Edgar Filing: ROYCE FOCUS TRUST INC

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05379

Name of Registrant: Royce Focus Trust, Inc.

Address of Registrant: 1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

Name and address of agent for service:		John E. Denneen, Esquire
		1414 Avenue of the Americas
		New York, NY 10019

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 486-1445
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders




	Royce Value Trust Royce Micro-Cap Trust Royce Focus Trust			ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

	www.roycefunds.com

A Few Words on Closed-End Funds


	Royce & Associates, LLC manages three closed-end funds: Royce Value Trust, the first small-cap value closed-end fund offering; Royce Micro-Cap Trust, the only micro-cap closed-end fund; and Royce Focus Trust, a closed-end fund that invests in a limited number of primarily small-cap companies.

	A closed-end fund is an investment company whose shares are listed and traded on a stock exchange. Like all investment companies, including open-end mutual funds, the assets of a closed-end fund are professionally managed in accordance with the investment objectives and policies approved by the fund’s Board of Directors. A closed-end fund raises cash for investment by issuing a fixed number of shares through initial and other public offerings that may include shelf offerings and periodic rights offerings. Proceeds from the offerings are invested in an actively managed portfolio of securities. Investors wanting to buy or sell shares of a publicly traded closed-end fund after the offerings must do so on a stock exchange, as with any publicly traded stock. This is in contrast to open-end mutual funds, in which the fund sells and redeems its shares on a continuous basis.


A Closed-End Fund Offers Several Distinct Advantages Not Available From An Open-End Fund Structure

n	Since a closed-end fund does not issue redeemable securities or offer its securities on a continuous basis, it does not need to liquidate securities or hold uninvested assets to meet investor demands for cash redemptions, as an open-end fund must.	n	The fixed capital structure allows permanent leverage to be employed as a means to enhance capital appreciation potential.

n	In a closed-end fund, not having to meet investor redemption requests or invest at inopportune times is ideal for value managers who attempt to buy stocks when prices are depressed and sell securities when prices are high.	n	Unlike Royce’s open-end funds, our closed-end funds are able to distribute capital gains on a quarterly basis. Each of the Funds has adopted a quarterly distribution policy for its common stock.

n	A closed-end fund may invest more freely in less liquid portfolio securities because it is not subject to potential stockholder redemption demands. This is particularly beneficial for Royce-managed closed-end funds, which invest in small- and micro-cap securities.	We believe that the closed-end fund structure is very suitable for the long-term investor who understands the benefits of a stable pool of capital.



Why Dividend Reinvestment Is Important

A very important component of an investor’s total return comes from the reinvestment of distributions. By reinvesting distributions, our investors can maintain an undiluted investment in a Fund. To get a fair idea of the impact of reinvested distributions, please see the charts on pages 13, 15 and 17. For additional information on the Funds’ Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options and the benefits for stockholders, please see page 19 or visit our website at www.roycefunds.com.

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Table of Contents


Annual Review


Performance Table	2

Letter to Our Stockholders	3



Annual Report to Stockholders	10

For more than 30 years, we have used a value approach to invest in smaller-cap securities. We focus primarily on the quality of a company’s balance sheet, its ability to generate free cash flow and other measures of profitability or sound financial condition. At times, we may also look at other factors, such as a company’s unrecognized asset values, its future growth prospects or its turnaround potential following an earnings disappointment or other business difficulties. We then use these factors to assess the company’s current worth, basing the assessment on either what we believe a knowledgeable buyer might pay to acquire the entire company, or what we think the value of the company should be in the stock market.

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Performance Table

Average Annual NAV Total Returns					Through December 31, 2007

	Royce		Royce		Royce
	Value Trust		Micro-Cap Trust		Focus Trust		Russell 2000

Fourth Quarter 2007*	-2.62	%	-4.47	%	-3.64	%	-4.58	%

July–December 2007*	-4.36		-7.86		-3.21		-7.53

One-Year	5.04		0.64		12.22		-1.57

Three-Year	10.81		9.58		13.90		6.80

Five-Year	18.40		19.42		24.15		16.25

10-Year	11.77		11.97		13.28		7.08

15-Year	13.17		n/a		n/a		10.10

20-Year	13.78		n/a		n/a		11.34

Since Inception	12.60		13.53		14.15		—

Inception Date	11/26/86		12/14/93		11/1/96**		—

Important Performance and Risk Information

All performance information in this Review and Report reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Current month-end performance may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The Royce Funds invest primarily in securities of small-cap and/or micro-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investments in securities of larger-cap companies.

The thoughts expressed in this Review and Report to Stockholders concerning recent market movements and future prospects for small-company stocks are solely the opinion of Royce at December 31, 2007, and, of course, historical market trends are not necessarily indicative of future market movements. Statements regarding the future prospects for particular securities held in the Funds’ portfolios and Royce’s investment intentions with respect to those securities reflect Royce’s opinions as of December 31, 2007 and are subject to change at any time without notice. There can be no assurance that securities mentioned in this Review and Report to Stockholders will be included in any Royce-managed portfolio in the future.

*Not annualized.

**Date Royce & Associates, LLC assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund.

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Letter to Our Stockholders


Are We Bear Yet?

When the subprime mortgage implosion first became headline news in July 2007, the event was treated in some quarters as the locomotive leading a potentially long train of financial calamities. Seemingly overnight, a rash of stories broke about imminent recession, possible inflation, recurrent stagflation, contracting credit, devalued currency and declining equities. We were somewhat nonplussed by the high anxiety, not out of any sense that the subprime mess was not serious, but more because our experience in the asset management business has seen us through a variety of markets (and economies) that tested our patience, commitment and discipline. It seemed clear that the subprime crisis was all too real even before the share prices of many financial companies began to tumble in the spring and summer months. However, the market as a whole did not follow suit in earnest until November, and the substantial small-cap market correction—that is, a fall-off for the Russell 2000 of 15% or more from a previous market high—had to wait until January 4, 2008 to become a reality. What we did see in the second half of 2007 was considerable volatility. During the third quarter, the Russell 2000 saw 24 out of 63 trading days in which it moved 2.0% or more intra-day, that is, 38% of the time; in the fourth quarter there were 28 out of 64 such trading days, or 44% of the time. Even as all signs pointed toward an end to the small-cap rally that began in October 2002, the second half of 2007 was more of a wildly volatile period, not a seriously bearish one.		Long ago we accepted that we are powerless over when or if a bear market comes. We can only resolve to maintain our discipline and keep scouring the small-cap market for potential opportunity... We have always believed that uncovering opportunity in poor market conditions is one of the most effective ways to build strong absolute long-term performance.
Still, the idea that stocks were headed for a bear market was remarkably persistent in the second half of 2007. And although equity returns through the end of December remained well shy of the bear necessity—a decline of 20% or more from the market’s previous peak—

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For most of our portfolio managers, the security selection process begins with an examination of a company’s balance sheet. As our analysis proceeds, other important measures quickly follow, such as a company’s earnings history (particularly if the firm is not posting positive earnings at the time of our review) and its ability to generate free cash flow. Additional factors come into play as well, with each of our portfolio managers and analysts emphasizing different metrics as they evaluate businesses. Of course, regardless of where the emphasis on particular metrics falls, our managers are looking for indicators of strong absolute value. One company’s financial profile may look terrific relative to its industry peers or to other companies in the stock market, but that does not necessarily make it a compelling value. Similarly, its stock price may be attractively low when compared to others in the same or a similar business or to other stocks in the market as a whole, but that alone will not make the stock a potential purchase candidate. In our security analysis process, a company must stand or fall on its own merits. Continued on page 6...			Letter to Our Stockholders the fatalism was more than understandable. As the market crept toward the end of the year, it seemed to be just a matter of time before reality caught up with the bearish perceptions. We were not surprised, therefore, by the 15% correction from the small-cap peak on 7/13/07 that occurred on January 4th and were not too panicked by the official arrival of the small-cap bear on January 17th. In fact, few of the concerns about the market or the economy look groundless to us, even if our collective stoicism leads us to exchange worry for more work on finding attractively valued smaller companies. Long ago we accepted that we are powerless over when or if a bear market comes. We can only resolve to maintain our discipline and keep scouring the small-cap market for potential opportunity. In this context of pessimism, then, we find ourselves in the contrarian position of feeling fairly sanguine about the state of equities, particularly over the long term, and also confident—however guardedly—about the next three to five years. In that spirit, we would like to advance the idea that the worst of the market’s decline is behind us as of this writing. Our optimism about the next few years is based in part on the speed with which information moves. Because bad news travels so quickly, the effects hit stocks hard and fast. We believe that the market has thus worked through the bulk of the distress caused by subprime woes, the credit crunch and the prospect of recession. While we are always focused on downside risk, we are just as excited about promising long-term opportunities that we see in certain smaller stocks in the current market. We understand that no investor enjoys these periods in which so many companies seem to be struggling and returns are falling further into negative territory. At the same time, declines, corrections and even the occasional bear market are part of the price of doing business in the stock market, especially if one is in it for the long haul, as we are. And it is precisely at such risky moments that we seek opportunity as so many others are avoiding it. As the saying goes, “Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional.” We have always believed that uncovering opportunity in poor market conditions is one of the most effective ways to build strong absolute long-term performance. Does Papa Bear Look Small? The market leadership issue needs no reality check, being clear to all who take time to look. Large-cap stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, outperformed their small-cap counterparts, as measured by the Russell 2000, for the calendar year. The large-cap index posted a gain of 5.5% versus a loss of 1.6% for the small-cap index in 2007. The S&P 500 built its lead with three consecutive quarters of relatively higher returns between the end of March and the end of December, including the difficult second half of 2007, during which the S&P 500 fell only 1.4% while the Russell 2000 lost 7.5%. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite fared best of all three indices for the calendar year, gaining 9.9%, a noteworthy absolute and relative showing. However, the Nasdaq Composite also remained 47.5% shy of its March 2000 high as of 12/31/07, while the Russell 2000 and S&P 500 both finished 2007 ahead of their respective March 2000 highs. The Russell 2000 also held an edge over the S&P 500 for

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the five- and 10-year periods ended 12/31/07, while the large-cap index outperformed for the corresponding one- and three-year periods. That the U.S. economy is struggling, regardless of whether one uses the ‘r-word’ to describe the struggle, helps to explain the recent relative strength of larger and more growth-oriented companies in the stock market. As volatility and economic uncertainty became more and more familiar features of the financial landscape, investors began to favor some combination of size, stability and the potential to grow quickly. In the beginning of 2006, before the current difficulties of the domestic economy, we called for a stint of large-cap leadership. At that time, our conviction was based on the less dramatic factors of cyclicality and reversion to the mean—it simply seemed to us that the small-cap rally would soon run its course and that large-cap would regain a market leadership role in an overall low-return environment for equities. As it happens, the subprime implosion was the catalyst for the reversion. We suspect that large-cap stocks will hang on to market leadership for a while. After a nearly five-year rally in which small-cap, especially small-cap value, dominated returns, this seems uncontroversial. However, we understand that for small-cap mutual fund investors, it may sound a bit odd for us to flatly assert that we don’t see our chosen asset class in the lead any time soon as we enter 2008. Investors can take some comfort in the following: Our longer-term outlook for smaller stocks is positive; we continue to see the likelihood of frequent leadership rotation and narrow performance spreads in the intermediate term; and we believe that active small-cap management focused on quality should do fine in a market in which we expect that trait to be rewarded across capitalization ranges.		Our longer-term outlook for smaller stocks is positive; we continue to see the likelihood of frequent leadership rotation and narrow performance spreads in the intermediate term; and we believe that active small-cap management focused on quality should do fine in a market in which we expect that trait to be rewarded across capitalization ranges.

Polar Opposites

For anyone focused on the performance of the Russell 2000 Value index in 2007, it must have felt as if it was just a matter of time before the bear emerged from hibernation and grabbed hold of the market as a whole. Small-cap growth investors, on the other hand, may have reached a different conclusion about the state of the stock market. After a long period of outperforming its small-cap growth sibling—often dramatically—the small-cap value index fell behind in 2007. It was subtle at first, with the Russell 2000 Value index narrowly underperforming the Russell 2000 Growth index in the first quarter (+1.5% versus +2.5%), before falling further behind in the second (+2.3% versus +6.7%). Things grew stranger in the third quarter, when small-cap value fell 6.3% while small-cap growth eked out a marginal gain. (Historically, the Russell 2000 Value index has outperformed in most down market periods.) Finally, during the similarly volatile fourth quarter, the Russell 2000 Value index was down 7.3% versus a loss of 2.1% for the Russell 2000 Growth index, completing its clean quarterly sweep for the calendar year, while also notching another short-term outperformance in a period of falling share prices.

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We have always believed that the best way to pick stocks is to act as if we were buying a business. Another important metric in determining a company’s absolute value is capitalization rate, or cap rate. Most commonly used in real estate asset analysis, cap rate measures the ratio between the cash flow an asset yields and that asset’s purchase price. Our managers calculate cap rate in a couple of different ways: One looks at a company’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) divided by the business’s enterprise value; another uses operating income (a close cousin of EBIT) divided by the enterprise value. In both cases, enterprise value is derived by taking a company’s current market value, subtracting cash and adding in debt. Our use of operating income is based on the belief that it is the purest way of understanding normalized income. It is similar to cash flow, but also includes amortization and depreciation, which is critical to us as long-term investors. When calculating cap rate, we have to decide how best to compute operating income. It is closely related to a firm’s earnings, which helps to explain why cap rate for us is synonymous with earnings yield. When a company is posting positive earnings or is in a traditionally cyclical business, we look back historically in an attempt to put together a pattern of normalized operating income. If a business is Continued on page 8...



Letter to Our Stockholders When one adjusts one’s perspective to reach beyond 2007, the picture begins to make sense. Although small-cap stocks as a whole began an impressive rally following the small-cap market trough on 10/9/02, the roots of strong performance for the Russell 2000 Value index actually reach back to the Russell 2000’s peak on 3/9/00. Although most equity indices large and small suffered dramatic declines from their respective March 2000 peaks through 10/9/02, the Russell 2000 Value index managed a cumulative gain of 2.0% during the same period. Once the wider small-cap rally
kicked off, the small-cap value index held its performance edge through the new small-cap high on 7/13/07 (see table). Our belief in cyclicality and reversion to the mean permeates the way that we view all market categories, so the Russell 2000 Value index’s underperformance in 2007 was hardly a shock, especially since we had seen a fair amount of promising opportunities in small-cap growth stocks in the years prior to 2007. Current anxieties seem to have led as many investors into growth stocks—ample liquidity and the potential for growth in a depressed economy are a seductive combination—as they have into large-cap stocks. However, the Russell 2000 Value index held on to its long-term advantage, beating the Russell 2000 Growth index for the 10-, 15-, 20- and 25-year periods ended 12/31/07.		INDEX PERFORMANCE IN POST-BUBBLE PERIOD Cumulative Total Returns During Small-Cap Decline and Subsequent Rally

			3/9/00-10/9/02			10/9/02-7/13/07

	Russell 2000			-44.1	%		177.1	%

	Russell 2000 Value			2.0			183.9

	Russell 2000 Growth			-68.4			169.7

	S&P 500			-42.6			117.9

	Nasdaq Composite			-77.9			143.0


Bear with Us We were very pleased that on a net asset value basis (NAV) each of our three closed end funds outperformed the Russell 2000 in 2007 (see the bar chart on page 7), and that Royce Value Trust also outpaced its other small-cap benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 for the same period. We were also struck by the wide disparity between the Fund’s calendar-year NAV and market price performances. Only Royce Focus Trust stayed ahead of the Russell 2000 on a market price basis, while Royce Value Trust and Royce Micro-Cap Trust lost considerably more on a market price basis than did the small-cap index. This was to some degree unsurprising in that the Fund’s were trading at healthy premiums at the end of 2006 that had become discounts by the end of 2007. Each portfolio’s market price results for the calendar year are perhaps best seen as a major shift in sentiment against smaller company stocks. All the more reason, in our view, to see the Fund’s respective NAV returns in a positive light. We were even more pleased with their longer-term performances. Each of our closed-end Funds

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outperformed the Russell 2000 on an NAV basis for the one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods ended 12/31/07.

Two thousand seven was a difficult year, at least in its second half. Owing to our belief that down market performance is a key indicator of a portfolio’s strength, we were generally satisfied with the year’s results. Our confidence as we look forward is also high, as we are now seeing plentiful opportunities in both the domestic and international markets. We’ve been involved in overseas investing to one degree or another for many years. American companies with substantial global business have also been included in several portfolios for just as long, so a more global outlook is not really new for us. The most important lesson we learned from buying non-U.S. companies over the years is that a good business looks the same in Italy or England as it does here in the States. The business models and metrics are similar, and today nearly all publicly traded companies publish their relevant information in English. As large as the domestic smaller stock market is, it is dwarfed by the size of the international small-cap marketplace. To us, this really represents the best of two worlds—a domestic universe that we still feel great about and an international arena that we think is a source of enormous potential. Bearing Down Having said that, we understand that the issues facing small-cap investors in the current market are difficult. Economic uncertainty is pervasive. People continue to hold their breath, nervously waiting to see if the Federal Reserve Board’s moves might stave off a recession, or if a slowdown is already a forgone conclusion, as some economists are suggesting. More pertinently, many investors fear that small-caps will continue to lag if and when recession becomes a reality.		As large as the domestic smaller stock market is, it is dwarfed by the size of the international small-cap marketplace. To us, this really represents the best of two worlds—a domestic universe that we still feel great about and an international arena that we think is a source of enormous potential.

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experiencing earnings trouble, we look back in an effort to project what its normalized operating income may be over the next year. The result of these efforts allows us to come up with a figure that reflects a longer-term measure than the operating income line that is found on a company’s income statement. This in turn provides us with a cap rate estimate that’s also in line with our long-term investment horizon of two to five years. Generally, the higher the cap rate, the lower the valuation risk, which is why we seek cap rates beginning in the double digits. Conversely, cap rates in the mid-single digits or lower mean that we generally will look elsewhere. They represent little more return potential than owning risk-free U.S. treasuries, and we expect more compensation for taking the risk of equity ownership. A high cap rate is ultimately important because it offers us more potential upside, i.e., a more attractive risk-reward scenario, and that is critical in our search for strong absolute value.	Letter to Our Stockholders Our view is that both the severity and span of a recession are likely to be fairly benign. More importantly, the reasoning behind our confidence in the long-term prospects for stocks, particularly smaller companies, has to do with the extremity of the sell-off that began in 2007’s second half and picked up steam in January 2008, which showed many equity investors behaving as if the recession were already well under way. Still, with the likelihood of recession strong (regardless of how bad one thinks it may be), we thought it would be useful to look at the performance of smaller companies in recent periods of economic slowdown. Looking at the four recessions that have occurred since the Russell 2000’s inception in 1979 shows two interesting trends: First, the performance records for small- and large-cap stocks are mixed, most likely because shifts in equity returns began prior to the official recognition of each recession’s start. Second, the recessions have in general been short-lived (see the table below).
	SMALL-CAP VERSUS LARGE-CAP PERFORMANCE DURING RECESSIONS
	Cumulative Total Returns During Small-Cap Decline and Subsequent Rally

	Recession Begin Date	Recession End Date	Length in Months	S&P 500		Russell 2000

	1/31/80	7/31/80	6	9.6	%	7.5	%

	7/31/81	11/30/82	16	14.2		14.8

	7/31/90	3/31/91	8	8.0		7.7

	3/31/01	11/30/01	8	-0.9		3.2

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“Exit, Pursued by a Bear” What, then, does all of this portend for small-cap investors? Within our selection universe, it seems reasonable to expect growth to provide near-term outperformance. However, over longer-term periods, we believe that value will eventually resume its historical dominance. The Russell 2000 Value index outperformed the Russell 2000 Growth index more than 93% of the time when viewed over five-year time horizons through 12/31/07. In any case, we populate our portfolios with what we deem to be attractively priced companies drawn from the entire asset class—regardless of whether they are classified as value or growth. Of greater significance to us—since we do not attach ‘value’ or ‘growth’ labels to the stocks that we own—is the idea that smaller companies retain two unique features: historical outperformance during normal- and low-return periods for equities and a more broad-based acceptance by all types of investors, something that was not the case at the beginning of this decade. Down markets and recessions are each as inevitable as they are unpleasant. They are also finite. We think that the fourth quarter of 2007 and the events of January 2008 represented an overreaction to a slowdown in consumer spending and the economy as a whole. The market, in other words, has in many ways already responded to the recession—and in our view has overestimated its severity—which is why we suspect that equity returns should improve before the economy does. In the meantime, we are looking ahead and seeing opportunities that look very promising to us. Several discrete areas of our marketplace look attractively oversold in our eyes, so we are working to capture what we see as compelling values today in the hopes of a profitable long-term experience in the years to come.			Of great significance to us is the idea that that smaller companies retain two unique features: historical outperformance during normal- and low-return periods for equities and a more broad-based acceptance by all types of investors, something that was not the case at the beginning of this decade.
Sincerely,


Charles M. Royce	W. Whitney George	Jack E. Fockler, Jr.
President	Vice President	Vice President


January 31, 2008

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Table of Contents

Annual Report to Stockholders

Directors and Officers		11

Managers’ Discussions of Fund Performance

Royce Value Trust		12

Royce Micro-Cap Trust		14

Royce Focus Trust		16

History Since Inception		18

Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options		19

Schedules of Investments and Other Financial Statements

Royce Value Trust		20

Royce Micro-Cap Trust		36

Royce Focus Trust		51

Notes to Performance and Other Important Information		62

Stockholder Meeting Results		63

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Directors and Officers

All Directors and Officers may be reached c/o The Royce Funds, 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

Charles M. Royce, Director*, President
Age: 68 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 27 \| Tenure: Since 1986
Non-Royce Directorships: Director of Technology Investment Capital Corp.

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President, Chief Investment Officer and Member of Board of Managers of Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”), the Trust’s investment adviser.

Mark R. Fetting, Director*
Age: 53 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 41 \| Tenure: Since 2001
Non-Royce Directorships: Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds.

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President and Chief Executive Officer of Legg Mason, Inc.; Member of Board of Managers of Royce. Mr. Fetting’s prior business experience includes having served as Senior Executive Vice President of Legg Mason, Inc.; Division President and Senior Officer, Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies; Partner, Greenwich Associates and Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Donald R. Dwight, Director
Age: 76 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 27 \| Tenure: Since 1998
Non-Royce Directorships: None

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President of Dwight Partners, Inc., corporate communications consultant; Chairman (from 1982 to March 1998) and Chairman Emeritus (since March 1998) of Newspapers of New England, Inc. Mr. Dwight’s prior experience includes having served as Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as President and Publisher of Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company and as a Trustee of the registered investment companies constituting the Eaton Vance Funds.

Richard M. Galkin, Director
Age: 69 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 27 \| Tenure: Since 1986
Non-Royce Directorships: None

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Private investor. Mr. Galkin’s prior business experience includes having served as President of Richard M. Galkin Associates, Inc., telecommunications consultants, President of Manhattan Cable Television (a subsidiary of Time, Inc.), President of Haverhills Inc. (another Time, Inc. subsidiary), President of Rhode Island Cable Television and Senior Vice President of Satellite Television Corp. (a subsidiary of Comsat).

Stephen L. Isaacs, Director
Age: 68 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 27 \| Tenure: Since 1989
Non-Royce Directorships: None

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: President of The Center for Health and Social Policy (since September 1996); Attorney and President of Health Policy Associates, Inc., consultants. Mr. Isaacs’s prior business experience includes having served as Director of Columbia University Development Law and Policy Program and Professor at Columbia University (until August 1996).

William L. Koke, Director
Age: 73 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 27 \| Tenure: Since 1996
Non-Royce Directorships: None

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Private investor. Mr. Koke’s prior business experience includes having served as President of Shoreline Financial Consultants, Director of Financial Relations of SONAT, Inc., Treasurer of Ward Foods, Inc. and President of CFC, Inc.

