Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001045450-25-000068
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Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 may be issued or transferred for consideration or for no consideration, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish conditions under which restrictions on restricted common shares or restricted share units lapse over a period of time or according to such other criteria as the Committee deems appropriate, including the achievement of specific performance goals. Upon vesting, restricted share units are payable in cash, common shares or a combination thereof. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, during the period of time in which the restricted common shares are restricted, the participant to whom the shares have been granted will have the right to vote the shares and will have the right to receive any dividends paid on such shares, subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. Under the Amended and Restated 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, a participant to whom restricted share units have been granted will not have any voting rights, and the Committee may determine whether the participant will be entitled to receive dividend equivalent payments.

Performance Shares, Performance Units, Bonus Shares and Deferred Shares. The Amended and Restated 2016 Equity Incentive Plan permits the grant of performance shares, performance units, bonus shares and deferred shares. Performance shares and performance units are bonuses payable in cash, common shares or a combination thereof. Each performance unit and performance share will represent the right of the participant to receive an amount based on the value of the performance unit/share, if performance goals established by the Committee are met. Bonus shares are shares awarded to a participant without cost and without restriction in

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recognition of past performance or as an incentive to become an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in such amounts and subject to such terms as established by the Committee. Deferred shares are shares awarded to a participant on a deferred basis, in such amounts and subject to such terms as established by the Committee. Deferred shares may be awarded in lieu of or in substitution for any other compensation which a participant may be eligible to receive from the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

#### Performance Awards
Awards subject to performance goals as discussed below (referred to in this proposal as, collectively, the “Performance Awards”) may be granted to participants in the Amended and Restated 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. Performance Awards will have a value based on such measurements or criteria as the Committee determines pursuant to the plan. When Performance Awards are granted, the Committee will establish a performance period during which performance will be measured. At the end of each performance period, the Committee will determine