UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANYInvestment Company Act File Number: 811-04875
Name of Fund: Royce Value Trust, Inc. Fund Address: 745 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10151Name and address of agent for service:
John E. Denneen, Esq.
Royce & Associates, LP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 508-4500
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2017
Date of reporting period: 9/30/2017
Item 1 Schedule of Investments
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS ROYCE VALUE TRUST SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 (UNAUDITED)
SHARES VALUE COMMON STOCKS 100.5% Consumer Discretionary 10.1% Auto Components - 1.1%Cooper Tire & Rubber
54,200 $ 2,027,080Gentex Corporation
228,070 4,515,786LCI Industries
68,516 7,937,578Sebang Global Battery
28,500 888,331Standard Motor Products
18,291 882,541 16,251,316 Automobiles - 0.8%Thor Industries 1,2
87,730 11,046,084 Distributors - 0.9%Core-Mark Holding Company
220,900 7,099,726Fenix Parts 3,4
255,000 170,850LKQ Corporation 4
49,600 1,785,104Uni-Select
30,200 652,528Weyco Group
97,992 2,781,013 12,489,221 Diversified Consumer Services - 0.6%Adtalem Global Education 4
52,054 1,866,136American Public Education 4
42,400 892,520Cambium Learning Group 4
70,000 464,100Collectors Universe
50,000 1,198,500H&R Block
8,000 211,840Liberty Tax Cl. A
151,573 2,182,651Lincoln Educational Services 4
330,600 826,500Universal Technical Institute 4
504,032 1,748,991 9,391,238 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.5%Biglari Holdings 4
3,000 999,870Century Casinos 4
222,360 1,825,576Lindblad Expeditions Holdings 4
207,600 2,221,320Noodles & Company Cl. A 1,2,4
200,000 880,000Rank Group
400,000 1,189,919Zoes Kitchen 4
30,000 378,900 7,495,585 Household Durables - 1.9%AV Homes 4
66,100 1,133,615Cavco Industries 4
14,700 2,168,985Ethan Allen Interiors
231,000 7,484,400Flexsteel Industries
13,900 704,730Mohawk Industries 1,2,4
12,400 3,069,124Natuzzi ADR 4
2,096,300 4,297,415PICO Holdings 4
409,400 6,836,980Samson Holding
2,500,000 339,239Skyline Corporation 4
55,400 669,786Stanley Furniture 5
912,235 1,076,437 27,780,711 Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.3%CafePress 4
110,000 199,100FTD Companies 4
298,014 3,886,103 4,085,203 Leisure Products - 1.0%Character Group
91,500 588,528MCBC Holdings 4
60,500 1,232,990Nautilus 4
706,300 11,936,470 13,757,988 Media - 0.5%E.W. Scripps Company Cl. A 1,2,4
68,660 1,312,093Entravision Communications Cl. A
108,200 616,740Global Eagle Entertainment 4
110,000 376,200Gray Television 4
50,000 785,000Meredith Corporation
32,800 1,820,400New Media Investment Group
60,100 888,879Pico Far East Holdings
2,734,400 1,144,642T4F Entretenimento
150,000 411,095Technicolor
120,000 414,138 7,769,187 Multiline Retail - 0.0%New World Department Store China 4
1,447,500 313,159 Specialty Retail - 1.3%AutoCanada
78,800 1,503,689Barnes & Noble
47,000 357,200Barnes & Noble Education 4
20,000 130,200Byggmax Group
100,000 841,017Caleres 2
105,700 3,225,964Childrens Place
19,600 2,315,740Container Store Group (The) 2,4
158,200 666,022Destination Maternity 4
557,967 931,805Haverty Furniture
23,700 619,755I.T
827,000 445,705Monro
111,500 6,249,575Oriental Watch Holdings
967,900 208,161Topps Tiles
750,000 758,775TravelCenters of America LLC 4
162,500 690,625 18,944,233 Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%Crown Crafts
97,741 635,317Culp
29,400 962,850Deckers Outdoor 4
6,120 418,669J.G. Boswell Company 3
3,940 2,698,900Movado Group
58,361 1,634,108Wolverine World Wide
325,000 9,376,250YGM Trading
1,082,600 1,039,416 16,765,510 Total 146,089,435 Consumer Staples 2.2% Beverages - 0.1%Compania Cervecerias Unidas ADR 2
72,500 1,952,425 Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0%Conviviality
70,000 386,456 Food Products - 1.9%AGT Food and Ingredients
