Orion Group Holdings Inc S-3/A, filed May 23, 2024
Orion Group Holdings Inc (ORN)
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2024
Registration No. 333-279527
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
To
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ORION GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 26-0097459 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
12000 Aerospace Avenue, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77034
(713) 852-6500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
E. Chipman Earle
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer,
Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
12000 Aerospace Avenue, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77034
(713) 852-6500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copy to:
Curtis R. Hearn Clinton H. Smith Jones Walker LLP 201 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 (504) 582-8000 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement, as determined by market conditions and other factors.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ◻
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ◻
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ◻
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ◻
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ◻
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
◻ Large accelerated filer | þ Accelerated filer |
◻ Non-accelerated filer | þ Smaller reporting company |
| ◻ Emerging growth company |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ◻
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-279527) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing solely to file an updated opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibit. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the various costs and expenses to be paid by us in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee.
SEC registration fee | $ | 22,140 | ||
Printing expenses | $ | * | ||
Transfer agent and registrar fees | $ | * | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | $ | * | ||
Legal fees and expenses | $ | * | ||
Miscellaneous | $ | * | ||
Total | $ | * |
* These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and, accordingly, cannot be estimated at this time.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
We are a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity under certain circumstances to directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent, against expenses and liabilities incurred in such actions, suits or proceedings so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the company, and with respect to any criminal action if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. With respect to suits by or in the right of such corporation, however, indemnification is generally limited to attorneys’ fees and other expenses actually and reasonably incurred and is not available if such person is adjudged to be liable to such corporation unless the court determines that indemnification is appropriate.
As permitted by the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of our directors to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
| ● | for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |
| ● | for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| ● | under section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases; or |
| ● | for any transaction for which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
As permitted by the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation provides that:
| ● | we are required to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, subject to very limited exceptions; |
| ● | we may indemnify our other employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, subject to very limited exceptions; |
| ● | we are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions; |
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| ● | we may advance expenses, as incurred, to our employees and agents in connection with a legal proceeding; and |
| ● | the rights conferred in our certificate of incorporation are not exclusive. |
The indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
Under Delaware law, corporations also have the power to purchase and maintain insurance for directors, officers, employees and agents. Orion Group Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries are covered by liability insurance policies which indemnify our directors and officers against loss arising from claims by reason of their legal liability for acts as such directors, officers or trustees, subject to limitations and conditions as set forth in the policies.
The foregoing discussion of our certificate of incorporation and Delaware law is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such certificate of incorporation or law.
Item 16. Exhibits
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i)Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii)Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii)The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those
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set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post- effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(f) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (“Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
1.1** | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |
| Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2016 (File No. 001-33891)). | |
| Amended and Restated Bylaws of Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2016 (File No. 001-33891)). | |
| Description of Registered Securities of Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on February 28, 2020 (File No. 001-338911). | |
4.2** | Form of Warrant Agreement. | |
4.3** | Form of Subscription Rights Certificate. | |
4.4** | Form of Subscription Rights Agreement. | |
5.1* | Opinion of Jones Walker LLP. | |
23.1*** | Consent of KPMG LLP. | |
23.2* | Consent of Jones Walker (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
24.1*** | Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages to initial filing of this registration statement). | |
107*** | | Filing fee table. |
*Filed herewith.
**To be filed by amendment or in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
*** Previously filed.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on May 23, 2024.
ORION GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Travis J. Boone | ||
Travis J. Boone President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
President, Chief | ||||
/s/ Travis J. Boone | Executive Officer and Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Travis J. Boone | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Scott Thanisch | Chief Financial Officer | May 23, 2024 | ||
Scott Thanisch | (Principal Financial | |||
and Accounting Officer) | ||||
* | Chairman of the Board | May 23, 2024 | ||
Austin J. Shanfelter | ||||
* | Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Thomas N. Amonett | ||||
* | Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Michael J. Caliel | ||||
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* | Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Margaret M. Foran | ||||
* | Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Quentin P. Smith, Jr. |
* | Director | May 23, 2024 | ||
Mary E. Sullivan | ||||
*By: | /s/ Travis J. Boone | |
Name: Travis J. Boone Title: Attorney-in-fact | ||
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Exhibit 5.1
May 23, 2024
12000 Aerospace, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77034
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Orion Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with respect to the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof in connection with the offer and sale by the Company from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, of up to $150,000,000 of: (i) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”); (ii) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, in one or more series (the “Preferred Stock”); (iii) warrants for the purchase of Common Stock or Preferred Stock or any combination of the foregoing (the “Warrants”); and (iv) rights to purchase one or more of the foregoing securities referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) (the “Rights” and, together with the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, and Warrants, the “Securities”). We have also participated in the preparation of a Prospectus (the “Prospectus”) relating to the Securities, which is contained in the Registration Statement to which this opinion is an exhibit. The Securities will be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined in light of market conditions at the time of sale and to be set forth in and covered by supplements (each a “Prospectus Supplement”) to the Prospectus.
