Exhibit 5.1
DLA Piper LLP (US)
4365 Executive Drive
San Diego, California 92121-2133
T 858.677.1400
F 858.677.1401
August 8, 2018
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
3888 Calle Fortunada
San Diego, CA 92123
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the sale and issuance by Maxwell Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of up to an aggregate of 6,600,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to a Registration Statement onForm S-3(File 333-221478) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), the related prospectus dated November 16, 2017 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2018, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Act (together the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Shares include shares of Common Stock that are subject to an option to purchase additional shares granted to the underwriters in the offering.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement and the related Base Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents; the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where due authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents (other than with respect to the Company).
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and sold pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement by and between the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein, dated August 8, 2018, in accordance with the Registration Statement and the related Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a Current Report of the Company onForm 8-K. In giving our 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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Very truly yours, |
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