Arthur S. Mehlman, Director
Age: 65 \| Number of Funds Overseen: 41 \| Tenure: Since 2004
Non-Royce Directorships: Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds and Director of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC.

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Director of The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.; Director of University of Maryland Foundation (non-profits). Formerly: Director of University of Maryland College Park Foundation (non-profit) (from 1998 to 2005); Partner, KPMG LLP (international accounting firm) (from 1972 to 2002); Director of Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (from July 1984 to June 2002).

David L. Meister, Director

Age: 68 | Number of Funds Overseen: 27 | Tenure: Since 1986

Non-Royce Directorships: None

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Consultant. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Tennis Channel (from June 2000 to March 2005). Mr. Meister’s prior business experience includes having served as Chief Executive Officer of Seniorlife.com, a consultant to the communications industry, President of Financial News Network, Senior Vice President of HBO, President of Time-Life Films and Head of Broadcasting for Major League Baseball.

G. Peter O’Brien, Director

Age: 62 | Number of Funds Overseen: 41 | Tenure: Since 2001

Non-Royce Directorships: Director/Trustee of registered investment companies constituting the 14 Legg Mason Funds; Director of Technology Investment Capital Corp.

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Trustee Emeritus of Colgate University (since 2005); Board Member of Hill House, Inc. (since 1999); Formerly: Trustee of Colgate University (from 1996 to 2005), President of Hill House, Inc. (from 2001 to 2005) and Managing Director/Equity Capital Markets Group of Merrill Lynch & Co. (from 1971 to 1999).

John D. Diederich, Vice President and Treasurer

Age: 56 | Tenure: Since 2001

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Chief Operating Officer, Managing Director and member of the Board of Managers of Royce; Chief Financial Officer of Royce; Director of Administration of the Trust; and President of RFS, having been employed by Royce since April 1993.

Jack E. Fockler, Jr., Vice President

Age: 49 | Tenure: Since 1995

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Managing Director and Vice President of Royce, and Vice President of RFS, having been employed by Royce since October 1989.

W. Whitney George, Vice President

Age: 49 | Tenure: Since 1995

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Managing Director and Vice President of Royce, having been employed by Royce since October 1991.

Daniel A. O’Byrne, Vice President and Assistant Secretary

Age: 45 | Tenure: Since 1994

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Principal and Vice President of Royce, having been employed by Royce since October 1986.

John E. Denneen, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Age: 40 | Tenure: 1996-2001 and Since April 2002

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: General Counsel (Deputy General Counsel prior to 2003), Principal, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary of Royce; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of The Royce Funds.

Lisa Curcio, Chief Compliance Officer

Age: 48 | Tenure: Since 2004

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years: Chief Compliance Officer of The Royce Funds (since October 2004); Compliance Officer of Royce (since June 2004); Vice President, The Bank of New York (from February 2001 to June 2004).

* Interested Director.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS Through 12/31/07

Fourth Quarter 2007*				-2.62	%

July–December 2007*				-4.36

One-Year				5.04

Three-Year				10.81

Five-Year				18.40

10-Year				11.77

15-Year				13.17

20-Year				13.78

Since Inception (11/26/86)				12.60

* Not annualized.

CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS

Year	RVT		Year	RVT

2007	5.0	%	1998	3.3	%

2006	19.5		1997	27.5

2005	8.4		1996	15.5

2004	21.4		1995	21.6

2003	40.8		1994	0.1

2002	-15.6		1993	17.3

2001	15.2		1992	19.3

2000	16.6		1991	38.4

1999	11.7		1990	-13.8


TOP 10 POSITIONS % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.				2.1	%

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers				2.0

PAREXEL International				1.3

Sotheby’s				1.2

SEACOR Holdings				1.2

Lincoln Electric Holdings				1.1

Advent Software				1.1

Exterran Holdings				1.1

Ash Grove Cement Cl. B				1.1

Rofin-Sinar Technologies				1.0



PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

Technology				23.3	%

Industrial Products				19.3

Industrial Services				15.2

Financial Services				13.7

Financial Intermediaries				11.7

Natural Resources				9.9

Health				7.6

Consumer Products				4.9

Consumer Services				3.7

Diversified Investment Companies				0.2

Utilities				0.2

Miscellaneous				3.7

Bond and Preferred Stock				0.3

Cash and Cash Equivalents				4.9

Royce Value Trust Manager’s Discussion Royce Value Trust’s (RVT) diversified portfolio of small- and micro-cap stocks posted solid results during 2007, though many investors seemed not to notice. For the calendar year, the Fund was up 5.0% on a net asset value (NAV) basis and down 8.2% on a market price basis versus a 1.6% loss for the Russell 2000 and a 0.2% loss for the S&P SmallCap 600. We were very pleased with RVT’s calendar-year NAV result, though we were obviously disappointed by its market price showing. Much of the disparity between the Fund’s NAV and market price results in 2007 can be traced back to the sizeable premium at which the Fund traded at the end of 2006 versus the discount at which its shares traded at the end of 2007. Certainly market sentiment began to turn against smaller stocks as 2007 wore on, even as our efforts in RVT’s portfolio told a different story. On an NAV basis, the Fund was ahead of both of its small-cap benchmarks in the first half, although its market price return trailed. Down 1.8% on an NAV basis in the third quarter, RVT bested the Russell 2000, which lost 3.1%, and tied the S&P 600, while its market price loss of 7.6% trailed. The year’s final quarter saw a reversal of this performance pattern. RVT lost 2.6% on an NAV basis, but only 1.3% on a market price basis, both results better than the Russell 2000’s 4.6% loss and the S&P 600’s decline of 6.5%. We place considerable emphasis on down-market performance, so the Fund’s relative edge on an NAV basis in the second half was especially gratifying to us, as was its relative strength from the small-cap peak on 7/13/07 through 12/31/07, a period in which RVT was down 7.0% versus losses of 9.9% for the Russell 2000 and 10.8% for the S&P 600. (The Fund was down 10.4% on a market price basis during this same period.)
RVT again provided strong absolute and relative results over market-cycle and other long-term periods. From the previous small-cap market peak on 3/9/00 through 12/31/07, the Fund was up 143.1% on an NAV basis, versus 39.5% for the Russell 2000 and 89.6% for the S&P 600. During the mostly bullish phase from the small-cap market trough on 10/9/02 through 12/31/07, the Fund gained 176.8% compared to a gain of 149.5% for the Russell 2000 and 143.1% for the S&P 600. In addition, on an NAV basis RVT held a performance advantage over each of its benchmarks for the one-, three-, five-, 10-, 15-, 20-year and since inception (11/26/86) periods ended 12/31/07. In all but the one- and three-year periods,
	GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Return*

	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	$9,318,969

	Peerless Manufacturing	8,449,137

	PAREXEL International	6,063,821

	Exterran Holdings	5,862,255

	GAMCO Investors Cl. A	5,052,996

	*Includes dividends

Important Performance and Risk Information All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund invests primarily in securities of small- and micro-cap companies that may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a fund’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a fund’s volatility.

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Performance and Portfolio Review the Fund’s market price returns also outpaced those of its benchmarks. RVT’s NAV average annual total return since inception was 12.6%. The Industrial Products sector led the Fund in dollar-based net gains that nearly doubled those of Industrial Services, the Fund’s next best-performing sector on a dollar basis. The worldwide boom in large-scale infrastructure construction, particularly in China, continued to give many industrial companies a boost. We enjoyed success with industrial auctioneer Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, which we have owned in the Fund’s portfolio since 1998. Its growing business had many investors bidding for shares, so we reduced our stake in December. Peerless Manufacturing makes filtration and air pollution abatement products. Growing earnings in a more environmentally conscious world seemed to draw investors to the stock. We trimmed our position in November. Impressive net gains also came from holdings in other sectors. PAREXEL International is a bio-pharmaceutical services company that provides contract research, medical marketing, consulting, informatics, and advanced technology products and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries worldwide. Its growing business and strong earnings helped its stock price stay healthy for most of 2007, including the volatile second half. GAMCO Investors was another strong second-half performer. The firm offers an array of asset management services to a variety of clients. We think that it’s a well-managed firm, and also like its steady, positive earnings and dividend payout.
		Bimini Capital Management is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in residential mortgage-related securities. Its stock price predictably fell during the subprime crisis. We sold our shares in October. Newport Corporation, which makes laser-based and photonic products, saw its price slide throughout the year amidst lower-than-expected profits in its fiscal first, second and third quarters in 2007. The departure of some veteran executives did little to help.
GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Loss*


Bimini Capital Management Cl. A	$6,168,275

Newport Corporation	4,832,352

Jazz Technologies (Units)	3,658,750

BearingPoint	3,526,363

Adaptec	3,307,648

*Net of dividends


¹Reflects the cumulative total return of an investment made by a stockholder who purchased one share at inception ($10.00 IPO), reinvested all annual distributions as indicated and fully participated in primary subscriptions of the Fund’s rights offerings.
²Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on the NYSE.




FUND INFORMATION AND PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Net Assets		1,185 million

Symbol
Market Price		RVT
NAV		XRVTX

Net Leverage^†		14%

Turnover Rate		26%

Average Market Capitalization*		$1,184 million

Weighted Average P/E Ratio**		18.1x

Weighted Average P/B Ratio		2.2x

Weighted Average Portfolio Yield		1.2%

^† Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets, excluding preferred stock.
*Geometrically calculated
**The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (9% of portfolio holdings as of 12/31/07).


CAPITAL STRUCTURE Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding at 12/31/07 at NAV or Liquidation Value

60.0 million shares of Common Stock		$1,185 million

5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock		$220 million


RISK/RETURN COMPARISON Five-Year Period Ended 12/31/07

	Average Annual Total Return	Standard Deviation	Return Efficiency*

RTV (NAV)	18.40%	13.58	1.35

Russell 2000	16.25	14.44	1.13

*Return Efficiency is the average annual total return divided by the annualized standard deviation over a designated time period.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS Through 12/31/07

Fourth Quarter 2007*				-4.47	%

July-December 2007*				-7.86

One-Year				0.64

Three-Year				9.58

Five-Year				19.42

10-Year				11.97

Since Inception (12/14/93)				13.53

* Not annualized.

CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS

Year	RMT		Year	RMT

2007	0.6	%	2000	10.9	%

2006	22.5		1999	12.7

2005	6.8		1998	-4.1

2004	18.7		1997	27.1

2003	55.5		1996	16.6

2002	-13.8		1995	22.9

2001	23.4		1994	5.0


TOP 10 POSITIONS % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

Sapient Corporation				1.3	%

Seneca Foods Cl. B				1.3

Pegasystems				1.2

PAREXEL International				1.2

Tennant Company				1.2

ASA				1.1

MVC Capital				1.1

Exponent				1.1

Peerless Manufacturing				1.1

Weyco Group				1.0



PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

Technology				23.2	%

Industrial Products				16.2

Health				14.9

Industrial Services				14.7

Natural Resources				10.6

Financial Intermediaries				9.1

Financial Services				6.7

Consumer Products				5.5

Consumer Services				4.3

Diversified Investment Companies				1.8

Miscellaneous				4.9

Preferred Stock				0.5

Cash and Cash Equivalents				5.7

Royce Micro-Cap Trust Manager’s Discussion The miserable 2007 that most micro-cap stocks endured could be seen in the year’s market price performance of Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT). However, little of this misery could be seen in the Fund’s calendar-year net asset value (NAV) performance. RMT more than held its own on a net asset value (NAV) basis, up 0.6% versus a decline of 1.6% for its small-cap benchmark, the Russell 2000. Although we were certainly disappointed that the Fund was down 20.1% on a market basis for the same period, we were pleased with the Fund’s NAV results during 2007. It’s worth noting that at the end of 2006, RMT was trading at a good-sized premium that became a discount before the end of 2007. Market sentiment turned against smaller stocks, especially micro-caps, as 2007 turned more bearish, even as our work in RMT’s portfolio showed that not all micro-caps capitulated to the bear during latter half of the year. A strong first half—up 9.2% on an NAV basis, though down 2.9% on a market basis—certainly helped the Fund to establish ground versus the Russell 2000 for the calendar year. The Fund’s showings over market cycle and other long-term performance periods remained strong. From the previous small-cap market peak on 3/9/00 through 12/31/07, RMC gained 148.8% on an NAV basis, and 164.3% on a market price basis versus a gain of 39.5% for the Russell 2000. During the generally more positive period from the small-cap market trough on 10/9/02 through 12/31/07, RMT was up an impressive 188.0%, on an NAV basis and 180.9% on a market price basis, while the Russell 2000 gained 149.5%. RMT outpaced the Russell 2000 on an NAV basis for the one-, three-, five-, 10-year and since inception (12/14/93) periods, and on a market price basis for the 5-, 10-year, and since-inception periods ended 12/31/07. The Fund’s NAV average annual total return since inception was 13.5%.
During the first half of 2007, we noted a performance disparity within the micro-cap sector, which helped the Fund’s performance. In general, higher returns came from larger, more established micro-cap companies. As the credit crunch reared its head in the second half, those micro-caps with better creditworthiness drew favor from investors. This development also benefited calendar-year results. It seemed clear to us by the end of 2007
	GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Return*

	OneSource Services	$2,806,923

	Peerless Manufacturing	2,434,940

	PAREXEL International	2,046,123

	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	1,865,472

	Sapient Corporation	1,660,000

	*Includes dividends

Important Performance and Risk Information All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund normally invests in micro-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a fund’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a fund’s volatility.

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Performance and Portfolio Review that our preference for conservatively capitalized, quality micro-cap businesses was a sound strategy, both in an absolute sense and in the context of a market that bestowed little favor on micro-cap stocks. We also benefited by having little exposure to financial and real estate companies and only modest exposure to consumer businesses that suffered most during 2007, although that modest exposure could not prevent Consumer Services from posting the most significant net dollar-based losses in the portfolio during 2007. The bulk of sector’s declines came from retail stores. Stein Mart’s stores offer fashion merchandise in the United States. Weak sales and disappointing earnings were the story throughout 2007, particularly in the second half when we added to our position. Financial Intermediaries also disappointed. First Acceptance Corporation is a regional automobile insurer specializing in policies for drivers with poor payment and/or driving histories. Higher-than-anticipated accident rates led to a loss in the firm’s fiscal fourth quarter, which caused its share price to crash in September. Bimini Capital Management is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in residential mortgage-related securities. Its stock price predictably fell during the subprime crisis. We sold our shares in October.
		The Fund’s best-performing sectors on a dollar basis were areas that we have long believed house quality micro-cap companies, and that belief was validated in 2007—Industrial Products, Natural Resources and Industrial Services. Cleaning and maintenance company OneSource Services drew the attention of a larger company that acquired it at an attractive premium in November. Peerless Manufacturing manufactures filtration and air pollution abatement products. Growing earnings in a more environmentally conscious world seemed to draw investors to the stock. We trimmed our position between July and December.
GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Loss*


First Acceptance	$1,679,633

Jupitermedia Corporation	1,458,780

Bimini Capital Management Cl. A	1,425,007

Stein Mart	1,359,206

InPhonic	1,342,542

*Net of dividends


¹Reflects the cumulative total return of an investment made by a stockholder who purchased one share at inception ($7.50 IPO), reinvested distributions as indicated and fully participated in the primary subscription of the 1994 rights offering.
²Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on Nasdaq and, beginning 12/1/03, on the NYSE.




FUND INFORMATION AND PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Net Assets		$331 million

Symbol
Market Price		RMT
NAV		XOTCX

Net Leverage^†		12%

Turnover Rate		41%

Average Market Capitalization*		$293 million

Weighted Average P/E Ratio**		17.4x

Weighted Average P/B Ratio		1.7x

Weighted Average Portfolio Yield		0.9%

^† Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets, excluding preferred stock.
*Geometrically calculated
**The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (3% of portfolio holdings as of 12/31/07).


CAPITAL STRUCTURE Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding at 12/31/07 at NAV or Liquidation Value

24.6 million shares of Common Stock		$331 million

6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock		$60 million


RISK/RETURN COMPARISON Five-Year Period Ended 12/31/07

	Average Annual Total Return	Standard Deviation	Return Efficiency*

RMT (NAV)	19.42%	14.37	1.35

Russell 2000	16.25	14.44	1.13

*Return Efficiency is the average annual total return divided by the annualized standard deviation over a designated time period.

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AVERAGE ANNUAL NAV TOTAL RETURNS Through 12/31/07

Fourth Quarter 2007*				-3.64	%

July–December 2007*				-3.21

One-Year				12.22

Three-Year				13.90

Five-Year				24.15

10-Year				13.28

Since Inception (11/1/96)^†				14.15

* Not annualized.
^† Royce & Associates assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on 11/1/96.

CALENDAR YEAR NAV TOTAL RETURNS

Year	FUND		Year	FUND

2007	12.2	%	2001	10.0	%

2006	16.3		2000	20.9

2005	13.3		1999	8.7

2004	29.2		1998	-6.8

2003	54.3		1997	20.5

2002	-12.5


TOP 10 POSITIONS % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

Australian Government 7.5% Bond				5.4	%

New Zealand Government 6.00% Bond				4.6

South Africa Government 10.00% Bond				3.5

Unit Corporation				3.4

Metal Management				3.3

Trican Well Service				3.3

Reliance Steel & Aluminum				3.3

Thor Industries				3.2

Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A				3.1

Lincoln Electric Holdings				3.0



PORTFOLIO SECTOR BREAKDOWN % of Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders

Natural Resources				26.7	%

Industrial Products				21.6

Consumer Products				13.1

Industrial Services				9.7

Technology				6.2

Financial Intermediaries				4.7

Health				4.7

Financial Services				1.5

Bonds				13.5

Cash and Cash Equivalents				13.4

Royce Focus Trust Manager’s Discussion A dynamic first half and relatively stable second half added up to a very successful year for Royce Focus Trust (FUND) on both an absolute and relative basis. For the calendar year, FUND gained 12.2% on a net asset value (NAV) basis and 3.0% on a market price basis, both results well ahead of its small-cap benchmark, the Russell 2000, which lost 1.6% in 2007. After posting impressive first-half returns—up 15.9% on a net asset value (NAV) basis and 8.6% on a market price basis, versus the Russell 2000’s gain of 6.5%, for the same period—the Fund managed well amid the third quarter’s volatility. FUND was up 0.4% on an NAV basis and down 5.3% on a market price basis while its benchmark declined 3.1%. The fourth quarter saw more widespread losses in the market as a whole, though small-cap stocks continued to be among the hardest hit. The Russell 2000 lost 4.6% between October and December, while the Fund was down 3.6% on an NAV basis and up 0.1% on a market price basis. The portfolio’s down-market strength can best be seen in its performance from the small-cap peak on 7/13/07 through 12/31/07, when it lost 7.4% on an NAV basis and 7.8% on a market price basis while the Russell 2000 fell 9.9%.
From the previous small-cap market peak on 3/9/00 through 12/31/07, FUND returned 237.2% on an NAV basis and 305.2% on a market price basis, versus a 39.5% result for the small-cap index. The Fund also handily outpaced the Russell 2000 during the bullish phase from the small-cap market trough on 10/9/02 through 12/31/07, gaining 254.5% on an NAV basis and 277.9% on a market price basis, while the Russell 2000 was up 149.5% for the same period. These strong market cycle results played a major role in FUND’s outperformance of the benchmark over calendar-based periods. On both an NAV and market price basis, the Fund’s limited portfolio of primarily small-cap stocks beat the index for the one-, three-, five-, 10- year and since-inception of our management (11/1/96) periods ended 12/31/07. FUND’s NAV average annual total return since the inception of our management was 14.2%. Although five sectors posted net losses, declines on a dollar basis were small. At the individual holding level, KKR Financial disappointed. The firm is run by experienced investment bankers whose business plan appealed to our contrarian nature when we first heard it in spring 2007. KKR Financial was ready for the calamitous collapse of the subprime
	GOOD IDEAS THAT WORKED 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Return*

	Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A	$3,691,814

	IPSCO	3,396,454

	Florida Rock Industries	2,290,728

	Chaparral Steel	2,085,186

	Woodward Governor	2,075,208

	*Includes dividends


Important Performance and Risk Information All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted. Returns as of the recent month-end may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com. The market price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold. The Fund normally invests primarily in small-cap companies, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in a more diversified portfolio of larger-cap companies. Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a fund’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a fund’s volatility.

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Performance and Portfolio Review market and related credit crunch. They held ample highest-grade mortgage paper with which to weather the predicted storm. What the firm—and we—failed to account for was how difficult life would be even for parties holding high-quality debt in the current environment. Their mortgage holdings were suddenly devalued and the company’s levered positions only exacerbated its difficulties. In the otherwise-profitable precious metals and mining industry within the Natural Resources sector, Gammon Gold also showed net losses for the year. Lower-than-expected production at this early stage producer seemed to keep investors away in 2007. We sold some shares in October before purchasing more shares in November, mostly content to wait for operational improvements. The Fund’s strongest dollar-based net gains came from the Industrial Products sector, which more than tripled the net gain of the next best-performing sector, Natural Resources. Each of the Fund’s top five performers—and seven of its top ten—were Industrial Products holdings. After posting stronger-than-expected fiscal third-quarter earnings in July, the share price of recycling and scrap metal business Schnitzer Steel Industries began to soar, though it moved a little
		closer to earth in the fourth quarter. We trimmed our position from September through December. Canadian steel production and fabrication company IPSCO first attracted our attention in 2004 with its pristine balance sheet, strong history of earnings and high returns on capital. It was also the target of the urge to merge. Earlier this year, several larger firms began looking at the firm as a potential acquisition, with Swedish business SSAB finally closing the deal in May. We sold our shares between April and May. We first began to buy shares of construction aggregates company Florida Rock Industries in other Royce-managed portfolios more than 20 years ago and have had a position in FUND’s portfolio since 1998. In February 2007, the company was acquired by a larger competitor at a substantial premium. We finished selling our stake in April.
GOOD IDEAS AT THE TIME 2007 Net Realized and Unrealized Investment Loss*


KKR Financial	$2,108,348

Gammon Gold	1,823,204

Knight Capital Group Cl. A	1,346,523

Arkansas Best	1,137,072

Winnebago Industries	1,098,220

*Net of dividends


¹Royce & Associates assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on 11/1/96.
²Reflects the cumulative total return experience of a continuous common stockholder who reinvested all distributions as indicated and fully participated in the primary subscription of the 2005 rights offering.
³Reflects the actual market price of one share as it traded on Nasdaq.




FUND INFORMATION AND PORTFOLIO DIAGNOSTICS

Fund Net Assets		$166 million

Symbol
Market Price		FUND
NAV		XFUNX

Net Leverage^†		2%

Turnover Rate		62%

Average Market Capitalization*		$1,290 million

Weighted Average P/E Ratio**		12.4x

Weighted Average P/B Ratio		2.4x

Weighted Average Portfolio Yield		4.0%

^† Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets, excluding preferred stock.
*Geometrically calculated
**The Fund’s P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings (10% of portfolio holdings as of 12/31/07).


CAPITAL STRUCTURE Publicly Traded Securities Outstanding at 12/31/07 at NAV or Liquidation Value

18.6 million shares of Common Stock		$166 million

6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock		$25 million


RISK/RETURN COMPARISON Five-Year Period Ended 12/31/07

	Average Annual Total Return	Standard Deviation	Return Efficiency*

FUND (NAV)	24.15%	15.56	1.55

Russell 2000	16.25	14.44	1.13

*Return Efficiency is the average annual total return divided by the annualized standard deviation over a designated time period.

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History Since Inception

The following table details the share accumulations by an initial investor in the Funds who reinvested all distributions (including fractional shares) and participated fully in primary subscriptions for each of the rights offerings. Full participation in distribution reinvestments and rights offerings can maximize the returns available to a long-term investor. This table should be read in conjunction with the Performance and Portfolio Reviews of the Funds.

