This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14D-9 (this Amendment) amends and supplements the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed by Allego N.V., a public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the Company or
Allego), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 3, 2024 (together with any exhibits and annexes thereto and as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule
14D-9). The Schedule 14D-9 relates to the cash tender offer by Madeleine Charging B.V. (Purchaser), a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the
laws of the Netherlands, whose indirect parent entities are managed by Meridiam SAS, a simplified stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under the laws of France (Parent), disclosed
in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and as amended or supplemented form time to time, the Schedule TO), filed by Parent and Purchaser with the SEC on July 3, 2024,
pursuant to which Purchaser has offered to purchase all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company, par value EUR 0.12 per share (each, a Share and, collectively, the Shares), other than
those Shares already held, directly or indirectly, by Purchaser, Parent or their respective affiliates (such unaffiliated shareholders, from time to time, the Unaffiliated Shareholders) at a purchase price of US$1.70 per Share,
without interest and less applicable withholding taxes (the Offer Consideration), payable in cash and upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated as of July 3, 2024 (the
Offer to Purchase), and in the related letter of transmittal for Shares (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
Offer), copies of which were incorporated by reference into the Schedule 14D-9 as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Schedule 14D-9.
Except as set forth below, the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9 remains unchanged and is incorporated
herein by reference as relevant to the items in this Amendment.
Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON
Item 2 of the Schedule 14D-9 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
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The following bold and underlined language is added to Item 2 under the heading Tender Offer and
the Transaction on page 7 of the Schedule 14D-9: |
The Transaction Framework Agreement provides that each of
the Post-Closing Rights is an irrevocable third-party undertaking for no consideration (onherroepelijk derdenbeding om niet) to each Unaffiliated Private Shareholder, and that, among other provisions, the Post-Closing Board Composition Rights
and the Post-Closing Rights are an irrevocable third-party undertaking for no consideration (onherroepelijk derdenbeding om niet) to each Disinterested Director of the Company; provided that after resignation or dismissal, the resigned or
dismissed Disinterested Director must assign the benefit of such undertaking to the new Disinterested Director(s) then serving on the Board, unless such dismissal is successfully challenged by such Disinterested Director(s). Pursuant to the
terms of the Transaction Framework Agreement, each of the Unaffiliated Private Shareholders has the right to enforce the Post-Closing Rights. We note that any action brought by an Unaffiliated Private Shareholder seeking to enforce these
arrangements would be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.
With respect to the Priority Tag Rights described above, if
Purchaser or its affiliates wishes to sell any of their Shares (such shareholder or shareholders, the transferring shareholder), they must first notify the Unaffiliated Private Shareholders by providing
a written tag notice which details (i) the number of Shares being sold, and any other material terms or conditions of the third party sale, (ii) the sale price per Share, (iii) the identity of the prospective buyer, (iv) the
option each Unaffiliated Private Shareholder has to direct the transferring shareholder to require that the prospective buyer also buy all the Shares of the Unaffiliated Private Shareholder at the same sale price and on terms no less favorable than
the terms and conditions given to the transferring shareholder (the Tag Shares); (v) the period, which must be at least twenty business days after receipt of the tag
notice, during
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