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Management Team
Portfolio Managers

- James A. Skinner III
- 22 Years of Experience;
- 5 Years at Royce
Assistant Portfolio Managers

- W. Whitney George
- 27 Years of Experience;
- 17 Years at Royce
Top 10 Positions As of Quarter-End 9/30/08 Share of Net Assets Agnico-Eagle Mines 1.7% Unit Corporation 1.7% Knight Capital Group Cl. A 1.6% Avid Technology 1.4% Gildan Activewear 1.4% IPG Photonics 1.4% Tennant Company 1.3% NovaGold Resources 1.3% Varian 1.2% SRA International Cl. A 1.2% Top 10 as % of Total 14.2% 
Objective and Strategy
Royce Value Plus Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities issued by mid-, small- and/or micro-cap companies that it believes are trading significantly below its estimate of their current worth. The Fund generally invests in the securities of companies Royce believes have excellent business strengths, high internal rates of return and low leverage, consistent with its value approach to investing. In addition, the Fund will give consideration to those companies that Royce believes have above-average growth prospects. We believe investors in the Fund should have a long-term investment horizon of at least three years.

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Performance
Average Annual Total Returns As of Quarter-End 9/30/08 3Q* YTD* 1YR 3YR RYVPX -9.98% -17.02% -22.57% 2.82% Russell 2000 -1.11% -10.38% -14.48% 1.83% 5YR Since Incept RYVPX 12.05% 14.95% Russell 2000 8.15% N/A Annual Operating Expenses 1.40% Inception Date: 6/14/2001 * Not Annualized. Important Performance and Expense Information
All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis and reflects the reinvestment of distributions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Shares redeemed within 180 days of purchase may be subject to a 1% redemption fee payable to the Fund. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted.
Operating expenses reflect the Fund's total annual operating expenses for the Service Class as of the Fund's most current prospectus and include management fees, 12b-1 distribution and service fees.
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Fund Statistics
Ticker Symbol RYVPX Fund Net Assets (All Classes) $2.73 billion Number of Holdings 146 Minimum Investment $2,000 Cusip Number 780905741 Fund Number 292 Inception Date 6/14/2001 Benchmark Index Russell 2000 Growth of Hypothetical $10,000 Invested 6/14/2001 As of Quarter-End 9/30/2008
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This material is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The Fund invests primarily in mid-, small- and micro-cap stocks which may involve considerably more risk than investing in larger-cap stocks (see "Primary Risks for Fund Investors" in the prospectus). The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in foreign securities that may involve political, economic, currency and other risks not encountered in U.S. investments (see "Investing in International Securities" in the prospectus). The Russell 2000 is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index of domestic small-cap stocks. It measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 index. Distributor: Royce Fund Services, Inc.
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