EPR Properties Elects James B. Connor as an Independent Trustee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating/Company Governance Committee and Compensation and Human Capital Committee
January 10, 2019 at 04:07 pm EST
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Effective January 10, 2019, the Board of Trustees of EPR Properties increased the size of the Board from seven to eight members and elected James B. Connor as an independent trustee to fill the vacancy resulting from the increase in the size of the Board. Mr. Connor will serve until the 2019 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. Connor to serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Nominating/Company Governance Committee and Compensation and Human Capital Committee. Mr. Connor serves as head of the company’s Executive Committee, overseeing the strategic direction of the company and its Investment Committee, with responsibility for approving major capital transactions. Mr. Connor is a member of the Board of Governors for NAREIT, the Real Estate Roundtable and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). He is also on the Advisory Board of the Marshall Bennett Institute for Advanced Real Estate Studies at Roosevelt University.
EPR Properties is a diversified experiential net lease real estate investment trust (REIT), specializing in select enduring experiential properties in the real estate industry. The Company operates through two segments: Experiential and Education. The Experiential segment consists of approximately 166 theatre properties, 58 eat and play properties, 23 attraction properties, 11 ski properties, seven experiential lodging properties, one gaming property, three cultural properties, and 20 fitness and wellness properties. The Companyâs Education segment consists of property types, which include 61 early childhood education center properties, and nine private school properties. The Company's investment portfolio includes ownership of and long-term mortgages on Experiential and Education properties. The Company has investments in approximately 44 states. All of the Company's owned single-tenant properties are leased under long-term, triple-net leases.
EPR Properties Elects James B. Connor as an Independent Trustee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating/Company Governance Committee and Compensation and Human Capital Committee