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N-able Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 7, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 7, 2025

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of N-able, Inc.

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of N-able, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(2) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited 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 (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above 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. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (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 and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

As described in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management has excluded Adlumin from its assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 because it was acquired by the Company in a purchase business combination during 2024. We have also excluded Adlumin from our audit of internal control over financial reporting. Adlumin is a wholly-owned subsidiary whose total assets and total revenues excluded from management’s assessment and our audit of internal control over financial reporting each represent less than 1% of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024.

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 (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) 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 (iii) 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.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Revenue Recognition – Subscription Revenue

As described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s subscription revenue was $459 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company primarily derives subscription revenue from the sale of subscriptions to their SaaS solutions and sales of their self-managed solutions, including term licenses, technical support and unspecified software upgrades. Subscription revenue for SaaS solutions is generally recognized ratably over the subscription term once the service is made available to the customer or when the Company has the right to invoice for services performed. Revenue from the license performance obligation of self-managed solutions is recognized at a point in time upon delivery of the access to the licenses, and revenue from the performance obligation related to the technical support and unspecified software upgrades of subscription-based license arrangements is recognized ratably over the agreement period. The Company generally invoices subscription agreements monthly based on usage or in advance over the subscription period on either a monthly or annual basis.

The principal consideration for our determination that performing procedures relating to revenue recognition – subscription revenue is a critical audit matter is a high degree of auditor effort in performing procedures related to the Company’s revenue recognition.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the revenue recognition process for subscription revenue. These procedures also included, among others, testing revenue recognized for a sample of subscription revenue transactions by obtaining and inspecting source documents, such as executed contracts, purchase orders, sales quotes, invoices, delivery documents, usage details and cash receipts.

Acquisition of Adlumin, Inc. – Valuation of Developed Technology

As described in Notes 2 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, on November 20, 2024, the Company acquired Adlumin for net consideration of $227.2 million. Of the acquired intangible assets recorded, $74.8 million related to a developed technology intangible asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is based on significant judgments made by management. Management uses the excess earnings methodology to calculate the fair values under the income approach. The valuation estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and information obtained by management, and include forecasted revenue growth rate and cost of revenue.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the valuation of developed technology acquired in the acquisition of Adlumin is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the fair value estimate of the developed technology acquired and (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s significant assumptions related to forecasted revenue growth rate and cost of revenue.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the acquisition accounting, including controls over management’s valuation of the developed technology. These procedures also included, among others, (i) reading the purchase agreement, (ii) testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate of the developed technology acquired, (iii) evaluating the appropriateness of the excess earnings method used by management, (iv) testing the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used in the excess earnings method, and (v) evaluating the reasonableness of significant assumptions used by management related to forecasted revenue growth rate and cost of revenue. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to forecasted revenue growth rate and cost of revenue involved considering (i) the current and past performance of the Adlumin business and (ii) whether the assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Austin, Texas

March 7, 2025

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2020.

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