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Form F-1/A Allego N.V.

May 20, 2022 7:12 AM EDT

Exhibit 5.1

 

ATTORNEYS • CIVIL LAW NOTARIES • TAX ADVISERS       LOGO

P.O. Box 7113

1007 JC Amsterdam

Beethovenstraat 400

1082 PR Amsterdam

T +31 20 71 71 000

F +31 20 71 71 111

     

Amsterdam, 19 May 2022.

 

To the Company

Dear Addressee:

We have acted as legal counsel as to Dutch law to the Company in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement. This opinion letter is rendered to you in order to be filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Capitalised terms used in this opinion letter have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A to this opinion letter. The section headings used in this opinion letter are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect its construction or to be taken into consideration in its interpretation.

This opinion letter is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and may not be read as extending by implication to any matters not specifically referred to in it. Nothing in this opinion letter should be taken as expressing an opinion in respect of any representations or warranties, or other information, contained in the Reviewed Documents.

In rendering the opinions expressed in this opinion letter, we have reviewed and relied upon pdf copies of the Reviewed Documents and we have assumed that the Reviewed Documents, have been entered into for bona fide commercial reasons. We have not investigated or verified any factual matter disclosed to us in the course of our review.

This opinion letter sets out our opinion on certain matters of the laws with general applicability of the Netherlands, and, insofar as they are directly applicable in the Netherlands, of the European Union, as at today’s date and as presently interpreted under published authoritative case law of the Dutch courts, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. We do not express any opinion on Dutch or European competition law, data protection law, tax law, securitization law or regulatory law. No undertaking is assumed on our part to revise, update or amend this opinion letter in connection with or to notify or inform you of, any developments and/or changes of Dutch law subsequent to today’s date. We do not purport to opine on the consequences of amendments to the Reviewed Documents subsequent to the date of this opinion letter.

This communication is confidential and may be subject to professional privilege. All legal relationships are subject to NautaDutilh N.V.’s general terms and conditions (see https://www.nautadutilh.com/terms), which apply mutatis mutandis to our relationship with third parties relying on statements of NautaDutilh N.V., include a limitation of liability clause, have been filed with the Rotterdam District Court and will be provided free of charge upon request. NautaDutilh N.V.; corporate seat Rotterdam; trade register no. 24338323.


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The opinions expressed in this opinion letter are to be construed and interpreted in accordance with Dutch law. The competent courts at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any issues of interpretation or liability arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter. Any legal relationship arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter (whether contractual or non-contractual), including the above submission to jurisdiction, is governed by Dutch law and shall be subject to the general terms and conditions of NautaDutilh. Any liability arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter shall be limited to the amount which is paid out under NautaDutilh’s insurance policy in the matter concerned. No person other than NautaDutilh may be held liable in connection with this opinion letter.

In this opinion letter, legal concepts are expressed in English terms. The Dutch legal concepts concerned may not be identical in meaning to the concepts described by the English terms as they exist under the law of other jurisdictions. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency, the relevant expression shall be deemed to refer only to the Dutch legal concepts described by the English terms.

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that:

 

a.

drafts of documents reviewed by us have been signed in the form of those drafts, each copy of a document conforms to the original, each original is authentic, and each signature is the genuine signature of the individual purported to have placed that signature;

 

b.

if any signature under any document is an electronic signature (as opposed to a handwritten (“wet ink”) signature) only, it is either a qualified electronic signature within the meaning of the eIDAS Regulation, or the method used for signing is otherwise sufficiently reliable;

 

c.

the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form reviewed by us;

 

d.