9,000 176,285Cal-Maine Foods 1,2,4
86,016 3,535,258Farmer Bros. 4
54,700 1,796,895Hilton Food Group
75,000 729,630Industrias Bachoco ADR
43,495 2,892,417John B. Sanfilippo & Son
17,200 1,157,732Lancaster Colony
12,900 1,549,548Sanderson Farms
7,900 1,276,008Seneca Foods Cl. A 4
159,892 5,516,274Seneca Foods Cl. B 4
13,840 478,864SunOpta 1,2,4
187,459 1,630,893Tootsie Roll Industries 2
155,308 5,901,704 26,641,508 Household Products - 0.0%Central Garden & Pet 4
10,300 400,052 Personal Products - 0.2%Inter Parfums
63,930 2,637,113 Total 32,017,554 Energy 5.0% Energy Equipment & Services - 4.0%CARBO Ceramics 1,2,4
78,000 673,140Diamond Offshore Drilling 1,2,4
189,000 2,740,500Era Group 4
554,693 6,207,015Forum Energy Technologies 4
144,654 2,299,999Franks International 1,2
108,600 838,392Helmerich & Payne 1,2
89,000 4,637,790ION Geophysical 1,2,4
71,880 683,579Oil States International 4
49,733 1,260,731Pason Systems
496,380 7,471,061Pioneer Energy Services 4
164,500 419,475Precision Drilling 4
93,900 292,968SEACOR Holdings 4
150,469 6,938,125SEACOR Marine Holdings 4
638,834 9,991,364TGS-NOPEC Geophysical
409,470 9,742,553Trican Well Service 4
944,000 3,449,922 57,646,614 Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.0%Ardmore Shipping 4
61,600 508,200Dorchester Minerals L.P.
177,172 2,666,438Dorian LPG 4
184,034 1,255,112Green Plains
90,000 1,813,500Hallador Energy
21,000 120,120Hargreaves Services
57,683 261,258New Zealand Refining
310,000 570,978San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
320,352 2,511,560World Fuel Services
110,800 3,757,228WPX Energy 4
110,000 1,265,000 14,729,394 Total 72,376,008 Financials 15.0% Banks - 2.4%Banca Sistema
200,000 561,639Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
178,416 6,537,162Blue Hills Bancorp
54,080 1,038,336Canadian Western Bank
279,500 7,551,148Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long
1,080 8,451,000
Beach 3Fauquier Bankshares
160,800 3,191,880First Citizens BancShares Cl. A
14,676 5,487,210Webster Financial
40,300 2,117,765 34,936,140 Capital Markets - 7.9%Affiliated Managers Group
7,000 1,328,810Ares Management L.P.
366,300 6,831,495Artisan Partners Asset Management Cl. A
273,100 8,903,060ASA Gold and Precious Metals
199,821 2,367,879Ashmore Group
1,354,000 6,154,306Associated Capital Group Cl. A 1,2
20,200 721,140Citadel Capital 4
8,549,921 639,428Cowen Cl. A 4
62,706 1,116,167Dundee Corporation Cl. A 4
1,079,900 2,769,529Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse)
153 2,757,113Federated Investors Cl. B
91,540 2,718,738Gluskin Sheff + Associates
57,600 867,866Houlihan Lokey Cl. A
80,800 3,161,704Jupiter Fund Management
230,000 1,701,263KKR & Co. L.P.
24,100 489,953Lazard Cl. A
114,635 5,183,795Manning & Napier Cl. A
395,692 1,562,983MarketAxess Holdings
56,600 10,443,266Medley Management Cl. A 1,2
109,500 673,425Morningstar
84,600 7,190,154mutares
39,266 623,034MVC Capital
324,200 3,245,242Oaktree Capital Group LLC Cl. A
101,100 4,756,755Rothschild & Co
216,893 8,203,069SEI Investments
185,600 11,332,736Sprott
1,927,000 3,258,642TMX Group
40,700 2,299,619U.S. Global Investors Cl. A
520,551 1,108,774Value Partners Group
5,453,000 4,921,354Virtu Financial Cl. A 2
101,200 1,639,440Virtus Investment Partners
1,430 165,951Westwood Holdings Group
49,073 3,301,141ZAIS Group Holdings Cl. A 2,4
492,300 1,796,895 114,234,726 Consumer Finance - 0.2%Bajaj Finance
55,000 1,546,012Currency Exchange International 4
30,000 629,693 2,175,705 Diversified Financial Services - 0.1%First Pacific
1,020,000 813,483Waterloo Investment Holdings 4,6
2,972,000 891,600 1,705,083 Insurance - 2.8%Alleghany Corporation 4
709 392,793Atlas Financial Holdings 4
48,900 924,210E-L Financial
21,500 14,577,439Erie Indemnity Cl. A
25,000 3,014,250Independence Holding Company
302,731 7,643,958MBIA 4
942,400 8,198,880ProAssurance Corporation
17,139 936,646RLI Corp.
