---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949377-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RVT"
cik: "0000804116"
company_name: "ROYCE SMALL-CAP TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T17:38:00.416847+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royce Value Trust amends bylaws, changes name to Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. effective May 1, 2024

## Summary
- Name change from Royce Value Trust, Inc. to Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. effective 12:01 a.m. ET on May 1, 2024.
- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws effective April 19, 2024, clarifying remote meetings, proxy use, and meeting conduct.
- Exclusive forum for federal-law claims designated as Circuit Court for Baltimore City or U.S. District Court for Maryland.
- Special board meetings may be called on less than 24 hours' notice if deemed necessary.
- Other ministerial and conforming updates included in the bylaws amendment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949377-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RVT
- cik: 0000804116
- company_name: ROYCE SMALL-CAP 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/804116/000094937724000028/0000949377-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804116/000094937724000028/rvt_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ROYCE SMALL-CAP TRUST, INC.: Filed Articles of Amendment to change the Fund's name from Royce Value Trust, Inc. to Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc., effective May 1, 2024 (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 Value Trust, Inc.” to “Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804116/000094937724000028/0000949377-24-000028-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ROYCE SMALL-CAP TRUST, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws effective April 19, 2024, including provisions for remote stockholder meetings, clarifying meeting procedures, proxies, board special meeting notice, exclusive forum for federal claims, and ministerial updates (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 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/804116/000094937724000028/0000949377-24-000028-index.htm

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