EX-5.1 2 d354103dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

June 2, 2017

U.S. Concrete, Inc.

331 North Main Street

Euless, Texas 76039

 

Re: U.S. Concrete, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to U.S. Concrete, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to (i) up to $200,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) of the Company to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of October 12, 2016 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and the Trustee, and as further supplemented by that Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of January 9, 2017 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein as specified on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”), and the Trustee, pursuant to an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) by the Company described in the Registration Statement in exchange for a like principal amount of the issued and outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2017 Notes”) previously issued under the Indenture and (ii) the guarantees by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Indenture. For purposes of this letter, “Covered Guarantors” means the Guarantors specified on Schedule II hereto. This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate, company and partnership records of the Company and Covered Guarantors and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company and the Covered Guarantors, public officials and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, certified or reproduced copies, that the Exchange Notes will conform to the specimen thereof we have reviewed and that the Exchange Notes will be duly authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.


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U.S. Concrete, Inc.

June 2, 2017

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We have also assumed the existence and entity power to execute and deliver the Indenture of, and the due authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of the Indenture by, each of the parties thereto other than the Company and the Covered Guarantors, and authentication of the 2017 Notes by the Trustee and that the Indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms. As to various questions of fact relevant to this letter, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the Company and the Covered Guarantors, all of which we assume to be true, correct and complete.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the Exchange Notes have been duly executed by the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and issued and delivered by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture against receipt of 2017 Notes surrendered in exchange therefor in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer, (i) the Exchange Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, and (ii) the Guarantees of the Guarantors will be valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors.

The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:

 

A. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of New York, (ii) the Texas Business Organizations Code, (iii) the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, (iv) the California Corporations Code and the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (which is included in the California Corporations Code) of the State of California, and (v) the District of Columbia Business Organizations Code, which is Chapter 1 of Title 29 of the District of Columbia Code.

 

B. The matters expressed in this letter are subject to and qualified and limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (iii) securities laws and public policy underlying such laws with respect to rights to indemnification and contribution; and (iv) laws governing the waiver of stay, extension or usury laws.


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U.S. Concrete, Inc.

June 2, 2017

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C. This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein, and no opinion is to be inferred or implied beyond the opinion expressly set forth herein. We undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to make any inquiry after the date hereof or to advise you of any changes in any matter set forth herein, whether based on a change in the law, a change in any fact relating to the Company, the Guarantors or any other person or any other circumstance.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP


Schedule I

Guarantors

 

Name of Guarantor

  

State of

Jurisdiction

  

Type of Entity

160 East 22nd Terminal LLC    New Jersey    Limited Liability Company
Aggregate & Concrete Testing, LLC    New York    Limited Liability Company
Alberta Investments, Inc.    Texas    Corporation
Alliance Haulers, Inc.    Texas    Corporation
American Concrete Products, Inc.    California    Corporation
Atlas Redi-Mix, LLC    Texas    Limited Liability Company
Atlas-Tuck Concrete, Inc.    Oklahoma    Corporation
Beall Concrete Enterprises, LLC    Texas    Limited Liability Company
Beall Industries, Inc.    Texas    Corporation
Beall Investment Corporation, Inc.    Delaware    Corporation
Beall Management, Inc.    Texas    Corporation
Bode Concrete LLC    California    Limited Liability Company
Bode Gravel Co.    California    Corporation
Breckenridge Ready Mix, Inc.    Texas    Corporation
Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.    California    Corporation
Central Precast Concrete, Inc.    California    Corporation
Colonial Concrete Co.    New Jersey    Corporation
Concrete XXXIV Acquisition, Inc.    Delaware    Corporation
Concrete XXXV Acquisition, Inc.    Delaware    Corporation
Concrete XXXVI Acquisition, Inc.    Delaware    Corporation
Custom-Crete, LLC    Texas    Limited Liability Company
Custom-Crete Redi-Mix, LLC    Texas    Limited Liability Company
Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc.    New Jersey    Corporation
Ferrara Bros., LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Ferrara West LLC    New Jersey    Limited Liability Company
Hamburg Quarry Limited Liability Company    New Jersey    Limited Liability Company
Ingram Concrete, LLC    Texas    Limited Liability Company
Kurtz Gravel Company    Michigan    Corporation
Local Concrete Supply & Equipment, LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Master Mix, LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Master Mix Concrete, LLC    New Jersey    Limited Liability Company
MG, LLC    Maryland    Limited Liability Company
New York Sand & Stone, LLC    New York    Limited Liability Company
NYC Concrete Materials, LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Outrigger, LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Pebble Lane Associates, LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company


Premco Organization, Inc.

   New Jersey    Corporation

Redi-Mix Concrete, LP

   Texas    Limited Partnership

Redi-Mix, GP LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Redi-Mix, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Right Away Redy Mix Incorporated

   California    Corporation

Rock Transport, Inc.

   California    Corporation

San Diego Precast Concrete, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Sierra Precast, Inc.

   California    Corporation

Smith Pre-Cast, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Superior Concrete Materials, Inc.

   District of Columbia    Corporation

Titan Concrete Industries, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC Atlantic, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC-Jenna, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC-Kings, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC Management Co., LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC-NYCON, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC Payroll, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC Technologies, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

U.S. Concrete On-Site, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

U.S. Concrete Texas Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Valente Equipment Leasing Corp.

   New York    Corporation

Yardarm, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company


Schedule II

Covered Guarantors

 

Name of Covered Guarantor

  

State of

Jurisdiction

  

Type of Entity

Aggregate & Concrete Testing, LLC

   New York    Limited Liability Company

Alberta Investments, Inc.

   Texas    Corporation

Alliance Haulers, Inc.

   Texas    Corporation

American Concrete Products, Inc.

   California    Corporation

Atlas Redi-Mix, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Beall Concrete Enterprises, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Beall Industries, Inc.

   Texas    Corporation

Beall Investment Corporation, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Beall Management, Inc.

   Texas    Corporation

Bode Concrete LLC

   California    Limited Liability Company

Bode Gravel Co.

   California    Corporation

Breckenridge Ready Mix, Inc.

   Texas    Corporation

Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.

   California    Corporation

Central Precast Concrete, Inc.

   California    Corporation

Concrete XXXIV Acquisition, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Concrete XXXV Acquisition, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Concrete XXXVI Acquisition, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Custom-Crete, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Custom-Crete Redi-Mix, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Ferrara Bros., LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

Ingram Concrete, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Local Concrete Supply & Equipment, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

Master Mix, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

New York Sand & Stone, LLC

   New York    Limited Liability Company

NYC Concrete Materials, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

Outrigger, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

Pebble Lane Associates, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

Redi-Mix Concrete, LP

   Texas    Limited Partnership

Redi-Mix, GP LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Redi-Mix, LLC

   Texas    Limited Liability Company

Right Away Redy Mix Incorporated

   California    Corporation

Rock Transport, Inc.

   California    Corporation

San Diego Precast Concrete, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Sierra Precast, Inc.

   California    Corporation

Smith Pre-Cast, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Superior Concrete Materials, Inc.

   Washington, DC    Corporation

Titan Concrete Industries, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC Atlantic, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC-Jenna, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company


USC-Kings, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC Management Co., LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC-Nycon, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company

USC Payroll, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

USC Technologies, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

U.S. Concrete On-Site, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

U.S. Concrete Texas Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware    Corporation

Valente Equipment Leasing Corp.

   New York    Corporation

Yardarm, LLC

   Delaware    Limited Liability Company