NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



    Closing Prices December 31, 2014
    --------------------------------

    NAV                                  $11.34

    MKT                                  $10.08




    Total Return Performance
    ------------------------

    Periods ended December 31, 2014 NAV       MKT
                                    ---       ---


    1 Month*                            4.34%     1.49%

    One-Year                             3.55       3.06

    Three-Year Average Annual           20.64      20.62

    Five-Year Average Annual            15.81      17.46

    10-Year Average Annual               8.15       6.24


    *Not annualized




    Portfolio Diagnostics
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    Wtd Average Geometric Market
     Cap:                                              $348million

    Wtd. Average P/E Ratio:                       19.6*

    Wtd. Average P/B Ratio:                       1.6x

    Net Assets:                                        $388million

    Net Leverage:                                             6.7%


    *Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or negative
     earnings as of  12/31/14.


    Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the
     total value of equity type investments, divided by net
     assets.




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

    1.                  Newport Corp.                                    1.2%

    2.                  Integrated Electrical Svcs.                       1.1

    3.                  Patriot Transportation Holdings                   1.1

    4.                  Atrion Corp.                                      1.1

    5.                  Seneca Foods Cl. B                                1.0

    6.                  Permian Basin Royalty Trust                       1.0

    7.                  Diamond Hill Investment Group                     1.0

    8.                  Universal Truckload Svcs.                         1.0

    9.                  MVC Capital                                       1.0

    10.                  Silvercrest Asset Management Group
                         Cl. A                                            0.9


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

    1.                  Information Technology                            25%

    2.                  Industrials                                        24

    3.                  Consumer Discretionary                             19

    4.                  Financials                                         19

    5.                  HealthCare                                         11

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 $750 million 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

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