Exhibit 5.2

	Allen & Overy
	société en commandite simple, inscrite au barreau de Luxembourg
	33 avenue J.F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg
Pentair Finance S.à r.l.	Boîte postale 5017 L-1050 Luxembourg
26, boulevard Royal
L-2449 Luxembourg	Tel	+352 4444 55 1
(the Addressee)	Fax	+352 4444 55 557
	frank.mausen@allenovery.com
Our ref 0107383-0000001 LU:14712572.2
Luxembourg, 30 May 2019

Pentair Finance S à r.l. — Registration statement on form S-3

Dear Sirs,

1.We have acted as legal advisers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) to Pentair Finance S.à r.l, a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies register (Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg) (the Register) under number B 166305 (the Company).

This legal opinion is issued in connection with the Company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement), which includes a prospectus dated 30 May 2019 (the Prospectus), with respect to the registration by the Company of the offering and sale of an indeterminate amount of senior debt securities (the Notes) (denominated in USD or a foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency) to be issued under the Indenture (as defined below) and being guaranteed, from time to time, by Pentair plc, an Irish public limited liability company, and Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH, a Switzerland limited liability company.

2.We have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, copies of the documents listed below:

2.1a scanned copy of the restated articles of association (statuts coordonnés) of the Company (the Articles) as at 5 November 2018;

2.2an electronic copy of a negative certificate (certificat négatif) issued by the Register in respect of the Company dated 29 May 2019  stating that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate, there were no records at the Register of any court order regarding, amongst others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against the Company, (ii) reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), (iii) controlled management (gestion contrôlée) or (iv) composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) (the Certificate);

2.3a scanned copy of the resolutions taken by the board of managers of the Company on 8 May 2019 (the Resolutions);

Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, is an affiliated office of Allen & Overy LLP. Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest (associated office), Budapest, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta (associated office), Johannesburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Riyadh (cooperation office), Rome, São Paulo, Séoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Yangon.

2.4a scanned copy received by email on 30 May 2019 of the executed Registration Statement, including the Prospectus, dated 30 May 2019; and

2.5an e-mailed scanned copy of a New York law governed indenture, dated 16 September 2015 and made between the Company as issuer, Pentair plc as parent and guarantor, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH as guarantor and US Bank, National Association as trustee (the Indenture).

The documents listed in paragraphs 2.4 and 2.5 above are herein referred to as the Opinion Documents. The term “Opinion Documents” includes, for the purposes of paragraphs 3. and 5. below, any document in connection therewith. Any reference to the Notes in this legal opinion is a reference to the Notes the issue of which will be duly, validly and lawfully resolved upon by the Company in accordance with the Resolutions and the Articles in force at the time of resolving upon the issue of the Notes and in respect of which the relevant issue documentation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the relevant supplemental indenture to the Indenture) has been duly executed and (if applicable) filed with the relevant competent authorities in the relevant jurisdictions.

Unless otherwise provided herein, terms and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Opinion Documents.

3.ASSUMPTIONS

In giving this legal opinion, we have assumed with your consent, and we have not verified independently:

3.1the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the completeness and conformity to the originals of all the documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, faxed, scanned or e-mailed copies or specimens and the authenticity of the originals of such documents and that the individuals purported to have signed, have in fact signed (and had the general legal capacity to sign) these documents;

3.2the due authorisation, execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents (as the case may be) by all the parties thereto (including the Company) as well as the capacity, power, authority and legal right of all the parties thereto (including the Company) to enter into, execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations thereunder, and the compliance with all internal authorisation procedures by each party (including the Company) for the execution by it of the Opinion Documents to which it is expressed to be a party;

3.3that all factual matters and statements relied upon or assumed herein were, are and will be (as the case may be) true, complete and accurate on the date of execution of the Opinion Documents;

3.4that all authorisations, approvals and consents under any applicable law (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined upon herein) which may be required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the issue of the Notes have been or will be obtained;

3.5the due compliance with all matters (including without limitation, the obtaining of necessary consents and approvals and the making of necessary filings and registrations) required in connection with the Indenture and the Notes to render them enforceable in all relevant jurisdictions (other than Luxembourg to the extent opined upon herein);

3.6that the place of the central administration (siège de l’administration centrale), the principal place of business (principal établissement) and the centre of main interests (within the meaning given to such term in Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast), as amended (the EU Insolvency Regulation)) of the Company are located at the place of its registered office (siège statutaire) in Luxembourg and that the

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Company has no establishment (as such term is defined in the EU Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;

3.7that the Opinion Documents have been or are entered into and performed by the parties thereto in good faith and that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg which would adversely affect, or otherwise have any negative impact on, the opinions expressed in this legal opinion;

3.8that all the parties to the Indenture (excluding the Company) are companies duly organised, incorporated and existing in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of their respective incorporation and/or their registered office and/or the place of effective management, having a corporate existence; that in respect of all the parties to the Indenture, no steps have been taken pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or equivalent or analogous proceedings to appoint an administrator, bankruptcy receiver, insolvency officer or liquidator over the respective parties or their assets and that no voluntary or judicial winding-up or liquidation of such parties has been resolved or become effective at the date hereof;

3.9that the relevant supplemental indenture in respect of each series of Notes to be issued by the Company will be in fact signed in accordance with the Articles or the Resolutions;

3.10that the Notes which are issued in registered form (obligations nominatives) will be signed on behalf of the Company in accordance with the Articles or in conformity with the Resolutions and that the Notes issued in bearer form (obligations au porteur) will be signed on behalf of the Company by two members of the board of managers of the Company, who are both in office at the time of the issue of such Notes in bearer form;

3.11that the Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that the meeting of the board of managers of the Company (as referred to in paragraph 2.3 above) has been duly convened and validly held and included a proper discussion and deliberation in respect of all the items of the agenda of the meeting;

3.12that the Resolutions will remain in full for and effect and will not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void as long as Notes are been issued by the Company;

3.13that the aggregate amount of Notes to be issued by the Company under the Indenture will not exceed the aggregate amount authorised in the Resolutions and, in case that such aggregate amount would be exceeded, new resolutions of the board of managers of the Company will be taken to authorise such issue of Notes in excess of the aggregate amount authorised in the Resolutions;

3.14that the Indenture and the Notes are legally valid, binding and enforceable under their governing laws (other than Luxembourg law but only to the extent opined herein), that the choices of such governing laws and of the jurisdiction clauses are valid (as a matter of such governing law and all other applicable laws (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined upon herein) as the choice of the governing law and the submission to the jurisdiction of the chosen courts for the Indenture and the Notes;

3.15that the obligations assumed by all the parties under the Indenture and the Notes constitute legally valid, binding and enforceable obligations in accordance with their terms under their governing laws (other than the laws of Luxembourg);

3.16that the Articles have not been modified since the date referred to in paragraph 2.1 above;

3.17that the entry into and performance of the Indenture and the issue of the Notes are for the corporate benefit (intérêt social) of the Company;

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3.18that the Notes have not been and will not be admitted to trading on the Luxembourg stock exchange’s regulated market or Euro MTF market or listed on the official list of the Luxembourg stock exchange,

3.19that the Notes have not been and will not be subject to an offer of securities to the public in Luxembourg and that no measures or actions have been or will be taken that would constitute, or would be deemed to constitute, an offer of securities to the public in Luxembourg in the sense of the Luxembourg act dated 10 July 2005 on prospectuses for securities, as amended (the Prospectus Act 2005), which has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003, as amended into Luxembourg law or Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (the 2017 Regulation), unless the applicable requirements of the Prospectus Act 2005 or the 2017 Regulation as applicable, have first been complied with and that the Notes have not and will not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor (as defined in regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the PRIIPs Regulation)) in the European Economic Area;

3.20that the Company does not carry out an activity in the financial sector on a professional basis (as referred to in the Luxembourg act dated 5 April 1993 relating to the financial sector, as amended;

3.21the absence of any other arrangement by or between any of the parties to the Opinion Documents or between the parties to the Opinion Documents and any third parties which modifies or supersedes any of the terms of the Opinion Documents or otherwise affects the opinions expressed herein;

3.22there is neither a vitiated consent (vice de consentement) by reason of mistake (erreur), fraud (dol), duress (violence) or inadequacy (lésion), nor an illicit cause (cause illicite) in relation to any Opinion Document;

3.23that all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Opinion Documents have been or will be satisfied;

3.24that the relevant supplemental indenture in relation to each issue by the Company of Notes under the Indenture will not contain any provision that will violate any law or regulation of Luxembourg or that will not be valid, binding and enforceable under Luxembourg law or that will be in breach of the Articles or the Resolutions and that such supplemental indenture will (if applicable) be duly signed by the person(s) empowered by the Company to sign the same in accordance with the Articles or the Resolutions; and

3.25that the Company does not carry out an activity requesting the granting of a business licence under the Luxembourg act dated 2 September 2011 relating to the establishment of certain businesses and business licences.

4.OPINION

Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions made above and the qualifications set out below and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that, under the laws of Luxembourg in effect, as construed and applied by the Luxembourg courts in published Luxembourg court decisions, on the date hereof:

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4.1Status

The Company is a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) formed for an unlimited duration and legally existing under the laws of Luxembourg.

4.2Enforceability

The obligations expressed to be assumed by the Company under the Notes, once executed in accordance with the Articles and the Resolutions and duly authenticated and paid pursuant to the Indenture, would be enforceable against the Company in the Luxembourg courts in accordance with the express terms of the Notes.

4.3Application of governing law

The choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Indenture and the Notes would be upheld as a valid choice of law by the courts of Luxembourg and applied by those courts in proceedings in relation to the Indenture and the Notes as the governing law thereof.

4.4Submission to jurisdiction

The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts of the City of New York, State of New York by the Company contained in the Indenture and the Notes constitutes an effective submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of such courts.

4.5Enforcement of judgments

(a)A final and conclusive judgment in respect of the Indenture and the Notes obtained against the Company in the courts of the City of New York, State of New York court would be recognised and enforced by the Luxembourg courts subject to the applicable enforcement procedure (as set out in the relevant provisions of the Luxembourg New Civil Procedure Code).

Pursuant to Luxembourg case law, the enforcement of such judgment is subject to the following requirements:

·the foreign judgment must be enforceable in the country of origin,

·the court of origin must have had jurisdiction both according to its own laws and to the Luxembourg conflict of jurisdictions rules,

·the foreign proceedings must have been regular in light of the laws of the country of origin,

·the rights of defence must not have been violated,

·the foreign court must have applied the law which is designated by the Luxembourg conflict of laws rules, or, at least, the judgment must not contravene the principles underlying these rules,

·the considerations of the foreign judgment as well as the judgment as such must not contravene Luxembourg international public policy,

·the foreign judgment must not have been rendered as a result of or in connection with an evasion of Luxembourg law (“fraude à la loi”).

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(b)Any judgment awarded in the courts of Luxembourg may be expressed in a currency other than the euro. However, any obligation to pay a sum of money would be enforceable in Luxembourg in terms of the euro only.

5.QUALIFICATIONS

The above opinions are subject to the following qualifications:

5.1The opinion expressed herein is subject to, and may be affected or limited by, the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy (faillite), insolvency, liquidation, reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), controlled management (gestion contrôlée), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite), reorganisation proceedings or similar Luxembourg or foreign law proceedings or regimes affecting the rights of creditors generally.

5.2A Luxembourg court might decline jurisdiction where it determines that there is no effective jurisdiction agreement between the parties.

