1. The Company and its subsidiary, Electromed Finanical, LLC are duly incorporated (or organized in the case of the Company’s subsidiary) and validly existing as an corporation (or limited liability company in the case of the Company’s subsidiary) in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota.
2. The Company and its subsidiary Electromed Financial, LLC has corporate (or limited liability company in the case of the Company’s subsidiary) power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
3. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in the States of [______, _________, _______, and ________].
4. The authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans or the exercise of convertible securities, options or warrants referred to in the Prospectus). To our knowledge, except as described in or specifically contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company.
5. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no shareholder of the Company or any other person has any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company arising (A) by operation of the charter or bylaws of the Company or the laws of the State of Minnesota or (B) to our knowledge, by any agreement or other instrument known to us to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
6. The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into the Agreement and the Underwriter Warrants. The Agreement, and each of the Underwriter Warrants required to be delivered in connection with the Closing taking place on the date hereof, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
7. The Securities and Underwriter Warrants to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Underwriter Warrant have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to such
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Underwriter Warrant and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to such Underwriter Warrant against payment of the consideration set forth therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders.
8. The Commission has informed us that the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act. To our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and, to our knowledge, no proceeding for such purpose has been instituted or is pending, contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
9. The statements (A) in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Business”, “Management”, “Executive Compensation”, “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”, “Description of Capital Stock”, and “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” (but excluding any statements included in the Covered Regulatory Sections or the Covered IP Sections) and (B) in Item 14 and Item 15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute descriptions of the Company’s capital stock, matters of law, summaries of legal matters, provisions of the Company’s charter or bylaws, documents, legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and, to our knowledge, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
10. The statements in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Regulation” and “Business – Government Regulation” (collectively, the “Covered Regulatory Sections”) in each case insofar as they purport to describe matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents, legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and, to our knowledge, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
11. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or are required under the Act, the Rules and Regulations, applicable state securities or blue sky laws or from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
12. To our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than those disclosed therein).
13. To our knowledge, there are no statutes, regulations or contracts required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits thereto (other than those described or referred to therein or filed as exhibits thereto).
14. The execution and delivery of the Agreement by the Company and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; (B) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company; (C) will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the material agreements filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement; (D) will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, rule or regulation by which the Company is bound; and (E) to our knowledge, will not result in any violation of any order or decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties.
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15. To our knowledge, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by the Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived or complied with prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
16. To our knowledge, except as described in or specifically set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as may exist under applicable law, regulations or listing standards, there are no material restrictions on the voting or transfer of any shares of capital stock of the Company.
17. The Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus comply, and as of their respective effective or issue dates (including, without limitation, each deemed effective date pursuant to the Rules and Regulations) complied, as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Rules and Regulations; provided, however, that other than as set forth in the paragraph below, we express no opinion as to the accuracy, completeness and fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus.
We have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and with representatives of the Representatives at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus and related matters were discussed. Although we are not opining as to, and do not assume responsibility for, and cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Disclosure Package or Prospectus (except as and to the limited extent set forth in paragraphs 9, 10 and 12 hereof), and we make no representation that we have independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (except as and to the limited extent set forth in paragraphs 9, 10 and 12 hereof), and subject to all other assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we hereby inform you that, in connection with our representation of the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Disclosure Package and Prospectus, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective under the Act (but after giving effect to any modifications incorporated therein pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act) and as of the date hereof contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale and the date hereof, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and the date hereof, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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FORM OF OPINION FROM
BARTZ & BARTZ, P.A
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that:
1. The statements in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property and Potential Litigation” and “Business – Intellectual Property” (collectively, the “Covered IP Sections”) in each case insofar as they purport to describe matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents, legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and, to our knowledge, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
2. To our knowledge, the Company owns or possesses adequate rights to use works of authorship, patents, patent applications, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets mask works, product designs and other intellectual property rights (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) material to the conduct of the Company’s business as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the “Electromed Intellectual Property Rights”). Title to all patents, patent applications, trademark applications and registrations that are part of the Electromed Intellectual Property Rights and are not licensed from third parties, are recorded in the name of the Company, or documents to reflect such recordation have been filed and are unencumbered by any security interests, liens or other encumbrances.
3. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and except for ongoing prosecution matters relating to its patent applications, to our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings relating to the Electromed Intellectual Property Rights pending against the Company or any third party and no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others.
4. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, to our knowledge, the Company’s products, the manufacture of the Company’s products, the use of the Company’s products or the conduct of the business as currently, or proposed to be, conducted by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus does not infringe or otherwise violate, in any material respect, and the conduct of the Company does not infringe in any material respect or otherwise violate in any material respect, nor has it been alleged that the Company or its conduct is infringing, or otherwise violating, in any material respect, any Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, to our knowledge, the Company is not engaged in any legal or governmental proceedings involving the Intellectual Property Rights of third parties.
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