The accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the board of directors of Volta Inc. (“Volta”), for use at Volta’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting” or “meeting”) to be held on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time via live webcast on the internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/VLTA2022. References in this proxy statement, or Proxy Statement, to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “Volta” refer to Volta Inc.

This proxy statement and the proxy card are first being mailed to our stockholders of record and beneficial owners at the close of business on June 10, 2022 on or about June 15, 2022. In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are advising our stockholders of the availability on the Internet of our proxy materials related to the Annual Meeting. Because we have elected to utilize the “full set delivery” option, we are delivering to all stockholders paper copies of all of the proxy materials, as well as providing access to those proxy materials on a publicly accessible website. This proxy statement and the Annual Report are available to our stockholders at www.proxyvote.com. On the date of mailing of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or the Notice, all stockholders and beneficial owners will have the ability to access all of the proxy materials on a website referred to in the Notice. These proxy materials will be available free of charge.

The Notice will identify the website where the proxy materials will be made available; the date, the time and location of the Annual Meeting; the matters to be acted upon at the meeting and our board of directors’ recommendations with regard to each matter; a toll-free telephone number, an e-mail address, and a website where stockholders can request a paper or e-mail copy of the Proxy Statement; our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and a form of proxy relating to the Annual Meeting; information on how to access the form of proxy; and information on how to participate in the meeting and vote in person.

Founded in 2010, Volta primarily owns, operates and maintains EV charging stations and has expanded its network across the United States to include 2,264 chargers across 23 states and territories as of the year ended December 31, 2021. Additionally, in 2021, Volta expanded its international footprint, opening offices in Paris, France, Berlin, Germany, and Montreal, Canada and commenced installation of its first stations in Europe. In order to achieve its mission, Volta has invested and intends to continue investing in its workforce as it seeks to attract and retain top-level talent in a highly competitive hiring environment.

Volta’s business entails partnering with real estate and retail partners with national and regional multi-site portfolios of commercial and retail properties, as well as municipalities and local business owners, to locate and deploy its EV charging stations in premier locations. These site hosts span a wide array of industries and locations, including retail centers, grocery stores, pharmacies, movie theaters, parking lots, healthcare/medical facilities, municipalities, sport and entertainment venues, parks and recreation areas, restaurants, schools and universities, certain transit and fueling locations and office buildings and other locations. Volta generally signs long-term contracts to locate its charging stations at site host properties and grows its footprint over time as its station utilization justifies further capital investment in its EV charging infrastructure. Volta also sells charging stations to certain business partners, while continuing to perform related installation, operation and maintenance services. For both Volta-owned and partner-owned media-enabled charging stations, Volta sells media display time on the charging stations’ digital displays to its media and advertising partners. In addition, while Volta currently provides free charging services to drivers who use its charging stations (meaning that drivers can charge their EVs at no cost to them), Volta intends to introduce a business model that includes pay-for-use by the driver charging in the future, which it has begun testing in limited locations.

Unlike some of its competitors in the EV charging industry, Volta’s network has the ability to draw on several sources of revenue to build earlier and stronger unit economics than other solutions currently available in the market, by tapping into multiple commercial opportunities, consisting of the sale of advertising content on its charging station digital displays to its commercial partners, installation, operation and maintenance services related to its charging stations, license or service fees from the licensing of Volta’s proprietary software tools, the sale of low-carbon fuel standard credits and, in the future, fees associated with pay-for-use by the driver charging services.

Volta focuses on optimizing its network deployment for capital and electrical grid efficiency using a data-driven approach powered by its PredictEV^TM tool. Volta is building a network that has at its core the objective of delivering the most electric miles per dollar invested.

If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and the Notice or these proxy materials were sent directly to you by Volta.

If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street name,” and the Notice or these proxy materials were forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to instruct that organization on how to vote the shares held in your account. Because you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares at the Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from the organization that holds your shares giving you the right to vote the shares at the Annual Meeting. Beneficial owners must obtain a valid proxy from the organization that holds their shares and present it to Computershare Trust Company, N.A., at least three business (3) days in advance of the Annual Meeting.

If you are a stockholder of record, you may:

Votes submitted by telephone or through the internet must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on July 11, 2022. Submitting your proxy, whether by telephone, through the internet or by mail if you request or received a paper proxy card, will not affect your right to vote in person should you decide to attend and participate in the meeting virtually.

If you are not the stockholder of record, please refer to the voting instructions provided by your nominee to direct it how to vote your shares. Your vote is important. To ensure that your vote is counted, complete and mail the voting instruction card provided by your brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee as directed by your nominee. To electronically vote in person at the meeting online, you must obtain a legal proxy from your nominee. Follow the instructions from your nominee included with our proxy materials or contact your nominee to request a proxy form.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to participate in the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure that your vote is counted.

The telephone and internet voting procedures are designed to authenticate stockholders' identities, to allow stockholders to give their voting instructions and to confirm that stockholders' instructions have been recorded properly.

stock held as the Record Date and (ii) Class B common stock is entitled to ten votes for each share of Class B common stock held as of the Record Date (noting that no shares of Class B common stock are any longer outstanding).

given, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors as described above. If any matters not described in the Proxy Statement are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares. If the Annual Meeting is postponed or adjourned, the proxy holders can vote your shares on the new meeting date as well, unless you have revoked your proxy instructions, as described below under “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?”

If you are the stockholder of record, you may change your vote by:

Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to revoke a proxy, you must contact that firm to revoke any prior voting instructions.

The meeting webcast will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time. We encourage you to access the meeting prior to the start time. Online check-in will begin at 8:45 a.m., Pacific Time, and you should allow ample time for the check-in procedures. We plan to have a webcast replay which will be posted to the Investor Relations section of our website, which is located at investors.voltacharging.com.

If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect until you terminate it.

Brokers with account holders who are Volta stockholders may be householding our proxy materials. A single set of proxy materials may be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that it will be householding communications to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you notify your broker or Volta that you no longer wish to participate in householding.

If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement and annual report, you may (i) notify your broker, (ii) direct your written request to: Investor Relations, Volta Inc., 155 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 or (iii) contact our Investor Relations department by email at ir@voltacharging.com. Stockholders who receive multiple copies of the Proxy Statement or annual report at their address and would like to request householding of their communications should contact their broker. In addition, we will promptly deliver, upon written or oral request to the address or telephone number above, a separate copy of the annual report and Proxy Statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered.

on request, reimburse brokerage firms and other nominees for their expenses in forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, we expect that our directors, officers and employees may solicit proxies in person or by telephone or facsimile. None of these individuals will receive any additional or special compensation for doing this, although we may reimburse these individuals for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. We have engaged Morrow Sodali to assist in the solicitation of proxies and provide related advice and informational support for a fee of $10,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses and customary disbursements. If you choose to access the proxy materials or vote via the Internet or by phone, you are responsible for any Internet access or phone charges you may incur.

Our bylaws provide that stockholders may present proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement by submitting their proposals in writing to the attention of our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office. Our current principal executive office is located at 155 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. In addition, stockholder proposals must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and related SEC regulations under Rule 14a-8 regarding the inclusion of stockholder proposals in company-sponsored proxy materials. In order to be included in the proxy statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting, stockholder proposals must be received by our Corporate Secretary no later than April 13, 2023 and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act.

