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Royce Value Trust Announces Performance Data &
Portfolio Composition as of April 30, 2010

Royce & Associates, Inc.


New York, May 25, 2010 -- Royce Value Trust (RVT)

-- Oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund
-- Average weekly trading volume of approximately 341,000 shares
-- Fund's adviser has more than 35 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience

Closing Prices - April 30, 2010 
NAV $ 14.66
MKT $ 12.59

Total Return Performance 

Periods ended April 30, 2010

NAV   

MKT  

1 Month*

5.24%

6.29%

Year to Date*

13.91

16.68

One-Year

58.66

48.47

Three-Year Average Annual

-4.00

-9.54

Five-Year Average Annual

6.47

-1.06

10-Year Average Annual

8.56

9.01


*Not Annualized


Portfolio Diagnostics
Wtd. Average Market Cap: $1222 million
Wtd. Average P/E Ratio: 18.0*
Wtd. Average P/B Ratio: 1.9x
Net Assets Attributable to Common Stock: $1188 million
Net Leverage: 12.8%

* 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, applicable to common stock.


Portfolio Composition
Top 10 Positions

% of Net Assets

1. Sotheby's

1.1%

2. Simpson Manufacturing

1.0%

3. Ash Grove Cement Cl. B

1.0%

4. AllianceBernstein Holding

0.9%

5. SEACOR Holdings

0.9   

6. Alleghany Corp.

0.9  

7. Oil States International

0.9   

8. HEICO Corp.

0.9   

9. Rofin Sinar Technologies

0.9   

10. Coherent

0.8   


Top Five Industries

% of Net Assets

1. Industrial Products

23%

2. Technology

20   

3. Industrial Services

16   

4. Financial Services

12   

5. Financial Intermediaries

12   


 
Recent Developments 

Royce Value Trust, Inc. has declared 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 is to be 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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