EX-5.2 3 a2186434zex-5_2.htm EXHIBIT 5.2

 

 

Exhibit 5.2

 

June 23, 2008

 

The Board of Directors

BE Aerospace, Inc.

1400 Corporate Center Way

Wellington, Florida 33414

 

BE Aerospace, Inc.

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to BE Aerospace, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment no.1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the registration statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-141393) (such registration statement, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 23, 2008, relating to the offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of one or more series of debt securities of the Company (the “Securities”). The offering of the Securities will be as set forth in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”), as supplemented by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”).

 

The Securities will be issued in one or more series pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be entered into between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), a form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

In that connection, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents:

 

(a)                      the Indenture;

 

(b)                     the Post-Effective Amendment;

 

(b)       the Registration Statement;

 

 

 



 

 

(c)       the Prospectus; and

 

(d)       originals or copies of such other corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and agreements and other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

 

In our review, we have assumed:

 

(a)                      the genuineness of all signatures;

 

(b)                     the authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us;

 

(c)                      the conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies;

 

(d)                     as to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company;

 

(e)                      that the Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; and

 

(f)                        that:

 

(i)                     the Company is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;

 

(ii)                  the Company has the full power to execute, deliver and perform the Indenture and the Securities;

 

(iii)               the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Indenture and the Securities will be duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise) and will not:

 

(A)     contravene its certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents;

 

(B)     violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to it; or

 

(C)     result in any conflict with or breach of any agreement or document binding on it of which any addressee hereof has knowledge, has received notice or has reason to know; and

 

(iv)          no authorization, approval, consent or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the Indenture and the Securities or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is

 

 

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required, it has been or will be duly obtained, taken, given or made and is or will be in full force and effect.

 

We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.

 

Generally Applicable Law” means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto), that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, the Indenture and the Securities or the transactions governed by the Indenture, and for purposes of assumption paragraph (f) above, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition of Generally Applicable Law, the term “Generally Applicable Law” does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Indenture or such transactions solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to the Indenture or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.

 

                Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

                1.        The Indenture, when duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

                2.        When (i) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, (ii) the Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise), (iii) the final terms of the Securities have been duly established and approved by the Company and (iv) the Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, the Securities will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

                Our opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

                (a)      Our opinions are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers).

 

                (b)      Our opinions are also subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

                (c)      Our opinions are limited to Generally Applicable Law, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

 

This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof.  We expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any

 

 

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change of law or fact that may occur after the date of this opinion letter that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

We understand that this opinion is to be used in connection with the Registration Statement.  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.”  In giving this consent, we do not hereby 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 Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

 

 

 

LSN/MFM/IM/JAC/LT/SS/TOS

RSW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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