Our bylaws provide that stockholders may present proposals to be considered at an annual meeting by providing timely notice to our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office. To be timely for our 2023 Annual Meeting, our Corporate Secretary must receive the written notice at our principal executive office:

If we hold our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after July 12, 2023 (the one-year anniversary date of the Annual Meeting), then notice of a stockholder proposal that is intended to be included in our proxy statement must be received by our Corporate Secretary at our principal executive office:

A stockholder’s notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting the information required by our bylaws. If a stockholder who has notified Volta of such stockholder’s intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting does not appear to present such stockholder’s proposal at such meeting, Volta does not need to present the proposal for vote at such meeting.

We have a strong commitment to good corporate governance practices. These practices provide an important framework within which our board of directors, its committees and our management can pursue our strategic objectives in order to promote the interests of our stakeholders.

Our board of directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that set forth expectations for directors, director independence standards, board committee structure and functions and other policies for the governance of our Company. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available without charge on the Investor Relations section of our website, which is located at investors.voltacharging.com by clicking on “Governance Documents” in the “Corporate Governance” section of our website. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are subject to modification from time to time by our board of directors pursuant to the recommendations of our nominating and corporate governance committee.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that our board of directors shall be free to choose its Chairperson(s) in the manner and on the criteria that the board of directors deems appropriate at the time of selection, and that our nominating and corporate governance committee periodically considers the leadership structure of our board of directors and makes such recommendations to our board of directors with respect thereto as appropriate. The Company's bylaws prohibit the positions of Chairperson of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer being held by the same individual. In addition, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that in the event that the Chairperson is not an independent director, our board of directors will designate a Lead Independent Director. Katherine Savitt currently serves as Chairperson of the board of directors. The independent members of the board of directors also meet in executive session without management, which provides the board of directors with the benefit of having the perspective of independent directors. The Chairperson chairs these meetings.

On March 28, 2022, the Company announced that the Company and Mr. Mercer entered into an agreement under which Mr. Mercer resigned as a director effective as of March 26, 2022. Mr. Mercer continued to serve as Chief Executive Officer for a transition period ending on April 15, 2022, the date on which the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board appointed Brandt Hastings, the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer, to serve as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer effective on April 15, 2022. Subsequently, on June 12, 2022, the Board approved the appointment of Vincent Cubbage to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of June 13, 2022. Also on June 12, 2022, the Board promoted Brandt Hastings to the position of Chief Commercial Officer of the Company effective as of June 13, 2022. Further, on June 12, 2022 the Board approved the appointment of Katherine J. Savitt to the position of sole Chairperson of the Board. During his service as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Cubbage will not serve as Co-Chairperson of the Board or as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the Audit Committee of the Board. Effective as of June 13, 2022, Bonita C. Stewart was appointed as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. The Board has formed a CEO Search Committee in order to identify a Chief Executive Officer to succeed Mr. Mercer as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The CEO Search Committee, comprised of Martin Lauber, Bonita Stewart and John Tough, has begun a process to identify and evaluate internal and external candidates to become the Company’s next Chief Executive Officer. The CEO Search Committee has created a CEO profile outlining desired qualities relating to industry knowledge, operational competencies, strategic growth orientation, public company experience and cultural fit and leadership style. The CEO Search Committee, after evaluating a number of executive search firms, has engaged a search firm to assist with identifying external candidates based on the CEO profile.

One of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process. Although our board of directors does not have a standing risk management committee, it administers this oversight function directly through the board of directors as a whole, as well as through its standing committees that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight. Areas of focus include economic, operational, financial (accounting, credit, investment, liquidity and tax), competitive, legal, regulatory, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance and

reputational risks, and more recently, risk exposures related to COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine war and rising inflation. The risk oversight responsibility of our board of directors and its committees is supported by our management reporting processes, which are designed to provide visibility to our board of directors and to our personnel who are responsible for risk assessment and information about the identification, assessment and management of critical risks, and our management’s risk mitigation strategies.

Our audit committee is responsible for reviewing and discussing our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. The audit committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and assists our board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to risk management. Our nominating and corporate governance committee assesses risks related to our corporate governance practices, the independence of our board of directors and monitors the effectiveness of our governance guidelines. Our compensation committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking.

We believe this division of responsibilities is an effective approach for addressing the risks we face and that our board leadership structure supports this approach.

Our board of directors (the “Board”) has determined that each of the members of our board of directors is “independent” as defined under the listing rules of NYSE, and our board of directors consists of a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the rules of the SEC and NYSE listing rules relating to director independence requirements. Our board of directors has also determined that all members of our audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee satisfy the relevant SEC and NYSE independence requirements for such committees.

In addition, audit committee members must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. To be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in such member’s capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors or any other board committee (i) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.

The Board has established an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each of which has the composition and responsibilities described below. The Board and its committees set schedules for meeting throughout the year and can also hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time, as appropriate. The Board delegates various responsibilities and authority to its committees and the committees regularly report on their activities and actions to the full board of directors. Members serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by the Volta Board. The Board may establish other committees to facilitate the management of Volta’s business as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.

Each committee of the Board operates under a written charter approved by the Board. Copies of each charter are posted on the Investor Relations section of Volta’s website at www.investors.voltacharging.com. The inclusion of Volta’s website address or the reference to Volta’s website in this Proxy Statement does not include or incorporate by reference the information on Volta’s website into this Proxy Statement.

Volta’s audit committee is composed of Eli Aheto, Vincent Cubbage and John Tough, with Mr. Aheto serving as audit committee chairperson. The Board has determined that Mr. Aheto, Mr. Cubbage and Mr. Tough each meets the requirements for independence and financial literacy under the current NYSE listing standards and SEC rules and regulations, including Rule 10A-3. In addition, the Board determined that Mr. Aheto is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act. This designation does not impose any duties, obligations or liabilities that are greater than are generally imposed on members of the audit committee and the Board. The audit committee is responsible for, among other things:

The audit committee operates under a written charter which satisfies the applicable rules of the SEC and the listing standards of the NYSE, and which is available on Volta’s website. All audit services to be provided to Volta and all permissible non-audit services, other than de minimis non-audit services, to be provided to Volta by Volta’s independent registered public accounting firm is approved in advance by the audit committee.

Volta’s compensation committee is composed of John Tough, Martin Lauber, Katherine Savitt and Bonita Stewart, and Mr. Tough is the chairperson of the compensation committee. The Board has determined that each member of the compensation committee meets the requirements for independence under the current NYSE listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. Each member of the committee is a non-employee director, as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:

The compensation committee operates under a written charter which satisfies the applicable rules of the SEC and NYSE listing standards, and is available on Volta’s website.

The nominating and corporate governance committee is composed of Vincent Cubbage, Martin Lauber, Katherine Savitt and Bonita Stewart, and Mr. Cubbage is the chairperson of the nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board has determined that each member of the nominating and corporate governance committee meets the requirements for independence under the current NYSE listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. The nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for, among other things:

The nominating and corporate governance committee operates under a written charter which satisfies the applicable rules of the SEC and the NYSE listing standards and is available on Volta’s website.

