funds.
 
Lisa Curcio, Chief Compliance Officer
Age: 52 | Tenure: Since 2004
 
Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Chief Compliance Officer of The Royce Funds (since October 2004) and Compliance Officer of Royce (since June 2004).
 

1 Interested Director.
 
Directors will hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

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Notes to Performance and Other Important Information


The thoughts expressed in this Review and Report concerning recent market movements and future prospects for small company stocks are solely the opinion of Royce at June 30, 2012, and, of course, historical market trends are not necessarily indicative of future market movements. Statements regarding the future prospects for particular securities held in the Funds’ portfolios and Royce’s investment intentions with respect to those securities reflect Royce’s opinions as of June 30, 2012 and are subject to change at any time without notice. There can be no assurance that securities mentioned in this Review and Report will be included in any Royce-managed portfolio in the future. Investments in securities of micro-cap, small-cap and/or mid-cap companies may involve considerably more risk than investments in securities of larger-cap companies. All publicly released material information is always disclosed by the Funds on the website at www.roycefunds.com.
    Sector weightings are determined using the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”). GICS was developed by, and is the exclusive property of, Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”). GICS is the trademark of S&P and MSCI. “Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)” and “GICS Direct” are service marks of S&P and MSCI.
    All indexes referred to are unmanaged and capitalization weighted. Each index’s returns include net reinvested dividends and/or interest income. Russell Investment Group is the source and owner of the trademarks, service marks and copyrights related to the Russell Indexes. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investment Group. The Russell 2000 Index is an index of domestic small-cap stocks. It measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 2500 is an index of 2,500 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell Microcap Index includes 1,000 of the smallest securities in the Russell 2000 Index. The Russell 1000 Index is an index of domestic large-cap stocks. It measures the performance of the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities in the Russell 1000 Index. The Russell Global ex-U.S. Large Cap Index is an index of global large-cap stocks, excluding the United States. The Russell Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index is an index of global small-cap stocks, excluding the United States. The S&P 500 and SmallCap 600 are indexes of U.S. large- and small-cap stocks, respectively, selected by Standard & Poor’s based on market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The Nasdaq Composite is an index of the more than 3,000 common equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Returns for the market indexes used in this report were based on information supplied to Royce by Russell Investments. The CRSP (Center for Research in Security Pricing) equally divides the companies listed on the NYSE into 10 deciles based on market capitalization. Deciles 1-5 represent the largest domestic equity companies and Deciles 6-10 represent the smallest. CRSP then sorts all listed domestic equity companies based on these market cap ranges. By way of comparison, the CRSP 1-5 would have similar capitalization parameters to the S&P 500 Index and the CRSP 6-10 would have similar capitalization parameters to those of the Russell 2000 Index. Royce has not independently verified the above described information.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
This material contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that involve risks and uncertainties, including, among others, statements as to:
the Funds’ future operating results
the prospects of the Funds’ portfolio companies
the impact of investments that the Funds have made or may make
the dependence of the Funds’ future success on the general economy and its impact on the companies and industries in which the Funds invest, and
the ability of the Funds’ portfolio companies to achieve their objectives.
This Review and Report uses words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “future,” “intends,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements for any reason.
     The Royce Funds have based the forward-looking statements included in this Review and Report on information available to us on the date of the report, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Although The Royce Funds undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make through future stockholder communications or reports.

 
Authorized Share Transactions
Royce Value Trust, Royce Micro-Cap Trust and Royce Focus Trust may each repurchase up to 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of its respective common stock and up to 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of its respective preferred stock during the year ending December 31, 2012. Any such repurchases would take place at then prevailing prices in the open market or in other transactions. Common stock repurchases would be effected at a price per share that is less than the share’s then current net asset value, and preferred stock repurchases would be effected at a price per share that is less than the share’s liquidation value.
     Royce Value Trust, Royce Micro-Cap Trust and Royce Focus Trust are also authorized to offer their common stockholders an opportunity to subscribe for additional shares of their common stock through rights offerings at a price per share that may be less than the share’s then current net asset value. The timing and terms of any such offerings are within each Board’s discretion.
 
Annual Certifications
As required, the Funds have submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) for Royce Value Trust and Royce Micro-Cap Trust and to Nasdaq for Royce Focus Trust, respectively, the annual certification of the Funds’ Chief Executive Officer that he is not aware of any violation of the NYSE’s or Nasdaq’s Corporate Governance listing standards. The Funds also have included the certification of the Funds’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to the Funds’ form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 

   
Proxy Voting  
A copy of the policies and procedures that The Royce Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how each of The Royce Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, on The Royce Funds’ website at www.roycefunds.com, by calling (800) 221-4268 (toll-free) and on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), at www.sec.gov.
 
   
Form N-Q Filing  
The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Royce Funds’ holdings are also on the Funds’ website approximately 15 to 20 days after each calendar quarter end and remain available until the next quarter’s holdings are posted. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about this public service, call the SEC at (800) 732-0330. The Funds’ complete schedules of investments are updated quarterly, and are available at www.roycefunds.com.
 
   

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements

At meetings held on June 6-7, 2012, each of the Funds’ respective Boards of Directors, including all of the non-interested directors, approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreements between Royce & Associates, LLC (“R&A”) and each of Royce Value Trust, Royce Micro-Cap Trust and Royce Focus Trust (the “Funds”). In reaching these decisions, the Board reviewed the materials provided by R&A, which included, among other things, information prepared internally by R&A and independently by Morningstar Associates, LLC (“Morningstar”) containing detailed expense ratio and investment performance comparisons for the Funds with other funds in their “peer group”, information regarding the past performance of the Funds and other registered investment companies managed by R&A and a memorandum outlining the legal duties of the Board prepared by independent counsel to the non-interested directors. R&A also provided the directors with an analysis of its profitability with respect to providing investment advisory services to each of the Funds. In addition, the Board took into account information furnished throughout the year at regular Board meetings, including reports on investment performance, stockholder services, regulatory compliance, brokerage commissions and research, and brokerage and execution products and services provided to the Funds. The Board also considered other matters they deemed important to the approval process such as allocation of Fund brokerage commissions, “soft dollar” research services R&A receives and other direct and indirect benefits to R&A and its affiliates, from their relationship with the Fund. The directors also met throughout the year with investment advisory personnel from R&A. The Board, in its deliberations, recognized that, for many of the Funds’ stockholders, the decision to purchase Fund shares included a decision to select R&A as the investment adviser and that there was a strong association in the minds of Fund stockholders between R&A and each Fund. In considering factors relating to the approval of the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreements, the non-interested directors received assistance and advice from, and met separately with, their independent counsel. While the Investment Advisory Agreements were considered at the same Board meetings, the Board dealt with each agreement separately. Among other factors, the directors considered the following:
    The nature, extent and quality of services provided by R&A: The Board considered the following factors to be of fundamental importance to their consideration of whether to approve the continuance of the Funds’ Investment Advisory Agreements: (i) R&A’s more than 35 years of value investing experience and track record; (ii) the history of long-tenured R&A portfolio managers managing the Funds; (iii) R&A’s focus on mid-cap, small-cap and micro-cap value investing; (iv) the consistency of R&A’s approach to managing both the Funds and open-end mutual funds over more than 35 years; (v) the integrity and high ethical standards adhered to at R&A; (vi) R&A’s specialized experience in the area of trading small- and micro-cap securities; (vii) R&A’s historical ability to attract and retain portfolio management talent and (viii) R&A’s focus on stockholder interests as exemplified by its voluntary fee waiver policy on preferred stock assets in certain circumstances where the Funds’ total return performance from the issuance of the preferred does not exceed the coupon rate on the preferred, and expansive stockholder reporting and communications. The Board reviewed the services that R&A provides to the Funds, including, but not limited to, managing each Fund’s investments in accordance with the stated policies of each Fund. The Board considered the fact that R&A provided certain administrative services to the Funds at cost pursuant to the Administration Agreement between the Funds and R&A which went into effect on January 1, 2008. The Board determined that the services to be provided to each Fund by R&A would be the same as those it previously provided to the Funds. They also took into consideration the histories, reputations and backgrounds of R&A’s portfolio managers for the Funds, finding that these would likely have an impact on the continued success of the Funds. Lastly, the Board noted R&A’s ability to attract and retain quality and experienced personnel. The directors concluded that the investment advisory services provided by R&A to each Fund compared favorably to services provided by R&A to other R&A client accounts, including other funds, in both nature and quality, and that the scope of services provided by R&A would continue to be suitable for the Funds.
    Investment performance of the Funds and R&A: In light of R&A’s risk-averse approach to investing, the Board believes that risk-adjusted performance continues to be an appropriate measure of each Fund’s investment performance. One measure of risk-adjusted performance the Board has historically used in its review of the Funds’ performance is the Sharpe Ratio. The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure of performance developed by Nobel Laureate William Sharpe. It is calculated by dividing a fund’s annualized excess returns by its annualized standard deviation to determine reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better a fund’s historical risk-adjusted performance. The Board attaches primary importance to risk-adjusted performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to ten years. Using Morningstar data, Royce Value Trust’s Sharpe Ratio placed in the middle quintile within the Small Blend category assigned by Morningstar for the three-, five- and 10-year periods ended December 31, 2011, as the Fund’s use of leverage through preferred stock created higher volatility and, for the five-year period, brought down market performance. Using Morningstar data, as measured against its open-end peers, Royce Micro-Cap Trust’s Sharpe Ratio placed in the 2nd quartile within the Small Blend category assigned by Morningstar for the three- and 10-year periods ended December 31, 2011 and at the 62nd percentile for the five-year period within its category, as the Fund’s use of leverage through preferred stock created higher volatility and brought down market performance.
    Finally, using Morningstar data, Royce Focus Trust’s concentrated portfolio led to its middle quintile performance in its category as measured by Sharpe Ratio for the three-year period, 2nd quartile for the five-year period and top quartile for the 10-year period ended December 31, 2011.
    The Board noted that R&A manages a number of funds that invest in small-cap and micro-cap issuers, many of which were outperforming their benchmark indexes and their competitors. Although the Board recognized that past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future results, they found that R&A had the necessary qualifications, experience and track record in managing small-cap and micro-cap securities to manage the Funds. The directors determined that R&A continued to be an appropriate investment adviser for the Funds and concluded that each Fund’s performance supported the continuation of its Investment Advisory Agreement.
    Cost of the services provided and profits realized by R&A from its relationship with the Funds: The Board considered the cost of the services provided by R&A and profits realized by R&A from its relationship with each Fund. As part of the analysis, the Board discussed with R&A its methodology in allocating its costs to each Fund and concluded that its allocations were reasonable. The Board concluded that R&A’s profits were reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services provided.
    The extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow and whether fee levels would reflect such economies of scale: The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Funds, whether the Funds have appropriately benefited from any economies of scale and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board noted the time and effort involved in managing portfolios of small- and micro-cap stocks and


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that they did not involve the same efficiencies as do portfolios of large cap stocks. The Board concluded that the current fee structure for each Fund was reasonable, that stockholders sufficiently participated in economies of scale and that no changes were currently necessary.
    Comparison of services to be rendered and fees to be paid to those under other investment advisory contracts, such as contracts of the same and other investment advisers or other clients: The Board reviewed the investment advisory fee paid by each Fund and compared both the services to be rendered and the fees to be paid under the Investment Advisory Agreements to other contracts of R&A and to contracts of other investment advisers to registered investment companies investing in small- and micro-cap stocks, as provided by Morningstar. The Board noted that, in the case of Royce Value Trust, the Fund had a 1.00% basic fee that is subject to adjustment up or down (up to 0.50% in either direction) based on the Fund’s performance versus the S&P 600 SmallCap Index over a rolling period of sixty months. The fee is charged on average net assets over that rolling period. As a result, in a rising market, the fee will be smaller than a fee calculated on the current year’s average net assets, and vice versa. The Board determined that the performance adjustment feature continued to serve as an appropriate incentive to R&A to manage the Fund for the benefit of its long-term common stockholders. The Board noted that R&A had also agreed to waive its management fee on that portion of the Fund’s assets equal to the liquidation preference of the Fund’s outstanding preferred stock if the Fund’s total return from issuance of the preferred on such amount is less than the preferred’s fixed dividend rate. The Board also noted that the fee arrangement, which also includes a provision for no fee in periods where the Fund’s trailing three-year performance is negative, requires R&A to measure the Fund’s performance monthly against the S&P 600, an unmanaged index. Instead of receiving a set fee regardless of its performance, R&A is penalized for poor performance. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance earned R&A no fee during the period January 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011.
    In the case of Royce Micro-Cap Trust, the Board noted that the Fund had a 1.00% basic fee subject to adjustment up or down based on the Fund’s performance versus the Russell 2000 Index over a rolling 36 month period. The fee is charged on average net assets over that rolling period. As a result, in a rising market, the fee will be smaller than a fee calculated on the current year’s average net assets, and visa versa. The Board determined that the performance adjustment feature continued to serve as an incentive to R&A to manage the Fund for the benefit of its long-term stockholders. The Board also noted R&A’s voluntary waiver of its fee on the liquidation value of the outstanding preferred stock in circumstances where the Fund’s total return performance from the issuance of the preferred is less than the fixed dividend rate on the preferred for each month during the year. The Board noted that if the Fund’s expense ratio were based on total average net assets including net assets applicable to Preferred Stock, it would rank in the second quartile when compared against its Morningstar-assigned open-end peer group.
    Finally, in the case of Royce Focus Trust, the Board noted that R&A had agreed to waive its management fee on the liquidation value of outstanding preferred stock if the Fund’s total return from issuance of the preferred is less than the preferred’s fixed dividend rate. The Board noted that if the Fund’s expense ratio were based on total average net assets including net assets applicable to Preferred Stock, it would place within four basis points of the median of its Morningstar-assigned open-end peer group.
    The Board also considered fees charged by R&A to institutional and other clients and noted that, given the greater levels of services that R&A provides to registered investment companies such as the Funds as compared to other accounts, the Funds’ base advisory fees compared favorably to the advisory fees charged to those other accounts.
    It was noted that no single factor was cited as determinative to the decision of the directors. Rather, after weighing all of considerations and conclusions discussed above, the entire Board, including all the non-interested directors, approved the continuation of the existing Investment Advisory Agreements, concluding that a contract continuation on the existing terms was in the best interest of the stockholders of each Fund and that each investment advisory fee rate was reasonable in relation to the services provided.


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2012: In Quotes


     We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.
     – Warren Buffet, 2012

Points To Ponder
Dividend-payers stand to benefit in coming decades from an event that has only just begun, the retirement of the baby boomers.

– Savita Subramanian, WSJ.com, January 4, 2012


Do not trust financial market risk models. Despite the predilection of some analysts to model the financial markets using sophisticated mathematics, the markets are governed by behavioral science, not physical science.
– Seth Klarman


No matter how diversified you are, you probably aren’t as diversified as you think. As recently as 1997, it took 20 stocks to eliminate most of the likelihood of enduring more risk than the market as a whole; today it takes 40. If you hold the same number of stocks that you used to, you are about half as diversified as you were. You need to spread your bets wider.
– Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal,
   February 18, 2012


Leverage reduces the investor’s critical asset: patience.
– Jeremy Grantham, GMO Letter, February 2012


In Absolute Agreement
In the fourth quarter of 1984, there were 32 FDIC-insured banks with assets greater than $10 billion, and they controlled 27.5% of the nation’s banking assets. In the fourth quarter of 2011, there were 107 banks with assets greater than $10 billion, and they controlled 79.6% of the nation’s banking assets.
– Jim Grant, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer,
   May 18, 2012
 