		Amount		Purchase				NAV		Market
History		Invested		Price*		Shares		Value**		Value**
Royce Value Trust
11/26/86	Initial Purchase	$	10,000	$	10.000		1,000	$	9,280	$	10,000
10/15/87	Distribution $0.30				7.000		42
12/31/87	Distribution $0.22				7.125		32		8,578		7,250
12/27/88	Distribution $0.51				8.625		63		10,529		9,238
9/22/89	Rights Offering		405		9.000		45
12/29/89	Distribution $0.52				9.125		67		12,942		11,866
9/24/90	Rights Offering		457		7.375		62
12/31/90	Distribution $0.32				8.000		52		11,713		11,074
9/23/91	Rights Offering		638		9.375		68
12/31/91	Distribution $0.61				10.625		82		17,919		15,697
9/25/92	Rights Offering		825		11.000		75
12/31/92	Distribution $0.90				12.500		114		21,999		20,874
9/27/93	Rights Offering		1,469		13.000		113
12/31/93	Distribution $1.15				13.000		160		26,603		25,428
10/28/94	Rights Offering		1,103		11.250		98
12/19/94	Distribution $1.05				11.375		191		27,939		24,905
11/3/95	Rights Offering		1,425		12.500		114
12/7/95	Distribution $1.29				12.125		253		35,676		31,243
12/6/96	Distribution $1.15				12.250		247		41,213		36,335
1997	Annual distribution total $1.21				15.374		230		52,556		46,814
1998	Annual distribution total $1.54				14.311		347		54,313		47,506
1999	Annual distribution total $1.37				12.616		391		60,653		50,239
2000	Annual distribution total $1.48				13.972		424		70,711		61,648
2001	Annual distribution total $1.49				15.072		437		81,478		73,994
2002	Annual distribution total $1.51				14.903		494		68,770		68,927
1/28/03	Rights Offering		5,600		10.770		520
2003	Annual distribution total $1.30				14.582		516		106,216		107,339
2004	Annual distribution total $1.55				17.604		568		128,955		139,094
2005	Annual distribution total $1.61				18.739		604		139,808		148,773
2006	Annual distribution total $1.78				19.696		693		167,063		179,945
2007	Annual distribution total $1.85				19.687		787

12/31/07		$	21,922				8,889	$	175,469	$	165,158

Royce Micro-Cap Trust
12/14/93	Initial Purchase	$	7,500	$	7.500		1,000	$	7,250	$	7,500
10/28/94	Rights Offering		1,400		7.000		200
12/19/94	Distribution $0.05				6.750		9		9,163		8,462
12/7/95	Distribution $0.36				7.500		58		11,264		10,136
12/6/96	Distribution $0.80				7.625		133		13,132		11,550
12/5/97	Distribution $1.00				10.000		140		16,694		15,593
12/7/98	Distribution $0.29				8.625		52		16,016		14,129
12/6/99	Distribution $0.27				8.781		49		18,051		14,769
12/6/00	Distribution $1.72				8.469		333		20,016		17,026
12/6/01	Distribution $0.57				9.880		114		24,701		21,924
2002	Annual distribution total $0.80				9.518		180		21,297		19,142
2003	Annual distribution total $0.92				10.004		217		33,125		31,311
2004	Annual distribution total $1.33				13.350		257		39,320		41,788
2005	Annual distribution total $1.85				13.848		383		41,969		45,500
2006	Annual distribution total $1.55				14.246		354		51,385		57,647
2007	Annual distribution total $1.35				13.584		357

12/31/07		$	8,900				3,836	$	51,709	$	45,802

Royce Focus Trust
10/31/96	Initial Purchase	$	4,375	$	4.375		1,000	$	5,280	$	4,375
12/31/96									5,520		4,594
12/5/97	Distribution $0.53				5.250		101		6,650		5,574
12/31/98									6,199		5,367
12/6/99	Distribution $0.145				4.750		34		6,742		5,356
12/6/00	Distribution $0.34				5.563		69		8,151		6,848
12/6/01	Distribution $0.14				6.010		28		8,969		8,193
12/6/02	Distribution $0.09				5.640		19		7,844		6,956
12/8/03	Distribution $0.62				8.250		94		12,105		11,406
2004	Annual distribution total $1.74				9.325		259		15,639		16,794
5/6/05	Rights offering		2,669		8.340		320
2005	Annual distribution total $1.21				9.470		249		21,208		20,709
2006	Annual distribution total $1.57				9.860		357		24,668		27,020
2007	Annual distribution total $2.01				9.159		573

12/31/07		$	7,044				3,103	$	27,679	$	27,834

*		Beginning with the 1997 (RVT), 2002 (RMT) and 2004 (FUND) distributions, the purchase price of distributions is a weighted average of the distribution reinvestment
		prices for the year.
**		Other than for initial purchase, values are stated as of December 31 of the year indicated, after reinvestment of distributions.

18 | 2007 Annual Report to Stockholders

Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Options

Why should I reinvest my distributions?

By reinvesting distributions, a stockholder can maintain an undiluted investment in the Fund. The regular reinvestment of distributions has a significant impact on stockholder returns. In contrast, the stockholder who takes distributions in cash is penalized when shares are issued below net asset value to other stockholders.

How does the reinvestment of distributions from the Royce closed-end funds work?

The Funds automatically issue shares in payment of distributions unless you indicate otherwise. The shares are generally issued at the lower of the market price or net asset value on the valuation date.

How does this apply to registered stockholders?

If your shares are registered directly with a Fund, your distributions are automatically reinvested unless you have otherwise instructed the Funds’ transfer agent, Computershare, in writing. A registered stockholder also has the option to receive the distribution in the form of a stock certificate or in cash if Computershare is properly notified.

What if my shares are held by a brokerage firm or a bank?

If your shares are held by a brokerage firm, bank, or other intermediary as the stockholder of record, you should contact your brokerage firm or bank to be certain that it is automatically reinvesting distributions on your behalf. If they are unable to reinvest distributions on your behalf, you should have your shares registered in your name in order to participate.

What other features are available for registered stockholders?

The Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plans also allow registered stockholders to make optional cash purchases of shares of a Fund’s common stock directly through Computershare on a monthly basis, and to deposit certificates representing your Fund shares with Computershare for safekeeping. The Funds’ investment adviser is absorbing all commissions on optional cash purchases under the Plans through December 31, 2008.

How do the Plans work for registered stockholders?

Computershare maintains the accounts for registered stockholders in the Plans and sends written confirmation of all transactions in the account. Shares in the account of each participant will be held by Computershare in non-certificated form in the name of the participant, and each participant will be able to vote those shares at a stockholder meeting or by proxy. A participant may also send other stock certificates held by them to Computershare to be held in non-certificated form. There is no service fee charged to participants for reinvesting distributions. If a participant elects to sell shares from a Plan account, Computershare will deduct a $2.50 fee plus brokerage commissions from the sale transaction. If a nominee is the registered owner of your shares, the nominee will maintain the accounts on your behalf.

How can I get more information on the Plans?

You can call an Investor Services Representative at (800) 221-4268 or you can request a copy of the Plan for your Fund from Computershare. All correspondence (including notifications) should be directed to: [Name of Fund] Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan, c/o Computershare, PO Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010, telephone (800) 426-5523.

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Royce Value Trust

Schedule of Investments

	SHARES	VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 113.4%

Consumer Products – 4.9%
Apparel, Shoes and Accessories - 1.8%
Brown Shoe Company	15,600	$	236,652
Kenneth Cole Productions Cl. A	35,000		612,150
Columbia Sportswear	34,600		1,525,514
Delta Apparel ^b	580,760		4,152,434
^†Jos. A. Bank Clothiers ^a,c	5,800		165,010
K-Swiss Cl. A	110,000		1,991,000
Lazare Kaplan International ^a	103,600		842,268
Polo Ralph Lauren Cl. A	12,500		772,375
^†Quiksilver ^a,c	19,000		163,020
Skechers U.S.A. Cl. A ^a,c	5,500		107,305
Tandy Brands Accessories	13,200		128,700
Timberland Company Cl. A ^a,c	5,000		90,400
^†Tod’s	30,000		2,091,909
Warnaco Group (The) ^a,c	4,900		170,520
Weyco Group	307,992		8,469,780

			21,519,037

Collectibles - 0.6%
Leapfrog Enterprises Cl. A ^a,c	175,000		1,177,750
RC2 Corporation ^a	132,600		3,722,082
Russ Berrie & Company ^a	124,300		2,033,548

			6,933,380

Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 0.2%
Hain Celestial Group ^a,c	37,800		1,209,600
Hershey Creamery	709		1,471,175

			2,680,775

Health, Beauty and Nutrition - 0.1%
^†NutriSystem ^a,c	5,000		134,900
Sally Beauty Holdings ^a,c	194,600		1,761,130

			1,896,030

Home Furnishing and Appliances - 1.5%
Aaron Rents	4,500		86,580
DTS ^a,c	64,100		1,639,037
Ekornes	110,000		1,933,701
Ethan Allen Interiors	50,800		1,447,800
^†Hunter Douglas	23,300		1,718,519
Kimball International Cl. B	286,180		3,920,666
La-Z-Boy ^c	68,200		540,826
^†Lewis Group	425,000		2,849,445
Rational	14,900		3,048,318
^†Universal Electronics ^a,c	10,000		334,400

			17,519,292

Household Products/Wares - 0.1%
Blyth	14,700		322,518

Sports and Recreation - 0.6%
Beneteau	100,000		2,547,785
Coachmen Industries ^c	47,700		283,815
Monaco Coach	166,650		1,479,852
Sturm, Ruger & Company ^a	272,900		2,259,612
Thor Industries	26,100		992,061

			7,563,125

Total (Cost $49,543,275)			58,434,157

Consumer Services – 3.7%
Direct Marketing - 0.1%
Takkt	115,000		1,998,743

	SHARES	VALUE
Leisure and Entertainment - 0.1%
Shuffle Master ^a,c	15,000	$	179,850

Media and Broadcasting - 0.1%
Cox Radio Cl. A ^a,c	23,000		279,450
Discovery Holding Company Cl. B ^a,c	36,600		931,470

			1,210,920

Online Commerce - 0.1%
FTD Group	55,000		708,400

Restaurants and Lodgings - 0.9%
Benihana Cl. A ^a,c	6,600		84,150
CEC Entertainment ^a,c	184,300		4,784,428
^†Jamba ^a,c	18,600		68,820
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ^a,c	26,400		83,424
Morgans Hotel Group ^a,c	90,000		1,735,200
Steak n Shake ^a	198,000		2,158,200
Tim Hortons	65,000		2,400,450

			11,314,672

Retail Stores - 2.3%
America’s Car-Mart ^a,c	95,400		1,197,270
BJ’s Wholesale Club ^a,c	4,300		145,469
^†Blockbuster Cl. A ^a,c	27,000		105,300
^†Build-A-Bear Workshop ^a,c	10,000		139,500
Bulgari	300,000		4,174,010
CarMax ^a,c	50,000		987,500
Charlotte Russe Holding ^a	8,100		130,815
Children’s Place Retail Stores ^a	13,670		354,463
DSW Cl. A ^a,c	8,700		163,212
Dress Barn (The) ^a,c	287,280		3,593,873
Fielmann	27,533		1,808,645
Fred’s Cl. A	50,000		481,500
Gander Mountain ^a,c	53,300		262,769
^†Gymboree Corporation ^a,c	5,300		161,438
Hot Topic ^a,c	29,000		168,780
99 Cents Only Stores ^a,c	95,000		756,200
Pier 1 Imports ^a,c	1,000,000		5,230,000
Stein Mart	182,800		866,472
Tiffany & Co.	125,000		5,753,750
Urban Outfitters ^a,c	27,000		736,020
West Marine ^a	131,100		1,177,278
Wet Seal (The) Cl. A ^a,c	162,000		377,460

			28,771,724

Other Consumer Services - 0.1%
^†Knot (The) ^a,c	15,000		239,100

Total (Cost $44,883,463)			44,423,409

Diversified Investment Companies – 0.2%
Closed-End Funds - 0.2%
Central Fund of Canada Cl. A	181,500		1,967,460

Total (Cost $1,297,400)			1,967,460

Financial Intermediaries – 11.7%
Banking - 4.4%
Ameriana Bancorp	40,000		343,200
BB Holdings ^a	289,400		1,382,312
BOK Financial	164,227		8,490,536
^†Banca Finnat Euramerica	210,630		268,762
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son	371,250		6,775,313
^†Bank Sarasin & Cie Cl. B	125		589,217

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December 31, 2007

	SHARES	VALUE
Financial Intermediaries (continued)
Banking (continued)
^†Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild	17	$	653,364
CFS Bancorp	265,000		3,879,600
Cadence Financial	40,300		587,977
Commercial National Financial	54,900		1,033,218
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach	1,266		8,355,600
Hawthorn Bancshares	44,400		1,110,000
Heritage Financial	12,915		257,008
HopFed Bancorp	112,500		1,658,250
Jefferson Bancshares	32,226		325,483
Mechanics Bank	200		3,610,000
^†Nexity Financial ^a,c	147,599		980,057
Old Point Financial	25,000		508,750
^†Timberland Bancorp ^b	469,200		5,714,856
Tompkins Financial	17,545		680,746
^†Vontobel Holding	12,000		581,341
W Holding Company	935,400		1,131,834
Whitney Holding	40,500		1,059,075
Wilber Corporation	103,900		909,125
Wilmington Trust	31,000		1,091,200
Yadkin Valley Financial	3,800		58,026

			52,034,850

Insurance - 3.8%
Alleghany Corporation ^a	15,318		6,157,836
Aspen Insurance Holdings	64,000		1,845,760
Erie Indemnity Cl. A	139,900		7,259,411
^†Greenlight Capital Re Cl. A ^a,c	80,500		1,673,595
IPC Holdings	27,000		779,490
Leucadia National	44,940		2,116,674
MBIA	69,200		1,289,196
Markel Corporation ^a	7,200		3,535,920
Montpelier Re Holdings	66,000		1,122,660
NYMAGIC	85,200		1,970,676
ProAssurance Corporation ^a,c	38,070		2,090,804
RLI	99,724		5,663,326
Security Capital Assurance	30,000		116,700
Stewart Information Services	103,800		2,708,142
Wesco Financial	4,750		1,933,250
White Mountains Insurance Group	9,000		4,626,450
Zenith National Insurance	2,000		89,460

			44,979,350

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.1%
Gladstone Commercial	34,700		608,638

Securities Brokers - 2.2%
Broadpoint Securities Group ^a,c	200,100		236,118
Cowen Group ^a,c	32,000		304,320
^†Duff & Phelps Cl. A ^a,c	5,000		98,400
DundeeWealth	33,300		606,988
E*TRADE Financial ^a,c	75,000		266,250
^†FBR Capital Markets ^a,c	290,600		2,783,948
^†HQ AB	24,000		638,989
^†Interactive Brokers Group Cl. A ^a,c	79,400		2,566,208
Investment Technology Group ^a,c	30,400		1,446,736
^†KBW ^a,c	50,000		1,279,500
Knight Capital Group Cl. A ^a,c	229,700		3,307,680
LaBranche & Co ^a	137,000		690,480
Lazard Cl. A	176,700		7,188,156

	SHARES	VALUE
optionsXpress Holdings	53,000	$	1,792,460
^†Phatra Securities	575,000		583,832
Piper Jaffray ^a,c	10,000		463,200
Shinko Securities	464,300		1,924,747

			26,178,012

Other Financial Intermediaries - 1.2%
AP Alternative Assets L.P.	298,600		4,463,068
KKR Financial	401,404		5,639,726
KKR Private Equity Investors LLP	105,000		1,910,503
^†Kohlberg Capital	179,900		2,158,800

			14,172,097

Total (Cost $111,770,228)			137,972,947

Financial Services – 13.7%
Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%
AmeriCredit Corporation ^a,c	18,870		241,347
Centerline Holding Company	59,600		454,152
^†Close Brothers Group	15,000		281,921
^†CompuCredit Corporation ^a,c	12,200		121,756
^†Encore Capital Group ^a	30,000		290,400
^†FCStone Group ^a	950		43,728
MarketAxess Holdings ^a	67,000		859,610
MoneyGram International	387,300		5,952,801
Municipal Mortgage & Equity	40,300		598,052
Ocwen Financial ^a,c	173,600		961,744
Portfolio Recovery Associates	69,100		2,741,197
World Acceptance ^a,c	121,700		3,283,466

			15,830,174

Information and Processing - 1.8%
Deluxe Corporation	3,500		115,115
FactSet Research Systems	35,350		1,968,995
Global Payments	68,500		3,186,620
Interactive Data	134,300		4,433,243
^†MSCI Cl. A ^a,c	55,000		2,112,000
PRG-Schultz International ^a,c	14,420		123,579
SEI Investments	282,400		9,084,808

			21,024,360

Insurance Brokers - 1.3%
Brown & Brown	115,000		2,702,500
Crawford & Company Cl. A ^a	289,200		1,012,200
Crawford & Company Cl. B ^a	162,300		673,545
^†eHealth ^a	25,000		802,750
Enstar Group ^a,c	7,000		856,940
Gallagher (Arthur J.) & Co.	111,200		2,689,928
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs	155,050		6,290,379
National Financial Partners	22,000		1,003,420

			16,031,662

Investment Management - 8.7%
^†Aberdeen Asset Management	855,000		2,850,593
ADDENDA Capital	150,900		3,440,144
Affiliated Managers Group ^a,c	15,600		1,832,376
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.	333,100		25,065,775
^†Anima	700,000		2,172,692
^†Ashmore Group	80,000		424,532
^†Australian Wealth Management	231,000		508,802
^†Azimut Holding	40,000		512,870
BKF Capital Group ^a,c	227,050		504,051

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Value Trust

Schedule of Investments

	SHARES	VALUE
Financial Services (continued)
Investment Management (continued)
Calamos Asset Management Cl. A	45,000	$	1,340,100
^†Candover Investments	21,000		744,702
^†CapMan Cl. B	550,000		2,607,310
^†Coronation Fund Managers	250,000		297,436
^†Deutsche Beteiligungs	90,000		2,815,084
Eaton Vance	150,200		6,820,582
^†Equity Trustees	19,392		536,693
Evercore Partners Cl. A	283,100		6,100,805
^†F&C Asset Management	150,000		571,697
Federated Investors Cl. B	161,900		6,663,804
^†Fiducian Portfolio Services	150,000		363,039
GAMCO Investors Cl. A	158,600		10,975,120
^†GP Investments BDR	85,000		3,824,908
^†Gimv	12,200		829,317
^†Highbury Financial ^a,c	333,350		1,500,075
JAFCO	37,300		1,221,810
MVC Capital	473,200		7,637,448
^†New Star Asset Management Group	93,000		327,155
Onex Corporation	50,000		1,772,633
^†Perpetual	10,000		582,339
RHJ International ^a	177,500		2,899,795
^†Rathbone Brothers	24,500		510,301
SPARX Group	6,900		3,281,794
^†Schroders	21,000		540,357
^†Trust Company	55,000		564,806

			102,640,945

Specialty Finance - 0.6%
Credit Acceptance ^a,c	216,601		4,477,143
MCG Capital	138,000		1,599,420
NGP Capital Resources	50,000		781,500

			6,858,063

Total (Cost $131,055,254)			162,385,204

Health – 7.6%
Commercial Services - 1.3%
PAREXEL International ^a,c	313,700		15,151,710

Drugs and Biotech - 2.0%
^†Adolor Corporation ^a,c	172,000		791,200
Affymetrix ^a,c	10,000		231,400
Biovail Corporation	41,200		554,552
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings ^a,c	155,000		4,133,850
Gene Logic ^a,c	589,900		483,718
^†Genitope Corporation ^a,c	150,000		111,000
Human Genome Sciences ^a,c	90,000		939,600
K-V Pharmaceutical Cl. A ^a,c	51,500		1,469,810
Medicines Company (The) ^a,c	20,000		383,200
Millennium Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	100,000		1,498,000
Mylan Laboratories ^c	52,200		733,932
Myriad Genetics ^a,c	50,000		2,321,000
Origin Agritech ^a	28,600		189,046
Perrigo Company	191,950		6,720,170
^†Pharmacyclics ^a,c	383,000		555,350
Pharmanet Development Group ^a,c	10,000		392,100
QLT ^a	114,070		504,189
^†Sinovac Biotech ^a,c	27,200		139,264
^†Sunesis Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	582,000		1,146,540
VIVUS ^a,c	163,300		845,894

			24,143,815

	SHARES	VALUE
Health Services - 1.1%
Albany Molecular Research ^a	85,000	$	1,222,300
Cross Country Healthcare ^a	30,000		427,200
Eclipsys Corporation ^a,c	20,000		506,200
Gentiva Health Services ^a	30,150		574,056
HMS Holdings ^a,c	50,000		1,660,500
Lincare Holdings ^a	52,562		1,848,080
MedQuist ^a	73,893		694,594
On Assignment ^a,c	375,400		2,631,554
Paramount Acquisition (Units) ^a	280,000		2,142,000
Res-Care ^a,c	65,460		1,646,974

			13,353,458

Medical Products and Devices - 3.0%
Allied Healthcare Products ^a,c	201,112		1,458,062
ArthroCare Corporation ^a,c	10,000		480,500
Atrion Corporation	15,750		2,008,125
Bruker BioSciences ^a	370,200		4,923,660
Coloplast Cl. B	17,000		1,459,196
CONMED Corporation ^a,c	81,500		1,883,465
^†Golden Meditech	113,600		50,339
IDEXX Laboratories ^a	158,000		9,263,540
Invacare Corporation	103,100		2,598,120
STERIS Corporation	98,600		2,843,624
^†Urologix ^a,c	445,500		516,780
Waters Corporation ^a	75,990		6,008,529
Young Innovations	62,550		1,495,571
Zoll Medical ^a,c	40,400		1,079,488

			36,068,999

Personal Care - 0.2%
Nutraceutical International ^a	22,800		302,100
USANA Health Sciences ^a,c	38,900		1,442,412

			1,744,512

Total (Cost $54,659,716)			90,462,494


Industrial Products – 19.3%
Automotive - 1.6%
Copart ^a,c	158,100		6,727,155
ElringKlinger	20,000		2,485,463
Fuel Systems Solutions ^a,c	22,500		321,525
International Textile Group ^a	85,000		255,000
LKQ Corporation ^a,c	375,000		7,882,500
Quantam Fuel Systems
Technologies Worldwide ^a,c	15,500		7,440
^†SORL Auto Parts ^a,c	26,700		195,444
Superior Industries International	52,000		944,840

			18,819,367

Building Systems and Components - 1.3%
^†Armstrong World Industries ^a,c	4,100		164,451
Decker Manufacturing	6,022		207,759
Heywood Williams Group ^a	958,837		873,550
NCI Building Systems ^a	10,000		287,900
Preformed Line Products	91,600		5,450,200
Simpson Manufacturing	250,800		6,668,772
Somfy	6,000		1,756,197

			15,408,829

Construction Materials - 1.5%
Ash Grove Cement Cl. B	50,518		12,680,018
^†Duratex	61,000		1,476,542
^†Nice	200,000		1,066,144

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December 31, 2007

	SHARES	VALUE
Industrial Products (continued)
Construction Materials (continued)
^†Pretoria Portland Cement Company	300,000	$	1,916,049
USG Corporation ^a,c	25,000		894,750

			18,033,503

Industrial Components - 1.4%
Barnes Group	20,000		667,800
CLARCOR	83,500		3,170,495
Donaldson Company	92,800		4,304,064
GrafTech International ^a,c	64,790		1,150,022
PerkinElmer	135,000		3,512,700
Powell Industries ^a	92,400		4,072,068
II-VI ^a	13,500		412,425

