To each of the Banks party to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Elizabeth Arden, Inc., the Banks party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, and Fleet National Bank, as Collateral Agent for the Banks |
We have acted as counsel to Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (the "Company"), a Florida corporation, FD Management, Inc. ("FD Management"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, DF Enterprises, Inc. ("DF Enterprises"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Elizabeth Arden International Holding, Inc., formerly FFI International, Inc. ("International"; collectively with FD Management and DF Enterprises, the "Subsidiaries" and, the Subsidiaries, collectively with the Company, the "FFI Entities"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in connection with the preparation, authorization, execution and delivery of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, as Borrower, the Banks name d therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (the "Administrative Agent"), and Fleet National Bank, as Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent"). Capitalized terms defined in the Agreement and used (but not otherwise defined) herein are used herein as so defined. |
In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the Agreement and such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the FFI Entities, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. |
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the FFI Entities and upon the representations and warranties of the FFI Entities contained in the Agreement. As used herein, "to our knowledge" and "of which we are aware" mean the conscious awareness of facts or other information by any lawyer in our firm actively involved in the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. |