EPR Properties announced that John P. Case III has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Case has been a Partner and Senior Advisor for the Ares Net Lease strategy on a part time basis since 2021. Prior to joining Ares, Mr. Case was CEO, President and Director of Realty Income Corporation.

Additionally, Mr. Case served on the Board of Directors of Duke Realty Corporation before it was acquired by Prologis Inc. Mr. Case also served as Chief Investment Officer and chaired the Investment Committee of Realty Income. He has served on the Executive Board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as well as on The Real Estate Roundtable. Prior to joining Realty Income, Mr. Case served for 19 years as a New York-based real estate investment banker, where he was responsible for more than $100 billion in real estate capital markets and advisory transactions.

The election of Mr. Case is in anticipation of Jack Newman's retirement from the Board at this year's annual meeting of shareholders in accordance with the Company's trustee age limit policy under its Company Governance Guidelines.