Candidates for nomination to our board of directors are selected by our board of directors based on the recommendation of our nominating and corporate governance committee in accordance with its charter, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the criteria approved by our board of directors regarding director candidate qualifications. In recommending candidates for nomination, our nominating and corporate governance committee considers candidates recommended by directors, officers, employees, stockholders and others, using the same criteria to evaluate all candidates.

Additional information regarding the process for properly submitting stockholder nominations for candidates for nomination to our board of directors is set forth above under “Requirements for Stockholder Proposals to be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2023 Annual Meeting” and “Requirements for Stockholder Proposals to be presented at our 2023 Annual Meeting.”

With the goal of developing a diverse, experienced and highly qualified board of directors, our nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for developing and recommending to our board of directors the desired qualifications, expertise and characteristics of members of our board of directors, including any specific minimum qualifications that the committee believes must be met by a committee-recommended nominee for membership on our board of directors and any specific qualities or skills that the committee believes are necessary for one or more of the members of our board of directors to possess.

Because the identification, evaluation and selection of qualified directors is a complex and subjective process that requires consideration of many intangible factors, and will be significantly influenced by the particular needs of our board of directors from time to time, our board of directors has not adopted a specific set of minimum qualifications, qualities or skills that are necessary for a nominee to possess, other than those that are necessary to meet U.S. legal, regulatory and NYSE listing requirements and the provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of the committees of our board of directors. When considering nominees, our nominating and corporate governance committee may take into consideration many factors including, among other things, a candidate’s independence, integrity, diversity, skills, financial and other expertise, breadth of experience, knowledge about our business or industry and ability to devote adequate time and effort to responsibilities of our board of directors in the context of its existing composition. Our board of directors does not have a formal policy with respect to diversity and inclusion; however, it affirms the value placed on diversity within our company. Through the nomination process, our nominating and corporate governance committee seeks to promote board membership that reflects a diversity of business experience, expertise, viewpoints, personal backgrounds and other characteristics that are expected to contribute to our board of directors’ overall effectiveness. Further, our board of directors is committed to actively seeking highly qualified women and individuals from minority groups to include in the pool from which new candidates are selected. The brief biographical description of each director set forth in “Proposal One: Election of Directors” below includes the primary individual experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of each of our directors that led to the conclusion that each director should serve as a member of our board of directors at this time.

Vincent Cubbage. Mr. Cubbage has served as Volta’s Interim Chief Executive Officer since June 2022. Mr. Cubbage has served on the Volta board of directors since the closing (the “Closing”) of the business combination in August 2021 (the “Business Combination”) with our predecessor, Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II (“Tortoise Corp II”), and served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tortoise Corp II from July 2020 until the completion of the Business Combination. Mr. Cubbage has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III since February 2021. Mr. Cubbage served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tortoise Acquisition Corp. from March 2019 to the completion of its initial business combination with Hyliion Inc. on October 1, 2020, and he continues to serve on the board of directors of Hyliion Holdings Corp. He has served as Managing Director — Private Energy of Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. since January 2019. Mr. Cubbage served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lightfoot Capital Partners from its formation in 2006 through its wind up in December 2019. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the general partner of Arc Logistics Partners LP (NYSE: ARCX), from October 2013 to the date of its sale in December 2017. Prior to founding Lightfoot Capital, Mr. Cubbage was a Senior Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Banc of America Securities from 1998 to 2006; and prior to that was a Vice President at Salomon Smith Barney where he worked from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Cubbage received an M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management and a B.A. from Eastern Washington University.

Bonita Stewart. Ms. Stewart has served on the Volta board of directors since March 2021. Since 2006, Ms. Stewart has served in various roles at Google, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., a global technology company, including most recently as Board Partner at Gradient Ventures, Google’s early stage venture arm focused on AI enabled companies, since June 2021. At Google, Ms. Stewart previously served as Vice President, Global Partnerships from July 2016 to June 2021; as Vice President, Americas, Partner Business Solutions from August 2012 to December 2015; as Vice President, U.S. Sales and Operations from 2011 to 2012; as Managing Director, U.S. Sales from 2009 to 2010; and as Industry Director, U.S. Automotive from 2006 to 2009. Prior to Google Ms. Stewart held management and brand executive roles at IBM and DaimlerChrysler. Ms. Stewart has served on the board of directors of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a footwear design and distribution company, since September 2014 where she currently chairs the Corporate Governance committee and PagerDuty, a digital operations management company, since January 2021. Ms. Stewart holds a B.A. degree in Journalism from Howard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Eli Aheto. Mr. Aheto has served on the Volta board of directors since October 2016. Mr. Aheto has served as a Managing Director at General Atlantic since July 2021. He has served on the boards of directors of the following private companies: Greenlight Planet Inc. since April 2022, 80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc. d/b/a “80 Acres Farm,” an indoor farming company from December 2018 to January 2021, 4AM Midstream, a midstream oil and gas gathering company, from July 2017 to June 2021 and Nautilus Solar Energy Inc., a community solar project developer from October 2015 to July 2019. Mr. Aheto was a Partner with Virgo Investment Group, a private investment firm, from 2015 to June 2021. Mr. Aheto holds an A.B. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Katherine Savitt. Ms. Savitt has served on the Volta board of directors since December 2018. Since October 2020, Ms. Savitt has served as President and Chief Business Officer of Boom Supersonic, Inc., an aerospace company redefining commercial air travel by bringing sustainable, supersonic flight to the skies. At Boom, Ms. Savitt leads the company’s business operations, global commercial functions including customer and passenger experience, legal, policy and corporate development. Prior to Boom, Ms. Savitt served from 2016 to 2020 as Co-Founder and General Partner of Perch Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory firm for Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups. From 2012 to 2015, Ms. Savitt was Chief Media and Marketing Officer at Yahoo, Inc. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Savitt served as Founder and CEO of Lockerz, an early social commerce company. Prior to Lockerz, Ms. Savitt served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at American Eagle Outfitters and Vice President of Strategic Communications and Special Initiatives at Amazon. Ms. Savitt holds an A.B. in history and government from Cornell University.

There are no family relationships among any of our directors and executive officers.

Specifically, the policy provides for the following annual cash retainers, which are payable quarterly in arrears and pro-rated for partial quarters of service:

As described below, non-employee directors will receive equity awards under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Volta Equity Incentive Plan”) annually and upon their initial appointment to the Board, as follows:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for each non-employee director who remains in continuous service as a member of the Board until immediately prior to the consummation of a “change in control” (as defined in the Volta Equity Incentive Plan), any unvested portion of an equity award granted in consideration of such non-employee director’s service as a member of the Board will vest in full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the consummation of such change in control.

The Board will also have discretion to grant additional equity awards to certain outside directors for services to Volta that exceed the standard expectations for an outside director or for other circumstances determined to be appropriate by the Board. Volta will also reimburse directors for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending board and committee meetings.

Certain of Volta’s non-employee directors are affiliated with entities which hold Volta securities. See “Beneficial Ownership of Securities” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions - Volta’s Related Party Transactions” contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for further information.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR ALL” NOMINEES FOR THE ELECTION OF THE TWO CLASS I DIRECTORS SET FORTH IN THIS PROPOSAL ONE.

