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DeMint Law, PLLC

 

Anthony N. DeMint

Managing Member

 

3753 Howard Hughes Parkway Direct Dial: (702) 714-0889
Second Floor, Suite 314 Facsimile: (702) 442-7995
Las Vegas, Nevada  89169 email: anthony@demintlaw.com

 

January 17, 2019

 

Board of Directors

AMMO, Inc.

7681 East Gray Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to AMMO, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration under the Act and the proposed issuance and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, together or separately in one or more series (if applicable) of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Registration Statement includes a base prospectus (the “Prospectus”), which provides that it will be supplemented in the future by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”). The Common Stock may be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Act, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of the offering thereof, at an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $20,000,000.

 

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true and complete copies of the originals, of the specimen Common Stock certificate and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions (the “Opinion Documents”). In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

 

We have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and instruments, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. As to facts material to the opinions, statements and assumptions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others. We have not independently verified such factual matters.

 

 

 

 

In expressing our opinions below, we have assumed, with your consent:

 

  (a) The genuineness of all signatures.
     
  (b) The authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals.
     
  (c) The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies.
     
  (d) As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in the Opinion Documents and in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company.
     
  (e) That:

 

  (i) The issuance and delivery by the Company of the Securities and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Opinion Documents:

 

  (A) do not and will not, except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to it; or
     
  (B) do not and will not result in any conflict with, or breach of, any agreement or document binding on it.
     
  (C) Except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of any Opinion Document to which it is or will be a party or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is in full force and effect.

 

  (ii) Except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of any Opinion Document to which it is or will be a party or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is in full force and effect.

 

  (f) At the time of any offering or sale, the Common Stock and any documents relating thereto will have been specifically authorized for issuance and execution and delivery by the Company by its board of directors or pursuant to authority established by the board of directors.

 

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  (g) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded.

 

We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.

 

Generally Applicable Law” means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law of the State of Nevada (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto) that a Nevada lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the transactions governed by the Opinion Documents and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Our opinions expressed below are subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with or effect of: (i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally; (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; or (iii) public policy considerations that may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.

 

We express no opinion as to (i) any provision to the extent it requires any party to indemnify any other person against loss in obtaining the currency due following a court judgment rendered in another currency, (ii) any provision providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy, (iii) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, prepayment or make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (iv) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (v) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (vi) any provision requiring the payment of interest on interest, (vii) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (viii) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (ix) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (x) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (xi) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (xii) grants of setoff rights, (xiii) proxies, powers and trusts, (xiv) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (xv) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety, (xvi) provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (xvii) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, (xviii) compliance with any usury laws, (xix) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect, (xx) the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state to the offer or sale of the Common Stock, and (xxi) the antifraud provisions of the securities or other laws of any jurisdiction. Further, our opinions are limited to Generally Applicable Law and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

 

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Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, upon adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law duly authorizing the issuance of shares of Common Stock (with such shares, together with all shares of Common Stock previously issued or reserved for issuance and not duly and lawfully retired, not exceeding the then authorized shares of Common Stock), and upon issuance and delivery of and payment of legal consideration in excess of the par value thereof in accordance with the applicable Purchase Agreement and all applicable law, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Our engagement is limited to certain matters about which we have been consulted. Consequently, there may exist matters of a legal nature involving the Company in connection with which we have not been consulted and have not represented the Company. This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinions may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. The opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in law that may hereafter occur.

 

The Company has informed us that it intends to issue the Common Stock from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and we understand that prior to issuing any Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement (i) the Company will advise us in writing of the terms thereof, and (ii) the Company will afford us an opportunity to (x) review the operative documents pursuant to which such Common Stock is to be issued or sold (including the applicable offering documents), and (y) file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as we may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate.

 

This opinion is being furnished to the Company solely for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and, accordingly, may not be reprinted, reproduced, or distributed to, relied upon by, quoted in any manner to, or delivered to any other person or entity without, in each instance, our prior written consent, except that we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

 

This opinion is rendered only to the Company and is solely for the benefit of the Company in connection with the transactions covered hereby. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to, or relied upon, by any other person, firm, or corporation for any purpose, without our prior written consent.

 

We hereby expressly consent to (i) any reference to our firm in the Registration Statement, in any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act for this same offering, and in any prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act for this same offering; (ii) the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the incorporation by reference into any such additional registration statement; and (iii) the filing of this opinion with any other appropriate governmental agency.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ DeMint Law, PLLC

 

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