In connection with the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have examined, among other things: (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, (iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (iv) originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of the records and minute books of the Company, as furnished to us by the Company, (v) originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of certificates of public officials and of representatives of the Company, and (vi) such other documents and questions of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. As to matters of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, and as to factual matters arising in connection with our examination of corporate documents, records and other documents and writings, we relied upon certificates and other communications of corporate officers of the Company, without further investigation as to the facts set forth therein.
In connection with the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have assumed that: (i) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will have become effective and will have complied with all applicable laws, and no stop order suspending its effectiveness will have been issued and remains in effect; (ii) any necessary prospectus supplements will have been prepared and filed with the Commission; (iii) all Securities will be issued and sold, as applicable, in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement to the Prospectus; (iv) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any Securities will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (v) the issuance of the Securities will not violate the organizational documents of the Company then in effect or any law, regulation, government or court-imposed order, restriction, agreement or instrument then binding on the Company; (vii) upon the issuance by the Company of any Securities that are shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the total number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, respectively, will not exceed the total number of shares thereof that the Company is then authorized to issue under its organizational documents; (viii) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any Preferred Stock, Warrants or Rights being offered will have been duly authorized, created and if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or exercise; (ix) the certificates for the Common Stock and Preferred Stock, when issued, will conform to the
specimens thereof examined by us; and (x) each document submitted to us for review is accurate and complete and the information therein is true and correct, each such document that is an original is authentic, each such document that is a copy conforms to an authentic original and all signatures on each such document are genuine.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1.With respect to shares of Common Stock, when both: (a) the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of and the terms of the offering of the shares of Common Stock and related matters; and (b) certificates representing the shares of Common Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered, and delivered (or non-certificated shares of Common Stock have been properly issued) either (i) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor (not less than the par value of the Common Stock) provided for therein or (ii) upon conversion or exercise of any other Security, in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board (not less than the par value of the Common Stock), then the shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
2.With respect to shares of any series of Preferred Stock, when: (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and terms of the shares of the series, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, including the adoption of a resolution establishing and designating the series and fixing and determining the preferences, limitations and relative rights thereof and the filing of a statement with respect to the series (the “Certificate of Designation”) of any new class of Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and (b) certificates representing the shares of the series of Preferred Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered (or non-certificated shares of Preferred Stock have been properly issued) either (i) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board, then upon payment of the consideration therefor (not less than the par value of the Preferred Stock) provided for therein or (ii) upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of the Security or the instrument governing the Security providing for the conversion, exchange or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board (not less than the par value of the Preferred Stock), the shares of the series of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
3.With respect to the Warrants, when: (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and terms of the Warrants, the terms of the offering thereof, and related matters; (b) the agreements relating to the Warrants have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the warrant agent appointed by the Company; and (c) the Warrants or certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered, and delivered in accordance with the appropriate agreements relating to the Warrants and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, the Warrants will be legally issued and such Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
4.With respect to the Rights, when: (a) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and terms of the Rights, the terms of the offering thereof, and related matters; (b) the agreements relating to the Rights have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the rights agent appointed by the Company; and (c) the Rights or certificates representing the Rights have been duly executed, countersigned, registered, and delivered in accordance with the appropriate agreements relating to the Rights and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, the Rights will be legally issued and such Rights will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than any published constitutions, treaties, laws, rules or regulations or judicial or administrative decisions (“Laws”) of the federal Laws of the United States, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Opinions 3 and 4 above are subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jones Walker LLP