EX-5.1 27 d309366dex51.htm EX-5.1 EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

425 LEXINGTON AVENUE

NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017-3954

(212) 455-2000

 

 

FACSIMILE (212) 455-2502

December 7, 2016

Aramark

Aramark Services, Inc.

Aramark Tower

1101 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Aramark, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Aramark Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Schedule I Guarantors”) and Schedule II hereto (the “Schedule II Guarantors” and, collectively with the Company and the Schedule I Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Issuer and the Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to (i) the issuance by the Issuer of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Exchange Notes”) and the issuance by the Guarantors of guarantees (the “2024 Exchange Notes Guarantees”) with respect to the 2024 Exchange Notes and (ii) the issuance by the Issuer of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Exchange Notes” and, together with the 2024 Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Notes”) and the issuance by the Guarantors of guarantees (the “2026 Exchange Notes Guarantees” and, together with the 2024 Exchange Notes Guarantees, the “Guarantees”) with respect to the 2026 Exchange Notes. The 2024 Exchange Notes and the 2024 Exchange Notes Guarantees will be issued under the


indenture, dated as of December 17, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the supplemental indenture, dated as of May 31, 2016 (together with the Base Indenture, as amended through the date hereof, the “2024 Notes Indenture”). The 2026 Exchange Notes and the 2026 Exchange Notes Guarantees will be issued under the indenture, dated as of May 31, 2016 (as amended through the date hereof, the “2026 Notes Indenture” and, together with the 2024 Notes Indenture, the “Indentures”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Issuer will offer the 2024 Exchange Notes in exchange for $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Outstanding 2024 Notes”) that were issued on May 31, 2016 and the 2026 Exchange Notes in exchange for $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.750% Senior Notes due 2026 (together with the Outstanding 2024 Notes, the “Outstanding Notes”) that were issued on May 31, 2016.

We have examined the Registration Statement and the Indentures (including the form of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 and the form of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2026), which have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Issuer and the Guarantors.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have assumed that each Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee.

 

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We have assumed further that (1) the Schedule II Guarantors are duly organized and existing entities that have duly authorized, executed, delivered and issued, as applicable, each Indenture and their Guarantees in accordance with the law of the respective jurisdictions in which each of them is organized, and (2) execution, delivery, issuance and performance, as applicable, by the Schedule II Guarantors of each Indenture and their Guarantees do not and will not violate the law of the respective jurisdictions in which each of them is organized or any other applicable law (except that no such exception is made with respect to the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States) or their constituting documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. When the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture upon the exchange for the applicable Outstanding Notes, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms.

2. When (a) the Exchange Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Indenture upon the exchange for the applicable Outstanding Notes and (b) the Guarantees have been duly issued, the Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

Our opinions set forth above are subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

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We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of the United States, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP

 

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Schedule I

Guarantors Incorporated or Formed in the State of Delaware

 

Subsidiary

   State of Incorporation or
Formation

1st & Fresh, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Asia Management, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Aviation Services Limited Partnership

   Delaware

Aramark Business & Industry, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Business Center, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Business Facilities, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Campus, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Cleanroom Services (Puerto Rico), Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Cleanroom Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Confection, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Construction and Energy Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Construction Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Correctional Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Educational Group, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Educational Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Entertainment, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Executive Management Services USA, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Facility Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Business Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Campus Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Correctional Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Healthcare Support Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Refreshment Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC School Support Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC Sports and Entertainment Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FHC, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Food and Support Services Group, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Food Service, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark FSM, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Global, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Healthcare Support Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Healthcare Support Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Healthcare Technologies, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Industrial Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Japan, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Management, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Management Services Limited Partnership

   Delaware

 

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Aramark Organizational Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Processing, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Rail Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark RBI, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Refreshment Group, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Refreshment Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Refreshment Services of Tampa, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Schools, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Schools Facilities, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark SCM, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Senior Living Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Senior Notes Company, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Services of Puerto Rico, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark SM Management Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark SMMS LLC

   Delaware

Aramark SMMS Real Estate LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Sports and Entertainment Group, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Sports Facilities, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Sports, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Togwotee, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark U.S. Offshore Services, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Group, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Manufacturing Company

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Services (Matchpoint) LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Services (Rochester) LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Services (Syracuse) LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Services (Texas) LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Uniform Services (West Adams) LLC

   Delaware

Aramark Venue Services, Inc.

   Delaware

Aramark WTC, LLC

   Delaware

Aramark/HMS, LLC

   Delaware

Canyonlands Rafting Hospitality, LLC

   Delaware

D.G. Maren II, Inc.

   Delaware

Delsac VIII, Inc.

   Delaware

Filterfresh Coffee Service, LLC

   Delaware

Filterfresh Franchise Group, LLC

   Delaware

Fine Host Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

Harrison Conference Associates, LLC

   Delaware

Harry M. Stevens, LLC

   Delaware

HPSI Purchasing Services LLC

   Delaware

Landy Textile Rental Services, LLC

   Delaware

Lifeworks Restaurant Group, LLC

   Delaware

New Aramark LLC

   Delaware

Rocky Mountain Hospitality, LLC

   Delaware

Yosemite Hospitality, LLC

   Delaware

 

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Schedule II

Guarantors Incorporated or Formed in Jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware

 

Subsidiary

   State of Incorporation or
Formation

American Snack & Beverage, LLC

   Florida

Aramark American Food Services, LLC

   Ohio

Aramark Business Dining Services of Texas, LLC

   Texas

Aramark Capital Asset Services, LLC

   Wisconsin

Aramark Consumer Discount Company

   Pennsylvania

Aramark Distribution Services, Inc.

   Illinois

Aramark Educational Services of Texas, LLC

   Texas

Aramark Educational Services of Vermont, Inc.

   Vermont

Aramark FHC Kansas, Inc.

   Kansas

Aramark Food Service of Texas, LLC

   Texas

Aramark Services of Kansas, Inc.

   Kansas

Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services of Texas, LLC

   Texas

Aramark Technical Services North Carolina, Inc.

   North Carolina

Brand Coffee Service, Inc.

   Texas

Harrison Conference Services of North Carolina, LLC

   North Carolina

Harry M. Stevens Inc. of New Jersey.

   New Jersey

Harry M. Stevens Inc. of Penn

   Pennsylvania

L&N Uniform Supply, LLC

   California

Lake Tahoe Cruises, LLC

   California

MyAssistant, Inc.

   Pennsylvania

Old Time Coffee Co.

   California

Overall Laundry Services, Inc.

   Washington

Paradise Hornblower, LLC

   California

Restaura, Inc.

   Michigan

Travel Systems, LLC

   Nevada

 

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