Exhibit 5.1
December 17, 2021
Board of Directors
Donegal Group Inc.
1195 River Road
Marietta, Pennsylvania 17547
| Re: | Donegal Group Inc. (the “Company”) |
Registration Statement on Form S-8
500,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the offer and sale by the Company of up to 500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Class A common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company consisting of 500,000 shares the Company may issue under its 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).
As counsel to the Company, we have supervised all corporate proceedings in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement. We have also examined the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws, as amended to date, its corporate minutes and other proceedings and its records relating to the authorization, sale and issuance of the Shares and the adoption of the Plan, and such other documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to render this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan against receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares in accordance with the Plan will result in the Shares being legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Registration Statement.
| Sincerely, |
| /s/ Duane Morris LLP |