Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497k)

Name	Symbol	Market	Type
Royce Pennsylvania Mutual FD, Investment Class (MM)	NASDAQ:PENNX	NASDAQ	Fund

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

Royce Value Fund

MARCH 6, 2013 Consultant Class Symbol: RVFCX | R Class Symbol: RVVRX | K Class Symbol: RVFKX

Before you invest, please review the Fund’s Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated May 1, 2012 and September 28, 2012, respectively. Each is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this Summary Prospectus). Each contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s Statutory Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information and other information about the Fund are available online at www.roycefunds.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling Investor Services at (800) 221-4268, sending an e-mail request at www.roycefunds.com/contact or by contacting your financial intermediary.

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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

Royce Value Fund

MARCH 6, 2013 Consultant Class Symbol: RVFCX \| R Class Symbol: RVVRX \| K Class Symbol: RVFKX




Investment Goal Royce Value Fund’s investment goal is long-term growth of capital. Fees and Expenses of the Fund The following table presents the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

	Consultant Class		R Class		K Class

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases		0.00%		0.00%		0.00%

Maximum deferred sales charge on purchases held for less than 365 days		1.00%		0.00%		0.00%

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends		0.00%		0.00%		0.00%


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

Management fees		1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) fees		1.00%		0.50%		0.25%
Other expenses		0.17%		0.18%		0.29%

Total annual Fund operating expenses		2.17%		1.68%		1.54%

EXAMPLE

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s total operating expenses	remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the assumptions your costs would be:

	Class	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years

	Consultant	$220	$679	$1,164	$2,503

	R	$171	$530	$913	$1,987

	K	$157	$486	$839	$1,834

Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio.

Royce Value Fund

Principal Investment Strategy
Royce & Associates, LLC (“Royce”), the Fund’s investment adviser, invests the Fund’s assets primarily in the equity securities of small-cap and mid-cap companies with stock market capitalizations from $750 million to $5 billion that it believes are trading significantly below its estimate of their current worth. The Fund generally invests in securities of companies that Royce believes have excellent business strengths, high internal rates of return and low leverage.
Normally, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of such small-cap and/or mid-cap companies. Although the Fund normally focuses on the securities of U.S. companies, it may invest up to 25% of its net assets in foreign securities. The Fund may sell securities to, among other things, secure gains, limit losses, redeploy assets into what Royce deems to be more promising opportunities and/or manage cash levels in the Fund’s portfolio.

Primary Risks for Fund Investors
As with any mutual fund that invests in common stocks, Royce Value Fund is subject to market risk—the possibility that common stock prices will decline over short or extended periods of time. As a result, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate with the market, and you could lose money over short or long periods of time.
The prices of small-cap and mid-cap securities are generally more volatile and their markets are less liquid relative to larger-cap securities. Therefore, the Fund may involve considerably more risk of loss and its returns may differ significantly from funds investing in larger-cap companies or other asset classes. In addition, as of December 31, 2011 the Fund held less than 100 portfolio securities and therefore may involve more risk to investors than a more broadly diversified portfolio of small-cap and mid-cap securities because it may be more susceptible to any single corporate, economic, political, regulatory or market event.
Investment in foreign securities involves risks that may not be encountered in U.S. investments, including adverse political, social, economic or other developments that are unique to a particular region or country. Prices of foreign securities in particular countries or regions may, at times, move in a different direction and/or be more volatile than those of U.S. securities. Because the Fund does not intend to hedge its foreign currency exposure, the U.S. dollar value of the Fund’s investments may be harmed by declines in the value of foreign currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar.
Royce’s estimate of a company’s current worth may prove to be inaccurate, or this estimate may not be recognized by other investors, which could lead to portfolio losses. Investments in the Fund are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance
The following performance information provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The Calendar Year Total Returns chart shows performance year by year over the last ten years (Consultant Class used for illustrative purposes—returns differ by Class). The Annualized Total Returns table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns for various periods compare with those of the Russell 2000 Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Consultant Class commenced operations on March 30, 2006, the R Class commenced operations on September 14, 2007, and the K Class commenced operations on May 15, 2008. Performance information prior to these dates is for Service Class shares, not offered in this Prospectus, which have substantially similar returns because all Classes invest in the same portfolio of securities, differing only to the extent that the Classes have different expenses. The Consultant and R Classes have higher expenses than the Service Class. If Consultant or R Class’s expenses had been reflected, total returns prior to their respective inception dates would have been lower.
The table also presents the impact of taxes on the Fund’s returns (Consultant Class again used for illustrative purposes). In calculating these figures, we assumed that the shareholder was in the highest federal income tax bracket in effect at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains. We did not consider the impact of state or local income taxes. Your after-tax returns depend on your tax situation, so they may differ from the returns shown. This information does not apply if your investment is in an individual retirement account (IRA), a 401(k) plan or is otherwise tax deferred, because such accounts are subject to income taxes only upon distribution. Current month-end performance information may be obtained at www.roycefunds.com or by calling Investor Services at (800) 221-4268.

