NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --


    --  Average weekly trading volume of approximately 627,500 shares
    --  Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment
        experience


    Closing Prices July 31,
     2016
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    NAV                                  $9.15
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    MKT                                  $7.80
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    Total Return Performance

         PERIODS ENDED July 31, 2016 NAV (%)      MKT (%)
         ---------------------------  ------        ------

    One Month*                               5.78           6.27
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    Year-To-Date*                           11.49          12.45
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    One-Year                                 4.77           3.81
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    Three-Year Average Annual                6.36           5.24
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    Five-Year Average Annual                 9.21           9.53
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    Ten-Year Average Annual                  5.51           3.64
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    *Not annualized


    Portfolio Diagnostics
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    Weighted Average Geometric
     Market Cap                              $345 million
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    Weighted Average P/E Ratio                      19.1*
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    Weighted Average P/B Ratio                       1.7x
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    Net Assets                               $340 million
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    Net Leverage                                     4.9%
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    *Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or
     negative earnings as of 7/31/16.

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

    1.     Seneca Foods Corp.                                  1.4
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    2.     IES Holdings                                        1.3
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    3.     Surmodics                                           1.3
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    4.     Major Drilling Group
     International                                             1.2
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    5.     Orbotech                                            1.1
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    6.     Atrion Corp.                                        1.0
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    7.     Exactech                                            1.0
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    8.     Kadant                                              0.9
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    9.     Heritage-Crystal Clean                              0.9
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    10.  Standard Motor Parts                                  0.9
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    TOP 5 SECTORS                          % OF NET ASSETS
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     1. Information Technology                                  22
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     2. Financials                                              17
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     3. Industrials                                             17
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     4. Consumer Discretionary                                  16
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     5. Health Care                                             16
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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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