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: 811-08030
Name of Fund: Royce Micro-Cap 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 MICRO-CAP TRUST SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 (UNAUDITED)
SHARES VALUE COMMON STOCKS 102.7% Consumer Discretionary 13.1% Auto Components - 1.5%Fox Factory Holding 1
5,300 $ 228,430Motorcar Parts of America 1
54,800 1,614,408Sebang Global Battery
50,500 1,574,060Standard Motor Products
50,860 2,453,995Stoneridge 1
7,500 148,575Unique Fabricating
12,200 103,090 6,122,558 Distributors - 0.6%Fenix Parts 1,2
440,800 295,336Uni-Select
33,800 730,313Weyco Group
54,300 1,541,034 2,566,683 Diversified Consumer Services - 1.8%American Public Education 1
Collectors Universe 3
108,200 2,593,554Liberty Tax Cl. A
142,900 2,057,760Universal Technical Institute 1
270,000 936,900 7,129,074 Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.3%Century Casinos 1
222,500 1,826,725Del Taco Restaurants 1
8,200 125,788Lindblad Expeditions Holdings 1
234,000 2,503,800Lindblad
Expeditions Holdings
(Warrants) 1
Red Lion Hotels 1
90,000 778,500 5,269,746 Household Durables - 3.4%AV Homes 1
82,000 1,406,300Cavco Industries 1,3,4
20,241 2,986,560Ethan Allen Interiors 3
18,100 586,440Flexsteel Industries 3
16,100 816,270Lifetime Brands 3,4
119,294 2,183,080PICO Holdings 1,3,4
142,000 2,371,400Skyline Corporation 1
63,700 770,133Stanley Furniture
193,468 228,292Universal Electronics 1
6,100 386,740ZAGG 1
121,600 1,915,200 13,650,415 Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.6%FTD Companies 1
67,200 876,288Gaia Cl. A 1,3,4
125,000 1,500,000 2,376,288 Leisure Products - 1.0%American Outdoor Brands 1,3
27,100 413,275Clarus Corporation 1
194,926 1,461,945Nautilus 1
118,500 2,002,650 3,877,870 Media - 0.5%Entravision Communications Cl. A
126,200 719,340McClatchy Company (The) Cl. A 1
69,313 512,223New Media Investment Group
66,200 979,098 2,210,661 Specialty Retail - 1.2%AutoCanada
115,200 2,198,286Barnes & Noble Education 1
80,000 520,800Destination Maternity 1
212,000 354,040Destination XL Group 1
50,000 95,000Haverty Furniture
30,000 784,500Kirklands 1
11,000 125,730MarineMax 1
7,600 125,780Shoe Carnival 3
21,028 470,607Stage Stores 3
15,000 27,600TravelCenters of America LLC 1
5,400 22,950 4,725,293 Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%Crown Crafts
112,159 729,034Culp
32,900 1,077,475J.G. Boswell Company 2
2,490 1,705,650YGM Trading
1,482,000 1,422,884 4,935,043 Total 52,863,631 Consumer Staples 2.7% Beverages - 0.2%Crimson Wine Group 1,2
58,124 616,114 Food Products - 2.4%Farmer Bros. 1,3,4
62,600 2,056,410John B. Sanfilippo & Son 3
17,800 1,198,118Landec Corporation 1,3
75,610 979,149Seneca Foods Cl. A 1
73,087 2,521,502Seneca Foods Cl. B 1
40,400 1,397,840SunOpta 1
176,281 1,533,645 9,686,664 Household Products - 0.1%Central Garden & Pet 1
12,000 466,080 Total 10,768,858 Energy 5.6% Energy Equipment & Services - 2.9%Aspen Aerogels 1
94,985 413,185CARBO Ceramics 1,3,4
70,000 604,100CES Energy Solutions
25,000 126,428Dawson Geophysical 1
73,654 333,653Era Group 1
309,800 3,466,662Geospace Technologies 1,3
9,500 169,290Independence Contract Drilling 1
134,400 510,720Matrix Service 1,3
33,700 512,240Newpark Resources 1
11,200 112,000North American Energy Partners
50,000 217,500Pioneer Energy Services 1,3
245,600 626,280SEACOR Marine Holdings 1
205,457 3,213,347TerraVest Capital
84,000 623,394Tesco Corporation 1,3
58,000 316,100Trican Well Service 1
53,300 194,789 11,439,688 Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.7%Ardmore Shipping 1
182,700 1,507,275Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
67,631 988,089Dorchester Minerals L.P.
