EXHIBIT 5.1
[LETTERHEAD OF PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP]
May 27, 2021
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc.
4000 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Suite 650
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules”). You have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the securities being registered under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Act of 2,962,160 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable under the Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”).
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In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the “Documents”):
1. the Registration Statement;
2. the 2013 Plan and the forms of award agreements relating to awards to acquire Shares granted under the 2013 Plan;
3. the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 19, 2017 (File No. 001-35886); and
4. the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 7, 2016 (File No. 001-35886).
In addition, we have examined (i) such corporate records of the Company that we have considered appropriate, including copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares, certified by the Company and (ii) such other certificates, agreements and documents that we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. We have also relied upon the factual matters contained in the representations and warranties of the Company made in the Documents and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company.
In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of all the latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete.
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Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the 2013 Plan and any applicable award agreement or option certificate under the 2013 Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our opinion is rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect.
We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Act or the Rules.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| /s/ PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP | ||
| PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP |
