EX-5.1 3 vggl_ex51.htm OPINION OF KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP. vggl_ex51.htm
Exhibit 5.1

KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
 
 
July 31, 2012
 
Viggle Inc.
902 Broadway
11th Floor
New York, New York 10010

Re:   Viggle Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
We have acted as counsel to Viggle Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of 15,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Executive Incentive Plan (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”).
 
In connection with the registration of the Shares, we have reviewed copies of the Registration Statement, the Plan, the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of the Company and such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to express an opinion on the matters covered hereby (the “Transaction Documents”).
 
We have also reviewed such other documents and made such other investigations as we have deemed appropriate.  As to various questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents and upon the statements, representations and certificates of officers or representatives of the Company, public officials and others.  We have not independently verified the facts so relied on.
 
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon the issuance thereof and payment therefor in accordance with the terms stated in the Plan or in the award agreements entered into pursuant thereto, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York, and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
 
 
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KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
 
Viggle Inc.
July 31, 2012
Page 2
 
 
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
 
 
    Very truly yours,  
       
 
 
/s/ Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP  
       
    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP