EX-5.2 4 d98053a3exv5w2.txt OPINION/CONSENT OF MCAFEE & TAFT EXHIBIT 5.2 Law Offices McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation 10th Floor, Two Leadership Square 211 North Robinson Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-7103 (405) 235-9621 October 15, 2002 Fleming Companies, Inc. P.O. Box 299013 Lewisville, TX 75029 Re: Senior Subordinated Note Exchange Offer Ladies and Gentlemen: Reference is made to your Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-92262) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today with respect to $260,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Securities"). The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed (the "Guarantees") by the Guarantors (as hereafter defined). The Securities and the Guarantees will be issued under an indenture dated as of April 15, 2002, as supplemented by that First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 18, 2002, and by that Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 19, 2002 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), among Fleming Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), the Guarantors identified therein (the "Guarantors"), and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Trustee. The Securities and the Guarantees will be issued in exchange for the Company's outstanding 9 7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012. We have examined your corporate records and made such other investigations as we deemed appropriate for the purpose of this opinion. 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. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Oklahoma. Each Guarantor, other than Richmar Foods, Inc., Core-Mark Interrelated Companies, Inc., C/M Products, Inc., Marquise Ventures Company, Inc., General Acceptance Corporation, and ASI Office Automation, Inc. (collectively, the "California Guarantors") as to which no opinion is given (each Guarantor other than the California Guarantors is referred to as an "Included Guarantor") is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. 2. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Included Guarantors. 3. The Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. -2- 4. The Guarantees have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action of the respective Included Guarantor. We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the above mentioned Registration Statement. Very Truly Yours, /s/ McAfee & Taft