Exhibit 5.1
June 27, 2016
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
AmeriGas Finance Corp.
460 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania 19406
RE: AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and AmeriGas Finance Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-212117 and 333-212117-01)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is rendered at the request of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and AmeriGas Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuers”), in connection with the sale of $675,000,000 principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and $675,000,000 principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026 (together with the 2024 Notes, the “Notes”) of the Issuers pursuant to a prospectus that supplements (the “Prospectus Supplement”) the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Notes have been issued under an Indenture dated as of June 27, 2016, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of June 27, 2016 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture, originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of AmeriGas Finance Corp.’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, AmeriGas Partners, L.P.’s Certificate of Limited Partnership and Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of July 27, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of March 13, 2012, and Amendment No. 2 to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of July 27, 2015, and such other documents, records and instruments of the Issuers as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of the opinions set forth herein.
We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile, or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
We have also assumed for purposes of our opinion that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, that the Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, that the Trustee has duly authenticated the Notes, and that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Notes constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuers.
The opinions expressed herein are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and general principles of equity.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
