Company: EPR-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001045450-25-000068
Chunk: 29

Company: EPR PROPERTIES
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 considers the independence assessment of such advisor pursuant to

#### 2025 Proxy StatementPage 26
applicable NYSE and SEC rules, but the committee retains discretion to engage any such advisor, without regard to its independence, after considering the findings in such assessment.

#### Trustee Attendance at Annual Meetings
Our trustees are expected to attend each annual meeting of shareholders, although conflict situations can arise from time to tim e. Each of our trustees att ended the 2024 annual meeting.

#### Family Relationships
No family relationships exist between any of our trustees, nominees or executive officers.

Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight

The Company believes that its Board is best characterized as independent. As noted above, a majority of the Board’s members are independent and unaffiliated, with our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer being the only trustee who is also a member of management. Mr. Silvers serves as executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Shanks as Lead Independent Trustee. The Board believes that this structure is appropriate in light of Mr. Silvers’ unique knowledge, experience and relationship with the Board, the Company’s industry and the Company’s management. As executive Chairman, Mr. Silvers sets the Board agenda, leads the Board in oversight of the Company’s strategic planning and opportunities and identifies key risks and mitigation approaches for the Board’s review. As Lead Independent Trustee, Ms. Shanks retains significant authority, including providing input on behalf of the independent trustees on Board agendas, calling meetings of the independent trustees, setting agendas for executive sessions and leading performance evaluations of the Chief Executive Officer.

As described in detail above, there are three committees of the Board of Trustees: the Audit Committee, the Nominating/Company Governance Committee, and the Compensation Committee.

The Board of Trustees and its committees play an important risk oversight role at the Company. The entire Board reviews and determines the Company’s overall business strategy, the management of its balance sheet, and each year’s annual budget. The Board also reviews all material acquisition, investment and disposition transactions entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Audit Committee of the Board is specifically charged with reviewing the Company’s financial risk exposures. Further, the Company’s independent auditors report directly to the Audit Committee.

The administration of the Board’s risk oversight role does not have any direct effect on the Board’s leadership structure. However, we believe that the Board’s structure, its committees, and the experience and diverse backgrounds of our trustees all help to ensure the integrity of the Company’s risk management and oversight