NEW YORK, March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Closing Prices - February 28, 2015



    NAV                    $16.35

    MKT                    $14.73

Total Return Performance

    Periods ended February 28,
     2015                      NAV       MKT
                               ---       ---


    One Month*                     5.69%     6.52%

    Year-To-Date                    0.68       2.80

    One-Year                        1.41       1.66

    Three-Year Average Annual      11.45      12.41

    Five-Year Average Annual       12.89      14.53

    Ten-Year Average Annual         7.18       5.30


    *Not Annualized

Portfolio Diagnostics




    Wtd. Average Geometric Mkt.
     Cap:                                               $1220million

    Wtd. Average P/E Ratio:           19.2*

    Wtd. Average P/B Ratio:           1.8x

    Net Assets:                                         $1174million

    Net Leverage:                                               3.2%



    *The Fund'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.

Portfolio Composition

    Top 10 Positions                       % of Net Assets
    ----------------                       ---------------

    1.  HEICO Corp.                                         1.1%

    2.  On Assignment                                        1.0

    3.  Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers                            0.9

    4.  Forward Air                                          0.9

    5.  Hackett Group                                        0.9

    6.  Newport Corp.                                        0.9

    7.  Coherent                                             0.9

    8.  PAREXEL International Corp.                          0.9

    9.  MAXIMUS                                              0.9

    10. Nautilus                                             0.8


    Top Five Sectors                       % of Net Assets
    ----------------                       ---------------

    1.  Industrials                                          30%

    2.  Information Technology                                21

    3.  Financials                                            17

    4.  Consumer Discretionary                                13

    5.  Materials                                              8

Recent Developments

Royce Value Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company whose shares of Common Stock (RVT) 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 65% 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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