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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949377-24-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RVT"
cik: "0000804116"
company_name: "ROYCE SMALL-CAP TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:08:16.244634+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royce Value Trust to rename as Royce Small-Cap Trust, adopt 80% small-cap policy

## Summary
- Name changes to 'Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc.' effective May 1, 2024.
- New policy requires at least 80% net assets in small-cap stocks (Russell 2000-defined).
- Previous policy: at least 65% in small- and micro-cap companies; objectives unchanged.
- Board approved changes; press release issued March 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949377-24-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RVT
- cik: 0000804116
- company_name: ROYCE SMALL-CAP TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804116/000094937724000022/0000949377-24-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804116/000094937724000022/rvt-8k.htm

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