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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 20-F

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(Mark One)


o			REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


x			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022


o			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


o			SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number: 001-41329

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Allego N.V.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Not applicable			The Netherlands
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)			(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

Allego N.V.

Westervoortsedijk 73 KB

6827 AV Arnhem , the Netherlands

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Mathieu Bonnet

Westervoortsedijk 73 KB, 6827 AV Arnhem, the Netherlands

+31 (0) 88 033 3033

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

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

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary Shares

ALLG

New York Stock Exchange

Warrants

ALLG.WS

New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: As of December 31, 2022, Allego N.V. had 267,177,592 ordinary shares outstanding.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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. o

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting over Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. o

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. o

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). o

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

US GAAP

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued

by the International Accounting Standards Board

Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. Item 17 o Item 18 o

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements			i
Financial Statement Presentation			ii
Industry and Market Data			iii
Defined Terms			iii
PART I			1
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers			1
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable			1
Item 3. Key Information			1
Item 4. Information on the Company			26
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments			33
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects			33
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees			58
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions			64
Item 8. Financial Information			70
Item 9. The Offer and Listing			71
Item 10. Additional Information			71
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			91
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities			91
PART II			92
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies			92
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds			92
Item 15. Controls and Procedures			92
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert			94
Item 16B. Code of Ethics			94
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services			94
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees			94
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers			94
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant			95
Item 16G. Corporate Governance			95
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure			96
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections			96
PART III			97
Item 17. Financial Statements			97
Item 18. Financial Statements			97
Item 19. Exhibits			97
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS			F-1

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 20-F (this “Annual Report”) contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve significant risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include information about our possible or assumed future results of operations or our performance. Words such as, “anticipate,” “appear,” “approximate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “foresee,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “would” and variations of such words and similar expressions (or the negative version of such words or expressions) may

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identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The risk factors and cautionary language referring to or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in our forward-looking statements, including among other things, the items identified in the section entities “Item 3.D. Risk Factors” of this Annual Report. Forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may include, for example, statements about:

•changes adversely affecting Allego’s business;

•the risks associated with vulnerability to industry downturns and regional or national downturns;

•fluctuations in Allego’s revenue and operating results;

•unfavorable conditions or further disruptions in the capital and credit markets;

•Allego’s ability to generate cash, service indebtedness and incur additional indebtedness;

•competition from existing and new competitors;

•the growth of the electric vehicle market;

•Allego’s ability to integrate any businesses it may acquire;

•Allego’s ability to recruit and retain experienced personnel;

•risks related to legal proceedings or claims, including liability claims;

•Allego’s dependence on third-party contractors to provide various services;

•data security breaches or other network outages;

•Allego’s ability to obtain additional capital on commercially reasonable terms;

•Allego’s ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting;

•the impact of COVID-19 and other pandemics, including related supply chain disruptions and expense increases;

•general economic or political conditions, including the Russia/Ukraine conflict or increased trade restrictions between the United States, Russia, China and other countries; and

•other factors detailed under the section entitled “Item 3.D. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report and in Allego’s other filings with the SEC.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates, which are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION

Athena Pubco B.V. was incorporated by Madeleine Charging B.V. on June 3, 2021 for the purpose of effectuating the Business Combination. Prior to the Business Combination, Athena Pubco B.V., which was redesignated as Allego N.V. in connection with the Closing, had no material assets and did not operate any businesses. The Business Combination resulted in Allego acquiring Allego Holding and combining with Spartan, with an exchange of the shares and warrants issued by Spartan for those of Allego. The Business Combination was accounted for as a capital reorganization followed by the combination with Spartan, which was treated as a recapitalization. Following the Business Combination, both Allego Holding and Spartan are wholly owned subsidiaries of Allego.

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INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

In this Annual Report, we present industry data, forecasts, information and statistics regarding the markets in which Allego competes as well as Allego management’s analysis of statistics, data and other information that it has derived from third-parties, including independent consultant reports, publicly available information, various industry publications and other published industry sources, including: (i) traffic data from governmental agencies, such as Germany’s BAST (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen), the Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat, and the United Kingdom’s Department of Transport, (ii) population data from EUROSTAT, (iii) registered cars data from governmental statistics agencies, such as Germany’s Kraftfahrt Bundesamt, the Netherlands’ CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek) and the United Kingdom’s Department of Transport, (iv) electric vehicle sales forecasts from consultancy firms, such as ING, UBS, BCG and Navigant, (v) electric vehicle sales data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, and (vi) industry growth forecasts from BloombergNEF. Independent consultant reports, industry publications and other published industry sources generally indicate that the information contained therein was obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Such information is supplemented where necessary with our own internal estimates and information obtained from discussions with our customers, taking into account publicly available information about other industry participants and our management’s judgment where information is not publicly available. This information appears in “Item 4.B. Information on the Company—Business Overview,” “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and other sections of this Annual Report.

Although we believe that these third-party sources are reliable, we cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information, and we have not independently verified this information. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and uncertainties as the other forward-looking statements in this Annual Report. These forecasts and forward-looking information are subject to uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described under “Item 3.D. Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in any forecasts or estimates. Some market data and statistical information are also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from management’s knowledge of our industry and such independent sources referred to above. Certain market, ranking and industry data included elsewhere in this Annual Report, including the size of certain markets and our size or position and the positions of our competitors within these markets, including its services relative to its competitors, are based on estimates by us. These estimates have been derived from Allego management’s knowledge and experience in the markets in which Allego operates, as well as information obtained from surveys, reports by market research firms, our customers, distributors, suppliers, trade and business organizations and other contacts in the markets in which Allego operates and have not been verified by independent sources. Unless otherwise noted, all of Allego’s market share and market position information presented in this Annual Report is an approximation. Allego’s market share and market position, unless otherwise noted, is based on Allego’s volume relative to the estimated volume in the markets served by Allego’s business segments. References herein to Allego being a leader in a market or product category refer to Allego management’s belief that Allego has a leading market share position in each specified market, unless the context otherwise requires. As there are no publicly available sources supporting this belief, it is based solely on Allego management’s internal analysis of Allego volume as compared to the estimated volume of its competitors.

Internal data and estimates are based upon information obtained from trade and business organizations and other contacts in the markets in which Allego operates and Allego management’s understanding of industry conditions. Although we believe that such information is reliable, this information has not been verified by any independent sources.

DEFINED TERMS

“Allego”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” means (i) prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, Allego Holding B.V. and (ii) following the consummation of the Business Combination, Allego N.V. Simultaneously with Closing, Athena Pubco B.V. was redesignated as Allego N.V., such that the go-forward public company is Allego N.V.

“Allego Articles” or “Articles” means the Articles of Association of Allego N.V.

“Allego Board” or “Board” means the board of directors of Allego.

“Allego Holding” means Allego Holding B.V., a Dutch private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid).

“Allego Ordinary Shares” or “Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of Allego N.V. immediately following the Business Combination, with a nominal value of €0.12 per share.

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“Business Combination” means the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

“Business Combination Agreement” means the Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of July 28, 2021, by and among Allego, Allego Holding, Merger Sub, Spartan, Madeleine, and, solely with respect to the sections specified therein, E8 Investor.

“Closing” means the consummation of the Business Combination.

“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing took place.

“E8 Investor” means E8 Partenaires, a French société par actions simplifée.

“Effective Time” means date and time the certificate of merger by which the Spartan Merger consummated was filed.

“First Special Fees Agreement” has the meaning provided in “Item 7.B. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions” in this Annual Report.

“General Meeting” means the general meeting of Allego.

“Group” means Allego Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries prior to the completion of the Business Combination and Allego Holding N.V. and its subsidiaries after the completion of the Business Combination, unless indicated requires otherwise.

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

“LTIP” means the Allego Long-Term Incentive Plan.

“Madeleine” means Madeleine Charging B.V., a Dutch private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid).

“Mega-E” means Mega-E Charging B.V. and “Mega-E Group” means Mega-E and its subsidiaries.

“MOMA” means Modélisation, Mesures et Applications S.A., an unlisted software company.

“Merger Sub” means Athena Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

”PIPE” means the commitments obtained from certain investors for a private placement of an aggregate of 15,000,000 Allego Ordinary Shares, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $150,000,000.

“Private Placement Warrants” means the warrants issued to the Sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of Spartan’s IPO.

“Public Warrants” means the warrants sold as part of the Spartan Units.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Second Special Fees Agreement” has meaning provided in “Item 7.B. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions” in this Annual Report.

“Spartan” means Spartan Acquisition Corp. III, a Delaware corporation, prior to the Business Combination and Allego US Inc., a Delaware corporation, following completion of the Business Combination, unless indicated otherwise.

“Spartan Charter” means Spartan’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated February 8, 2021.

“Spartan Class A Common Stock” means Spartan’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

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“Spartan Founders Stock” means Spartan’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

“Spartan Units” means the units sold in connection with Spartan’s IPO.

“Spartan Warrants” means the Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants, collectively.

“Special Fees Agreements” mean the First Special Fees Agreement and the Second Special Fees Agreement.

“Sponsor” means Spartan Acquisition Sponsor III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Trust Account” means the trust account that held the cash proceeds from Spartan’s IPO and concurrent private placement of private placement warrants to the Sponsor.

“Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement dated February 8, 2021 by and between Spartan and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

“Warrants” or “Assumed Warrants” means the Spartan Warrants that were automatically converted in connection with the Business Combination into warrants to acquire one Allego Ordinary Share, and remain subject to the same terms and conditions (including exercisability) as were applicable to the corresponding Spartan Warrant immediately prior to the Business Combination.

“Warrant Assumption Agreement” means the Warrant Assumption Agreement dated March 16, 2022 by and among Spartan, Allego and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

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PART I

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

A.[RESERVED]

B.Capitalization and Indebtedness

Not applicable.

C.Reasons For the Offer and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

D.Risk Factors

Summary Risk Factors

The following summarizes some, but not all, of the risks provided below. Please carefully consider all of the information discussed in this “Item 3.D.Risk Factors” in this Annual Report for a detailed description of these and other risks.

•Allego is an early stage company with a history of operating losses, and expects to incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the near term and medium term.

•Allego has experienced rapid growth and expects to invest substantially in growth for the foreseeable future. If it fails to manage growth effectively, its business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.

•Allego’s forecasts and projections are based upon assumptions, analyses and internal estimates developed by Allego’s management. If these assumptions, analyses or estimates prove to be incorrect or inaccurate, Allego’s actual operating results may differ adversely and materially from those forecasted or projected.

•Allego’s estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth may prove to be inaccurate.

•Allego’s business is subject to risks associated with the price of electricity, which may hamper its profitability and growth.

•Allego is dependent on the availability of electricity at its current and future charging sites. Delays and/or other restrictions on the availability of electricity (for example, grid connections delays) would adversely affect Allego’s business and results of operations.

•Allego currently faces competition from a number of companies and expects to face significant competition in the future as the market for EV charging develops.

•Allego’s future revenue growth will depend in significant part on its ability to increase the number and size of its charging sites, traffic, and the sales of services to Business to Business customers.

•Allego may need to raise additional funds or debt and these funds may not be available when needed.

•If Allego fails to offer high-quality support to its customers and fails to maintain the availability of its charging points, its business and reputation may suffer.

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•Allego relies on a limited number of suppliers and manufacturers for its hardware and equipment and charging stations. A loss of any of these partners or issues in their manufacturing and supply processes could negatively affect its business.

•Allego’s EV driver base will depend upon the effective operation of Allego’s EVCloudTM platform and its applications with mobile service providers, firmware from hardware manufacturers, mobile operating systems, payment systems, networks and standards that Allego does not control.

•If Allego is unable to attract and retain key employees and hire qualified management, technical, engineering and sales personnel, its ability to compete and successfully grow its business would be harmed.

•Allego is expanding operations in many countries in Europe, which will expose it to additional tax, compliance, market, local rules and other risks.

•New alternative fuel technologies may negatively impact the growth of the EV market and thus the demand for Allego’s charging stations and services.

•The European EV market currently benefits from the availability of rebates, scrappage schemes, tax credits and other financial incentive schemes from governments to offset and incentivize the purchase of EVs. The reduction, modification, or elimination of such benefits could cause reduced demand for EVs and EV charging, which would adversely affect Allego’s financial results.

•Allego’s business may be adversely affected if it is unable to protect its technology and intellectual property from unauthorized use by third parties.

•Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking, phishing attacks and similar disruptions could result in security and privacy breaches and interruption in service, which could harm Allego’s business.

•Allego’s technology could have undetected defects, errors or bugs in hardware or software which could reduce market adoption, damage its reputation with current or prospective customers, and/or expose it to product liability and other claims that could materially and adversely affect its business.

•Allego has identified, and has previously identified, material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. If Allego is unable to remediate these material weaknesses, or if Allego identifies additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fails to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, this may result in material misstatements contained within Allego’s consolidated financial statements or cause Allego to fail to meet its periodic reporting obligations.

•Members of Allego’s management have limited experience in operating a public company.

•Future sales, or the perception of future sales, of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants by us or selling security holders, including Madeleine, could cause the market price for our Ordinary Shares and Warrants to decline significantly.

•Madeleine owns a significant amount of Allego’s voting shares and its interests may conflict with those of other shareholders.

Shareholders should carefully consider the following factors in addition to the other information set forth in this Annual Report. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations and the value of Allego Ordinary Shares would likely suffer.

Risks Related to Allego’s Business, Industry and Regulatory Environment

Allego is an early stage company with a history of operating losses, and expects to incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the near term and medium term.

Allego incurred a net loss of €315 million and €304 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and as of December 31, 2022, Allego had total equity of approximately €28 million. Allego believes it will continue to incur net losses for the near term. Even if it achieves profitability, there can be no assurance that it will be able maintain profitability in the future. Allego’s potential profitability is particularly dependent upon the continued adoption of electric vehicles (“EVs”) by consumers in Europe, which may occur at a slower pace than anticipated or may

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not occur at all. This continued adoption may depend upon continued support from regulatory programs and in each case, the use of Allego chargers and Allego services may be at much lower levels than Allego currently anticipates.

Allego has experienced rapid growth and expects to invest substantially in growth for the foreseeable future. If it fails to manage growth effectively, its business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.

Allego has experienced rapid growth in recent periods that has placed and continues to place a significant strain on employee retention, management, operations, financial infrastructure and corporate culture and has required several strategic adjustments. Allego’s revenue has increased from €86.3 million in 2021 to €133.9 million in 2022. In addition, in the event of further growth, Allego’s information technology systems and Allego’s internal control over financial reporting and procedures may not be adequate to support its operations and may increase the risk of data security incidents that may interrupt business operations and permit bad actors to obtain unauthorized access to business information or misappropriate company funds. Allego may also face risks to the extent such bad actors infiltrate the information technology infrastructure of its contractors. Allego may also face the risk that EVCloudTM, its core platform, is not able to support Allego’s growth due to increased traffic on Allego charging points, which would interrupt business operations. Allego could then also face contractual penalties with its customers if this results in a failure to meet its contractual obligations.

To manage growth in operations and personnel management, Allego will need to continue to improve its operational, financial and management controls and reporting systems and procedures. Failure to manage growth effectively could result in difficulty or delays in developing new EV charging sites, in attracting new customers, declines in quality or customer satisfaction, increases in costs, difficulties in introducing new solutions and services or enhancing existing solutions and services, loss of EV sites and customers, information security vulnerabilities or other operational difficulties, any of which could adversely affect its business performance and operating results.

Allego’s forecasts and projections are based upon assumptions, analyses and internal estimates developed by Allego’s management. If these assumptions, analyses or estimates prove to be incorrect or inaccurate, Allego’s actual operating results may differ adversely and materially from those forecasted or projected.

Allego’s business forecasts and projections are subject to different parameters with significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions, analyses and internal estimates developed by Allego’s management and teams, any or all of which may not prove to be correct or accurate. If these assumptions, analyses or estimates prove to be incorrect or inaccurate, Allego’s actual operating results may differ materially and adversely from those forecasted or projected. Realization of the operating results forecasted will depend on the successful implementation of Allego’s proposed business plan, and the development of policies and procedures consistent with Allego’s assumptions. Future results will also be affected by events and circumstances beyond Allego’s control, for example, the competitive environment, Allego’s executive team, technological change, economic and other conditions in the markets in which Allego operates or proposes to operate, national and regional regulations, uncertainties inherent in product and software development and testing, Allego’s future financing needs, and Allego’s ability to grow and to manage growth effectively. In particular, Allego’s forecasts and projections include forecasts and estimates relating to the expected size and growth of the markets in which Allego operates in Europe or seeks to enter and demand for its current and future charging points. For the reasons described above, it is likely that the actual results of its operations will be different from the results forecasted and those differences may be material and adverse.

Allego’s estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth may prove to be inaccurate.

Market opportunity estimates and growth forecasts, whether obtained from third-party sources or developed internally, are subject to significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions and estimates that may prove to be inaccurate, including any continuing effects on such estimates and forecasts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimates and forecasts relating to the size and expected growth of the target market, market demand, EV adoption across each individual national market in Europe and use cases, capacity of automotive and battery original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and ability of charging infrastructure to address this demand and related pricing may also prove to be inaccurate. In particular, estimates regarding the current and projected market opportunity for public fast and ultra-fast charging or Allego market share capture are difficult to predict. The estimated addressable market may not materialize in the timeframe of the projections, if ever, and even if the markets meet the size estimates and growth estimates, Allego’s business could fail to grow at similar rates.

Allego’s business is subject to risks associated with the price of electricity, which may hamper its profitability and growth.

Allego obtains electricity for its own charging stations through contracts with power suppliers or through direct sourcing on the market from producers. In most of the countries in which Allego operates, there are many suppliers that can offer

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medium or long-term contracts that can allow Allego to hedge the price of electricity. However, market conditions may change, triggering fluctuations and global increases in the price of electricity, which we experienced during 2022. For example, the price of electricity is generally higher in the winter due to higher electricity demands, and Europe has recently seen record electricity price increases caused in large part by the Russia/Ukraine conflict. While these costs could be (and have been to a large extent in 2022) passed on to EV customers, increases in the price of electricity could result in near-term cash flow strains to Allego. In addition, global increases in electricity pricing will increase the price of charging, which could impact demand and hamper the use of public charging by EV customers, thus decreasing the number of charging sessions on Allego’s charging stations and adversely impacting its profitability and growth. Furthermore, competitors may be able to source electricity on better terms than Allego, which may allow those competitors to offer lower prices for charging, which may also decrease the number of charging sessions on Allego’s charging stations and adversely impact its profitability and growth.

Allego is dependent on the availability of electricity at its current and future charging sites. Delays and/or other restrictions on the availability of electricity (for example, grid connections delays) would adversely affect Allego’s business and results of operations.

The operation and development of Allego’s charging points is dependent upon the availability of electricity, which is beyond its control. Allego’s charging points are affected by problems accessing electricity sources, such as planned or unplanned power outages or limited grid capacity. In the event of a power outage, Allego will be dependent on the grid operator, and in some cases the site host, to restore power for its B2B solutions or to unlock grid capacity. Any prolonged power outage or limited grid capacity could adversely affect customer experience and Allego’s business and results of operations.

Allego’s public charging points are often located in areas that must be freely accessible and may be exposed to vandalism or misuse by customers or other individuals, which would increase Allego’s replacement and maintenance costs.

Allego’s public charging points may be exposed to vandalism or misuse by customers and other individuals, increasing wear and tear of the charging equipment. Such increased wear and tear could shorten the usable lifespan of the chargers and require Allego to increase its spending on replacement and maintenance costs.

Allego currently faces competition from a number of companies and expects to face significant competition in the future as the market for EV charging develops.

The EV charging market is relatively new, and competition is still developing. Apart from China, Europe is currently the biggest EV market in the world and is currently more mature than the United States. Allego competes in its charging network and services businesses with many competitors in different countries. With respect to the development of its own ultra-fast public EV charging network, Allego primarily competes with incumbent utilities and oil and gas companies alongside pure EV charging players and companies linked to car manufacturers. With respect to its services business, Allego competes with a variety of companies, including hardware manufacturers, software platform vendors, installation companies and maintenance contractors. Despite Allego’s longstanding European presence, it must continuously strive to remain competitive in its markets. Competition may hamper global EV adoption as an influx of providers may lead to poor service and trust in any one provider of EV charging solutions.

In addition, there are means for charging EVs other than publicly accessible charging, which could affect the level of demand for onsite charging capabilities at public or commercial areas, which are Allego’s primary focus. For example, Tesla Inc. ("Tesla") continues to build out its supercharger network across Europe for its vehicles, which could reduce overall demand for EV charging at other sites. Tesla is also opening its supercharger network to support charging of non-Tesla EVs, which could further reduce demand for charging at Allego’s sites. Additionally, third-party contractors can provide basic electric charging capabilities to potential customers of Allego, including commercial on premise charging and home charging solutions. Many EV hardware manufacturers are now offering home charging equipment, which could reduce demand for public charging if EV owners find charging at home to be more convenient. Regulations imposing home or workplace charging capabilities for all new buildings could also adversely affect the development of public charging versus home charging.

Furthermore, Allego’s current or potential competitors may be acquired by third parties with greater available resources. As a result, competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than Allego to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards or customer requirements and may have the ability to initiate or withstand substantial price competition. In addition, competitors may in the future establish cooperative relationships with vendors of complementary products, technologies or services to increase the availability of their solutions in the marketplace. This competition may also materialize in the form of costly intellectual property disputes or litigation.

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New competitors or alliances may emerge in the future that have greater market share, more widely adopted proprietary technologies, greater marketing expertise and greater financial resources, which could put Allego at a competitive disadvantage. Future competitors could also be better positioned to serve certain segments of Allego’s current or future target markets, which could increase costs and create downward pricing pressure on charging sessions. In light of these factors, even if Allego’s public charging network is larger and provides faster charging, and if its services offerings are more effective, higher quality and address more complex demands than those of its competitors, current or potential customers may accept other competitive solutions. If Allego fails to adapt to changing market conditions or continue to compete successfully with current charging providers or new competitors, its growth will be limited, which would adversely affect its business and results of operations.

Allego’s future revenue growth will depend in significant part on its ability to increase the number and size of its charging sites, traffic, and the sales of services to Business to Business (“B2B”) customers.

Allego’s future revenue growth will depend in significant part on its ability to increase the number and size of its charging sites, traffic, and its sales of services to B2B customers. The sites Allego may wish to lease or acquire may first be leased or acquired by competitors or they may no longer be economically attractive due to certain adverse conditions such as increased rent which would hamper the growth and profitability of Allego’s business.

Furthermore, Allego’s B2B customer base may not increase as quickly as expected because the adoption of EVs may be delayed or transformed by new technologies. In addition to the factors affecting the growth of the EV market generally, transitioning to an EV fleet for some customers or providing EV equipment to facilities for other customers can be costly and capital intensive, which could result in slower than anticipated adoption. The sales cycle for certain B2B customers could also be longer than expected.

Allego may need to raise additional funds or debt and these funds may not be available when needed.

Allego may need to raise additional capital or debt in the future to further scale its business and expand to additional markets. Allego may raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related or debt securities, or through obtaining credit from financial institutions. Allego cannot be certain that additional funds will be available on favorable terms when required, or at all. If Allego cannot raise additional funds when needed, its financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. If Allego raises funds through the issuance of debt securities or through loan arrangements, the terms of such arrangements could require significant interest payments, contain covenants that restrict Allego’s business, or other unfavorable terms. In addition, to the extent Allego raises funds through the sale of additional equity securities, Allego shareholders would experience additional dilution. For example, in order to meet its current funding needs, during 2022 Allego entered into a new facility agreement, increasing the total available facility by €230 million to €400 million.

If Allego fails to offer high-quality support to its customers and fails to maintain the availability of its charging points, its business and reputation may suffer.

Once Allego charging points are operational, customers rely on Allego to provide maintenance services to resolve any issues that might arise in the future. Rapid and high-quality customer and equipment support is important so that drivers can reliably charge their EVs. The importance of high-quality customer and equipment support will increase as Allego seeks to expand its public charging network and retain customers, while pursuing new EV drivers and geographies. If Allego does not quickly resolve issues and provide effective support, its ability to retain EV drivers or sell additional services to B2B customers could suffer and its brand and reputation could be harmed.

A potential renewed COVID-19 or other pandemic could have a material adverse effect on Allego’s business and results of operations.

The impact of a potential renewed COVID-19 or other pandemic, including changes in consumer and business behavior, pandemic fears and market downturns, and restrictions on business and individual activities, can create significant volatility in the global economy or lead to reduced economic activity. The recent COVID-19 pandemic created supply chain disruptions for vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and hardware manufacturers, as well as impacted the capacities of installers. Any sustained new disruption could impact demand for EVs and would harm Allego’s business despite its historical growth.

If a potential renewed COVID-19 or other pandemic occurs, it could require a modification of our business (for example, grid connections delays), triggering mitigating actions (as may be required by government authorities or otherwise) in the best interests of our employees, customers, suppliers, vendors and business partners. If significant portions of our workforce in the future is unable to work effectively, including due to illness, quarantines, social distancing, government

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actions or other restrictions, our operations will be negatively impacted. Furthermore, if significant portions of our customers’ or potential customers’ workforce are subject to stay-at-home orders or otherwise have substantial numbers of their employees working remotely for sustained periods of time, user demand for EV charging sessions and services may decline.

As of December 31, 2022, the impact of COVID-19 to Allego’s business has been limited, but prospects and results of operations will depend on any future developments. Ongoing effects from the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to limit the ability of customers, suppliers, vendors and business partners to perform, including third-party suppliers’ ability to provide components and materials used for Allego’s charging stations or in providing transport, installation or maintenance services.

Any economic recession that has occurred or may occur in the future will impact in the growth of EVs and the growth of EV charging demand.

Difficult macroeconomic conditions, such as decreases in per capita income and level of disposable income, increased and prolonged unemployment or a decline in consumer confidence, as well as reduced spending by businesses, could each have a material adverse effect on the demand for Allego’s charging points network and services.

Allego relies on a limited number of suppliers and manufacturers for its hardware and equipment and charging stations. A loss of any of these partners or issues in their manufacturing and supply processes could negatively affect its business.

Allego has extended its hardware and equipment supplier base but it still relies on a limited number of suppliers, although it is not dependent on any one supplier. This reliance on a limited number of hardware manufacturers increases Allego’s risks, since it does not currently have proven alternatives or replacement manufacturers beyond these key parties. In the event of interruption or insufficient capacity, it may not be able to increase capacity from other sources or develop alternate or secondary sources without incurring material additional costs and substantial delays. In particular, disruptions or shortages at such suppliers, including as a result of delays or issues with their supply chain, including in respect of electronic chips, processors, semiconductors and other electronic components or materials, can negatively impact deliveries by such suppliers to Allego. Thus, Allego’s business could be adversely affected if one or more of its suppliers is impacted by any interruption at a particular location or decides to reduce its deliveries to Allego for any reason including its acquisition by a third party or is unable to provide Allego with the quantities Allego requires for its growth.

If Allego experiences an increase in demand greater than expected for the development of its charging stations or from its services customers or if it needs to replace an existing supplier, it may not be possible to supplement or replace them on acceptable terms, which may undermine Allego’s ability to capture higher growth or deliver solutions to customers in a timely manner. For example, it may take a significant amount of time to identify a new hardware manufacturer that has the capability and resources to build hardware and equipment in sufficient volume that meets Allego’s specifications. Identifying suitable suppliers and manufacturers could be an extensive process that would require Allego to become satisfied with such suppliers’ and manufacturers’ quality control, technical capabilities, responsiveness and service, financial stability, regulatory compliance, and labor and other ethical practices. Accordingly, a loss of any significant suppliers or manufacturers could have an adverse effect on Allego’s business, financial condition and operating results.

Allego’s hardware and equipment may also experience technical issues, including safety issues, which could, on a large scale, negatively impact Allego’s business and potentially in the most extreme cases lead Allego to an early replacement program of such hardware, resulting in Allego incurring substantial additional costs and delays.

In addition, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine could lead to disruption, instability and volatility in global markets and industries that could negatively impact Allego’s supply chain. The European Union, the United States and other governments have already imposed severe sanctions and export controls against Russia and Russian interests and may impose additional sanctions and controls. The impact of these measures, as well as potential responses to them by Russia, is currently unknown and could adversely affect Allego’s supply chain, which, in turn, could affect Allego’s business and operating results.

Further, the United States imposed extraordinary tariffs and extensive export controls targeted primarily at the semiconductor industry in China. If China retaliates to such measures or there is a conflict between China and Taiwan, which is a leading producer of semiconductors, there could be further disruption to the semiconductor industry and global supply chains. Allego or the suppliers it procures components from may be unable to manufacture products at prices our customers would accept, or at all. Any inability to pass on future increased costs to customers would put downward pressure on Allego’s gross margins and adversely affect Allego’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Allego’s business is subject to risks associated with construction, cost overruns and delays, and other contingencies that may arise in the course of completing installations, and such risks may increase in the future as Allego expands its charging networks and increases its service to third parties.

Allego does not typically install charging points directly on leased sites or at customer sites. These installations are typically performed by Allego’s electrical contractors at its own sites or with contractors with an existing relationship with the customer and/or knowledge of the site. The installation of charging stations at a particular site is generally subject to oversight and regulation in accordance with national and local laws and regulations relating to building codes, safety, environmental protection and related matters, and typically requires various local approvals and permits, such as grid connection permits that may vary by jurisdiction. In addition, building codes, accessibility requirements or regulations may hinder EV charger installation due to potential increased costs to the developer or installer in order to meet such requirements. Meaningful delays or cost overruns may impact Allego’s recognition of revenue in certain cases and/or impact customer relationships, either of which could impact Allego’s business and profitability.

Contractors may require that Allego or Allego’s customers obtain licenses in order to perform their services. Furthermore, additional rules on working conditions and other labor requirements may result in more complex projects with higher project management costs. If these contractors are unable to provide timely, thorough and quality installation-related services, Allego could fall behind its construction schedules which may cause EV drivers and Allego’s customers to become dissatisfied with Allego’s network and charging solutions. As the demand for public fast and ultra-fast charging increases and qualifications for contractors become more stringent, Allego may encounter shortages in the number of qualified contractors available to complete all of Allego’s desired new charging stations and their maintenance.

Allego’s business model is predicated on the presence of qualified and capable electrical and civil contractors and subcontractors in the new markets it intends to enter. There is no guarantee that there will be an adequate supply of such partners. A shortage in the number of qualified contractors may impact the viability of Allego’s business plan, increase risks around the quality of work performed and increase costs if outside contractors are brought into a new market.

Allego’s business is subject to risks associated with increased cost of land and competition from third parties that can create cost overruns and delays and can decrease the value of some of Allego’s charging stations.

Allego typically enters into long-term leases for its charging stations. With the growing adoption of EVs, increased competition may develop in securing suitable sites for charging stations, especially in high traffic areas. This competition may trigger increases in the cost of land leases, tenders organized by landowners, delays in securing sites and a quicker depletion of available sites for Allego’s charging stations. The term of leases may also be impacted by increased competition. This could negatively impact the potential economic return of building such charging stations in certain zones or on certain sites and therefore negatively impact Allego’s business and profitability.

Allego’s EV driver base depends upon the effective operation of Allego’s EVCloudTM platform and its applications with mobile service providers, firmware from hardware manufacturers, mobile operating systems, payment systems, networks and standards that Allego does not control.

Allego is dependent on the interoperability of mobile service providers for the payment of charging sessions that must use open protocols. Its own mobile payment application is dependent upon popular mobile operating systems that Allego does not control, such as Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS software systems, and any changes in such systems that degrade or hamper the functionality of Allego’s products or give preferential treatment to competitive products could adversely affect the usage of Allego’s applications on mobile devices. Changes in standards, such as Open Charge Point Protocol, may require Allego to incur development expenses and delay its operations and the potential launch of new services. Continued support and operability of Allego’s charging stations depends upon hardware manufacturers’ firmware of which Allego has no control over. Additionally, in order to deliver high quality services to its customers, it is important that Allego’s products work well with a range of technologies, including various firmware, software, payment systems, networks and standards that Allego does not control. Allego may not be successful in maintaining and updating its EVCloudTM platform and may not have sufficient knowledge to effectively keep up with new technologies, systems, networks or standards.

A variety of factors may lead to interruption in service, which could harm Allego’s business.

