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Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE: RMT) as of January 31, 2009


Published on 2009-02-19 13:25:21, Last Modified on 2009-02-19 13:26:08 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Royce Micro-Cap Trust (NYSE: RMT):

Closing Prices – January 31, 2009

 
NAV $ 5.81
MKT $ 5.47

Total Return Performance

   

Periods ended January 31, 2009

NAV

MKT

 
1 Month* -9.08 % -2.67 %
Year to Date* -9.08 -2.67
One-Year -46.13 -45.27
Three-Year Average Annual -18.00 -19.67
Five-Year Average Annual -5.91 -6.29
10-Year Average Annual 5.06 6.28
 
*Not annualized

Portfolio Diagnostics

 
 
Wtd Average Market Cap: $269 million
Wtd. Average P/E Ratio: 9.5x*
Wtd. Average P/B Ratio: 0.8x
Wtd. Average Portfolio Yield: 1.5%
Net Assets Attributable to Common Stock: $214 million
Net Leverage: 28%

*Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or negative earnings as of 1/31/09.

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

Portfolio Composition

 

Top 10 Positions

 

% of Net Assets

1. Seneca Foods Cl. B 2.4 %
2. Pegasystems 2.3
3. Sapient Corp. 1.4
4. Pason Systems 1.3
5. AAON 1.3
6. Fauquier Bancshares 1.2
7. eResearch Technology 1.2
8. RTI International Metals 1.1
9. Hawkins 1.1
10. HEICO Corp. 1.1
 

Top Five Industries

% of Net Assets

1. Technology 23 %
2. Industrial Products 22
3. Industrial Services 15
4. Health 14
5. Financial Intermediaries 13

Recent Development

Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. is a closed-end diversified investment company whose shares of Common Stock (RMT) and 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock (RMTpra) are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund's investment goal is long-term capital growth, which it seeks by investing primarily in equity securities of companies that, at the time of investment, have market capitalization of $500 million or less.

Daily net asset values (NAVs) for Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. are now available on our website and online through most ticker symbol lookup services and on broker terminals under the symbol XOTCX. For more information, please call The Royce Funds at (800) 221-4268 or visit our website at [ www.roycefunds.com ].

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