5.3Notwithstanding a foreign jurisdiction clause, the Luxembourg courts would, in principle, have jurisdiction to order provisional measures in connection with assets or persons located in Luxembourg and such measures would most likely be governed by Luxembourg law.

5.4Any certificate or determination which would by contract be deemed to be conclusive may not be upheld by the Luxembourg courts.

5.5Certain obligations may not be the subject of specific performance pursuant to court orders, but may result in damages only. Accordingly, Luxembourg courts may issue an award of damages where specific performance is deemed impracticable or an award of damages is determined adequate.

5.6International public policy means the fundamental concepts of Luxembourg law that the Luxembourg courts may deem to be of such significance so as to exclude the application of an (otherwise applicable) foreign law (deemed to be contrary in its results to such concepts). International public policy is a matter which is constantly evolving on the basis of the position of Luxembourg courts with respect to cases they hear. Accordingly, there are uncertainties as to what is considered as international public policy under Luxembourg law.

5.7Interest may not accrue on interest that is due on principal, unless such interest has been due for at least one year (article 1154 of the Luxembourg Civil Code). The right to compound interest is limited to cases where (i) the interest has been due for at least one year and (ii) the parties have specifically provided in an agreement (to be made after that interest has become due for at least one year) that such interest may be compounded (or absent such agreement, the creditor may file an appropriate request with the relevant court). The provisions of article 1154 of the Luxembourg Civil Code are generally considered to be a point of public policy under Luxembourg law. It is possible, although it is highly unlikely, that a Luxembourg court would hold these provisions to be a point of international public policy that would set aside the relevant foreign governing law.

5.8The registration of the Indenture and/or the Notes with the Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA in Luxembourg will be required where the Indenture and/or the Notes are physically attached (annexé(s)) to a public deed or to any other document subject to mandatory registration, in which case either a nominal registration duty or an ad valorem duty (of, for instance, 0.24 (zero point twenty four) per cent. of the amount of the payment obligation mentioned in the document so registered) will be payable depending on the nature of the document to be registered.  These registration duties will equally be payable in the case of voluntary registration of the Indenture and/or the Notes.

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5.9In the case of legal proceedings being brought before a Luxembourg court or production of the Indenture and/or the Notes before an official Luxembourg authority, such Luxembourg court or official authority may require that the Indenture and/or the Notes and/or any judgment obtained in a foreign court must be translated into French or German.

5.10Claims may become barred under statutory limitation period rules and may be subject to defences of set-off or counter-claims. We express no opinion as to whether rights of set-off, including rights on close-out netting, are effective in a Luxembourg insolvency situation.

5.11No opinion is expressed as to the validity and enforceability of provisions whereby interest on overdue amounts or other payment obligations shall continue to accrue or subsist after judgment.

5.12Where any obligations are to be performed or observed or are based upon a matter arising in a jurisdiction outside Luxembourg, they may not be enforceable under Luxembourg law if and to the extent that such performance or observance would be unlawful, unenforceable, or contrary to public policy under the laws of such jurisdiction.

5.13With respect to the opinions expressed in paragraph 4.2 above, the Luxembourg courts might not apply a chosen foreign law if that choice was not made bona fide and/or:

(a)if it were not pleaded and proved; or

(b)if such foreign law would be contrary to the mandatory provisions (lois impératives) or overriding mandatory provisions (lois de police) of Luxembourg law or manifestly incompatible with Luxembourg public policy; or

(c)to the extent that relevant contractual obligations or matters fall outside of the scope of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I); or

(d)if all other elements relevant to the situation are located in a country other than the jurisdiction of the chosen governing law, in which case the Luxembourg courts may apply the applicable mandatory provisions of such country; or

(e)where the chosen governing law is not the law of an EU Member State, if all other elements relevant to the situation are located in one or several EU Member States, in which case the Luxembourg courts may apply applicable mandatory EU law provisions (as implemented in Luxembourg); or

(f)where contractual obligations are to be or have been performed in another country where such performance is prohibited by overriding mandatory provisions; or

(g)if a party is subject to insolvency proceedings, in which case the Luxembourg courts would apply the law of the jurisdiction where such insolvency proceedings have been duly opened (lex concursus) to the effects of such insolvency proceedings without prejudice to the exceptions provided for in the EU Insolvency Regulation.

