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S-1/A - FORM S-1/A - Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. | l40038gsv1za.htm |
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. | l40038gexv1w1.htm |
EX-10.16 - EX-10.16 - Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. | l40038gexv10w16.htm |
Exhibit 5.1
OPINION OF VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
October 18, 2010
Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.
777 Goodale Boulevard, Suite 100
Columbus, Ohio 43212
777 Goodale Boulevard, Suite 100
Columbus, Ohio 43212
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-167951) |
Members of the Board of Directors:
We have acted as Ohio counsel to Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the
Company), in connection with the initial public offering (the IPO) by the Company of 5,000,000
shares (the Company Shares) of its common shares, without par value (the Common Shares), and
the sale by certain Selling Shareholders (as defined below) of 3,333,000 Common Shares and, if and to
the extent that the Underwriters (as defined below) exercise an over-allotment option granted by
the Selling Shareholders (the Selling Shareholder
Shares and together with the Company Shares, the Offered
Shares), up to an additional 1,249,950 Common Shares.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
In connection with the preparation of the opinion expressed herein, we have examined and have
relied on each of the following:
(a) the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-167951) of the Company
relating to the Offered Shares, as filed on July 1, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act and as amended by Pre-Effective
Amendments No. 1 through No. 5 thereto (such Registration Statement, as so amended, the
Registration Statement);
(b) the form of underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) proposed to be
entered into by and among the Company, the selling shareholders named in Schedule B to the
Underwriting Agreement (the Selling Shareholders) and Jefferies & Company, Inc., Piper
Jaffray & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as
representatives (the Representatives) of the several
underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriters), as
filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement;
(c) the forms of the (i) Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company (the Articles) and (ii) Second Amended and Restated Regulations of the Company
(the Regulations), filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to the Registration
Statement;
(d)
the forms of the (i) Exchange Agreement by and among the Company,
Bravo Development Holdings LLC and all other shareholders of the
Company (the Exchange Agreement); and (ii) Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization by and between the Company and Bravo
Development Holdings LLC (the Reorganization Agreement),
filed as Exhibits 10.16 and 10.17, respectively, to the Registration
Statement;
(e) certain resolutions authorizing the Registration Statement and related matters that
have been adopted by the (i) Board of Directors of the Company (or duly constituted
committees thereof) and (ii) shareholders of the Company;
(f) a
specimen certificate
representing the Common Shares; and
(g) such other corporate records, proceedings and documents of the Company and such
other instruments and certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the
Company and such other persons as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to enable us to
render the opinion expressed herein.
In our examination of the aforesaid records, proceedings and documents, we have assumed,
without independent verification or investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the
authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we
have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other,
and in the case of natural persons, the legal capacity, to enter into and perform all obligations
thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other,
and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding
effect thereof on such parties.
In rendering
the opinion expressed herein, we have also assumed that (a)(i) the share exchange
provided for in the Exchange Agreement and described in the Registration Statement (the Share Exchange) pursuant to which, immediately prior
to the consummation of the IPO, all outstanding shares of the Companys Series A 14% Cumulative
Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and all outstanding shares of the
Companys Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (together, the Existing Shares), will be
exchanged for Common Shares, and (ii) the reorganization provided for
in the Reorganization Agreement and described in the Registration
Statement (the Reorganization) pursuant to which Bravo
Development Holdings LLC will distribute to its members all Common
Shares it receives in the Share Exchange and then will wind up and
dissolve, will be consummated on substantially the terms so described; and (b) when the Existing Shares to be exchanged for the Selling Shareholder Shares pursuant to the Share
Exchange were issued by the Company, the Company received the full applicable consideration for
such Existing Shares.
We have relied solely upon the examinations and inquiries recited herein and, except for such
examinations and inquiries, we have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the
existence or absence of any facts, and no inference as to our knowledge concerning such facts
should be drawn.
As used herein, the phrases duly authorized and validly issued mean that the particular
action has been authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and that the Company
has the corporate power and authority to take such action under Chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised
Code, the Articles and the Regulations.
Based upon
and subject to the foregoing, as of the date hereof, we are of the opinion that
when: (i) the Articles and the Regulations have become effective substantially in the forms filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement; (ii) the Share
Exchange and the Reorganization have been consummated on
substantially the terms described in the Registration Statement;
(iii) the Registration Statement has been declared
effective
by the Commission; (iv) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by the parties thereto; and (v) the Offered Shares are issued and delivered against receipt of
payment therefor as contemplated by the Registration Statement and in accordance with the terms of
the Underwriting Agreement, the Offered Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
The opinion expressed herein is limited solely to the laws of the State of Ohio as currently
in effect. We express no opinion with respect to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction
on the opinion expressed herein nor do we assume any obligation to advise you or any other person
of any change in law or facts after the date hereof that may bear on the matters set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
and to the reference to our firm under the caption Legal Matters in the Registration Statement.
In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
Very truly yours,
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP