Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001045450-25-000024
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Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 24, 2025, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of EPR Properties (the "Company") increased the size of the Board from nine to ten members and elected John Peter Suarez as an independent trustee to fill the vacancy resulting from the increase in the size of the Board. Mr. Suarez will serve until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. The Board also appointed Mr. Suarez to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating/Company Governance Committee.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Suarez and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Suarez was selected to serve as a trustee of the Company. The Company is not aware of any transactions involving Mr. Suarez that are reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Suarez will be eligible to receive compensation for his service as a trustee in accordance with the Company's standard arrangements for non-employee trustees of the Company, which arrangements are described under the heading "Trustee Compensation" in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2024. The Company also entered into an Indemnification Agreement with Mr. Suarez in the same form that the Company has entered into with its other trustees and certain of its officers. The Indemnification Agreement provides for procedures for indemnification by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from Mr. Suarez's services as a trustee of the Company.

The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Indemnification Agreement incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 27, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Suarez to the Board as described above. The Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for