| Item
5.02 | Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers,
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment
of Karl Olsoni as Director
On
May 30, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”)
appointed Mr. Karl Olsoni, age 64, as a member of the Board of the Company. Mr. Olsoni will serve as an independent
director (as such term is defined under the applicable U.S. securities laws and the NYSE listing standards). The Board has also
determined that Mr. Olsoni qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable rules of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. By virtue of his replacement of Mr. Steven Gilbert as a director of the Company, the term
of office of Mr. Olsoni will pertain to the second class of directors of the Company.
Mr. Olsoni has matured significant experience in private equity, raising funds and investing with a focus on clean energy infrastructure
mostly in the U.S., UK and Australian markets. Mr. Olsoni was a Managing Director at Capital Dynamics, Inc. from July 2010 to December
2015. Mr. Olsoni was, and currently acts as, Partner in several K Road investment vehicles that have invested, and invest, in clean and
renewable energy as well as waste transformation opportunities (K Road DG, LLC from March 2016 to May 2018; K Road Verto LLC, from April
2018 to February 2020; K Road Mobility, LLC, from April 2019 to date). Since 2018, Mr. Olsoni has also acted as Operating Partner and
Senior Managing Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, focusing on investments in distributed infrastructure and technology.
In addition to the above roles, Mr. Olsoni also sits on the board of Canadian Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), a position he has
held since January 2020. Mr. Olsoni received a B.A. in Economics from George Washington University and an MBA in Finance from the
College of William and Mary.
On
May 30, 2022, and in connection with the above appointment
as member of the Board, the Company and Mr. Olsoni have entered into an indemnity agreement (the “Indemnity Agreement”), in
the same form as the indemnity agreements entered into by the Company with each of its directors and officers in connection with the Company’s
initial public offering on the NYSE (the “IPO”).
On May 30, 2022,
and in connection with the above appointment as member of the Board, the Company and Mr. Olsoni have entered into a joinder to
letter agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Olsoni agreed to be bound by, and be entitled to, the
rights provided under, the terms and provisions contained in the form of letter agreement (as applicable) entered into by and among
the Company and each of its directors, officers and insiders, in connection with the IPO.
The foregoing descriptions of the Indemnity
Agreement and Joinder Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference, respectively, to the
indemnity agreements incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 2021 of the Company under Exhibits 10.1
et seq., and Exhibit 10.1 hereto, incorporated herein by reference.
There
is no other arrangement or understanding between Mr. Olsoni and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed. There are
no family relationships between Mr. Olsoni and any executive officers and directors of the Company. Further, Mr. Olsoni does
not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to item 404(a) of Regulation S-K
promulgated under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Appointment
of Karl Olsoni as Chairman of the Audit Committee
Concurrently
with the above appointment, Mr. Olsoni was also appointed by the Board as chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company, replacing
Mr. Michael Naylor who has served as interim chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company since March 10, 2022. Mr. Naylor
will continue to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Mr. Olsoni’s qualifications to serve as a director
and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company include his accounting experience as well as his finance experience.
Appointment
of Karl Olsoni as member of the Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee
Concurrently
with the above appointments, Mr. Olsoni was also appointed by the Board as member of the Nominating Committee and as member of the
Compensation Committee.