Exhibit 8.1
[•], 2022
9 Channel Center Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are United States tax counsel to The Tomorrow Companies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation of the registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented as of [•], 2022, and together with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed therewith, the “Registration Statement”) (Registration No. 333-261709), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) by SPAC (as defined below).
The Registration Statement is being filed in connection with the transactions (the “Merger”) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 7, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Pine Technology Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”) and Pine Technology Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned direct Subsidiary of SPAC. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings attributed to such terms in the Registration Statement.
You have requested our opinion concerning the discussions set forth in the sections entitled “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations of the Business Combination to Tomorrow.io Equityholders — Tax Consequences if the Business Combination Qualifies as a Reorganization” in the Registration Statement as they relate to the Merger (the “Tax Disclosure”). In providing this opinion, we have assumed (without any independent investigation or review thereof) that:
a. All original documents submitted to us (including signatures thereto) are authentic, all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the original documents, all such documents have been duly and validly executed and delivered where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof, and all parties to such documents had or will have, as applicable, the requisite corporate powers and authority to enter into such documents and to undertake and consummate the Business Combination;
b. All factual representations, warranties and statements made or agreed to by the parties to the Merger Agreement, the Sponsor Letter Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, and the other agreements referred to therein or otherwise relating to the Merger (collectively, the “Agreements” and, together with the Registration Statement, the “Documents”), and in the representation letters provided to us by SPAC and the Company are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof without regard to any qualification as to knowledge, belief, or otherwise;
c. The description of the Merger (and other statements set forth) in the Registration Statement is accurate, the Merger will be consummated in accordance with such description and with the Merger Agreement and the other Agreements, without any waiver or breach of any material provision thereof, and the Merger will be effective under applicable corporate law as described in the Merger Agreement and the other Agreements; and