67,400 3,866,064WMIH 4
77,742 73,855 39,628,095 Investment Companies - 0.2%RIT Capital Partners
130,500 3,395,974 Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.4%BofI Holding 1,2,4
16,300 464,061Genworth MI Canada
232,395 6,896,884Timberland Bancorp 5
420,600 13,181,604Vestin Realty Mortgage II 3,4
53 180,200 20,722,749 Total 216,798,472 Health Care 5.2% Biotechnology - 1.1%Keryx Biopharmaceuticals 1,2,4
139,000 986,900Novavax 1,2,4
550,000 627,000Sangamo Therapeutics 4
302,815 4,542,225Zealand Pharma 4
479,007 9,243,494 15,399,619 Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%Analogic Corporation
53,735 4,500,306Atrion Corporation
15,750 10,584,000Hill-Rom Holdings
5,000 370,000Integer Holdings 4
42,400 2,168,760Invacare Corporation
38,900 612,675Masimo Corporation 4
50,000 4,328,000Neogen Corporation 4
16,800 1,301,328Surmodics 4
138,500 4,293,500 28,158,569 Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9%Aceto Corporation
18,800 211,124AMN Healthcare Services 4
65,600 2,997,920Community Health Systems 4
790,000 6,067,200Landauer
50,000 3,365,000 12,641,244 Health Care Technology - 0.5%athenahealth 1,2,4
32,500 4,041,700Medidata Solutions 4
50,000 3,903,000 7,944,700 Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%Bio-Rad Laboratories Cl. A 4
26,898 5,977,274Bio-Techne
27,643 3,341,762Dyadic International 3,4
75,000 109,500 9,428,536 Pharmaceuticals - 0.1%Intra-Cellular Therapies 4
30,000 473,400Theravance Biopharma 4
34,291 1,174,124 1,647,524 Total 75,220,192 Industrials 29.0% Aerospace & Defense - 2.9%Austal
688,670 839,999Ducommun 4
117,200 3,756,260HEICO Corporation
175,422 15,754,650HEICO Corporation Cl. A
101,010 7,696,962Hexcel Corporation
4,900 281,358Magellan Aerospace
182,779 2,622,115Mercury Systems 4
25,400 1,317,752Teledyne Technologies 4
20,600 3,279,108Wesco Aircraft Holdings 4
588,000 5,527,200 41,075,404 Air Freight & Logistics - 1.4%Expeditors International of Washington
158,900 9,511,754Forward Air
179,750 10,287,092 19,798,846 Building Products - 0.7%American Woodmark 4
22,400 2,156,000Apogee Enterprises 2
50,600 2,441,956Burnham Holdings Cl. B 3
36,000 540,000DIRTT Environmental Solutions 4
65,000 285,474Epwin Group
200,000 210,380Insteel Industries 2
37,880 989,047NCI Building Systems 4
65,300 1,018,680Patrick Industries 4
9,850 828,385Simpson Manufacturing
45,600 2,236,224 10,706,146 Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.7%Atento 4
183,300 2,126,280CECO Environmental
99,028 837,777CompX International Cl. A
211,100 3,219,275Copart 4
439,920 15,120,050Heritage-Crystal Clean 4
143,527 3,121,712Kimball International Cl. B
286,180 5,657,779Mobile Mini
105,000 3,617,250Steelcase Cl. A
177,260 2,729,804UniFirst Corporation
14,970 2,267,955 38,697,882 Construction & Engineering - 3.2%Aecon Group
34,500 485,806Ameresco Cl. A 4
40,000 312,000Comfort Systems USA
26,600 949,620EMCOR Group 2
65,800 4,565,204IES Holdings 4
594,244 10,280,421Jacobs Engineering Group
164,900 9,608,723KBR
326,000 5,828,880Northwest Pipe 4
20,000 380,400NV5 Global 4
23,500 1,284,275Sterling Construction 1,2,4
122,300 1,862,629Valmont Industries 2
63,445 10,030,655 45,588,613 Electrical Equipment - 0.9%EnerSys
18,600 1,286,562Global Power Equipment Group 3,4
631,820 1,137,276Hubbell Cl. B
17,100 1,983,942Powell Industries
94,500 2,834,055Preformed Line Products
91,600 6,164,680 13,406,515 Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%A. Soriano
2,791,000 382,942Carlisle Companies
20,100 2,015,829Raven Industries
251,725 8,155,890 10,554,661 Machinery - 11.0%Chen Hsong Holdings
1,159,000 335,314CIRCOR International
102,284 5,567,318Colfax Corporation 4
77,242 3,216,357Deutz
115,000 929,003Donaldson Company
193,559 8,892,101Exco Technologies
168,800 1,310,897Franklin Electric
104,600 4,691,310Graco
89,276 11,042,548Greenbrier Companies (The)
59,200 2,850,480Hurco Companies
25,952 1,079,603Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Cl. A
10,000 764,400IDEX Corporation
67,400 8,187,078John Bean Technologies
74,426 7,524,469Kadant
42,200 4,158,810Kennametal
160,100 6,458,434Lincoln Electric Holdings
61,360 5,625,485Lindsay Corporation 2
80,000 7,352,000Luxfer Holdings ADR
28,100 349,845Lydall 2,4
45,780 2,623,194NN
308,700 8,952,300Nordson Corporation
24,296 2,879,076Proto Labs 4
10,000 803,000RBC Bearings 4
125,600 15,718,840Sarine Technologies
327,500 282,484Sun Hydraulics
304,918 16,465,572Tennant Company
111,900 7,407,780Titan International
173,100 1,756,965Wabash National
72,300 1,649,886Watts Water Technologies Cl. A
61,000 4,221,200Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
81,200 6,150,900Westport Fuel Systems 1,2,4
327,100 1,069,617Woodward
104,600 8,118,006 158,434,272 Marine - 1.4%Clarkson
291,000 11,156,178Kirby Corporation 4
144,500 9,529,775 20,685,953 Professional Services - 1.7%Franklin Covey 4
40,800 828,240Heidrick & Struggles International
66,480 1,406,052ManpowerGroup
112,858 13,296,930On Assignment 1,2,4
106,700 5,727,656Quess Corporation 4
15,720 201,433Robert Half International
29,032 1,461,471TrueBlue 4
72,520 1,628,074Volt Information Sciences 4
80,000 252,000 24,801,856 Road & Rail - 1.9%Genesee & Wyoming Cl. A 4
15,000 1,110,150Knight-Swift Transportation
122,400 5,085,720
Holdings Cl. A 2Landstar System
136,160 13,568,344Patriot Transportation Holding 4
139,100 2,712,450Saia 1,2,4
54,330 3,403,775Universal Logistics Holdings
78,916 1,613,832 27,494,271 Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.5%Central Steel & Wire 3
4,862 2,090,660Houston Wire & Cable 4
509,200 2,673,300MSC Industrial Direct Cl. A 2
11,963 904,044SIG
350,000 834,351 6,502,355 Transportation Infrastructure - 0.0%Hopewell Highway Infrastructure
1,012,000 625,731 Total 418,372,505 Information Technology 19.4% Communications Equipment - 0.6%ADTRAN 2
234,973 5,639,352Clearfield 1,2,4
55,600 756,160NetScout Systems 4
41,700 1,348,995Oclaro 2,4
91,000 785,330 8,529,837 Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 9.9%Anixter International 1,2,4
70,895 6,026,075Bel Fuse Cl. B
30,238 943,426Celestica 4
232,100 2,873,398Cognex Corporation 2
198,700 21,912,636Coherent 4
100,534 23,642,581Dolby Laboratories Cl. A
9,150 526,308Fabrinet 4
67,500 2,501,550FARO Technologies 4
161,467 6,176,113FLIR Systems
409,137 15,919,521HollySys Automation Technologies
53,882 1,164,390Horiba
12,000 678,249IPG Photonics 1,2,4
58,000 10,733,480LRAD Corporation 4
744,944 1,586,731Methode Electronics
44,330 1,877,375National Instruments
261,850 11,042,214Orbotech 4
27,400 1,156,554Perceptron 4
357,700 2,822,253Plexus Corporation 4
150,600 8,445,648Richardson Electronics
573,732 3,425,180Rogers Corporation 4
57,066 7,605,756Systemax
38,520 1,018,084TTM Technologies 1,2,4
496,400 7,629,668Vishay Intertechnology
116,900 2,197,720VSTECS Holdings
979,000 324,595Wasion Group Holdings
1,500,000 760,408 142,989,913 Internet Software & Services - 2.2%Actua Corporation 4
63,815 976,369Care.com 4
209,300 3,325,777CommerceHub Ser. C 4
50,000 1,067,500comScore 3,4
211,136 6,017,376HolidayCheck Group 4
44,900 141,690IZEA 1,2,4
75,306 534,673j2 Global
64,220 4,744,574Leaf Group 4
50,000 345,000MiX Telematics ADR
57,985 575,211QuinStreet 4
456,554 3,355,672Solium Capital 4
182,800 1,508,988Spark Networks 2,4
363,000 442,860Stamps.com 4
35,700 7,234,605Support.com 4
216,766 509,400 30,779,695 IT Services - 0.9%Acxiom Corporation 4
48,000 1,182,720Convergys Corporation 2
121,000 3,132,690CSE Global
1,750,000 438,645DST Systems 2
20,000 1,097,600Hackett Group (The)
417,266 6,338,270Innodata 4
274,314 411,471Unisys Corporation 4
60,000 510,000 13,111,396 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.6%Amtech Systems 4
141,471 1,694,823Brooks Automation
209,400 6,357,384Cabot Microelectronics
50,600 4,044,458Cohu
101,300 2,414,992CyberOptics Corporation 4
37,600 611,000Diodes 4
270,850 8,106,540Intermolecular 4
40,000 40,800Kulicke & Soffa Industries 4
77,400 1,669,518MKS Instruments
19,310 1,823,830Nanometrics 4