			17,289,574

Machinery - 6.8%
Astec Industries ^a	3,900		145,041
Baldor Electric	62,900		2,117,214
^†Bell Equipment	160,000		1,236,260
Burnham Holdings Cl. B	36,000		520,200
Coherent ^a,c	243,500		6,104,545
Diebold	73,600		2,132,928
Exco Technologies	91,000		363,281
Federal Signal	58,600		657,492
Franklin Electric	104,800		4,010,696
Graco	106,825		3,980,299
Hardinge	26,193		439,519
^†Haulotte Group	20,000		593,769
IDEX Corporation	54,000		1,951,020
Intermec ^a,c	23,000		467,130
Lincoln Electric Holdings	188,680		13,430,242
^†Manitou BF	65,000		2,972,798
Mueller Water Products Cl. A	72,500		690,200
Nordson Corporation	172,200		9,980,712
^†OSG Corporation	20,000		218,780
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology	49,000		3,925,300
Rofin-Sinar Technologies ^a,c	256,000		12,316,160
^†Takatori Corporation	40,000		188,640
^†Vacon	50,000		2,026,232
Williams Controls ^a,c	37,499		641,608
Woodward Governor	144,800		9,839,160

			80,949,226

Metal Fabrication and Distribution - 1.7%
Commercial Metals	36,600		1,077,870
CompX International Cl. A	292,300		4,273,426
Gerdau Ameristeel	61,100		868,842
Kaydon Corporation	150,800		8,224,632
Metal Management	3,500		159,355
NN	197,100		1,856,682
RBC Bearings ^a,c	45,000		1,955,700
Reliance Steel & Aluminum	25,920		1,404,864
^†Sims Group	860		20,155

			19,841,526

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 3.0%
Brady Corporation Cl. A	228,400		8,014,556
Matthews International Cl. A	100,000		4,687,000
Mettler-Toledo International ^a,c	28,700		3,266,060
Myers Industries	30,499		441,321
Peerless Manufacturing ^a	252,600		10,404,594

	SHARES	VALUE
Raven Industries	86,200	$	3,309,218
^†Semperit AG Holding	46,275		1,688,800
Solar Integrated Technologies ^a	75,000		149,279
Synalloy Corporation	198,800		3,417,372

			35,378,200

Paper and Packaging - 0.5%
^†Guala Closures	300,000		1,811,654
Mayr-Melnhof Karton	36,000		3,892,304
Peak International ^a	408,400		906,648

			6,610,606

Specialty Chemicals and Materials - 1.3%
Aceto Corporation	119,710		957,680
American Vanguard	26,666		462,655
Cabot Corporation	207,500		6,918,050
Calgon Carbon ^a,c	6,400		101,696
Fuel Tech ^a,c	10,000		226,500
Hawkins	206,878		3,103,170
Lydall ^a	35,500		373,460
Schulman (A.)	143,100		3,083,805
Sensient Technologies	22,000		622,160
Spartech Corporation	5,000		70,500

			15,919,676

Textiles - 0.1%
Unifi ^a	145,100		351,142

Other Industrial Products - 0.1%
Distributed Energy Systems ^a	32,000		12,800

Total (Cost $118,482,732)			228,614,449

Industrial Services – 15.2%
Advertising and Publishing - 1.5%
Focus Media Holding ADR ^a,c	71,900		4,084,639
Interpublic Group of Companies ^a,c	510,000		4,136,100
Lamar Advertising Cl. A	38,000		1,826,660
MDC Partners Cl. A ^a,c	60,000		584,400
Scholastic Corporation ^a,c	130,000		4,535,700
ValueClick ^a,c	45,000		985,500
^†Voyager Learning ^a,c	150,000		1,050,000

			17,202,999

Commercial Services - 5.7%
Allied Waste Industries ^a	188,800		2,080,576
Anacomp Cl. A ^a	24,000		56,400
^†Animal Health International ^a,c	30,000		369,000
^†Canadian Solar ^a,c	50,000		1,407,500
^†ChinaCast Education ^a,c	5,000		34,200
Convergys Corporation ^a,c	121,000		1,991,660
Corinthian Colleges ^a,c	106,500		1,640,100
Diamond Management &
Technology Consultants	80,400		584,508
First Advantage Cl. A ^a,c	5,000		82,350
Forrester Research ^a	40,300		1,129,206
^†Headwaters ^a,c	13,100		153,794
Hewitt Associates Cl. A ^a	208,720		7,991,889
ITT Educational Services ^a	72,000		6,139,440
Iron Mountain ^a,c	234,262		8,672,379
Landauer	117,900		6,113,115
Learning Tree International ^a	53,400		1,226,064
MPS Group ^a	564,600		6,176,724

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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	SHARES	VALUE
Industrial Services (continued)
Commercial Services (continued)
MAXIMUS	127,900	$	4,938,219
Monster Worldwide ^a	24,800		803,520
New Horizons Worldwide ^a	228,600		365,760
Sotheby’s	367,200		13,990,320
Spherion Corporation ^a,c	53,000		385,840
Steiner Leisure ^a,c	2,100		92,736
TRC Companies ^a	3,600		28,800
TeleTech Holdings ^a,c	8,200		174,414
^†Travelcenters of America ^a,c	2,500		31,250
Viad Corporation	9,025		285,010
Wright Express ^a,c	30,000		1,064,700

			68,009,474

Engineering and Construction - 1.6%
Boskalis Westminster	40,000		2,429,948
^†Comstock Homebuilding Cl. A ^a,c	15,000		9,900
^†Desarrolladora Homex SAB de CV ^a,c	9,800		484,610
Dycom Industries ^a,c	35,500		946,075
EMCOR Group ^a,c	6,500		153,595
Fleetwood Enterprises ^a	234,300		1,401,114
Insituform Technologies Cl. A ^a,c	137,000		2,027,600
^†Integrated Electrical Services ^a,c	340,400		6,396,116
KBR ^a	140,000		5,432,000

			19,280,958

Food and Tobacco Processors - 0.4%
^†Astral Foods	10,000		222,251
MGP Ingredients	127,400		1,200,108
Performance Food Group ^a,c	10,000		268,700
Seneca Foods Cl. A ^a,c	80,000		1,900,000
Seneca Foods Cl. B ^a,c	13,251		293,642

			3,884,701

Industrial Distribution - 2.6%
Central Steel & Wire	6,062		3,788,750
MSC Industrial Direct Cl. A	74,300		3,006,921
^†Manutan International	6,445		546,249
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	286,400		23,685,280

			31,027,200

Printing - 0.1%
Bowne & Co.	68,100		1,198,560

Transportation and Logistics - 3.3%
Alexander & Baldwin	60,000		3,099,600
^†American Commercial Lines ^a,c	9,900		160,776
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings ^a,c	20,100		1,089,822
C. H. Robinson Worldwide	80,000		4,329,600
Forward Air	269,750		8,408,107
Frozen Food Express Industries	286,635		1,691,146
^†Global Oceanic Carriers ^a	10,000		22,582
Hub Group Cl. A ^a,c	174,400		4,635,552
Landstar System	96,200		4,054,830
Patriot Transportation Holding ^a	80,300		7,406,069
UTI Worldwide	112,900		2,212,840
Universal Truckload Services ^a	115,100		2,205,316

			39,316,240

Total (Cost $103,117,245)			179,920,132

	SHARES	VALUE
Natural Resources – 9.9%
Energy Services - 5.1%
Atwood Oceanics ^a,c	29,400	$	2,947,056
^†Cal Dive International ^a,c	50,000		662,000
Carbo Ceramics	155,200		5,773,440
Core Laboratories ^a,c	10,000		1,247,200
Ensign Energy Services	126,300		1,951,543
Environmental Power ^a,c	326,000		1,489,820
^†Exterran Holdings ^a,c	157,500		12,883,500
Global Industries ^a	54,500		1,167,390
Helix Energy Solutions Group ^a,c	34,226		1,420,379
Helmerich & Payne	80,600		3,229,642
ION Geophysical ^a,c	464,500		7,329,810
National Fuel Gas	32,500		1,517,100
Particle Drilling Technologies ^a	61,500		158,670
Pioneer Drilling ^a	6,000		71,280
SEACOR Holdings ^a,c	147,000		13,632,780
^†Superior Offshore International ^a,c	10,000		50,200
TETRA Technologies ^a,c	68,000		1,058,760
^†Trico Marine Services ^a,c	3,600		133,272
Willbros Group ^a,c	103,800		3,974,502

			60,698,344

Oil and Gas - 1.1%
Bill Barrett ^a	50,000		2,093,500
Carrizo Oil & Gas ^a,c	41,700		2,283,075
Cimarex Energy	145,490		6,187,690
Falcon Oil & Gas ^a	360,000		125,842
Penn Virginia	32,880		1,434,554
PetroCorp ^a,d	61,400		0
^†PetroQuest Energy ^a,c	5,000		71,500
Storm Cat Energy ^a,c	330,800		241,484
W&T Offshore	25,000		749,000

			13,186,645

Precious Metals and Mining - 2.5%
Agnico-Eagle Mines	34,000		1,857,420
Centerra Gold ^a	30,000		382,086
Etruscan Resources ^a	745,900		1,677,793
Gammon Gold ^a,c	198,300		1,588,383
Golden Star Resources ^a,c	175,000		553,000
Hecla Mining ^a	490,500		4,586,175
IAMGOLD Corporation	335,620		2,718,522
International Coal Group ^a,c	189,000		1,013,040
Ivanhoe Mines ^a,c	140,000		1,502,200
^†Kinross Gold ^a,c	110,286		2,029,262
^†Metorex ^a	650,000		2,065,541
^†Northam Platinum	500,000		2,928,081
Northgate Minerals ^a	100,000		303,000
NovaGold Resources ^a	40,000		326,400
Pan American Silver ^a,c	41,000		1,432,130
Randgold Resources ADR	53,000		1,967,890
Royal Gold	34,400		1,049,888
Yamana Gold	171,635		2,220,957

			30,201,768

Real Estate - 1.2%
Alico	27,000		985,500
Consolidated-Tomoka Land	13,564		850,192
PICO Holdings ^a,c	75,200		2,528,224

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	SHARES	VALUE
Natural Resources (continued)
Real Estate (continued)
The St. Joe Company ^c	180,100	$	6,395,351
^†Tejon Ranch Company ^a,c	70,000		2,859,500

			13,618,767

Total (Cost $68,303,929)			117,705,524


Technology – 23.3%
Aerospace and Defense - 0.9%
^†AerCap Holdings ^a,c	45,000		939,150
^†Aerovironment ^a	2,400		58,080
Astronics Corporation ^a	52,400		2,227,000
Axsys Technologies ^a,c	10,000		366,500
Ducommun ^a	117,200		4,453,600
Hexcel Corporation ^a,c	47,500		1,153,300
Integral Systems	39,876		927,516

			10,125,146

Components and Systems - 5.8%
Analogic Corporation	40,135		2,717,942
Belden	57,800		2,572,100
Benchmark Electronics ^a,c	208,200		3,691,386
Checkpoint Systems ^a	56,060		1,456,439
^†China Security & Surveillance Technology ^a,c	2,000		43,680
Dionex Corporation ^a	81,000		6,711,660
Electronics for Imaging ^a,c	25,000		562,000
Energy Conversion Devices ^a,c	105,500		3,550,075
Excel Technology ^a,c	168,500		4,566,350
Hutchinson Technology ^a,c	47,500		1,250,200
Imation Corporation	15,700		329,700
InFocus Corporation ^a	228,100		415,142
KEMET Corporation ^a	95,600		633,828
Methode Electronics	50,000		822,000
Nam Tai Electronics	16,500		185,955
Newport Corporation ^a,c	592,200		7,574,238
On Track Innovations ^a,c	40,000		144,000
Perceptron ^a,c	397,400		4,200,518
Plexus Corporation ^a	325,700		8,552,882
Radiant Systems ^a,c	32,500		559,975
Richardson Electronics	116,700		818,067
^†Smart Modular Technologies (WWH) ^a,c	13,200		134,376
TTM Technologies ^a,c	221,400		2,581,524
Technitrol	311,200		8,894,096
^†Teradata Corporation ^a,c	35,000		959,350
Vishay Intertechnology ^a,c	186,000		2,122,260
Zebra Technologies Cl. A ^a	76,525		2,655,418

			68,705,161

Distribution - 0.8%
Agilysys	165,125		2,496,690
Anixter International ^a	61,795		3,847,975
Tech Data ^a,c	86,500		3,262,780

			9,607,445

Internet Software and Services - 1.3%
Arbinet-thexchange ^a,c	87,200		527,560
^†CDC Corporation Cl. A ^a,c	12,000		58,440
CMGI ^a,c	173,500		2,271,115
CNET Networks ^a,c	155,400		1,420,356
CryptoLogic	68,500		1,202,175

	SHARES	VALUE
CyberSource Corporation ^a,c	10,000	$	177,700
EarthLink ^a,c	55,200		390,264
Internap Network Services ^a,c	144,890		1,206,934
iPass ^a,c	268,400		1,089,704
j2 Global Communications ^a,c	43,420		919,201
Jupitermedia Corporation ^a,c	525,000		2,005,500
Kongzhong Corporation ADR ^a,c	8,300		50,547
Lionbridge Technologies ^a	37,500		133,125
^†Perficient ^a,c	10,000		157,400
RealNetworks ^a,c	256,900		1,564,521
SkyTerra Communications ^a	62,200		422,960
Stamps.com ^a	12,400		151,032
SupportSoft ^a	220,000		979,000
VeriSign ^a,c	24,800		932,728

			15,660,262

IT Services - 3.2%
Alten ^a	64,000		2,444,611
answerthink ^a	655,000		3,170,200
BearingPoint ^a,c	529,100		1,497,353
Black Box	47,000		1,699,990
CACI International Cl. A ^a,c	10,000		447,700
CIBER ^a	10,000		61,100
Cogent Communications Group ^a,c	204,200		4,841,582
Computer Task Group ^a,c	101,100		559,083
Gartner ^a	213,000		3,740,280
^†Metavante Technologies ^a,c	20,000		466,400
Perot Systems Cl. A ^a,c	165,100		2,228,850
Sapient Corporation ^a,c	806,602		7,106,164
Syntel	152,679		5,881,195
TriZetto Group (The) ^a,c	219,800		3,817,926
^†Yucheng Technologies ^a,c	25,900		336,441

			38,298,875

Semiconductors and Equipment - 4.6%
^†Actions Semiconductor ADR ^a,c	42,200		172,176
Advanced Energy Industries ^a	19,500		255,060
^†Applied Micro Circuits ^a,c	8,975		78,441
Axcelis Technologies ^a	135,000		621,000
BE Semiconductor Industries ^a,c	58,000		313,200
Brooks Automation ^a	15,152		200,158
CEVA ^a	31,666		385,375
Cabot Microelectronics ^a	131,200		4,711,392
Cognex Corporation	236,200		4,759,430
DSP Group ^a,c	115,000		1,403,000
Diodes ^a	297,450		8,944,321
Dolby Laboratories Cl. A ^a	173,900		8,646,308
Exar Corporation ^a,c	232,576		1,853,631
Fairchild Semiconductor International ^a	51,200		738,816
Himax Technologies ADR	121,000		516,670
^†Image Sensing Systems ^a,c	8,310		144,428
Integrated Device Technology ^a,c	23,900		270,309
International Rectifier ^a,c	120,000		4,076,400
Intevac ^a,c	57,450		835,323
Jazz Technologies (Units) ^a	805,000		1,408,750
Kulicke & Soffa Industries ^a	105,800		725,788
Maxwell Technologies ^a	21,500		177,805
Micrel	7,600		64,220
Novellus Systems ^a,c	12,000		330,840
^†ON Semiconducter ^a,c	19,200		170,496

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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	SHARES	VALUE
Technology (continued)
Semiconductors and Equipment (continued)
Pericom Semiconductor ^a,c	58,000	$	1,084,600
Power Integrations ^a,c	49,000		1,687,070
Sanmina-SCI Corporation ^a,c	200,000		364,000
Semitool ^a	50,000		434,000
Staktek Holdings ^a	184,700		356,471
^†Tessera Technologies ^a,c	7,900		328,640
^†Trident Microsystems ^a,c	17,300		113,488
^†TriQuint Semiconductor ^a,c	27,900		184,977
^†Vaisala Cl. A	90,000		4,676,314
Veeco Instruments ^a,c	65,000		1,085,500
^†Vimicro International ADR ^a,c	270,000		1,015,200
^†Virage Logic ^a	100,000		835,000

			53,968,597

Software - 4.2%
ACI Worldwide ^a	233,150		4,439,176
ANSYS ^a,c	100,000		4,146,000
Advent Software ^a,c	244,300		13,216,630
Aspen Technology ^a	27,100		439,562
Avid Technology ^a,c	71,000		2,012,140
BEA Systems ^a,c	65,610		1,035,326
Borland Software ^a,c	280,000		842,800
^†Datasul	150,000		1,586,811
Epicor Software ^a,c	79,900		941,222
JDA Software Group ^a,c	99,900		2,043,954
MSC.Software ^a,c	50,000		649,500
ManTech International Cl. A ^a,c	119,400		5,232,108
Net 1 UEPS Technologies ^a,c	50,000		1,468,000
Pegasystems	25,000		298,250
PLATO Learning ^a	149,642		594,079
Progress Software ^a,c	30,500		1,027,240
Renaissance Learning	15,000		210,000
SPSS ^a	179,600		6,449,436
Sybase ^a,c	82,600		2,155,034
THQ ^a,c	25,800		727,302
Verint Systems ^a,c	40,000		782,000

			50,296,570

Telecommunications - 2.5%
ADTRAN	65,000		1,389,700
Adaptec ^a,c	2,584,100		8,734,258
Arris Group ^a,c	27,600		275,448
Catapult Communications ^a	87,100		657,605
^†China GrenTech ADR ^a,c	3,700		32,708
^†Comtech Group ^a,c	3,500		56,385
Covad Communications Group ^a,c	35,000		30,100
Foundry Networks ^a,c	298,600		5,231,472
Globalstar ^a,c	50,000		400,000
Globecomm Systems ^a	233,700		2,734,290
Golden Telecom ^a,c	40,000		4,038,000
IDT Corporation	108,400		856,360
IDT Corporation Cl. B	95,000		802,750
Level 3 Communications ^a,c	401,341		1,220,077
^†NMS Communications ^a,c	380,000		615,600
^†Novatel Wireless ^a,c	4,300		69,660
^†Oplink Communications ^a,c	3,500		53,725
Sycamore Networks ^a,c	191,000		733,440
^†Tekelec ^a,c	8,200		102,500

		SHARES	VALUE
Tollgrade Communications ^a,c		20,000	$	160,400
UTStarcom ^a,c		50,000		137,500
^†Zhone Technologies ^a,c		850,000		994,500

				29,326,478

Total (Cost $215,679,104)				275,988,534


Utilities – 0.2%
CH Energy Group		44,500		1,982,030
Southern Union		11,576		339,871

Total (Cost $2,127,413)				2,321,901


Miscellaneous ^e – 3.7%
Total (Cost $45,763,150)		5,071,856		43,453,014


TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $946,682,909)				1,343,649,225


PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.2%
^†Duratex		45,300		992,274
Seneca Foods Conv. ^a,d		85,000		1,816,875

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $2,098,530)				2,809,149


		PRINCIPAL
		AMOUNT
CORPORATE BOND – 0.1%
Dixie Group 7.00%
Conv. Sub. Deb. due 5/15/12	$	352,000		330,880

(Cost $298,162)				330,880


REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 8.0%
State Street Bank & Trust Company,
4.00% dated 12/31/07, due 1/2/08,
maturity value $24,842,519 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, valued at $27,965,000)
(Cost $24,837,000)				24,837,000


Lehman Brothers (Tri-Party),
4.125% dated 12/31/07, due 1/2/08,
maturity value $70,016,042 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, valued at $71,420,955)
(Cost $70,000,000)				70,000,000


TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Cost $94,837,000)				94,837,000



COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES
LOANED – 13.2%
Fannie Mae-Notes 5.20%
due 9/18/12		2,317		2,352
Federal National Mortgage Association-Bonds
3.75%-5.50%
due 7/25/08-2/16/12		84,536		85,955
Freddie Mac-Notes 6.01%
due 4/11/17		141,291		143,199

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December 31, 2007

	PRINCIPAL
	AMOUNT		VALUE
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES
LOANED (continued)
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.00%-12.00%
due 8/15/13-4/15/29	$	47,496	$	47,938
U.S. Treasury Notes 0.875%-3.625%
due 11/15/08-1/15/17		361,382		364,001
U.S. Treasury Strip-Principal
due 11/15/18-11/15/21		7,082		7,082
Money Market Funds
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
Prime Portfolio (7 day yield-4.884%)				156,104,190
(Cost $156,754,717)
				156,754,717


TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 134.9%
(Cost $1,200,671,318)				1,598,380,971

LIABILITIES LESS CASH
AND OTHER ASSETS – (16.3)%				(193,711,646	)

PREFERRED STOCK – (18.6)%				(220,000,000	)


NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%			$	1,184,669,325

^a		Non-income producing.
^b		At December 31, 2007, the Fund owned 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting securities thereby making the Company an Affiliated Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. See notes to financial statements.
^c		All or a portion of these securities were on loan at December 31, 2007. Total market value of loaned securities at December 31, 2007 was $151,159,025.
^d		Securities for which market quotations are no longer readily available represent 0.2% of net assets. These securities have been valued at their fair value under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors.
^e		Includes securities first acquired in 2007 and less than 1% of net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.
^†		New additions in 2007.

		Bold indicates the Fund’s largest 20 equity holdings in terms of December 31, 2007 market value.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $1,204,669,842. At December 31, 2007, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $393,711,129, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $482,509,950 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $88,798,821. The primary differences in book and tax basis cost are the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold and mark-to-market of Passive Foreign Investment Companies.

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Value Trust	December 31, 2007

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

ASSETS:
Investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)*
Non-Affiliated Companies (cost $1,095,966,865)	$	1,493,676,681
Affiliated Companies (cost $9,867,453)		9,867,290

Total investments at value		1,503,543,971
Repurchase agreements (at cost and value)		94,837,000
Cash and foreign currency		65,126
Receivable for investments sold		4,525,804
Receivable for dividends and interest		1,159,259
Prepaid expenses and other assets		219,267

Total Assets		1,604,350,427

LIABILITIES:
Payable for collateral on loaned securities		156,754,717
Payable for investments purchased		40,867,310
Payable for investment advisory fee		1,501,323
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		288,445
Accrued expenses		269,307

Total Liabilities		199,681,102

PREFERRED STOCK:
5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 8,800,000 shares outstanding		220,000,000

Total Preferred Stock		220,000,000

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$	1,184,669,325

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 60,008,412 shares outstanding (150,000,000 shares authorized)	$	770,137,285
Undistributed net investment income (loss)		(156,056	)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		17,254,738
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		397,721,807
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		(288,449	)

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $19.74)	$	1,184,669,325

*Investments at identified cost (including $156,754,717 of collateral on loaned securities)	$	1,105,834,318
Market value of loaned securities		151,159,025

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Royce Value Trust	Year Ended December 31, 2007

Statement of Operations

INVESTMENT INCOME:
Income:
Dividends*
Non-Affiliated Companies	$	12,758,425
Affiliated Companies		51,750
Interest		8,760,817
Securities lending		652,471

Total income		22,223,463

Expenses:
Investment advisory fees		15,881,749
Stockholder reports		381,343
Custody and transfer agent fees		220,021
Directors’ fees		119,574
Professional fees		110,879
Administrative and office facilities expenses		103,714
Other expenses		172,860

Total expenses		16,990,140
Compensating balance credits		(64,195	)

Net expenses		16,925,945

Net investment income (loss)		5,297,518

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency
Non-Affiliated Companies		116,339,798
Affiliated Companies		5,343,533
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		(56,217,996	)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		65,465,335

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		70,762,853

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS		(12,980,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS	$	57,782,853

* Net of foreign withholding tax of $266,251.

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Value Trust

Statement of Changes in Net Assets


		Year ended			Year ended
		12/31/07			12/31/06

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)	$	5,297,518		$	6,996,692
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		121,683,331			110,169,442
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		(56,217,996	)		93,033,099

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations		70,762,853			210,199,233

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(613,954	)		(1,020,228	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(12,366,046	)		(11,959,772	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(12,980,000	)		(12,980,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		57,782,853			197,219,233

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(5,095,420	)		(7,788,658	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(102,630,144	)		(91,303,684	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(107,725,564	)		(99,092,342	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders		54,184,473			50,180,586

Total capital stock transactions		54,184,473			50,180,586

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS		4,241,762			148,307,477

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Beginning of year		1,180,427,563			1,032,120,086

End of year (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(156,056) at 12/31/07 and
$(1,605,284) at 12/31/06)	$	1,184,669,325		$	1,180,427,563

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Royce Value Trust

Financial Highlights

This table is presented to show selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding throughout each period, and to assist stockholders in evaluating the Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Years ended December 31,

		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003

NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD		$20.62		$18.87		$18.95		$17.03		$13.22

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)		0.09		0.13		0.01		(0.08	)	(0.05	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		1.13		3.63		1.75		3.81		5.64

Total investment operations		1.22		3.76		1.76		3.73		5.59

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.01	)	(0.02	)	–		–		–
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(0.21	)	(0.21	)	(0.24	)	(0.26	)	(0.26	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(0.22	)	(0.23	)	(0.24	)	(0.26	)	(0.26	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON
STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		1.00		3.53		1.52		3.47		5.33

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.09	)	(0.14	)	–		–		–
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(1.76	)	(1.64	)	(1.61	)	(1.55	)	(1.30	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(1.85	)	(1.78	)	(1.61	)	(1.55	)	(1.30	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders		(0.03	)	(0.00	)	0.01		0.00		(0.00	)
Effect of rights offering and Preferred Stock offering		–		–		–		–		(0.22	)

Total capital stock transactions		(0.03	)	(0.00	)	0.01		0.00		(0.22	)

NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$19.74		$20.62		$18.87		$18.95		$17.03

MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$18.58		$22.21		$20.08		$20.44		$17.21

TOTAL RETURN (a):
Market Value		(8.21	)%	20.96	%	6.95	%	29.60	%	41.96	%
Net Asset Value		5.04	%	19.50	%	8.41	%	21.42	%	40.80	%
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Total expenses (b,c)		1.38	%	1.29	%	1.49	%	1.51	%	1.49	%
Management fee expense (d)		1.29	%	1.20	%	1.37	%	1.39	%	1.34	%
Other operating expenses		0.09	%	0.09	%	0.12	%	0.12	%	0.15	%
Net investment income (loss)		0.43	%	0.62	%	0.03	%	(0.50	)%	(0.36	)%
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,
End of Period (in thousands)		$1,184,669		$1,180,428		$1,032,120		$993,304		$850,773
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,
End of Period (in thousands)		$220,000		$220,000		$220,000		$220,000		$220,000
Portfolio Turnover Rate		26	%	21	%	31	%	30	%	23	%
PREFERRED STOCK:
Total shares outstanding		8,800,000		8,800,000		8,800,000		8,800,000		8,800,000
Asset coverage per share		$159.62		$159.14		$142.29		$137.88		$121.68
Liquidation preference per share		$25.00		$25.00		$25.00		$25.00		$25.00
Average market value per share (e):
5.90% Cumulative		$23.68		$23.95		$24.75		$24.50		$25.04
7.80% Cumulative		–		–		–		–		$25.87
7.30% Tax-Advantaged Cumulative		–		–		–		–		$25.53

(a)		The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
(b)		Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 1.17%, 1.08%, 1.22%, 1.21%, and 1.19% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(c)		Expense ratios based on average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders: before waiver of fees by the investment adviser would have been 1.62% for the year ended December 31, 2003; before waiver of fees and earnings credits would have been 1.38%, 1.29%, 1.49%, 1.51% and 1.62% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(d)		The management fee is calculated based on average net assets over a rolling 60-month basis, while the above ratios of management fee expenses are based on the average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders over a 12-month basis.
(e)		The average of month-end market values during the period that the Preferred Stock was outstanding.

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Value Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Royce Value Trust, Inc. (“the Fund”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on July 1, 1986 as a diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund commenced operations on November 26, 1986.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Valuation of Investments:

Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date. Securities that trade on an exchange, and securities traded on Nasdaq’s Electronic Bulletin Board, are valued at their last reported sales price or Nasdaq official closing price taken from the primary market in which each security trades or, if no sale is reported for such day, at their bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors. In addition, if, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. The Fund uses an independent pricing service to provide fair value estimates for relevant non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market volatility exceeds a certain threshold. This pricing service uses proprietary correlations it has developed between the movement of prices of non-U.S. equity securities and indices of U.S.- traded securities, futures contracts and other indications to estimate the fair value of relevant non-U.S. securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the price of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Bonds and other fixed income securities may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.

Foreign Currency:

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, expiration of currency forward contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains

and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at the end of the reporting period, as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividend income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Premium and discounts on debt securities are amortized using the effective yield to maturity method. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the basis of identified cost for book and tax purposes.

Expenses:

The Fund incurs direct and indirect expenses. Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged to the Fund’s operations, while expenses applicable to more than one of the Royce Funds are allocated equitably. Allocated personnel and occupancy costs related to The Royce Funds are included in administrative and office facilities expenses. The Fund has adopted a deferred fee agreement that allows the Directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of Directors’ Fees otherwise payable. The deferred fees are invested in certain Royce Funds until distributed in accordance with the agreement.

Compensating Balance Credits:

The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank, whereby a portion of the custodian’s fee is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank. This deposit arrangement is an alternative to purchasing overnight investments. Conversely, the Fund pays interest to the custodian on any cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by credits earned on positive cash balances.

Taxes:

As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund is not subject to income taxes to the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for its fiscal year. The Schedule of Investments includes information regarding income taxes under the caption “Income Tax Information”.

Distributions:

The Fund currently has a policy of paying quarterly distributions on the Fund’s Common Stock. Distributions are currently being made at the annual rate of 9% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end NAVs of the Fund’s Common Stock, with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of 2.25% of the rolling average or the distribution required by IRS regulations. Distributions to Preferred Stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly and distributions to Common Stockholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund is required to allocate long-term capital gain distributions and other types of income proportionately to distributions made to holders of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. To the extent that distributions are not paid from long-term capital gains, net investment income or net short-term capital gains, they will represent a return of capital. Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax basis differences

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Royce Value Trust

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Repurchase Agreements:

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Fund’s investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. The Fund restricts repurchase agreements to maturities of no more than seven days. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements, which are held until maturity of the repurchase agreements, are marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counter-party, including possible delays or restrictions upon the ability of the Fund to dispose of the underlying securities.

Securities Lending:

The Fund loans securities to qualified institutional investors for the purpose of realizing additional income. Collateral on all securities loaned for the Fund is accepted in cash and cash equivalents and invested temporarily by the custodian. The collateral is equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”) on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. There was no material impact to the financial statements or disclosures thereto as a result of the adoption of this pronouncement.

FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement” (“FAS 157”), provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. The standard requires companies to provide expanded information about the assets and liabilities measured at fair value and the potential effect of these fair valuations on an entity’s financial performance. Adoption of FAS 157 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The standard is not expected to materially impact the amounts reported in the Fund’s financial statements, however, additional disclosures will be required in subsequent reports.

Capital Stock:

The Fund issued 2,749,591 and 2,548,023 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

At December 31, 2007, 8,800,000 shares of 5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. Commencing October 9, 2008 and thereafter, the Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets

applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Topic D-98, Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.

The Fund is required to meet certain asset coverage tests with respect to the Cumulative Preferred Stock as required by the 1940 Act. In addition, pursuant to the Rating Agency Guidelines established by Moody’s, the Fund is required to maintain a certain discounted asset coverage. If the Fund fails to meet these requirements and does not correct such failure, the Fund may be required to redeem, in part or in full, the Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends, whether or not declared on such shares, in order to meet these requirements. Additionally, failure to meet the foregoing asset coverage requirements could restrict the Fund’s ability to pay dividends to Common Stockholders and could lead to sales of portfolio securities at inopportune times. The Fund has met these requirements since issuing the Cumulative Preferred Stock.

Investment Advisory Agreement:

As compensation for its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement, Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) receives a fee comprised of a Basic Fee (“Basic Fee”) and an adjustment to the Basic Fee based on the investment performance of the Fund in relation to the investment record of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index (“S&P 600”).

The Basic Fee is a monthly fee equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% on an annualized basis) of the average of the Fund’s month-end net assets applicable to Common Stockholders, plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock, for the rolling 60-month period ending with such month (the “performance period”). The Basic Fee for each month is increased or decreased at the rate of 1/12 of 05% for each percentage point that the investment performance of the Fund exceeds, or is exceeded by, the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 for the performance period by more than two percentage points. The performance period for each such month is a rolling 60-month period ending with such month. The maximum increase or decrease in the Basic Fee for any month may not exceed 1/12 of .5%. Accordingly, for each month, the maximum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of 1.5% and is payable if the investment performance of the Fund exceeds the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period, and the minimum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of .5% and is payable if the percentage change in the investment record of the S&P 600 exceeds the investment performance of the Fund by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Royce is not entitled to receive any fee for any month when the investment performance of the Fund for the rolling 36-month period ending with such month is negative. In the event that the Fund’s investment performance for such a performance

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Royce Value Trust

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

period is less than zero, Royce will not be required to refund to the Fund any fee earned in respect of any prior performance period.
Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate

For the twelve rolling 60-month periods ended December 2007, the investment performance of the Fund exceeded the investment performance of the S&P 600 by 4% to 26%. Accordingly, the investment advisory fee consisted of a Basic Fee of $11,381,315 and an upward adjustment of $4,500,434 for performance of the Fund above that of the S&P 600. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund accrued and paid Royce advisory fees totaling $15,881,749.

Distributions to Stockholders:
The tax character of distributions paid to stockholders during 2007 and 2006 was as follows:


Distributions paid from:		2007		2006
Ordinary income	$	18,081,695	$	24,577,545
Long-term capital gain		102,623,869		87,494,797

	$	120,705,564	$	112,072,342

As of December 31, 2007, the tax basis components of distributable earnings included in stockholders’ equity were as follows:



Undistributed net investment income	$	2,699,239
Undistributed long-term capital gain		18,405,497
Unrealized appreciation		393,723,283
Post October currency loss*		(7,530)
Accrued preferred distributions		(288,449)

	$	414,532,040

*Under current tax law, capital and currency losses realized after October 31, and prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end, may be deferred as occurring on the first day of the following year.

The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to the tax deferral on wash sales and the unrealized gains on investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies.
For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts and distributions to stockholders are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book / tax differences. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities and foreign currency transactions held by the Fund, timing differences and different characterization of distributions made by the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications, which relate primarily to the current net operating losses. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.


Undistributed	Accumulated
Net Investment	Net Realized	Paid-in
Income	Gain (Loss)	Capital

$1,861,084	$(2,778,414)	$917,330

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:

For the year ended December 31, 2007, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than short-term securities and collateral received for securities loaned, amounted to $342,412,126 and $336,738,969, respectively.

Transactions in Shares of Affiliated Companies:

An “Affiliated Company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, is a company in which a Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities at any time during the period. The Fund effected the following transactions in shares of such companies during the year ended December 31, 2007:

	Shares		Market Value		Cost of		Cost of		Realized		Dividend		Shares		Market Value
Affiliated Company	12/31/06		12/31/06		Purchases		Sales		Gain (Loss)		Income		12/31/07		12/31/07

Delta Apparel		–		–	$	4,129,137		–		–		–		580,760	$	4,152,434
Highbury Financial*		–		–		2,579,878	$	1,098,137	$	26,215		–
Synalloy Corporation*		345,000	$	6,361,800		–		761,702		5,317,318	$	51,750
Timberland Bancorp		–		–		5,738,316		–		–		–		469,200		5,714,856
			$	6,361,800					$	5,343,533	$	51,750			$	9,867,290

*	Not an Affiliated Company at December 31, 2007.

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Royce Value Trust

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Royce Value Trust, Inc.
New York, New York

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Royce Value Trust, Inc. (“Fund”) including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2007, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Royce Value Trust, Inc. as of December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

		TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 22, 2008

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Schedule of Investments

	SHARES		VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 111.9%

Consumer Products – 5.5%
Apparel, Shoes and Accessories - 2.0%
^†dELiA*s ^a,c	42,900	$	116,259
Hartmarx Corporation ^a	70,000		238,700
Kleinert’s ^a,d	14,200		0
Lazare Kaplan International ^a	151,700		1,233,321
Steven Madden ^a	21,750		435,000
^†Mothers Work ^a,c	17,400		302,760
^†Movie Star ^a	192,100		309,281
True Religion Apparel ^a,c	14,400		307,440
Weyco Group	120,000		3,300,000
^†Yamato International	40,000		275,768

			6,518,529

Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 0.9%
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters ^a,c	76,800		3,125,760

Home Furnishing and Appliances - 1.6%
American Technology ^a,c	50,000		126,500
Cobra Electronics	10,000		47,800
^†DTS ^a,c	7,000		178,990
^†Flexsteel Industries	213,500		2,562,000
Lifetime Brands	42,054		545,861
^†Natuzzi ADR ^a	387,800		1,822,660
^†U.S. Home Systems ^a,c	10,000		53,500

			5,337,311

Household Products/Wares - 0.3%
A.T. Cross Company Cl. A ^a,c	100,000		998,000

Sports and Recreation - 0.6%
^†Cybex International ^a,c	51,600		235,296
Monaco Coach	142,400		1,264,512
Sturm, Ruger & Company ^a	45,000		372,600

			1,872,408

Other Consumer Products - 0.1%
NexCen Brands ^a,c	105,300		509,652

Total (Cost $13,301,888)			18,361,660

Consumer Services – 4.3%
Direct Marketing - 0.1%
Dover Saddlery ^a,c	10,200		42,534

Leisure and Entertainment - 0.3%
Ambassadors Group	15,000		274,650
Ambassadors International ^c	6,100		88,938
FortuNet ^a,c	5,000		40,200
IMAX Corporation ^a	25,000		170,500
Premier Exhibitions ^a,c	28,200		308,508
TiVo ^a,c	20,000		166,800

			1,049,596

Media and Broadcasting - 0.3%
ADDvantage Technologies Group ^a,c	42,700		263,459
^†Ballantyne of Omaha ^a	100,000		582,000

			845,459

Online Commerce - 0.3%
FTD Group	55,000		708,400
PC Mall ^a,c	26,000		242,060

			950,460

	SHARES		VALUE
Restaurants and Lodgings - 0.1%
Benihana Cl. A ^a,c	800	$	10,200
^†Cosi ^a,c	111,700		250,208
^†Jamba ^a,c	44,300		163,910

			424,318

Retail Stores - 3.1%
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts ^a	40,000		550,000
America’s Car-Mart ^a,c	200,000		2,510,000
Buckle (The)	35,250		1,163,250
^†Build-A-Bear Workshop ^a	49,300		687,735
Cache ^a	19,200		179,328
Casual Male Retail Group ^a	28,800		149,184
Cato Corporation Cl. A	68,100		1,066,446
Charlotte Russe Holding ^a	28,800		465,120
^†Hot Topic ^a,c	35,300		205,446
^†New York & Company ^a,c	76,700		489,346
Stein Mart	198,900		942,786
West Marine ^a,c	142,000		1,275,160
Wet Seal (The) Cl. A ^a,c	301,000		701,330

			10,385,131

Other Consumer Services - 0.1%
^†Knot (The) ^a,c	25,200		401,688

Total (Cost $14,490,585)			14,099,186

Diversified Investment Companies – 1.8%
Closed-End Funds - 1.8%
ASA	48,900		3,675,813
Central Fund of Canada Cl. A	207,000		2,243,880

Total (Cost $2,675,077)			5,919,693

Financial Intermediaries – 9.1%
Banking - 4.5%
B of I Holding ^a,c	100,000		715,000
Bancorp (The) ^a	50,000		673,000
BB Holdings ^a	390,000		1,862,825
^†Chemung Financial	40,000		1,122,000
^†Fauquier Bankshares	160,800		2,741,640
First National Lincoln	40,200		588,528
^†Franklin Bank ^a,c	66,200		285,322
Lakeland Financial	45,000		940,500
Meta Financial Group	44,800		1,828,736
Nexity Financial ^a,c	34,000		225,760
Peapack-Gladstone Financial	29,000		717,750
Queen City Investments	948		953,688
Quest Capital	30,000		82,071
Sterling Bancorp	32,869		448,333
Sterling Financial	7,779		130,609
^†WSB Financial Group ^a,c	114,200		669,212
^†Wilber Corporation	89,550		783,563

			14,768,537

Insurance - 1.6%
AmCOMP ^a	5,600		52,360
American Safety Insurance Holdings ^a	20,000		393,000
CRM Holdings ^a,c	124,000		970,920
First Acceptance ^a	258,405		1,090,469
Independence Holding	33,534		424,205

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December 31, 2007

	SHARES		VALUE
Financial Intermediaries (continued)
Insurance (continued)
NYMAGIC	65,400	$	1,512,702
Navigators Group ^a,c	15,200		988,000

			5,431,656

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.2%
^†Vestin Realty Mortgage II ^a	180,000		675,000

Securities Brokers - 2.8%
Broadpoint Securities Group ^a,c	95,000		112,100
Cowen Group ^a,c	123,600		1,175,436
^†Diamond Hill Investment Group ^a,c	5,000		365,600
International Assets Holding ^a	113,900		3,074,161
Sanders Morris Harris Group	186,000		1,906,500
Stifel Financial ^a,c	38,733		2,036,194
Thomas Weisel Partners Group ^a,c	20,100		275,973
Tradestation Group ^a,c	30,000		426,300

			9,372,264

Total (Cost $23,106,640)			30,247,457

Financial Services – 6.7%
Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%
MarketAxess Holdings ^a,c	123,700		1,587,071

Information and Processing - 0.1%
PRG-Schultz International ^a,c	46,100		395,077

Insurance Brokers - 0.4%
Crawford & Company Cl. A ^a,c	50,000		175,000
Health Benefits Direct ^a,c	211,265		392,953
^†Western Financial Group	148,000		788,773

			1,356,726

Investment Management - 4.2%
ADDENDA Capital	131,700		3,002,432
BKF Capital Group ^a,b	406,500		902,430
Epoch Holding Corporation	211,500		3,172,500
Hennessy Advisors	24,750		297,000
MVC Capital	226,200		3,650,868
Sceptre Investment Counsel	78,000		817,975
^†UTEK Corporation	50,000		660,000
Westwood Holdings Group	31,900		1,199,440

			13,702,645

Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation - 1.2%
^†Alternative Asset Management
Acquisition (Units) ^a	250,000		2,600,000
^†General Finance ^a,c	44,200		401,336
^†Shermen WSC Acquisition ^a	170,000		950,300

			3,951,636

Specialty Finance - 0.3%
NGP Capital Resources	68,080		1,064,090

Total (Cost $17,965,823)			22,057,245

Health – 14.9%
Commercial Services - 1.4%
Medifast ^a,c	45,200		219,220
PDI ^a	66,800		625,916
PAREXEL International ^a,c	80,900		3,907,470

			4,752,606

Drugs and Biotech - 5.2%
^†Acadia Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	10,000		110,700
Allos Therapeutics ^a,c	123,600		777,444
^†Anadys Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	400,000		644,000

	SHARES		VALUE
Barrier Therapeutics ^a	31,300	$	123,322
^†BioCryst Pharmaceuticals ^a	160,000		988,800
Cambrex Corporation	16,000		134,080
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories ^a	14,650		251,246
Cardiome Pharma ^a,c	21,000		187,320
Cell Genesys ^a	58,000		133,400
Cerus Corporation ^a	179,600		1,169,196
CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	25,000		238,750
Durect Corporation ^a,c	44,100		283,563
DUSA Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	57,600		119,232
Dyax Corporation ^a	47,300		173,118
Emisphere Technologies ^a,c	163,200		445,536
Favrille ^a,c	401,000		625,560
Genitope Corporation ^a,c	196,700		145,558
GenVec ^a,c	140,000		205,800
Hi-Tech Pharmacal ^a	43,630		423,647
ImmunoGen ^a,c	24,000		99,600
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	40,000		121,200
Lifecore Biomedical ^a,c	17,900		258,655
Luminex Corporation ^a,c	14,575		236,698
Mannkind Corporation ^a	10,000		79,600
Momenta Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	73,400		524,076
Myriad Genetics ^a,c	25,000		1,160,500
Nastech Pharmaceutical ^a,c	2,700		10,260
Nuvelo ^a,c	250,000		457,500
Oncolytics Biotech ^a,c	36,000		60,840
Orchid Cellmark ^a,c	78,000		390,000
Origin Agritech ^a,c	184,388		1,218,805
Pharmanet Development Group ^a,c	25,000		980,250
Sangamo BioSciences ^a,c	10,000		130,900
Seattle Genetics ^a,c	72,000		820,800
Senomyx ^a,c	52,000		389,480
Sinovac Biotech ^a,c	86,000		440,320
Strategic Diagnostics ^a,c	57,600		309,888
^†SuperGen ^a,c	220,000		803,000
Tapestry Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	815,600		244,680
Theragenics Corporation ^a,c	145,800		521,964
Trimeris ^a,c	128,000		893,440

			17,332,728

Health Services - 2.2%
Albany Molecular Research ^a	30,000		431,400
^†Alliance Imaging ^a,c	53,900		518,518
^†BML	30,000		479,328
Bio-Imaging Technologies ^a	19,100		154,901
CorVel Corporation ^a,c	40,125		923,677
Gentiva Health Services ^a	23,000		437,920
HMS Holdings ^a,c	11,900		395,199
Hooper Holmes ^a,c	88,600		152,392
MedCath Corporation ^a,c	18,000		442,080
Mediware Information Systems ^a,c	38,900		261,797
On Assignment ^a,c	61,100		428,311
^†PharMerica Corporation ^a,c	100,000		1,388,000
RehabCare Group ^a,c	22,000		496,320
Sun Healthcare Group ^a,c	41,000		703,970
U.S. Physical Therapy ^a	10,000		143,700

			7,357,513

Medical Products and Devices - 5.9%
^†Abiomed ^a,c	15,000		233,100
Allied Healthcare Products ^a	273,500		1,982,875

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Schedule of Investments

	SHARES		VALUE
Health (continued)
Medical Products and Devices (continued)
AngioDynamics ^a,c	14,000	$	266,560
Anika Therapeutics ^a	17,000		246,840
Atrion Corporation	4,000		510,000
^†CAS Medical Systems ^a,c	79,400		436,700
Caliper Life Sciences ^a	50,000		276,500
Cardiac Science ^a	26,243		212,306
CONMED Corporation ^a,c	3,900		90,129
Cutera ^a,c	18,700		293,590
Del Global Technologies ^a	461,301		1,337,773
EPIX Pharmaceuticals ^a,c	24,666		97,184
Exactech ^a,c	113,100		2,346,825
Golden Meditech	24,100		10,679
^†HealthTronics ^a	64,400		295,596
Kensey Nash ^a	26,650		797,368
Medical Action Industries ^a,c	125,250		2,611,463
Merit Medical Systems ^a	8,700		120,930
NMT Medical ^a,c	17,000		95,540
Neurometrix ^a,c	21,500		197,800
Orthofix International ^a,c	28,000		1,623,160
OrthoLogic Corporation ^a,c	65,000		87,750
PLC Systems ^a	105,200		45,236
Possis Medical ^a	28,600		416,988
Shamir Optical Industry	7,500		75,000
Synovis Life Technologies ^a	20,000		391,000
Thermage ^a	132,000		762,960
^†Tutogen Medical ^a,c	20,000		206,400
Utah Medical Products	42,300		1,257,156
^†Vital Images ^a,c	29,100		525,837
Young Innovations	66,050		1,579,256

			19,430,501

Personal Care - 0.2%
Helen of Troy ^a,c	20,000		342,800
Nutraceutical International ^a	15,000		198,750

