NEW
YORK, June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Royce
Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (NYSE-RMT) has declared a quarterly
distribution of $0.18 per share on
its Common Stock. The distribution, optionally payable in
additional shares of Common Stock, or in cash by specific
stockholder election, is to be paid on June
24, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business
on June 13, 2024 (ex-dividend on
June 13, 2024). The price of shares
issued for reinvestment will be determined on June 20, 2024.
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Policy of paying quarterly
distributions on its Common Stock. Distributions are being made at
the annual rate of 7% of the rolling average of the prior four
calendar quarter-end net asset values (NAVs), with the fourth
quarter distribution being the greater of 1.75% of the rolling
average or the minimum distribution required by IRS regulations.
The policy, including the annual rate, is subject to change at the
discretion of the Fund's Board of Directors.
The Fund's estimated sources of the distribution to be paid on
June 24, 2024 and for 2024
year-to-date are as follows:
Fund
|
Distribution
Per Share
|
Net Investment
Income
|
Net Realized
Short-Term
Gains
|
Net Realized
Long-Term
Gains
|
Return of
Capital
|
RMT
|
$0.18
|
$0.00
(0 %)
|
$0.0612
(34 %)
|
$0.1188
(66 %)
|
$0.00
(0 %)
|
Estimated Allocations for 2024 through May 31, 2024
Fund
|
Distribution
Per Share
|
Net Investment
Income
|
Net Realized
Short-Term
Gains
|
Net Realized
Long-Term
Gains
|
Return of
Capital
|
RMT
|
$0.35
|
$0.00
(0 %)
|
$0.1191
(34 %)
|
$0.2309
(66 %)
|
$0.00
(0 %)
|
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's
investment performance from the amount of the current distribution
or from the terms of the Fund's Distribution Policy. The amounts
and sources of distributions reported herein are only estimates and
are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual
amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will
depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder
of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax
regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the
calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions
for federal income tax purposes.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Fund
|
Average Annual
Total Return (in
relation to NAV for
the 5-year period
ending on
5/31/2024)1
|
Annualized Current
Distribution Rate
(expressed as a
percentage of NAV
as of 5/31/2024)2
|
Cumulative Total
Return (in relation
to NAV for the
fiscal year through
5/31/2024)3
|
Cumulative Fiscal
Year Distribution Rate (as a
percentage of NAV
as 5/31/2024)4
|
RMT
|
13.87 %
|
6.47 %
|
8.31 %
|
3.14 %
|
1 Average Annual Total Return in
relation to NAV represents the compound average of the Annual NAV
Total Returns of the Fund for the five-year period ended
May 31, 2024. Annual NAV Total Return
is the percentage change in the Fund's NAV over a year, assuming
reinvestment of distributions paid.
2 The Annualized Current Distribution
Rate is the current fiscal period's distribution rate annualized as
a percentage of the Fund's NAV as of May 31,
2024.
3 Cumulative Total Return is the
percentage change in the Fund's NAV from December 31, 2023 to May
31, 2024, assuming reinvestment of distributions
paid.
4 The Cumulative Fiscal Year
Distribution Rate is the dollar value of distributions for the
fiscal year period (January 1, 2024
to May 31, 2024), as a percentage of
the Fund's NAV as of May 31,
2024.
About Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.
Royce Micro-Cap
Trust, Inc. is a closed-end diversified management investment
company whose shares of Common Stock are listed and traded on the
New York Stock Exchange. The Fund's investment goal is long-term
capital growth, which it seeks by investing primarily in equity
securities of companies that, at the time of investment, have
market capitalizations of $750
million or less.
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SOURCE Royce & Associates