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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Please see the sections entitled “Safe Harbor Cautionary Statement” and "Risk Factors" above for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. The following discussion and analysis also includes a discussion of certain non-GAAP financial measures. For a description and reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures discussed in this section, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

Overview

N-able, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (“Company”, “we,” “us” and “our”) is a leading global provider of cloud-based software solutions for managed service providers ("MSPs"), enabling them to support digital transformation and growth for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs"), which we define as those enterprises having less than 1,000 employees. With a flexible technology platform and powerful integrations, N-able makes it easy for MSPs to monitor, manage, and protect their end-customer systems, data, and networks. Our growing portfolio of security, automation, and backup and recovery solutions is built for IT services management professionals. N-able simplifies complex ecosystems and enables customers to solve their most pressing challenges. In addition, we provide extensive, proactive support—through enriching partner programs, hands-on training, and growth resources—to help MSPs deliver exceptional value and achieve success at scale. Through our multi-dimensional land and expand model and global presence, we are able to drive strong recurring revenue growth and profitability.

Separation from SolarWinds

On August 6, 2020, SolarWinds Corporation ("SolarWinds" or "Parent") announced that its board of directors had authorized management to explore a potential spin-off of its MSP business into our company, a newly created and separately traded public company, and separate into two distinct, publicly traded companies (the "Separation").

On July 19, 2021, SolarWinds completed the Separation through a pro-rata distribution (the "Distribution") of all the outstanding shares of our common stock it held to the stockholders of record of SolarWinds as of the close of business on July 12, 2021 (the "Record Date"). Each SolarWinds stockholder of record received one share of our common stock, $0.001 par value, for every two shares of SolarWinds common stock, $0.001 par value, held by such stockholder as of the close of business on the Record Date. SolarWinds distributed 158,020,156 shares of our common stock in the Distribution, which was effective at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 19, 2021. The Distribution reflected 316,040,312 shares of SolarWinds common stock outstanding on July 12, 2021 at a distribution ratio of one share of our common stock for every two shares of SolarWinds common stock. In addition, on July 19, 2021, and prior to completion of the Distribution, we issued 20,623,282 newly-issued shares of our common stock in connection with a private placement of N-able’s common stock (the “Private Placement”). As a result of the Distribution, we became an independent public company and our common stock is listed under the symbol "NABL" on the New York Stock Exchange.

Our financial statements for the periods through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021 are Consolidated Financial Statements prepared on a “carve-out” basis. Our financial statements for the period from July 20, 2021 through December 31, 2021 are Consolidated Financial Statements based on our reported results as a standalone company. The financial information included herein should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes in our registration statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-40297), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 29, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on April 6, 2021, Amendment No. 2 filed on April 14, 2021, Amendment No. 3 filed on May 27, 2021, and Amendment No. 4 filed on June 15, 2021 (the "Form 10"). The Form 10 includes a preliminary information statement that describes the Distribution and provides information regarding our business and management. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on June 25, 2021. The final information statement was furnished as exhibit 99.3 to the Form 8-K we filed with the SEC on July 12, 2021 (the "Information Statement"). See Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.

Impacts of COVID-19

The impact from the rapidly changing market and economic conditions due to the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") pandemic on our business is uncertain. Prior to the Separation and Distribution, SolarWinds, of which we were a part, initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by executing its business continuity plan and transitioning nearly all of its workforce to a remote work environment to prioritize the safety of its personnel. We have maintained a similar plan following the Separation

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and Distribution, and substantially all of our workforce is still working remotely and, to date, we have not incurred significant disruptions to our business operations as a result of this transition.

We believe that the COVID-19 pandemic creates both opportunities and challenges for our business. As a result of the pandemic, we have seen an acceleration of digital transformation efforts among SMEs with increased demand for secure, modern remote work environments. We believe this will support long-term demand for services offered by our MSP partners. The pandemic also has resulted in significant volatility, uncertainty and disruption in the global economy, in particular for SMEs. As a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced a deceleration in our year-over-year subscription revenue growth rate in the second quarter of 2020 as compared to our growth rates in prior periods. We attribute this deceleration primarily to increased churn and downgrades from existing MSP partners and slower MSP partner adds. Beginning in the third quarter of 2020, and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2021, we began to see improvement in our business, primarily as a result of better stability in our MSP partner base, expansion with certain existing MSP partners and the addition of new MSP partners.

We are unable to predict the long-term impact that the pandemic may have on our business, results of operations and financial condition due to numerous uncertainties, including the duration of the pandemic, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities around the world in response to the pandemic, the impacts on the businesses of our MSP partners and their customers and other factors identified in the section entitled Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

SolarWinds Cyber Incident

As previously disclosed, SolarWinds was the victim of a cyberattack on its Orion Software Platform and internal systems, or the Cyber Incident. SolarWinds has confirmed to us that it has concluded its internal investigations related to the Cyber Incident. SolarWinds has not identified Sunburst in any of its more than 70 non-Orion products and tools, including, as previously disclosed, any of our N-able solutions. SolarWinds, together with its partners, have undertaken extensive measures to investigate, contain, eradicate, and remediate the Cyber Incident. As SolarWinds previously disclosed in its investigatory updates, it has substantially completed this process and believes the threat actor is no longer active in its environments.

In response to the Cyber Incident and in connection with the Separation and Distribution, we are working to further enhance security, monitoring and authentication of our solutions. Specifically, we have implemented in-product security enhancements to the N-able portfolio of products, including, multi-factor authentication, unified single sign-on services, and secure secret vaults. We have also introduced new identity and access controls, scanning and remediation technologies and standards and monitoring tooling across our enterprise IT and production environments. We expect to incur additional expenses in future periods related to continued enhancements to our security measures across our solutions.

Of the expenses SolarWinds recorded related to the Cyber Incident through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021, none have been allocated to the N-able business and, as a result of the indemnification provisions under the Separation and Distribution Agreement entered into in connection with the Separation and Distribution (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”), we have not recorded any contingent liabilities with respect to the Cyber Incident as of December 31, 2021. In addition, as a result of the Cyber Incident, SolarWinds is subject to numerous lawsuits and governmental investigations or inquiries. To date, we have not been separately named in such lawsuits and investigations, but in the future we may become subject to lawsuits, investigations or inquiries related to the Cyber Incident. In such event, subject to the terms of the Separation and Distribution Agreement, SolarWinds would indemnify us for costs we may incur.

We believe the Cyber Incident has caused reputational harm to SolarWinds and also had an adverse impact on our reputation, new subscription sales and net retention rates. In 2021, we experienced an adverse impact to new subscription sales and expansion rates relative to historical levels. We believe this was due in part to our decision in response to the Cyber Incident to temporarily reduce investments in demand generation activities through January 2021, as well as a result of certain MSP partners delaying their purchasing decisions as they assessed the potential impact of the Cyber Incident. However, we also have seen consistency among renewal rates with our larger MSP partners and have not observed material adverse trends with respect to the usage of our solutions. In addition, following our resumption of regular demand generation activities in February 2021, we were encouraged by engagements with both prospective and existing MSP partners. In general our sales cycles and time from contract to revenue recognition are primarily short in nature and based on trends through fiscal 2021, we believe that the adverse impacts of the Cyber Incident on our financial results will diminish over time in the absence of new discoveries or events. Nevertheless, there is risk that the Cyber Incident may continue to have an adverse impact on our business in future periods, and to the extent such impact continues, including as a result of new discoveries or events, it could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

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Results of Operations

Prior to the Separation and Distribution, N-able comprised certain stand-alone legal entities for which discrete financial information was available. As SolarWinds recorded transactions at the legal entity level, for the legal entities which were shared between the N-able business and other SolarWinds operations for which discrete financial information was not available, allocation methodologies were applied to certain accounts to allocate amounts to us as discussed in Note 1. Organization and Nature of Operations in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Consolidated Statements of Operations include all revenue and costs directly attributable to N-able as well as an allocation of expenses related to facilities, functions and services provided by SolarWinds prior to the Separation and Distribution. These corporate expenses have been allocated to our business based on direct usage or benefit, where identifiable, with the remainder allocated based on headcount where appropriate. These allocations are primarily reflected within operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We believe the basis on which the expenses have been allocated to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided to, or the benefit received by, us during the periods presented. However, these allocations may not be indicative of the actual expenses we would have incurred as a stand-alone company during the periods prior to the Separation and Distribution or of the costs we will incur in the future. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details of the allocated costs.

Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights

Revenue

We deliver a platform of integrated solutions that enables our MSP partners to manage and secure the IT environments and assets for their SME end customers, as well as more efficiently manage their own businesses. Our total revenue was $89.5 million and $79.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021, we had approximately 25,000 customers. Additionally, as of December 31, 2021, we had 1,678 MSP partners with ARR over $50,000 on our platform, up from 1,473 as of December 31, 2020, representing an increase of 14%. Over the same period, MSP partners with over $50,000 of ARR on our platform grew from approximately 42% of our total ARR as of December 31, 2020 to approximately 47% of our total ARR as of December 31, 2021. We determine ARR as the annualized recurring revenue as of the last month of a given period. We calculate ARR by multiplying the recurring revenue and related usage revenue, excluding the impacts of credits and reserves, recognized during the final month of the reporting period from both long-term and month-to-month subscriptions by twelve. We use ARR, and in particular, ARR attributable to MSP partners with over $50,000 of ARR, to enhance the understanding of our business performance and the growth of our relationships with our MSP partners.

Profitability

We have grown while maintaining high levels of operating efficiency. Our net income for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $2.1 million compared to a net loss of $(9.9) million for the three months ended December 31, 2020. The increase in net income for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to an increase in revenue and a decrease in both the cost of amortization of acquired technologies and interest expense. Our Adjusted EBITDA, calculated as net income of $2.1 million and net loss of $(9.9) million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets and developed technology of $3.1 million and $12.3 million, respectively, depreciation expense of $5.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, income tax expense of $1.9 million and $3.5 million, respectively, interest expense, net of $4.8 million and $6.7 million, respectively, unrealized foreign currency losses of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, acquisition related costs of zero and $0.1 million, respectively, spin-off costs of $1.1 million and $6.0 million, respectively, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes of $8.7 million and $9.3 million, respectively, and restructuring costs and other of $0.3 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively, was $27.8 million and $30.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Cash Flow

We have built our business to generate strong cash flow over the long term. For the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, cash flows from operations were $19.2 million and $16.2 million, respectively. The increase in cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020 was primarily due to an increase in net income of $12.0 million, partially offset by a decrease in the net cash provided by our operating assets and liabilities of $9.0 million due to the timing of sales, cash payments and receipts. Our cash flows from operations were reduced by cash payments for interest of $2.6 million and $9.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and cash payments for income taxes of $4.0 million and $2.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Components of Our Results of Operations

Revenue

Our revenue consists of the following:

•Subscription Revenue. We primarily derive subscription revenue from the sale of subscriptions to the SaaS solutions that we host and manage on our platform. Our subscriptions provide access to the latest versions of our software platform, technical support and unspecified software upgrades and updates. Subscription revenue for our SaaS solutions is generally recognized ratably over the subscription term once the service is made available to the MSP partner or when we have the right to invoice for services performed. In addition, our subscription revenue includes sales of our self-managed solutions, which are hosted and managed by our MSP partners. Subscriptions of our self-managed solutions include term licenses, technical support and unspecified software upgrades. Revenue from the license performance obligation of our 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 our subscription-based license arrangements is recognized ratably over the agreement period. We generally invoice subscription agreements monthly based on usage or in advance over the subscription period on either a monthly or annual basis.

•Other Revenue. Other revenue consists primarily of revenue from the sale of our maintenance services associated with the historical sales of perpetual licenses. MSP partners with maintenance agreements are entitled to receive technical support and unspecified upgrades or enhancements to new versions of their solutions on a when-and-if-available basis for the specified agreement period. We expect maintenance revenue to decrease as a proportion of our total revenue over time.

Cost of Revenue

•Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue consists of technical support personnel costs, public cloud infrastructure and hosting fees, royalty fees and an allocation of overhead costs for our subscription revenue and maintenance services. We allocate facilities, depreciation, benefits and IT costs based on headcount.

•Amortization of Acquired Technologies. We amortize to cost of revenue capitalized costs of technologies acquired in connection with the take private transaction of SolarWinds in early 2016 and our acquisitions.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative expenses as well as amortization of acquired intangibles. Personnel costs include salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, as well as an allocation of our facilities, depreciation, benefits and IT costs. For the periods through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021, SolarWinds provided facilities, information technology services and certain corporate and administrative services to us. Expenses relating to these services have been allocated to N‐able and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements. The total number of employees fully dedicated to our business was 1,399 and 1,177 as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Our stock-based compensation expense increased during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the prior fiscal year primarily due to the impact of both the conversion of existing unvested and unexercised equity awards in connection with the Separation and Distribution and new equity awards granted to employees during the six months ended December 31, 2021. Our travel costs declined in fiscal year 2020 and remained at a decreased level during the year ended December 31, 2021 due to COVID-19.

•Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of related personnel costs, including our sales, marketing, partner success and product management teams. Sales and marketing expenses also include the cost of digital marketing programs such as paid search, search engine optimization and management and website maintenance and design. We expect to continue to grow our sales and marketing organization domestically and internationally to drive new MSP

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partner adds, expand with existing MSP partners and pursue initiatives designed to help our MSP partners succeed and grow.

•Research and Development. Research and development expenses primarily consist of related personnel costs. We expect to continue to grow our research and development organization domestically and internationally and also to incur additional expenses associated with our enhancements of security, monitoring and authentication of our solutions.

•General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel costs for executives, finance, legal, human resources and other administrative personnel, general restructuring charges and other acquisition-related costs, professional fees and other general corporate expenses. We expect our general and administrative expense to increase primarily as a result of the increased costs associated with being a stand-alone public company and costs associated with the Separation and Distribution.

•Amortization of Acquired Intangibles. We amortize to operating expenses capitalized costs of intangible assets acquired in connection with the take private transaction of SolarWinds in early 2016 and our acquisitions.

Other Expense

Other expense primarily consists of interest expense related to our related party debt and gains (losses) resulting from changes in exchange rates on foreign currency denominated accounts.

Foreign Currency

As a global company, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. Fluctuations in foreign currencies impact the amount of total assets, liabilities, revenue, operating expenses and cash flows that we report for our foreign subsidiaries upon the translation of these amounts into U.S. dollars. See Item 1A. Risk Factors for additional information on how foreign currency impacts our financial results.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense consists of domestic and foreign corporate income taxes related to the sale of subscriptions. Our effective tax rate will be affected by many factors including changes in tax laws, regulations or rates, new interpretations of existing laws or regulations, valuation allowance, uncertain tax positions, stock based compensation, permanent nondeductible book and tax differences, shifts in the allocation of income earned throughout the world and changes in overall levels of income before tax.

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Revenue

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Total revenue increased $43.6 million or 14.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, driven by our security and data protection solutions. We base revenue by geography on the shipping address of each MSP partner. Based on MSP partner location, revenue from the United States was approximately 46.4% and 47.8% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Revenue from the United Kingdom was approximately 11.1% and 10.4% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Other than the United States and the United Kingdom, no single country accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue during these periods.

Subscription Revenue. Subscription revenue increased $44.8 million, or 15.3%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Our increase in subscription revenue was driven by the addition of new MSP partners and an increase in revenue from existing MSP partners as they added new SME customers and adopted new solutions. Our subscription revenue increased slightly as a percentage of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Our annual dollar-based net revenue retention rate for our subscription products was approximately 110% and 109% for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and was driven primarily by strong customer retention and expansion in our MSP products. To calculate our annual dollar-based net revenue retention rate, we first identify the MSP partners with active paid subscriptions in the last month of the prior-year period, or the base partners. We then divide the subscription revenue in the last month of the current-year period attributable to the base partners by the revenue attributable to those base partners in the last month of the prior-year period. Our dollar-based net revenue retention rate for a particular period is then obtained by averaging the rates from that particular period with the results from each of the prior eleven months. Our calculation includes any expansion revenue and is net of any contraction or cancellation, but excludes credits and revenue attributable to any MSP partner who was not a partner with a paid subscription in the prior period.

