Exhibit 5.4

 

 

 

Amcor plc 83 Tower Road North Warmley Bristol BS30 8XP United Kingdom     Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc. 2301 Industrial Drive   Neenah, Wisconsin 54956   United States     Amcor Finance (USA), Inc.   2801 SW 149th Avenue, Suite 350   Miramar, Florida 33027   United States     Amcor UK Finance plc   83 Tower Road North   Warmley   Bristol BS30 8XP   United Kingdom     Amcor Pty Ltd   Level 11, 60 City Road   Southbank, Victoria 3006   Australia		D  +44 1534 514251   E  simon.dinning@ogier.com     Reference:  SDD/REA/178119.00003
		25 May 2021

 

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Partners Raulin Amy James Campbell Richard Daggett Simon Dinning Katrina Edge Sally Edwards Damian Evans Simon Felton

James Fox Josephine Howe Jonathan Hughes Nicolas Journeaux Niamh Lalor Edward Mackereth Bruce MacNeil Steven Meiklejohn

Julie Melia Oliver Passmore Nathan Powell Sophie Reguengo Daniel Richards Nicholas Williams

 

 

Amcor plc: Form S-3 Registration Statement

 

1

Request for opinion

 

1.1

At your request, we are providing you with this legal opinion on matters of Jersey law in connection with a Form S-3 Registration Statement (defined below) and the related preliminary and final prospectus supplements dated May 18, 2021 (the Prospectus) filed by Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc. (formerly known as Bemis Company, Inc.) (Amcor Flexibles), Amcor plc (Amcor plc or the Company), Amcor Finance (USA), Inc. (AFUI), Amcor Pty Ltd (formerly known as Amcor Limited) (Amcor Pty Ltd) and Amcor UK Finance plc (Amcor UK and together with Amcor Flexibles, the Company, AFUI and Amcor Pty Ltd, the Parties) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) with respect to the offering, issuance and sale by Amcor Flexibles of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.690% senior notes due 2031 (the Notes) which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (Guarantees and, together with the Notes, the Securities) by each of the Company, AFUI, Amcor UK and Amcor Pty Ltd (together, the Guarantors).

 

1.2

The Securities will be issued under the indenture dated 19 June 2020 (the Indenture) among Amcor Flexibles (as issuer), the Company (as parent guarantor), AFUI, Amcor Pty Ltd, and Amcor UK (each, an initial subsidiary guarantor, and together with the Company, the original guarantors), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (as trustee) together with the officer's certificate dated May 25, 2021 (the Officer's Certificate) delivered pursuant to the Indenture establishing the terms of the Notes. The Securities are to be sold pursuant to the underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) dated May 18, 2021 among Amcor Flexibles, the Company, AFUI, Amcor Pty Ltd, Amcor UK and the several underwriters named therein.

 

1.3

References herein to a Schedule are references to a schedule to this opinion.

 

 

2

Documents examined

 

2.1

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of the documents listed in Part A of Schedule 1 signed on behalf of the Company (the Documents). In addition, we have examined copies of the corporate and other documents listed in Part B of Schedule 1 and conducted the searches referred to in Part C of Schedule 1.

 

2.2

We have not made any searches or enquiries concerning, and have not examined any documents entered into by or affecting the Company or any other person, save for the searches, enquiries and examinations expressly referred to in Schedule 1.

 

3

Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 without having carried out any independent investigation or verification in respect of such assumptions.

 

4

Opinions

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the qualifications set forth in Schedule 3 and the limitations set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

Corporate existence, capacity and authority

 

(a)

the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under the laws of Jersey;

 

(b)

the Company has the capacity and power to enter into the Documents and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations thereunder;

 

(c)

the Company has taken all corporate or other action required to authorise its execution of the Documents and the exercise by it of its rights and the performance by it of its obligations thereunder;

 

No winding up, dissolution, appointment of liquidator or désastre declaration

 

(d)

a search of the Public Records today and the JFSC Confirmation revealed no evidence of any resolutions for the winding up or dissolution of the Company and no evidence of the appointment of any liquidator in respect of the Company or any of its assets; and

 

(e)

the written confirmation provided by the Viscount's Department today in response to the Désastre Search indicates that there has been no declaration of désastre in respect of the property of the Company.

