UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 4, 2024 (March 1, 2024)
ROYCE VALUE TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | | 811-04875 | | 133356097 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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745 Fifth Avenue New York, New York | | 10151 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 508-4500
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
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Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock | | RVT | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
The Board of Directors of Royce Value Trust, Inc., a registered closed-end management investment company (the “Fund”), approved changes to the Fund’s name and non-fundamental investment policies. Such changes will become effective as of May 1, 2024. The Fund’s name will change from “Royce Value Trust, Inc.” to “Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc.” Under its current non-fundamental investment policies, the Fund normally invests at least 65% of its assets in the equity securities of small- and micro-cap companies. Such non-fundamental investment policy will be amended, as of May 1, 2024, to require the Fund to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of small-cap companies (i.e., those that have a market capitalization not greater than that of the largest company in the Russell 2000® Index at the time of its most recent reconstitution). On March 1, 2024, the Fund issued a press release addressing such name and non-fundamental investment policy changes.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 99.1 | | Press Release, dated March 1, 2024 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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ROYCE VALUE TRUST, INC. |
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| By: | | /s/ Christopher D. Clark |
| Name: | | Christopher D. Clark |
| Title: | | President |
DATE: March 4, 2024
