Exhibit 5.1
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETTLLP
2550 HANOVER STREET
PALO ALTO, CA 94304
(650) 251-5000
FACSIMILE (650) 251-5002
June 17, 2008
Goodman Global, Inc.
5151 San Felipe, Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77056
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Goodman Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and to the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company and the Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by the Company of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 13.50%/14.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”), which will be guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by the Guarantors. The Exchange Notes and the Guarantees will be issued under an indenture dated as of February 13, 2008 (the “Indenture”) between Chill Acquisition Inc. (which merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Company will offer the Exchange Notes in exchange for $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 13.50%/14.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016.
We have examined the Registration Statement, the Indenture and the Guarantor Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 13, 2008 (the “Guarantor Supplemental Indenture”) between the Guarantors and the Trustee, which Indenture and Guarantor Supplemental Indenture 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 corporate and other 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 Company 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 the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee.
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 Indenture upon consummation of the exchange described above, the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company 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 Indenture upon consummation of the exchange described above 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 and (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including,inter alia, an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of the States of Florida and Texas, we have relied upon the opinions of Akerman Senterfitt and Andrews Kurth LLP, respectively.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than (i) the law of the State of New York, (ii) the federal law of the United States, (iii) the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing), and (iv) to the extent set forth herein, the laws of the States of Florida and Texas.
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 |
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |
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Schedule I
GUARANTORS
Name of Non-Delaware Guarantor | Jurisdiction of | |
Goodman Distribution Southeast, Inc. | Florida | |
Goodman Appliance Holding Company | Texas | |
Goodman Distribution, Inc. | Texas | |
Goodman Holding Company | Texas | |
Goodman Sales Company | Texas | |
Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P. | Texas | |
Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P. | Texas | |
Nitek Acquisition Company, L.P. | Texas | |
Name of Delaware Guarantor | Jurisdiction of | |
Goodman Global Holdings, Inc. | Delaware | |
Quietflex Holding Company | Delaware | |
Goodman Manufacturing I LLC | Delaware | |
Goodman Manufacturing II LLC | Delaware | |
Goodman Holding Company, L.L.C. | Delaware | |
Goodman Canada, L.L.C. | Delaware | |
Goodman II Holdings Company, L.L.C. | Delaware | |
Goodman Company, L.P. | Delaware |