Exhibit 5.1
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September 21, 2020
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
96 Morton Street, 9th Floor
New York, New York
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the resale from time to time by the selling stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) named in the Registration Statement (as defined below) of up to 12,810,143 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable upon the conversion of the 6% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued by the Company to the Selling Stockholders on August 31, 2020 (the “Preferred Shares”). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 21, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”). 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 the prospectus contained therein, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 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 the issuance and sale of the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when the Shares have been issued by the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
September 21, 2020
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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 and to the reference to our firm contained in the prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” 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
