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Royce Value Trust (NYSE: RVT) as of June 30, 2010


Published on 2010-07-19 09:40:39 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Royce Value Trust (NYSE: RVT):

Closing Prices a" June 30, 2010

NAV $12.48
MKT $10.57

Total Return Performance

Periods ended June 30, 2010

NAV

MKT

Month* -7.14 % -6.13 %
Year to Date* -3.03 -2.04
One-Year 25.43 25.68
Three-Year Average Annual -9.99 -14.46
Five-Year Average Annual 1.15 -3.32
10-Year Average Annual 6.44 6.49
*Not Annualized

Portfolio Diagnostics

Wtd. Average Geometric Mkt. Cap: $1073 million
Wtd. Average P/E Ratio: 15.7*
Wtd. Average P/B Ratio: 1.7x
Net Assets Attributable to Common Stock: $1044 million
Net Leverage: 18 %
*The Funda™s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings.

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. Ash Grove Cement Cl. B 1.1%
2. Alleghany Corp. 1.0
3. Sapient Corp. 0.9
4. Coherent 0.9
5. Alliance Bernstein Holding L.P. 0.9
6. Sothebya™s 0.9
7. PAREXEL International 0.9
8. SEACOR Holdings 0.9
9. SEI Investments 0.9
10. Cimarex Energy 0.8

Top Five Industries

% of Net Assets

1. Industrial Products 23%
2. Technology 21
3. Industrial Services 15
4. Financial Services 13
5. Financial Intermediaries 12

Recent Developments

Royce Value Trust, Inc. paid a cash dividend of $0.36875 per share on its Cumulative Preferred Stock, based on an annual rate of 5.90% of the initial liquidation preference of $25.00 per share. The dividend was paid on June 23, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 7, 2010 (ex-dividend on June 3, 2010).

Royce Value Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company whose shares of Common (RVT) and 5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock (RVTprb) are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Its primary investment goal is long-term capital growth, which it seeks by investing at least 75% of its assets in equity securities primarily of small- and micro-cap companies.

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

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