Computer malware, viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions could lead to interruption and delays in Allego’s operations and loss, misuse or theft of data. Computer malware, viruses, ransomware, hacking and phishing attacks against online networks have become more prevalent and may occur on Allego’s systems in the future and on hardware manufacturers that supply Allego. Any attempts by cyber attackers to disrupt Allego’s operations, services or systems, if successful, could harm its business, introduce liability to data subjects, result in the misappropriation of

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company funds, be expensive to remedy and damage Allego’s reputation or brand. Insurance may not be sufficient to cover significant expenses and losses related to cyber-attacks. Efforts to prevent cyber attackers from entering computer systems are expensive to implement, and Allego may not be able to cause the implementation or enforcement of such prevention. Though it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from any specific interruption or attack, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of systems and technical infrastructure may, in addition to other losses, harm Allego’s reputation, brand and ability to operate reliably and to retain customers.

Allego has previously experienced, and may in the future experience, service disruptions, outages and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, third-party service providers, scalability issues with its software tools, human or software errors and capacity constraints. Allego relies on telecom networks to support reliable operation, management and maintenance of its charger network, charging session management, and driver authentication, and payment processing by customers depends on reliable connections with wireless communications networks. As a result, Allego’s operations depend on a handful of public carriers and are exposed to disruptions related to network outages and other communications issues on the carrier networks. Disruptions experienced in the payment chain from authorization to settlement also might cause financial harm, directly or indirectly to Allego. If Allego’s services or charging points are unavailable when users attempt to access them, they may seek other services or networks, which could reduce demand for Allego’s charging stations and services.

Allego has processes and procedures in place designed to enable it to recover from a disaster or catastrophe and continue business operations. However, there are several factors ranging from human error to data corruption that could materially impact the efficacy of such processes and procedures, including by lengthening the period of time that services are partially or fully unavailable to customers and users. It may be difficult or impossible to perform some or all recovery steps and continue normal business operations due to the nature of a particular disaster or catastrophe, especially during peak periods, which could cause additional reputational damages, contractual penalties or loss of revenues, any of which could adversely affect its business and financial results.

If Allego does not successfully implement, maintain or expand its processes and procedures relating to data security, its operations may be disrupted, and its ability to accurately and/or timely report its financial results could be impaired and deficiencies may arise in its internal control over financial reporting, which may impact its ability to certify its financial results.

Should Allego pursue acquisitions in the future, it would be subject to risks associated with acquisitions.

Allego may acquire additional assets such as public charging networks, products, technologies or businesses that are complementary to its existing business or that reinforce its core or adjacent competencies. The process of identifying and consummating acquisitions and the subsequent integration of new assets and businesses into Allego’s own business would require attention from management and could result in a diversion of resources from its existing business, which in turn could have an adverse effect on its operations. Acquired assets or businesses may not generate the expected financial results or the expected technological gains. Key employees of acquired companies may also decide to leave. Acquisitions could also result in the use of cash, potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the occurrence of goodwill impairment charges, amortization expenses for other intangible assets and exposure to potential unknown liabilities of the acquired business.

If Allego is unable to attract and retain key employees and hire qualified management, technical, engineering and sales personnel, its ability to compete and successfully grow its business would be harmed.

Allego’s success depends, in part, on its continuing ability to identify, hire, attract, train, develop and retain highly qualified personnel. The inability to do so effectively would adversely affect its business.

Competition for employees can be intense in the various parts of Europe where Allego operates, as there is a high demand of qualified personnel. The ability to attract, hire and retain personnel depends on Allego’s ability to provide competitive compensation. Allego may not be able to attract, assimilate, develop or retain qualified personnel in the future, and failure to do so could adversely affect its business, including the execution of its strategy.

Allego is expanding operations in many countries in Europe, which will expose it to additional tax, compliance, market, local rules and other risks.

Allego’s operations are within the European Union and in the United Kingdom, and it maintains contractual relationships with parts and manufacturing suppliers in Asia, directly or indirectly through its suppliers. Allego also intends to expand

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into other EEA countries. Managing this global presence and expansion in Europe requires additional resources and controls, and could subject Allego to certain risks, associated with international operations, including:

•conformity with applicable business customs, including translation into foreign languages and associated expenses;

•ability to find and secure sites in new jurisdictions;

•availability of reliable and high quality contractors for the development of its sites and more globally installation challenges;

•challenges in arranging, and availability of, financing for customers;

•difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations in an environment of diverse culture, laws, and customers, and the increased travel, infrastructure, and legal and compliance costs associated with European operations;

•differing driving habits and transportation modalities in other markets;

•different levels of demand among commercial customers;

•quality of wireless communication that can hinder the use of its software platform with charging stations in the field;

•compliance with multiple, potentially conflicting and changing governmental laws, regulations, certifications, and permitting processes including environmental, banking, employment, tax, information security, privacy, and data protection laws and regulations such as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), national legislation implementing the same;

•compliance with the United Kingdom Anti-Bribery Act;

•safety requirements as well as charging and other electric infrastructures;

•difficulty in establishing, staffing and managing foreign operations;

•difficulties in collecting payments in foreign currencies and associated foreign currency exposure;

•restrictions on operations as a result of the dependence on subsidies to fulfill capitalization requirements;

•restrictions on repatriation of earnings;

•compliance with potentially conflicting and changing laws of taxing jurisdictions, the complexity and adverse consequences of such tax laws, and potentially adverse tax consequences due to changes in such tax laws; and

•regional economic and political conditions.

As a result of these risks, Allego’s current expansion efforts and any potential future international expansion efforts may not be successful.

Inflation could adversely affect Allego’s business and financial results.

Inflation, which increased significantly during 2021 and 2022, could adversely affect Allego by increasing the costs of materials and labor needed to operate Allego’s business and could continue to adversely affect the Company in future periods. If this current inflationary environment continues, there can be no assurance that Allego would be able to recover related cost increases through price increases, which could result in downward pressure on Allego’s operating margins. As a result, Allego’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows, could be adversely affected over time.

Certain of Allego’s strategic and development arrangements could be terminated or may not materialize into long-term contract partnership arrangements and may restrict or limit Allego from developing arrangements with other strategic partners.

Allego has arrangements with strategic development partners and collaborators. Some of these arrangements are evidenced by memorandums of understanding, non-binding letters of intent, and early stage agreements that are used for design and development purposes but will require renegotiation at later stages of development, each of which could be terminated or may not materialize into next-stage contracts or long-term contract partnership arrangements. In addition, Allego does not currently have formal agreements with all partners and collaborators that are contemplated in the execution of its business plan. Moreover, existing or future arrangements may contain limitations on Allego’s ability to enter into strategic and development arrangements with other partners. If Allego is unable to maintain such arrangements and agreements, or if such agreements or arrangements contain other restrictions from or limitations on developing arrangements with other strategic partners, its business, prospects, financial condition and operating results may be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to the EV Market

New alternative fuel technologies may negatively impact the growth of the EV market and thus the demand for Allego’s charging stations and services.

As a number of European Union regulations have sought to achieve a sharp decrease in CO2 emissions in Europe, consumer acceptance of EVs and other alternative vehicles has been increasing. If new technologies such as hydrogen for

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light trucks or load transportation develop and are widely adopted, the demand for electric charging could diminish. In addition, the EV fueling model is different than gas or other fuel models, requiring behavioral change and education of influencers, consumers and others such as regulatory bodies. Developments in alternative technologies, such as fuel cells, compressed natural gas or hydrogen may materially and adversely affect demand for EVs and EV charging stations, which in turn would materially and adversely affect Allego’s business, operating results, financial condition and prospects.

Allego’s future growth and success is highly correlated with and thus dependent upon the continuing rapid adoption of EVs.

Allego’s future growth is highly dependent upon the adoption of EVs by consumers. The market for EVs is still rapidly evolving, characterized by rapidly changing technologies, competitive pricing and competitive factors, evolving government regulation and industry standards and changing consumer demands and behaviors and the environment generally. Although demand for EVs has grown in recent years, bolstered in part by pro-EV regulations in Europe, there is no guarantee that such demand will continue to grow. If the market for EVs develops more slowly than expected, Allego’s business, prospects, financial condition and operating results would be harmed. The market for EVs could be affected by numerous factors, such as:

•perceptions about EV features, quality, safety, performance and cost;

•perceptions about the limited range over which EVs may be driven on a single battery charge;

•competition, including from other types of alternative fuel vehicles as hydrogen or fuel cells;

•concerns regarding the stability of the electrical grid;

•the decline of an EV battery’s ability to hold a charge over time;

•availability of service for EVs;

•consumers’ perception about the convenience and cost of charging EVs;

•government regulations and economic incentives, including adverse changes in, or expiration of, favorable tax incentives related to EVs, EV charging stations or decarbonization generally; and

•concerns about the future viability of EV manufacturers.

In addition, sales of vehicles in the automotive industry can be cyclical, which may affect growth in acceptance of EVs. It is uncertain how macroeconomic factors will impact demand for EVs, particularly since they can be more expensive than traditional fuel-powered vehicles, when the automotive industry globally has been experiencing a recent decline in sales.

Demand for EVs may also be affected by factors directly impacting automobile prices or the cost of purchasing and operating automobiles, such as sales and financing incentives, prices of raw materials and parts and components and governmental regulations, including tariffs, import regulation and other taxes. Volatility in demand may lead to lower vehicle unit sales, which may result in reduced demand for EV charging solutions and therefore adversely affect Allego’s business, financial condition and operating results.

The European EV market currently benefits from the availability of rebates, scrappage schemes, tax credits and other financial incentive schemes from governments to offset and incentivize the purchase of EVs. The reduction, modification, or elimination of such benefits could cause reduced demand for EVs and EV charging, which would adversely affect Allego’s financial results.

Most European countries provide incentives to end users and purchasers of EVs and EV charging stations in the form of rebates, scrappage schemes for internal combustion engines (“ICEs”), tax credits and other financial incentives. The EV market relies on these governmental rebates, scrappage schemes for ICEs, tax credits and other financial incentives to significantly lower the effective price of EVs and EV charging stations to customers and to support widespread installation of EV charging infrastructure. However, these incentives may expire on a particular date, may end when allocated funding is exhausted, or may be reduced or terminated as a matter of regulatory or legislative policy. For example, in Germany, incentives are expected to continue until 2030, and in the Netherlands, these incentives are expected to continue until 2025. Any reduction in rebates, scrappage schemes for ICEs, tax credits or other financial incentives could reduce the demand for EVs and EV charging stations and as a result, may adversely impact Allego’s business and expansion potential.

The EV charging market is characterized by rapid technological change, which requires Allego to continue developing new innovations of its software platform and to keep up with new hardware technologies. Any delays in such development could adversely affect market adoption of its solutions and Allego’s financial results.

Continuing technological changes in battery and other EV technologies or payment technologies could adversely affect adoption of current EV charging technology and/or Allego’s charging network or services. Allego’s future success will depend upon its ability to develop new sites and introduce a variety of new capabilities and innovations to enhance EV drivers experience using its network and its existing services offerings.

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As EV technologies change, Allego may need to upgrade or adapt its charging stations technology and introduce new hardware in order to serve vehicles that have the latest technology, in particular battery cell technology, which could involve substantial costs. This could lead Allego to replace some charging hardware before its expected lifespan involving financial costs and reduced return. Even if Allego is able to keep pace with changes in technology and develop new features and services, its research and development expenses could increase and its gross margins could be adversely affected.

Allego cannot guarantee that any new services or features of its software platform will be released in a timely manner or at all, or that if such services or features are released, that they will achieve market acceptance. Delays in delivering new services that meet customer requirements could damage Allego’s relationships with customers and lead them to seek alternative providers. For some customers, delays in delivering new services and features could induce the application of contractual penalties. Delays in introducing innovations or the failure to offer innovative services at competitive prices may cause existing and potential customers to purchase Allego’s competitors’ products or services.

If Allego is unable to devote adequate resources to develop new features and services or cannot otherwise successfully develop features or services that meet customer requirements on a timely basis or that remain competitive with technological alternatives, its charging network or services could lose market share, its revenue will decline, it may experience operating losses and its business and prospects will be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Allego’s Technology, Intellectual Property and Infrastructure

Allego may need to defend against intellectual property infringement or misappropriation claims, which may be time consuming and expensive.

From time to time, the holders of intellectual property rights may assert their rights and urge Allego to obtain licenses, and/or may bring suits alleging infringement or misappropriation of such rights. There can be no assurance that Allego will be able to mitigate the risk of potential suits or other legal demands by competitors or other third parties. Accordingly, Allego may consider entering into licensing agreements with respect to such rights, although no assurance can be given that such licenses can be obtained on acceptable terms or at all or that litigation will not occur, and such licenses and/or associated litigation could significantly increase Allego’s operating expenses. In addition, if Allego is determined to have or believes there is a high likelihood that it has infringed upon or misappropriated a third party’s intellectual property rights, it may be required to cease making, selling or incorporating certain key components or intellectual property into the products and services it offers, to pay substantial damages and/or royalties, to redesign its products and services, and/or to establish and maintain alternative branding. In addition, to the extent that Allego’s customers and business partners become the subject of any allegation or claim regarding the infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights related to Allego’s products and services, Allego may be required to indemnify such customers and business partners. If Allego were required to take one or more such actions, its business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, any litigation or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, negative publicity and diversion of resources and management attention.

Allego’s business may be adversely affected if it is unable to maintain, protect or enforce its rights in its technology and intellectual property.

Allego’s success depends, in part, on Allego’s ability to establish, maintain and protect its rights in its core technology and intellectual property. To accomplish this, Allego relies on, and plans to continue relying on, trade secrets, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements, intellectual property licenses and other contractual rights. Failure to adequately maintain, protect or enforce its rights in its technology and intellectual property could result in competitors offering similar products, potentially resulting in the loss of some of

Allego’s competitive advantage and a decrease in revenue which would adversely affect its business, prospects, financial

condition and operating results.

Allego cannot guarantee that competitors will not infringe its intellectual property. Despite Allego’s efforts to protect its intellectual property, third parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain and use Allego’s intellectual property or seek court declarations that Allego’s intellectual property is invalid or unenforceable or that they do not infringe upon Allego’s intellectual property. Monitoring unauthorized use of Allego’s intellectual property is difficult and costly and the steps Allego has taken or may take in the future in an effort to prevent infringement or misappropriation may not be successful. From time to time, Allego may have to resort to litigation to enforce its intellectual property, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources, and ultimately may not be successful.

In addition, it is possible that:

•current and future competitors may independently develop similar trade secrets or works of authorship, such as software;

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•know-how and other proprietary information Allego purports to hold as a trade secret may not qualify as a trade secret under applicable laws; and

•proprietary designs, software design and technology embodied in Allego’s offers may be discoverable by third parties through means that do not constitute violations of applicable laws.

Patent, trademark and trade secret laws vary significantly throughout the world. Some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the European Union, United Kingdom, or EEA countries. Further, policing the unauthorized use of its intellectual property in foreign jurisdictions may be difficult or impossible. Therefore, Allego’s intellectual property rights may not be as strong or as easily enforced outside of the European Union, United Kingdom, and EEA.

The current lack of international standards may lead to uncertainty, additional competition and further unexpected costs.

Lack of unique industry standards for EV station management, coupled with utilities and other large organizations mandating their own specifications that have not become widely adopted in the industry, may hinder innovation or slow new solutions and services or new feature introduction.

In addition, automobile manufacturers may choose to utilize their own proprietary systems and networks, which could lock out competition for EV charging stations, or use their size and market position to influence the market, which could limit Allego’s market and reach to customers, negatively impacting its business.

Further, should regulatory bodies impose new standards that are not compatible with Allego’s infrastructure, it may incur significant costs to adapt its business model to the new regulatory standards, which may require significant time and, as a result, may have a material adverse effect on its revenues or results of operations.

Allego’s technology could have undetected defects, errors or bugs in hardware or software which could reduce market adoption, damage its reputation with current or prospective customers, and/or expose it to product liability and other claims that could materially and adversely affect its business.

Allego may be subject to claims that its charging stations have malfunctioned and persons were injured or purported to be injured. Any insurance that Allego carries may not be sufficient or it may not apply to all situations. Similarly, to the extent that such malfunctions are related to components obtained from third-party vendors, such vendors may not assume responsibility for such malfunctions. In addition, Allego’s customers could be subjected to claims as a result of such incidents and may bring legal claims against Allego to attempt to hold it liable. Any of these events could adversely affect Allego’s brand, relationships with customers, operating results or financial condition.

Across Allego’s solutions and services line, Allego develops equipment solutions and services based on preferred second source or common off-the-shelf vendors. However, due to its design specifications, Allego does rely on certain single source vendors, the unavailability or failure to source from these vendors can pose risks to supply chain or product installation which may negatively impact Allego’s business.

Furthermore, Allego’s software platform is complex and includes a number of licensed third-party commercial and open-source software libraries. Allego’s software has contained defects and errors and may in the future contain undetected defects or errors. Allego is continuing to evolve the features and functionality of its platform through updates and enhancements, and as it does, it may introduce additional defects or errors that may not be detected until after deployment to customers. In addition, if Allego’s products and services, including any updates or patches, are not implemented or used correctly or as intended, inadequate performance and disruptions in service may result.

Any defects or errors in product or services offerings, or the perception of such defects or errors, or other performance problems could result in any of the following, each of which could adversely affect Allego’s business and results of its operations:

•expenditure of significant financial and product development resources, including recalls, in efforts to analyze, correct, eliminate or work around errors or defects;

•loss of existing or potential customers or partners;

•interruptions or delays in sales;

•delayed or lost revenue;

•delay or failure to attain market acceptance;

•delay in the development or release of new functionality or improvements;

•negative publicity and reputational harm;

•sales credits or refunds;

•exposure of confidential or proprietary information;

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•diversion of development and customer service resources;

•breach of warranty claims;

•contractual penalties with services customers as it doesn’t meet its contractual obligations;

•legal claims under applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

•an increase in collection cycles for accounts receivable or the expense and risk of litigation.

Although Allego has contractual protections, such as warranty disclaimers and limitation of liability provisions in many of its agreements with customers and other business partners, such protections may not be uniformly implemented in all contracts and, where implemented, may not fully or effectively protect from claims by customers, business partners or other third parties. Any insurance coverage or indemnification obligations of suppliers may not adequately cover all such claims or cover only a portion of such claims. A successful product liability, warranty, or similar claim could have an adverse effect on Allego’s business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, even claims that ultimately are unsuccessful could result in expenditure of funds in litigation, divert management’s time and other resources and cause reputational harm.

Allego’s use of “open source” software could subject its proprietary software to general release, adversely affect its ability to sell its products and services, and subject it to possible litigation, claims or proceedings.

Allego relies on some open-source software and libraries, including those issued under the General Public License (or similar “copyleft” licenses) for development of its products and may continue to rely on open source software in the future. Companies that use open source software in connection with their products have, from time to time, faced claims challenging the use of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms. As a result, third parties may assert claims against Allego claiming ownership of what Allego believes to be open source software or claiming noncompliance with open source licensing terms. Some open source software licenses may require users who distribute proprietary software containing or linked to open source software to publicly disclose all or part of the source code to such proprietary software and/or make available any derivative works of the open source code under the same open source license, which could include proprietary source code. In such cases, the open source software license may also restrict us from charging fees to licensees for their use of our software. While we monitor the use of open source software and try to ensure that open source software is not used in a manner that would subject our proprietary source code to these requirements and restrictions, such use could inadvertently occur, which may decrease revenue and lessen any competitive advantage Allego has due to the secrecy of its source code.

Further, in addition to risks related to license requirements, use of certain open source software may carry greater technical and legal risks than does the use of third-party commercial software. For example, open source software is generally provided as-is without any support or warranties or other contractual protections regarding infringement or the quality of the code, including the existence of security vulnerabilities. To the extent that Allego’s platform depends upon the successful operation of open source software, any undetected errors or defects in open source software that Allego uses could prevent the deployment or impair the functionality of its systems and injure its reputation. In addition, the public availability of such software may make it easier for attackers to target and compromise Allego’s platform through cyber-attacks. Any of the foregoing risks could materially and adversely affect Allego’s business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Interruptions, delays in service or inability to increase capacity, including internationally, at third-party data center facilities could impair the use or functionality of Allego’s operation, harm its business and subject it to liability.

Allego currently serves customers from third-party data center facilities operated by Microsoft Azure Services (“MAS”) located in the United States, Europe and Canada. In addition to MAS, some Allego services are housed in third-party data centers. Any outage or failure of MAS or of such data centers could negatively affect Allego’s product connectivity and performance. Furthermore, Allego depends on connectivity from its charging stations to its data centers through cellular service providers, such as KPN, a Dutch cellular service provider. Any incident affecting a data center facility’s or a cellular service provider’s infrastructure or operations, whether caused by fire, flood, severe storm, earthquake, power loss, telecommunications failures, breach of security protocols, computer viruses and disabling devices, failure of access control mechanisms, natural disasters, war, criminal act, military actions, terrorist attacks and other similar events could negatively affect the use, functionality or availability of Allego’s services.

Any damage to, or failure of, Allego’s systems, or those of its third-party providers, could interrupt or hinder the use or functionality of its services. Impairment of or interruptions in Allego’s services may reduce revenue, subject it to claims and litigation, cause customers to terminate their subscriptions, and adversely affect renewal rates and its ability to attract new customers. Allego’s business will also be harmed if customers and potential customers believe its products and services are unreliable.

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Allego expects to incur research and development costs and devote significant resources to developing new solutions, services and technologies and to enhancing its existing solutions and services, which could significantly reduce its profitability and may never result in revenue to Allego.

Allego’s future growth depends on penetrating new markets, adapting existing products to new applications and customer requirements, and introducing new solutions and services that achieve market acceptance. Allego plans to incur significant research and development costs in the future as part of its efforts to design, develop, manufacture and introduce new solutions and services, new technologies and enhance existing solutions and services. Allego’s development expenses were €4.0 million in 2022, €3.0 million in 2021, and €3.1 million in 2020, and are likely to be similar in the future. These expenses related to the development of Allego’s EV Cloud platform and have been capitalized as intangible assets. Further, Allego’s research and development program may not produce successful results, and its new solutions and services or new technologies may not achieve market acceptance, create additional revenue or become profitable. Allego’s potential inability to develop the necessary software and technology systems may harm its competitive position. Allego is also relying on third-party suppliers to develop a number of emerging technologies for use in its products. These technologies are not today, and may not ever be, commercially viable. There can be no assurances that Allego’s suppliers will be able to meet the technological requirements, scalability, quality, production timing, and volume requirements to support its business plan. As a result, Allego’s business plan could be significantly impacted.

Customer-Related Risks

Allego may be unable to increase the demand for its public charging network, which could adversely affect its profitability and growth.

Allego’s development strategy consists, in part, on the rollout of public charging sites with a combination mostly of fast and ultra-fast charging capabilities. The growth in utilization of these charging sites is key for the profitability of Allego’s business. If utilization does not increase, if the adoption of fast and ultra-fast charging is slower than expected, or if the marketing cost to increase such utilization, either directly or through third parties, is increasing widely, the profitability and growth of Allego may be adversely affected. The expected premium for fast and ultra-fast charging compared to slow charging may not be realized, hampering the growth of fast and ultra-fast charging which may adversely affect Allego’s profitability and growth.

Allego’s business will depend on the utilization of its network by EV drivers and the mobility service providers (“MSPs”) to offer access to Allego’s network. If EV drivers do not continue to use Allego’s network or MSPs do not continue to offer access to Allego’s network, Allego’s business and operating results will be adversely affected.

Allego depends on traffic from EV drivers to charge on its network and partly from MSPs that facilitate the use of Allego’s network to a larger base of EV drivers. Allego has a very large base of MSPs. However, if some MSPs do not offer access to Allego’s network for whatever reason or if EV drivers do not use its network due to pricing or lack of services, among other reasons, the utilization of Allego’s sites will be hampered. EV drivers’ retention on Allego’s network may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including satisfaction with software and features, functionality of the charging sites, prices, features and pricing of competing solutions and services, reductions in spending levels, mergers and acquisitions involving networks from competitors and deteriorating general economic conditions. If customers do not use Allego’s charging network or if they opt to use other charging options, its business and operating results will be adversely affected.

Failure to effectively expand Allego’s sites could harm its ability to increase revenue.

Allego’s ability to grow the number of EV drivers using its charging network, to expand its customer base, achieve broader market share, grow revenue, and achieve and sustain profitability will depend, to a significant extent, on its ability to effectively expand its site development on the one hand and its sales and marketing operations to customers on the other hand. Site development, sales and marketing expenses represent a significant percentage of its total revenue, and its operating results may suffer if site development, sales and marketing expenditures do not increase to support revenue.

Allego is substantially dependent on its direct development team to develop new sites and sales in order to obtain new customers and contracts. Allego also plans to continue to expand its development team with the support of external parties. The proper coordination and efficiency of site prospection is key to increasing Allego’s revenue. Allego may not be able to recruit, hire and retain a sufficient number of site developers, which may adversely affect its ability to expand its charging sites. New sales and marketing personnel will be needed to grow Allego’s services business as well. New hires require significant training and investment before they achieve full productivity, particularly in new sales territories. Allego may be unable to hire or retain sufficient qualified individuals. Furthermore, hiring sales personnel in new markets where Allego seeks to operate can be costly, complex and time-consuming, and requires additional upfront costs that may be

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disproportionate to the initial revenue expected from those markets. There is significant competition for direct sales personnel. Allego’s ability to achieve significant revenue growth in the future will depend, in large part, on its success in recruiting, training, incentivizing and retaining a sufficient number of qualified direct site developers and sales personnel and on such personnel attaining desired productivity levels within a reasonable amount of time. Allego’s business will be harmed if continuing investment in its site development, sales and marketing capabilities does not generate a significant increase in revenue. Allego’s operations may be unable to cope appropriately with the growth of its operating charging points, preventing it from fully benefitting from such growth. Such limitations might come from external suppliers for software and IT-related services as well as from the capacity of Allego to properly upgrade its software platform. Allego could also face contractual penalties with its services customers if it is unable to meet its contractual obligations as a result of these limitations.

Risks Related to Ownership of Allego Securities

Allego could be treated as a U.S. corporation or a “surrogate foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Business Combination.

Under current U.S. federal income tax law, a corporation is generally considered to be a tax resident in the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation. Therefore, a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands would generally be treated as a non-U.S. corporation (and, therefore, not a U.S. tax resident) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Section 7874 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, however, contain rules that may cause a non-U.S. corporation that acquires the stock of a U.S. corporation to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under certain circumstances (an “Inverted Corporation”). If Allego were an Inverted Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, among other consequences, it would generally be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its worldwide income, and its dividends, if any, would be subject to taxation by the United States as dividends from a U.S. corporation. Regardless of the application of Section 7874 of the Code, Allego is expected to be treated as a Dutch tax resident for Dutch tax purposes. Consequently, if Allego were an Inverted Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code, it could be liable for both U.S. and Dutch taxes and dividends paid by Allego to its shareholders could be subject to both U.S. and Dutch withholding taxes.

In addition, even if Allego is not an Inverted Corporation pursuant to Section 7874 of the Code, it may be subject to unfavorable treatment as a “surrogate foreign corporation” (within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code) under certain circumstances (a “Surrogate Foreign Corporation”). If it were determined that Allego is a Surrogate Foreign Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, dividends, if any, made by Allego would not qualify for “qualified dividend income” treatment, and U.S. affiliates of Allego, if any, could be subject to increased taxation under Sections 7874 and 59A of the Code.

Allego does not expect to be an Inverted Corporation or Surrogate Foreign Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and Allego intends to take this position on its tax returns. Allego has not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS as to such tax treatment. Further, there can be no assurance that your tax advisor, Allego’s tax advisors, the IRS, or a court will agree with the position that Allego is not an Inverted Corporation or Surrogate Foreign Corporation pursuant to Section 7874 of the Code. Allego is not representing to you that Allego will not be treated as an Inverted Corporation or Surrogate Foreign Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code. The rules for determining whether a non-U.S. corporation is an Inverted Corporation or Surrogate Foreign Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes are complex, unclear, and the subject of ongoing regulatory change. Allego’s intended position is not free from doubt.

If Allego were a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Holders of Allego Ordinary Shares or Assumed Warrants could be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

If Allego is treated as a PFIC within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder (as defined in “Item 10.E. Taxation—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”) holds Allego Ordinary Shares or Assumed Warrants (regardless of whether Allego remains a PFIC for subsequent taxable years), certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, such as taxation at the highest marginal ordinary income tax rates on capital gains and on certain actual or deemed distributions, and interest charges on certain taxes treated as deferred, and additional reporting requirements may apply to such U.S. Holder. Under certain circumstances, certain elections may be available to U.S. Holders of Allego Ordinary Shares to mitigate some of the adverse tax consequences resulting from PFIC treatment, but U.S. Holders will not be able to make similar elections with respect to the Assumed Warrants.

PFIC status depends on the composition of a company’s income and assets and the fair market value of its assets from time to time, as well as on the application of complex statutory and regulatory rules that are subject to potentially varying or changing interpretations. Based on the projected composition of Allego’s income and assets, including goodwill, Allego

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expects to take the position that it is not a PFIC for the taxable year of the Business Combination, but such position will not be free from doubt. Allego’s PFIC status for the taxable year of the Business Combination or any subsequent taxable year will not be determinable until after the end of each such taxable year, and Allego cannot assure you that it will not be a PFIC in the taxable year of the Business Combination or in any future taxable year. If Allego were later determined to be a PFIC, you may be unable to make certain advantageous elections with respect to your ownership of Allego Securities that would mitigate the adverse consequences of Allego’s PFIC status, or making such elections retroactively could have adverse tax consequences to you. Allego is not representing to you, and there can be no assurance, that Allego will not be treated as a PFIC for the taxable year of the Business Combination or in any future taxable year. Allego has not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS or any opinion from any tax advisor as to such tax treatment. U.S. Holders should consult with, and rely solely upon, their tax advisors to determine the application of the PFIC rules to them and any resultant tax consequences.

For more information about the tax considerations with respect to PFIC classification to Holders, please refer to “Item 10.E. Taxation—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

The issuance of additional capital stock in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, our long term incentive plan, contributions from Madeleine or otherwise could dilute the ownership and voting power of shareholders.

Allego may need to raise additional financing through loans, securities offerings or additional investments in order to fund its ongoing operations. If Allego chooses to raise additional financing through the issuance of Allego Ordinary Shares, such additional Allego Ordinary Shares or such other securities may be issued at a discount to the market price of Allego Ordinary Shares at the time of issuance. Any issuance of such securities could result in substantial dilution to Allego’s existing shareholders and cause the market price of Allego Ordinary Shares to decline.

The Allego Articles include exclusive jurisdiction and forum selection provisions, which may impact the ability of shareholders to bring actions against us or increase the costs of bringing such actions.

The Allego Articles include exclusive jurisdiction and forum selection provisions, which may impact the ability of shareholders to bring actions against Allego or increase the costs of bringing such actions. The Allego Articles provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and unless Allego consents to the selection of an alternative forum, with respect to any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the federal courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for resolving any such complaint. These limitations on the forum in which shareholders may initiate action against us may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable and could increase the costs and inconvenience of pursuing claims or otherwise adversely affect a shareholder’s ability to seek monetary or other relief. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions with respect to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and a court could decline to enforce these exclusive jurisdiction and forum provisions with respect to such claims. Furthermore, investors are not able to waive compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. If a court were to find these provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions.

Financial and Accounting-Related Risks

Allego’s financial condition and results of operations are likely to fluctuate on a quarterly basis in future periods, which could cause its results for a particular period to fall below expectations, resulting in a decline in the price of Allego Ordinary Shares.

Allego’s financial condition and results of operations have fluctuated in the past and may continue to fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond its control.

In addition to the other risks described herein, the following factors could also cause Allego’s financial condition and results of operations to fluctuate on a quarterly basis:

•the timing and volume of new site acquisitions;

•the timing of new electricity grid connections and permits;

•the cost of electricity;

•fluctuations in service costs, particularly due to unexpected costs of servicing and maintaining charging stations;

•weaker than anticipated demand for charging stations, whether due to changes in government incentives and policies or due to other conditions;

•fluctuations in sales and marketing or research and development expenses;

•supply chain interruptions and manufacturing or delivery delays;

•the timing and availability of new solutions and services relative to customers’ and investors’ expectations;

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•the length of the sales and installation cycle for a particular customer;

•the potential impact of pandemics on Allego’s workforce, or those of its suppliers, vendors or business partners and its customers;

•disruptions in sales, operations, IT services or other business activities or Allego’s inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and

•unanticipated changes in regional, federal, state, local or foreign government incentive programs, which can affect demand for EVs.

Fluctuations in operating results and cash flow could, among other things, give rise to short-term liquidity issues. In addition, revenue, and other operating results in future quarters may fall short of the expectations of investors and financial analysts, which could have an adverse effect on the price of Allego Ordinary Shares.

Changes to applicable tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional tax liabilities could adversely affect Allego’s business and future profitability.

Allego conducts operations, directly and through its subsidiaries, within the European Union and the United Kingdom, and Allego and its subsidiaries will therefore be subject to income taxes in such jurisdictions. Allego may also in the future become subject to income taxes in other foreign jurisdictions. Allego’s effective income tax rate could be adversely affected by a number of factors, including changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws, changes in accounting and tax standards or practices, changes in the composition of operating income by tax jurisdictions, changes in Allego’s operating results before taxes, and the outcome of income tax audits in the jurisdictions in which it operates. Allego will regularly assesses all of these matters to determine the adequacy of its tax liabilities. If any of Allego’s assessments are ultimately determined to be incorrect, Allego’s business, results of operations, or financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

Due to the complexity of multinational tax obligations and filings, Allego and its subsidiaries may have a heightened risk related to audits or examinations by federal, state, provincial, and local taxing authorities in the jurisdictions in which it operates. Outcomes from these audits or examinations could have a material adverse effect on Allego’s business, results of operations, or financial condition.

The tax laws of the jurisdictions in which Allego operates, as well as potentially any other jurisdiction in which Allego may operate in the future, have detailed transfer pricing rules that require that all transactions with related parties satisfy arm’s length pricing principles. Although Allego believes that its transfer pricing policies have been reasonably determined in accordance with arm’s length principles, the taxation authorities in the jurisdictions where Allego carries on business could challenge its transfer pricing policies. International transfer pricing is a subjective area of taxation and generally involves a significant degree of judgment. If any of these taxation authorities were to successfully challenge Allego’s transfer pricing policies, Allego could be subject to additional income tax expenses, including interest and penalties, as well as transfer pricing mismatches. Any such increase in Allego’s income tax expense and related interest and penalties could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, or financial condition.

Allego may also be adversely affected by changes in the relevant tax laws and tax rates, treaties, regulations, administrative practices and principles, judicial decisions, and interpretations thereof, in each case, possibly with retroactive effect.

As a result of Allego’s plans to expand operations, including to jurisdictions in which the tax laws may not be favorable, Allego’s effective tax rate may fluctuate, tax obligations may become significantly more complex and subject to greater risk of examination by taxing authorities or Allego may be subject to future changes in tax laws, in each case, the impacts of which could adversely affect Allego’s after-tax profitability and financial results. .

In the event that Allego expands its operating business in the European Union or the United Kingdom, or to other jurisdictions, Allego’s effective tax rates may fluctuate widely in the future. Future effective tax rates could be affected by: operating losses in jurisdictions where no tax benefit can be recorded under IFRS, changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in tax laws or the regulatory environment, changes in accounting and tax standards or practices, changes in the composition of operating income by tax jurisdiction, and the pre-tax operating results of Allego’s business.

Additionally, Allego’s after-tax profitability and financial results could be subject to volatility or be affected by numerous factors, including (a) the availability of tax deductions, credits, exemptions, refunds and other benefits to reduce tax liabilities, (b) changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, if any, (c) the expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowances, (d) the tax treatment of stock-based compensation, (e) changes in the relative amount of earnings subject to tax in the various jurisdictions, (f) the potential business expansion into, or otherwise becoming subject to tax in, additional jurisdictions, (g) changes to existing intercompany structure (and any costs related thereto) and business operations, (h) the extent of intercompany transactions and the extent to which taxing authorities in relevant jurisdictions respect those intercompany transactions, and (i) the ability to structure business operations in an

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efficient and competitive manner. Outcomes from audits or examinations by taxing authorities could have an adverse effect on Allego’s after-tax profitability and financial condition. Additionally, several tax authorities have increasingly focused attention on intercompany transfer pricing with respect to sales of products and services and the use of intangibles. Tax authorities could disagree with Allego’s intercompany charges, cross- jurisdictional transfer pricing or other matters and assess additional taxes. If Allego does not prevail in any such disagreements, its profitability may be affected.

Allego’s after-tax profitability and financial results may also be adversely affected by changes in relevant tax laws and tax rates, treaties, regulations, administrative practices and principles, judicial decisions and interpretations thereof, in each case, possibly with retroactive effect.

Allego’s ability to utilize net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.

The ability of Allego to utilize net operating loss and tax loss carryforwards and other tax attributes (including carry-forward non-deductible interest expenses under the Dutch earnings stripping rule) is conditioned upon Allego’s attaining profitability and generating taxable income. Allego Holding and its Dutch group entities incurred significant net losses since inception and Allego is expected to continue to incur significant losses. Additionally, Allego’s ability to utilize net operating loss and tax loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations. In this respect, the exact amount of the tax losses of Allego Holding and its Dutch subsidiaries for the financial years 2020, 2021 and 2022 are not fully clear since the Dutch corporate income tax returns for 2020, 2021 and 2022 still have to be filed with the Dutch Tax Authorities and the Dutch Tax Authorities still have to review and approve this tax return. That said, the amount of tax losses of Allego Holding and its Dutch subsidiaries with respect to the period prior to the Business Combination has been discussed with the Dutch Tax Authorities and the Dutch Tax Authorities have confirmed that the Business Combination does not result in the application of the Dutch change in ownership rules. As a result, the tax losses incurred prior to the Business Combination and allocable to Allego Holding and its Dutch subsidiaries will remain available for set-off following the Business Combination (and the termination of the Dutch tax group as a result thereof). The Dutch Tax Authorities confirmed the methodology of allocating the tax losses to Allego Holding and its Dutch subsidiaries at the time of the Business Combination in respect of the tax losses (to be) incurred for the financial years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. However, going forward, these tax losses will only be available for set off against taxable income actually realized by Allego Holding and its Dutch subsidiaries, in respect of tax losses incurred and allocated to Allego Holding, or its relevant Dutch subsidiary, in respect of tax losses incurred and allocated to that Dutch subsidiary.

Furthermore, as of January 1, 2022, an indefinite loss carry forward period applies in the Netherlands. However, both the carry forward and carry back tax loss relief will be limited to 50% of the taxable profit to the extent it exceeds € 1 million, calculated per financial year. As a result of transitional law, tax losses incurred in the financial years that started on or after January 1, 2013 and that are still available for carry forward as of January 1, 2022 also fall under these new rules that entered into effect on January 1, 2022 and will therefore be indefinite.

For these reasons, in the event Allego would attain profitability in the future, Allego may not be able to use its tax losses available for carryforward to fully offset taxable income for Dutch tax purposes, which may result in Dutch corporate income tax becoming due by Allego, even if it has tax loss carryforwards.

Allego prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB, which is different than financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The SEC permits foreign private issuers to file financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board’s (“IASB”). As a foreign private issuer, Allego prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The application by Allego of different accounting standards, a change in the rules of IFRS as issued by the IASB, or in the SEC’s acceptance of such rules, could have a significant effect on Allego’s reported financial results. Additionally, U.S. GAAP is subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC, and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. IFRS are subject to change or revision by the IASB. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on Allego’s reported financial results.

Allego faces increased expenses and administrative burdens as a public company, which could have an adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations.

Allego faces increased legal, accounting, administrative and other costs and expenses as a public company that it did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the requirements of Section 404, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the rules and regulations promulgated and to be promulgated thereunder, the Public Company Accounting

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Oversight Board and the securities exchanges, impose additional reporting and other obligations on public companies. Compliance with public company requirements will increase costs and make certain activities more time-consuming. A number of those requirements require it to carry out activities Allego has not done previously. In addition, expenses associated with SEC reporting requirements will be incurred. Furthermore, if any issues in complying with those requirements are identified (for example, if Allego's auditors identify a significant deficiency or additional material weaknesses in the internal control over financial reporting), Allego could incur additional costs to rectify those issues, and the existence of those issues could adversely affect its reputation or investor perceptions. In addition, Allego will purchase director and officer liability insurance, which has substantial additional premiums. The additional reporting and other obligations imposed by these rules and regulations increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities. Advocacy efforts by shareholders and third parties may also prompt additional changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further increase costs.

Allego has identified, and has previously identified, material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. If Allego is unable to remediate these material weaknesses, or if Allego identifies additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fails to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, this may result in material misstatements of Allego consolidated financial statements or cause Allego to fail to meet its periodic reporting obligations, which may have an adverse effect on the share price.

As of December 31, 2022, Allego is required to provide management’s attestation on internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The standards required for a public company under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are significantly more stringent than those previously required of Allego as a privately-held company. Management has not been able to effectively implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the increased regulatory compliance and reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which may subject it to adverse regulatory consequences or restatements of its financial statements and could harm investor confidence.

In connection with the preparation and audit of Allego’s consolidated financial statements, material weaknesses were identified in its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022. See “Item 15. Controls and Procedures” of this Annual Report. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of Allego’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Management identified the following other material weaknesses:

•Allego did not maintain a sufficient complement of personnel with an appropriate degree of accounting knowledge, experience and training, including supervision of external consultants, to appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters commensurate with its accounting and reporting requirements.

•Allego did not adequately maintain formal accounting policies, procedures, including those around risk assessments, and controls, including segregation of duties, over accounts and disclosures to achieve complete, accurate and timely financial accounting, reporting and disclosures, including segregation of duties and adequate controls related to the preparation and review of journal entries. Further, Allego did not maintain sufficient entity level controls to prevent and correct material misstatements.

•Allego did not adequately maintain controls over the identification and assessment of recurring transactions in revenue recognition, including modification to contracts, inventory management and valuation, and lease accounting as well as the proper accounting of unusual significant transactions such as in areas of share-based payments and related parties.

•Allego did not adequately document controls over certain information technology (“IT”) general controls, including third-party IT service providers, for information systems that are relevant to the preparation of its consolidated financial statements. Specifically, Allego did not design and maintain (a) program change management controls to ensure that information technology program and data changes affecting financial IT applications and underlying accounting records are identified, tested, authorized and implemented appropriately and (b) user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties and that adequately restrict user and privileged access to its financial applications and data to appropriate company personnel.

The material weakness related to formal accounting policies, procedures and controls resulted in adjustments to several accounts and disclosures. The IT deficiencies did not result in a material misstatement to the consolidated financial statements, however, the deficiencies, when aggregated, could impact maintaining effective segregation of duties, as well as the effectiveness of IT-dependent controls that could result in misstatements potentially impacting all financial statement accounts and disclosures that would not be prevented or detected. Each of these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

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Allego has begun implementing a plan to remediate these material weaknesses; however, its overall control environment is still immature and may expose it to errors, losses or fraud. These remediation measures are ongoing and include hiring additional IT, accounting and financial reporting personnel and implementing additional policies, procedures and controls. Allego currently cannot estimate when it will be able to remediate these material weaknesses and it cannot, at this time, provide an estimate of the costs it expects to incur in connection with implementing the plan to remediate this material weakness. These remediation measures may be time consuming, costly, and might place significant demands on its financial and operational resources. If Allego is unable to successfully remediate these material weaknesses or successfully rely on outside advisors with expertise in these matters to assist it in the preparation of its financial statements, the financial statements could contain material misstatements that, when discovered in the future, could cause Allego to fail to meet its future reporting obligations and cause the trading price of Allego Ordinary Shares to decline.

Further, Allego’s independent registered public accounting firm is not required to formally attest to the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting until after it is no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the U.S. legislation Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). At such time, Allego’s independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which its internal control over financial reporting is documented, designed or operating. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting could adversely affect the business and operating results and could cause a decline in the trading price of Allego Ordinary Shares. In addition, even if Allego is successful in strengthening its internal controls and procedures, in the future those internal controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or sufficiently identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of Allego’s financial statements.

Risks Related to Legal Matters and Regulations

Members of Allego’s management have limited experience in operating a public company.

Allego’s executive officers have limited experience in the management of a publicly-traded company. The management team may not successfully or effectively manage a public company that is and will be subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws. Our management team’s limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage as an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to complying with such laws, which will result in less time being devoted to the management of the company. Allego currently has limited personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal control over financial reporting required of public companies. The development and implementation of the standards and controls and the hiring of experienced personnel necessary to achieve the level of accounting standards required of a public company may require costs greater than expected.

Privacy concerns and laws, or other domestic or foreign regulations, may adversely affect Allego’s business.

Transnational organizations such as the European Union, national and local governments and agencies in the countries in which Allego and its customers operate or reside have adopted, are considering adopting, or may adopt laws and regulations regarding the collection, use, storage, processing and disclosure of information regarding consumers and other individuals, which could impact its ability to offer services in certain jurisdictions. Laws and regulations relating to the collection, use, disclosure, security and other processing of individuals’ information can vary significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and are particularly stringent in Europe. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, laws, regulations, standards and other obligations relating to privacy, data protection and information security are significant. In addition, some companies, particularly larger enterprises, often will not contract with companies that do not meet these rigorous standards. Accordingly, the failure, or perceived inability, to comply with these laws, regulations, standards and other obligations may limit the use and adoption of Allego’s solutions, reduce overall demand, lead to regulatory investigations, litigation and significant fines, penalties or liabilities for actual or alleged noncompliance, or slow the pace at which we close sales transactions, any of which could harm its business. Moreover, if Allego or any of its employees or contractors fail or are believed to fail to adhere to appropriate practices regarding customers’ data, it may damage its reputation and brand.

Additionally, existing laws, regulations, standards and other obligations may be interpreted in new and differing manners in the future, and may be inconsistent among jurisdictions. Future laws, regulations, standards and other obligations, and changes in the interpretation of existing laws, regulations, standards and other obligations could result in increased regulation, increased costs of compliance and penalties for non-compliance, and limitations on data collection, use, disclosure and transfer for Allego and its customers.

Additionally, the EU adopted the GDPR in 2016, which became effective in May 2018. The GDPR establishes requirements applicable to the handling of personal data and imposes penalties for non-compliance of up to the greater of € 20 million or 4% of worldwide revenue. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, the GDPR may limit the use and adoption of Allego’s solutions and services and could have an adverse impact on its business. Although Allego

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initiated a compliance program designed to ensure GDPR compliance, Allego may remain exposed to ongoing legal risks related to GDPR and any amendments that may be made by the European Union.

Furthermore, in 2020, the European Union adopted a European Strategy for Data that may lead to further regulation of data use. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, these new regulations may limit the use and adoption of Allego’s solutions and services and could have an adverse impact on its business.

The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection and information security that are applicable to the businesses of customers may adversely affect ability and willingness to process, handle, store, use and transmit certain types of information, such as demographic and other personal information.

In addition to government activity, privacy advocacy groups, the technology industry and other industries have established or may establish various new, additional or different self-regulatory standards that may place additional burdens on technology companies. Customers may expect that Allego will meet voluntary certifications or adhere to other standards established by them or third parties. If Allego is unable to maintain these certifications or meet these standards, it could reduce demand for its solutions and adversely affect its business.

Failure to comply with anticorruption and anti-money laundering laws, including the FCPA, the European Directive (EU) 2015/849, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and similar laws associated with activities inside and outside of the United States and Europe, could subject Allego to penalties and other adverse consequences.

Allego is subject to the FCPA, the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, the UK Bribery Act, the European Directive (EU) 2015/849 and possibly other anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries in which it conducts activities. Allego is subject to regulations and as a result, interacts with foreign officials. In connection therewith, it faces significant risks if it fails to comply with the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws that prohibit companies and their employees and third-party intermediaries from promising, authorizing, offering or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or benefits to foreign government officials, political parties and private-sector recipients for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, directing business to any person or securing any advantage. Any violation of the FCPA, other applicable anti-corruption laws, and anti-money laundering laws could result in whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, loss of export privileges, or severe criminal or civil sanctions, which could have a materially adverse effect on Allego’s reputation, business, operating results and prospects. In addition, responding to any enforcement action may result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources, significant defense costs and other professional fees.

Failure to comply with laws relating to employment could subject Allego to penalties and other adverse consequences.

