EX-5.1 2 tm2028980d1_ex5-1.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

Qilian International Holding Group Limited

c/o Avalon Trust & Corporate Services Ltd.

Landmark Square, 1st Floor

64 Earth Close, PO Box 715

Grand Cayman KY1-1107

Cayman Islands

  D  +1 345 815 1877
  E  bradley.kruger@ogier.com
   
  Reference: BKR/RZD/426800.00001
   
     
    21 August 2020

 

Dear Sirs

 

Qilian International Holding Group Limited (the Company)

 

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Act) to date, relating to the offering by the Company of up to 6,050,000 ordinary shares (including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the underwriters' warrants and the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option) of the Company of par value US$0.00166667 each (the Shares). This opinion is given in accordance with the terms of the legal matters section of the Registration Statement.

 

Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the Registration Statement. A reference to a Schedule is a reference to a schedule to this opinion and the headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined a copy of the Registration Statement. In addition, we have examined the corporate and other documents listed in Schedule 1. 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.

 

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Camana Bay

Grand Cayman, KY1-9009

Cayman Islands

 

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Qilian International Holding Group Limited

21 August 2020

 

2Assumptions

 

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

 

3Opinions

 

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 status

 

(a)The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the Registrar).

 

Corporate power

 

(b)The Company has all requisite capacity and power under its M&A to issue the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

 

No conflict

 

(c)The issue of the Shares by the Company as contemplated by the Registration Statement do not contravene:

 

(i)the M&A; or

 

(ii)any law of the Cayman Islands applicable to the Company.

 

Share Capital

 

(d)Based solely on our review of the M&A, the authorised share capital of the Company is US$166,667 divided into 100,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.00166667 par value (the Ordinary Shares).

 

(e)Based solely on our review of the Register of Members, a total of 30,000,000 Ordinary Shares are currently in issue as at the date thereof. Accordingly, based solely on our review of the M&A and Register of Members, the Company has sufficient number of Ordinary Shares within its authorized share capital to ensure it is able to issue the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

 

Issue of Shares

 

(f)The issue and allotment of the Shares has been authorised by all requisite corporate action of the Company and when allotted, issued and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Shares will be validly issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, the Shares are only issued when they have been entered into the register of members of the Company.

 

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Enforcement of foreign judgments

 

(g)Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments or orders obtained in foreign courts (other than certain courts of Australia and its external territories), the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognise and enforce a foreign judgment or order, without re-examination or re-litigation of the matters adjudicated upon, if the judgment or order:

 

(i)is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction;

 

(ii)is final and conclusive;

 

(iii)is not in respect of a tax, fine or other penalty;

 

(iv)was not obtained by fraud; and

 

(v)is not of a kind, the enforcement of which is contrary to public policy in the Cayman Islands.

 

The courts of the Cayman Islands will apply the rules of Cayman Islands private international law to determine whether the foreign court is a court of competent jurisdiction. Subject to these limitations, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognise and enforce a foreign judgment for a liquidated sum and may also give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of foreign judgments, such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.

 

Registration Statement – “Cayman Islands Taxation”

 

(h)Insofar as the statements set forth in the Registration Statement under the caption “Cayman Islands Taxation” purport to summarise certain tax laws of the Cayman Islands, such statements are accurate in all material respects and such statements constitute our opinion.

 

No litigation revealed

 

(i)Based solely on our investigation of the Register of Writs and Other Originating Process (Register of Writs), no litigation was pending in the Cayman Islands against the Company, nor had any petition been presented or order made for the winding up of the Company, as of the close of business on the day before our inspection.

 

4Matters not covered

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a)as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands, and we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction, and we express no opinion as to the meaning, validity, or effect of references in the Registration Statement to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity or effect of the Registration Statement (or as to how the commercial terms of the Registration Statement reflect the intentions of the parties), the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions or the existence of any conflicts or inconsistencies among the Registration Statement and any other agreements into which the Company may have entered or any other documents; or

 

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(c)as to whether the issue of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement will result in the breach of or infringe any other agreement, deed or document (other than the M&A) entered into by or binding on the Company.

 

5Governing law of this opinion

 

5.1This opinion is:

 

(a)governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands;

 

(b)limited to the matters expressly stated in it; and

 

(c)confined to, and given on the basis of, the laws and practice in the Cayman Islands at the date of this opinion.

 

5.2Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any specific Cayman Islands legislation is a reference to that legislation as amended to, and as in force at, the date of this opinion.