Requests or applications to provide services that require pre-approval by the Audit Committee must be accompanied by a statement of the independent auditors as to whether, in the auditor’s view, the request or application is consistent with the SEC’s and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules on auditor independence. Each pre-approval request or application must also be accompanied by documentation regarding the specific services to be provided.

The Audit Committee has not waived the pre-approval requirement for any services rendered by Grant Thornton to Volta. All of the services provided by Grant Thornton to the Company described above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL TWO.

The Separation Agreements also include customary mutual release and non-disparagement provisions on behalf of the Founders and the Company.

The Board specifically negotiated the conversion of the Class B common stock into Class A common stock by the Founders in order to align the interests of all stockholders and remove any controlling stockholder interest from Company executives. Following the conversion of the shares of Class B common stock in accordance with the Separation Agreements as described above, only 395,335 shares of Class B common stock remained outstanding as of April 1, 2022 and were held by stockholders other than the Founders. During the course of April and May 2022, all remaining shares of Class B common stock were voluntarily converted into shares of Class A common stock.

The following tables set forth information regarding the potential voting power, on a fully-diluted ownership basis, of the shares of and vested equity interests by each of the Founders prior to and following entering into the Separation Agreements.

The voting power and fully-diluted ownership of the Volta Common Stock for the table below labeled “Pre-Separation Holdings” is based on 162,168,134 shares of Volta Common Stock outstanding as of March 25, 2022, comprised of 153,806,627 shares of Volta Class A Common Stock and 8,361,507 shares of Volta Class B Common Stock outstanding as of March 25, 2022. Volta Class B Common Stock carry ten votes per share and Volta Class A Common Stock carry one vote per share. Shares of Volta Common Stock that may be acquired by an individual as of March 25, 2022 pursuant to the exercise of options or settlement of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that were exercisable as of March 25, 2022 are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the potential percentage fully-diluted ownership of such individual for illustration purposes, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table.

The voting power and fully-diluted ownership of the Volta Common Stock for the table below labeled “Post- Separation Holdings” is based on 167,593,595 shares of Volta Common Stock outstanding as of April 10, 2022,

comprised of 167,198,260 shares of Volta Class A Common Stock and 395,335 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as of April 10, 2022. Shares of Volta Common Stock that may be acquired by an individual within 60 days of April 10, 2022 pursuant to the exercise of options or settlement of RSUs that were exercisable as of April 10, 2022 are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage fully-diluted ownership of such individual, but are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person shown in the table.

The Board has worked to align the interest of all stakeholders in the Company and believes that the removal of the Class B common stock from the Company’s capitalization is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. In order to ensure that no Class B common stock will be issued in the future, the Board has approved and recommend that the Company’s stockholders approve an amendment to remove the Class B common stock from the Certificate of Incorporation.

The proposed amendment (the “Amendment”) would amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) to eliminate references to the Class B common stock, including the terms and rights associated with such stock. In addition, the Amendment would make other minor, immaterial changes and clarifications. This general description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the proposed Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is reflected in Annex A. The Amendment does not effectuate any substantive changes to the Certificate of Incorporation. Rather, the changes will simplify the Certificate of Incorporation and make the Certificate of Incorporation more readable by eliminating provisions that no longer have any applicability. The Board believes that this proposal is consistent with its continuing commitment to best practices in corporate governance.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL THREE.

Volta’s management knows of no arrangements, including any pledge by any person or securities of Volta, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of Volta.

Our board of directors chooses our executive officers, who then serve at the discretion of our board of directors. There are no other family relationships among our directors or executive officers.

Vincent Cubbage. For a brief biography of Mr. Cubbage, please see “Proposal One: Election of Directors — Continuing Directors.”

Brandt Hastings. Mr. Hastings has served as Volta’s Chief Commercial Officer since June 2022. Mr. Hastings most recently served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and he served as the Chief Revenue Officer of the Company from November 2020 until his appointment as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining Volta, Mr. Hastings served as Senior Vice President of iHeartMedia Inc. from April 2014 to October 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Hastings worked at Clear Channel International, a marketing and advertising company, where he served as Vice President from September 2007 to April 2014, Senior Account Executive from 2005 to 2007 and Account Executive from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Hastings holds a bachelor’s degree in management and Spanish from Gettysburg College.

Francois Chadwick. Mr. Chadwick has served as Volta’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2021. On June 10, 2022, the Company announced that Mr. Chadwick had notified the Company of his intention to leave his position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company to pursue another professional opportunity. Mr. Chadwick will remain with the Company through August 22, 2022 to ensure a smooth transition. Prior to joining Volta, since May 2011, Mr. Chadwick served in various roles at Uber culminating in his role as Vice President, Finance Tax & Accounting. Prior to this, Mr. Chadwick served as a tax partner and national tax leader at KPMG US. Mr. Chadwick holds a Bachelor of Laws from Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, UK.

Stephen Pilatzke. Mr. Pilatzke has been appointed as Volta’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective upon his start date of July 1, 2022. Mr. Pilatzke most recently served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Falcon Minerals Corporation from October 2018 to June 2022. From January 2010 to September 2018, Mr. Pilatzke served in multiple positions, most recently as Chief Accounting Officer, of Lightfoot Capital Partners GP, LLC, a private equity company with a focus on the energy sector. From October 2013 until its sale in December 2017, Mr. Pilatzke was also Chief Accounting Officer of Arc Logistics GP, LLC, the general partner of Arc Logistics Partners LP, formerly a publicly traded company and portfolio company of Lightfoot Capital Partners. Prior to joining Lightfoot Capital Partners, Mr. Pilatzke served as Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Paramount BioSciences LLC, a venture capital firm specializing in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector and was responsible for all of the accounting and reporting functions of Paramount BioSciences LLC and related portfolio companies from 2005 to 2010. Prior to that Mr. Pilatzke worked as an auditor at EisnerAmper LLP, formerly Eisner LLP, an accounting and advisory firm, from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Pilatzke is a Certified Public Accountant and received his BS in Accounting from Binghamton University.

For 2020 and 2021, the compensation program for Volta’s named executive officers consisted of base salary, bonus and equity awards as well as benefits including 401(k) matching contributions and subsidies for the lease or purchase of an EV.

Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel each entered into an employment agreement with Volta on December 18, 2018. Mr. Chadwick entered into an employment agreement with Volta on April 19, 2021. The narrative below summarizes the payments and benefits that each named executive officer is currently eligible to receive on an annualized basis.

On March 28, 2022, the Company announced that it and Scott Mercer and Christopher Wendel agreed to the resignation of each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel as an officer and employee of the Company. Mr. Wendel’s resignation was effective as of March 26, 2022, while Mr. Mercer continued to serve as Chief Executive Officer for a transition period ending on April 15, 2022, the date on which the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Mercer will serve as an independent advisor to the Board through March 31, 2023.

In connection with their resignations, the Company entered into the Separation Agreements. Under the Separation Agreements, (i) each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel will receive continued payment of his base salary for six months, and continued healthcare coverage at active employee rates for up to twelve months, following his resignation; (ii) through December 31, 2025, each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel agrees that he will vote all of his beneficially-owned voting stock of the Company in accordance with the recommendations of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., except with respect to proposals for or against a transaction that would result in a change of control of the Company and certain similar transactions, and will not attempt to influence, form a group with or support other Company shareholders (and will not transfer any of his shares of the Company’s capital stock to his affiliates or associates unless the affiliate or associate agrees to be bound by the requirement described in this clause (ii)); (iii) each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel agrees not to stand for reelection to the Board (in Mr. Mercer’s case, until after December 31, 2025); (iv) each share of Class B Common Stock and any equity awards or convertible securities denominated in shares of Class B Common Stock held by each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel was converted into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock or securities convertible into Class A Common Stock, as applicable; (v) the awards of 5,250,000 vested restricted stock units held by each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel and granted pursuant to the FIP adopted upon Closing to replace that certain Volta Management Carve-Out Plan (the “Carve-Out Plan”), pursuant to which in the event of a “liquidity transaction” (as defined in the Carve-Out Plan), Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel would each be eligible to receive 2% of the “aggregate proceeds” (as defined in the Carve-Out Plan), subject to their execution of a release of claims in favor of Legacy Volta, were be settled into shares of Class A Common Stock on April 1, 2022; (vi) the unvested awards of 5,250,000 market-vesting restricted stock units held by Mr. Mercer and 4,500,000 market-vesting restricted stock units held by Mr. Wendel, in each case granted on November 15, 2021, remain outstanding and subject to vesting and settlement into shares of Class A Common Stock based on achievement of the applicable share price thresholds; one third of these awards will vest if the price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $15.00, one third of these awards will vest if the price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $20.00, and one third of these awards will vest if the price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $25.00 (in each case for 20 trading days

within any 30-trading-day period on or prior to August 26, 2026), and the awards are subject to full acceleration upon a change in control of the Company (as defined in the FIP); (vii) the outstanding, unvested portion of equity-based awards granted to each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel prior to the Closing on August 26, 2021, became fully vested; (viii) all other outstanding unvested Company equity awards held by each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel, consisting of 4,923,695 restricted stock units held by Mr. Mercer and 3,492,972 restricted stock units held by Mr. Wendel were immediately forfeited; and (ix) each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel were entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses in connection with their entry into the Separation Agreements. The Separation Agreements also included customary mutual release and non-disparagement provisions on behalf of the Company and each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel. In addition, under his Separation Agreement, Mr. Mercer agreed to serve as an independent advisor to the Board through March 31, 2023 in exchange for a $375,000 consulting fee.

In 2020 and 2021, each of Volta’s named executive officers received an annual base salary to compensate them for services rendered to Volta. On February 1, 2020, the base salary of each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel increased from $275,000 to $300,000. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Volta implemented a salary reduction program and reduced the annual base compensation of each named executive officer by 30% from April 16, 2020 through July 15, 2020. Mr. Wendel elected to further reduce his base salary by 100% from April 16, 2020 through July 15, 2020 (i.e., he received no base salary, as explained below). The base salaries for our named executive officers were returned to pre-reduction levels beginning July 16, 2020.

On February 1, 2021, the base salary of each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel increased from $300,000 to $450,000 and $300,000 to $400,000, respectively. Mr. Chadwick joined Volta on April 1, 2021 at a base salary of $400,000.

The actual base salary received by each named executive officer is set forth above in the Summary Compensation Table in the column titled “Salary.”

Each named executive officer’s employment agreement provides that the named executive officer will be eligible to earn a discretionary annual bonus equal to a percentage of his base salary as determined by the Board. In 2020, Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel were eligible to earn annual cash bonuses based on their performance, as determined by the Board, in its discretion. In 2021, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Wendel and Mr. Chadwick were eligible to earn annual cash bonuses based on their performance, as determined by the Board, in its discretion.

The actual annual cash bonuses awarded to each of Volta’s named executive officers for 2020 and 2021 performance are set forth above in the Summary Compensation Table in the column titled “Bonus.”

In 2020, each of Volta’s named executive officers received options to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock under the Legacy Volta Option Plan as follows: (a) Mr. Mercer received options to purchase (i) 200,000, (ii) 8,621 and (iii) 475,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, and (b) Mr. Wendel received options to purchase (i) 200,000, (ii) 28,736 and (iii) 475,000 shares of Class B Common Stock.

Under the COVID-19 salary reduction program referenced above, Volta reduced the base salary of each named executive officer by 30% as described above and offered each named executive officer the opportunity to either (i) reduce his working time or (ii) receive an option to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock under the Legacy Volta Option Plan. Each of the named executive officers elected to receive options. In addition, Mr. Wendel elected to further reduce his base salary to $0, such that he received no base salary from April 16, 2020 through July 15, 2020, in exchange for the opportunity to receive an option to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock under the Legacy Volta Option Plan. On May 12, 2020 the Legacy Volta board of directors granted Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel options to purchase 8,621 and 28,736 shares of Class B Common Stock, respectively. The number of shares issuable upon the exercise of each such option is equal to the total base salary that the named executive officer did not receive from April 16, 2020 until July 15, 2020 divided by $2.61, rounded up to the nearest share.

In April 2021, Mr. Chadwick received options to purchase 606,750 shares of Class A Common Stock.

In 2021, each of Volta’s named executive officers received RSUs covering shares of Class A Common Stock as follows: (a) in November 2021, Mr. Mercer received RSUs covering (i) 5,250,000, (ii) 2,000,000 and (iii) 2,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (see footnote 6 of the Summary Compensation Table above for further information relating to these awards), (b) in November 2021, Mr. Wendel received RSUs covering (i) 4,500,000, (ii) 1,375,000 and (iii) 1,375,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (see footnote 9 of the Summary Compensation Table above for further information relating to these awards) and (c) Mr. Chadwick received RSUs covering (i) 500,000 in November 2021, and, in December 2021, (ii) 24,704 and (iii) 24,704 shares of Class A Common Stock. Additionally, Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel received RSUs covering 5,250,000 and 5,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, respectively, granted at Closing pursuant to the FIP, which was adopted upon Closing to replace the Carve-Out Plan, under which Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel would each be eligible to receive 2% of the “aggregate proceeds” (as defined in the Carve-Out Plan), subject to their execution of a release of claims in favor of Legacy Volta (see footnotes 11 and 12 of the Summary Compensation Table for further information relating to these awards).

In February 2021, Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel received restricted stock awards of 3,100,000 and 2,600,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, respectively.

General. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan is a continuation of the Legacy Volta Option Plan; the Legacy Volta board of directors originally adopted, and Volta’s stockholders approved the Legacy Volta Option Plan on December 15, 2014. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan was amended and restated, and renamed, effective at the Closing on August 26, 2021. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options to Volta employees (and employees of any parent or majority-owned subsidiary of Volta), and for the grant of non-statutory stock options, restricted stock, RSUs and stock appreciation rights to Volta employees, directors and consultants (and employees and consultants of any parent or majority-owned subsidiary of Volta).

Share Reserve. Volta reserved an aggregate of 45,187,241 shares of Class A Common Stock and 134,993 shares of Class B Common Stock under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan. There are no longer any shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan and no outstanding awards are exercisable or otherwise issuable for shares of Class B Common Stock. The number of shares available for issuance under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan will be automatically increased on the first day of each fiscal year commencing with the 2022 fiscal year in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) five percent (5%) of the outstanding Shares on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (y) an amount determined by the Board, with such shares to be comprised of Class A Common Stock. Such shares may be authorized but unissued, or reacquired, common stock.

