Diversified Healthcare Trust Announces Quarterly Dividend on Common Shares

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) today announced a regular quarterly cash distribution on its common shares of $0.01 per share ($0.04 per share per year). This distribution will be paid to DHC’s common shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 19, 2026 and distributed on or about November 12, 2026.

About Diversified Healthcare Trust:

DHC is a real estate investment trust focused on owning high-quality healthcare properties located throughout the United States. DHC’s portfolio is anchored by a strategically curated mix of senior housing, medical office and life science assets that combine high quality care, modern technology and amenity rich environments to meet rising demand across the healthcare continuum. As of June 30, 2026, DHC’s approximately $6.3 billion portfolio included 285 properties in 33 states and Washington, D.C., with 23,797 senior living units, approximately 5.6 million square feet of medical office and life science properties and occupied by approximately 250 tenants. DHC is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with over $37 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026 and 40 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. DHC is headquartered in Newton, MA. For more information, visit www.dhcreit.com.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other securities laws. These forward-looking statements are based upon DHC’s present intent, 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 DHC’s control.

For example, this press release states that DHC’s regular quarterly cash distribution rate is $0.01 per share per quarter or $0.04 per share per year. A possible implication of this statement is that DHC will continue to pay quarterly distributions of $0.01 per share per quarter or $0.04 per share per year in the future. DHC’s distribution rate may be set and reset from time to time by DHC’s Board of Trustees. DHC’s Board of Trustees considers many factors when setting or resetting DHC’s distribution rate, including DHC’s funds from operations and normalized funds from operations, cash available for distribution, requirements to maintain DHC’s qualification for taxation as a REIT, the then current and expected needs and availability of cash to pay DHC’s obligations and fund its investments, limitations in DHC’s debt agreements, the availability to DHC of debt and equity capital, DHC’s dividend yield and its dividend yield compared to the dividend yields of other REITs, DHC’s expectation of its future capital requirements and operating performance, DHC’s expected needs for and availability of cash to pay its obligations and other factors deemed relevant by DHC’s Board of Trustees in its discretion. Accordingly, future distributions to DHC’s shareholders may be increased or decreased and DHC cannot be sure as to the rate at which future distributions will be paid.

You should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements.

Except as required by law, DHC does not intend to update or change any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

Bryan Maher, Senior Vice President
(617) 796-8234