106,127 1,597,211Dorian LPG 1
50,000 341,000Hugoton Royalty Trust
287,574 532,012Panhandle Oil and Gas Cl. A
5,500 130,900Permian Basin Royalty Trust
176,333 1,535,860Sabine Royalty Trust
59,548 2,447,423San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
143,407 1,124,311StealthGas 1
229,664 760,188 10,964,269 Total 22,403,957 Financials 11.8% Banks - 2.3%Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
43,810 1,605,198Blue Hills Bancorp
50,000 960,000Bryn Mawr Bank
25,000 1,095,000Caribbean Investment Holdings 1
735,647 115,828Chemung Financial
31,000 1,460,100Fauquier Bankshares
133,200 2,644,020Live Oak Bancshares 3,4
30,900 724,605Midway Investments 1,5
735,647 0Peapack-Gladstone Financial
20,606 695,246 9,299,997 Capital Markets - 7.9%ASA Gold and Precious Metals
171,150 2,028,128Canaccord Genuity Group
224,100 770,498Diamond Hill Investment Group 3,4
3,584 761,062Dundee Corporation Cl. A 1
413,200 1,059,699EQT Holdings
43,150 599,089Fiera Capital Cl. A
78,000 902,681GAIN Capital Holdings
25,000 159,750Gluskin Sheff + Associates
67,400 1,015,524Hamilton Lane Cl. A 3
32,300 867,255INTL FCStone 1,3,4
41,727 1,598,979JZ Capital Partners
209,999 1,400,661Manning & Napier Cl. A
136,600 539,570Medley Management Cl. A
153,400 943,410MVC Capital 3
351,100 3,514,511OHA Investment
154,620 191,729Pzena Investment Management Cl. A
6,100 66,429Queen City Investments 2
948 1,303,500Silvercrest
Asset Management
Group Cl. A
Sprott
1,414,533 2,392,037U.S. Global Investors Cl. A
646,254 1,376,521Urbana Corporation
237,600 609,353Value Line
136,074 2,397,624Virtu Financial Cl. A 3,4
107,800 1,746,360Warsaw Stock Exchange
52,900 646,572Westaim Corporation 1
20,000 47,766Westwood Holdings Group 3
12,400 834,148ZAIS Group Holdings Cl. A 1,3,4
262,960 959,804 31,690,675 Consumer Finance - 0.5%EZCORP Cl. A 1,3,4
201,000 1,909,500J.G. Wentworth Company Cl. A 1,2
135,000 20,250 1,929,750 Diversified Financial Services - 0.1%Banca Finnat Euramerica
568,000 282,626Waterloo Investment Holdings 1,5
806,000 241,800 524,426 Insurance - 1.0%Hallmark Financial Services 1,3,4
114,000 1,323,540State Auto Financial
59,264 1,554,495Trupanion 1,3,4
52,300 1,381,243 4,259,278 Total 47,704,126 Health Care 14.2% Biotechnology - 5.4%Abeona Therapeutics 1,3,4
227,221 3,874,118Aquinox Pharmaceuticals 1,3,4
145,397 2,063,183ARCA biopharma 1
234,847 258,332BioCryst Pharmaceuticals 1
144,000 754,560Invitae Corporation 1
156,412 1,465,580Keryx Biopharmaceuticals 1
117,725 835,848Kindred Biosciences 1
126,000 989,100Knight Therapeutics 1
187,000 1,296,374Mirati Therapeutics 1
251,100 2,937,870Progenics Pharmaceuticals 1
6,500 47,840Sangamo Therapeutics 1
175,650 2,634,750Zafgen 1
332,491 1,170,368Zealand Pharma 1
187,900 3,625,944 21,953,867 Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.9%Analogic Corporation
18,200 1,524,250AtriCure 1,3
15,000 335,550Atrion Corporation 3
6,169 4,145,568CRH Medical 1
133,000 346,424Exactech 1,3,4
105,600 3,479,520Inogen 1
5,400 513,540Invacare Corporation 3
44,300 697,725LeMaitre Vascular
5,000 187,100OraSure Technologies 1,3
50,000 1,125,000STRATEC Biomedical
14,000 837,589Surmodics 1
124,192 3,849,952TearLab Corporation 1
8,500 10,880Utah Medical Products
34,000 2,500,700 19,553,798 Health Care Providers & Services - 2.3%Aceto Corporation
79,600 893,908BioTelemetry 1
47,700 1,574,100Cross Country Healthcare 1
150,800 2,145,884National Research Cl. A
89,529 3,375,243Psychemedics Corporation 3
37,500 691,125U.S. Physical Therapy
10,000 614,500 9,294,760 Health Care Technology - 0.3%Connecture 1
20,000 13,400Vocera Communications 1
33,100 1,038,347 1,051,747 Pharmaceuticals - 1.3%Agile Therapeutics 1,3,4
80,000 356,800Alcobra 1
745,055 752,505Flex Pharma 1
310,210 1,057,816Lipocine 1
294,242 1,168,141Theravance Biopharma 1
59,009 2,020,468 5,355,730 Total 57,209,902 Industrials 20.1% Aerospace & Defense - 0.7%Astronics Corporation 1
5,060 150,535CPI Aerostructures 1
11,800 110,330FLYHT Aerospace Solutions 1
191,680 380,979Innovative Solutions and Support 1
142,828 519,894Mercury Systems 1,3
29,700 1,540,836SIFCO Industries 1
45,800 261,060 2,963,634 Building Products - 1.2%Burnham Holdings Cl. A 2
117,000 1,755,000DIRTT Environmental Solutions 1
171,000 751,016Insteel Industries
44,200 1,154,062Patrick Industries 1
11,500 967,150 4,627,228 Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.2%Atento 1
142,501 1,653,011CompX International Cl. A
102,844 1,568,371Heritage-Crystal Clean 1,3
230,477 5,012,875Team 1,3,4
57,500 767,625 9,001,882 Construction & Engineering - 2.4%Aecon Group
40,500 570,294Ameresco Cl. A 1
251,400 1,960,920IES Holdings 1
220,000 3,806,000Layne Christensen 1,3,4
50,000 627,500Northwest Pipe 1,3,4
61,600 1,171,632NV5 Global 1,3,4
27,400 1,497,410 9,633,756 Electrical Equipment - 1.0%Encore Wire 3
4,100 183,578LSI Industries
154,212 1,019,341Orion Energy Systems 1
170,000 190,400Powell Industries
21,400 641,786Power Solutions International 1,2,3,4
21,100 179,772Preformed Line Products
20,743 1,396,004Revolution Lighting Technologies 1
81,200 527,800 4,138,681 Industrial Conglomerates - 0.8%Raven Industries 3
102,559 3,322,912 Machinery - 7.9%Chart Industries 1
1,100 43,153CIRCOR International 3
56,900 3,097,067Eastern Company (The)
39,750 1,140,825Exco Technologies
73,300 569,246Foster (L.B.) Company 1,3,4
95,300 2,168,075FreightCar America
81,000 1,584,360Global Brass and Copper Holdings
5,000 169,000Graham Corporation 3
75,150 1,565,375Harsco Corporation 1
4,400 91,960Hurco Companies
36,866 1,533,626Kadant
49,800 4,907,790Kornit Digital 1
37,000 566,100Lindsay Corporation 3,4
27,600 2,536,440Luxfer Holdings ADR 3
59,712 743,414Lydall 1
1,800 103,140NN
45,300 1,313,700Sun Hydraulics
74,000 3,996,000Tennant Company
34,400 2,277,280Titan International
212,200 2,153,830Westport Fuel Systems 1
377,900 1,235,733 31,796,114 Marine - 1.0%Clarkson
109,900 4,213,278 Professional Services - 1.3%Acacia Research 1,3
190,000 864,500CBIZ 1
47,000 763,750Franklin Covey 1
40,100 814,030GP Strategies 1
7,600 234,460Heidrick & Struggles International
46,300 979,245Kforce 3
4,700 94,940Resources Connection
11,200 155,680RPX Corporation 1
96,000 1,274,880 5,181,485 Road & Rail - 0.7%Marten Transport
5,500 113,025Patriot Transportation Holding 1,3
55,764 1,087,398Universal Logistics Holdings 3
77,600 1,586,920 2,787,343 Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.9%Central Steel & Wire 2
788 338,840EnviroStar 3,4
64,400 1,780,660Houston Wire & Cable 1
249,918 1,312,069 3,431,569 Total 81,097,882 Information Technology 20.5% Communications Equipment - 0.8%ADTRAN 3
23,300 559,200CalAmp Corporation 1
3,100 72,075Clearfield 1
61,300 833,680EMCORE Corporation 1
8,300 68,060Harmonic 1
147,000 448,350Oclaro 1
131,700 1,136,571PCTEL
34,100 214,830 3,332,766 Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 6.0%Airgain 1
4,800 43,632Bel Fuse Cl. A
67,705 1,800,953ePlus 1
3,000 277,350Fabrinet 1
2,200 81,532FARO Technologies 1,3
76,800 2,937,600Firan Technology Group 1
25,000 69,125HollySys Automation Technologies
62,900 1,359,269Inficon Holding
3,220 2,093,241LRAD Corporation 1
853,456 1,817,861Mesa Laboratories 3
32,900 4,912,628Netlist 1
63,600 46,746Novanta 1
37,600 1,639,360Orbotech 1,3,4
87,000 3,672,270PC Connection
43,716 1,232,354Perceptron 1
8,500 67,065Richardson Electronics
316,900 1,891,893Rogers Corporation 1,3
600 79,968Vishay Precision Group 1
10,000 244,000 24,266,847 Internet Software & Services - 4.1%Actua Corporation 1
36,876 564,203Care.com 1,3,4
181,787 2,888,595comScore 1,2
64,195 1,829,557IZEA 1,3,4
85,870 609,677MINDBODY Cl. A 1
38,900 1,005,565QuinStreet 1
505,550 3,715,793Reis
25,000 450,000Solium Capital 1
309,700 2,556,530Stamps.com 1
12,300 2,492,595Support.com 1
105,600 248,160 16,360,675 IT Services - 0.5%Computer Task Group 1,3
150,838 808,492Hackett Group (The)
27,700 420,763Innodata 1
437,275 655,912Virtusa Corporation 1
8,100 306,018 2,191,185 Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.6%Amtech Systems 1,3,4
147,984 1,772,848Brooks Automation
91,500 2,777,940CyberOptics Corporation 1
43,000 698,750FormFactor 1
22,869 385,343Intermolecular 1
240,000 244,800IXYS Corporation 1
18,800 445,560Kopin Corporation 1
242,200 1,009,974Kulicke & Soffa Industries 1
88,000 1,898,160MoSys 1
68,427 65,286Nanometrics 1
64,600 1,860,480NeoPhotonics Corporation 1
51,300 285,228Nova Measuring Instruments 1
76,000 2,136,360PDF Solutions 1
97,000 1,502,530Photronics 1
223,500 1,977,975Rudolph Technologies 1
2,100 55,230Sigma Designs 1
249,000 1,568,700Silicon Motion Technology ADR
34,100 1,637,823Ultra Clean Holdings 1,3
49,900 1,527,938Veeco Instruments 1,3
17,500 374,500Xcerra Corporation 1
11,300 111,305 22,336,730 Software - 2.5%Agilysys 1
170,587 2,038,515American Software Cl. A
120,352 1,367,199BSQUARE Corporation 1
83,675 435,110Computer Modelling Group
337,700 2,479,128Model N 1
73,193 1,094,235Monotype Imaging Holdings
15,000 288,750PSI Software
34,000 691,175RealNetworks 1
130,171 624,821Rubicon Project 1
75,000 291,750SeaChange International 1
284,200 778,708Varonis Systems 1
2,600 108,940 10,198,331 Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.0%Intevac 1
293,400 2,479,230Kortek
135,007 1,597,193 4,076,423 Total 82,762,957 Materials 6.1% Chemicals - 2.0%Balchem Corporation
11,775 957,190FutureFuel Corporation
85,262 1,342,024LSB Industries 1
135,800 1,078,252Quaker Chemical 3
24,400 3,609,980Trecora Resources 1
89,600 1,191,680 8,179,126 Construction Materials - 0.9%Ash Grove Cement 2
4,465 2,268,220Monarch Cement 2
16,303 1,067,846U.S. Concrete 1
3,400 259,420 3,595,486 Containers & Packaging - 0.2%UFP Technologies 1
36,445 1,024,105 Metals & Mining - 3.0%Alamos Gold Cl. A
186,044 1,256,943Ampco-Pittsburgh
79,002 1,374,635Comstock Mining 1
1,875,000 292,500Haynes International 3
26,100 937,251Imdex 1
400,666 282,854MAG Silver 1
74,050 831,582Major Drilling Group International 1
850,357 4,770,586Olympic Steel
35,000 770,000Pretium Resources 1
80,000 740,533Universal Stainless & Alloy Products 1
15,300 319,005Victoria Gold 1
890,000 335,243 11,911,132 Total 24,709,849 Real Estate 4.1% Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.6%BRT Apartments
230,331 2,469,148 Real Estate Management & Development - 3.5%Altus Group
87,000 2,215,179FRP Holdings 1,3,4
76,500 3,461,625Griffin Industrial Realty
43,384 1,577,009Hopefluent Group Holdings
1,400,000 715,091Marcus & Millichap 1,3,4
49,567 1,337,813RMR Group Cl. A
34,900 1,792,115Tejon Ranch 1,3
129,162 2,725,318 13,824,150 Total 16,293,298 Telecommunication Services 0.2% Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2%ORBCOMM 1
67,100 702,537 Total 702,537 Utilities 0.4% Gas Utilities - 0.1%Shizuoka Gas
40,000 316,730 Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producer - 0.1%Alterra Power
45,000 197,996 Water Utilities - 0.2%Global Water Resources
106,000 998,520 Total 1,513,246 Miscellaneous6 3.9% Total 15,607,236 TOTAL COMMON STOCKS(Cost $335,276,902)
413,637,479 REPURCHASE AGREEMENT 8.1% Fixed Income Clearing Corporation,0.12% dated 9/29/17, due 10/2/17,
maturity value $32,651,327 (collateralized
by obligations of various U.S. Government
Agencies, 2.125% due 5/15/25, valued at
$33,305,539)
(Cost $32,651,000)
32,651,000 TOTAL INVESTMENTS 110.8%(Cost $367,927,902)
446,288,479 LIABILITIES LESS CASHAND OTHER
ASSETS (10.8)%
(43,391,118
)
NET ASSETS
100.0%
$
402,897,361
1
Non-income
producing.
2
These securities
are defined as Level 2 securities due to fair value being based on quoted prices
for similar securities.
3
All 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 $83,116,756.
4
At September
30, 2017, a portion of these securities were rehypothecated in connection with the
Funds revolving credit agreement in the aggregate amount of $39,074,097.
5
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.
6
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 $369,508,185. At September 30, 2017, net unrealized appreciation for all securities was $76,780,294, consisting of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $125,700,762 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $48,920,468. 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:Certain 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 $2,304,666 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 and securities valued at $20,298,987 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 $241,862 $102 $40 $241,800The 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 Input1 Common Stocks $241,800 Discounted Present ValueItem 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 Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.
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 Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. Date: November 20, 2017 By: /s/ Peter K. Hoglund Peter K. Hoglund Treasurer, Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. Date: November 20, 2017