EX-5.0 2 a05-22336_3ex5d0.htm EX-5

Exhibit 5.0

 

 

OSWALD & YAP

 

 

 

 

Lawyers

 

 

 

 

A Professional Corporation

 

 

Michael A. Oswald

 

16148 Sand Canyon

 

Northern California Office:

Calvin C.S. Yap

 

Irvine, California 92618

 

One Maritime Plaza,

Lynne Bolduc

 

Telephone (949) 788-8900

 

Suite 1040

Richard T. Hsueh

 

Telefax: (949) 788-8980

 

San Francisco, California 94111

Carol A. Gefis

 

 

 

 

John D. Tran

 

 

 

Midwestern Office:

Hubert H. Kuo

 

 

 

53 West Jackson Boulevard,

Ruba Qashu

 

 

 

Suite 1550

Min K. Chai

 

 

 

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Zachary D. Reeves

 

 

 

 

William J. Edwards

 

 

 

Of Counsel:

Aisha Shelton Adam

 

 

 

John W. Allured

David J. Williams

 

 

 

Thomas G. Gardiner

 

August 7, 2006

 

 

Salty’s Warehouse, Inc.

1850 Southeast 17th Street, Suite 300

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

 

 

 

 

RE:

 

Salty’s Warehouse, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Salty’s Warehouse, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Registration Statement”), which relates to the registration of the resale by the selling stockholders of 6,400,000 shares of common stock and the exercise of options to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock by officers and directors pursuant to the Company’s 2004 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (collectively, the “Offering” and the “Registered Securities”).

 

We have examined originals or copies, certified of otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the prospectus of the Company (the “Prospectus’) included in the Registration Statement; and (iii) such corporate documents and records of the Company and such other instruments, certificates and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.  In such examinations, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents, submitted to us as copies or drafts of documents to be executed, the genuineness of all signatures and the legal competence or capacity of persons or entities to complete the execution of documents.  As to various questions of fact which are material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied upon statements or certificates of public officials, directors of the Company and others.

 

We have further assumed for the purposes of this opinion, without investigation, that (i) all documents contemplated by the Prospectus to be executed in connection with the Offering have

 



 

been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto other than the Company, and (ii) the terms of the Offering comply in all respects with the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Prospectus and all of the instruments, agreements and other documents relating thereto or executed in connection therewith.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and having regard to such other legal considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Registered Securities have been duly authorized, and when the Common Stock has been issued, sold and paid for as contemplated in the Prospectus, the Registered Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Florida and California and the Federal law of the United States of America as in effect on the date hereof.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to each reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus, without admitting we are “experts” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

 

OSWALD & YAP, a Professional Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ OSWALD & YAP, a Professional Corporation

 

 

 

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