66,200 1,906,560Nova Measuring Instruments 4
49,100 1,380,201Photronics 4
183,700 1,625,745Rudolph Technologies 2,4
58,000 1,525,400Sigma Designs 4
78,900 497,070Silicon Motion Technology ADR
109,200 5,244,876Teradyne
130,000 4,847,700Ultra Clean Holdings 4
42,800 1,310,536Veeco Instruments 4
17,500 374,500Versum Materials
123,000 4,774,860Xperi
82,300 2,082,190 52,332,983 Software - 1.7%American Software Cl. A
108,690 1,234,718ANSYS 1,2,4
95,000 11,659,350BroadSoft 4
25,000 1,257,500Computer Modelling Group
371,300 2,725,793Manhattan Associates 4
10,000 415,700Micro Focus International
23,157 740,695Model N 4
126,387 1,889,486Monotype Imaging Holdings
117,700 2,265,725PSI Software
18,194 369,860RealNetworks 4
219,879 1,055,419Rosetta Stone 4
40,000 408,400SeaChange International 4
247,069 676,969 24,699,615 Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.5%Diebold Nixdorf
266,600 6,091,810Intevac 4
168,700 1,425,515 7,517,325 Total 279,960,764 Materials 8.2% Chemicals - 2.3%FutureFuel Corporation
48,500 763,390Hawkins
86,178 3,516,062Innospec
36,883 2,273,837Minerals Technologies
117,693 8,315,010Quaker Chemical
109,669 16,225,529Westlake Chemical
15,400 1,279,586 32,373,414 Construction Materials - 1.8%Ash Grove Cement Cl. B 3
50,518 25,663,144 Containers & Packaging - 0.3%Mayr-Melnhof Karton
34,000 4,878,412 Metals & Mining - 3.6%Alamos Gold Cl. A
263,300 1,778,897Ampco-Pittsburgh
36,966 643,209Ferroglobe
50,000 658,000Ferroglobe (Warranty Insurance Trust) 4,6
49,300 0Franco-Nevada Corporation
107,300 8,313,604Gold Fields ADR
370,000 1,594,700Haynes International 2
113,900 4,090,149Hecla Mining
321,300 1,612,926Lundin Mining
640,000 4,390,623Major Drilling Group International 4
960,900 5,390,743Pretium Resources 4
165,000 1,527,349Reliance Steel & Aluminum
128,720 9,804,603Royal Gold
16,600 1,428,264Sandstorm Gold 4
250,000 1,135,000Synalloy Corporation 4
178,800 2,235,000Tree Island Steel
30,000 70,206Worthington Industries
148,000 6,808,000 51,481,273 Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%Stella-Jones
84,700 3,259,703 Total 117,655,946 Real Estate 3.0% Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.0%Irish Residential Properties REIT
200,000 348,661 Real Estate Management & Development - 3.0%Altus Group
24,200 616,176FirstService Corporation
135,100 8,890,931FRP Holdings 4
188,558 8,532,250Jones Lang LaSalle
15,600 1,926,600Kennedy-Wilson Holdings
101,300 1,879,115Marcus & Millichap 4
279,213 7,535,959Real Estate Investors
500,000 402,000RMR Group Cl. A 2
27,200 1,396,720St. Joe Company (The) 4
177,000 3,336,450Tejon Ranch 4
398,733 8,413,266 42,929,467 Total 43,278,128 Telecommunication Services 0.6% Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.1%China Communications Services
750,182 386,058HKBN
500,000 522,300 908,358 Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.5%Boingo Wireless 4
50,000 1,068,500Telephone and Data Systems
208,270 5,808,651 6,877,151 Total 7,785,509 Utilities 0.1% Gas Utilities - 0.1%Shizuoka Gas
110,000 871,006Toho Gas
12,000 351,389 1,222,395 Multi-Utilities - 0.0%Just Energy Group 2
18,520 107,601 Total 1,329,996 Miscellaneous7 2.7% Total 38,738,232 TOTAL COMMON STOCKS(Cost $1,001,952,408)
1,449,622,741 REPURCHASE AGREEMENT 4.2% Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,0.12% dated 9/29/17, due 10/2/17,
maturity value $59,840,598 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, 2.00%-2.125% due 5/15/25-8/15/25,
valued at $61,038,057)
(Cost $59,840,000)
59,840,000 TOTAL INVESTMENTS 104.7%(Cost $1,061,792,408)
1,509,462,741 LIABILITIES LESS CASHAND OTHER ASSETS (4.7)%
(67,172,343 ) NET ASSETS 100.0% $ 1,442,290,398
