<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001045450-16-000151.txt : 20160513
<SEC-HEADER>0001045450-16-000151.hdr.sgml : 20160513
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160513162812
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001045450-16-000151
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160511
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160513
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160513

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EPR PROPERTIES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001045450
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				431790877
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 WALNUT STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64106
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8164721700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 WALNUT STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			KANSAS CITY
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			64106

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970904

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sterneck Robin Peppe
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001586823

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13561
		FILM NUMBER:		161648777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11205 BROOKWOOD AVENUE
		CITY:			LEAWOOD
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66211
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <periodOfReport>2016-05-11</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001045450</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EPR PROPERTIES</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EPR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001586823</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sterneck Robin Peppe</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>11205 BROOKWOOD AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Share Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-05-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1457</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1457</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9102</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
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            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1121</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10223</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted Share Units were issued to Reporting Person in lieu of the Reporting Person's Annual Trustee Retainer fee. Each Restricted Share Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">33% of the shares vest and are payable on May 11, 2017; 33% of shares vest and are payable on May 11,2018; and 34% of shares vest and are payable on May 11, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Restricted Share Units were issued to the Reporting Person pursuant to Company's Equity Incentive Plan. Each Restricted Share Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Felisha L. Parker, attorney-in-fact for Robin B. Sterneck</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>sterneck.txt
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Gregory K. Silvers, Mark A. Peterson, Tonya L. Mater
and Felisha L. Parker, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to complete and execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a Trustee of EPR Properties
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and timely file
such Forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority.  The undersigned hereby grants to
each such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution or revocation. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, or until earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
 to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2016.


									/s/ Robin P. Sterneck
</TEXT>
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