07:50 AM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- dentalcorp Holdings (DNTL.TO) on Thursday said it will buy back up to 3.6 million subordinate voting shares, or 2% of its outstanding shares, from September 3 for one year.

Under its previous stock buyback, which expired on May 15, dentalcorp repurchased 1.5 million subordinate voting shares at a volume weighted average purchase price of $5.93 each.

dentalcorp is Canada's largest, and one of North America's fastest growing, networks of dental practices.

The shares dropped 2.3% to close at $7.74 on Wednesday.