Allego is subject to various employment-related laws in the jurisdictions in which its employees are based. It faces risks if it fails to comply with applicable regional, federal or state wage laws. Any violation of applicable wage laws or other labor- or employment-related laws could result in complaints by current or former employees, adverse media coverage, investigations and damages or penalties, which could have a materially adverse effect on Allego’s reputation, business, operating results and prospects. In addition, responding to any such proceeding may result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources, significant defense costs and other professional fees.

Existing and future environmental and health and safety laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating costs or construction costs and restrictions. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations may result in substantial fines or other limitations that may adversely impact Allego’s financial results or results of operation.

Allego and its operations, as well as those of Allego’s contractors, suppliers and customers, are subject to certain environmental laws and regulations, including laws related to the use, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of wastes including electronic wastes and hardware, whether hazardous or not. These laws may require Allego or others in Allego’s value chain to obtain permits and comply with procedures that impose various restrictions and obligations that could materially affect Allego’s operations. If key permits and approvals cannot be obtained on acceptable terms, or if other operational requirements cannot be met in a manner satisfactory for Allego’s operations or on a timeline that meets Allego’s commercial obligations, it may adversely impact its business.

Environmental and health and safety laws and regulations can be complex and may be subject to change, such as through new requirements enacted at the supranational, national, sub-national and/or local level or new or modified regulations that may be implemented under existing law. The nature and extent of any changes in these laws, rules, regulations and permits may be unpredictable and may have material effects on Allego’s business. Future legislation and regulations or changes in existing legislation and regulations, or interpretations thereof, including those relating to hardware manufacturing,

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electronic waste or batteries, could cause additional expenditures, restrictions and delays in connection with Allego’s operations, the extent of which cannot be predicted.

Further, Allego currently relies on third parties to ensure compliance with certain environmental laws, including those related to the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Any failure to properly handle or dispose of such wastes, regardless of whether such failure is Allego’s or its contractors, may result in liability under environmental laws pursuant to which liability may be imposed without regard to fault or degree of contribution for the investigation and clean-up of contaminated sites, as well as impacts to human health and damages to natural resources. Additionally, Allego may not be able to secure contracts with third parties to continue their key supply chain and disposal services for our business, which may result in increased costs for compliance with environmental laws and regulations.

Increasing attention to Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) matters may adversely impact Allego’s business.

Increasing attention to, and societal expectations on companies to address, climate change and other environmental and social impacts and investor and societal expectations regarding voluntary ESG disclosures may result in increased costs and impact access to capital.

In addition, organizations that provide information to investors on corporate governance and related matters have developed ratings processes for evaluating companies on their approach to ESG matters. These ratings are often developed in a manner that can make it challenging to predict a company’s performance, and unfavorable ESG ratings could lead to increased negative investor sentiment toward the Company and could impact Allego’s access to and costs of capital. Additionally, to the extent ESG matters negatively impact Allego’s reputation, Allego may not be able to compete as effectively to recruit or retain employees, which may adversely affect Allego’s business. ESG matters may also impact Allego’s suppliers, which may lead to Allego being required or choosing to change suppliers that may otherwise have been the most economically efficient, which may in turn adversely impact Allego’s business and financial condition.

New climate disclosure rules proposed by the SEC and further ESG-related regulation may increase Allego’s costs of compliance and adversely impact Allego’s business.

On March 21, 2022, the SEC proposed new rules relating to the disclosure of a range of climate-related risks. Public comments were due by June 17, 2022 and the SEC is currently finalizing the new rules, which are expected to be effective in 2023. Allego is currently assessing the rule, but at this time Allego cannot predict the costs of implementation or any potential adverse impacts resulting from the rule. Further, similar disclosure obligations have been implemented, and have been proposed, in other jurisdictions (including in the EU and the UK). To the extent this rule is finalized in its current or similar form (and/or similar rules are maintained or implemented in other jurisdictions), Allego could incur increased costs relating to the assessment and disclosure of climate-related risks and costs. Allego may also face increased litigation risks related to disclosures made pursuant to the rule if finalized as proposed. Similar risks may also apply to Allego in relation to its obligations to comply with existing and future climate and ESG-related regulation across a number of jurisdictions.

We are a foreign private issuer and, as a result, we are not subject to U.S. proxy rules and are subject to Exchange Act reporting obligations that, to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of a U.S. domestic public company. Because we are a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we are exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to U.S. domestic public companies, including (i) the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act, (ii) the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time and (iii) the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial and other specified information. In addition, foreign private issuers are not required to file their annual report on Form 20-F until 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, while U.S. domestic issuers that are accelerated filers are required to file their annual report on Form 10-K within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year and U.S. domestic issuers that are large accelerated filers are required to file their annual report on Form 10-K within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year. Foreign private issuers are also exempt from Regulation FD, which is intended to prevent issuers from making selective disclosures of material information. As a result of all of the above, shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of a company that is not a foreign private issuer.

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We may lose our foreign private issuer status in the future, which could result in significant additional costs and expenses.

We are a foreign private issuer, and therefore, we are not required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and, accordingly, the next determination will be made with respect to us on June 30, 2023. In the future, we would lose our foreign private issuer status if (i) more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are owned by U.S. residents and (ii) a majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents, or we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. If we lose our foreign private issuer status, we will be required to file with the SEC periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. We will also have to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will become subject to the short-swing profit disclosure and recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements under the listing rules of NYSE. As a U.S. listed public company that is not a foreign private issuer, we will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that we will not incur as a foreign private issuer, and accounting, reporting and other expenses in order to maintain a listing on a U.S. securities exchange. These expenses will relate to, among other things, the obligation to present our financial information in accordance with U.S. GAAP in the future.

As we are a foreign private issuer and may follow certain home country corporate governance practices, our shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all NYSE governance requirements.

As a foreign private issuer, we have the option to follow certain home country corporate governance practices rather than those of NYSE, provided that we disclose the requirements we are not following and describe the home country practices we are following. We rely or may rely, as applicable, on this “foreign private issuer exemption” with respect to the NYSE requirements with respect to shareholder meeting quorums, shareholder approval and certain board, committee and director independence requirements. However, we may in the future elect to follow home country practices with regard to other matters. As a result, our shareholders may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all NYSE corporate governance requirements.

The JOBS Act permits “emerging growth companies” like us to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies makes Allego Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare performance with other public companies.

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including the exemption from the auditor attestation requirements with respect to internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they deem important. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (a) the last day of the fiscal year (i) following the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of the Form F-4, (ii) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion (as adjusted for inflation pursuant to SEC rules from time to time) or (iii) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Allego Ordinary Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our prior second fiscal quarter, and (b) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three year period.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the exemption from complying with new or revised accounting standards provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act as long as we are an emerging growth company. An emerging growth company can therefore delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. 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. We have 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, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

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We cannot predict if investors will find our Allego Ordinary Shares less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Allego Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Allego Ordinary Shares and our stock price may be more volatile.

The exclusive forum clause set forth in the Warrant Agreement may have the effect of limiting an investor’s rights to bring legal action against Allego and could limit the investor’s ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us.

The Warrant Agreement provides that (i) any action, proceeding or claim against Allego arising out of or relating in any way to the Warrant Agreement will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and (ii) Allego irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction will be exclusive. Allego has waived or will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. We note, however, that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce these provisions and that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the Warrant Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of the Assumed Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in the Warrant Agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions of the Warrant Agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of the Assumed Warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.

This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with Allego, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of the Warrant Agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

Future sales, or the perception of future sales, of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants by us or selling security holders or pursuant to future offerings by shareholders with registration rights could cause the market price for our Ordinary Shares and Warrants to decline significantly.

The sale of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares or Warrants, or the perception that such sales could occur, could harm the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. We believe the likelihood that Warrant holders will exercise their Warrants, and therefore the amount of cash proceeds that we would receive, is dependent upon the market price of our Ordinary Shares. If the market price for our Ordinary Shares is less than $11.50 per share, we believe the Warrant holders will be less likely to exercise their Warrants. As of May 15, 2023, the closing price of our Ordinary Shares was $2.19. In addition, Madeleine’s Ordinary Shares constitute approximately 74.0% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares and are subject to future registration rights, and any future registration of Madeline’s Ordinary Shares could cause a significant decline in the market trading price for our Ordinary Shares.

In addition, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, E8 Investor agreed not to transfer any of the 39,876,396 Ordinary Shares held by it until September 16, 2023, subject to certain exceptions specified in the Registration Rights Agreement. Further, in accordance with the power of attorney agreement with Madeleine, E8 Investor has agreed not to transfer more than 26,584,264 Ordinary Shares held by it before September 30, 2026, without the prior written consent of Madeleine or Meridiam.

As restrictions on resale end, the market trading price for our Ordinary Shares and Warrants could drop significantly if the holders of the Ordinary Shares or Warrants, including the Ordinary Shares owned by Madeleine, are sold or are perceived

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by the market as intending to be sold. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of our Ordinary Shares or other securities.

The grant and future exercise of registration rights may adversely affect the market price of Allego Ordinary Shares.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by Allego, the Sponsor, Madeleine, E8 Investor and certain other holders of Allego Ordinary Shares (collectively, the “Registration Rights Holders”) in connection with the Business Combination, and which is described elsewhere in this Annual Report, the Registration Rights Holders that hold registrable securities having an aggregate value of at least $50 million can demand that Allego register their registrable securities under certain circumstances, and each Registration Rights Holder will also have piggyback registration rights for these securities in connection with certain registrations of securities that Allego undertakes. In addition, Allego is required to file and maintain an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering such securities and certain other securities of Allego. The registration of these securities will permit the public sale of such securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of Allego Ordinary Shares.

Madeleine owns a significant amount of Allego’s voting shares and its interests may conflict with those of other shareholders.

Madeleine owns approximately 74.0% of the outstanding Allego Ordinary Shares and has the right to direct the voting of an additional approximately 15.4% of the outstanding Allego Ordinary Shares as a result of the irrevocable voting power of attorney granted by E8 Investor to Madeleine. As a result, Madeleine will be able to control matters requiring shareholder or board approval, including the election of directors, approval of any potential acquisition of Allego, changes to Allego’s organizational documents and significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership and voting power makes it unlikely that any other holder or group of holders of Allego’s securities will be able to affect the way Allego is managed or the direction of its business. The interests of Madeleine with respect to matters potentially or actually involving or affecting Allego, such as future acquisitions, financings and other corporate opportunities and attempts to acquire Allego may conflict with the interests of other shareholders. In particular, Meridiam, which is the manager of the indirect parent entities of Madeleine, is in the business of making investments in companies and may acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with Allego. Meridiam and their respective affiliates may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to Allego’s business (and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to Allego) or may have an interest in Allego pursuing acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their investment, even though such transactions might involve risks to Allego or other Allego shareholders.

Changes to tax laws or regulations expose us to tax uncertainties and could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

Allego operates in various countries, and changes to tax laws or regulations in the jurisdictions in which Allego operates, or in the interpretation of such laws or regulations, could impact Allego.

In particular, as a result of different initiatives undertaken by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the “OECD”), the OECD Pillar Two Blueprint of the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting aims to ensure that multinational corporations pay a minimum effective tax rate of 15%. The OECD Pillar Two agreement has been joined by over 140 countries, and many countries have initiated domestic legislative procedures to enact these global minimum tax rules, including the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Depending on each country’s final enactment, these rules may apply to and adversely affect Allego. The OECD Pillar Two rules will only become relevant when Allego reaches an annual turnover of at least €750 million.

It may be difficult to enforce U.S. judgments against us.

Allego is incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and a substantial portion of its assets are outside of the United States. Most of our directors and senior management and independent auditors are resident outside the United States, and all or a substantial portion of their respective assets may be located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for U.S. investors to effect service of process within the United States upon these persons. It may also be difficult for U.S. investors to enforce within the United States judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts outside the United States would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors and officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. Therefore, it may be difficult to enforce U.S. judgments against us, our directors and officers and independent auditors.

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ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

A.History and Development of the Company

On July 28, 2021, Spartan, Allego, Merger Sub, Madeleine, Allego Holding, and, solely with respect to the sections specified therein, E8 Investor, entered into the Business Combination Agreement. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, (i) the shareholders of Allego Holding contributed and transferred all of their shares in Allego Holding to Allego in exchange for Allego Ordinary Shares; (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into Spartan (the “Spartan Merger”), with Spartan surviving the Spartan Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Allego and each outstanding share of Spartan Class A Common Stock (including the shares of Spartan Class A Common Stock received upon conversion of the Spartan Founders Stock) was cancelled and converted into one Allego Ordinary Share; (iii) Allego converted into a Dutch public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) and its articles of association were amended; (iv) subscribers subscribed for Allego Ordinary Shares in a private placement; and (v) Allego assumed the Warrant Agreement. The Business Combination was consummated on March 16, 2022, and on March 17, 2022 Allego Ordinary Shares and Assumed Warrants began trading on the NYSE under the symbols “ALLG” and “ALLG.WS,” respectively.

Athena Pubco B.V. was incorporated pursuant to Dutch law on June 3, 2021 for the purpose of effectuating the Business Combination and, following the consummation of the Business Combination on March 16, 2022, Allego was redesignated as Allego N.V. and became the parent company of the combined business. In connection with the Business Combination, the Allego Articles were amended and Allego changed its legal form from a Dutch private liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) to a Dutch public liability company (naamloze vennootschap). See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” for a discussion of Allego’s principal capital expenditures and divestitures.

The mailing address of Allego’s registered office is Westervoortsedijk 73 KB, 6827 AV Arnhem, the Netherlands, and Allego’s phone number is +31 (0) 88 033 3033. Allego’s principal website address is www.allego.eu. We do not incorporate the information contained on, or accessible through, Allego’s websites into this Annual Report, and you should not consider it as a part of this Annual Report. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.

B.Business Overview

Allego operates one of the largest pan-European electric vehicle EV public charging networks and is a provider of high value-add EV charging services to third-party customers. Its large, vehicle-agnostic European public network offers easy access for all EV car, truck and bus drivers. As of December 31, 2022, Allego owns or operates more than 33,000 public charging ports and 17,000 public and private sites across 16 countries and has had over a million unique network users, 80% of which are recurring users as of December 31, 2022. In addition, it provides a wide variety of EV-related services including site design and technical layout, authorization and billing, and operations and maintenance to more than 400 customers that include fleets and corporations, charging hosts, OEMs, and municipalities.

Founded in 2013, Allego is a leading EV charging company in Europe with its first fast charger becoming operational soon after founding and deploying Europe’s first ultra-fast charging station in 2017. From its inception, Allego has focused on EV charging solutions that can be accessed by the highest number of vehicles, regardless of vehicle type or OEM, thus allowing it to grow in a vehicle-agnostic manner.

Allego believes its business is set to expand quickly with the growth of transportation electrification and that its growth could potentially exceed the industry-wide anticipated four-times growth of the number of EVs from 2020 to 2025, according to a report entitled “Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020” by BloombergNEF (“BNEF Report”), a strategic research provider covering global commodity markets and disruptive technologies. The European EV market is larger and growing faster than the U.S. market, according to Allego’s estimates, due to European market attributes that generally favor fast charging, including more stringent regulatory regimes, high urbanization rates, a scarcity of in-home parking in dense cities and significant interurban traffic. According to Allego’s estimates, between 2020 and 2030 fast public charging will increase its share from 24% to 37% of public charging in Europe. The shift from traditional ICE cars to EVs has occurred more rapidly in Europe than expected, particularly in light of governmental regulations such as the total ban of ICE cars in large cities such as London as soon as 2030 and the restrictions on ICE sales in some countries, including the United Kingdom. The BNEF Report projects that the investment in EV charging in Europe for commercial and public charging will require more than $54 billion between 2020 and 2030 and more than an additional $84 billion between 2030 and 2040.

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The growth in the EV market in Europe has driven increased demand in public charging. Most of the cars in Europe can only be charged through public charging, as home garage access is often limited. Furthermore, fast and ultra-fast charging sites enable drivers to charge their EV’s in a reasonable time when compared to the time it takes for “fueling” ICE vehicles. EV drivers want to have the same level of service as old “fueling” methods, at a similar price point and Allego seeks to provide that experience.

Allego’s Business Model for EV Charging

Allego’s business model is based on the premise of providing easily accessible, highly reliable, hassle-free charging points to all types of EV users. Allego developed a unique, proprietary software platform that can manage any hardware chargers and charging sessions while enabling any MSP to use Allego’s network. Allego used this platform to create two complementary business segments to capitalize on the full breadth of EV charging opportunity: its owned fast and ultra-fast public charging network and high value-add third-party services.

