HAWKINS INC

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Hawkins, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Hawkins, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 29, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended March 29, 2026, of the Company and our report, dated May 13, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

As described in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at WaterSurplus, which was acquired on April 25, 2025, and whose financial statements constitute approximately 2.9% of total assets, excluding goodwill and intangible assets, and 3.2% of net sales of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended March 29, 2026. Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial reporting at WaterSurplus.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP

May 13, 2026

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Hawkins, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Hawkins, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 29, 2026, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, for the year ended March 29, 2026, and the related notes and the schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 29, 2026, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended March 29, 2026, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report, dated May 13, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Acquisition – WaterSurplus Customer Relationships – Refer to Note 2 to the financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, the Company acquired Surplus Management, Inc. (d/b/a WaterSurplus) for $149.9 million. The Company allocated the purchase price to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, which resulted in WaterSurplus customer relationships being recorded at $76 million. The Company estimated the fair value of the WaterSurplus customer relationships in accordance with generally accepted valuation techniques. This approach required management to make significant estimates and assumptions. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could have a significant impact on the fair value of the WaterSurplus customer relationships. We identified the projected revenue growth rates, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) margins, and discount rate used in the valuation of the WaterSurplus customer relationships as a critical audit matter due to the subjectivity inherent in these estimates and assumptions. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort, including the need to involve fair value specialists, when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimates and assumptions.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the projected revenue growth rates, EBITDA margins, and discount rate included the following, among others:

•We tested the effectiveness of internal controls over management’s valuation analysis related to projected revenue growth rates, EBITDA margins, and discount rate.

•We assessed the reasonableness of management’s projections of the revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins by comparing the projections to historical results and certain peer companies.

•We evaluated whether the projections of the revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

•With the assistance of our fair value specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the discount rate by:

–Testing the mathematical accuracy of the components of the discount rate.

–Comparing the selected discount rate to market data.

–Evaluating the valuation methodology used.

–Comparing our fair value specialists’ independent range of the discount rate estimate to the discount rate used by management.

–Comparing the estimated weighted average return on assets, internal rate of return, and the discount rate used in the valuation model and evaluating whether they were consistent with each other.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

May 13, 2026

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2025.

Board of Directors and Shareholders

Hawkins, Inc.

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Hawkins, Inc. (a Minnesota corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 30, 2025, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule included under Item 15(a) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 30, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor from 2020 to 2025.

May 14, 2025 (except for Notes 3, 7, 15, 16 and 17, as to which the date is May 13, 2026)