			541,550

Total (Cost $39,693,480)			49,414,898

Industrial Products – 16.2%
Automotive - 0.8%
Commerical Vehicle Group ^a,c	7,600		110,200
LKQ Corporation ^a,c	22,800		479,256
Noble International	24,000		391,440
SORL Auto Parts ^a,c	50,600		370,392
Spartan Motors	6,300		48,132
Strattec Security	28,300		1,172,469
Wescast Industries Cl. A	12,900		114,458

			2,686,347

Building Systems and Components - 1.0%
AAON	94,500		1,872,990
^†Bunka Shutter Company	90,000		386,273
LSI Industries	65,412		1,190,498

			3,449,761

Construction Materials - 1.7%
Ash Grove Cement	8,000		2,008,000
Monarch Cement	50,410		1,524,903
Trex Company ^a	250,000		2,127,500

			5,660,403

	SHARES		VALUE
Industrial Components - 2.2%
C&D Technologies ^a,c	53,000	$	350,330
Deswell Industries	105,300		637,065
Gerber Scientific ^a,c	50,500		545,400
Ladish Company ^a	10,000		431,900
Planar Systems ^a	142,000		908,800
Powell Industries ^a	46,800		2,062,476
Tech/Ops Sevcon	76,200		571,500
II-VI ^a	20,000		611,000
^†Zygo Corporation ^a,c	105,200		1,310,792

			7,429,263

Machinery - 4.7%
^†A.S.V. ^a,c	84,800		1,174,480
^†Active Power ^a,c	187,500		412,500
Alamo Group	38,600		699,432
Astec Industries ^a,c	40,200		1,495,038
Basin Water ^a,c	23,200		191,864
Burnham Holdings Cl. A	95,000		1,372,750
Capstone Turbine ^a,c	200,000		326,000
^†Eagle Test Systems ^a,c	1,500		19,170
Eastern Company (The)	39,750		729,015
Gehl Company ^a	20,000		320,800
Gorman-Rupp Company	5,273		164,502
Hurco Companies ^a	14,900		650,385
K-Tron International ^a	5,800		691,650
^†Kadant ^a,c	14,100		418,347
Keithley Instruments	14,000		135,520
LeCroy Corporation ^a	2,000		19,220
MTS Systems	10,000		426,700
Mueller (Paul) Company	9,650		468,025
Sun Hydraulics	58,425		1,474,063
T-3 Energy Services ^a	2,000		94,020
Tennant Company	88,200		3,906,378
^†Titan Machinery ^a,c	25,000		327,500

			15,517,359

Metal Fabrication and Distribution - 0.8%
Encore Wire	15,000		238,800
Insteel Industries	400		4,692
NN	114,300		1,076,706
Olympic Steel	11,000		348,810
Samuel Manu-Tech	2,500		26,825
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products ^a,c	26,997		960,283

			2,656,116

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 2.5%
GP Strategies ^a	35,000		372,750
Peerless Manufacturing ^a	84,400		3,476,436
Quixote Corporation	33,300		632,367
Raven Industries	73,000		2,802,470
Synalloy Corporation	58,200		1,000,458

			8,284,481

Paper and Packaging - 0.1%
Mod-Pac Corporation ^a,c	23,200		173,768

Pumps, Valves and Bearings - 0.4%
CIRCOR International	28,000		1,298,080

Specialty Chemicals and Materials - 1.9%
Aceto Corporation	323,619		2,588,952
American Vanguard	9,333		161,928
Balchem Corporation	33,750		755,325

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December 31, 2007

	SHARES		VALUE
Industrial Products (continued)
Specialty Chemicals and Materials (continued)
Hawkins	118,167	$	1,772,505
^†Metabolix ^a,c	3,000		71,400
NuCo2 ^a,c	20,000		498,000
Park Electrochemical	10,000		282,400

			6,130,510

Textiles - 0.1%
Unifi ^a	100,000		242,000

Total (Cost $33,190,211)			53,528,088

Industrial Services – 14.7%
Advertising and Publishing - 0.6%
DG Fastchannel ^a,c	21,200		543,568
Greenfield Online ^a,c	20,000		292,200
Journal Register	105,600		185,856
^†LiveDeal ^a,c	28,200		121,260
^†Voyager Learning ^a	125,000		875,000

			2,017,884

Commercial Services - 5.4%
^†Animal Health International ^a,c	50,000		615,000
CBIZ ^a,c	87,000		853,470
^†Canadian Solar ^a,c	25,000		703,750
Carlisle Group ^a	188,800		475,445
^†ClearPoint Business Resources ^a	120,000		253,200
Collectors Universe	23,200		286,288
Diamond Management &
Technology Consultants	138,100		1,003,987
^†eTelecare Global Solutions ADR ^a	21,000		174,090
Forrester Research ^a	101,500		2,844,030
Geo Group (The) ^a,c	102,400		2,867,200
Gevity HR	63,400		487,546
^†Home Solutions of America ^a,c	60,000		60,000
^†Hudson Highland Group ^a,c	113,200		952,012
Kforce ^a,c	55,000		536,250
Landauer	21,300		1,104,405
Metalico ^a	12,700		137,668
PeopleSupport ^a,c	43,300		592,344
SM&A ^a,c	31,300		182,479
Team ^a	4,400		160,952
Volt Information Sciences ^a,c	89,400		1,632,444
^†Waste Services ^a,c	26,300		225,391
Westaff ^a	362,500		1,450,000
Willdan Group ^a	40,100		275,888

			17,873,839

Engineering and Construction - 3.7%
Cavco Industries ^a	9,400		318,096
Exponent ^a	130,600		3,531,424
HLS Systems International ^a,c	222,400		1,983,808
Hanfeng Evergreen ^a	17,900		264,796
^†Hill International ^a,c	35,500		503,035
Insituform Technologies Cl. A ^a,c	56,400		834,720
^†Integrated Electrical Services ^a,c	122,000		2,292,380
Modtech Holdings ^a	71,800		63,902
Nobility Homes	13,800		251,850
SYS ^a,c	480,000		960,000
Skyline Corporation	32,100		942,135
Sterling Construction ^a,c	12,300		268,386

			12,214,532

	SHARES		VALUE
Food and Tobacco Processors - 1.7%
Cal-Maine Foods	50,000	$	1,326,500
Farmer Bros.	42,400		974,776
Galaxy Nutritional Foods ^a	432,600		112,476
^†HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries ^a,c	10,000		97,500
ML Macadamia Orchards L.P.	120,200		418,296
Seneca Foods Cl. A ^a	62,500		1,484,375
Seneca Foods Cl. B ^a,c	42,500		941,800
Sunopta ^a,c	8,580		114,543

			5,470,266

Industrial Distribution - 0.5%
Central Steel & Wire	1,088		680,000
Lawson Products	19,500		739,440
^†Toshin Group Company	14,200		294,484

			1,713,924

Printing - 1.1%
American Bank Note Holographics ^a,c	121,200		716,292
Bowne & Co.	66,500		1,170,400
Champion Industries	23,500		106,220
Courier Corporation	27,950		922,629
Ennis	9,700		174,600
Schawk	38,900		603,728

			3,693,869

Transportation and Logistics - 1.7%
ABX Air ^a,c	100,000		418,000
Forward Air	50,700		1,580,319
Frozen Food Express Industries	92,000		542,800
MAIR Holdings ^a	8,600		39,818
Marten Transport ^a,c	21,450		299,228
Patriot Transportation Holding ^a	3,000		276,690
Universal Truckload Services ^a	134,200		2,571,272
^†Velocity Express ^a,c	22,321		68,079

			5,796,206

Total (Cost $33,225,666)			48,780,520

Natural Resources – 10.6%
Energy Services - 4.4%
CE Franklin ^a,c	38,650		251,225
Dril-Quip ^a,c	55,000		3,061,300
Environmental Power ^a,c	115,000		525,550
^†Flotek Industries ^a,c	2,400		86,496
^†Green Plains Renewable Energy ^a,c	16,400		217,956
Gulf Island Fabrication	34,016		1,078,647
GulfMark Offshore ^a,c	55,400		2,592,166
ION Geophysical ^a,c	43,500		686,430
Particle Drilling Technologies ^a	40,000		103,200
Pason Systems	209,200		2,647,457
Pioneer Drilling ^a	7,500		89,100
Willbros Group ^a,c	67,600		2,588,404
World Energy Solutions ^a	869,400		704,717

			14,632,648

Oil and Gas - 1.3%
Bonavista Energy Trust	44,600		1,287,907
^†Bronco Drilling ^a	33,200		493,020
Cano Petroleum ^a	45,200		311,428
^†Gran Tierra Energy ^a,c	124,900		327,238
Nuvista Energy ^a	121,000		1,606,059
PetroCorp ^a,d	104,200		0

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Schedule of Investments

	SHARES		VALUE
Natural Resources (continued)
Oil and Gas (continued)
Storm Cat Energy ^a,c	291,200	$	212,576

			4,238,228

Precious Metals and Mining - 3.5%
^†Allied Nevada Gold	134,250		836,377
Aurizon Mines ^a,c	197,000		766,330
Brush Engineered Materials ^a,c	15,500		573,810
Central African Gold ^a	89,790		50,066
Chesapeake Gold ^a	20,000		166,979
Duluth Metals ^a	87,500		265,971
Endeavour Mining Capital	337,000		3,018,471
Endeavour Silver ^a	50,000		198,500
Entree Gold ^a	177,900		444,750
Gammon Gold ^a,c	83,836		671,526
Golden Star Resources ^a,c	168,100		531,196
Metallica Resources ^a,c	186,300		1,015,335
Midway Gold ^a	227,500		885,151
Minefinders Corporation ^a	36,000		406,800
^†New Gold ^a	141,200		718,708
Northgate Minerals ^a	270,000		818,100
^†Uranium Resources ^a,c	11,100		138,528
Vista Gold ^a,c	50,000		251,000

			11,757,598

Real Estate - 1.4%
^†HFF Cl. A ^a,c	16,500		127,710
HomeFed Corporation ^a	11,352		683,958
Kennedy-Wilson ^a	21,500		907,300
PICO Holdings ^a	45,700		1,536,434
Pope Resources L.P.	33,000		1,410,750

			4,666,152

Total (Cost $17,912,562)			35,294,626

Technology – 23.2%
Aerospace and Defense - 2.8%
^†Aerovironment ^a	13,800		333,960
Astronics Corporation ^a	26,400		1,122,000
Ducommun ^a	72,100		2,739,800
HEICO Corporation	41,600		2,266,368
HEICO Corporation Cl. A	24,160		1,029,216
Integral Systems	48,310		1,123,691
SIFCO Industries ^a,c	45,800		770,814

			9,385,849

Components and Systems - 2.7%
Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies ^a,c	99,350		892,163
CSP ^a,c	122,581		817,615
Excel Technology ^a	91,900		2,490,490
Giga-tronics ^a,c	3,200		5,984
MOCON	15,600		177,372
^†Optex Company	35,000		522,106
^†RadiSys Corporation ^a,c	30,000		402,000
Richardson Electronics	139,350		976,844
Rimage Corporation ^a,c	20,000		519,000
^†SCM Microsystems ^a,c	37,900		126,586
^†SRS Labs ^a,c	10,000		53,500
Spectrum Control ^a	16,100		247,940
TTM Technologies ^a	124,700		1,454,002

	SHARES		VALUE
TransAct Technologies ^a	78,600	$	376,494

			9,062,096

Distribution - 0.5%
Agilysys	90,000		1,360,800
Nu Horizons Electronics ^a,c	40,000		278,000

			1,638,800

Internet Software and Services - 2.0%
^†Audible ^a,c	32,700		291,684
Descartes Systems Group (The) ^a,c	49,200		206,640
eResearch Technology ^a,c	185,000		2,186,700
iPass ^a,c	190,000		771,400
Jupitermedia Corporation ^a,c	355,800		1,359,156
Lionbridge Technologies ^a,c	131,500		466,825
NIC	26,800		226,192
Stamps.com ^a	80,000		974,400

			6,482,997

IT Services - 5.1%
^†BluePhoenix Solutions ^a	28,000		507,360
CIBER ^a,c	182,662		1,116,065
Cogent Communications Group ^a,c	24,800		588,008
Computer Task Group ^a	471,361		2,606,626
iGATE Corporation ^a,c	273,400		2,315,698
Rainmaker Systems ^a,c	58,000		374,680
Sapient Corporation ^a,c	500,000		4,405,000
Syntel	54,300		2,091,636
TriZetto Group (The) ^a	145,200		2,522,124
^†Yucheng Technologies ^a,c	31,300		406,587

			16,933,784

Semiconductors and Equipment - 2.6%
^†Actions Semiconductor ADR ^a,c	128,900		525,912
Cascade Microtech ^a	55,037		560,277
CEVA ^a	29,800		362,666
Cohu	17,800		272,340
Electroglas ^a,c	281,700		473,256
Exar Corporation ^a,c	121,208		966,028
Ikanos Communications ^a	38,700		208,206
Intevac ^a,c	40,550		589,597
Jinpan International	9,650		298,185
Maxwell Technologies ^a	37,400		309,298
^†Melco Holdings	30,000		469,629
Nanometrics ^a,c	22,000		216,920
NetList ^a,c	77,200		169,840
PDF Solutions ^a	25,000		225,250
Photronics ^a	29,750		370,982
QuickLogic Corporation ^a,c	20,000		66,000
Rudolph Technologies ^a	12,500		141,500
Semitool ^a	25,500		221,340
^†Trident Microsystems ^a,c	54,200		355,552
Virage Logic ^a	180,000		1,503,000
^†Zarlink Semiconductor ^a	188,700		135,883

			8,441,661

Software - 4.7%
ACI Worldwide ^a	97,600		1,858,304
Aladdin Knowledge Systems ^a	27,300		713,349
^†Borland Software ^a,c	70,000		210,700
^†Bottomline Technologies ^a,c	48,300		676,200
Convera Corporation Cl. A ^a,c	170,000		470,900
^†Digimarc Corporation ^a,c	66,000		582,120

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December 31, 2007

	SHARES		VALUE
Technology (continued)
Software (continued)
^†DivX ^a	38,300	$	536,200
Evans & Sutherland Computer ^a	73,500		91,875
Fundtech ^a	51,000		681,360
ILOG ADR ^a,c	35,000		365,750
JDA Software Group ^a,c	59,500		1,217,370
OpenTV Cl. A ^a,c	429,300		566,676
Pegasystems	330,200		3,939,286
Phase Forward ^a,c	43,000		935,250
PLATO Learning ^a	160,000		635,200
Renaissance Learning	2,365		33,110
SPSS ^a,c	41,800		1,501,038
SeaChange International ^a,c	20,000		144,600
TeleCommunication Systems Cl. A ^a,c	10,000		36,100
Trintech Group ADR ^a,c	94,852		239,976
uWink ^a,c	9,000		12,600

			15,447,964

Telecommunications - 2.8%
Anaren ^a	30,900		509,541
Atlantic Tele-Network	4,100		138,498
Captaris ^a	43,300		187,056
Communications Systems	10,700		127,223
^†Diguang International Development ^a	300,000		750,000
^†Extreme Networks ^a	11,500		40,710
^†Global Telecom & Technology ^a,c	68,500		71,925
NMS Communications ^a	630,000		1,020,600
North Pittsburgh Systems ^c	23,200		526,408
^†NumereX Corporation Cl. A ^a,c	35,100		289,575
PC-Tel ^a	44,100		302,526
Performance Technologies ^a	41,250		226,875
Radyne ^a	25,520		234,784
REMEC	143,387		150,556
Symmetricom ^a,c	24,782		116,723
^†TESSCO Technologies ^a,c	13,600		245,616
UCN ^a,c	130,517		587,327
ViaSat ^a,c	76,812		2,644,637
WJ Communications ^a,c	247,400		183,076
Zhone Technologies ^a,c	911,600		1,066,572

			9,420,228

Total (Cost $51,293,032)			76,813,379

Miscellaneous ^e – 4.9%
Total (Cost $17,084,309)			16,383,911

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $263,939,273)			370,900,663

PREFERRED STOCK – 0.5%
Seneca Foods Conv. ^a	75,409		1,734,407

(Cost $943,607)			1,734,407

			VALUE
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 8.7%
State Street Bank & Trust Company,
4.00% dated 12/31/07, due 1/2/08,
maturity value $8,734,941 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, valued at $8,955,600)
(Cost $8,733,000)			$ 8,733,000

Lehman Brothers (Tri-Party),
4.125% dated 12/31/07, due 1/2/08,
maturity value $20,004,583 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, valued at $20,407,014)
(Cost $20,000,000)			20,000,000

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Cost $28,733,000)			28,733,000


	PRINCIPAL
	AMOUNT
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 10.9%
Fannie Mae-Notes 5.125%-5.20%
due 7/13/09-9/18/12	$46,103		46,794
Federal Home Loan Bank-Bonds 4.875%
due 3/5/08	1,322		1,342
Federal National Mortgage Association-Bonds
3.75%-5.50
due 7/25/08-2/16/12	11,694		11,856
Freddie Mac-Notes 6.01%
due 4/11/17	618		627
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.375%-12.00%
due 8/15/13-1/15/27	940		950
U.S. Treasury Notes 2.375%
due 4/15/11	6		6
Money Market Funds
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
Prime Portfolio (7 day yield-4.884%)			35,983,277

TOTAL COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES LOANED
(Cost $36,044,852)			36,044,852

TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 132.0%
(Cost $329,660,732)			437,412,922
LIABILITIES LESS CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (13.9)%			(45,937,406	)

PREFERRED STOCK – (18.1)%			(60,000,000	)

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%		$	331,475,516

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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December 31, 2007

Schedule of Investments


a		Non-income producing.
b		At December 31, 2007, the Fund owned 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting securities thereby making the Company an Affiliated Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
c		All or a portion of these securities were on loan at December 31, 2007. Total market value of loaned securities at December 31, 2007 was $34,390,777.
d		Securities for which market quotations are no longer readily available represent 0.0% of net assets. These securities have been valued at their fair value under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors.
e		Includes securities first acquired in 2007 and less than 1% of net assets applicable to Common Stockholders.
†		New additions in 2007.

		Bold indicates the Fund’s largest 20 equity holdings in terms of December 31, 2007 market value.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $334,738,628. At December 31, 2007, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $102,674,294 consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $132,624,923 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $29,950,629. The primary differences in book and tax basis cost is the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold and mark-to-market of Passive Foreign Investment Companies.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust		December 31, 2007


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

ASSETS:
Investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)*
Non-Affiliated Companies (cost $299,421,466)	$	407,777,492
Affiliated Companies (cost $1,506,266)		902,430

Total investments at value		408,679,922
Repurchase agreements (at cost and value)		28,733,000
Cash and foreign currency		847
Receivable for investments sold		3,707,650
Receivable for dividends and interest		381,873
Prepaid expenses		20,681

Total Assets		441,523,973

LIABILITIES:
Payable for collateral on loaned securities		36,044,852
Payable for investments purchased		13,375,389
Payable for investment advisory fee		431,673
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		80,000
Accrued expenses		116,543

Total Liabilities		50,048,457

PREFERRED STOCK:
6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 2,400,000 shares outstanding		60,000,000

Total Preferred Stock		60,000,000

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$	331,475,516

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 24,591,100 shares outstanding (150,000,000 shares authorized)	$	222,052,678
Undistributed net investment income (loss)		(1,435,509	)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		3,186,799
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		107,751,548
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		(80,000	)

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $13.48)	$	331,475,516

*Investments at identified cost (including $36,044,852 of collateral on loaned securities)	$	300,927,732
Market value of loaned securities		34,390,777

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust		Year Ended December 31, 2007


Statement of Operations

INVESTMENT INCOME:
Income:
Dividends*
Non-Affiliated Companies	$	3,303,530
Affiliated Companies		–
Interest		1,478,336
Securities lending		484,508

Total income		5,266,374

Expenses:
Investment advisory fees		5,092,955
Stockholder reports		133,402
Custody and transfer agent fees		75,833
Directors’ fees		56,196
Professional fees		54,027
Administrative and office facilities expenses		29,792
Other expenses		60,452

Total expenses		5,502,657
Compensating balance credits		(1,853	)

Net expenses		5,500,804

Net investment income (loss)		(234,430	)

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency
Non-Affiliated Companies		33,643,099
Affiliated Companies		(839,302	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments foreign currency		(27,184,286	)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		5,619,511

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		5,385,081

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS		(3,600,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS	$	1,785,081

*Net of foreign withholding tax of $63,404.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year ended			Year ended
	12/31/07			12/31/06

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)	$	(234,430	)	$	167,273
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		32,803,797			40,340,273
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		(27,184,286	)		27,839,554

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations		5,385,081			68,347,100

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(224,280	)		(475,560	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(3,375,720	)		(3,124,440	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(3,600,000	)		(3,600,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		1,785,081			64,747,100

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(1,991,543	)		(4,585,208	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(29,975,444	)		(30,124,923	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(31,966,987	)		(34,710,131	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders		17,975,152			19,926,104

Total capital stock transactions		17,975,152			19,926,104

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS		(12,206,754	)		49,963,073

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Beginning of period		343,682,270			293,719,197

End of period (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(1,435,509) at 12/31/07 and $(2,725,894) at 12/31/06)	$	331,475,516		$	343,682,270

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Financial Highlights

	Years ended December 31,

	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003

NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD		$14.77			$13.43			$14.34			$13.33			$9.39

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)		(0.00	)		0.01			(0.03	)		(0.08	)		(0.09	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		0.24			3.04			1.14			2.62			5.28

Total investment operations		0.24			3.05			1.11			2.54			5.19

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.01	)		(0.02	)		–			–			–
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(0.14	)		(0.14	)		(0.17	)		(0.19	)		(0.18	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(0.15	)		(0.16	)		(0.17	)		(0.19	)		(0.18	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		0.09			2.89			0.94			2.35			5.01

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.08	)		(0.20	)		–			–			–
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(1.27	)		(1.35	)		(1.85	)		(1.33	)		(0.92	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(1.35	)		(1.55	)		(1.85	)		(1.33	)		(0.92	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders		(0.03	)		(0.00	)		0.00			(0.01	)		(0.04	)
Effect of Preferred Stock offering		–			–			–			–			(0.11	)

Total capital stock transactions		(0.03	)		(0.00	)		0.00			(0.01	)		(0.15	)

NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$13.48			$14.77			$13.43			$14.34			$13.33

MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$11.94			$16.57			$14.56			$15.24			$12.60

TOTAL RETURN (a):
Market Value		(20.54	)%		26.72	%		8.90	%		33.44	%		63.58	%
Net Asset Value		0.64	%		22.46	%		6.75	%		18.69	%		55.55	%
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Total expenses (b,c)		1.56	%		1.64	%		1.63	%		1.62	%		1.82	%
Management fee expense (d)		1.44	%		1.49	%		1.43	%		1.43	%		1.59	%
Other operating expenses		0.12	%		0.15	%		0.20	%		0.19	%		0.23	%
Net investment income (loss)		(0.07	)%		0.05	%		(0.27	)%		(0.56	)%		(0.82	)%
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,
End of Period (in thousands)		$331,476			$343,682			$293,719			$290,364			$253,425
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,
End of Period (in thousands)		$60,000			$60,000			$60,000			$60,000			$60,000
Portfolio Turnover Rate		41	%		34	%		46	%		32	%		26	%
PREFERRED STOCK:
Total shares outstanding		2,400,000			2,400,000			2,400,000			2,400,000			2,400,000
Asset coverage per share		$163.11			$168.20			$147.38			$145.98			$130.59
Liquidation preference per share		$25.00			$25.00			$25.00			$25.00			$25.00
Average market value per share (e):
6.00% Cumulative		$24.06			$24.15			$24.97			$24.66			$25.37
7.75% Cumulative		–			–			–			–			$25.70

(a)		The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
(b)		Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 1.33%, 1.38%, 1.35%, 1.32% and 1.49% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(c)		Expense ratios based on average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders: before waiver of fees by the investment adviser would have been 1.92% for the year ended December 31, 2003; before waiver of fees and earnings credits would have been 1.56%, 1.64%, 1.63%, 1.62% and 1.92% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(d)		The management fee is calculated based on average net assets over a rolling 36-month basis, while the above ratios of management fee expenses are based on average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders over a 12-month basis.
(e)		The average of month-end market values during the period that the Preferred Stock was outstanding.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (“the Fund”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 9, 1993 as a diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund commenced operations on December 14, 1993.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Valuation of Investments:

Foreign Currency:

The Fund values its non-U.S. securities in U.S. dollars daily at the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates as quoted by a major bank. The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and other assets and liabilities are included with net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments.
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, expiration of currency forward contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the

amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at the end of the reporting period, as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:

Expenses:

Compensating Balance Credits:

Taxes:

Distributions:

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Repurchase Agreements:

Securities Lending:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

Capital Stock:

The Fund issued 1,320,682 and 1,401,367 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

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At December 31, 2007, 2,400,000 shares of 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. Commencing October 16, 2008 and thereafter, the Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Topic D-98, Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.