The disruptive technologies and government policies have created an extremely highly correlated environment with all financial markets and all financial institutions. The risks were manifest in 2008, but rather than defuse them, government policies have since increased the interconnectedness.
– Simon Mikhailovich, Barron’s, June 2, 2012


We don’t try to predict (the stock market)... That’s folly. We are looking at the macro picture, but it is best to focus on forward risk-adjusted returns at individual securities. We have learned that over and over again.
– Don Yacktman, Barron’s, May 8, 2012


The public will only consider equities once they start to lose money in bonds. In an era of financial repression, this might take a long time but this moment will arrive just the same.
– Jason Trennert, Strategas Investment Strategy
   Viewpoint, May 25, 2012


It is important to recognize that results in the short term reflect a lot of randomness. Even skillful managers will slump, and unskillful managers will shine. But over the long haul, good process wins.
– Michael Mauboussin, Daily News & Analysis,
   June 4, 2012


It’s never as good as you think it is when it’s great, and never as bad as you think it is when it’s bad.
– Preston Athey, Barron’s, June 16, 2012
 
Cocktail Conversation
Stocks were losers to bonds in 2011. But don’t invest with a rear view mirror... Emerging markets offer the best prospects for both equity and bond returns over the next 10 years.
– Burton Malkiel, The Wall Street Journal,
   January 6, 2012


Apple’s iPhone business alone is now bigger than Microsoft. Not Windows. Not Office. Microsoft. Think about that. The iPhone did not exist five years ago. And now it’s bigger than a company that, 15 years ago, was dragged into court and threatened with forcible break-up because it had amassed an unassailable and unthinkably profitable monopoly...In the December quarter, Apple’s iPhone business generated $24.4 billion of revenue. Microsoft’s whole company, meanwhile, from Windows to Office to servers to XBox, generated $20.9 billion.
– Henry Blodget, BusinessInsider, February 7, 2012


Adjusted for inflation, current oil prices are below the levels that existed thirty years ago.
– William Strauss, Economic Outlook, April 26, 2012


Timeless Tidbits
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
– Harry S. Truman


In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
– Theodore Roosevelt
 
 
The thoughts expressed above represent solely the opinions of the persons quoted and, of course, there can be no assurance of future market trends or performance.

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Is the Business Cycle Dead?


“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”
(“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”)

–Alphonse Karr

One striking effect of the financial crisis has been the apparent disappearance of the traditional business cycle. The world’s developed economies—heavily indebted, still deleveraging, and in some cases in the midst of painful austerity—are being supported by periodic and unconventional interventions from increasingly leveraged central banks. The result has been an anemic, albeit steady, pace of economic activity marked by fits and starts that are increasingly difficult for investors to interpret.
    It makes sense, then, that market cycles have followed suit, with equities showing sudden, at times violent, moves that have alternated between strong rallies and steep declines over relatively short periods, each driven by marginal changes in the trajectory of economic expectations. Single-stock correlation remains high due to this uncertainty, with more cyclical market sectors the most disadvantaged.
    Several factors are at work: Deleveraging associated with the housing bust is a persistent and long-term headwind; personal savings remain elusive; rising commodity prices have affected consumer purchasing power and sentiment; unemployment remains stubbornly high; and, importantly, the primary source of economic stimulus is coming from central bank programs instead of traditional private business investment.
    As if all this were not enough, there is the backdrop of the sovereign debt crises in Europe and slower growth in the all-important emerging economies, especially China. Interestingly, none of these issues are new. They have been part of the landscape for several years now, and distinct patterns have developed around them that have been repeated in each of the last three years, giving investors the sense that cycles of economic activity have compressed dramatically. Previously marked in years, moves up and down in business momentum are now counted in months, if not weeks.
    Which leads to two questions: Has the business cycle fundamentally changed? Should traditionally cyclical businesses carry lower multiples as a result? It appears to us that in the short term, the market has answered with a resounding ‘yes.’ Cyclical sectors, such as Industrials, Energy, Technology, and Materials, have become increasingly volatile and have borne the brunt of the selling during market downturns.