(i) no internal regulations (reglementen) have been adopted by any corporate body of the Company which would affect the validity of the resolutions recorded in the Resolutions, (ii) the Previous Articles were the Articles of Association in force at the time of execution of the B.V. Deeds of Issue and (iii) the Current Articles were the Articles of Association in force at the time of execution of the N.V. Deeds of Issue;

 

e.

the resolutions recorded in the Resolutions are in full force and effect, the factual statements made and the confirmations given in the Resolutions and each Deed of Issue are complete and correct and the Resolutions correctly reflect the resolutions recorded therein;


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f.

each Deed of Issue has been validly signed and executed on behalf of the parties thereto;

 

g.

the offering of any Warrants or Registered Shares, to the extent made in the Netherlands, has been made in conformity with the Prospectus Regulation and the rules promulgated thereunder;

 

h.

the Warrants (i) have been validly granted as a right to subscribe for Ordinary Shares (recht tot het nemen van aandelen), (ii) shall be in full force and effect upon being exercised and (iii) shall have been validly exercised in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

i.

at least the nominal value of the Warrant Shares shall be paid up upon exercise of the Warrants; and

 

j.

at each Relevant Moment, each of the assumptions made in this opinion letter was and will be correct in all aspects by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth in this opinion letter and to any matters, documents or events not disclosed to us, we express the following opinions:

Corporate Status

 

1.

The Company has been duly incorporated as a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid and is validly existing as a naamloze vennootschap.

Ordinary Shares

 

2.

Assuming receipt by the Company of payment in full for the Ordinary Shares as provided for in the respective Deeds of Issue (including through the contributions referred to therein), the Ordinary Shares as provided for in the respective Deeds of Issue are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Warrant Shares

 

3.

Subject to receipt by the Company of payment in full of (or otherwise satisfaction of) the exercise price for the Warrants as provided for in the Spartan Warrant Agreement, and when issued and accepted in accordance with the Resolutions and the Spartan Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Shares shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


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The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

A.

Opinion 1 must not be read to imply that the Company cannot be dissolved (ontbonden). A company such as the Company may be dissolved, inter alia by the competent court at the request of the company’s board of directors, any interested party (belanghebbende) or the public prosecution office in certain circumstances, such as when there are certain defects in the incorporation of the company. Any such dissolution will not have retro-active effect.

 

B.

Pursuant to Section 2:7 DCC, any transaction entered into by a legal entity may be nullified by the legal entity itself or its liquidator in bankruptcy proceedings (curator) if the objects of that entity were transgressed by the transaction and the other party to the transaction knew or should have known this without independent investigation (wist of zonder eigen onderzoek moest weten). The Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) has ruled that in determining whether the objects of a legal entity are transgressed, not only the description of the objects in that legal entity’s articles of association (statuten) is decisive, but all (relevant) circumstances must be taken into account, in particular whether the interests of the legal entity were served by the transaction. Based on the objects clause contained in the Previous Articles and the Current Articles, we have no reason to believe that, by entering into the Deeds of Issue, the Company has transgressed the description of the objects contained in its Articles of Association as were applicable at each Relevant Moment. However, we cannot assess whether there are other relevant circumstances that must be taken into account, in particular whether the interests of the Company are served by entering into the Deeds of Issue since this is a matter of fact.

 

C.

Pursuant to Section 2:98c DCC, a naamloze vennootschap may grant loans (leningen verstrekken) only in accordance with the restrictions set out in Section 2:98c DCC, and may not provide security (zekerheid stellen), give a price guarantee (koersgarantie geven) or otherwise bind itself, whether jointly and severally or otherwise with or for third parties (zich op andere wijze sterk maken of zich hoofdelijk of anderszins naast of voor anderen verbinden) with a view to (met het oog op) the subscription or acquisition by third parties of shares in its share capital or depository receipts. This prohibition also applies to its subsidiaries (dochtervennootschappen). It is generally assumed that a transaction entered into in violation of Section 2:98c DCC is null and void (nietig). Based on the content of the Deeds of Issue, we have no reason to believe that the Company or its subsidiaries


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  have violated Section 2:98c DCC in connection with the issue of the Registered Shares. However, we cannot confirm this definitively, since the determination of whether a company (or a subsidiary) has provided security, has given a price guarantee or has otherwise bound itself, with a view to the subscription or acquisition by third parties of shares in its share capital or depository receipts, as described above, is a matter of fact.

