Broadstone Net Lease Inc

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To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 February 20, 2025, 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 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.

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) relate 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 matter 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 separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Evaluation of long-lived asset impairment —Refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company’s evaluation of long-lived assets to be held and used for possible impairment involves an initial assessment to determine whether events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If, and when, such events or changes in circumstances are present, an impairment exists to the extent the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the long-lived asset and its eventual disposition. An impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group exceeds its estimated fair value. Significant judgment is made to determine if and when impairment should be taken. Certain of the Company’s properties may have fair values less than their carrying amounts. However, based on the Company’s plans with respect to each of those properties, the Company believes that their carrying amounts are recoverable and therefore, no impairment charges were recognized other than those reflected in the financial statements. If the operating conditions deteriorate or if the Company’s expected holding period for assets changes, subsequent tests for impairments could result in additional impairment charges in the future.

We identified the estimated holding period used in determining the recoverability of long-lived assets as a critical audit matter because of the subjective judgments made by management to determine the holding period for long-lived assets as part of their impairment analysis. This required a higher degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s assumptions, given the inherent unpredictability involved in the timing of sales of long-lived assets.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the assessment of the Company’s expected holding periods included the following, among others:

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We obtained an understanding and tested the design and operating effectiveness of the Company’s controls to monitor long-lived assets for events or changes in circumstances that indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable due to a change in the expected holding period.

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We held discussions with the Company’s management and evaluated the reasonableness of management’s assertions regarding the expected holding period of its long-lived assets, more specifically by performing the following:

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Engaged in discussions with senior management, including legal and asset management, and inspected Board of Director meeting minutes regarding the assumptions utilized in determining the expected holding periods.

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Evaluated audit evidence (e.g. hindsight analysis, disposal status report) to determine whether it supported or contradicted the conclusions reached by management.

/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP

Rochester, New York

February 20, 2025

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.