1At September 30, 2017, a portion of these securities were rehypothecated in connection with the Funds revolving credit agreement in the aggregate amount of $68,646,380.2All or a portion of these securities were pledged as collateral in connection with the Funds revolving credit agreement at September 30, 2017. Total market value of pledged securities at September 30, 2017, was $124,612,726.3These securities are defined as Level 2 securities due to fair value being based on quoted prices for similar securities.4 Non-income producing. 5 At September 30, 2017, the Fund owned 5% or more of the Companys outstanding voting securities thereby making the Company an Affiliated Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. 6 Securities for which market quotations are not readily available represent 0.1% of net assets. These securities have been valued at their fair value under procedures approved by the Funds Board of Directors. These securities are defined as Level 3 securities due to the use of significant unobservable inputs in the determination of fair value. 7 Includes securities first acquired in 2017 and less than 1% of net assets.TAX INFORMATION: The cost of total investments for Federal income tax purposes was $1,063,811,691. At September 30, 2017, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $445,651,050, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $531,965,902 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $86,314,852. The primary cause of the difference between book and tax basis cost is the timing of the recognition of losses on securities sold.
Valuation of Investments:Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. 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 Nasdaqs 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 highest bid price. Other over-the-counter securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their highest bid price, except in the case of some bonds and other fixed income securities which may be valued by reference to other securities with comparable ratings, interest rates and maturities, using established independent pricing services. The Fund values its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities in U.S. dollars daily at the prevailing foreign currency exchange rates as quoted by a major bank. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, under procedures approved by the Funds Board of Directors, and are reported as Level 3 securities. As a general principle, the fair value of a security is the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale. However, in light of the judgment involved in fair valuations, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security will be the amount which the Fund might be able to receive upon its current sale. 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 prices of securities used by the Fund may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds investments, as noted above. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, foreign securities that may be fair valued and repurchase agreements). The table below includes all Level 2 securities. Level 2 securities with values based on quoted prices for similar securities are noted in the Schedule of Investments. Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including last trade price before trading was suspended, or at a discount thereto for lack of marketability or otherwise, market price information regarding other securities, information received from the company and/or published documents, including SEC filings and financial statements, or other publicly available information).The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds investments as of September 30, 2017. For a detailed breakout of common stocks by sector classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Common Stocks $1,401,672,235 $47,058,906 $891,600 $1,449,622,741 Cash Equivalents 59,840,000 59,840,000Certain securities have transferred in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 measurements during the reporting period. The Fund recognizes transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, securities valued at $6,188,226 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 and securities valued at $85,146,431 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.
