Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001045450-25-000051
Chunk: 28

Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 28
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 significant delays and substantial legal costs.

A tenant becoming bankrupt or insolvent could diminish or eliminate the income we expect from that tenant's leases. If a tenant becomes insolvent or bankrupt, we cannot be sure that we could promptly recover the premises from the tenant or from a trustee or debtor-in-possession in a bankruptcy proceeding relating to the tenant. On the other hand, 

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a bankruptcy court might authorize the tenant to terminate its leases with us. If that happens, our claim against the bankrupt tenant for unpaid future rent would be subject to statutory limitations that might be substantially less than the remaining rent owed under the leases. In addition, any claim we have for unpaid past rent would likely not be paid in full and we would take a charge against earnings for any accrued straight-line rent receivable related to the leases. We have experienced material customer bankruptcies in the past. Specifically, in 2022, Regal filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. At the time of its bankruptcy filing, Regal leased 57 theatres from us pursuant to two master leases and 28 single property leases. As a result of the resolution of this bankruptcy in 2023, we entered into a new master lease with Regal for 41 properties, took back 16 properties and agreed to hold a significant amount of deferred rent owed by Regal in abeyance with a remaining portion discharged in bankruptcy. There can be no assurances that our tenants will not become bankrupt or insolvent in the future.

We could be adversely affected by a borrower's bankruptcy or default.

If a borrower becomes bankrupt or insolvent or defaults under its loan, that could force us to declare a default and foreclose on any available collateral. As a result, future interest income recognition related to the applicable note receivable could be significantly reduced or eliminated. There is also a risk that the fair value of the collateral, if any, will be less than the carrying value of the note and accrued interest receivable at the time of a foreclosure and we may have to take a charge against earnings. If a property serves as collateral for a note, we may experience costs and delays in recovering the property in foreclosure or finding a substitute operator for the property. If a mortgage we hold is subordinated to senior financing secured by the property, our recovery would be limited to any amount remaining after satisfaction of all amounts due to the holder of the senior financing. In addition, to protect our subordinated investment, we may desire to refinance any senior financing. However