5.14Clauses that grant to the debtor of an obligation the power to determine, in its absolute discretion, if, and if so, under which conditions its obligation will be performed may be declared void by a Luxembourg court (if competent) on the basis of articles 1170 and 1174 of the Luxembourg Civil Code (condition purement potestative, one-sided clause). It is possible that a Luxembourg court would hold articles 1170 and 1174 of the Luxembourg Civil Code to be a point of international public policy that would set aside the relevant foreign governing law.

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5.15Any indemnity provision entitling one party to recover its legal and other enforcement costs and expenses from another party may be limited in terms of items or amounts as a Luxembourg court (if competent) deems appropriate.

5.16Under the laws of Luxembourg, unless otherwise provided, a power of attorney or agency (mandat), whether or not irrevocable, will terminate by force of law, and without notice, upon the occurrence of insolvency events affecting the principal or the agent. A power of attorney or agency (mandat) might become ineffective upon the principal entering into controlled management (gestion contrôlée) or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement). The designation of a service of process agent may constitute (or may be deemed to constitute) a power of attorney or agency (mandat).

5.17We express no opinion on the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a purported revocation, or the consequences of such revocation by the principal of a power of attorney or agency (mandat) expressed to be irrevocable.

5.18We express no opinion on the validity or enforceability under Luxembourg law of a power of attorney granted in the exclusive interest of the attorney or a third party.

5.19There is uncertainty whether a Luxembourg insolvency receiver of a debtor subject to Luxembourg insolvency proceedings would, where applicable, accept the tiering between senior and subordinated creditors of this debtor.

5.20There are no general Luxembourg law provisions or regulations on non-petition clauses (that is, a clause whereby one or more parties waive ab initio their right to institute bankruptcy proceedings against their debtor). There is, to our knowledge, no Luxembourg (published) case law or well established legal literature on non-petition clauses. In the absence of Luxembourg (published) case law, it is our view that Luxembourg courts would mainly turn to Belgian case law and prevailing legal literature which do not recognise the enforceability of a non-petition clause because it violates public policy. Although there is no specific Luxembourg case law or legal literature which supports our view, we believe that, to the extent the claims of the Company’s creditors vis-à-vis the Company (as described in, and subject to, paragraph 5.22 below) become extinguished on the basis of the contractual provisions, there is in principle no legal basis upon which an action for bankruptcy against the Company could be grounded.

5.21From a Luxembourg law perspective, turnover provisions might be regarded as a mere contractual mechanism and would not give the senior creditor a proprietary claim on the insolvency of the junior creditor. In the case that a junior creditor has been paid before a senior creditor and bankruptcy proceedings are instituted against the junior creditor before the amounts so paid to the junior creditor have been paid and distributed to the senior creditor, it is uncertain whether the senior creditor would be able to claw back these amounts from the junior creditor.

5.22There are neither general Luxembourg law provisions nor, to our knowledge, Luxembourg (published) case law or well established legal literature with respect to limited recourse provisions. We take the view that Luxembourg courts would mainly turn to Belgian case law and prevailing legal doctrine which seem to admit the validity and enforceability of a provision whereby contractual arrangements are established in conformity with the law of contracts and the law of obligations to the extent that they do not grant to a particular creditor a better rank in the distribution of the debtor’s assets. The principle of pari passu treatment of creditors (according to which contractual arrangements, entered into prior to the opening of insolvency proceedings and designed to unfairly benefit one creditor to the detriment of other creditors by giving it a preferential right not provided for by law, are unlawful) aims only at, and as such is public policy, protecting the rights of all the creditors (l’ensemble des créanciers). In other words, the debtor may not, by an arrangement with one of its creditors, impair the rights of the other creditors. Nothing however prohibits one or more

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creditors to limit, to derogate from, or even to renounce, their rights in the sense that they dispose of their own rights without altering other creditors’ rights.

5.23Luxembourg law recognises trusts referred to, and subject to the reservations expressed, in the Convention on the law applicable to trusts and on their recognition done at The Hague on 1 July 1985. If the trust relates to, or applies in respect of, assets located in Luxembourg, the situation of the trustee will be determined by reference to the situation of the legal owner (propriétaire) of such assets without prejudice to the principle of segregation of the trust’s assets and the trustee’s personal estate. This does not mean that trusts created abroad will necessarily be recognised by Luxembourg courts as to all their effects under their governing law. Under the Luxembourg act of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended, a financial collateral arrangement (contrat de garantie financière) may be created in favour of a person acting on behalf of the beneficiaries of the financial collateral arrangement, of a fiduciary or of a trustee, provided that the beneficiaries of the financial collateral arrangement, present or future, are identified or ascertainable.

5.24We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Company or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents.

5.25We express no opinion as to whether the performance of the Indenture and the issue of the Notes would cause any borrowing limits, debt/equity or other ratios possibly agreed with the tax authorities to be exceeded nor as to the consequences thereof.

5.26We express no opinion whatsoever on regulatory matters, on matters of fact, on data protection matters or on matters other than those expressly set forth in this legal opinion, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred therefrom.

5.27We have not made any enquiry regarding, and no opinion is expressed or implied in relation to, the accuracy of any representation or warranty given by, or concerning, any of the parties to the Opinion Documents or whether such parties or any of them have complied with or will comply with any covenant or undertaking given by them or the terms and conditions of any obligations binding upon them, save as expressly provided herein.

5.28The rights and obligations of the parties under the Indenture and the Notes may be limited by the effects of (i) criminal law measures, including without limitation criminal freezing orders, or (ii) public law sanctions or restraining measures taken from time to time under applicable laws, treaties or other instruments.

5.29Payments made, as well as other transactions (listed in the pertinent section of the Luxembourg Commercial Code) concluded or performed, during the suspect period (période suspecte) which is fixed by the Luxembourg court and dates back not more than six months as from the date on which the Luxembourg court formally adjudicates a person bankrupt, and, as for specific payments and transactions, during an additional period of ten days before the commencement of such period, are subject to cancellation by the Luxembourg court upon proceedings instituted by the Luxembourg insolvency receiver.

In particular,

(a)article 445 of the Luxembourg Commercial Code sets out that specific transactions entered into during the suspect period and an additional period of ten days preceding the suspect period fixed by the court (e.g. the granting of a security interest for antecedent debts; the payment of debts which have not fallen due, whether payment is made in cash or by way of assignment, sale, set-off or by any other means; the payment of debts which have fallen due by any other means than in cash or by bill of exchange; transactions without consideration or

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for materially inadequate consideration) must be set aside or declared void, as the case may be, if so requested by the insolvency receiver;

(b)article 446 of the Luxembourg Commercial Code states that payments made for matured debts as well as other transactions concluded for consideration during the suspect period are subject to cancellation by the court upon proceedings instituted by the insolvency receiver if they were concluded with the knowledge of the bankrupt’s cessation of payments; and

(c)regardless of the suspect period, article 448 of the Luxembourg Commercial Code and article 1167 of the Luxembourg Civil Code (actio pauliana) give the creditor the right to challenge any fraudulent payments and transactions made prior to the bankruptcy, without limitation of time.

5.30There are rights of preference (such as, for example, for tax payments, social security charges and wages) existing by operation of law and ranking prior to the ranking of security rights.

5.31A search at the Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether a (and the Certificate does not constitute conclusive evidence that no) winding-up resolution or petition, or an order adjudicating or declaring a, or a petition or filing for, bankruptcy or reprieve from payment (sursis de paiement), controlled management (gestion contrôlée), composition with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) or judicial liquidation (liquidation judiciaire) or similar action has been adopted or made.

