---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949377-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGT"
cik: "0001514490"
company_name: "ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T15:53:31.245353+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royce Global Value Trust adopts amended bylaws and changes name to Royce Global Trust

## Summary
- Bylaws amended effective April 19, 2024; adds remote meeting provisions and exclusive federal forum clause.
- Fund name changed to 'Royce Global Trust, Inc.' effective May 1, 2024 via Articles of Amendment.
- Other changes include proxy procedures, board special meeting notice (less than 24 hours), and record date clarification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949377-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGT
- cik: 0001514490
- company_name: ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514490/000094937724000026/0000949377-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514490/000094937724000026/rgt_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000949377-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST, INC.: Changed the Fund's name from Royce Global Value Trust, Inc. to Royce Global Trust, Inc. via Articles of Amendment (effective 2024-05-01).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-05-01
  source text: On April 16, 2024, the Fund, a Maryland corporation, filed Articles of Amendment to the Fund’s charter with the Maryland Department of Assessments of Taxation to change the name of the Fund from “Royce Global Value Trust, Inc.” to “Royce Global Trust, Inc.” Such Articles of Amendment shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514490/000094937724000026/0000949377-24-000026-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST, INC.: Adopted amended and restated bylaws effective April 19, 2024 (effective 2024-04-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-04-19
  source text: On April 15, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Royce Global Value Trust, Inc., a registered closed-end management investment company (the “Fund”), adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Fund (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of April 19, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514490/000094937724000026/0000949377-24-000026-index.htm

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