Exhibit 5.1
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105
TELEPHONE: (212) 370-1300
FACSIMILE: (212) 370-7889
www.egsllp.com
June 14, 2023
Colombier Acquisition Corp.
214 Brazilian Avenue, Suite 200-J
Palm Beach, FL 33480
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-271177) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Colombier Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 27, 2023, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, PSQ Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PSQ”), Colombier-Liberty Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Colombier Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as Purchaser Representative for the purposes set forth in the Merger Agreement.
This opinion is being rendered at the request of the Company in connection with the registration by the Company under the above-referenced Registration Statement (together with all amendments thereto as of the date hereof, the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of up to 29,562,558 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Class A Shares”) (including shares of Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of the Class C Shares (defined below)), and up to 3,328,178 shares of Class C common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Class C Shares”, together with the Class A Shares, the “Shares”), to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
We have examined such documents and considered such legal matters as we have deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth below. With respect to such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as reproduced or certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of those latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions, we have, to the extent deemed appropriate, relied upon certain representations of certain officers and employees of the Company.
In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have assumed that, at and prior to the time of the issuance and delivery of any securities by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement, (i) the Registration Statement has been declared effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings with respect thereto have been commenced or threatened, (ii) the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and Registration Statement will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the documents pertaining thereto, without any waiver or breach of any material terms or provisions thereof, and that such transactions will be effective under applicable law, (iii) the stockholders of the Company will have approved the Merger Agreement and the other proposals set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement, which are to be presented and voted upon at the meeting as set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement, including the proposal to approve the Company’s new amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Proposed Charter”), (iv) the Proposed Charter will have been adopted by the board of directors of the Company and filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and (v) with respect to the Class A Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Class C Shares, the conversion of the Class C Shares will have been completed in accordance with the Proposed Charter.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares (including the Class A Shares and Class C Shares), when issued in the manner and on the terms described in the Registration Statement and the Merger Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We are opining solely on all applicable statutory provisions of Delaware corporate law, including the rules and regulations underlying those provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, and all applicable judicial and regulatory determinations in connection therewith. Our opinion is based on these laws as in effect on the date hereof and as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion after the effective date of the Registration Statement should the law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision, or otherwise. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any other jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any other federal or state law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.
The opinions expressed herein are rendered as of the date hereof and are based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinions expressed herein refer to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinions expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to revise or supplement such opinions should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
Our opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the use of our name as your counsel and to all references made to us in the Registration Statement and in the proxy statement/prospectus forming a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP | |
| Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP |