NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --


    --  Average weekly trading volume of approximately 709,140 shares
    --  Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment
        experience


    Closing Prices December 31, 2016
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    NAV                              $9.63
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    MKT                              $8.16
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    Total Returns Performance       NAV (%)       MKT (%)
    PERIODS ENDED December 31, 2016
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    One Month*                               2.91          2.74
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    Year-To-Date*                           21.98         22.30
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    One-Year                                21.98         22.30
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    Three-Year Average Annual                3.70          1.90
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    Five-Year Average Annual                13.59         12.49
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    Ten-Year Average Annual                  6.07          3.14
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    *Not annualized


    Portfolio Diagnostics
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    Weighted Average Geometric Market Cap                                                                                    $384 million
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    Weighted Average P/E Ratio                                                                                                      18.5*
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    Weighted Average P/B Ratio                                                                                                       1.7x
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    Net Assets                                                                                                               $363 million
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    Net Leverage                                                                                                                     0.5%
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    *Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or negative earnings as of 12/31/16.
    Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets.


    Portfolio Composition


    TOP 10 POSITIONS                          % OF NET ASSETS
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    1.     Era Group                                          1.4
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    2.     IES Holdings                                       1.2
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    3.     Seneca Foods                                       1.1
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    4.     Heritage-Crystal Clean                             1.0
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    5.     Major Drilling Group International                 1.0
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    6.     Atrion Corp.                                       1.0
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    7.     Sun Hydraulics                                     1.0
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    8.     Orbotech                                           0.9
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    9.     Kadant                                             0.9
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    10.  Quaker Chemical                                      0.9
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    TOP 5 SECTORS                             % OF NET ASSETS
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     1. Industrials                                            20
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     2. Information Technology                                 20
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     3. Consumer Discretionary                                 15
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     4. Health Care                                            14
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     5. Financials                                             13
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Recent Developments
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. is a closed-end diversified investment company whose shares of Common Stock (RMT) 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 $1 billion 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

An investor in Royce Micro-Cap Trust should consider the Fund's investment goals, risks, fees, and expenses carefully before investing.

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