On January 12, 2017, Independence Realty Trust, Inc. Board of Directors declared monthly cash dividends for the first quarter of 2017 on IRT’s shares of common stock in the amount of $0.06 per share per month. The monthly dividends total $0.18 per share for the first quarter. The company announced the dividend of $0.06 per share for the months January 2017, February 2017 and March 2017, payable on February 15, 2017, March 15, 2017 and April 17, 2017 respectively to the recorded shareholders on January 31, 2017, February 28, 2017 and March 31, 2017 respectively.