Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001045450-25-000051
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Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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Item 1A.  Risk Factors 

There are many risks and uncertainties that can affect our current or future business, operating results, financial condition or share price. The following discussion describes important factors that could adversely affect our current or future business, operating results, financial condition or share price. This discussion includes a number of forward-looking statements. See "Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements."

Risks That May Impact Our Financial Condition or Performance

Global economic uncertainty, disruptions in the financial markets, inflation, and the challenging economic environment may impair our ability to refinance existing obligations or obtain new financing for acquisition or development of properties.

There continues to be a high level of global economic challenges and uncertainty, including uncertainty regarding interest rates, inflationary pressures, geopolitical conflicts and political changes in the U.S. and abroad, all of which have contributed to volatility in the global financial markets and contributed to negative performance of the real estate sector. REITs are generally experiencing heightened risks and uncertainties resulting from current challenging economic conditions, including significant volatility and negative pressure in financial and capital markets, higher cost of capital, lasting impacts of high inflation and other risks and uncertainties associated with the current economic environment. Our business has been more acutely affected by these risks. 

We rely in part on debt financing to finance our investments and development. To the extent that turmoil in the financial markets continues or intensifies, it has the potential to adversely affect our ability to refinance our existing obligations as they mature or obtain new financing for acquisition or development of properties and adversely affect the value of our investments. If we are unable to refinance existing indebtedness on attractive terms at its maturity, we may be forced to dispose of some of our assets. Uncertain economic conditions and disruptions in the financial markets could also result in a substantial decrease in the value of our investments, which could also make it more difficult to refinance existing obligations or obtain new financing. In addition, these factors may make it more difficult for us to sell properties or may adversely affect the price we receive for properties that we do sell, as prospective buyers may experience increased costs of capital or difficulties in obtaining capital. These events in the credit markets may have an adverse effect on other financial markets in the U.S., which may make it more difficult or costly for us to raise capital through the issuance of our common shares or preferred shares. In addition, disruptions in global financial markets may have other adverse effects on us, our tenants, our borrowers or the economy in general.

Although we intend to continue making future