Other Revenue. Other revenue decreased $(1.2) million, or (11.4)%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 due to decreases in sales of our perpetual licenses, and the related maintenance agreements. As of the three months ended March 31, 2020, we have discontinued perpetual license upgrades.

Cost of Revenue

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Total cost of revenue decreased in the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 primarily due to a decrease of $18.5 million in amortization of intangible assets acquired in connection with the take private transaction of SolarWinds in early 2016, partially offset by an increase in royalties and public cloud infrastructure and hosting fees of $4.7 million, an increase of $2.1 million in depreciation and other amortization, and an increase in personnel costs of $0.6 million, which includes an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million.

Operating Expenses

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $30.6 million, or 37.4%, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $14.6 million, which includes an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $4.4 million, an increase in allocated costs of $6.8 million, an increase in advertising expense of $4.6 million, an increase in marketing program costs of $1.3 million, an increase in contract services costs of $0.9 million, and an increase in costs associated with the Separation and Distribution of $0.5 million. We increased our sales and marketing employee headcount to support the sales of additional solutions and drive growth in the business.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $11.2 million, or 26.3%, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $6.6 million, which includes an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $1.5 million, an increase in contract services costs of $3.5 million, and an increase of $0.6 million of costs associated with the Separation and Distribution. We increased our worldwide research and development employee headcount to expedite delivery of enhancements and new solutions to our MSP partners.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $23.2 million, or 40.5%, primarily due to an increase of $11.1 million in costs associated with the Separation and Distribution, a $9.4 million increase in personnel costs, which includes an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million, and an increase of $2.5 million in contract

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services costs. We increased our worldwide general and administrative employee headcount in connection with the Separation and Distribution.

Amortization of Acquired Intangibles. Amortization of acquired intangibles decreased $(10.4) million, or (43.5)%, primarily due to a decrease in amortization of intangible assets acquired in connection with the take private transaction of SolarWinds in early 2016 and the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Interest Expense, Net

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Interest expense, net decreased by $7.7 million, or (27.2)%, in the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to repayment of borrowings under our long-term related party debt and the impact of lower interest rates under the Credit Agreement compared to our long-term related party debt. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entitiesand Note 7. Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our related party debt.

Other Expense, Net

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Other expense, net increased by $(0.5) million in the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to various accounts for the period, partially offset by $0.7 million of other income related to the settlement of a sublease agreement with SolarWinds.

Income Tax Expense

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Our income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 decreased by $(0.5) million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The effective tax rate decreased to 99.0% for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily due to changes in income before income taxes by jurisdiction, offset by the valuation allowance recognized on the deferred tax assets in the U.S. and non-deductible stock-based compensation and costs associated with the Separation and Distribution. For additional discussion about our income taxes, see Note 12. Income Taxes in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

Revenue

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Total revenue increased $39.4 million, or 14.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, driven by our security and data protection solutions. We base revenue by geography on the shipping address of each MSP partner. Based on MSP partner location, revenue from the United States was approximately 47.8% and 47.7% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Revenue from the United Kingdom was approximately 10.4% and 10.8% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Other than the United States and the United Kingdom, no single country accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue during these periods.

Recurring Revenue

Subscription Revenue. Subscription revenue increased $40.3 million, or 16.0%, for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. Our increase in subscription revenue was driven primarily by an increase in revenue from existing MSP partners as they added new SME customers and adopted new solutions. Our subscription revenue increased slightly as a percentage of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.

Our annual dollar-based net revenue retention rate for our subscription products was approximately 109% and 108% for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and was driven primarily by strong customer retention and expansion in our MSP products.

Other Revenue. Other revenue decreased $(1.0) million, or (8.3)%, for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019 due to decreases in sales of our perpetual licenses and the related maintenance agreements. As of the three months ended March 31, 2020, we have discontinued perpetual license upgrades.

Cost of Revenue

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Total cost of revenue increased for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to an increase in public cloud infrastructure and hosting fees of $3.3 million, depreciation of servers for cloud infrastructure and other amortization of $1.5 million and personnel costs to support new MSP partners and additional solution offerings of $1.1 million, which includes a $0.2 million increase in stock-based compensation.

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Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses increased $11.8 million, or 16.8%, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $7.3 million, which includes an increase of $2.1 million in stock-based compensation expense, an increase in marketing program costs of $4.5 million, and a $0.7 million increase in costs associated with the Separation and Distribution. These increases were partially offset by a reduction in travel related expenses of $1.4 million. We increased our sales and marketing employee headcount to support the sales of additional solutions and drive growth in the business.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses increased $5.5 million, or 14.9%, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $5.4 million, which includes an increase of $0.9 million in stock-based compensation expense, and an increase in third-party contractors of $0.9 million. These increases were partially offset by a reduction in travel related expenses of $0.5 million. We increased our worldwide research and development employee headcount to expedite delivery of enhancements and new solutions to our MSP partners.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $18.4 million, or 47.1%, primarily due to a $13.3 million increase in personnel costs, which includes a $9.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense and a $6.6 million increase in costs associated with the Separation and Distribution. These increases were partially offset by a $1.8 million decrease in acquisition related and travel costs. The increase in stock-based compensation expense is primarily related to modifications of performance-based stock awards during the year.

Amortization of Acquired Intangibles. Amortization of acquired intangibles increased $0.7 million, or 2.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to additional amortization related to acquisitions.

Interest Expense, Net

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Interest expense, net decreased by $5.7 million, or (16.8)%, for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to repayment of borrowings under our long-term related party debt and the impact of lower interest rates under the Credit Agreement compared to our long-term related party debt. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities and Note 7. Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding our related party debt.

Other (Expense) Income, Net

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Other (expense) income, net decreased by $(1.2) million for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to various accounts for the period.

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Income Tax Expense

Year Ended December 31,

Amount Percentage of Revenue Amount Percentage of Revenue Change

(in thousands, except percentages)

Our income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased by $6.3 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. The effective tax rate increased to 247.4% for the period primarily due to an increase in income before income taxes and due to the valuation allowance recognized on the deferred tax assets in the U.S. For additional discussion about our income taxes, see Note 12. Income Taxes in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to clarify and enhance our understanding, and aid in the period-to-period comparison, of our performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide supplemental information that is meaningful when assessing our operating performance because they exclude the impact of certain amounts that our management and board of directors do not consider part of core operating results when assessing our operational performance, allocating resources, preparing annual budgets and determining compensation. Accordingly, these non-GAAP financial measures may provide insight to investors into the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP financial measures to its most comparable GAAP financial measure included below.

While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information, non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, their most comparable GAAP measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in their financing and accounting methods, the book value of their assets, their capital structures, the method by which their assets were acquired and the manner in which they define non-GAAP measures. Items such as the amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, acquisition related adjustments, spin-off costs related to associated with the Separation and Distribution, as well as the related tax impacts of these items can have a material impact on our GAAP financial results.

Non-GAAP Operating Income and Non-GAAP Operating Margin

We provide non-GAAP operating income and related non-GAAP operating margins excluding such items as stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related costs, spin-off costs and restructuring costs and other. Management believes these measures are useful for the following reasons:

•Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Employer-Paid Payroll Taxes. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes associated with our employees’ participation in N-able's stock-based incentive compensation plans. We believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides for a better comparison of our operating results to prior periods and to our peer companies as the calculations of stock-based compensation vary from period to period and company to company due to different valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. Employer-paid payroll taxes on stock-based compensation is dependent on our stock price and the timing of the taxable events related to the equity awards, over which our management has little control, and does not necessarily correlate to the core operation of our business. Because of these unique characteristics of stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, management excludes these expenses when analyzing the organization’s business performance.

•Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions. We believe that eliminating this expense from our non-GAAP measures is useful to investors because the amortization of acquired intangible assets can be inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisition transactions, which also vary in frequency from period to period. Accordingly, we analyze the performance of our operations in each period without regard to such expenses.

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•Acquisition Related Costs. We exclude certain expense items resulting from acquisitions, such as legal, accounting and advisory fees, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, costs related to integrating the acquired businesses, deferred compensation, severance and retention expense. We consider these adjustments, to some extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control. Furthermore, acquisitions result in operating expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures that exclude acquisition related costs allows investors to better review and understand the historical and current results of our continuing operations and also facilitates comparisons to our historical results and results of less acquisitive peer companies, both with and without such adjustments.

•Spin-off Costs. We exclude certain expense items resulting from the spin-off into a newly created and separately traded public company. These costs include legal, accounting and advisory fees, system implementation costs and other incremental costs incurred by us related to the Separation and Distribution. The spin-off transaction results in operating expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures that exclude these costs facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

•Restructuring Costs and Other. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes restructuring costs such as severance and the estimated costs of exiting and terminating facility lease commitments, as they relate to our corporate restructuring and exit activities. These costs are inconsistent in amount and are significantly impacted by the timing and nature of these events. Therefore, although we may incur these types of expenses in the future, we believe that eliminating these costs for purposes of calculating the non-GAAP financial measures facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands, except margin data)

GAAP operating margin 9.6 % 11.1 % 13.9 %

Non-GAAP operating margin 28.5 % 36.7 % 36.7 %

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

We regularly monitor adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, as they are measures we use to assess our operating performance. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets and developed technology, depreciation expense, income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, net, unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses, acquisition related costs, spin-off costs, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes and restructuring and other costs. We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations include:

•although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our related party debt;

•adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and

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•other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, you should consider adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including operating income and net income (loss) and our other GAAP results. In evaluating adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by the types of items excluded from the calculation of adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is not a presentation made in accordance with GAAP and the use of the term varies from others in our industry.

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands, except margin data)

Unrealized foreign currency losses (gains) 1,433 1,707 (601)

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash and cash equivalents were $66.7 million as of December 31, 2021. As our sales and operating cash flows are primarily generated by international entities in the United Kingdom and Canada, our international subsidiaries held approximately $62.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which 69.4%, 12.7% and 11.7% were held in United States Dollars, British Pound Sterling, and Euros, respectively. We intend either to invest our foreign earnings permanently into foreign operations or to remit these earnings to our U.S. entities in a tax-efficient manner. The Tax Act imposed a mandatory transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings and eliminates U.S. federal income taxes on foreign subsidiary distribution.

Our primary source of cash for funding operations and growth has been through cash provided by operating activities. Given the uncertainty in the rapidly changing market and economic conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact to our business and financial position. However, despite this uncertainty, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our cash flows from operating activities will be sufficient to fund our operations and meet our commitments for capital expenditures for at least the next twelve months.

In connection with the Separation and Distribution, on July 19, 2021, certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into a credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with JPMorgan Chase, Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto. The Credit Agreement provides for $410.0 million of first lien secured credit facilities (the "Credit Facilities"), consisting of a $60.0 million revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Facility"), and a $350.0 million term loan facility (the "Term Loan"). On July 19, 2021, prior to the completion of the Distribution, the Company distributed approximately $16.5 million, representing the proceeds from the Term Loan, net of the repayment of related party debt due to SolarWinds Holdings, Inc., payment of intercompany trade payables, and fees and other transaction-related expenses, to SolarWinds. The Revolving Facility will primarily be available for general corporate purposes. We had total borrowings, net of debt issuance costs of $10.2 million, of $338.9 million as of December 31, 2021. In addition to our total borrowings, we are also committed to cash interest payments of approximately $78.6 million over the term of the Credit Agreement, based upon an interest rate as of December 31, 2021 of 3.50%. See Note 7. Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding the Credit Agreement.

In addition to committed payments related to the Credit Agreement, we are also committed to purchase obligations of $53.0 million through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2026 and remaining operating lease liabilities of $42.7 million through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2032. Purchase obligations represent outstanding purchase orders for items including public

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cloud infrastructure and hosting fees, royalty fees, marketing activities, software license and support fees, and accounting and legal fees. See Note 5. Leases in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding our operating leases.

In addition, as contemplated by the Separation and Distribution agreement, cash in excess of $50.0 million was distributed by the Company to SolarWinds during the three months ended September 30, 2021.

Although we are not currently a party to any material definitive agreement regarding potential investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary businesses, applications or technologies, we may enter into these types of arrangements, which could reduce our cash and cash equivalents, require us to seek additional equity or debt financing or repatriate cash generated by our international operations. Additional funds from financing arrangements may not be available on terms favorable to us or at all.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes

Related Party Indebtedness

Due to affiliates within long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets represents N-able's related party debt due to SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. of $372.7 million as of December 31, 2020. In connection with the Separation and Distribution, we repaid this related party debt and we had no remaining related party debt due to SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2021.

On February 25, 2016, we entered into a loan agreement with SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. with an original principal amount of $250.0 million and a maturity date of February 25, 2023. Borrowings under the loan agreement bear interest at a floating rate which is equal to an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") for a three-month interest period plus 9.8%. Prepayments of borrowings under the loan are permitted. As of December 31, 2020, $228.5 million in borrowings were outstanding. In connection with the Separation and Distribution, we repaid this debt and no borrowings were outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

On May 27, 2016, we entered into an additional loan agreement with SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. The loan agreement, as amended, has an original principal amount of $200.0 million and a maturity date of May 27, 2026. Borrowings under the loan agreement bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.24%. Prepayments of borrowings under the loan are permitted. As of December 31, 2020, $144.2 million in borrowings were outstanding. In connection with the Separation and Distribution, we repaid this debt and no borrowings were outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

Interest expense related to the activity with SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. was $13.8 million, $28.1 million, and $34.1 million for the for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. The repayment of principal for these related party borrowings is reflected as a financing activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding our borrowings due to affiliates.

Summary of Cash Flows

Summarized cash flow information is as follows:

Year Ended December 31,

(in thousands)

Net cash provided by operating activities $ 45,341 $ 85,665

Net cash used in investing activities (34,833) (16,140)

Net cash used in financing activities (42,322) (10,558)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,240) 1,475

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents $ (33,054) $ 60,442

Operating Activities

Our primary source of cash from operating activities is cash collections from our MSP partners and our distributors. We expect cash inflows from operating activities to be affected by the timing of our sales and the consumption of our solutions by our MSP partners. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel-related expenditures, and other general operating expenses, as well as payments related to taxes, interest and facilities.

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For the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, the decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to a decrease in due to and from affiliates, an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, an increase in income taxes receivable, a decrease in accrued related party interest payable, a decrease in accounts payable, and an increase in accounts receivable, partially offset by cash provided by an increase in accrued liabilities and other current liabilities. The net cash outflow of $19.9 million and inflow of $16.2 million resulting from the changes in our operating assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, excluding the changes noted above, was primarily due to the timing of sales, cash payments and receipts. Cash flows from operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was reduced by $19.0 million and $14.2 million of cash paid for taxes, respectively.

Investing Activities

Investing cash flows consist of cash used for capital expenditures and intangible assets. Our capital expenditures principally relate to purchases of servers for cloud infrastructure primarily to support our data protection solutions, as well as leasehold improvements, computers and equipment to support our domestic and international office locations. Purchases of intangible assets consist of capitalized research and development costs.

Net cash used in investing activities increased for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to increases in capital expenditures and capitalized research and development costs.

Financing Activities

Financing cash flows consist of proceeds from the Credit Agreement, payments for debt issuance costs, proceeds and distributions from the Private Placement, repayments associated with our borrowings due to affiliates, net transfers to and from Parent, payments of tax withholding obligations related to restricted stock, and the exercise of stock options.