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS in Percentages (%) Consultant Class



During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 22.59% (quarter ended 6/30/09) and the lowest return for a calendar quarter was -27.36% (quarter ended 12/31/08).

2 | The Royce Fund Summary Prospectus 2012

Royce Value Fund

ANNUALIZED TOTAL RETURNS (12/31/11)


	1 Year		5 Year		10 Year

Consultant Class
Return Before Taxes	-8.20	%	1.85	%		8.68	%
Return After Taxes on
Distributions	-9.12		1.32			8.02
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale
of Fund Shares	-4.10		1.46			7.40

R Class
Return Before Taxes	-7.75		2.45			9.09

K Class
Return Before Taxes	-7.54		2.38			9.05

Russell 2000 Index (Reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)	-4.18		0.15			5.62


Investment Adviser and Portfolio Management
Royce serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Jay S. Kaplan, Portfolio Manager and Principal of Royce, manages the Fund, assisted by Lauren A. Romeo and W. Whitney George. Mr. Kaplan previously served as the Fund’s co-manager (2002-2012) and became primary portfolio manager in 2013. Ms. Romeo has served as the Fund’s assistant portfolio manager since 2008. Mr. George became assistant portfolio manager in 2013. He previously served as primary portfolio manager (2001) and co-manager (2002-2012).

How to Purchase and Sell Fund Shares
The Fund’s R and K Class Shares are generally offered only through certain broker-dealers to “Retirement Plans” with accounts held on the books of the Fund through omnibus account arrangements (either at the plan level or at the level of the financial intermediary).

Minimum initial investments for shares of the Fund’s Consultant Class purchased directly from The Royce Fund:

Account Type

Minimum

Regular Account

$2,000

IRA

$1,000

Automatic Investment or Direct Deposit Plan Accounts

$1,000

401(k) Accounts

None

The minimum for subsequent investments is $50, regardless of account type.

You may sell shares purchased directly from The Royce Funds at any time and make requests online, by telephone and by mail. You may also purchase or sell Fund shares through a third party, such as a discount or full-service broker-dealer, bank or other financial intermediary.

Tax Information

The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains.

Financial Intermediary Compensation

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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	More information on The Royce Fund is available free upon request, including the following: Annual/Semiannual Reports Additional information about a Fund’s investments, together with a discussion of market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance, is available in the Funds’ annual and semiannual reports to shareholders. These reports are also available online at www.roycefunds.com. Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) Provides more details about The Royce Fund and its policies. A current SAI is available at www.roycefunds.com/literature and by phone. It is also on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this prospectus).		To obtain more information: By mail: The Royce Funds, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10151 By telephone: (800) 221-4268 Through the Internet: Prospectuses, applications, IRA forms and additional information are available through our website at www.roycefunds.com/literature. Text only versions of the Funds’ prospectus, SAI and other documents filed with the SEC can be viewed online or downloaded from www.sec.gov. You can also obtain copies of documents filed with the SEC by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (telephone (202) 551-8090) or by sending your request and a duplicating fee to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-1520. You may also make your request by e-mail at publicinfo@sec.gov after paying a duplicating fee.

745 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10151 | P (800) 221-4268 | www.roycefunds.com

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PENNX Royce Pennsylvania Mutual FD, Investment Class (MM)