Royce International Premier Fund (RYIPX, RIPNX, RINPX, RIPIX)
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At a Glance

Why invest in International Premier?

  • Focuses on a limited number of "premier" non-U.S. small-cap companies (generally market caps up to $5 billion) with discernible competitive advantages, high returns on invested capital, and sustainable, moat-like franchises.
  • Seeks to identify companies with notable strengths in industry structure, competitive positioning, operational efficiency, financial track record, and corporate governance.
  • Outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI x USA SC Index, in 96% of all monthly rolling 10-year periods since inception through 9/30/24.

As of 09/30/24

  • Small-Cap
    Core Approach
    $1.91B
    Avg. Market Cap
  • Below Average
    Volatility
    99%
    Active Share
  • Portfolio Manager
    Tenure
    10+
    Years on Fund†

Portfolio Management

"We are long-term investors who screen for non-U.S. small-caps with high returns on invested capital and low debt that offer mission-critical products or services to a loyal customer base."
—Mark Fischer

Manager Tenure

Manager Tenure

Performance

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

Outperformed MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap since inception (12/31/10) period as of 09/30/24.
QTR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR SINCE INCEPT.
(12/31/10)
International Premier 7.43 2.4414.27-7.342.745.995.61
MSCI ACWI x USA SC 8.90 11.9323.251.398.216.085.49

Annual Operating Expenses: Gross 1.29 Net 1.19

OCT YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR SINCE INCEPT.
(12/31/10)
International Premier -6.10 -3.8113.68-9.820.745.525.09
MSCI ACWI x USA SC -5.23 6.0823.73-0.926.215.765.05

Annual Operating Expenses: Gross 1.29 Net 1.19

NOV YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR SINCE INCEPT.
(12/31/10)
International Premier -2.61 -6.330.59-10.30-0.475.354.87
MSCI ACWI x USA SC N/A N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Annual Operating Expenses: Gross 1.29 Net 1.19

Important Performance and Expense Information

All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis, reflects the reinvestment of distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. 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. Current month-end performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted and may be obtained at www.royceinvest.com. Gross operating expenses reflect the Fund's total gross annual operating expenses for the Investment Class and include management fees and other expenses. Net operating expenses reflect contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. All expense information is reported as of the Fund's most current prospectus. Royce & Associates has contractually agreed, without right of termination, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the Investment Class's net annual operating expenses (excluding brokerage commissions, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other expenses not borne in the ordinary course of business) at or below 1.19% through April 30, 2025.

All performance and risk information presented in this material prior to the commencement date of Investment Class shares on 1/22/14 reflects Service Class results. Service Class shares bear an annual distribution expense that is not borne by Investment Class shares.

Rolling Returns

On a monthly basis, the Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI x USA SC in 96% of all 10-Year periods; 86% of all 5-Year periods; and 56% of all 1-Year periods.

For 89% of the periods, 10-year average annual total returns were greater than 5%.

Relative Returns: Monthly Rolling Average Annual Return Periods Since Inception Through 09/30/24

periods beating
the index(%)		 fund
avg(%)		 index
avg(%)
10-year
44/46
 96 7.5 6.0
5-year
91/106
 86 8.0 5.8
1-year
86/154
 56 6.9 6.6

Absolute Returns: 10-Year Monthly Rolling Return PeriodsNumber of 10-Year Average Annual Return Periods Since the Fund’s Inception

Return Range Periods % in Range
> 10% 7 15
> 5% and ≤ 10% 34 74
> 0% and ≤ 5% 5 11
≤ 0% 0 0

The Fund averaged a 7.5% return over all 46 10-year monthly rolling return periods.

Market Cycle Performance

The Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI x USA SC in each of the two previous full market cycle periods.
Peak-Peak - 05/15/15 - 01/26/18
International Premier46.7%
MSCI ACWI x USA SC31.9%

Peak-Peak - 01/26/18 - 09/03/21
International Premier48.9%
MSCI ACWI x USA SC26.4%

Peak-Current - 09/03/21 - 09/30/24
International Premier-26.3%
MSCI ACWI x USA SC-0.5%

Royce defines market cycles as those that have retreated at least 15% from a previous market peak and have rebounded to establish a new peak above the previous one. 

Royce defines market cycles as those that have retreated at least 15% from a previous market peak and have rebounded to establish a new peak above the previous one. 

Calendar Year Total Returns (%)

 

Growth of Investment

Value of $10,000 invested between 12/31/10 and 09/30/24

International Premier$21,172.82
MSCI ACWI x USA SC$20,847.66

Risk

Below Average Volatility vs. Peer Group as of 09/30/24

The Fund has a below average volatility within its peer group of 91 International Small-Cap Funds based on 5-year rolling standard deviation.

Down Market Performance Comparisonas of 09/30/24

The Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI x USA SC during two out of three downturns of 15% or more from the index’s prior historical high since the Fund’s inception.

Market Downturns (%)

DownMarketImg

MSCI ACWI x USA SC Down Quarters

QUARTER ENDMSCI ACWI X USA SC (%)INTERNATIONAL PREMIER (%)SPREAD (%)
09/30/23-1.7-7.5-5.8
09/30/22-8.4-11.9-3.5
06/30/22-17.5-15.1+2.4
03/31/22-6.5-13.9-7.4
03/31/20-29.0-23.8+5.2
09/30/19-1.2-4.0-2.8
12/31/18-14.4-12.4+2.0
09/30/18-1.5+3.0+4.5
06/30/18-2.6-3.4-0.8
03/31/18-0.4+0.4+0.8
12/31/16-3.5-6.5-3.0
06/30/16-0.9+2.1+3.0
09/30/15-10.0-5.8+4.2
12/31/14-4.0-5.3-1.3
09/30/14-6.8-5.9+0.9
06/30/13-4.4+0.5+4.9
06/30/12-8.9-5.4+3.5
09/30/11-20.0-20.4-0.4
06/30/11-0.3+1.4+1.7

Capture Ratios Fund's First Full Quarter (12/31/10) to 09/30/24

Upside Capture Ratio measures a manager's performance in up markets relative to the Fund's benchmark. It is calculated by measuring the Fund's performance in quarters when the benchmark goes up and dividing it by the benchmark's return in those quarters.

Downside Capture Ratio measures a manager's performance in down markets relative to the Fund's benchmark. It is calculated by measuring the Fund's performance in quarters when the benchmark goes down and dividing it by the benchmark's return in those quarters.

Long Term Risk Measurementas of 09/30/24

From the Fund's inception, the Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index with lower volatility.

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Morningstar Statistical Measures as of 09/30/24

The Fund produced lower volatility than 50% of international small-cap objective funds, as shown by its standard deviation.
The Fund performed within the top 50% of international small-cap objective funds on a risk-adjusted basis, as shown by its Sharpe ratio. In addition, the Fund produced lower volatility than 75% of international small-cap objective funds, as shown by its standard deviation.
Sharpe RatioStandard Deviation
International Premier0.3316.37
MSCI ACWI x USA SC0.3416.34
Category Median0.3216.90
Best Quartile Breakpoint0.3516.39

Category Median and Best Quartile Breakpoint based on 67 international small-cap objective funds (oldest class only) with at least ten years of history.
Sharpe Ratio Standard Deviation
International Premier
MSCI ACWI x USA SC
Category Median
Best Quartile Breakpoint

Composition

Morningstar Style Map™as of 06/30/24

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The Morningstar Style Map is the Morningstar Style Box™ with the center 75% of fund holdings plotted as the Morningstar Ownership Zone™. The Morningstar Style Box is designed to reveal a fund's investment strategy. The Morningstar Ownership Zone provides detail about a portfolio's investment style by showing the range of stock sizes and styles. The Ownership Zone is derived by plotting each stock in the portfolio within the proprietary Morningstar Style Box. The shaded area represents the center 75% of the Fund's assets while the plot point in the middle represents the weighted average of its holdings. Over time, the shape and location of a fund's ownership zone may vary.

Portfolio Diagnosticsas of 09/30/24

  RIPNX MSCI ACWI x USA SC
Average Market Cap
1.91B
2.30B
Active Share
99%
-
2023 Portfolio Turnover
36%
-
Weighted Average P/E,
25.5x
14.7x
Weighted Average P/B,
2.6x
1.6x
Non-U.S. Investments (% of Net Assets)
90.2%
-
U.S. Investments (% of Net Assets)
0.0%
-

Portfolio Allocation

  • Total
    Holdings
    55


SECTORS		RIPNX (%) MSCI
ACWI X USA SC (%)
Industrials
34.4
21.2
Information Technology
25.9
11.2
Health Care
10.9
6.6
Financials
6.7
11.4
Communication Services
4.4
3.5
Materials
4.2
11.4
Consumer Discretionary
3.1
11.9
Energy
0.5
3.5
Real Estate
-
9.7
Consumer Staples
-
6.3
Utilities
-
3.3
Cash and Cash Equivalents
9.8
-
POSITIONS% OF NET ASSETS
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
NICE Information Service
2.4
Hansen Technologies
2.2
Maruwa
2.2
Carel Industries
2.2
Intertek Group
2.2
DiscoverIE Group
2.2
Karnov Group
2.1
TKC Corporation
2.1
Asseco Poland
2.1
JTC
2.1
Nice ADR
2.0
GVS
2.0
CVS Group
2.0
As One
2.0
Zuken
2.0
Diploma
2.0
Enghouse Systems
2.0
XP Power
2.0
Johns Lyng Group
2.0
Azelis Group
1.9
Top 20 as % of Net Assets
41.7

SECTORS		RIPNX (%) MSCI
ACWI X USA SC (%)
Industrials
36.5
-
Information Technology
28.1
-
Health Care
12.5
-
Financials
6.9
-
Materials
4.9
-
Communication Services
4.6
-
Consumer Discretionary
3.6
-
Energy
0.6
-
Cash and Cash Equivalents
2.1
-
POSITIONS% OF NET ASSETS
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
NICE Information Service
2.7
Maruwa
2.5
TKC Corporation
2.4
DiscoverIE Group
2.4
Nice ADR
2.4
Hansen Technologies
2.4
Riken Keiki
2.4
JTC
2.3
Asseco Poland
2.3
Zuken
2.2
Johns Lyng Group
2.2
XP Power
2.1
DiaSorin
2.1
Kardex Holding
2.1
Carel Industries
2.1
BML
2.1
Karnov Group
2.0
As One
2.0
GVS
1.9
CVS Group
1.9
Top 20 as % of Net Assets
44.5

Portfolio Holdings

Unaudited schedules of portfolio holdings are presented for informational purposes only.

View the complete list of holdings (unaudited) for this fund as of the previous quarter-end: 09/30/24.

Geographical Breakdown

Portfolio Country Breakdownas of 09/30/24

Countries% of net assets
(subject to change)
Japan19.3
United Kingdom17.2
Sweden6.3
Italy6.1
Australia5.9
Switzerland5.1
France4.7
Germany3.6
Canada3.3
Brazil2.7
South Korea2.4
Poland2.1
Jersey2.1
Israel2.0
Singapore2.0
Belgium1.9
Finland1.7
Netherlands1.6

Distributions

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RECORD
DATE		 EX-DATE PAYABLE
DATE		 INCOME ($) SHORT
TERM
GAINS ($)		 LONG
TERM
GAINS ($)		 RETURN OF
CAPITAL ($)		 TOTAL ($) REINVEST
PRICE ($)
12/13/23 12/14/23 12/14/23 0.3869 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.3869 12.70
12/14/22 12/15/22 12/15/22 0.1269 0.0094 0.3229 - 0.4592 12.31
12/15/21 12/16/21 12/16/21 0.0655 0.0099 0.8002 - 0.8756 17.34
12/09/20 12/10/20 12/10/20 0.0454 - - - 0.0454 16.70
12/11/19 12/12/19 12/12/19 0.0670 - - - 0.0670 14.87
12/12/18 12/13/18 12/13/18 0.0546 0.0000 0.0000 - 0.0546 11.66
12/13/17 12/14/17 12/14/17 0.1492 - - - 0.1492 12.72
12/14/16 12/15/16 12/15/16 0.2825 0.0110 - - 0.2935 9.17
12/16/15 12/17/15 12/17/15 0.3165 - - - 0.3165 9.70
12/16/14 12/17/14 12/17/14 0.1584 0.1706 0.1391 - 0.4681 8.61

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Fees & Expenses

Shareholder Fees (%)

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases 0.00
Maximum deferred sales charge 0.00
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends 0.00
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for less than 30 days) 2.00

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (%)

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management fees 1.00
Distribution (12b-1) fees 0.00
Other expenses 0.29
Total annual Fund operating expenses 1.29
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (0.10)
Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1.19
Royce has contractually agreed, without right of termination, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the Investment Class's net annual operating expenses (excluding brokerage commissions, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other expenses not borne in the ordinary course of business) at or below 1.19% through April 30, 2025.

Important Disclosure Information

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 may invest a significant portion of its assets in foreign companies which may be subject to different risks than investments in securities of U.S. companies, including adverse political, social, economic, or other developments that are unique to a particular country or region. These risk factors may affect the prices of foreign securities issued by companies headquartered in developing countries more than those headquartered in developed countries. (Please see "Investing in Foreign Securities" in the prospectus.) Therefore, the prices of the securities of foreign companies in particular countries or regions may, at times, move in a different direction than those of the securities of U.S. companies. (Please see “Primary Risks for Fund Investors” in the prospectus.) The Fund invests primarily in small-cap stocks, which may involve considerably more risk than investing in larger-cap stocks. The Fund also generally invests a significant portion of its assets in a limited number of stocks, which may involve considerably more risk than a more broadly diversified portfolio because a decline in the value of any one of these stocks would cause the Fund's overall value to decline to a greater degree. (Please see "Primary Risks for Fund Investors" in the prospectus.)

Sector weightings are determined using the Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS"). GICS was developed by, and is the exclusive property of, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") and MSCI Inc. ("MSCI"). GICS is the trademark of S&P and MSCI. "Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)" and "GICS Direct" are service marks of S&P and MSCI.

The Price-Earnings, or P/E, Ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its trailing 12-month earnings-per-share (EPS). The Portfolio's P/E ratio calculation excludes cash holdings and companies with zero or negative earnings. The Price-to-Book, or P/B, Ratio is calculated by dividing a company's share price by its book value per share. Standard deviation is a statistical measure within which a client account’s total returns have varied over time. The greater the standard deviation, the greater a portfolio’s volatility.
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† Managed by Mark Fischer since 2023 ( co-portfolio manager 2022-2023, and portfolio manager 2021-2022) and Mark Rayner assistant portfolio manager since 2023 (co-portfolio manager 2022, lead portfolio manager 2021-2022, manager 2016-2021, and assistant portfolio manager 2014-2016)

1/21/2014 12:00:00 AM

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