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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

53rd at Third

 

885 Third Avenue

 

New York, New York 10022-4834

 

Tel: +1.212.906.1200 Fax: +1.212.751.4864

 

www.lw.com

 

FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES

 

Abu Dhabi

Milan

 

Barcelona

Moscow

 

Beijing

Munich

 

Boston

New Jersey

November 17, 2014

Brussels

New York

 

Chicago

Orange County

 

Doha

Paris

 

Dubai

Riyadh

 

Düsseldorf

Rome

 

Frankfurt

San Diego

 

Hamburg

San Francisco

 

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Neff Corporation

Houston

Silicon Valley

3750 N.W. 87th Avenue

London

Singapore

Suite 400

Los Angeles

Tokyo

Miami, Florida 33178

Madrid

Washington, D.C.

 

Re:                             Registration Statement No. 333-198559;
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Neff Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 12,047,618 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”).  The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 3, 2014 (Registration No. 333-198559, as amended, the “Registration Statement”).  The term “Shares” shall include any additional shares of common stock registered by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act in connection with the offering contemplated by 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 contained therein (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, 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, upon the proper filing of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, substantially in the form most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and when the Shares

 



 

have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the form of underwriting agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, 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, fully paid and non-assessable.  In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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 post-effective amendment to the 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.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

 

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