The Royce Funds 2004 Year End Distributions NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royce Fund and Royce Capital Fund have declared income dividends and capital gains distributions to Shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2004, ex-dividend and payable on December 2, 2004. The distributions are as follows: Fund Name Class Ticker CUSIP Ord S/T L/T Total Income Gains Gains Pennsylvania Mutual Fund Investment PENNX 780905840 $0.0258 $0.5020 $0.5278 Consultant RYPCX 780905816 $0.0258 $0.5020 $0.5278 Royce 100 Fund Investment RYOHX 780905519 $0.1743 $0.0060 $0.1803 Royce Capital - Micro Cap Annuity RCMCX 78080T303 $0.1430 $0.7472 $0.8902 Royce Capital - Small Cap Annuity RCPFX 78080T105 $0.2784 $0.1952 $0.4736 Royce Discovery Fund Investment RYDFX 780905477 $0.0682 $0.0682 Royce Select Fund Investment RYSFX 780905766 TBA TBA TBA TBA Royce Financial Services Fund Investment RYFSX 780905469 $0.0904 $0.0904 Royce Low-Priced Stock Fund Investment RYLPX 780905808 $0.0389 $0.5117 $0.5506 Royce Micro-Cap Fund Investment RYOTX 780905709 $0.1003 $1.4415 $1.5418 Institu- tional RMCIX 780905725 $0.1003 $1.4415 $1.5418 Financial Int. RMCFX 780905659 $0.1003 $1.4415 $1.5418 Consultant RYMCX 780905774 $0.1003 $1.4415 $1.5418 Royce Opportunity Fund Investment RYPNX 780905832 $0.0681 $0.8628 $0.9309 Institu- tional ROFIX 780905691 $0.0681 $0.8628 $0.9309 Financial Int. RYOFX 780905758 $0.0681 $0.8628 $0.9309 Royce Premier Fund Investment RYPRX 780905600 $0.0588 $0.6526 $0.7114 Institu- tional RPFIX 780905683 $0.0588 $0.6526 $0.7114 Financial Int. RPFFX 780905634 $0.0588 $0.6526 $0.7114 Consultant RPRCX 780905550 $0.0588 $0.6526 $0.7114 Royce Special Equity Fund Investment RYSEX 780905782 $0.1837 $0.1463 $0.5217 $0.8517 Institu- tional RSEIX 780905535 $0.2006 $0.1463 $0.5217 $0.8686 Financial Int. RSEFX 780905527 $0.1648 $0.1463 $0.5217 $0.8328 Consultant RSQCX 780905543 $0.0099 $0.1463 $0.5217 $0.6779 Royce Technology Value Fund Investment RYTVX 780905584 $0.6526 $0.0664 $0.7190 Royce Total Return Fund Investment RYTRX 780905881 $0.0485 $0.0365 $0.1340 $0.2190 Institu- tional RTRIX 780905717 $0.0496 $0.0365 $0.1340 $0.2201 Financial Int. RYTFX 780905642 $0.0341 $0.0365 $0.1340 $0.2046 Consultant RYTCX 780905592 $0.0122 $0.0365 $0.1340 $0.1827 Royce TrustShares Fund Investment RGFAX 780905857 $0.3747 $1.2628 $1.6375 Consultant RYGCX 780905618 $0.3747 $1.2628 $1.6375 Consultant B RGFCX 780905790 $0.3747 $1.2628 $1.6375 Royce Value Fund Investment RYVFX 780905733 $0.1165 $0.0780 $0.1945 Royce Value Plus Fund Investment RYVPX 780905741 $0.0243 $0.0202 $0.0445 For more information on The Royce Funds, please call Investor Services at 1-800-221-4268 or visit our Website at http://www.roycefunds.com/ DATASOURCE: The Royce Funds CONTACT: Bruno C. Lavion of The Royce Funds, +1-212-508-4570 Web site: http://www.roycefunds.com/

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