NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RMR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RMR) today announced a cash dividend on its
shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B-1 Common Stock of $0.2993 per
share, which represents a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share
for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 ($1.00 per share per year) plus a
pro rata dividend of $0.0493 for the period from December 14, 2015 (the
date the distribution of The RMR Group Inc.’s shares by the Managed
REITs to their shareholders was completed) to December 31, 2015. This
distribution will be paid to RMR’s shareholders of record as of the
close of business on April 25, 2016 and distributed on or about May 19,
2016.
The RMR Group Inc. is a holding company and substantially all of its
business is conducted by its majority-owned subsidiary, The RMR Group
LLC. The RMR Group LLC is an alternative asset management company that
primarily provides management services to publicly traded REITs and real
estate operating companies. As of December 31, 2015, The RMR Group LLC
had approximately $22 billion of real estate assets under management
including more than 1,300 properties and employed over 400 real estate
professionals in 25 offices throughout the United States; the companies
managed by The RMR Group LLC collectively had over 50,000 employees. The
RMR Group Inc. is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.
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RMR’S PRESENT BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT THESE STATEMENTS AND THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT
OCCUR FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE BEYOND RMR’S CONTROL. FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT RMR’S REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
IS $0.25 PER SHARE ($1.00/SHARE PER YEAR) OF RMR CLASS A COMMON STOCK
AND CLASS B-1 COMMON STOCK. A POSSIBLE IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT IS
THAT RMR WILL CONTINUOUSLY PAY QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS OF $0.25/SHARE PER
QUARTER OR $1.00/SHARE PER YEAR IN THE FUTURE. RMR’S DIVIDEND RATES ARE
SET AND RESET FROM TIME TO TIME BY RMR’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE RMR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSIDERS MANY FACTORS WHEN SETTING DIVIDEND RATES
INCLUDING RMR’S CURRENT AND EXPECTED EARNINGS AS WELL AS THE
AVAILABILITY OF CASH TO FUND DIVIDENDS AS COMPARED TO ALTERNATIVE USES
OF SUCH CASH. ACCORDINGLY, FUTURE DIVIDEND RATES MAY BE INCREASED OR
DECREASED AND THERE IS NO ASSURANCE AS TO THE RATE AT WHICH FUTURE
DIVIDENDS WILL BE DECLARED AND PAID. FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS,
INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON ANY FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.