Exhibit 5.1
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September 21, 2021
Warby Parker Inc.
233 Spring Street, 6th Floor East
New York, New York 10013
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Warby Parker Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the issuance of up to 27,533,280 shares of Class A common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A Shares”), which may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Plan”), the Company’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), the Company’s Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Plan (the “2011 Plan”), the Company’s 2012 Milestone Stock Plan (the “2012 Plan”) and the Company’s 2019 Founder Stock Plan (the “2019 Plan”), and 9,516,194 shares of Class B common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (together with the Class A Shares, the “Shares”), which may be issued pursuant to the 2012 Plan and the 2019 Plan. This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
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As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company for legal consideration of not less than par value in the circumstances contemplated by the 2021 Plan, the ESPP, the 2011 Plan, the 2012 Plan and the 2019 Plan, as applicable, assuming in each case that the individual issuances, grants or awards under the 2021 Plan, the ESPP, the 2011 Plan, the 2012 Plan and the 2019 Plan, as applicable, are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the 2021 Plan, the ESPP, the 2011 Plan, the 2012 Plan and the 2019 Plan, as applicable (and the agreements duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, | ||
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |