UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-05379
Name of Fund: Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
Fund
Address: 1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Name and address of agent for service:
John E. Denneen, Esq.
Royce & Associates, LLC
1414 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 486-1445
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2007
Date of reporting period: 3/31/2007
Item 1 - Schedule of Investments
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ROYCE FOCUS TRUST | ||||||||
MARCH 31, 2007 (UNAUDITED) | ||||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 79.3% |
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SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Consumer Products - 5.4% |
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Apparel and Shoes - 1.6% |
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Timberland Company Cl. A a |
100,000 | $ | 2,603,000 | |||||
Sports and Recreation - 3.8% |
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Thor Industries |
100,000 | 3,939,000 | ||||||
Winnebago Industries |
75,000 | 2,522,250 | ||||||
6,461,250 | ||||||||
Total |
9,064,250 | |||||||
Consumer Services - 4.2% |
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Direct Marketing - 2.0% |
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Nu Skin Enterprises Cl. A |
200,000 | 3,304,000 | ||||||
Other Consumer Services - 2.2% |
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Corinthian Colleges a |
140,000 | 1,925,000 | ||||||
Universal Technical Institute a |
80,100 | 1,848,708 | ||||||
3,773,708 | ||||||||
Total |
7,077,708 | |||||||
Financial Intermediaries - 4.1% |
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Banking - 1.8% |
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Endeavour Mining Capital |
400,000 | 3,055,868 | ||||||
Securities Brokers - 2.3% |
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Knight Capital Group Cl. A a |
250,000 | 3,960,000 | ||||||
Total |
7,015,868 | |||||||
Financial Services - 2.2% |
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Information and Processing - 1.9% |
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eFunds Corporation a |
120,000 | 3,199,200 | ||||||
Other Financial Services - 0.3% |
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Deutsche Beteiligungs a |
20,000 | 606,476 | ||||||
Total |
3,805,676 | |||||||
Health - 6.5% |
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Drugs and Biotech - 4.9% |
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Alpharma Cl. A |
50,000 | 1,204,000 | ||||||
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings a |
100,000 | 2,940,000 | ||||||
Lexicon Genetics a |
649,400 | 2,357,322 | ||||||
ViroPharma a |
130,000 | 1,865,500 | ||||||
8,366,822 | ||||||||
Medical Products and Devices - 1.6% |
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Caliper Life Sciences a |
252,300 | 1,425,495 | ||||||
Possis Medical a |
100,000 | 1,301,000 | ||||||
2,726,495 | ||||||||
Total |
11,093,317 | |||||||
Industrial Products - 24.6% |
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Building Systems and Components - 2.2% |
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Simpson Manufacturing |
120,000 | 3,700,800 | ||||||
Construction Materials - 1.6% |
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Florida Rock Industries |
40,000 | 2,691,600 | ||||||
Machinery - 5.5% |
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Kennametal |
40,000 | 2,704,400 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings |
60,000 | 3,573,600 | ||||||
Woodward Governor |
75,000 | 3,087,750 | ||||||
9,365,750 | ||||||||
Metal Fabrication and Distribution - 15.3% |
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Chaparral Steel |
60,100 | 3,496,017 | ||||||
IPSCO |
60,000 | 7,884,000 | ||||||
Metal Management |
100,000 | 4,620,000 | ||||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum |
100,000 | 4,840,000 | ||||||
Schnitzer Steel Industries Cl. A |
125,000 | 5,021,250 | ||||||
25,861,267 | ||||||||
Total |
41,619,417 | |||||||
Industrial Services - 5.1% |
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Commercial Services - 2.6% |
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BB Holdings a |
400,000 | 1,712,029 | ||||||
LECG Corporation a |
180,000 | 2,606,400 | ||||||
4,318,429 | ||||||||
Transportation and Logistics - 2.5% |
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Arkansas Best |
120,000 | 4,266,000 | ||||||
Total |
8,584,429 | |||||||
Natural Resources - 22.6% |
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Energy Services - 8.6% |
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Ensign Energy Services |
240,000 | 4,022,521 | ||||||
Pason Systems |
200,000 | 2,480,728 | ||||||
Tesco Corporation a |
120,000 | 3,186,000 | ||||||
Trican Well Service |
250,000 | 4,948,029 | ||||||
14,637,278 | ||||||||
Oil and Gas - 2.4% |
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Unit Corporation a |
80,000 | 4,047,200 | ||||||
Precious Metals and Mining - 11.6% |
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Gammon Lake Resources a |
200,000 | 3,534,000 | ||||||
Ivanhoe Mines a |
450,000 | 5,166,000 | ||||||
Meridian Gold a |
100,000 | 2,553,000 | ||||||
Pan American Silver a |
140,000 | 4,142,600 | ||||||
120,000 | 4,183,200 | |||||||
19,578,800 | ||||||||
Total |
38,263,278 | |||||||
Technology - 4.6% |
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Semiconductors and Equipment - 0.1% |
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Cirrus Logic a |
34,700 | 265,802 | ||||||
Software - 1.4% |
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ManTech International Cl. A a |
50,000 | 1,670,500 | ||||||
PLATO Learning a |
160,000 | 672,000 | ||||||
2,342,500 | ||||||||
Telecommunications - 3.1% |
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ADTRAN |
75,000 | 1,826,250 | ||||||
Foundry Networks a |
250,100 | 3,393,857 | ||||||
5,220,107 | ||||||||
Total |
7,828,409 | |||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
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(Cost $85,815,945) |
134,352,352 | |||||||
GOVERNMENT BONDS - 7.3% |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
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AMOUNT | |||||||
(Principal Amount shown in local currency) |
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Canadian Government Bond |
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3.00% due 6/1/07 |
$ | 6,150,000 | 5,316,700 | |||||
New Zealand Government Bond |
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6.00% due 7/15/08 |
10,000,000 | 7,045,220 | ||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS |
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(Cost $11,362,570) |
12,361,920 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 28.1% |
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State
Street Bank & Trust Company, 5.10%
dated 3/30/07, due 4/2/07, maturity
value $17,655,500 (collateralized by
obligations of various U.S. Government Agencies,
valued at $18,092,925) |
17,648,000 | |||||||
Lehman
Brothers (Tri-Party), 5.20%
dated 3/30/07, due 4/2/07, maturity
value $30,013,000 (collateralized by
obligations of various U.S. Government Agencies,
valued at $30,613,327) |
30,000,000 | |||||||
TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS |
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(Cost $47,648,000) |
47,648,000 | |||||||
COLLATERAL RECEIVED FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.2% |
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Money Market Funds |
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State
Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime
Portfolio (7 day yield-5.25%) |
260,357 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 114.9% |
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(Cost $145,086,872) |
194,622,629 | |||||||
LIABILITIES LESS CASH AND OTHER ASSETS - (0.1)% |
(220,189 | ) | ||||||
PREFERRED STOCK - (14.8)% |
(25,000,000 | ) | ||||||
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS - 100.0% |
$ | 169,402,440 | ||||||
Item 2 - Controls and Procedures
(a) The Registrants principal executive and principal financial officers have
concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrants disclosure controls
and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report (as
required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act)), that the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
by Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) are reasonably designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be
disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q
is accumulated and communicated to the Registrants management, including its
principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There were no changes in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the Registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3 - Exhibits
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act are attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
By:
/s/ Charles M. Royce
Charles
M. Royce
President, Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2007
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:
/s/ Charles M. Royce
Charles
M. Royce
President, Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2007
By:
/s/ John D. Diederich
John D.
Diederich
Treasurer, Royce Focus Trust, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2007