Net cash used in financing activities increased for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to an increase in repayments of borrowings due to affiliates, an increase in net transfers to Parent, payments for debt issuance costs, payments of tax withholding obligations related to restricted stock, and repayments of borrowings from the Credit Agreement, partially offset by proceeds from the Credit Agreement. Net transfers to Parent include the total net effect of the settlement of any transactions which have been included in our Consolidated Financial Statements from legal entities which are not exclusively operating as our legal entities and are considered to be effectively settled at the time the transaction is recorded between SolarWinds and us. See Note 1. Organization and Nature of Operations and Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entitiesin the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further details regarding the Parent company net investment.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP and require our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates, and such estimates may change if the underlying conditions or assumptions change. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected, perhaps materially.

In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application, while in other cases, management’s judgment is required in selecting among available alternative accounting standards that allow different accounting treatment for similar transactions. We believe that these accounting policies requiring significant management judgment and estimates are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas of our financial results. These critical accounting policies are:

•the valuation of goodwill, intangibles, long-lived assets and contingent consideration;

•revenue recognition;

•income taxes; and

•management’s assessment of allocations of expenses prior to the Separation and Distribution.

Acquisitions

We allocate the purchase prices of our acquired businesses to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values, with the excess recorded as goodwill. If applicable, we estimate the fair value of contingent consideration payments in determining the purchase price. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is based on significant judgments made by management. We typically engage third-party valuation appraisal firms to assist us in determining the fair values and

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useful lives of the assets acquired. The valuation estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and information obtained from management, and also include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows earned from the intangible asset and discount rates applied in determining the present value of those cash flows. Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that could affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates or actual results.

Goodwill

Our goodwill was derived from the take private transaction of SolarWinds in February 2016 and acquisitions in May 2016, August 2017, July 2018, and April 2019 where the purchase price exceeded the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired. The N-able legal entities were managed as a single reporting unit of the Parent prior to the Separation and Distribution and N-able continues to be managed as a single reporting unit following the Separation and Distribution. Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually during the fourth quarter or sooner when circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. An impairment of goodwill is recognized when the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. For purposes of the annual impairment test, we assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that goodwill might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative impairment test which considers the fair value of the reporting unit compared with the carrying value on the date of the test. Qualitative factors include industry and market considerations, overall financial performance, changes in management or key personnel, changes in strategy, changes in customers and other relevant events and circumstances affecting the reporting unit.

On October 1, 2021, we performed the annual qualitative assessment for our reporting unit. For the annual impairment analysis, we assessed several events and circumstances that could affect the significant inputs used to determine the fair value of our reporting unit, including the significance of the amount of excess fair value over carrying value, consistency of operating margins and cash flows, budgeted-to-actual performance from prior year, overall change in economic climate, changes in the industry and competitive environment, key management turnover, and earnings quality and sustainability. As of October 1, 2021, there were no unanticipated changes or negative indicators in the above qualitative factors that would impact the fair value of our reporting unit as of the annual impairment analysis date. As such, we determined there were no indicators of impairment and that it was more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit was greater than its carrying value and therefore performing the next step of impairment test was unnecessary.

Fair value determination of our reporting unit requires considerable judgment and is sensitive to changes in underlying assumptions and factors. As a result, there can be no assurance that the estimates and assumptions made for purposes of the qualitative goodwill impairment test will prove to be an accurate prediction of future results. If an event occurs that would cause us to revise our estimates and assumptions used in analyzing the value of our goodwill, the revision could result in a non-cash impairment charge that could have a material impact on our financial results.

Identifiable Intangible Assets

We evaluate long-lived assets, including finite-lived intangible assets and other assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. Events or changes in circumstances that could result in an impairment review include, but are not limited to, significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends. If an event occurs that would cause us to revise our estimates and assumptions used in analyzing the value of our property and equipment or our finite-lived intangibles and other assets, that revision could result in a non-cash impairment charge that could have a material impact on our financial results.

Revenue Recognition

We primarily generate revenue from the sale of subscriptions to our SaaS solutions and subscription-based term licenses and, to a lesser extent, from the sale of maintenance services associated with our perpetual licenses. We recognize revenue when we transfer promised goods or services in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This is determined by following a five-step process which includes (1) identifying the agreement with a customer, (2) identifying the performance obligations in the agreement, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price, and (5) recognizing revenue when or as we satisfy a performance obligation, as described below.

We identify performance obligations in an agreement based on the goods and services that will be transferred to the MSP partner that are separately identifiable from other promises in the agreement, or distinct. If not considered distinct, the promised goods or services are combined with other goods or services and accounted for as a combined performance obligation. Determining the distinct performance obligations in an agreement requires judgment. Our performance obligations primarily relate to our SaaS solutions, subscription-based term licenses and maintenance support including unspecified upgrades or enhancements to new versions of our solutions.

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We allocate the transaction price of the agreement to each distinct performance obligation based on a relative stand-alone selling price basis. Determining stand-alone selling prices for our performance obligations requires judgment and are based on multiple factors primarily including historical selling prices and discounting practices for our solutions and services. We review the stand-alone selling price for our performance obligations periodically and update, if needed, to ensure that the methodology utilized reflects our current pricing practices.

Income Taxes

We use the liability method of accounting for income taxes as set forth in the authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, as well as the period ended July 19, 2021, income taxes as presented in the financial statements of N-able attribute current and deferred income taxes of SolarWinds to stand-alone financial statements of N-able in a manner that is systematic, rational and consistent with the asset and liability method prescribed by FASB ASC Topic 740: Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Accordingly, the income tax provisions of N-able for these periods were prepared following the separate return method. Under this method, we recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the respective carrying amounts and tax basis of our assets and liabilities. For the period beginning July 20, 2021, the income tax provision was computed on a post-Separation and Distribution basis following the authoritative guidance reflected in ASC 740.

In calculating our effective tax rate, we make judgments regarding certain tax positions, including the timing and amount of deductions and allocations of income among various tax jurisdictions.

The guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes requires us to identify, evaluate and measure all uncertain tax positions taken or to be taken on tax returns and to record liabilities for the amount of these positions that may not be sustained, or may only partially be sustained, upon examination by the relevant taxing authorities. Although we believe that our estimates and judgments are reasonable, actual results may differ from these estimates. Some or all of these judgments are subject to review by the taxing authorities. To the extent that the actual results of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will affect our effective tax rate. We recognize interest expense and penalties on uncertain tax positions as a component of our income tax expense. ASC 740 defines the threshold for recognizing the benefits of tax return positions in the financial statements as “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the tax authority based solely on its technical merits as of the reporting date. If a tax position is not considered more-likely-than-not to be sustained solely on its technical merits, no benefits of the position are to be recognized in the financial statements. If a tax position meets the more-likely-than-not threshold, it should be measured based on the largest benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized.

We establish valuation allowances when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate the need for, and the adequacy of, valuation allowances based on the expected realization of our deferred tax assets. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include our latest forecast of future taxable income, available tax planning strategies that could be implemented, reversal of taxable temporary differences and carryback potential to realize the net deferred tax assets. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we have recorded a valuation allowance of $2.9 million and $18.3 million, respectively, in the U.S. If, based upon the weight of all available evidence, it is more likely than not (a likelihood of greater than 50%) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance must be recorded to reduce the deferred tax assets.

Management’s Assessment of Allocations

For the periods through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021, N-able operated as a part of SolarWinds. Consequently, stand-alone financial statements were not historically prepared for N-able. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared using the legal entity approach from SolarWinds’ historical Consolidated Financial Statements and accounting records of N-able prior to the Separation and Distribution and are presented on a stand-alone basis as if N-able’s operations had been conducted independently from SolarWinds.