Level 3 Reconciliation:
Realized and Unrealized Balance as of 12/31/16 Sales Gain (Loss) Balance as of 9/30/17 Common Stocks $892,063 $759 $296 $891,600The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs approved by the Valuation Committee to determine the fair value of certain, material Level 3 investments. The table does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing prices from prior transactions or third party pricing information with adjustments (e.g. broker quotes, pricing services, net asset values).
Fair Value at Unobservable Impact to Valuation From 9/30/17 Valuation Technique(s) Input(s) Range Average an Increase in Input 1 Discounted Present Value Common Stocks $891,600 Balance Sheet Analysis Liquidity Discount 30%-40% Decrease
1 This column represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that would result in an increase from the corresponding unobservable input. A decrease to the unobservable input would have the opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases in these unobservable inputs in isolation could result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurements.
Repurchase Agreements:The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Funds 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 its underlying securities. The remaining contractual maturity of the repurchase agreement held by the Fund at September 30, 2017 is overnight and continuous.
Borrowings:The Fund is party to a revolving credit agreement (the credit agreement) with BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International, Limited (BNPPI). As of September 30, 2017, the Fund has outstanding borrowings of $70,000,000. During the period ended September 30, 2017, the Fund borrowed an average daily balance of $70,000,000. The Fund pays a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the unused portion of the credit agreement. The credit agreement has a 360-day rolling term that resets daily; however, if the Fund exceeds certain net asset value triggers, the credit agreement may convert to a 60-day rolling term that resets daily. The Fund is required to pledge portfolio securities as collateral in an amount up to two times the loan balance outstanding or as otherwise required by applicable regulatory standards and has granted a security interest in the securities pledged to, and in favor of, BNPPI as security for the loan balance outstanding. If the Fund fails to meet certain requirements, or maintain other financial covenants required under the credit agreement, the Fund may be required to repay immediately, in part or in full, the loan balance outstanding under the credit agreement which may necessitate the sale of portfolio securities at potentially inopportune times. BNPPI may terminate the credit agreement upon certain ratings downgrades of its corporate parent, which would result in the Funds entire loan balance becoming immediately due and payable. The occurrence of such ratings downgrades may necessitate the sale of portfolio securities at potentially inopportune times. The credit agreement also permits, subject to certain conditions, BNPPI to rehypothecate portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The Fund continues to receive payments in lieu of dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund also has the right under the credit agreement to recall the rehypothecated securities from BNPPI on demand. If BNPPI fails to deliver the recalled security in a timely manner, the Fund is compensated by BNPPI for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security is not returned by BNPPI, the Fund, upon notice to BNPPI, may reduce the loan balance outstanding by the value of the recalled security failed to be returned. The Fund receives a portion of the fees earned by BNPPI in connection with the rehypothecation of portfolio securities.Transactions in 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 companys outstanding voting securities at any time during the period. The Fund effected the following transactions in shares of such companies for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) Realized
Gain (Loss) Dividend
Income Market Value
9/30/17 Affiliated Company Shares
12/31/16 Market Value
12/31/16 Cost of
Purchases Proceeds
from Sales Shares
9/30/17 Stanley Furniture 912,235 $ 821,194 $ $ 255,243 $ $ 912,235 $ 1,076,437 Timberland Bancorp 444,200 9,177,172 740,758 4,293,060 452,130 182,122 420,600 13,181,604 $ 9,998,366 $ 4,548,303 $ 452,130 $ 182,122 $ 14,258,041Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Funds most recent Report to Stockholders. This information is available through The Royce Funds (www.roycefunds.com) and on the Securities and Exchange Commissions website (www.sec.gov).
Item 2 Controls and Procedures
(a) The Registrants principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report (as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act)), that the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrants management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.(b) There were no changes in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the Registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3 Exhibits
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act are attached hereto.SIGNATURES
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 Value Trust, Inc.
/s/ Christopher D. Clark Christopher D. Clark President, Royce Value Trust, Inc. Date: November 20, 2017
By: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.
By: /s/ Christopher D. Clark Christopher D. Clark President, Royce Value Trust, Inc. Date: November 20, 2017 By: /s/ Peter K. Hoglund Peter K. Hoglund Treasurer, Royce Value Trust, Inc. Date: November 20, 2017