Plan Administration. The compensation committee of the Board administers the Volta Equity Incentive Plan.

Types of Awards. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive options, non-statutory options, restricted stock, RSUs and stock appreciation rights.

Stock Options. The Board has discretion to grant incentive or non-statutory options under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan, provided that incentive options may only be granted to employees. The exercise price per share applicable to such options must generally be equal to at least the fair market value per share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, on the date of grant. The term of options may not exceed ten years; provided, however, that any incentive option granted to a participant who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Volta Common Stock, or of certain of Volta’s subsidiary corporations, may not have a term in excess of five years and must have an exercise price per share equal to at least 110% of the fair market value per share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, on the grant date. Subject to the provisions of the Volta Equity Incentive Plan, the Board has discretion to determine the remaining terms of the options (e.g., vesting). After the termination of a participant’s service, the participant may only exercise his or her option, to the extent vested, for a specified period of time stated in his or her option agreement. Generally, if termination is due to death or disability, the option will remain exercisable for 12 months following the termination of service. In all other cases except for a termination for cause, the option will generally remain exercisable for 3 months following the termination of service. In the event of a termination for cause, the option will immediately terminate. However, in no event may an option be exercised later than the expiration of its maximum term.

Restricted Stock. The Board has discretion to grant Volta Restricted Stock under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan. Volta Restricted Stock are generally shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock that are issued or

sold to a participant pursuant to the Volta Equity Incentive Plan and subject to repurchase by Volta under certain circumstances and that are fully vested at grant or that will vest in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Board, in its sole discretion. The Board has discretion to determine the number of shares that the participant may receive or purchase, the price to be paid (if any) and the time by which the participant must accept the shares/offer.

RSUs. The Board has discretion to grant RSUs under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU is a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the fair market value of one share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable. The Board, in its discretion, determines whether RSUs should be granted, the total units granted and/or the vesting terms applicable to such units. Participants holding RSUs will hold no voting rights by virtue of such RSUs. The Board may, in its sole discretion, award dividend equivalents in connection with the grant of RSUs. RSUs may be settled in cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, or any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion.

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Board has discretion to grant stock appreciation rights under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan and to determine the terms and conditions of each stock appreciation right, except that the exercise price for each stock appreciation right cannot be less than 100% of the fair market value of the underlying shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, on the date of grant. Upon exercise of a stock appreciation right, a participant will receive payment from Volta in an amount determined by multiplying the difference between the fair market value of a share on the date of exercise over the exercise price by the number of shares with respect to which the stock appreciation right is exercised. Stock appreciation rights may be paid in cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, or any combination thereof, or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board in its discretion. Stock appreciation rights are exercisable at the times and on the terms established by the Board, in its discretion.

Non-transferability of Awards. Unless the Board provides otherwise, awards granted under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan are generally not transferable.

Certain Adjustments. In the event of certain corporate events or changes in Volta’s capitalization, to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits available under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan, the Board will make adjustments to one or more of the number, kind and class of securities that may be delivered under the Volta Equity Incentive Plan and/or the number, kind, class and price of securities covered by each outstanding award.

Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of Volta’s dissolution or liquidation, each outstanding award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such action, unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Change in Control. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan provides that in the event of a change in control, unless otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement or as determined by the Board at the time of grant, outstanding awards will be assumed, cancelled if not exercised/settled or cashed out in lieu of exercise as determined by the Board.

Amendment or Termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Volta Equity Incentive Plan at any time, provided such action does not impair the rights or obligations of any participant without his or her consent. In addition, stockholder approval must be obtained to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with applicable laws.

Volta provides benefits to its named executive officers on the same basis as provided to all of its employees, including health, dental and vision insurance; health savings account; life insurance; subsidies in the form of reimbursements up to $200 per month for the lease or purchase of EVs; and a tax-qualified Section 401(k) plan for which Volta matches 100% of contributions up to 4% of the employee’s salary. In fiscal years 2020 and 2021, Volta paid legal expenses for each of Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel related to executive compensation matters.

Volta currently maintains a retirement plan intended to provide benefits under section 401(k) of the Code where employees, including the named executive officers, are allowed to contribute portions of their base compensation to a tax-qualified retirement account. Volta matches 100% of contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s salary. The contributions made on behalf of the named executive officers for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 are disclosed above in the notes to the Summary Compensation Table.

The following discussion describes the amounts and benefits that would have been owed to the named executive officers in the event of certain terminations of employment or change in control as of the end of fiscal year 2021 under the employment agreements and Carve-Out Plan (as defined below).

Employment Agreements. Each of the named executive officers has entered into an employment agreement with Volta as described above in the section titled “Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table.” Each employment agreement with Volta’s named executive officers provides for an initial term that continues until the one-year anniversary of the effective date of the agreement and shall thereafter automatically renew for successive additional one-year terms unless Volta or the named executive officer provides at least 90 days’ written notice of their intent not to renew the agreement; provided however, the named executive officer’s employment shall continue to be at-will and Volta or the named executive officer may terminate the named executive officer’s employment earlier at any time, for any reason, with or without cause and with or without notice.

Volta may terminate any of the employment agreements with the named executive officers immediately for “cause” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement). If the employment of a named executive officer is terminated by Volta without “cause” or terminates as a result of his death or disability, or the named executive officer resigns for “good reason” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement), the named executive officer will be entitled to receive the following severance benefits, subject to his execution of a release of claims in favor of Volta, its affiliates and any of their present, former and future owners, members, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, agents, servants, representatives, attorneys, predecessors, successors and assigns: (i) continued payment of his base salary for the lesser of the balance of the term of the agreement or six months following his termination date, (ii) acceleration of all outstanding unvested equity awards, (iii) any unpaid annual bonus for the completed fiscal year prior to the termination date, which bonus will be paid at the same time bonuses are paid to other senior executives and (iv) reimbursement or payment of COBRA premiums charged for coverage that exceeds the amount paid for similar coverage by active employees for up to twelve months following the named executive officer’s termination date.

Pursuant to each of the employment agreements with the named executive officers, the named executive officer is also entitled to full acceleration of all outstanding unvested equity awards if Volta consummates a “change of control” (as defined in the applicable employment agreement) during the term of the agreement.

This section describes the plans and arrangements Volta maintains for the benefit of its employees, including the named executive officers.

Volta Equity Incentive Plan. The Volta Equity Incentive Plan facilitates the grant of equity awards to attract, retain and incentivize employees (including the named executive officers), independent contractors and directors of Volta and its affiliates, which is essential to Volta’s long term success.

Volta Founder Incentive Plan. The FIP facilitated the grant of equity awards to Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel and was terminated by Board in May 2022. The FIP was adopted upon Closing to replace the Carve-Out-Plan, pursuant to which in the event of a “liquidity transaction” (as defined in the Carve-Out Plan), Mr. Mercer and Mr. Wendel would each be eligible to receive 2% of the “aggregate proceeds” (as defined in the Carve-Out Plan), subject to their execution of a release of claims in favor of Legacy Volta.

Volta 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan allows employees of Volta and its affiliates to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock at a discount through payroll deductions and to benefit from stock price appreciation, thus enhancing the alignment of employee and stockholder interests.