5.32The corporate documents of, and relevant court orders affecting, a Luxembourg company (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Register immediately and there is generally a delay in the relevant document appearing on the files regarding the company concerned. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the required filing of documents has not occurred or that documents filed with the Register may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Register will be effective (opposable) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Official Gazette unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.

5.33The Luxembourg act dated 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended (the Companies Act 1915) reserves the right and the power to decide on certain matters (such as the winding-up or the liquidation of a company, the merger, the increase of the share capital, the distribution of dividends or the amendment of the articles of incorporation of the company) exclusively to the shareholders of the company.

5.34A receiver may be limited in the exercise of its rights and powers (i) pursuant to the Companies Act 1915 and (ii), in the case of insolvency of a Luxembourg company, by the rights and powers of the insolvency receiver appointed by a Luxembourg court pursuant to Luxembourg insolvency laws. Further, the rights and powers of a receiver may not cover or extend to actions which, pursuant to the Companies Act 1915 or the Articles, require a decision of the shareholders of a Luxembourg company rather than the Luxembourg company itself.

5.35As used in this legal opinion, the term enforceable means that the relevant rights and obligations are of a type which the Luxembourg courts do normally enforce. It does not mean that these obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their respective terms, enforcement being subject to, inter alia, the nature of the remedies available in the Luxembourg courts, the acceptance by such court of jurisdiction, the discretion of the courts (within the limits of Luxembourg law), the power of such courts to stay proceedings, to grant grace periods, the provisions of Luxembourg procedure rules regarding remedies, enforcement measures available under Luxembourg law, mandatory provisions of Luxembourg law or principles of Luxembourg

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international public policy from time to time in force and the general principles of Luxembourg law in particular, the general principle of good faith performance.

5.36The question as to whether or not any provision of an agreement which may be invalid on account of illegality may be severed from the other provisions thereof in order to save those other provisions would be determined by the Luxembourg courts in their discretion.

5.37Actions in Luxembourg courts must, in principle, be brought in the name of the principal not in the name of an agent of the principal.

5.38Contractual limitations of liability are unenforceable in case of gross negligence (faute lourde) or wilful misconduct (faute dolosive).

5.39Punitive, treble or similar damages may not be enforceable in the Luxembourg courts.

6.This legal opinion is as of this date and we undertake no obligation to update it or advise of changes hereafter occurring. We express no opinion as to any matters other than those expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom. We express no opinion on any economic, financial or statistical information (including formulas determining payments to be made) contained in the Opinion Document (or any document in connection therewith).

7.This legal opinion is given on the express basis, accepted by each person who is entitled to rely on it, that this legal opinion and all rights, obligations or liability in relation to it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Luxembourg law and that any action or claim in relation to it can be brought exclusively before the courts of Luxembourg.

8.Any Addressee who is entitled to, and does, rely on this opinion agrees, by so relying, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law and regulation (and except in the case of wilful misconduct or fraud) there is no assumption of personal duty of care by, and such person will not bring any claim against, any individual who is a partner of, member of, employee of or consultant to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings and that such person will instead confine any claim to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings (and for this purpose “claim” means (save only where law and regulation applies otherwise) any claim, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise).

Luxembourg legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original French or German terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. It should be noted that there are always irreconcilable differences between languages making it impossible to guarantee a totally accurate translation or interpretation. In particular, there are always some legal concepts which exist in one jurisdiction and not in another, and in those cases it is bound to be difficult to provide a completely satisfactory translation or interpretation because the vocabulary is missing from the language. We accept no responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies to the extent that they are attributable to such factors.

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Yours faithfully,

/s/ Frank Mausen

Allen & Overy

Frank Mausen*

Partner

Avocat à la Cour

*This document is signed on behalf of Allen & Overy, a société en commandite simple, registered on list V of the Luxembourg bar. The individual signing this document is a qualified lawyer representing this entity.

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