 

D.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter may be limited or affected by:

 

  a.

rules relating to Insolvency Proceedings or similar proceedings under a foreign law and other rules affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

  b.

the provisions of fraudulent preference and fraudulent conveyance (Actio Pauliana) and similar rights available in other jurisdictions to insolvency practitioners and insolvency office holders in bankruptcy proceedings or creditors;

 

  c.

claims based on tort (onrechtmatige daad);

 

  d.

sanctions and measures, including but not limited to those concerning export control, pursuant to European Union regulations, under the Sanctions Act 1977 (Sanctiewet 1977) or other legislation;

 

  e.

the Anti-Boycott Regulation, Anti Money Laundering Laws and related legislation;

 

  f.

any intervention, recovery or resolution measure by any regulatory or other authority or governmental body in relation to financial enterprises or their affiliated entities; and

 

  g.

the rules of force majeure (niet toerekenbare tekortkoming), reasonableness and fairness (redelijkheid en billijkheid), suspension (opschorting), dissolution (ontbinding), unforeseen circumstances (onvoorziene omstandigheden) and vitiated consent (i.e., duress (bedreiging), fraud (bedrog), abuse of circumstances (misbruik van omstandigheden) and error (dwaling)) or a difference of intention (wil) and declaration (verklaring).

 

E.

The term “non-assessable” has no equivalent in the Dutch language and for purposes of this opinion letter such term should be interpreted to mean that a holder of an Ordinary Share shall not by reason of merely being such a holder be subject to assessment or calls by the Company or its creditors for further payment on such Ordinary Share.


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F.

This opinion letter does not purport to express any opinion or view on the operational rules and procedures of any clearing or settlement system or agency.

We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and also consent to the reference to NautaDutilh in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Matters”. In giving this consent we do not admit or imply that we are a person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ NautaDutilh N.V.

NautaDutilh N.V.


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EXHIBIT A

LIST OF DEFINITIONS

 

“Anti Money Laundering Laws”    The European Anti-Money Laundering Directives, as implemented in the Netherlands in the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme) and the Dutch Criminal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht).
“Anti-Boycott Regulation”    The Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 on protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom.
“Articles of Association”    The Company’s articles of association (statuten) as they read from time to time.
“Bankruptcy Code”    The Dutch Bankrupcty Code (Faillissementswet).
“B.V. Deeds of Issue    The notarial deeds of issue of 250,842,643 Ordinary Shares executed on March 16, 2022 before P.C.S. van der Bijl, civil law notary in Amsterdam, prior to the execution of the Deed of Conversion.
“Commercial Register”    The Dutch Commercial Register (handelsregister).
“Company”    Allego N.V., a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootschap), registered with the Commercial Register under number 82985537.
“Corporate Documents”    The Deed of Incorporation, the Deed of Conversion, the Previous Articles and the Current Articles.
“Current Articles”    The Articles of Association as contained in the Deed of Conversion.


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“DCC”    The Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek).
“Deed of Conversion”    The deed of conversion and amendment to the Articles of Association executed on March 16, 2022.
“Deed of Incorporation”    The Company’s deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting) dated June 3, 2021.
“Deed of Issue”    Each of the B.V. Deeds of Issue and N.V. Deeds of Issue.
“eIDAS Regulation”    Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC.
“General Meeting”    The Company’s general meeting (algemene vergadering).
“Insolvency Proceedings”    Any insolvency proceedings within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings listed in Annex A thereto and any statutory proceedings for the restructuring of debts (akkoordprocedure) pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code.
“Management Board”    The Company’s management board, as was established prior to the execution of the Deed of Conversion.
“NautaDutilh”    NautaDutilh N.V.
“the Netherlands”    The European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
“N.V. Deeds of Issue”    The private deeds of issue of (i) 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares executed following the execution of the Deed of Conversion; and (ii) 2,500,000 Ordinary Shares executed on March 22, 2022.


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Ordinary Shares

   Ordinary shares in the Company’s capital, with a nominal value of EUR 0.12 each.

Previous Articles

   The Articles of Association as included in the Deed of Incorporation.

Prospectus Regulation

   Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC.

Registered Shares

   (i) 68,132,943 Ordinary Shares as refered to in the respective Deeds of Issue and (ii) the Warrant Shares.

Registration Statement

   The Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed or to be filed with the SEC in connection with the listing of the Registered Shares on the New York Stock Exchange in the form reviewed by us.

Relevant Moment

   Each time when Registered Shares are or were issued.

Resolutions

  

Each of the following:

 

a.  the written resolution of the Management Board, dated March 16, 2022; and

 

b.  the written resolution of the General Meeting, dated March 16, 2022

Reviewed Documents

   Each Deed of Issue, the Corporate Documents, the Spartan Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Assumption Agreement.

SEC

   The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.


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Spartan Warrant Agreement

   The warrant agreement dated February 8, 2021 by and between Spartan Acquisition Corp. III and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as amended by means of Warrant Assumption Agreement and assumed by the Company and the other parties named therein.

Warrant Assumption Agreement

   The warrant assumption agreement, dated March 16, 2022 by and between Spartan Acquisition Corp. III, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Warrants

   The right to acquire Warrant Shares pursuant to the Spartan Warrant Agreement and the Resolutions.

Warrant Shares

   Up to 13,799,984 Ordinary Shares.

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the use of our report dated May 13, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Allego Holding B.V., in Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement (Form F-1 No. 333-264059) and related Prospectus of Allego N.V. dated May 19, 2022.

/s/ Ernst & Young Accountants LLP

Amsterdam, Netherlands

May 19, 2022

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 of our report dated May 13, 2022, relating to the financial statements of Spartan Acquisition Corp. III, (“Spartan”) which is contained in that Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

New York, New York

May 19, 2022

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form F-1

(Form Type)

Allego N.V.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities

 

                         
    

Security

Type

 

Security

Class

Title

 

Fee

Calculation

or Carry

Forward
Rule

 

Amount

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering
Price Per

Unit

 

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering

Price

 

Fee

Rate

 

Amount of

Registration

Fee

 

Carry

Forward

Form

Type

 

Carry

Forward

File

Number

 

Carry

Forward

Initial

effective
date

 

Filing Fee

Previously

Paid In

Connection

with Unsold

Securities to
be Carried

Forward

 
Newly Registered Securities
                         
Fees to Be Paid   Equity   Primary Offering Ordinary Shares underlying warrants   Other   13,799,948(2)   $11.50(3)   $158,699,402   0.0000927   $14,711.43   —     —     —     —  
                         
Fees to Be Paid   Equity   Secondary Offering Ordinary Shares and Ordinary Shares underlying warrants   Other   68,132,943(4)   $17.05(5)   $1,161,666,678.15   0.0000927   $107,686.50   —     —     —     —  
                   
    Total Offering Amounts         $122,397.93          
                   
    Total Fees Previously Paid         $145,060.04          
                   
    Total Fee Offsets         —            
                   
    Net Fee Due               $0.00                

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a), an indeterminable number of additional securities are also being registered to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2)

Consists of 13,799,948 Ordinary Shares (as defined in this Registration Statement) that may be issued upon the exercise of Warrants (as defined in this Registration Statement) to purchase Ordinary Shares, which were originally issued by Spartan Acquisition Corp. III (“Spartan”), and were converted into Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares upon the closing of the Business Combination (the “Business Combination”).

(3)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, based on the exercise price of the warrants ($11.50).

 

(4)

Consists of the resale by the Selling Securityholders (as defined in this Registration Statement) of up to (i) 13,700,000 Ordinary Shares that were issued in exchange for Spartan Founders Stock (as defined in this Registration Statement) upon the closing of the Business Combination, (ii) 12,000,000 Ordinary Shares issued to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers and institutional and individual accredited investors on the closing of the Business Combination, (iii) 41,097,994 Ordinary Shares that were issued to E8 Partenaires, a French société par actions simplifée, upon the closing of the Business Combination and (iv) 1,334,949 Ordinary Shares that were issued to AP Spartan Energy Holdings III (PPW), LLC at a price of $11.50 per share on a cashless exercise basis upon its exercise of 9,360,000 Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares, which were originally Private Placement Warrants purchased at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant that were automatically converted into Warrants upon the closing of the Business Combination.

 

(5)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and the low prices of the Ordinary Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 25, 2022.



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