Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-06-03
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-134132
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Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-06-03
Form: S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2025 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 EPR PROPERTIES (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

| Maryland                                 |     |         43-1790877 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of          
 incorporation or organization)           |     |   -I.R.S. Employer 
 Identification No. |
| 909 Walnut Street, Suite 200             
 Kansas City, Missouri                    |     |              64106 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |     |          -Zip Code |

EPR Properties 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (Full title of the plan) Paul R. Turvey Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary EPR Properties 909 Walnut Street, Suite 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (Name and address of agent for service) (816) 472-1700 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: B. Scott Gootee Stinson LLP 1201 Walnut, Suite 2900 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 (816) 842-8600 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-acceleratedfiler, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer |     | ☒ |     | Accelerated filer         |     | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer   |     | ☐ |     | Smaller reporting company |     | ☐ |
|                         |     |   |     | Emerging growth company   |     | ☐ |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement on Form S-8is being filed by EPR Properties (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering an additional 2,000,000