    Within these areas, even high-quality businesses (as measured by balance sheet strength and returns on invested capital) are suffering from the altered preferences of investors who once flocked to the perceived safety of more stable vehicles. Investors continue to abandon equities, gravitating instead toward fixed income securities even as they recognize the inevitable loss of purchasing power that comes with them. Today, it seems that we have a bubble in fear, which is manifesting itself in ways that have our contrarian pulses racing.
    We are finding what we think are excellent values in currently unpopular pro-cyclical businesses. Cycles have certainly become shorter over the past three years, but we hold the view that these are anomalous times and that the traditional business cycle will reemerge before long.
    The economy does not yet have sufficient self-sustaining business momentum that will allow it to be weaned off the artificial support currently being provided by central banks. The opportunity from our standpoint lies in looking where others are not while holding fast to our time-tested investment approach governed by absolute standards for valuation and return.
    In the short term, our interest in cyclical businesses has been putting us out of sync with the return patterns of the market. While unpleasant, it is a by-product of our contrarian nature. In fact, this period is somewhat reminiscent of the late ’90s when investors were citing the demise of traditional value investing because of the emergence of the internet and the technology revolution. What was then a bubble in greed has become today’s bubble in fear.
    Investing is a perennially dynamic endeavor requiring both patience and conviction. Those tenets are being sorely tested in the current market. Although business cycles have looked different of late, and the market has been reacting accordingly, our belief is that they will ultimately revert to the mean, benefiting higher-quality companies in cyclical sectors. We take heart from the timeless wisdom of Alphonse Karr, for indeed, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”
 
The thoughts in this essay concerning the stock market are solely those of Royce & Associates and, of course, there can be no assurance with regard to future market movements.


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About The Royce Funds

Wealth Of Experience
With approximately $36 billion in total assets under management, Royce & Associates is committed to the same small-company investing principles that have served us well for nearly 40 years. Charles M. Royce, our President and Co-Chief Investment Officer, enjoys one of the longest tenures of any active mutual fund manager. Royce’s investment staff also includes Co-Chief Investment Officer W. Whitney George, 18 Portfolio Managers, five assistant portfolio managers and analysts, and nine traders.


Multiple Funds, Common Focus
Our goal is to offer both individual and institutional investors the best available smaller-cap portfolios. Unlike a lot of mutual fund groups with broad product offerings, we have chosen to concentrate on smaller-company investing by providing investors with a range of funds that take full advantage of this large and diverse sector.

Consistent Discipline
Our approach emphasizes paying close attention to risk and maintaining the same discipline, regardless of market movements and trends. The price we pay for a security must be significantly below our appraisal of its current worth. This requires a thorough analysis of the financial and business dynamics of an enterprise, as though we were purchasing the entire company.


Co-Ownership Of Funds
It is important that our employees and shareholders share a common financial goal; our officers, employees and their families currently have approximately $136 million invested in The Royce Funds.
     
   
                             
                             
                             
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Item 2. Code(s) of Ethics. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 6. Investments.
(a) See Item 1.
   
(b) Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies. Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers. Not Applicable

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. Not Applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There were no significant changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report.

Item 12. Exhibits. Attached hereto.
(a)(1) Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

(a)(2) Separate certifications by the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(b) Separate certifications by the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ROYCE VALUE TRUST, INC.

BY: /s/Charles M. Royce
  Charles M. Royce
  President

Date: August 15, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

ROYCE VALUE TRUST, INC.   ROYCE VALUE TRUST, INC.
         
BY: /s/Charles M. Royce   BY: /s/John D. Diederich
  Charles M. Royce     John D. Diederich
  President     Chief Financial Officer
         
Date: August 15, 2012   Date: August 15, 2012