Investment Advisory Agreement:

The Basic Fee is a monthly fee equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% on an annualized basis) of the average of the Fund’s month-end net assets applicable to Common Stockholders, plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock, for the rolling 36-month period ending with such month (the “performance period”). The Basic Fee for each month is increased or decreased at the rate of 1/12 of .05% for each percentage point that the investment performance of the Fund exceeds, or is exceeded by, the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 for the performance period by more than two percentage points. The performance period for each such month is a rolling 36-month period ending with such month. The maximum increase or decrease in the Basic Fee for any month may not exceed 1/12 of .5%. Accordingly, for each month, the maximum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of 1.5% and is payable if the investment performance of the Fund exceeds the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period, and the minimum monthly fee rate as adjusted for performance is 1/12 of .5% and is payable if the percentage change in the investment record of the Russell 2000 exceeds

Royce Micro-Cap Trust

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

the investment performance of the Fund by 12 or more percentage points for the performance period.

Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate.

For the twelve rolling 36-month periods ending December 2007, the investment performance of the Fund exceeded the investment performance of the Russell 2000 by 8% to 13%. Accordingly, the investment advisory fee consisted of a Basic Fee of $3,714,236 and an upward adjustment of $1,378,719 for performance of the Fund above that of the Russell 2000. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund accrued and paid Royce advisory fees totaling $5,092,955.

Distributions to Stockholders:
The tax character of distributions paid to stockholders during 2007 and 2006 was as follows:


Distributions paid from:	2007		2006

Ordinary income	$	2,532,369	$	12,220,932
Long-term capital gain		33,034,618		26,089,199

	$	35,566,987	$	38,310,131

As of December 31, 2007, the tax basis components of distributable earnings included in stockholders’ equity were as follows:


Undistributed net investment income	$	2,331,609
Undistributed long-term capital gain		5,216,680
Unrealized appreciation		102,674,294
Post October currency loss*		(719,745	)
Accrued preferred distributions		(80,000	)

	$	109,422,838

*	Under current tax law, capital and currency losses realized after October 31, and prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end, may be deferred as occurring on the first day of the following fiscal year.

The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to the tax deferral on wash sales and the unrealized gains on investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies.
For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts and distributions to stockholders are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book / tax differences. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities and foreign currency transactions held by the Fund, timing differences and different characterization of distributions made by the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications, which relate primarily to the current net operating losses. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.


Undistributed	Accumulated
Net Investment	Net Realized	Paid-in
Income	Gain (Loss)	Capital

$3,740,638	$(3,532,042)	$(208,596)

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:

Transactions in Shares of Affiliated Companies:

	Shares	Market Value		Cost of		Cost of		Realized			Dividend		Shares		Market Value
Affiliated Company	12/31/06	12/31/06		Purchases		Sales		Gain (Loss)			Income		12/31/07		12/31/07
BKF Capital Group	406,500	$	1,361,775		–		–		–			–		406,500		$902,430
Highbury Financial*	580,400		3,383,732		–	$	3,419,180	$	(839,302	)		–
		$	4,745,507					$	(839,302	)		–				$902,430

*Not an Affiliated Company at December 31, 2007.

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Royce Micro-Cap Trust

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.
New York, New York

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (“Fund”) including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2007, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. as of December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

		TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 22, 2008

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Royce Focus Trust		December 31, 2007


Schedule of Investments

	SHARES	VALUE
COMMON STOCKS – 88.2%

Consumer Products – 13.1%
Apparel, Shoes and Accessories - 3.5%
^†Fossil ^a,b	75,000	$	3,148,500
Timberland Company Cl. A ^a,b	150,000		2,712,000

			5,860,500

Health, Beauty and Nutrition - 2.0%
Nu Skin Enterprises Cl. A	200,000		3,286,000

Home Furnishing and Appliances - 1.9%
^†Rational	15,000		3,068,777

Sports and Recreation - 5.7%
Thor Industries	140,000		5,321,400
Winnebago Industries	200,000		4,204,000

			9,525,400

Total (Cost $20,009,658)			21,740,677

Financial Intermediaries – 4.7%
Banking - 1.1%
BB Holdings ^a	400,000		1,910,590

Securities Brokers - 2.6%
Knight Capital Group Cl. A ^a,b	300,000		4,320,000

Other Financial Intermediaries - 1.0%
^†KKR Financial	116,632		1,638,680

Total (Cost $7,371,214)			7,869,270

Financial Services – 1.5%
Investment Management - 1.5%
U.S. Global Investors Cl. A	150,000		2,499,000

Total (Cost $2,385,434)			2,499,000

Health – 4.7%
Drugs and Biotech - 2.8%
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings ^a,b	90,000		2,400,300
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals ^a,b	499,400		1,513,182
^†ULURU ^a,b	249,700		676,687

			4,590,169

Medical Products and Devices - 1.9%
Caliper Life Sciences ^a,b	302,300		1,671,719
Possis Medical ^a	100,000		1,458,000

			3,129,719

Total (Cost $7,520,476)			7,719,888

Industrial Products – 21.6%
Building Systems and Components - 2.2%
Simpson Manufacturing	140,000		3,722,600

Machinery - 7.9%
^†Kennametal	60,000		2,271,600
Lincoln Electric Holdings	70,000		4,982,600
^†Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology	30,000		2,403,245
Woodward Governor	50,000		3,397,500

			13,054,945

	SHARES	VALUE
Metal Fabrication and Distribution - 11.5%
^†Dynamic Materials	50,000	$	2,945,000
Metal Management	120,000		5,463,600
Reliance Steel & Aluminum	100,000		5,420,000
Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A	75,000		5,184,750

			19,013,350

Total (Cost $17,434,403)			35,790,895

Industrial Services – 9.7%
Commercial Services - 6.6%
^†CRA International ^a,b	60,000		2,856,600
Corinthian Colleges ^a	120,000		1,848,000
^†Korn/Ferry International ^a,b	100,000		1,882,000
LECG Corporation ^a	180,000		2,710,800
Universal Technical Institute ^a	100,100		1,701,700

			10,999,100

Food and Tobacco Processors - 2.0%
^†Sanderson Farms	100,000		3,378,000

Transportation and Logistics - 1.1%
Arkansas Best	80,000		1,755,200

Total (Cost $17,209,327)			16,132,300

Natural Resources – 26.7%
Energy Services - 9.0%
Ensign Energy Services	240,000		3,708,394
Pason Systems	180,000		2,277,927
Tesco Corporation ^a	120,000		3,440,400
Trican Well Service	280,000		5,455,595

			14,882,316

Oil and Gas - 3.4%
Unit Corporation ^a	120,000		5,550,000

Precious Metals and Mining - 14.3%
^†Allied Nevada Gold	250,000		1,557,500
Endeavour Mining Capital	500,000		4,478,444
^†Fronteer Development Group ^a	270,000		2,686,500
Gammon Gold ^a,b	250,000		2,002,500
Ivanhoe Mines ^a,b	350,000		3,755,500
Pan American Silver ^a,b	140,000		4,890,200
Silver Standard Resources ^a,b	120,000		4,383,600

			23,754,244

Total (Cost $29,901,858)			44,186,560

Technology – 6.2%
Semiconductors and Equipment - 2.3%
^†MKS Instruments ^a,b	200,000		3,828,000

Software - 1.0%
ManTech International Cl. A ^a,b	39,953		1,750,741

Telecommunications - 2.9%
ADTRAN	75,000		1,603,500
Foundry Networks ^a,b	180,100		3,155,352

			4,758,852

Total (Cost $7,725,138)			10,337,593

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $109,557,508)			146,276,183

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Focus Trust		December 31, 2007


Schedule of Investments

	PRINCIPAL
	AMOUNT	VALUE
GOVERNMENT BONDS – 13.5%
(Principal Amount shown in local currency)
Australia Government Bond
7.50% due 9/15/09	$10,000,000	$	8,871,705
New Zealand Government Bond
6.00% due 7/15/08	10,000,000		7,633,511
South Africa Government Bond
10.00% due 2/28/09	40,000,000		5,833,105

TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $20,503,645)			22,338,321

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 13.1%
State Street Bank & Trust Company,
4.00% dated 12/31/07, due 1/2/08,
maturity value $21,753,833 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, valued at $22,295,600)
(Cost $21,749,000)			21,749,000

	VALUE
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 11.5%
Money Market Funds
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
Prime Portfolio (7 day yield-4.884%)
(Cost $19,094,783)	$	19,094,783

TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 126.3%
(Cost $170,904,936)		209,458,287

LIABILITIES LESS CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (11.2)%		(18,650,879	)

PREFERRED STOCK – (15.1)%		(25,000,000	)


NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS – 100.0%	$	165,807,408


a		Non-income producing.
b		All or a portion of these securities were on loan at December 31, 2007. Total market value of loaned securities at December 31, 2007 was $18,233,561.
†		New additions in 2007.

		Bold indicates the Fund’s largest 20 equity holdings in terms of December 31, 2007 market value.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $176,890,888. At December 31, 2007, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $32,567,399, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $37,689,840 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $5,122,441. The primary differences in book and tax basis cost is the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold and mark-to-market of Passive Foreign Investment Companies.

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Royce Focus Trust		December 31, 2007


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

ASSETS:
Investments at value (including collateral on loaned securities)*	$	187,709,287
Repurchase agreement (at cost and value)		21,749,000
Cash and foreign currency		161
Receivable for dividends and interest		700,935
Prepaid expenses		15,778

Total Assets		210,175,161

LIABILITIES:
Payable for collateral on loaned securities		19,094,783
Payable for investment advisory fee		164,400
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		33,333
Accrued expenses		75,237

Total Liabilities		19,367,753

PREFERRED STOCK:
6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value, $25 liquidation value per share; 1,000,000 shares outstanding		25,000,000

Total Preferred Stock		25,000,000

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$	165,807,408

ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Common Stock paid-in capital - $0.001 par value per share; 18,595,320 shares outstanding (100,000,000 shares authorized)	$	129,411,594
Undistributed net investment income (loss)		(4,782,842	)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		2,653,204
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		38,558,785
Preferred dividends accrued but not yet declared		(33,333	)

Net Assets applicable to Common Stockholders (net asset value per share - $8.92)	$	165,807,408

*Investments at identified cost (including $19,094,783 of collateral on loaned securities)	$	149,155,936
Market value of loaned securities		18,233,561

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Focus Trust		Year Ended December 31, 2007


Statement of Operations

INVESTMENT INCOME:
Income:
Interest*	$	3,118,847
Dividends**		1,154,342
Securities lending		20,273

Total income		4,293,462

Expenses:
Investment advisory fees		2,003,117
Stockholder reports		66,356
Custody and transfer agent fees		55,042
Professional fees		41,410
Directors’ fees		27,688
Administrative and office facilities expenses		14,041
Other expenses		99,165

Total expenses		2,306,819
Compensating balance credits		(1,851	)

Net expenses		2,304,968

Net investment income (loss)		1,988,494

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY:
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		29,154,418
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		(10,391,522	)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		18,762,896

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		20,751,390

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS		(1,500,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS	$	19,251,390

* Net of foreign withholding tax of $51,151.
** Net of foreign withholding tax of $32,419.

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Royce Focus Trust

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year ended			Year ended
	12/31/07			12/31/06

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)	$	1,988,494		$	2,368,567
Net realized gain (loss) on investments		29,154,418			20,546,074
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency		(10,391,522	)		1,820,291

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from investment operations		20,751,390			24,734,932

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(331,350	)		(187,800	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(1,168,650	)		(1,312,200	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(1,500,000	)		(1,500,000	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		19,251,390			23,234,932

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(7,385,265	)		(2,950,803	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(26,047,361	)		(20,617,913	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(33,432,626	)		(23,568,716	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Reinvestment of distributions to Common Stockholders		21,421,393			15,657,293

Total capital stock transactions		21,421,393			15,657,293

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS		7,240,157			15,323,509

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Beginning of period		158,567,251			143,243,742

End of period (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(4,782,842) at 12/31/07 and $(517,355) at 12/31/06)	$	165,807,408		$	158,567,251

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Royce Focus Trust

Financial Highlights

	Years ended December 31,

	2007			2006			2005			2004			2003

NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD		$9.75			$9.76			$9.75			$9.00			$6.27

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:
Net investment income (loss)		0.15			0.16			0.06			0.02			0.08
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency		1.12			1.50			1.44			2.63			3.57

Total investment operations		1.27			1.66			1.50			2.65			3.65

DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.02	)		(0.01	)		(0.01	)		(0.00	)		(0.02	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(0.07	)		(0.09	)		(0.11	)		(0.15	)		(0.14	)

Total distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(0.09	)		(0.10	)		(0.12	)		(0.15	)		(0.16	)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON
STOCKHOLDERS RESULTING FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS		1.18			1.56			1.38			2.50			3.49

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Net investment income		(0.44	)		(0.20	)		(0.06	)		(0.02	)		(0.06	)
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency		(1.57	)		(1.37	)		(1.15	)		(1.72	)		(0.56	)

Total distributions to Common Stockholders		(2.01	)		(1.57	)		(1.21	)		(1.74	)		(0.62	)

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS:
Effect of reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders		(0.00	)		(0.00	)		(0.03	)		(0.01	)		(0.03	)
Effect of rights offering and Preferred Stock offering		–			–			(0.13	)		–			(0.11	)

Total capital stock transactions		(0.00	)		(0.00	)		(0.16	)		(0.01	)		(0.14	)

NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$8.92			$9.75			$9.76			$9.75			$9.00

MARKET VALUE, END OF PERIOD		$8.97			$10.68			$9.53			$10.47			$8.48

TOTAL RETURN (a):
Market Value		3.02	%		30.50	%		3.03	%		47.26	%		63.98	%
Net Asset Value		12.22	%		16.33	%		13.31	%		29.21	%		54.33	%
RATIOS BASED ON AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Total expenses (b,c)		1.31	%		1.36	%		1.48	%		1.53	%		1.57	%
Management fee expense		1.14	%		1.16	%		1.21	%		1.27	%		1.14	%
Other operating expenses		0.17	%		0.20	%		0.27	%		0.26	%		0.43	%
Net investment income (loss)		1.13	%		1.54	%		0.63	%		0.24	%		1.07	%
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders,
End of Period (in thousands)		$165,807			$158,567			$143,244			$105,853			$87,012
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock,
End of Period (in thousands)		$25,000			$25,000			$25,000			$25,000			$25,000
Portfolio Turnover Rate		62	%		30	%		42	%		52	%		49	%
PREFERRED STOCK:
Total shares outstanding		1,000,000			1,000,000			1,000,000			1,000,000			1,000,000
Asset coverage per share		$190.81			$183.57			$168.24			$130.85			$112.01
Liquidation preference per share		$25.00			$25.00			$25.00			$25.00			$25.00
Average market value per share (d):
6.00% Cumulative		$24.37			$24.98			$25.38			$24.83			$25.45
7.45% Cumulative		–			–			–			–			$25.53

(a)		The Market Value Total Return is calculated assuming a purchase of Common Stock on the opening of the first business day and a sale on the closing of the last business day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s Distribution Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. Net Asset Value Total Return is calculated on the same basis, except that the Fund’s net asset value is used on the purchase and sale dates instead of market value.
(b)		Expense ratios based on total average net assets including liquidation value of Preferred Stock were 1.15%, 1.17%, 1.22%, 1.21% and 1.20% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(c)		Expense ratios based on average net assets applicable to Common Stockholders: before waiver of fees by the investment adviser would have been 1.73% for the year ended December 31, 2003; before waiver of fees and earnings credits would have been 1.32%, 1.36%, 1.48%, 1.53% and 1.73% for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
(d)		The average of month-end market values during the period that the Preferred Stock was outstanding.

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THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Royce Focus Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Royce Focus Trust, Inc. (“the Fund”) is a diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund commenced operations on March 2, 1988 and Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) assumed investment management responsibility for the Fund on November 1, 1996.

Valuation of Investments:

Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date. Securities that trade on an exchange, and securities traded on Nasdaq’s Electronic Bulletin Board, are valued at their last reported sales price or Nasdaq official closing price taken from the primary market in which each security trades or, if no sale is reported for such day, at their bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value under procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors. In addition, if, between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. The Fund uses an independent pricing service to provide fair value estimates for relevant non-U.S. equity securities on days when the U.S. market volatility exceeds a certain threshold. This pricing service uses proprietary correlations it has developed between the movement of prices of non-U.S. equity securities and indices of U.S.-traded securities, futures contracts and other indications to estimate the fair value of relevant non-U.S. securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the price of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Bonds and other fixed income securities may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.

Foreign Currency:

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income:

Expenses:

Compensating Balance Credits:

Taxes:

Distributions:

The Fund currently has a policy of paying quarterly distributions on the Fund’s Common Stock. Distributions are currently being made at the annual rate of 5% of the rolling average of the prior four calendar quarter-end NAVs of the Fund’s Common Stock, with the fourth quarter distribution being the greater of 1.25% of the rolling average or the distribution required by IRS regulations. Distributions to Preferred Stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly and distributions to Common Stockholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund is required to allocate long-term capital gain distributions and other types of income proportionately to distributions made to holders of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock. To the extent that distributions are not paid from long-term capital gains, net investment income or net short-term capital gains, they will represent a return of capital.

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Royce Focus Trust

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications within the capital accounts. Undistributed net investment income may include temporary book and tax basis differences, which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income or gain remaining undistributed at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.

Repurchase Agreements:

Securities Lending:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

Capital Stock:

The Fund issued 2,332,768 and 1,587,885 shares of Common Stock as reinvestment of distributions by Common Stockholders for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

At December 31, 2007, 1,000,000 shares of 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock were outstanding. Commencing October 17, 2008 and thereafter, the Fund, at its option, may redeem the Cumulative Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at the redemption price. The Cumulative Preferred Stock is classified outside of permanent equity (net assets applicable to Common Stockholders) in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Topic D-98, Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities, that requires preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets to be classified outside of permanent equity to the extent that the redemption is at a fixed or determinable price and at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer.

Investment Advisory Agreement:

The Investment Advisory Agreement between Royce and the Fund provides for fees to be paid at an annual rate of 1.0% of the Fund’s average daily net assets applicable to Common Stockholders plus the liquidation value of Preferred Stock. Royce has voluntarily committed to waive the portion of its investment advisory fee attributable to an issue of the Fund’s Preferred Stock for any month in which the Fund’s average annual NAV total return since issuance of the Preferred Stock fails to exceed the applicable Preferred Stock’s dividend rate. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund accrued and paid Royce advisory fees totaling $2,003,117.

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Royce Focus Trust

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Distributions to Stockholders:

The tax character of distributions paid to stockholders during 2007 and 2006 was as follows:


Distributions paid from:		2007		2006
Ordinary income	$	8,488,626	$	4,915,975
Long-term capital gain		26,444,000		20,152,741

	$	34,932,626	$	25,068,716

As of December 31, 2007, the tax basis components of distributable earnings included in stockholders’ equity were as follows:


Undistributed net investment income	$	1,409,092
Undistributed long-term capital gain		2,447,222
Unrealized appreciation		32,572,833
Accrued preferred distributions		(33,333	)

	$	36,395,814

For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts and distributions to stockholders are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book / tax differences. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities and foreign currency transactions held by the Fund, timing differences and different characterization of distributions made by the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund recorded the following permanent reclassifications, which relate primarily to the current net operating losses. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.


Undistributed	Accumulated
Net Investment	Net Realized	Paid-in
Income	Gain (Loss)	Capital

$1,462,634	$(1,427,470)	$(35,164)

Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:

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Royce Focus Trust

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
New York, New York

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Royce Focus Trust, Inc. (“Fund”) including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2007, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Royce Focus Trust, Inc. as of December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

		TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 22, 2008

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Notes to Performance and Other Important Information

The thoughts expressed in this Review and Report concerning recent market movements and future prospects for small company stocks are solely the opinion of Royce at December 31, 2007, and, of course, historical market trends are not necessarily indicative of future market movements. Statements regarding the future prospects for particular securities held in the Funds’ portfolios and Royce’s investment intentions with respect to those securities reflect Royce’s opinions as of December 31, 2007 and are subject to change at any time without notice. There can be no assurance that securities mentioned in this Review and Report will be included in any Royce-managed portfolio in the future. The Funds invest primarily in securities of micro-, small- and mid-cap companies, that may involve considerably more risk than investments of larger-cap companies. All publicly released material information is always disclosed by the Funds on the website at www.roycefunds.com.
Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a fund’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a fund’s volatility.
The Russell 2000 is an index of domestic small-cap stocks. It measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 index. The Russell 2000 Value and Growth indices consist of the respective value and growth stocks within the Russell 2000 as determined by Russell Investments. The S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600 are indices of U.S. large- and small-cap stocks, respectively, selected by Standard & Poor’s based on market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The Nasdaq Composite is an index of the more than 3,000 common equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Returns for the market indices used in this Review and Report were based on information supplied to Royce by Russell Investments and Morningstar. Royce has not independently verified the above described information. The Royce Funds is a service mark of The Royce Funds.

Forward-Looking Statements
This material contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that involve risks and uncertainties, including, among others, statements as to:
•	the Funds’ future operating results
•	the prospects of the Funds’ portfolio companies
•	the impact of investments that the Funds have made or may make
•	the dependence of the Funds’ future success on the general economy and its impact on the companies and industries in which the Funds invest, and
•	the ability of the Funds’ portfolio companies to achieve their objectives.


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This Review and Report uses words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “future,” “intends,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements for any reason.

The Royce Funds have based the forward-looking statements included in this Review and Report on information available to us on the date of the report, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Although The Royce Funds undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make through future stockholder communications or reports.

Authorized Share Transactions

Royce Value Trust, Royce Micro-Cap Trust and Royce Focus Trust may each repurchase up to 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of its respective common stock and up to 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of its respective preferred stock during the year ending December 31, 2008. Any such repurchases would take place at then prevailing prices in the open market or in other transactions. Common stock repurchases would be effected at a price per share that is less than the share’s then current net asset value, and preferred stock repurchases would be effected at a price per share that is less than the share’s liquidation value.

Royce Value Trust, Royce Micro-Cap Trust and Royce Focus Trust are also authorized to offer their common stockholders an opportunity to subscribe for additional shares of their common stock through rights offerings at a price per share that may be less than the share’s then current net asset value. The timing and terms of any such offerings are within each Board’s discretion.

Annual Certifications

As required, the Funds have submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) for Royce Value Trust and Royce Micro-Cap Trust and to Nasdaq for Royce Focus Trust, respectively, the annual certification of the Funds’ Chief Executive Officer that he is not aware of any violation of the NYSE’s or Nasdaq’s Corporate Governance listing standards. The Funds also have included the certification of the Funds’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to the Funds’ form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


	Proxy Voting
	A copy of the policies and procedures that The Royce Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how each of The Royce Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, on the Royce Funds’ website at www.roycefunds.com, by calling 1-800-221-4268 (toll-free) and on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), at www.sec.gov.

