EX-5.1 2 ex5-1.htm

Exhibit 5.1

Partners:

Brett Basdeo ***

John Cartwright *

Audrey Coker *

John Crook *

Mark Cummings ***** Natalie Curtis ****

James Gaden ****

Thomas Granger **

Kristen Kwok **

Wing Lam *

William Lee *

Thomas Pugh *****

Andrew Randall **

Victoria Raymond *

Rupen Shah *****

Colette Wilkins KC ***

Denise Wong **

23 May 2024

Our Ref: MRC/WPTL/BLUI/J1780-H25860

JBDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

c/o offices of Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited

Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, PO Box 2681

Grand Cayman, KY1-1111

Cayman Islands

Dear Sirs

JBDI HOLDINGS LIMITED

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to JBDI Holdings Limited (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering by the Company of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing the Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0005 each (the “Ordinary Shares”). We are furnishing this opinion as exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals, copies or translations of the documents listed in Schedule 1. In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2, which we have not independently verified.

We are Cayman Islands Attorneys at Law and express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands in force and as interpreted at the date of this opinion. We have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction.

Based upon the foregoing examinations and assumptions and upon such searches as we have conducted and having regard to legal considerations which we consider relevant, and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule 3, and under the laws of the Cayman Islands, we give the following opinions in relation to the matters set out below.

	1.	The Company is an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability, validly existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and is in good standing with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the “Registrar”).

	2.	Based on our review of the Amended and Restated M&A (as defined in Schedule 1) the authorised share capital of the Company will become US$500,000 consisting of 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0005 each with such rights, preference and privileges as set forth in the Amended and Restated M&A).

Walkers (Hong Kong)

滙嘉律師事務所 (香港)

15th Floor, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong

T +852 2284 4566 F +852 2284 4560

*England and Wales; **BVI; ***Cayman Islands; ****New South Wales (Australia); *****Bermuda

WALKERS

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	3.	The issue and allotment of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement has been duly authorized. When allotted, issued and fully paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement and when appropriate entries have been made in the Register of Members of the Company, the Ordinary Shares will be validly issued, allotted and fully paid, and there will be no further obligation on the holder of any of the Ordinary Shares to make any further payment to the Company in respect of such Ordinary Shares.

	4.	The statements under the caption “Material Tax Considerations – Cayman Islands Tax Considerations” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, Comparison of Cayman Islands Corporate Law and U.S. Corporate Law – Shareholders’ Suits”, “Material Tax Considerations – Cayman Islands Tax Considerations”, “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

This opinion is limited to the matters referred to herein and shall not be construed as extending to any other matter or document not referred to herein.

This opinion shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.

	Yours faithfully



	Walkers (HONG KONG)

WALKERS

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SCHEDULE 1

LIST OF DOCUMENTS EXAMINED

	1.	The Certificate of Incorporation dated 11 October 2022, the Memorandum and Articles of Association as registered on 11 October 2022 and amended by special resolutions passed on 11 October 2022, the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as adopted by special resolution on 23 May 2024 (the “Amended and Restated M&A”), the Register of Members, Register of Directors and the Register of Mortgages and Charges of the Company, copies of which have been provided to us by the Company (together the “Company Records”).

	2.	A Certificate of Good Standing dated 22 May 2024 in respect of the Company issued by the Registrar (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

	3.	The Cayman Online Registry Information System (CORIS), the Cayman Islands’ General Registry’s online database, searched on 23 May 2024.

	4.	A copy of executed written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 23 May 2024, and a copy of executed written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated 23 May 2024 (the “Resolutions”).

	5.	A certificate from a director of the Company dated 23 May 2024, a copy of which is attached hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”).

	6.	The Registration Statement.

WALKERS

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Schedule 2

ASSUMPTIONS

	1.	The originals of all documents examined in connection with this opinion are authentic. All documents purporting to be sealed have been so sealed. All copies are complete and conform to their originals. Any translations are a true translation of the original document they purport to translate.

	2.	The Company Records are complete and accurate and all matters required by law and the Memorandum and Articles to be recorded therein are completely and accurately so recorded.

	3.	The contents of the Director’s Certificate are true and accurate as at the date of this opinion and there is no information not contained in the Director’s Certificate that will in any way affect this opinion.

	4.	The conversion of any shares in the capital of the Company will be effected via legally available means under Cayman Islands law.

WALKERS

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SCHEDULE 3

QUALIFICATIONS

	1.	Our opinion as to good standing is based solely upon receipt of the Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Registrar. The Company shall be deemed to be in good standing under section 200A of the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”) on the date of issue of the certificate if all fees and penalties under the Companies Act have been paid and the Registrar has no knowledge that the Company is in default under the Companies Act.

	2.	We accept no responsibility for any liability in relation to any opinion which was given in reliance on the Director’s Certificate.