Owned fast and ultra-fast charging network

Allego’s primary business focus going forward is in building, owning and operating ultra-fast and fast EV charging sites. Allego is the operator of one of the largest pan-European public EV charging networks. We use our proprietary AllamoTM software to identify premium charging sites and forecast demand using external traffic statistics. These sites generally are situated in high-density urban or suburban locations, and we believe that AllamoTM has been instrumental in securing a strong pipeline of premium sites. Allego’s proprietary software also supports compatibility and an optimized user experience for all EV drivers. The Allego EVCloudTM further provides software solutions for EV charging owners, including payment, analytics, customer support and achieving high uptime. Allego’s charging sites are vehicle-agnostic, and therefore can charge vehicles without limitations on OEM or user groups. Allego has one of the biggest ultra-fast charging networks in Europe, with 722 fast and 749 ultra-fast charging ports as of December 31, 2022, and intends to accelerate its growth in this business segment.

Third-party services

Allego offers high value-add third-party services to customers and corporations, as a strategic focus for non-core technologies. This business segment is driven by attractive, high margin third-party service contracts for a variety of services including site design and technical layout, authorization and billing, and operations and maintenance. These offerings allow Allego to manage large and complex solutions and serve as a one-stop shop with its white label software suite. Allego designs the charging solution and offers full development from installation to maintenance and operations to the customers.

Allego’s two business lines complement each other: the service activities capitalize on Allego’s network and technologies while directly addressing and being responsive to its customers’ trends. Both business lines also allow Allego to focus on long-term and recurring revenue ranging from 5 years on average for our service activities to more than 15 years for the revenue from our charging stations. Allego invests significantly in its owned fast charging network and believes this segment will grow the fastest and represents the highest margins in the EV charging value chain.

By investing directly in its charging stations, Allego believes it can secure long-term revenue and special access to EV drivers. The services business segment can then trigger higher traffic as fleet companies or last mile companies require solutions to provide charging on the go.

Although Allego does not manufacture its own hardware, it has a significant base of diversified suppliers that provide Allego with the ability to demand certain specifications. In addition, because Allego is hardware agnostic, it is well-positioned to select optimal equipment. Allego also works directly with manufacturers for firmware and components. Allego is focused on developing the software that manages charging sessions and the payment systems with direct access to EV drivers.

Revenue Streams

Allego generates its revenues through the sale of charging sessions on its charging points to EV drivers and through the service and sales contracts Allego has with its B2B customers. For more information, see also Note 5 (Segmentation – Revenue from major customers) and Note 5 (Segmentation – Revenue from external customers) to the consolidated audited financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

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Charging sessions

Allego sells EV drivers charging sessions at its public charging points. Drivers can pay for these sessions through direct payment, such as by contactless payment or credit card, or with tokens with MSPs with whom the EV driver has a contract. With respect to tokens, Allego charges the price of the sessions on a monthly basis to the MSP. Allego’s network can be accessed by more than 250 MSPs in Europe and through e-clearing net, which facilitates the interoperability of the public charging networks. Allego typically manages its charging sites by selecting the site through its AllamoTM software which then provides an optimal configuration of charger types based on the expected traffic. Allego then processes the building and grid connection permits. The technical layout of the charging stations is derived from Allego’s intellectual property which minimizes installation and maintenance costs while addressing capacity constraints of the site. Allego then selects chargers that are installed by Allego contractors, and when complete, the site is onboarded onto Allego’s EVCloudTM platform to enable access and charging sessions to the EV drivers with its SmoovTM app. With the SmoovTM app, all EV drivers can find Allego charging points, see their availability, start sessions, and determine the price and the cost of the charging sessions. As EV traffic builds, existing sites are upgraded with additional chargers to support increased throughput and charging sessions.

Services

Allego provides charging solutions to its B2B customers on a range of services. In order to provide these services, Allego leverages the same knowledge and organization that it uses to develop its charging sites. Allego customers can be municipalities that decide to own their network, corporations that want to equip their facilities for commercial or public access, funds that want to invest in networks and that buy certain of Allego’s software, and fleet operators that want to use parts of Allego’s software platform to manage their chargers in the field.

•Charging points network for third-parties. Services related to hardware, installation, maintenance, and operations are provided to B2B customers 24/7. Services are provided under one-off, long-term operations and maintenance contracts, with typical terms ranging from between 4 to 5 years, and such contracts generate recurring revenues. Depending on the requirements, Allego can organize the supply of chargers, including home charging and installations for specific customers such as OEMs. Hardware and charging points management are standardized across the range of solutions offered by Allego’s platform in order to maximize synergies with Allego’s other services.

•Platform services. Allego provides certain of its customers software solutions by offering elements of its EVCloudTM platform for them to manage their chargers. These services generate recurring revenues and are typically for 5-year terms. Platform services enable Allego to create technological relationships with customers with a very high retention effect.

•Site development. Allego develops public charging points networks with third-parties. This service includes comprehensive development services ranging from site selection with a targeted internal rate of return (“IRR”) to long-term operations and maintenance under 15-year contracts. Allego also manages payments through its SmoovTM app.

•Consulting services. Allego provides consulting services on research strategy and development of proprietary integrated tools taking the form of both software and/or hardware as a result of the MOMA acquisition.

Allego’s Market Strategy

Allego charging network

Allego operates its public charging networks through its local teams and subsidiaries in the countries in which it operates. The selection of a site is managed by a central network team, and the lease agreements for the sites are managed locally. Allego’s team efficiently contacts retailers, real estate companies, municipalities, and other entities with space or charging needs that Allego may provide.

Services activity

Allego’s approach to servicing customers focuses on two segments.

•Commercial. Many commercial businesses already own or lease parking spaces. Allego targets businesses that wish to electrify some or all of these parking spaces. This often comes in the form of a sale and service, but Allego may choose to invest in the network depending on the quality of the sites. If Allego decides to

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invest in a network, the charging points are integrated into the Allego charging network. Allego’s software platform offers the flexibility to allow businesses to charge specific prices to its customers while giving access to the public generally. Allego’s capacity to invest in sites enables it to secure the best locations and to foster long-term relationships with commercial customers. Accordingly, Allego is able to offer its commercial customers a dual-tracked approach, depending upon the needs of its customers, which offers a strong proposition for many commercial sites throughout Europe.

•Fleet. Allego’s fleet customers are organizations that operate vehicle fleets in the delivery and logistics, sales, service, motorpool, shared transit and ridesharing spaces. Allego has developed comprehensive solutions for its fleet customers by offering chargers and installations for special access to its network, specific prices, and charging solutions in their premises.

Allego’s charging network is a capital-intensive activity with attractive margins. Allego’s services offerings do not require substantial capital, but allow it to leverage synergies and create a network effect to increase traffic. Furthermore, there is organizational overlap between developing Allego’s charging network and bolstering its services activity which decreases the cost of operations.

Our Platform

The Allego go-to-market strategy uses its proprietary platform that facilitates the various steps of development and sales. Site selection, business plan computation, orders, installation, commissioning, maintenance, monitoring and payments are managed through the EVCloudTM and AllamoTM platforms which promotes efficiency and continuously decreases operational costs. Allego continuously invests in the EVCloudTM platform for maintenance and to develop new functionalities. It is essential to have a scalable platform that can handle tens of thousands of transactions simultaneously and manage distributed assets on a large scale with thousands of sites remotely.

Energy Supply

Allego has extensive knowledge of the electricity supply in its markets. Its sourcing is from green renewable energy supported by green certificates. Allego can source its electricity on a long-term basis with renewable assets in order to hedge price increases and can pass-through increases in electricity prices in the charging sessions of the Allego network. In addition, Allego has developed its own capacity to operate directly on the electricity market as a wholesaler if needed in order to minimize the cost of its sourcing and to have long-term direct relationships with renewable assets such as wind or solar farms. Furthermore, Allego has developed smart charging capacity in order to cope with grid capacity constraints and avoid any overload of the grid. Allego is also developing solutions in order to offer ancillary services to grid operators through its charging points, making it one of the first EV company to propose such services. The anticipated costs associated with providing these ancillary services have been included in the budget for the development of Allego’s platform and do not represent additional costs. Management anticipates that these ancillary services will be offered to grid operators in the near future.

Allego’s energy supply is an element of its cost structure. Allego obtains electricity for its own charging stations through contracts with power suppliers or through direct sourcing in the market. Supply costs related to energy supply are based on short term, mid-term or long-term power futures prices on the various European power exchanges. In addition to these supply costs, there are grid connection costs (distribution of power, connection, and meters) which are paid by Allego as a consumer of power. These grid connection costs are regulated and paid to the Transmission System Operator and Distribution System Operator which are regulated entities.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, Allego had one major electricity vendor that represented approximately 10% of total purchases.

Public Policy

Allego has been at the forefront of the development of EVs in Europe. Allego is one of the founders of Charge Up Europe, the EV charging business organization that promotes EV infrastructure in Europe. Allego promotes:

•Policies related to CO2 reduction

•Openness: standard and interoperability

•Free access to the grid in order to streamline grid connectivity

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Growth Strategies

Allego estimates that it has an average market share globally of 12% in fast and ultra-fast charging in terms of sites in the major European markets including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, making it a leading EV public charging provider in Europe.

Allego’s growth strategy consists of:

•Increasing its leadership in fast and ultra-fast charging by investing in its owned public charging points network. This segment is anticipated to become the largest segment of Allego’s services.

•Developing its services business to complement its public charging points network. The objective is twofold, triggering more traffic on the Allego network and securing long-term relationships with B2B customers.

•Offering new functionalities to EV drivers that use the Allego network or its services with enhanced features of Allego’s software platform.

Government Regulation and Incentives

Regulation related to EV policy and building and grid connection permits differ at the European, national, and regional levels and, as a result, compliance with such varying regulations can cause installation delays or cost discrepancies between jurisdictions. In the jurisdictions in which Allego operates, two primary permits are required. One permit is required in order to connect to the distribution grid operator and the other permit is required in order to build charging stations.

Allego has experience in navigating this regulatory environment, which may result in increased efficiency and decreased operational costs due to faster installation and commissioning. However, obtaining such permits may be a time consuming process. The costs of the connection to the distribution grid operator vary by jurisdiction. Such costs are included in the building costs of the charging stations. Because such connections are physically performed by the distribution grid operator, Allego is dependent upon the availabilities of the distribution grid operators, which may lead to unexpected delays during construction.

Building Permits

Allego must comply with local regulations for each of its charging stations. We believe that Allego is currently in full compliance with applicable building permit regulations.

Electric Standard for Equipment and Installation

Allego believes that its hardware and equipment purchased from third-party vendors is compliant with all applicable regulations in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Electrical installations must comply with national regulations and must be carried out by trained contractors pursuant to specific authorizations and licenses, which are verified at the time such installments are performed.

Platform Standard

Allego’s software platform, EVCloudTM, uses open charge point interfaces and open charge point protocols so that its network and solutions respect the openness standard it promotes. In order to promote common technical frameworks and interoperability, Allego is a member of a number of technical associations, including Platform for Electro Mobility, ChargeUp Europe (founding member), EVroaming4Europe, Open Charge Alliance, Dutch Association Electrification of Transport, Avere Belgium, BDEW, AVERE France and Renewable Energy Association UK. By supporting these openness standards, Allego hopes to improve the EV user experience. Openness enables EVs to charge on any charger, reducing the risk that EV drivers will not be able to find a charge point, and avoids a costly duplication of charging infrastructure and increases utilization rates. Allego has pursued a “chargers’ manufacturer agnostic policy,” meaning its platform can on-board any type of charger from any manufacturer. As a result, Allego can benefit from innovation and reduced hardware procurement costs. In addition, EVCloudTM can thus accommodate several types of payment providers and Allego’s network serves all EV drivers.

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Research and Development

Allego has invested a significant amount of time and expense into the research and development of its platform technologies. Allego’s ability to maintain its leadership position depends in part on its ongoing research and development activities. Allego’s technical teams are responsible for defining technical solutions for all of the services Allego provides, from hardware specifications to the technical layout for installation, to the development of its software platform.

Allego has a software development team that develops its platform technologies, as well as the different components that comprise such platforms. For specific development needs, Allego will sometimes use external parties that are closely supervised by Allego.

Allego’s research and development is principally conducted at its headquarters in Arnhem, Netherlands. As of December 31, 2022, Allego’s research and development team consisted of more than 11 full time employees.

Intellectual Property

Allego relies on a combination of trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual restrictions, to establish, maintain and protect its proprietary rights. Allego’s success depends in part upon its ability to obtain and maintain proprietary protection over Allego’s products, services, solutions, technology and know-how, to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others, and to prevent others from infringing upon Allego’s proprietary rights. Allego’s key trademarks are Allego, SmoovTM, EVCloudTM, and AllamoTM.

Suppliers and Service Providers

Allego relies on third-party vendors for design, manufacturing and testing of EV charging equipment. Currently, equipment is unique to each supplier with respect to components, firmware, after-market maintenance and warranty services. Equipment and services are sourced from different vendors for each category of charging solutions: AC (slow charging), DC (fast charging) and HPC (ultra-fast charging) (“HPC”). For the year ended December 31, 2022, Allego had one major equipment vendor that represented approximately 20% of total purchases.

Allego has invested in its own specifications for its charging stations and maintains long-term relationships with suppliers and service providers. Allego designs the layout and certain specifications of its charging stations in-house and procures these charging stations from an assortment of hardware manufacturers. Allego does not typically install the charging stations but instead manages the installation process. The installations are typically performed by electrical contractors. Allego has established relationships with multiple EV charging manufacturers. Further, Allego has formed relationships with construction and maintenance companies that have significant experience building and maintaining EV charging sites.

Competition

In the charging network space, Allego generally competes with more localized providers of EV charging station networks for charging sessions to the EV drivers. Some networks are owned by utilities providers to extend their supply business, or oil and gas companies in order to complement their fueling stations. There are currently few pan-European pure players that are vehicle-agnostic such as Allego and those that do exist have a smaller reach.

In the services space, Allego competes with a variety of different companies depending upon the services provided. As Allego provides comprehensive solutions to its customers, generally its competitors are those that can offer both hardware equipment and management solutions. With the development of EV charging, some potential customers will try to split tenders by separating the supply of hardware equipment, operation and maintenance. In this case, these tenders are less desirable for Allego as they only offer part of the value chain of the operations within its platform. In the long run, however, we do not believe this trend will continue because it can lead in many cases to poor performance and low availability of charging points, which trigger many issues for EV drivers and cause higher costs. Integrating different price schemes, ease of use, seamless software performance, scalability and scale of operation are extremely difficult to achieve with different suppliers. With the maturing of the EV business, we believe that seamless end-to-end solutions are better provided by a single integrated offering.

Facilities

Allego’s headquarters are located in Arnhem, Netherlands where it currently leases approximately 3,350 square meters of office space under a lease that expires in March 2035. Of that space, 1,990 square meters have been sublet until January

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2024. This current primary space is sufficient to meet Allego’s needs for the foreseeable future, and any additional space Allego may require after 2024 will be assessed before determining to continue sub-letting on commercially reasonable terms. Allego also maintains rented facilities in Mechelen, Belgium; Berlin, Germany; and Stockholm, Sweden, and sales offices in England and France. See also Note 17 (Leases) of the consolidation financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Employees

Allego strives to offer competitive employee compensation and benefits in order to attract and retain a skilled and diverse work force. As of December 31, 2022, Allego had 220 employees, 182 of whom were regular full-time and 38 of whom were engaged on a part-time basis. All of Allego’s employees are located in Europe, with the majority in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large part of Allego’s employees are still working remotely, although specific schemes are in place based on the country in order to be as efficient as possible. It is expected that most of its employees will return to work at its facilities noted above in the coming months. Allego has a works council as required by law in the Netherlands and Allego believes it maintains good relations with its employees.

Legal Proceedings

Allego is not party to any material legal proceedings. From time to time, Allego may be involved in legal proceedings or subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. Regardless of the outcome, such proceedings or claims can have an adverse impact on Allego because of legal defense and settlement costs, diversion of resources and other factors, and there can be no assurances that favorable outcomes will be obtained.

C.Organizational Structure

(1) See “Item 7.A. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders” below for more information.

(2) Includes PIPE and other public investors.

(3) See also Exhibit 8.1 to this Annual Report for a list of our subsidiaries..

D.Property, Plants and Equipment

See “Item 4.B. Business Overview—Facilities” above.

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ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

The following discussion and analysis provides information which Allego’s management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of Allego’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with Allego’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and for the years ended December 31, 2022, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and related notes thereto, included elsewhere in this Annual Report. In addition to historical information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause Allego’s actual results to differ materially from management’s expectations due to a number of factors, including those discussed in the sections entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 3.D. Risk Factors”, and in other parts of this Annual Report.

A.Operating Results

Overview

Founded in 2013, Allego is a leading EV charging company in Europe and has deployed, as of December 31, 2022, over 33,000 public charging ports across 17,000 public and private locations, spanning activities in 16 European countries. In 2018, Allego was acquired by Meridiam, a global long-term sustainable infrastructure developer and investor, which provided necessary capital to enable the expansion of Allego’s existing global network, services and technologies. Allego’s charging network includes fast, ultra-fast, and slow charging equipment. Allego takes a two-pronged approach to delivering charging solutions, providing an owned and operated public charging network with 100% certified renewable energy in addition to charging solutions for B2B customers, including leading retail and auto brands.

Allego’s charging solutions business provides design, installation, operations and maintenance of chargers owned by third-parties. Allego’s chargers are open to all EV brands, with the ability to charge light vehicles, vans and e-trucks, which promotes increasing utilization rates across its locations. Allego has developed a rich portfolio of partnerships with strategic partners, including municipalities, real estate owners, and OEMs. As additional fleets shift to EVs, Allego expects to leverage its expansive network of fast and ultra-fast chargers to service these customers, which see above average use-rates.

Allego’s proprietary suite of software, developed to help identify and assess locations and provide uptime optimization with payment solutions, underpins Allego’s competitive advantage. AllamoTM allows Allego to select premium charging sites to add to its network by analyzing traffic statistics and proprietary databases to forecast EV charging demand using over 100 factors, including local EV density, driving behavior and EV technology development. This allows a predictable, cutting-edge tool to optimize those locations that are best positioned for higher utilization rates.

Allego EVCloudTM is a sophisticated chargers management platform and payment tool that provides essential services to owned and third-party customers, including charging authorization and billing, smart charging and load balancing, analysis and customer support. This service offering is integral to fleet operators’ operations and enables Allego to provide insight and value to the customer, in addition to driving increased margins through third-party service contracts and operational and maintenance margins.

Allego continues to benefit from a European EV market that, according to Allego’s estimates, is nearly twice the size of the United States’ EV market, and Allego estimates that the European EV market will have a 41% CAGR from 2022 to 2026. Based on this projection, the number of EVs in Europe is expected to grow to nearly 19 million by 2026, as compared to 5 million today. The combination of a high urbanization rate and a scarcity of in-home parking means European EV drivers require fast, public EV charging locations that provide reliable and convenient charging. As part of Allego’s expansion plans, Allego will focus on fast and ultra-fast charging locations, which maximize utilization rates, carry higher gross margins and are required by EV drivers and fleets operators.

Additionally, stringent European CO2 regulations for ICE and highly favorable incentives for electric vehicle purchases are expected to continue to drive adoption rates of EV over ICE vehicles. With a first mover advantage, a robust pipeline of over 1,300 premium sites to be equipped with fast and ultra-fast chargers, committed by legally binding agreements, and an

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additional pipeline of more than 1,000 sites being currently negotiated, Allego believes it is well-positioned to execute its growth objectives.

How Allego Generates Revenue

Allego generates its revenues through the sale of charging sessions to EV drivers and by providing charging solutions to corporate customers and municipalities. Specifically, revenue is earned through the following streams:

Charging sessions

At these sites, Allego sells charging sessions directly to EV drivers who access Allego’s publicly available charging points. Payments from EV drivers can be processed through direct payment or tokens that are handled by MSPs with whom the EV driver and Allego have contracts. In the latter case, Allego charges the price of the sessions on a monthly basis to the MSPs. The Allego network can be accessed by more than 250 MSPs in Europe and through e-clearings that facilitate the interoperability of the public charging networks.

Revenue from the sale of charging equipment

Allego enters into agreements with customers for the sale of charging equipment. These contracts are generally awarded based on a proposal and business case for a certain location including traffic and other activity predictions to develop public charging point networks. Allego provides the comprehensive development from site selection with a targeted IRR. If Allego’s proposal is accepted by the customer, Allego enters into a development contract, pursuant to which Allego purchases and installs charging equipment at the relevant location.

Revenue from installation services

Installation services are provided as part of the development contract described above under “—Revenue from the sale of charging equipment” as well as to corporate customers where charging equipment needs to be installed.

Revenue from operation and maintenance of charging equipment

These services include the deployment of Allego’s cloud-based platform EVCloudTM to monitor chargers and charging sessions, collect, share and analyze charging data as well as the maintenance of the site. Generally, these contracts involve a one-off development cost but generate long-term revenues.

Depending on the requirements, Allego can organize the supply of home charging and installation for specific customers as an operation and maintenance contract and provide the information flow management that such solutions require. The range of solutions offered is standardized in terms of hardware and charging points managed by Allego’s platform in order to maximize synergies with its previous activity.

The revenue streams described above complement each other: the service activities make the most of the development of Allego network and uses the synergies of their technologies while being responsive to customer trends.

Revenue from consulting services

The group provides consulting services on research strategy and develops proprietary integrated tools taking the form of both software and/or hardware.

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results

Allego believes its performance and future success depend on several factors that present significant opportunities for it but also pose risks and challenges, including those discussed below and in the section of this Annual Report titled “Item 3.D. Risk Factors.”

Growth of EV adoption

Allego’s revenue growth is directly tied to the adoption and continued acceptance and usage of passengers and commercial EVs, which it believes drives the demand for charging infrastructure and charging services. Even though the EV market

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has grown rapidly in recent years, future growth is not guaranteed. Factors affecting the adoption of EVs include but are not limited to: perceptions about EV features, quality, safety, performance and cost; perceptions about the limited range over which EVs may be driven on a single battery charge; availability of services for EVs; consumers’ perception about the convenience, speed and cost of EV charging; volatility in the price of gasoline and diesel; availability, cost and desirability of other alternative fuel vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. In addition, macroeconomic factors could impact demand for EVs, particularly since EVs can be more expensive than traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. The uncertainty of the current geopolitical situation in Europe, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the volatility in oil supply could drive this demand further. However, the current macroeconomic situation could also impact the supply of EVs given the sharp increase of required commodities in EV battery manufacturing such as copper and nickel. These factors may increase prices for EV cars more compared to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles.

EV driver’s usage patterns

Allego’s revenues are driven by EV drivers’ driving and charging behaviors. The EV market is still developing and current behavioral patterns may not be representative of future behaviors. Key behavioral shifts may include but are not limited to: annual vehicle miles traveled, preferences for urban, suburban or exurban locations, preferences for public or private fast charging, preferences for home or workplace charging, demand from rideshare or urban delivery services, and the emergence of autonomous vehicles, micro mobility and mobility as-a-service platforms requiring EV charging services.

Competition

The EV market has become significantly more competitive in recent years. The principal factors on which industry participants compete include charger count, locations and accessibility; location visibility, including on digital platforms; charger connectivity to EVs and ability to charge all standards; speed of charging relative to expected vehicle dwell times at the location; network reliability, scale and local density; software-enabled services offering and overall customer experience; operator brand, track record and reputation; and pricing. Existing competitors may expand their product offerings and sales strategies and new competitors can enter the market. Allego intends to maintain its market share over time relative to the overall growth of EV adoption. If Allego’s market share decreases due to increased competition, its revenue and ability to generate profits in the future may be impacted.

Technology risks

The EV market is a fast-developing market which is susceptible to technology changes. Allego relies on numerous internally developed software technologies (EVCloudTM, SmoovTM and AllamoTM) to operate its network and generate earnings. The ability of Allego to continue to integrate its technology stack with technological advances in the wider EV ecosystem including EV model characteristics, charging standards, charging hardware, software and battery chemistries will determine Allego’s sustained competitiveness in offering charging services. There is a risk that some or all of the components of the EV technology ecosystem become obsolete and Allego will be required to make significant investment to continue to effectively operate its business. Allego’s management believes their business model is well-positioned to enable Allego to effectively operate and allow the business to remain competitive regardless of long-term technological shifts.

Supply risks

Macro-economic factors regarding the supply side of EV charging equipment could negatively influence revenues of Allego. The fast-growing demand in EV driving places an equally high demand on the supply side, which may cause bottlenecks. If Allego experiences problems to meet the increasing demands of charging equipment due to these supply bottlenecks its revenue growth could be negatively impacted.

Energy pricing

The results for the year ended December 31, 2022 have been heavily impacted by the increase of energy costs in the first half of 2022. In response, Allego increased charging prices during the second half of 2022 and entered into power purchase agreements to mitigate the future negative impact of increased energy costs. Overall, the average cost of energy per kWh in 2022 increased by 33% compared to 2021.

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COVID-19

The impact of COVID-19, including changes in consumer and business behavior, pandemic fears, market downturns, and restrictions on business and individual activities, has created significant volatility in the global economy and has led to reduced economic activity. The spread of COVID-19 has created supply chain disruptions for vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and hardware manufacturers, as well as impacted the capacities of installers. Any sustained downturn in demand for EVs would harm Allego’s business despite its historical growth.

Allego has modified its business practices since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by recommending that all non-essential personnel work from home and cancelling or reducing physical participation in sales activities, meetings, events and conferences with only online engagements. Allego has also implemented additional safety protocols for essential workers and implemented cost cutting measures in order to reduce its operating costs. If significant portions of Allego’s workforce in the future are unable to work effectively, due to illness, quarantines, social distancing, government actions or other restrictions in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic or other pandemics, its operations will be negatively impacted. Furthermore, if significant portions of its customers’ or potential customers’ workforce are subject to stay-at-home orders or otherwise have substantial numbers of their employees working remotely for sustained periods of time, user demand for EV charging sessions and services may decline.

The results for the year ended December 31, 2020 were impacted by COVID-19. Based on the Google Transit Data tracking, there was an immediate drop of 52% in consumed energy in April 2020 compared to February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown. During April 2020, the situation reverted, and the volumes of consumed energy commenced to steadily increase. It is difficult to assess and quantify the impact COVID-19 has had on the Group’s charging revenues but a similar trend is observed when comparing the charging revenue from January and February 2020 of € 1.5 million and € 1.4 million, respectively, to the following two months. The revenue for March and April 2020 decreased to € 0.98 million and € 0.67 million seeing a drop of 54% from the revenue recorded in January to the revenue recorded in April. However, revenue recovered throughout the rest of the year.

The results for the year ended December 31, 2021 were impacted by COVID-19. During the first quarter of 2021, traffic by EV-drivers and consumed energy levels declined as a result of COVID-19 lockdown measures imposed by governments throughout Europe. As COVID-19 lockdown measures eased, traffic by EV-drivers and consumed energy levels increased. The impact on the Group’s charging revenues correlate with these trends. Charging revenue recovered throughout the remainder of the first half-year of 2021, which continued in the second half-year of 2021. The impact of COVID- 19 on the Group’s charging revenue in the second half-year have been limited.

The results for the year ended December 31, 2022 were not materially impacted by COVID-19.

Key Performance Indicators

Allego regularly reviews a number of metrics to evaluate its business, measure its progress and make strategic decisions. EBITDA, Operational EBITDA, gross profit excluding depreciation and amortization, and free cash flow, which are non-IFRS measures, are currently utilized by management and may be used by our investors and competitors to assess performance. See the section entitled “—Non-IFRS Financial Measures.”

Management also reviews utilization rates, which are defined as the number of charging sessions per charge point per day divided by a maximum number of charging sessions per charger per day of 50 (for the ultra-fast charging pole). Allego uses utilization rates to track profitability of the applicable charge point, to make comparisons to its business plan, and also to evaluate when it may want to consider adding charge poles to a given site to avoid increased wait times. Gathering information on utilization rates may also enable Allego to improve its forecasting abilities in the future.

Allego believes these measures assist its investors in gaining a meaningful understanding of its performance. Because not all companies use identical calculations or definitions Allego’s presentation of these key performance indicators, including non-IFRS measures, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

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Utilization Rate

The following table represents the overall utilization rate (which includes slow, fast and ultra-fast chargers) of Allego’s charging network for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.


	For the year ended December 31,
	2022		2021		2020
Utilization rate	10.00	%	6.90	%	5.34	%

In the year ended December 31, 2022, the utilization rate increased when compared to the same period in 2021 primarily due to an increase in EV usage, which is a key driver for the demand in EV charging.

Key Components of Results of Operations

Revenue

Allego’s revenues are generated across various revenue streams. The majority of Allego’s revenue is generated from charging sessions on its charging points and the sale and installation of charging equipment. Charging sessions revenue include the revenues related to charging sessions at charging equipment owned by Allego or corporate third-parties. Allego also supplies electricity to owners and drivers of electric vehicles which use a charge card issued by an MSP, credit card, or direct payment through SmoovTM to pay for these services. Agreements related to the sale and installation of charging equipment are arranged via a development contract under which Allego purchases and installs charging equipment at the relevant location.

In addition, Allego generates revenues from operation and maintenance of charging equipment, as well as from consulting services.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales represents the electricity cost for the charging revenues which is billed to Allego by utility companies or directly by the markets and renewable assets connected to Allego balancing perimeters. Cost of sales related to development contracts consist of the cost of charging equipment and the third-party service cost for the installation services including the establishment of the grid connection. Cost of sales related to the operations and maintenance contracts mainly consists of the third-party service cost. Cost of sales also includes charging depreciation, land permit depreciation, and EV-Cloud platform amortization.

Gross profit and gross margin

Gross profit is revenue less cost of sales. Gross margin is gross profit (loss) as a percentage of revenue.

Other income

Other income consists of government grants, income from the sale of CO2 tickets certificates (linked to CO2 emission offsets, for example HBE in the Netherlands), the net gain or loss on the disposal of property, plant and equipment, sublease rental income, fair value gains/(losses) on derivatives (purchase options) and other items. Government grants are related to the development of the EV charging infrastructure networks in the EU and represent the reimbursement of incurred expenses. HBE certificates are issued by a Dutch government agency and are part of a program to stimulate the use of energy efficient and clean transportation. In Germany, a similar scheme is in place. Allego is periodically granted a certificate based on the number of kWh of green energy that has been sold to customers. Allego sells such certificates to companies that are required to offset their use of non-green energy through a brokerage. Other items mainly relate to reimbursements from (energy) network operators with respect to the power grid connections used. At the end of the year, Allego is reimbursed based on usage of actual grid connections used. Other items also include reimbursements that the Group has received from one of its suppliers for chargers.

Selling and distribution expenses

Selling and distribution expenses relate to Allego’s sales function and mainly comprise employee benefits, amortization of customer relationships, depreciation charges, marketing and communication costs, housing and facility costs, travelling costs and other selling and distribution expenses.

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General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses relate to Allego’s support functions and mainly comprise employee benefits, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges, IT costs, housing and facility costs, travelling costs, fees incurred from third parties, share-based payment expenses, and other general and administrative expenses.

Operating loss

Operating loss consists of Allego’s gross profit less other income, selling and distribution expenses and general and administrative expenses.

Finance income/(costs)

Finance income/(costs) primarily consist of interest expenses, exchange differences, loss on debt modifications and extinguishments, fair value gains and losses on interest rate cap derivatives and fair value gains and losses on warrant liabilities.

Loss for the year

Loss for the year consists of Allego’s operating loss plus its finance income/(costs) less income tax.

Results of Operations

2022 versus 2021

The following table summarizes Allego’s historical results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:


	For the year ended December 31,		Year-over-year Change For the year ended December 31, 2022 to 2021
(in € million)	2022	2021	Change (€)	Change (%)
Revenue	133.9	86.3	47.6	55	%
Cost of sales	(126.7)	(69.3)	(57.4)	83	%
Gross profit	7.2	17.0	(9.8)	(57	%)
Other income	3.7	10.9	(7.1)	(66	%)
Selling and distribution expenses	(2.6)	(2.5)	(0.1)	5	%
General and administrative expenses	(323.4)	(329.3)	5.9	(2	%)
Operating loss	(315.0)	(303.9)	(11.1)	4	%
Finance income/(costs)	10.3	(15.4)	25.7