	Form N-Q Filing
	The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on The Royce Funds’ website at www.roycefunds.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. To find out more about this public service, call the SEC at 1-800-732-0330. The Funds’ complete schedules of investments are updated quarterly, and are available at www.roycefunds.com.

Royce Value Trust, Inc.
At the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 27, 2007, the Fund’s stockholders elected five Directors, consisting of:


	VOTES FOR	VOTES WITHHELD

*Mark R. Fetting	61,717,604	671,331

*Richard M. Galkin	61,661,286	727,649

*Arthur S. Mehlman	61,671,315	717,620

**William L. Koke	8,016,585	96,279

**David L. Meister	8,021,286	91,578

*Common Stock and Preferred Stock voting together as a single class.
**Preferred Stock voting as a separate class.

Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.
At the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 27, 2007, the Fund’s stockholders elected five Directors, consisting of:


	VOTES FOR	VOTES WITHHELD

*Mark R. Fetting	23,686,138	254,671

*Richard M. Galkin	23,660,133	280,676

*Arthur S. Mehlman	23,668,200	272,609

**William L. Koke	2,222,960	36,866

**David L. Meister	2,218,705	41,121

*Common Stock and Preferred Stock voting together as a single class.
**Preferred Stock voting as a separate class.

Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
At the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 27, 2007, the Fund’s stockholders elected five Directors, consisting of:


	VOTES FOR	VOTES WITHHELD

*Mark R. Fetting	14,233,685	120,839

*Richard M. Galkin	14,231,985	122,539

*Arthur S. Mehlman	14,232,588	121,936

**Stephen L. Isaacs	929,145	5,150

**David L. Meister	929,345	4,950

*Common Stock and Preferred Stock voting together as a single class.
**Preferred Stock voting as a separate class.

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Postscript: Survival of the Fittest? It’s Not All Relative.

At the heart of every reality show—certainly every successful one—lies a competition. Often, the contest pits people against each other in a situation in which no contestant has any expertise, sometimes partnering them, as on Dancing With The Stars, with someone who does. On Survivor, of course, the formula relies on something like a slightly stage-managed version of Lord of the Flies re-written for a grown-up, though not necessarily mature, cast of characters. The Apprentice has featured earnest young business professionals—and more recently celebrities—competing to impress Donald Trump and in the process learn lessons about The American Way of Doing Business that apparently only Mr. Trump can impart.

than a season’s worth of 22 first-run episodes. ‘Victorious’ portfolio managers are often themselves treated as quasi-celebrities in fawning magazine or television profiles.
We’re not immune to the temptations of seeing similarities to our work and the typical reality show. If anything, plunging stock prices have encouraged even more in-house comparisons to what we do and what goes on during a season of Survivor. As patient value investors who believe that we do some of our best work when stock prices are falling, we like that program’s emphasis on making it through adversity. There’s also less glitz and self-congratulation, which we also enjoy.

Regardless of the format, winning at any cost remains the goal, preferably with a generous dose of backstabbing, betrayal and tears along the path to victory. Having very good-looking participants doesn’t hurt, either, making it somewhat obvious that for many reality TV stars, the real goal is celebrity. A well-received stint on a reality series can mean the beginning (or the resumption) of a career devoted to endeavors that traffic in the more explicitly fictional fare of movies and traditional TV. (And if American Idol has taught us anything, it’s that being eliminated from the contest is no bar to future success. Even if one falls well short of the requisite 15-minute allotment, being famous is often one well-publicized, wildly off-key performance away.)

Yet even in Survivor, there are plenty of elements that do not really fit with our work. For example, we have often made use of “time arbitrage,” in which we look for situations where a company’s declining stock price has been decoupled from its intrinsic value. This is important for us because we seek absolute value in the stocks that we buy, as well as in the performance that we hope to produce. There is no contest for us in these searches. In other words, we are not looking at companies that look good compared to their peers, or that possess financial characteristics that are bigger/better/faster etc. than others in a similar business. Potential portfolio selections must survive on their own merits.

Of course, there’s nothing new about people willing to publicly embarrass themselves for fun and profit of one sort or another. That element is not what we find interesting in the ongoing popularity of reality TV. What’s intriguing to us is how readily mutual fund management lends itself to reality-TV analogies. Mutual fund performance is often discussed in a similar, short-term, winner-take-all context. The emphasis in many accounts of successful portfolio performance—whether a fund’s own or in the media—sits squarely on the idea of winners and losers, occasionally over a time period no longer

Our goal is strong absolute performance over full market cycles and other long-term periods. ‘Winning’ the performance ‘battle’ would be wonderful, but our true objective lies elsewhere, where our only opponent is the absolute criteria that we long ago established for ourselves.

The same ethos governs our performance standards. We certainly have no qualms about any of The Royce Funds outperforming either their respective benchmark index or their similarly managed peers. However, our goal is strong absolute performance over full market cycles and other long-term periods. ‘Winning’ the performance ‘battle’ would be wonderful, but our true objective lies elsewhere, where our only opponent is the absolute criteria that we long ago established for ourselves.
Still, we’re all really excited about the return of American Gladiators.

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	Wealth Of Experience With approximately $30 billion in open- and closed-end fund assets under management, Royce & Associates is committed to the same small-company investing principles that have served us well for more than 30 years. Charles M. Royce, our Chief Investment Officer, enjoys one of the longest tenures of any active mutual fund manager. Royce’s investment staff includes 12 Portfolio Managers, as well as nine assistant portfolio managers and analysts, and seven traders. Multiple Funds, Common Focus Our goal is to offer both individual and institutional investors the best available small-cap value portfolios. Unlike a lot of mutual fund groups with broad product offerings, we have chosen to concentrate on small-company value investing by providing investors with a range of funds that take full advantage of this large and diverse sector. Consistent Discipline Our approach emphasizes paying close attention to risk and maintaining the same discipline, regardless of market movements and trends. The price we pay for a security must be significantly below our appraisal of its current worth. This requires a thorough analysis of the financial and business dynamics of an enterprise, as though we were purchasing the entire company. Co-Ownership Of Funds It is important that our employees and shareholders share a common financial goal; our officers, employees and their families currently have approximately $123 million invested in The Royce Funds.


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Item 2: Code(s) of Ethics – As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant had adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, applicable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of this code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. No substantive amendments were approved or waivers were granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert –

(a)(1)		The Board of Directors of the Registrant has determined that it has an audit committee financial expert.

(a)(2)		Arthur S. Mehlman was designated by the Board of Directors as the Registrant’s Audit Committee Financial Expert, effective April 15, 2004. Mr. Mehlman is “independent” as defined under Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a)		Audit Fees:
		Year ended December 31, 2007 - $24,600
		Year ended December 31, 2006 - $23,600

(b)		Audit-Related Fees:
		Year ended December 31, 2007 - $1,500 – Preparation of reports to rating agency for Preferred Stock
		Year ended December 31, 2006 - $1,500 – Preparation of reports to rating agency for Preferred Stock

(c)		Tax Fees:
		Year ended December 31, 2007 - $6,000 - Preparation of tax returns
		Year ended December 31, 2006 - $5,000 - Preparation of tax returns

(d)		All Other Fees:
		Year ended December 31, 2007 - $0
		Year ended December 31, 2006 - $0

(e)(1) Annual Pre-Approval: On an annual basis, the Registrant’s independent auditor submits to the Audit Committee a schedule of proposed audit, audit-related, tax and other non-audit services to be rendered to the Registrant and/or investment adviser(s) for the following year that require pre-approval by the Audit Committee. This schedule provides a description of each type of service that is expected to require pre-approval and the maximum fees that can be paid for each such service without further Audit Committee approval. The Audit Committee then reviews and determines whether to approve the types of scheduled services and the projected fees for them. Any subsequent revision to already pre-approved services or fees (including fee increases) are presented for consideration at the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting, as needed.

If subsequent to the annual pre-approval of services and fees by the Audit Committee, the Registrant or one of its affiliates determines that it would like to engage the Registrant’s independent auditor to perform a service not already pre-approved, the request is to be submitted to the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, and if he or she determines that the service fits within the independence guidelines (e.g., it is not a prohibited service), he or she will then arrange for a discussion of the proposed service and fee to be included on the agenda for the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting so that pre-approval can be considered.

Interim Pre-Approval: If, in the judgment of the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, a proposed engagement needs to commence before the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting, he or she shall submit a written summary of the proposed engagement to all members of the Audit Committee, outlining the services, the estimated maximum cost, the category of the services (e.g., audit, audit-related, tax or other) and the rationale for engaging the Registrant’s independent auditor to perform the services. To the extent the proposed engagement involves audit, audit-related or tax services, any individual member of the Audit Committee who is an independent Board member is authorized to pre-approve the engagement. To the extent the proposed engagement involves non-audit services other than audit-related or tax, the Chairman of the Audit Committee is authorized to pre-approve the engagement. The Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer will arrange for this interim review and

coordinate with the appropriate member(s) of the Committee. The independent auditor may not commence the engagement under consideration until the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer has informed the auditor in writing that pre-approval has been obtained from the Audit Committee or an individual member who is an independent Board member. The member of the Audit Committee who pre-approves any engagements in between regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings is to report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

(e)(2)		Not Applicable

(f)		Not Applicable

(g)		Year ended December 31, 2007 - $7,500
		Year ended December 31, 2006 - $6,500

(h)		No such services were rendered during 2007 or 2006.

Item 5: The Registrant has a separately designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Donald R. Dwight, Richard M. Galkin, Stephen L. Isaacs, William L. Koke, Arthur S. Mehlman, David L. Meister and G. Peter O’Brien are members of the Registrant’s audit committee.

Item 6: Not Applicable.

Item 7:


		June 5, 2003
		As amended on April 14, 2005,
	February 28, 2006, March 12, 2007
		And May 14, 2007

Royce & Associates Proxy Voting Guidelines and Procedures

These procedures apply to Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”) and all funds and other client accounts for which it is responsible for voting proxies, including all open and closed-end registered investment companies (“The Royce Funds”), limited partnerships, limited liability companies, separate accounts, other accounts for which it acts as investment adviser and any accounts for which it acts as sub-adviser that have delegated proxy voting authority to Royce. The Boards of Trustees/Directors of The Royce Funds (the “Boards”) have delegated all proxy voting decisions to Royce subject to these policies and procedures.

Receipt of Proxy Material. Under the continuous oversight of the Head of Administration or his designee is responsible for monitoring receipt of all proxies and ensuring that proxies are received for all securities for which Royce has proxy voting responsibility. All proxy materials are logged in upon receipt by Royce’s Librarian

Voting of Proxies. Once proxy material has been logged in by Royce’s Librarian, it is then promptly reviewed by the designated Administrative Assistant to evaluate the issues presented. Regularly recurring matters are usually voted as recommended by the issuer’s board of directors or “management.” The Head of Administration or his designee, in consultation with the Chief Investment Officer, develops and updates a list of matters Royce treats as “regularly recurring” and is responsible for ensuring that the designated Administrative Assistant has an up-to-date list of these matters at all times, including instructions from Royce’s Chief Investment Officer on how to vote on those matters on behalf of Royce clients. Examples of “regularly recurring” matters include non-contested elections of directors and non-contested approval of independent auditors. Non-“regularly recurring” matters are brought to the attention of the portfolio manager(s) for the account(s) involved by the designated Administrative Assistant, and, after giving some consideration to advisories from “Proxy Master” (a service provided by Institutional Shareholder Services), the portfolio manager directs that such matters be voted in a way that he or she believes should better protect or enhance the value of the investment. If the portfolio manager determines that information concerning any proxy requires analysis, is missing or incomplete, he or she then gives the proxy to an analyst or another portfolio manager for review and analysis.

a.		From time to time, it is possible that one Royce portfolio manager will decide (i) to vote shares held in client accounts he or she manages differently from the vote of another Royce portfolio manager whose client accounts hold the same security or (ii) to abstain from voting on behalf of client accounts he or she manages when another Royce portfolio manager is casting votes on behalf of other Royce client accounts.

		The designated Administrative Assistant reviews all proxy votes collected from Royce’s portfolio managers prior to such votes being cast. If any difference exists among the voting instructions given by Royce’s portfolio managers, as described above, the designated Administrative Assistant then presents these proposed votes to the Head of Administration or his designee and the Chief Investment Officer. The Chief Investment Officer, after consulting with the relevant portfolio managers, either reconciles the votes or authorizes the casting of differing votes by different portfolio managers. The Head of Administration or his designee maintains a log of all votes for which different portfolio managers have cast differing votes, that describes the rationale for allowing such differing votes and contains the initials of both the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Administration or his designee allowing such differing votes. The Head of Administration or his designee performs a weekly review of all votes cast by Royce to confirm that any conflicting votes were properly handled in accordance with the above-described procedures.

b.		There are many circumstances that might cause Royce to vote against an issuer’s board of directors or “management” proposal. These would include, among others, excessive compensation, unusual management stock options, preferential voting and poison pills. The portfolio managers decide these issues on a case-by-case basis as described above.

c.		A portfolio manager may, on occasion, determine to abstain from voting a proxy or a specific proxy item when he or she concludes that the potential benefit of voting is outweighed by the cost, when it is not in the client account’s best interest to vote.

d.		When a client has authorized Royce to vote proxies on its behalf, Royce will generally not accept instructions from the clients regarding how to vote proxies.

e.		If a security is on loan under The Royce Funds’ Securities Lending Program with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“Loaned Securities”), the Head of Administration or his designee will recall the Loaned Securities and request that they be delivered within the customary settlement period after the notice, to permit the exercise of their voting rights if the number of shares of the security on loan would have a material effect on The Royce Funds’ voting power at the up-coming stockholder meeting. A material effect is defined as any case where the Loaned Securities are 1% or more of a class of a company’s outstanding equity securities. Monthly, the Head of Administration or his designee will review the summary of this activity by State Street. A quarterly report detailing any exceptions that occur in recalling Loaned Securities will be given to the Boards.

Custodian banks are authorized to release all shares held for Royce client account portfolios to Automated Data Processing Corporation (“ADP”) for voting, utilizing ADP’s “Proxy Edge” software system. Substantially all portfolio companies utilize ADP to collect their proxy votes. However, for the limited number of portfolio companies that do not utilize ADP, Royce attempts to register at least a portion of its clients holdings as a physical shareholder in order to ensure its receipt of a physical proxy.

Under the continuous oversight of the Head of Administration or his designee, the designated Administrative Assistant is responsible for voting all proxies in a timely manner. Votes are returned to ADP using Proxy Edge as ballots are received, generally two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. The issuer can thus see that the shares were voted, but the actual vote cast is not released to the company until 4pm on the day before the meeting. If proxies must be mailed, they go out at least ten business days before the meeting date.

Conflicts of Interest. The designated Administrative Assistant reviews reports generated by Royce’s portfolio management system (“Quest PMS”) that set forth by record date, any security held in a Royce client account which is issued by a (i) public company that is, or a known affiliate of which is, a separate account client of Royce (including sub-advisory relationships), (ii) public company, or a known affiliate of a public company, that has invested in a privately-offered pooled vehicle managed by Royce or (iii) public company, or a known affiliate of a

public company, by which the spouse of a Royce employee or an immediate family member of a Royce employee living in the household of such employee is employed, for the purpose of identifying any potential proxy votes that could present a conflict of interest for Royce. The Head of Administration or his designee develops and updates the list of such public companies or their known affiliates which is used by Quest PMS to generate these daily reports. This list also contains information regarding the source of any potential conflict relating to such companies. Potential conflicts identified on the “conflicts reports” are brought to the attention of the Head of Administration or his designee by the designated Administrative Assistant, who then reviews them to determine if business or personal relationships exist between Royce, its officers, managers or employees and the company that could present a material conflict of interest. Any such identified material conflicts are voted by Royce in accordance with the recommendation given by an independent third party research firm (Institutional Shareholder Services). The Head of Administration or his designee maintains a log of all such conflicts identified, the analysis of the conflict and the vote ultimately cast. Each entry in this log is signed by the Chief Investment Officer before the relevant votes are cast.

Recordkeeping. A record of the issues and how they are voted is stored in the Proxy Edge system. Copies of all physically executed proxy cards, all proxy statements and any other documents created or reviewed that are material to making a decision on how to vote proxies are retained in the Company File maintained by Royce’s Librarian.

Item 8: (a)(1) Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies (information as of December 31, 2007)


Name	Title	Length of Service	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
W. Whitney George	Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the Registrant	Since 1991	Managing Director, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”), investment adviser to the Registrant; Vice President of the Registrant, Royce Value Trust, Inc., Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc., Royce Focus Trust, Inc., The Royce Fund and Royce Capital Fund (collectively, “The Royce Funds”).

(a)(2) Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Manager and Potential Conflicts of Interest (information as of December 31, 2007)

Other Accounts

			Number of Accounts	Value of Managed
			Managed for which	Accounts for which
	Number of	Total	Advisory Fee is	Advisory Fee is
Type of Account	Accounts Managed	Assets Managed	Performance-Based	Performance Based
Registered investment companies	10	$14,622,124,248	1	$5,785,626
Private pooled investment vehicles	3	$278,995,287	1	$112,228,035
Other accounts*	1	$23,995,287	-	-

*Other accounts include all other accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager in either a professional or personal capacity except for personal accounts subject to pre-approval and reporting requirements under the Registrant’s Rule 17j-1 Code of Ethics.

Conflicts of Interest

The fact that the Portfolio Manager has day-to-day management responsibility for more than one client account may create actual, potential or only apparent conflicts of interest. For example, the Portfolio Manager may have an opportunity to purchase securities of limited availability. In this circumstance, the Portfolio Manager is expected to review each account’s investment guidelines, restrictions, tax considerations, cash balances, liquidity needs and other factors to determine the suitability of the investment for each account and to ensure that his managed accounts are treated equitably. The Portfolio Manager may also decide to purchase or sell the same security for multiple managed accounts at approximately the same time. To address any conflicts that this situation may create, the Portfolio Manager will generally combine managed account orders (i.e., enter a “bunched” order) in an effort to obtain best execution or a more favorable commission rate. In addition, if orders to buy or sell a security for multiple accounts managed by the same Portfolio Manager on the same day are executed at different prices or commission rates, the transactions will generally be allocated by Royce to each of such managed accounts at the weighted average execution price and commission. In circumstances where a bunched order is not completely filled, each account will normally receive a pro-rated portion of

the securities based upon the account’s level of participation in the order. Royce may under certain circumstances allocate securities in a manner other than pro-rata if it determines that the allocation is fair and equitable under the circumstances and does not discriminate against any account.

As described below, there is a revenue-based component of the Portfolio Manager’s Performance Bonus and the Portfolio Manager also receives a Firm Bonus based on revenues (adjusted for certain imputed expenses) generated by Royce. In addition, the Portfolio Manager receives a bonus based on Royce’s retained pre-tax profits from operations. As a result, the Portfolio Manager may receive a greater relative benefit from activities that increase the value to Royce of The Royce Funds and/or other Royce client accounts, including, but not limited to, increases in sales of the Registrant’s shares and assets under management.

Also, as described above, the Portfolio Manager generally manages more than one client account, including, among others, registered investment company accounts, separate accounts and private pooled accounts managed on behalf of institutions (e.g., pension funds, endowments and foundations) and for high-net-worth individuals. The appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where Royce has an incentive, such as a performance-based management fee (or any other variation in the level of fees payable by The Royce Funds or other Royce client accounts to Royce), which relates to the management of one or more of The Royce Funds or accounts with respect to which the Portfolio Manager has day-to-day management responsibilities. One registered investment company account managed by the Portfolio Manager, Royce Global Select Fund, pays Royce a performance-based fee.

Finally, conflicts of interest may arise when the Portfolio Manager personally buys, holds or sells securities held or to be purchased or sold for the Registrant or other Royce client account or personally buys, holds or sells the shares of one or more of The Royce Funds. To address this, Royce has adopted a written Code of Ethics designed to prevent and detect personal trading activities that may interfere or conflict with client interests (including Registrant shareholders’ interests). Royce generally does not permit its Portfolio Managers to purchase small- or micro-cap securities in their personal investment portfolios.

Royce and The Royce Funds have adopted certain compliance procedures which are designed to address the above-described types of conflicts. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

(a)(3) Description of Portfolio Manager Compensation Structure (information as of December 31, 2007)

Royce seeks to maintain a compensation program that is competitively positioned to attract and retain high-caliber investment professionals. The Portfolio Manager receives from Royce a base salary, a Performance Bonus and a benefits package. The Portfolio Manager’s compensation is reviewed and may be modified from time to time as appropriate to reflect changes in the market, as well as to adjust the factors used to determine bonuses. The Portfolio Manager’s compensation consists of the following elements:

-	BASE SALARY. The Portfolio Manager is paid a base salary. In setting the base salary, Royce seeks to be competitive in light of the Portfolio Manager’s experience and responsibilities.

-	PERFORMANCE BONUS. The Portfolio Manager receives a quarterly Performance Bonus that is asset-based, or revenue-based and therefore in part based on the value of the accounts’ net assets, determined with reference to each of the registered investment company and other client accounts managed by him. Except as described below, the revenue-based Performance Bonus applicable to the registered investment company accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager is subject to upward or downward adjustment or elimination based on a combination of 3-year and 5-year risk-adjusted pre-tax returns of such accounts relative to all small-cap objective funds with three years of history tracked by Morningstar (as of December 31, 2007 there were 362 such Funds tracked by Morningstar) and the 5-year absolute returns of such accounts relative to 5-year U.S. Treasury Notes. The Performance Bonus applicable to non-registered investment company accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager and to Royce Global Select Fund is not subject to a performance-related adjustment.

Payment of the Performance Bonus may be deferred as described below, and any amounts deferred are forfeitable, if the Portfolio Manager is terminated by Royce with or without cause or resigns. The amount of the deferred Performance Bonus will appreciate or depreciate during the deferral period, based on the total return performance of one or more Royce-managed registered investment company accounts selected by the Portfolio Manager at the beginning of

the deferral period. The amount deferred will depend on the Portfolio Manager’s total direct, indirect beneficial and deferred unvested bonus investments in the Royce registered investment company account for which he or she is receiving portfolio management compensation.

-	FIRM BONUS. The Portfolio Manager receives a quarterly bonus based on Royce’s net revenues.

-	BENEFIT PACKAGE. The Portfolio Manager also receives benefits standard for all Royce employees, including health care and other insurance benefits, and participation in Royce’s 401(k) Plan and Money Purchase Pension Plan. From time to time, on a purely discretionary basis, the Portfolio Manager may also receive options to acquire stock in Royce’s parent company, Legg Mason, Inc. Those options typically represent a relatively small portion of a Portfolio Manager’s overall compensation.

The Portfolio Manager, in addition to the above-described compensation, also receives a bonus based on Royce’s retained pre-tax operating profit. This bonus, along with the Performance Bonus and Firm Bonus, generally represents the most significant element of the Portfolio Manager’s compensation. The Portfolio Manager also receives bonuses from Royce relating to the sale of Royce to Legg Mason, Inc. on October 1, 2001. Such bonuses are payable pursuant to an Employment Agreement entered into by the Portfolio Manager and Royce in connection with the sale.

(a)(4) Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Registrant Beneficially Owned by Portfolio Manager (information as of December 31, 2007)

The following table shows the dollar range of the Registrant’s shares owned beneficially and of record by the Portfolio Manager, including investments by his immediately family members sharing the same household and amounts invested through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

Dollar Range of Registrant’s Shares Beneficially Owned

Over $1,000,000

Item 9: Not Applicable.

Item 10: Not Applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There were no significant changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report.

Item 12: Exhibits attached hereto.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR.

(a)(2) Separate certifications by the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(b) Separate certifications by the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.

BY:	/s/Charles M. Royce
	Charles M. Royce
	President

Date: March 4, 2008

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.		ROYCE FOCUS TRUST, INC.

BY:	/s/Charles M. Royce	BY:	/s/John D. Diederich
	Charles M. Royce		John D. Diederich
	President		Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 4, 2008		Date: March 4, 2008