UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2021

BROADSTONE NET LEASE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(585) 287-6500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☒

Item 7.01        Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 11, 2021, Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors intends to submit a proposal to the Company’s stockholders at its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Charter”).  Such amendment will provide that amendments to the Charter shall only require the approval of a majority of votes cast at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, with a customary carve-out that would retain a supermajority vote for amendments to the restrictions on transfer and ownership of shares in connection with complying with REIT ownership requirements. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth in this item 7.01 and in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 11, 2021