Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001045450-25-000068
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Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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#### 2025 Proxy StatementPage 23

#### Board Committees
The Board of Trustees has established an Audit Committee, a Nominating/Company Governance Committee and a Compensation Committee. Under our Company Governance Guidelines, members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Company Governance Committee must satisfy the NYSE’s independence requirements in addition to certain requirements applicable specifically to the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Copies of the committee charters may be obtained by visiting the Company Governance page within the Corporate Responsibility section of our website at www.eprkc.com.

Audit Committee. The Board o f Trustees has appointed an Audit Committee consisting of Messrs. Peter C. Brown, William P. Brown, C ase and Suarez and Mses. Shanks and Trimberger. The Board of Trustees has determined that all the committee members are independent in accordance with our Company Governance Guidelines and NYSE rules. The committee members also meet the additional independence standards of Exchange Act Rule 10A-3. The Board of Trustees has determined that Messrs. Peter C. Brown, William P. Brown and Case and Ms. Trimberger are “audit committee financial experts,” as defined by the SEC rules, by virtue of their experience and positions held as described elsewhere in this proxy statement. Ms. Trimberger serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee. The committee met four times in 2024.

The primary responsibility of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board’s oversight of the quality and integrity of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and registered independent public accounting firm and review of the Company’s annual budget.

The registered independent public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited consolidated financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles. The independent registered public accounting firm is also responsible for auditing the effectiveness of management’s internal control over financial reporting and expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.

The Audit Committee has sole authority to engage the independent registered public accounting firm to perform audit services (subject to shareholder ratification), audit-related services, tax services and permitted non-audit services and the authorization of the payment of fees therefor. The independent registered public accounting firm reports directly to the committee and is accountable to the committee.

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures for the pre-approval of the performance of