Company: NNN
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-017472
Chunk: 42

Company: NNN REIT, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 42
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 social-distancing practices, and quarantine orders may adversely impact NNN's tenants' ability to generate sufficient revenues to meet financial obligations, and could force tenants to default on their leases, or result in the bankruptcy of tenants, which would diminish the rental revenue NNN receives under its leases. Additionally, an increase in the number of vacant properties would increase NNN's real estate expenses, including expenses associated with ongoing maintenance and repairs, utilities, real estate taxes and assessments, and property and liability insurance.

The rapid development and fluidity of an epidemic or pandemic precludes any prediction as to the ultimate adverse impact on NNN. Nevertheless, an epidemic or pandemic would present a material uncertainty and risk with respect to NNN's performance, business or financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. While NNN's leases generally do not allow tenants to withhold rent if the tenants are not operating on its Properties, some tenants may pay rent under protest, not pay rent at all, request rent deferrals, and assert legal or equitable claims in the courts that such tenants are not obligated to pay rent while closed or while operating at reduced capacity, because of an epidemic or pandemic. While NNN believes such claims would be without merit it has no assurances on how courts would rule on such claims, if any.

Acts of violence, terrorist attacks or war may affect NNN's Properties, the markets in which NNN operates and NNN's results of operations.

Terrorist attacks or other domestic acts of violence may negatively affect NNN's operations. There can be no assurance that there will not be attacks against businesses within the United States. These attacks may directly or indirectly impact NNN's physical facilities or the businesses or the financial condition of its tenants, developers, borrowers, lenders or financial institutions with which NNN has a relationship. The United States is engaged in armed conflict, which could have an impact on these parties. The consequences of armed conflict are unpredictable, and NNN may not be able to foresee events that could have an adverse effect on its business or be insured for such.

More generally, any of these events or threats of these events could cause consumer confidence and spending to decrease or result in increased volatility in the United States and worldwide financial markets and economies. They also could result in, or cause a deepening of, economic recession in the United States or abroad. Any of these occurrences could have an adverse impact on NNN's financial condition or results of operations.

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Changes in accounting pronouncements could adversely impact NNN's or NNN's tenants'