NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royce Fund's Board of Trustees has approved a plan of liquidation for Royce Global Financial Services Fund, to be effective on September 9, 2024. The Fund is being liquidated primarily because it has not maintained assets at a sufficient level for it to be viable.

A distribution is being paid on August 1, 2024 to shareholders of record on July 31, 2024 as set forth below.

Fund Shareholders may exchange their shares into another Royce open-end fund and any new account minimums or redemption fees that would otherwise apply will be waived for exchanges completed prior to the liquidation date (i.e. September 9, 2024).

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