 

 

5

Limitations

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a)

in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Jersey (and we have not made any investigation into such laws);

 

(b)

as to the enforceability of any documents entered into or to be entered into by the Company; or

 

(c)

as to the rights, title or interest of the Company to or in, or the existence of, any property or assets which are the subject of the Documents.

 

6

Governing law

 

6.1

This opinion is:

 

(a)

governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of Jersey;

 

(b)

limited to the matters expressly stated herein; and

 

(c)

confined to and given on the basis of the laws and practice in Jersey at the date hereof.

 

6.2

Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this opinion to specific Jersey legislation shall be to such legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date hereof.

 

7

Consent to Filing of this Opinion Letter

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to a report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof and its incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Rule 415 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

8

Who can rely on this opinion

 

This opinion is given for your benefit in connection with the Documents and it may not be disclosed to or relied upon by any person or used for any other purpose or referred to or made public in any way without our prior written consent, save that it may be disclosed on a non-reliance basis to your professional advisers (acting only in that capacity). 

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ OGIER

 

Ogier (Jersey) LLP

 

 

Schedule 1

 

Documents examined

 

Part A

 

The Documents

 

1

The Registration Statement filed by each of Amcor Flexibles and the Guarantors on June 10, 2020 as supplemented by the Prospectus.

 

2

The Underwriting Agreement.

 

3

The Indenture.

 

Part B

 

Corporate and other documents

 

1

A certificate signed by the secretary of the Company dated on the date hereof (the Secretary's Certificate) relating to certain questions of fact, together with true and complete copies of the documents referred to therein including:

 

(a)

a copy of an extract of board resolutions of the Company passed at a meeting of the board of directors of the Company (the Directors) held on 5 May 2020; and

 

(b)

a copy of an extract of the board resolutions of the Company passed at a meeting of the Directors held on April 21, 2021 (together with (a) above, the Board Minutes).

 

2

The certificate of incorporation and any certificates of incorporation upon change of name of the Company appearing on the Public Records on the date of this opinion.

 

3

The memorandum and articles of association of the Company (including any special resolutions amending the memorandum and articles of association of the Company and any shareholders' or joint venture or similar agreement supplementing the articles of association of the Company) appearing on the Public Records on the date of this opinion.

 

4

The Officer's Certificate.

 

Part C

 

Searches

 

1

The public records of the Company on file and available for inspection at the Companies Registry of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the JFSC) on the date hereof (the Public Records).

 

2

An email received on the date hereof by the JFSC confirming that the Public Records are accurate and complete (the JFSC Confirmation).

 

3

The results received on the date hereof of our written enquiry in respect of the Company made to the Viscount's Department (the Désastre Search).

 

 

Schedule 2

 

Assumptions

 

1

All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2

All copy documents and counterparts of documents provided to us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals of such documents and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3

All documents provided to us with an electronic signature are authentic and complete.

 

4

Signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

5

The Secretary's Certificate and the documents referred to therein, and any factual statements made therein, are accurate and complete as at the date hereof.

 

6

The written confirmation provided by the Viscount's Department in response to the Désastre Search is accurate and complete as at the date hereof.

 

7

The information disclosed by our searches of the Public Records and the JFSC Confirmation is accurate as at the date hereof and any documents disclosed by our searches of the Public Records or the JFSC Confirmation are true and complete, in full force and effect and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect and there is no information or document which has been delivered for registration, or which is required by the law of Jersey to be delivered for registration, which was not included in the Public Records or JFSC Confirmation.

 

 

Schedule 3

 

Qualifications

 

1

The search of the Public Records and the JFSC Confirmation referred to in this opinion is not conclusively capable of revealing whether or not an order has been made or a resolution passed for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or for the appointment of a liquidator in respect of the Company, as notice of these matters might not be filed with the JFSC immediately and, when filed, might not be entered on the public record of the Company immediately.

 

2

The written confirmation provided by the Viscount's Department in response to the Désastre Search relates only to the property of the Company being declared to be "en désastre". There is no formal procedure for determining whether the Company has otherwise become "bankrupt", as defined in the Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954.