For the periods through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021, SolarWinds provided facilities, information technology services and certain corporate and administrative services to N-able. Expenses relating to these services have been allocated to N-able and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Where direct assignment is not possible or practical, these costs were allocated based on headcount. Management believes the assumptions underlying the Consolidated Financial Statements, including the assumptions regarding allocated expenses, reasonably reflect the utilization of services provided to, or the benefit received by, us during the periods presented. However, the expenses reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements may not be indicative of the actual expenses that would have been incurred during the periods presented if N‐able historically operated as a separate, stand-alone entity. Actual costs that would have been incurred if we had been a stand-alone company would depend on multiple factors, including organizational structure and strategic decisions in various areas, such as information technology and infrastructure. In addition, the expenses reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements may not be indicative of related expenses that will be incurred in the future by N-able.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest Rate Risk

We had cash and cash equivalents of $66.7 million and $99.8 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our cash and cash equivalents consist of bank demand deposits and do not have material exposure to market risk. We hold cash and cash equivalents for working capital purposes. Our investments are made for capital preservation purposes, and we do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes.

We had total borrowings under the Credit Agreement, net of debt issuance costs, of $338.9 million as of December 31, 2021. Borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars under the Revolving Facility bear interest at a floating rate of an Adjusted LIBOR rate (subject to a “floor” of 0.0%) for a specified interest period plus an applicable margin of 3.00%. The borrowings denominated in Euros under the Revolving Facility bear interest at a floating rate of an Adjusted EURIBOR rate (subject to a “floor” of 0.0%) for a specified interest period plus an applicable margin of 3.00%. Borrowings under the Term Loan bear interest at a floating rate of an Adjusted LIBOR rate (subject to a “floor” of 0.5%) for a specified interest period plus an applicable margin of 3.00%. Each margin is subject to reductions to 2.75% and 1.75%, respectively, based on our first lien net leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2021, the annual weighted-average interest rate on borrowings was 3.50%. If there was a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates, the annual impact to interest expense would be approximately $3.5 million. This hypothetical change in interest expense has been calculated based on the variable rate borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and a 100 basis point per annum change in interest rate applied over a one-year period.

We had total indebtedness with an outstanding principal balance of $372.7 million as of December 31, 2020, consisting of long-term loans payable due to SolarWinds Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of SolarWinds. Borrowings under our loan agreements of $228.5 million as of December 31, 2020 bear interest at a variable rate equal to an applicable margin plus specified LIBOR-based rates. Borrowings of $144.2 million as of December 31, 2020 under our loan agreements bear interest at a fixed rate. As of December 31, 2020, the annual weighted-average interest rate on borrowings was 7.02%.

We do not have material exposure to market risk with respect to our cash and cash equivalents, as these consist primarily of highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our related party debt.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

As a global company, we face exposure to adverse movements in foreign currency exchange rates. We primarily conduct business in the following locations: the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Canada. This exposure is the result of selling in multiple currencies, growth in our international investments, additional headcount in foreign countries and operating in countries where the functional currency is the local currency. Specifically, our results of operations and cash flows are primarily subject to fluctuations in the following currencies: the Euro, British Pound Sterling and Canadian Dollar against the U.S. dollar. These exposures may change over time as business practices evolve and economic conditions change, including as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy or governmental actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates could have an adverse impact on our financial results and cash flows.

Our Consolidated Statements of Operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each applicable period. Our international revenue, operating expenses and significant balance sheet accounts denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar primarily flow through our United Kingdom and European subsidiaries, which have historically had British Pound Sterling and Euro functional currencies, respectively, resulting in a two-step currency exchange process wherein the currencies other than the British Pound Sterling and Euro are first converted into those functional currencies and then translated into U.S. dollars for our Consolidated Financial Statements. In connection with the Separation and Distribution, as defined in Note 1. Organization and Nature of Operations in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, our United Kingdom legal entity changed its functional currency from the British Pound Sterling to the US dollar. The impact of this change is reflected in the foreign currency translation adjustment for the period of July 20, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

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Our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheets accounts are also impacted by the re-measurement of non-functional currency transactions such as cash accounts held by our overseas subsidiaries, accounts receivable denominated in foreign currencies, deferred revenue and accounts payable denominated in foreign currencies.

Foreign Currency Transaction Risk

Our foreign currency exposures typically arise from selling annual and multi-year subscriptions in multiple currencies, accounts receivable, and other intercompany transactions.

Foreign Currency Translation Risk

Fluctuations in foreign currencies impact the amount of total assets, liabilities, revenue, operating expenses and cash flows that we report for our foreign subsidiaries upon the translation of these amounts into U.S. dollars. If there is a change in foreign currency exchange rates, the amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, operating expenses and cash flows that we report in U.S. dollars for foreign subsidiaries that transact in international currencies may be higher or lower to what we would have reported if using a constant currency rate. To the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions results in reduced assets, liabilities, revenue, operating expenses and cash flows for our international operations. Similarly, our assets, liabilities, revenue, operating expenses and cash flows will increase for our international operations if the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies. The conversion of the foreign subsidiaries’ financial statements into U.S. dollars will also lead to remeasurement gains and losses recorded in income, or translation gains or losses that are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Emerging Growth Company

We qualify as an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act. The JOBS Act allows emerging growth companies to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We intend to utilize these transition periods, which may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the transition periods afforded under the JOBS Act.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth on pages F-1 through F-37 hereof.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

There were no changes in or disagreements with our accountants on accounting and financial disclosure matters.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021. Our management has concluded that our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) because the Company is in a transition period permitted by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitation on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE RELATED TO FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

None.

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PART III

Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this report. We intend to include such information in our definitive proxy statement ("Proxy Statement") related to our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, which we intend to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Except as set forth below, the information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

Our board of directors has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics for all employees, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and other executive and senior financial officers. The code of business ethics and conduct is available on the investor relations portion of our website at www.n-able.com. To the extent and in the manner required by applicable rules of the SEC and NYSE, we intend to disclose any amendments to our code of business conduct and ethics, or waivers of its requirements, on our website or in filings under the Exchange Act. Our website and the contents therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

1.Financial Statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 238) F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3

Consolidated Statements of Operations F-4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) F-5

Consolidated Statements Stockholders' Equity F-6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9

2.Financial Statement Schedules.

The following financial statement schedule should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements of N-able, Inc. filed as part of this Report:

• Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedules other than that listed above have been omitted since they are either not required or not applicable or because the information required is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein or the notes thereto.

3.Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number Exhibit Title

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21.1* Subsidiaries of N-able, Inc.

101* Interactive Data Files (formatted as Inline XBRL)

101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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* Filed herewith

ITEM 16. FORM 10–K SUMMARY

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

N-able, Inc.

Dated: March 7, 2022 By: /s/ Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date

John Pagliuca

Tim O’Brien

/s/ William Bock Chairperson and Director March 7, 2022

William Bock

/s/ Michael Bingle Director March 7, 2022

Michael Bingle

/s/ Michael Hoffmann Director March 7, 2022

Michael Hoffmann

/s/ Ann Johnson Director March 7, 2022

Ann Johnson

/s/ Darryl Lewis Director March 7, 2022

Darryl Lewis

/s/ Cam McMartin Director March 7, 2022

Cam McMartin

/s/ Kristin Nimsger Director March 7, 2022

Kristin Nimsger

/s/ Michael Widmann Director March 7, 2022

Michael Widmann

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 238) F-2

Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3

Consolidated Statements of Operations F-4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income F-5

Consolidated Statements Stockholders' Equity F-6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-9

1. Organization and Nature of Operations F-9

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies F-10

3. Goodwill and Intangible Assets F-21

4. Property and Equipment F-22

6. Accrued Liabilities and Other F-23

8. Stock-Based Compensation F-25

9. Earnings Per Share F-29

10. Employee Benefit Plans F-29

11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities F-30

12. Income Taxes F-33

13. Commitments and Contingencies F-35

14. Operating Segments and Geographic Information F-35

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts F-37

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of N-able, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of comprehensive (loss) income, of stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (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 December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 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 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 of these consolidated financial statements 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 consolidated 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 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Austin, Texas

March 7, 2022

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

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

December 31,

Assets

Current assets:

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

Current liabilities:

Current operating lease liabilities 4,830 2,860

Accrued related party interest payable — 2,477

Current portion of deferred revenue 10,675 9,502

Current debt obligation 3,500 —

Long-term liabilities:

Deferred revenue, net of current portion 223 168

Non-current operating lease liabilities 37,822 14,641

Long-term debt, net of current portion 335,379 —

Other long-term liabilities 410 406

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

Stockholders’ equity:

Parent company net investment — 582,206

Additional paid-in capital 602,996 —

Accumulated other comprehensive income 15,053 48,991

Retained earnings 127 —

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share information)

Year Ended December 31,

Revenue:

Cost of revenue:

Operating expenses:

Other expense:

Net income (loss) per share:

Basic earnings (loss) per share $ 0.00 $ (0.05) $ (0.02)

Diluted earnings (loss) per share $ 0.00 $ (0.05) $ (0.02)

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(In thousands)

Shares Amount

Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — (7,890) — (7,890)

Stock-based compensation — — 8,662 — — — 8,662

Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — 42,414 — 42,414

Net loss — — (14) — — — (14)

Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — (13,912) — (13,912)

Stock-based compensation — — 9,023 — — — 9,023

Net transfers to Parent — — (18,161) — — — (18,161)

Adjustments for consummation of Separation transaction — — — 863 — — 863

Foreign currency translation adjustment — — — — (20,026) — (20,026)

Exercise of stock options 39 — — 23 — — 23

Issuance of stock 11 — — — — — —

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

Cash flows from operating activities

Amortization of debt issuance costs 732 — —

Loss on lease modification 271 — —

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net (741) — —

Loss (gain) on foreign currency exchange rates 1,433 1,707 (601)

Other non-cash expenses — — (100)

Other long-term assets 231 — —

Other long-term liabilities — — —

Cash flows from investing activities

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired — — (14,823)

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from Private Placement, net of $9,000 of issuance costs 216,000 — —

Distribution of net proceeds from Private Placement to Parent (216,000) — —

Payments of tax withholding obligations related to restricted stock (2,230) — —

Exercise of stock options 23 — —

Proceeds from credit agreement 350,000 — —

Repayments of borrowings from Credit Agreement (875) — —

Payment of debt issuance costs (10,075) — —

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,240) 1,475 1,790

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (33,054) 60,442 (38,519)

Cash and cash equivalents

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Organization and Nature of Operations

Background

On August 6, 2020, SolarWinds Corporation ("SolarWinds" or "Parent") announced that its board of directors had authorized management to explore a potential spin-off of its managed service provider ("MSP") business into our company, a newly created and separately traded public company, and separate into two distinct, publicly traded companies (the "Separation").

Description of Business

N-able, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its subsidiaries is a leading global provider of cloud-based software solutions for MSPs, enabling them to support digital transformation and growth for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs"), which we define as those enterprises having less than 1,000 employees. With a flexible technology platform and powerful integrations, N-able makes it easy for MSPs to monitor, manage, and protect their end-customer systems, data, and networks. Our growing portfolio of security, automation, and backup and recovery solutions is built for IT services management professionals. N-able simplifies complex ecosystems and enables customers to solve their most pressing challenges. In addition, we provide extensive, proactive support—through enriching partner programs, hands-on training, and growth resources—to help MSPs deliver exceptional value and achieve success at scale. Through our multi-dimensional land and expand model and global presence, we are able to drive strong recurring revenue growth and profitability.

N-able qualifies as an “emerging growth company” (“EGC”) as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Prior to the Separation from SolarWinds

Our financial statements for the periods through the Separation and Distribution date of July 19, 2021 are Consolidated Financial Statements prepared on a “carve-out” basis. The Consolidated Statements of Operations include all revenues and costs directly attributable to N-able as well as an allocation of expenses related to facilities, functions and services provided by SolarWinds prior to the Separation and Distribution. These corporate expenses have been allocated to us based on direct usage or benefit, where identifiable, with the remainder allocated based on headcount. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities for further details. The allocated costs were deemed to be settled by N-able to SolarWinds in the period in which the expense was recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and these settlements were reflected in cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Current and deferred income taxes and related tax expense have been determined based on the stand-alone results of N-able by applying Accounting Standards Codification No. 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), to N-able’s operations in each country as if it were a separate taxpayer (i.e. following the Separate Return Methodology).

The Consolidated Financial Statements include all assets and liabilities that resided in N-able legal entities. Assets and liabilities in shared entities as of December 31, 2020 were included in the stand-alone financial statements to the extent the asset or liability is primarily used by N-able. If N-able was not the primary user of the asset or liability, it was excluded entirely from the Consolidated Financial Statements. SolarWinds used a legal entity approach to cash management and financing its operations. Accordingly, cash and cash equivalents, related party debt and related interest expense have been attributed to N‐able in the Consolidated Financial Statements only to the extent such items had been historically legally entitled within N-able legal entities. Any such items which existed in other entities, whether shared or otherwise, were outside of the control of the N-able business and have been excluded from the Consolidated Financial Statements.

SolarWinds maintains various stock-based compensation plans at a corporate level. N-able employees participated in those programs prior to the Separation and Distribution and a portion of the compensation cost associated with those plans is included in N-able’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The stock-based compensation expense is included within Parent company net investment for periods prior to the Separation and Distribution, with the accumulated balance included within Parent company net investment being transferred to additional paid-in capital upon consummation of the Separation and Distribution. The amounts presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements are not necessarily indicative of future awards. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities for further details.

SolarWinds' third party debt and the related interest have not been allocated to us for any of the applicable periods presented because SolarWinds' borrowings were primarily for corporate cash purposes and were not directly attributable to N-able. In addition, none of the N-able legal entities guaranteed the debt nor were they jointly and severally liable for SolarWinds' debt.

Any transactions which have been included in the Consolidated Financial Statements from legal entities which are not exclusively operating as N-able legal entities are considered to be effectively settled in the Consolidated Financial Statements at the time the transaction is recorded between SolarWinds and the N-able business. The total net effect of the settlement of these intercompany transactions is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as a financing activity and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as Parent company net investment. Other transactions between N-able legal entities and other SolarWinds legal entities, to the extent such transactions have not been settled in cash as of the period-end date, are reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as due to affiliates, and due from affiliates which is included within accounts receivable. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities for further details regarding the balances in due to and due from affiliates as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

All of the allocations and estimates in the Consolidated Financial Statements are based on assumptions that management believes are reasonable. However, the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein may not be indicative of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of N-able in the future or if N-able had been a separate, stand-alone publicly traded entity during the applicable periods presented. Actual costs that may have been incurred if we had been a standalone company would depend on a number of factors, including the organizational structure, whether functions were outsourced or performed by employees, and strategic decisions made in areas such as information technology and infrastructure. Going forward, we may perform these functions using our own resources or outsourced services. For a period following the Separation and Distribution, however, some of these functions continue to be provided by SolarWinds under a Transition Services Agreement. Additionally, we provide some services to SolarWinds under such Transition Services Agreement. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities for further details regarding allocated shared costs with SolarWinds.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Following the Separation from SolarWinds

Our financial statements for the period from July 20, 2021 through December 31, 2021 are Consolidated Financial Statements based on our reported results as a standalone company. We prepared our Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and the reporting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of N-able, Inc. and the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiaries. We have eliminated all intercompany balances and transactions.

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non‐emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. N-able has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, N-able, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

N-able's historical results are included as a part of the Parent's financial statements prior to the Separation and Distribution, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Prior to the Separation and Distribution, N-able tracked the effective dates and adopted all guidance applicable to it consistent with the manner that the Parent tracked and adopted all applicable guidance.

This may make comparison of N-able’s financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has not opted out of using the extended transition period, difficult because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Segment Information

Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the company’s chief operating decision‐maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. N-able currently operates in one reportable business segment.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. The impact from the rapidly changing market and economic conditions due to the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition is uncertain. We have made estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic within our financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 which did not result in material adjustments. The estimates assessed included, but were not limited to, allowances for credit losses, the carrying values of goodwill and intangible assets and other long-lived assets, valuation allowances for tax assets and revenue recognition and may change in future periods. The actual results that we experience may differ materially from our estimates. The accounting estimates that require our most significant, difficult and subjective judgments include:

•the valuation of goodwill, intangibles, long-lived assets and contingent consideration;

•revenue recognition;

•income taxes; and

•management’s assessment of allocations of expenses prior to the Separation and Distribution.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries is determined in accordance with authoritative guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"). We translate assets and liabilities for these subsidiaries at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. We translate income and expense accounts for these subsidiaries at the average monthly exchange rates for the periods. We record resulting translation adjustments as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) within total Parent company net investment prior to the Separation and Distribution and within

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

stockholders' equity following the Separation and Distribution. We record gains and losses from currency transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency as other income (expense), net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Local currency transactions of international subsidiaries that have the U.S. dollar as the functional currency are remeasured into U.S. dollars using current rates of exchange for monetary assets and liabilities and historical rates of exchange for non-monetary assets and liabilities. The foreign currency transactional and re-measurement exchange (losses) and gains were $(1.8) million, $(0.8) million, and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Cash and cash equivalents

All cash and cash equivalents included in the Consolidated Financial Statements are legally owned by N-able legal entities and, for periods prior to the Separation and Distribution, were not subject to a pooling arrangement with SolarWinds. We consider highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Parent Company Net Investment

For periods prior to the Separation and Distribution, N-able's equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets represents SolarWinds’ historical net investment in the Business, and is presented as "Parent company net investment" in lieu of stockholders' equity. For periods prior to the Separation and Distribution, the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Parent Company Net Investment include corporate allocations, net cash transfers and other property transfers between SolarWinds and the Business, as well as short term due to affiliates, short term due from affiliates and long term due to affiliates between N-able and other SolarWinds affiliates that were settled on a current basis.

All transactions reflected in Parent company net investment in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets have been considered cash receipts and payments for purposes of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and are reflected as financing activities in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Acquisitions

The purchase price of our acquired businesses is allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values, with the excess recorded as goodwill in the reporting unit expected to benefit from the business combination. If applicable, we estimate the fair value of contingent consideration payments in determining the purchase price. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we may record adjustments to the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. We include the operating results of acquisitions in our Consolidated Financial Statements from the acquisition date. Acquisition related costs are expensed separately from the acquisition as incurred and are primarily included in general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is based on significant judgments made by management. We typically engage third party valuation appraisal firms to assist us in determining the fair values and useful lives of the assets acquired. The valuation estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and information obtained by management, and include, but are not limited to, future expected cash flows earned from the product technology and discount rates applied in determining the present value of those cash flows. Unanticipated events and circumstances may occur that could affect the accuracy or validity of such assumptions, estimates or actual results. Acquired identifiable intangible assets are amortized on the straight-line method over their estimated economic lives, which are generally two to seven years for trademarks, customer relationships and developed product technologies. We include amortization of acquired developed product technologies in cost of revenue and amortization of other acquired intangible assets in operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Impairment of Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-lived Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill presented in N-able’s Consolidated Balance Sheets represents the historical goodwill balances in the N‐able legal entities. Goodwill represents the amount of the purchase price in excess of the estimated fair value of net assets of businesses acquired in a business combination. Our goodwill balance is primarily attributed to the take private transaction of SolarWinds and the acquisition of LOGICnow in 2016. Prior to the Separation and Distribution, the N-able legal entities were managed as a reporting unit of SolarWinds. We test goodwill at least annually during the fourth quarter or sooner when circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. An impairment of goodwill is recognized when the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. For purposes of the annual impairment test, we first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, a “Step 0” analysis. If, based on a

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

review of qualitative factors, it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value we perform “Step 1” of the goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying value of goodwill in that reporting unit.

In October 2021, we performed a qualitative, “Step 0,” assessment for our single reporting unit. For “Step 0,” we assessed several events and circumstances that could affect the significant inputs used to determine the fair value of the reporting unit, including the significance of the amount of excess fair value over carrying value, consistency of operating margins and cash flows, budgeted-to-actual performance from prior year, overall change in economic climate, changes in the industry and competitive environment, key management turnover, and earnings quality and sustainability. As of October 1, 2021, there were no unanticipated changes or negative indicators in the above qualitative factors that would impact the fair value of the Business as of the annual impairment date. As such, we determined there were no indicators of impairment and that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying value and therefore performing the next step of impairment test was unnecessary.

Fair value determination of our reporting unit requires considerable judgment and is sensitive to changes in underlying assumptions and factors. As a result, there can be no assurance that the estimates and assumptions made for purposes of the quantitative goodwill impairment test will prove to be an accurate prediction of future results. If an event occurs that would cause us to revise our estimates and assumptions used in analyzing the value of our goodwill, the revision could result in a non-cash impairment charge that could have a material impact on our financial results.

Long-Lived Assets

We evaluate the recoverability of our long-lived assets, including finite-lived intangible assets and other assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Our finite-lived intangible assets are primarily related to assets acquired at the take private transaction of SolarWinds and the acquisition of LOGICnow in 2016. Events or changes in circumstances that could result in an impairment review include, but are not limited to, significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, and significant negative industry or economic trends. In the event that the net book value of our long-lived assets exceeds the future undiscounted net cash flows attributable to such assets, an impairment charge would be required. Impairment, if any, is recognized in the period of identification to the extent the carrying amount of an asset or asset group exceeds the fair value of such asset or asset group. For the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no indicators that our long-lived assets were impaired.

Fair Value Measurements

We apply the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements for financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and non-financial assets and liabilities, such as goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment that are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

The guidance establishes a three-tiered fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used in fair value calculations. The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets accessible by us.

Level 2: Inputs that are observable in the marketplace other than those inputs classified as Level 1.

Level 3: Inputs that are unobservable in the marketplace and significant to the valuation.

The carrying amounts reported in our Consolidated Balance Sheets for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued expenses approximate fair value due to relatively short periods to maturity. We held no financial instruments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. As of December 31, 2021, the carrying value of our outstanding debt approximates its estimated fair value as the interest rate on the debt is adjusted for changes in market rates. See Note 7. Debt for additional information regarding our debt. Our related party debt with SolarWinds Holdings, Inc. prior to the Separation and Distribution was not carried at fair value. See Note 11. Relationship with Parent and Related Entities for further details regarding our related party debt.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable represent trade receivables from customers when we have sold subscriptions for software-as-a-service ("SaaS") offerings as well as subscription-based term licenses and from the sale of maintenance services associated with our perpetual license products and have not yet received payment. We present accounts receivable net of an allowance for doubtful

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accounts. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments. In doing so, we consider the current financial condition of the customer, the specific details of the customer account, the age of the outstanding balance and the current economic environment. Any change in the assumptions used in analyzing a specific account receivable might result in an additional allowance for doubtful accounts being recognized in the period in which the change occurs. Our allowance for doubtful accounts was $1.7 million, $0.8 million and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Property and Equipment

We record property and equipment at cost and depreciate them using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Useful Life(in years)

Equipment, servers and computers 3 - 5

Furniture and fixtures 5 - 7

Software 3 - 5

Leasehold improvements Lesser of lease term or useful life

Upon retirement or sale of property and equipment, we remove the cost of assets disposed of and any related accumulated depreciation from our accounts and credit or charge any resulting gain or loss to operating expense. We expense repairs and maintenance as they are incurred.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel costs and contractor fees related to the development of new software products and enhancements to existing software products. Personnel costs include salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, as well as an allocation of our facilities, depreciation, benefits and IT costs. Research and development costs are charged to operations as incurred.

Internal-Use Software Costs

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE RELATED TO FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

ITEM 16. FORM 10–K SUMMARY

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE RELATED TO FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

ITEM 16. FORM 10–K SUMMARY

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