Blink Charging Co

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost- benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Management has designed disclosure controls and procedures that reasonably enable the management to deliberate and take timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by the SEC Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b), we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2023, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below.

However, after giving full consideration to the material weaknesses described below, and the additional analyses and other procedures the Company performed to ensure that its consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Blink’s management has concluded that its consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods disclosed in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control system was designed to, in general, provide reasonable assurance to our company’s management and board regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, but because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As permitted by SEC guidance for newly acquired businesses, because it was not possible to complete an effective assessment of the acquired company’s controls by year-end, management has excluded Envoy Technologies Inc., from its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting and changes therein from the date of such acquisition through December 31, 2023. Envoy’s total assets and total revenues represent approximately 1% and 2% respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts of Blink Charging Co. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023. The framework used by management in making that assessment was the criteria set forth in the document entitled “2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, during the period covered by this report, such internal controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2023, because of the material weaknesses reported below.

Remediation efforts have begun; the material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. The Company expects that the remediation of these material weaknesses will be completed during 2024.

Remediation in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting During 2023

In 2022, the Company identified certain design deficiency which resulted in a failure to detect a miscalculation of a certain non-cash share-based compensation transaction on a timely basis. As a result of the internal controls initiatives referenced above, the 2022 reported material weakness has been remediated in 2023 and is operating effectively.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During 2023, management continued to implement improvements to the Company’s internal control system including expanding our internal control assessments to the Company’s 2022 acquisitions Throughout the year, from executive management down, a strong commitment was made to the importance of internal control and to create and maintain an infrastructure to support the Company’s compliance program. The Audit Committee was actively engaged and exercised continuous oversight throughout the process. Further, management and the Audit Committee fostered open and regular dialogue with the Company’s external auditors. Internal control, particularly those relating to subjective judgements, were strengthened and, when possible automated and centralized.

Except as described above, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over the financial reporting during the fourth quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of

Blink Charging Co.

Adverse Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Blink Charging Co. and subsidiaries’ (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established inInternal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weaknesses described in the following paragraph on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established inInternal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weaknesses have been identified and included in “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”:

These deficiencies, combined with inadequate review controls, created a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement, either individually or in the aggregate, of the consolidated financial statements might not be prevented or detected on a timely basis and represent material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the fiscal 2023 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated March 18, 2024 on those financial statements.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023 and our report thereon dated March 18, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Explanatory Paragraph – Excluded Subsidiary

As described in “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”, management has excluded its wholly owned subsidiary, Envoy Technologies, Inc., from its assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023 because the entity was acquired by the Company as the result of a business combination during 2023. We have also excluded Envoy Technologies, Inc. from our audit of internal control over financial reporting. The subsidiary’s combined total assets and total revenues represent approximately 1% and 2%, respectively, of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting”. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of the inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

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New York, NY

March 18, 2024