Exhibit 5.1
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September 13, 2024
Seaport Entertainment Group Inc.
199 Water Street, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1
To the addressees set forth above:
We have acted as counsel to Seaport Entertainment Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the proposed issuance by the Company of up to 7,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company pursuant to the exercise of transferrable subscription rights (the “Rights”). The Rights and the Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 24, 2024, (Registration No. 333–279690) (,as amended, 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 related prospectus (the “Prospectus”), 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 (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 upon exercise of the Rights against payment of the subscription price therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, and the Shares will be fully paid and nonassessable.
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 in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” We further consent to the incorporation by reference of this letter and consent into any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) with respect to the Shares. 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.
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| /s/ Latham & Watkins LLP | |
