NEW YORK, March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --


    --  Average weekly trading volume of approximately 729,490 shares
    --  Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment
        experience


    Closing Prices February
     28, 2017
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    NAV                                     $9.71
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    MKT                                     $8.46
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    Total Return Performance

    PERIODS ENDED February 28, 2017 NAV (%)      MKT (%)
    -------------------------------  ------        ------

    One Month*                              0.21           2.42
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    Year-To-Date*                           0.83           3.68
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    One-Year                               32.73          38.63
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    Three-Year Average Annual               3.62           3.13
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    Five-Year Average Annual               11.76          11.58
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    Ten-Year Average Annual                 5.87           3.30
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    *Not annualized


    Portfolio Diagnostics
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    Weighted Average Geometric
     Market Cap                              $383 million
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    Weighted Average P/E Ratio                      18.7*
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    Weighted Average P/B Ratio                       1.7x
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    Net Assets                               $367 million
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    Net Leverage                                     1.6%
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    *Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or
     negative earnings as of 2/28/17.

    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
    ----------------                           ---------------

    1.     IES Holdings                                        1.2
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    2.     Seneca Foods Corp.                                  1.2
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    3.     Major Drilling Group
     International                                             1.1
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    4.     Era Group                                           1.1
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    5.     Intevac                                             1.0
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    6.     Surmodics                                           1.0
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    7.     Heritage-Crystal Clean                              1.0
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    8.     Raven Industries                                    0.9
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    9.     Quaker Chemical Corp.                               0.9
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    10.   Kadant                                               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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