We currently maintain the following equity compensation plans that provide for the issuance of shares of our Class A common stock to our officers and other employees, directors and consultants, each of which has been approved by our stockholders: our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 EIP”) and our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”).

The following table presents information as of December 31, 2021 with respect to compensation plans under which shares of our common stock may be issued.

Additionally, our bylaws include transfer restrictions on our securities issued to Legacy Volta stockholders in connection with the Business Combination for a period of six months after the Closing.

In July 2020, 7,187,500 Founder Shares were issued to Tortoise Sponsor II LLC (“Sponsor”) in exchange for the payment of $25,000 of expenses on Tortoise Corp II’s behalf. In September 2020, Tortoise Corp II effected a share capitalization with respect to its Class B Ordinary Shares of 1,437,500 shares thereof, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 8,625,000 Founder Shares. In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor transferred 35,000 Founder Shares to each of Juan J. Daboub, Karin M. Leidel and Sidney L. Tassin (collectively, the “Independent Directors”). The Founder Shares were identical to the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering except that the Founder Shares are Class B Ordinary Shares which automatically converted into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the Business Combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below.

The holders of the Founder Shares agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (a) one year after the completion of the Business Combination and (b) subsequent to the Business Combination, (i) if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the consummation of the Business Combination, or (ii) the date on which Tortoise Corp II completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of Tortoise Corp II’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, Tortoise Corp II completed the Private Placement of the Private Warrants to an affiliate of the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $8.9 million. Each Private Warrant is exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash and exercisable on a cashless basis.

The affiliate of the Sponsor and Tortoise Corp II’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination.

On July 29, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan Tortoise Corp II funds to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of 180 days and the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Tortoise Corp II borrowed approximately $181,000 under the Note and repaid the Note in full on September 21, 2020.

Pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement between Tortoise Corp II and Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (“Tortoise Capital Advisors”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, dated September 10, 2020 (the “Administrative Services Agreement”), Tortoise Corp II agreed to pay Tortoise Capital Advisors a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and administrative support. Tortoise Corp II incurred $30,000 and $60,000 for expenses in connection with the Administrative Services Agreement for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. No amounts were due as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The agreement terminated upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

Tortoise Corp II entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Tortoise Corp II may elect, in its sole and absolute discretion, to offer CIBC National Trust Company (“CIBC National Trust”) the opportunity to purchase forward purchase units, consisting of one Class A ordinary share of

Tortoise Corp II (the “Forward Purchase Shares”) and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant (the “Forward Purchase Warrants”), where each whole redeemable warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share of Tortoise Corp II at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (the “Forward Purchase Units”), and, if CIBC National Trust accepts such offer, it commits to purchase at least a minimum aggregate amount equal to either (a) 10% of the gross proceeds from a private placement that may close simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Business Combination or (b) 10% of the gross proceeds from the Initial Public Offering (the “Minimum Aggregate Amount”), and up to $100,000,000 of Forward Purchase Units at a price per unit equal to the public offering price (the “Maximum Aggregate Amount”). The Forward Purchase Shares are identical to the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Forward Purchase Warrants will have the same terms as the Public Warrants, except the Forward Purchase Shares and the Forward Purchase Warrants will be subject to transfer restrictions and certain registration rights. The funds from the sale of the Forward Purchase Units may be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the Initial Business Combination, and any excess funds may be used for the working capital needs of the post-transaction company. The Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to conditions, including CIBC National Trust specifying the amount of Forward Purchase Units between the Minimum Aggregate Amount and Maximum Aggregate Amount (the “Specified Amount”) it wishes to purchase after Tortoise Corp II notifies CIBC National Trust of its intention to offer CIBC National Trust the opportunity to purchase Forward Purchase Units. Tortoise Corp II may specify, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time prior to or after CIBC National Trust has indicated its Specified Amount, an amount below the Specified Amount that Tortoise Corp II is willing to sell to CIBC National Trust. CIBC National Trust may choose to accept Tortoise Corp II’s offer to purchase the Forward Purchase Units entirely within CIBC National Trust’s sole discretion. Accordingly, if CIBC National Trust does not accept Tortoise Corp II’s offer to purchase the Forward Purchase Units, it will not be obligated to purchase the Forward Purchase Units. On February 8, 2021, and in connection with CIBC National Trusts entering into of a subscription agreement to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in the PIPE Financing, Tortoise Corp II delivered a notice to CIBC National Trust stating that Tortoise Corp II will not elect to offer CIBC National Trust the opportunity to purchase Forward Purchase Units pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement.

The Founder Shares, Private Warrants and any Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion or exercise thereof are each subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to a letter agreement entered into by the Sponsor and Tortoise Corp II’s officers and directors. This letter agreement provides that the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier of (x) one year after the Closing or earlier if, subsequent to the Closing, the last sale price of Volta’s Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after the Closing that results in all of Volta’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.

The letter agreement provides that the Private Warrants may not be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days following the Closing.

Pre- Business Combination Related Party Transactions of Legacy Volta

Between December 2020 and February 2021, Legacy Volta sold an aggregate of 13,266,042 shares of Legacy Volta Series D Preferred Stock at a per-share issuance price of $7.3809 to accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $97.9 million. In December 2020, Legacy Volta also issued an aggregate of 8,283,574 shares of Legacy Volta Series D-1 Preferred Stock at a per-share issuance price of $3.7731 through the conversion of certain promissory notes for an aggregate value of approximately $31.2 million. Each outstanding share of Legacy Volta Series D Preferred Stock and Legacy Series D-1 Preferred Stock converted into shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time as part of the Conversion in connection with the Business Combination.

The following table summarizes issuances of shares of Legacy Volta Series D Preferred Stock and Legacy Volta Series D-1 Preferred Stock to Legacy Volta’s directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of Legacy Volta’s capital stock or their respective affiliated entities.

On December 30, 2020, Scott Mercer, a director, executive officer and holder of more than 5% of Legacy Volta’s capital stock, sold an aggregate of 427,844 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock to EV Volta SPV LLC, an entity affiliated with John Tough, one of Legacy Volta’s directors, at a purchase price of $7.01 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $3.0 million. In addition, Christopher Wendel, a director, executive officer and holder of more than 5% of Legacy Volta’s capital stock, sold an aggregate of 142,615 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock to EV Volta SPV LLC at a purchase price of $7.01 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.0 million.

On December 31, 2020, Scott Mercer also sold an aggregate of 285,229 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock to 19Y Ventures VI, LLC, an entity affiliated with Martin Lauber, one of Legacy Volta’s directors, at a purchase price of $7.01 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million.

In October 2015, Legacy Volta made loans to each of Scott Mercer and Christopher Wendel in the amounts of $150,000 and $105,000, respectively, to enable the purchase of 500,000 shares and 350,000 shares, respectively, of Legacy Class A Common Stock pursuant to restricted stock purchase agreements with such directors and executive officers. The loans were interest-bearing at a rate of 2.3% per annum and were secured by a pledge of such shares of Legacy Class A Common Stock. The amounts outstanding under each of the loans were repaid in full at or prior to the Closing.

In December 2016, Legacy Volta made loans of $342,000 to each of Scott Mercer and Christopher Wendel to enable the purchase of 900,000 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock each pursuant to the Legacy Volta Option Plan. The loans were interest-bearing at a rate of 2.26% per annum and were secured by a pledge of such shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock. The amounts outstanding under each of the loans were repaid in full at or prior to the Closing.

In December 2020, Legacy Volta made loans to certain of its directors and executive officers in the amounts set forth in the table below to enable such directors and executive officers to exercise certain outstanding Legacy options to purchase shares of Legacy Class A Common Stock and Legacy Class B Common Stock, as applicable. The loans were interest-bearing at a rate of 3.25% per annum and were secured by a pledge of shares of Legacy Class A Common Stock and Legacy Class B Common Stock in the amounts detailed below. All of such loans were repaid in full at or prior to the Closing.

In February 2021, Legacy Volta made additional loans to certain of its directors and executive officers in the amounts set forth in the table below to facilitate the satisfaction of the recipients’ tax withholding obligations associated with the grant of vested shares of Legacy Volta restricted stock to such recipients. The loans were interest-bearing at a rate of 3.25% per annum and were secured by a pledge of shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock in the amounts detailed below. All of such loans were repaid in full at or prior to the Closing.

Praveen Mandal, who has served as Legacy Volta’s Chief Technology Officer since October 2019, also served as the Chief Executive Officer of 2Predict until April 2021.

In February 2021, Legacy Volta entered into a Master Service Agreement with 2Predict, pursuant to which 2Predict agreed to develop data models for Legacy Volta for a term of at least one year. As of December 31, 2020, Legacy Volta has made payments of $773,632 to 2Predict under such agreements.

In April 2021, Legacy Volta entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with 2Predict, pursuant to which Legacy Volta acquired certain assets of 2Predict for purchase consideration of $200,000 and 150,134 Class B common shares of Volta Industries, Inc. Mr. Mandal also signed a revised employment agreement as a full-time employee of Legacy Volta.

In connection with the Legacy Volta Series D Financing, Legacy Volta issued warrants to purchase 381,679 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.31 per share in March 2020 to Energize Ventures, as consideration for certain consulting services provided by Energize Ventures (or its predecessor entity) to Legacy Volta. John Tough, who serves as a member of Legacy Volta’s board of directors, is a Managing Partner of Energize Ventures.

In December 2020, in connection with the Legacy Volta Series D Financing, Legacy Volta issued Activate Capital Partners LP, a holder of more than 5% of Legacy Volta’s capital stock, warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of Legacy Class B Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, as consideration for certain consulting services provided by Activate Capital Partners LP to Legacy Volta.

In December 2020, Legacy Volta entered into an amended and restated investors’ rights agreement (the “Investors’ Rights Agreement”) with certain holders of Legacy Volta’s capital stock including certain directors, officers and holders of 5% or more of Legacy Volta’s capital stock. In particular, each of Scott Mercer, Christopher Wendel, Bonita Stewart,

Debra Crow, John Tough and Eli Aheto and each of Virgo Hermes, LLC, Activate Capital Partners LP, 19Y Ventures VI, LLC and 19Y Ventures VI-2, LLC are parties to the Investors’ Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the parties thereto have agreed to certain transfer restrictions relating to their equity interests in Legacy Volta and eligible holders of Legacy Volta’s capital stock received certain registration rights, information rights and pre-emptive rights relating to certain future equity issuances by Legacy Volta, each in accordance with the terms thereof. The Investors’ Rights Agreement terminated in accordance with its terms at the Closing.

In December 2020, Legacy Volta entered into an amended and restated voting agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with certain holders of Legacy Volta’s capital stock including certain directors, officers and holders of 5% or more of Legacy Volta’s capital stock. In particular, each of Scott Mercer, Christopher Wendel, Bonita Stewart, Debra Crow, John Tough and Eli Aheto and each of Virgo Hermes, LLC, Activate Capital Partners LP, 19Y Ventures VI, LLC and 19Y Ventures VI-2, LLC are parties to the Voting Agreement. Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, the parties thereto have agreed to vote their interests in Legacy Volta in favor of the composition of the Legacy Volta board of directors as set forth in the Voting Agreement and agreed to be subject to customary drag-along rights in connection with certain prospective sale transactions, each in accordance with the terms thereof. The Voting Agreement terminated in accordance with its terms at the Closing.

In December 2020, Legacy Volta entered into an amended and restated right of first refusal and co-sale agreement (the “ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement”) with certain holders of Legacy Volta’s capital stock including certain directors, officers and holders of 5% or more of Legacy Volta’s capital stock. In particular, each of Scott Mercer, Christopher Wendel, Bonita Stewart, Debra Crow, John Tough and Eli Aheto and each of Virgo Hermes, LLC, Activate Capital Partners LP, 19Y Ventures VI, LLC and 19Y Ventures VI-2, LLC are parties to the ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement. Pursuant to the ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement, certain parties thereto have agreed to grant Legacy Volta a right of first refusal on certain transfers of Legacy Volta’s equity securities, with other investors party thereto entitled to a secondary right of first refusal and a right of co-sale on transfers by other applicable holders, subject to certain exceptions, each in accordance with the terms thereof. The ROFR and Co-Sale Agreement terminated in accordance with its terms at the Closing.

Our Certificate of Incorporation contains (and will continue to contain if Proposal Three is approved) provisions limiting the liability of directors, and our bylaws provide that Volta will indemnify each of its directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide our board of directors with discretion to indemnify officers and employees when determined appropriate by our board of directors.

Volta has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, officers and certain other key employees. The indemnification agreements provide that Volta will indemnify each of its directors, executive officers and other key employees against any and all expenses incurred by such director, executive officer or other key employee because of his or her status as one of Volta’s directors, executive officers or other key employees, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. In addition, the indemnification agreements provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, Volta will advance all expenses incurred by its directors, executive officers, and other key employees in connection with a legal proceeding involving his or her status as a director, executive officer or key employee.

Volta has adopted a written related party transaction policy. The policy provides that officers, directors, holders of more than 5% of any class of Volta’s voting securities and any member of the immediate family of and any entity affiliated with any of the foregoing persons will not be permitted to enter into a related-party transaction with Volta without the prior consent of the audit committee, or other independent members of our Board in the event it is inappropriate for the audit committee to review such transaction due to a conflict of interest. Any request for Volta to enter into a transaction with an executive officer, director, principal stockholder or any of their immediate family members or affiliates, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, must first be presented to the audit committee for review, consideration and approval. In approving or rejecting the proposed transactions, the audit committee will take into account all of the relevant facts and circumstances available.

We will mail, without charge, upon written request, a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including the financial statements and list of exhibits, and any exhibit specifically requested. Requests should be sent to:

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 is also available at investors.voltacharging.com under “SEC Filings” in the “Financials” section of our website.

Our Annual Report, including the financial statements and financial statement schedules, has been filed with the SEC and provides additional information about us, which is incorporated by reference herein. Our proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and, in compliance with securities rules, our Annual Report were mailed on June 13, 2022. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, we are advising our stockholders of the availability on the internet of our proxy materials related to the Annual Meeting. Because we have elected to utilize the “full set delivery” option, we are delivering to all stockholders paper copies of all of the proxy materials, as well as providing access to those proxy materials on a publicly accessible website. The proxy materials are available to our stockholders at www.proxyvote.com.