Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001045450-25-000051
Chunk: 31

Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 31
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 request to terminate the Paramount Consent Decrees, which prohibit movie studios from owning theatres or utilizing "block booking," a practice whereby movie studios sell multiple films as a package to theatres, in addition to other restrictions. There can be no assurances as to the effects of this regulatory action or whether this regulatory action will materially adversely affect our theatre customers' operations and, in turn, their ability to perform under their leases.

Our other experiential customers are exposed to the risk of adverse economic conditions that can affect experiential activities. Eat & play, ski, attraction, experiential lodging, gaming, fitness & wellness and cultural properties are discretionary activities that can entail a relatively high cost of participation and may be adversely affected by an economic slowdown or recession. Economic conditions, including elevated interest rates and inflation, high unemployment and erosion of consumer confidence, may potentially have negative effects on our customers and on their results of operations. We cannot predict what impact these uncertainties may have on overall guest visitation, guest spending or other related trends and the ultimate impact it will have on our customers’ operations and, in turn, their ability to perform under their respective leases or mortgages.

Real estate is a competitive business.

We operate in the highly competitive real estate industry. We compete with a large number of real estate property investors and developers including traded and non-traded public REITS, private equity investors, sovereign funds, institutional investment funds and other investors, some of whom are significantly larger and have greater resources, access to capital and lower costs of capital or different investment parameters. Some of these investors may be willing to accept lower returns on their investments or have greater financial resources or a lower cost of capital than we do, a greater ability to borrow funds to acquire properties and the ability to accept more risk than we prudently manage. This competition may increase the demand for the types of properties in which we typically invest and, therefore, reduce the number of suitable acquisition opportunities available to us and increase the prices paid for such acquisition properties. This competition will increase if investments in real estate become more attractive relative to other types of investment. Accordingly, competition for the acquisition of real property could materially and adversely affect us.

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Principal factors of competition are rent or interest charged, attractiveness of location, the quality of the property and breadth and quality of services provided. If our competitors offer space at rental or interest rates below the rates we are currently charging our customers, we may lose potential customers, and we may be pressured to reduce our rental or interest rates below those we currently charge in