Gideon Soesman is a current board member of Electriq Power, is a 20+ year Venture Capital veteran focusing on investments in companies in the AgTech, FoodTech, PropTech and ClimaTech sectors. Mr. Soesman is co-founder & managing partner for GreenSoil Investments with a portfolio of funds focused on investing in companies that create value by enabling smart and efficient resource utilization in the agriculture, food, and real estate sectors.
Before co-founding GreenSoil, Mr. Soesman founded and managed GMS Capital, a boutique investment bank. Prior to GMS Capital, he was responsible for all global merger and acquisition activities for a major division of Royal Philips Electronics and also held senior positions in business development and corporate venturing at Philips. Additionally, he played a pivotal role in spearheading the spin-off and subsequent IPO of the Phillips MP4Net business unit. Mr. Soesman has served on the board of numerous tech companies and is currently a director in Tipa, CropX, Phenome Networks, Home365, Salient Medical Solutions and Electriq Power. Mr. Soesman holds a B.A. in Economics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and an M.A. in Business Administration from the Boston University/Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
About Electriq Power
Electriq, founded in 2014 in Silicon Valley, provides turnkey intelligent energy storage and management solutions for homes and small businesses. Electriq's solutions deliver always-available, low-cost clean energy, even during intermittent outages and inclement weather. Those solutions enable cities, municipalities, and utilities to provide their constituents with a path to sustainable and resilient sources of energy, regardless of socio-economic status. Electriq announced in November it has entered into a definitive transaction agreement with TLG Acquisition One Corp. (NYSE: TLGA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will operate under the name Electriq Power Holdings Inc. The company's shares are expected to trade on the NYSE under the symbol ELIQ.
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This communication relates to the proposed business combination ("Business Combination") involving TLG Acquisition One Corp. ("TLG") and Electriq Power, Inc. ("Electriq"). This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed Business Combination. The proposed Business Combination will be submitted to TLG's stockholders for their consideration. In connection with the proposed Business Combination, TLG has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Form S-4"), in which a joint proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus") was included. The information in the Form S-4 is not complete and may be changed. TLG also intends to file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed Business Combination. After the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC, the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be mailed to TLG's stockholders in connection with TLG's solicitation of proxies for the vote of TLG's stockholders in connection with the proposed Business Combination and other matters as described in such Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and will serve as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Electriq's stockholders in connection with the completion of the proposed Business Combination. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF TLG AND INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF ELECTRIQ AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION.
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Participants in the Solicitation
TLG, Electriq and certain of their respective executive officers, directors, other members of management and employees may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed Business Combination. Information regarding TLG's directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022 (the "Annual Report"). To the extent that holdings of TLG's securities have changed from the amounts reported in the Annual Report, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. These documents may be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the Form S-4, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other relevant materials relating to the proposed Business Combination to be filed with the SEC when they become available. Stockholders and other investors should read the Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions.
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This communication includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Generally, statements that are not historical facts in this communication are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements herein generally relate to future events or the future financial or operating performance of TLG, Electriq or the combined company expected to result from the Business Combination (the "Combined Company "). For example, projections of future financial or operational performance of Electriq or the Combined Company are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," " should," " expect," " intend," " will," "estimate," " anticipate," " believe," " predict," "project," "target," "budget," "forecast," "could," "continue, " "plan," or "potentially" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are based on beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management of TLG or Electriq and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by TLG, Electriq and their management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and subject to material change. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting TLG or Electriq will be those that it has anticipated. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risk and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, various factors beyond management's control, including general economic conditions and other risks, uncertainties and factors set forth in TLG's SEC filings. Nothing in this communication should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements in this communication, which speak only as of the date they are made and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the cautionary statements herein and the risk factors of TLG and Electriq described above. Neither TLG nor Electriq undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements. In addition, no responsibility, liability or duty of care is or will be accepted by TLG, Electriq or any other person for updating or revising this communication or providing any additional information to any recipient and any such liability is expressly disclaimed.
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