 

6Consent

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm in the Registration Statement. In the giving of our 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.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

Ogier

 

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Schedule 1 

 

Documents examined

 

1The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated 7 February 2019 (the Certificate of Incorporation).

 

2The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by special resolution passed on 16 October 2019 (the M&A).

 

3A Certificate of Good Standing dated 20 August 2020 issued by the Registrar in respect of the Company (the Good Standing Certificate).

 

4The written resolutions of the sole director of the Company passed on 16 October 2019 (the Board Resolutions).

 

5The register of members of the Company dated 19 November 2019 (the Register of Members).

 

6The Register of Writs at the office of the Clerk of Courts in the Cayman Islands as inspected by us on 21 August 2020.

 

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Schedule 2 

 

Assumptions

 

Assumptions of general application

 

1All original documents examined by us are authentic and complete.

 

2All copy documents examined by us (whether in facsimile, electronic or other form) conform to the originals and those originals are authentic and complete.

 

3All signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine.

 

4Each of the Certificate of Incorporation, the M&A, the Register of Members, the Good Standing Certificate and the Board Resolutions is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion.

 

5The M&A is in full force and effect and has not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect.

 

Status and Authorisation

 

6In authorising the issue and allotment of Shares, the sole director of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and has exercised the standard of care, diligence and skill that is required of him.

 

7Any individuals who sign or have signed documents or give information on which we rely, have the legal capacity under all relevant laws (including the laws of the Cayman Islands) to sign such documents and give such information.

 

8No steps have been taken by the Company to wind up the Company and no resolutions have been passed by the shareholders of the Company (the Shareholders) to wind up the Company.

 

9The Company is not subject to any legal, arbitral, administration or other proceedings and no notice of an application or order for the appointment of a liquidator or receiver of the Company or any of its assets or of a winding-up of the Company has been received by the Company.

 

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10The powers and authority of the directors of the Company as set out in the M&A have not been varied or restricted by resolution or direction of the Shareholders.

 

11There have been no sealing regulations made by the directors of the Company, any committee of directors of the Company or the Shareholders pursuant to the M&A.

 

12The sole director of the Company has disclosed to the Company all of his direct or indirect interests that conflict or may conflict to a material extent with the interests of the Company.

 

13The sole director of the Company at the date of the Board Resolutions, was and is Jiang Bo.

 

14The Board Resolutions have been duly signed by the sole director of the Company and were passed in accordance with the M&A.

 

15The Board Resolutions are in full force and effect, have not been amended, revoked or rescinded in any way and are the only resolutions passed by the sole director of the Company relating to the matters referred to therein.

 

16None of the opinions expressed herein will be adversely affected by the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. In particular, but without limitation to the previous sentence, the laws or public policies of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands will not adversely affect the capacity or authority of the Company.

 

17There are no agreements, documents or arrangements (other than the documents expressly referred to in this opinion as having been examined by us) that materially affect or modify the Registration Statement or the transactions contemplated by it or restrict the powers and authority of the Company in any way.

 

Sovereign immunity

 

18The Company is not a sovereign entity of any state and does not have sovereign immunity for the purposes of the UK State Immunity Act 1978 (which has been extended by statutory instrument to the Cayman Islands).

 

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Schedule 3 

 

Qualifications

 

Good Standing

 

1Under the Companies Law (Revised) (Companies Law) of the Cayman Islands annual returns in respect of the Company must be filed with the Registrar, together with payment of annual filing fees. A failure to file annual returns and pay annual filing fees may result in the Company being struck off the Register of Companies, following which its assets will vest in the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands and will be subject to disposition or retention for the benefit of the public of the Cayman Islands.

 

2In good standing means only that as of the date of the Good Standing Certificate the Company is up-to-date with the filing of its annual returns and payment of annual fees with the Registrar. We have made no enquiries into the Company's good standing with respect to any filings or payment of fees, or both, that it may be required to make under the laws of the Cayman Islands other than the Companies Law.

 

3In this opinion the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to Shares, that a member of the Company shall not, by virtue of its status as a member of the Company, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the Shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper use or other circumstance in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

Register of Writs

 

4Our examination of the Register of Writs cannot conclusively reveal whether or not there is:

 

(a)any current or pending litigation in the Cayman Islands against the Company; or

 

(b)any application for the winding up or dissolution of the Company or the appointment of any liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy in respect of the Company or any of its assets,

 

as notice of these matters might not be entered on the Register of Writs immediately or the court file associated with the matter may not be accessible (for example, due to sealing orders having been made). Furthermore, we have not conducted a search of the summary court. Claims in the summary court are limited to a maximum of CI $20,000.

 

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