08:04 AM EST, 12/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- DRI Healthcare Trust (DHT-UN.TO, DHT-U.TO) on Friday declared a special dividend of US$0.0237 per unit that will be paid to unitholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 31.

The dividend is in addition to the quarterly cash dividend of US$0.085 per unit announced on Nov. 6.

The total amount of cash that will have been returned to the company's unitholders through the quarterly distributions and the normal course issuer bid in 2024 will be about US$23.1 million, DRI added.

Shares of the company closed up $0.16, or 1%, to $12.04 on Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.