EX-5.1 2 ea021807301ex5-1_mega.htm OPINION OF OGIER

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Mega Matrix Inc.   D  +852 3656 6054
  E  nathan.powell@ogier.com
   
  Reference: NMP/CLE/503979.00001
     
    25 October 2024

 

Dear Sirs

 

Mega Matrix Inc. (the Company)

 

We have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the Company in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date (the Act). The Registration Statement relates to the Company’s amended and restated 2021 equity incentive plan (the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan), originally filed by Mega Matrix Corp., a Delaware company (MPU DE), which covered a total of 1,580,000 shares of common stock of MPU DE and was assumed by the Company after a redomicile merger consummated on 8 October 2024. After the merger, each issued and outstanding share of MPU DE’s common stock outstanding prior to 8 October 2024 has been converted to the right to receive one class A ordinary share, par value of $0.001 (Class A Ordinary Share), of the Company. In addition, each outstanding option and warrant exercisable into common stock of MPU DE has been assumed by the Company under the same terms and conditions. We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

 

Unless a contrary intention appears, all capitalised terms used in this opinion have the respective meanings set forth in the Documents (as defined below). The headings herein are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this opinion.

 

Ogier

Providing advice on British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands and Guernsey laws

 

Floor 11 Central Tower

28 Queen’s Road Central

Central

Hong Kong

 

T +852 3656 6000

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ogier.com

Partners

Nicholas Plowman

Nathan Powell

Anthony Oakes

Oliver Payne

Kate Hodson

David Nelson

Justin Davis

Joanne Collett

Dennis Li

Florence Chan*

Lin Han

Cecilia Li**

Rachel Huang**

Yuki Yan**

Richard Bennett**

James Bergstrom

Marcus Leese

 

* admitted in New Zealand

admitted in New York

** admitted in England and Wales

not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong

 

 

 

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1Documents examined

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined originals, copies, or drafts of the following documents (the Documents):

 

(a)the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 11 October 2022 and the certificate of incorporation on change of name in respect of the Company dated 20 September 2023 issued by the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the Registrar);

 

(b)the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as adopted by special resolution passed on 30 May 2024 (the Memorandum and Articles);

 

(c)a certificate of good standing dated 16 July 2024 (the Good Standing Certificate) issued by the Registrar in respect of the Company;

 

(d)the register of directors and officers of the Company dated 21 May 2024 (the Register of Directors);

 

(e)a certificate from a director of the Company dated 25 Oct 2024 as to certain matters of facts (the Director’s Certificate);

 

(f)the written resolutions of all the directors of the Company dated 30 May 2024 and 24 Oct 2024 approving, inter alia, the Company’s filing of the Registration Statement and issuance of the securities (the Board Resolutions);

 

(g)a copy of the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan; and

 

(h)the Registration Statement.

 

2Assumptions

 

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

 

(a)all original documents examined by us are authentic and complete;

 

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

 

(c)all signatures, seals, dates, stamps and markings (whether on original or copy documents) are genuine;

 

(d)each of the Good Standing Certificate, the Director’s Certificate and the Register of Directors is accurate and complete as at the date of this opinion;

 

(e)the Memorandum and Articles provided to us are in full force and effect and have not been amended, varied, supplemented or revoked in any respect;

 

(f)all copies of the Registration Statement are true and correct copies and the Registration Statement conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us and, where the Registration Statement has been provided to us in successive drafts marked-up to indicate changes to such documents, all such changes have been so indicated;

 

(g)the Board Resolutions remain in full force and effect and have not been, and will not be, revoked, rescinded or amended in any way, and each of the directors of the Company has acted in good faith with a view to;

 

(h)each of the directors 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 or her in approving the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and no director has a financial interest in or other relationship to a party of the transactions contemplated by the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan which has not been properly disclosed in the Board Resolutions;

 

 

 

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(i)neither the directors and shareholders of the Company have taken any steps to wind up the Company or to appoint a liquidator of the Company and no receiver has been appointed over any of the Company’s property or assets;

 

(j)the Company shall have sufficient number of unissued shares in its authorised share capital at the time of issuance of the shares (the ESOP Shares) under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, which plan covers a total of 1,580,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, in order for it to issue the ESOP Shares without needing to first increase its authorised share capital;

 

(k)the consideration payable for each ESOP Shares shall be no less than the par value of US$0.001 each; and

 

(l)there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the Cayman Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein.

 

3Opinions

 

On the basis of the examinations and assumptions referred to above and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in paragraph 4 below, we are of the opinion that:

 

Corporate status

 

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

 

Authorised Share capital

 

(b)The authorised share capital of the Company is USD120,000 divided into (i) 100,000,000 class A ordinary shares of par value USD0.001 each, (ii) 10,000,000 class B ordinary shares of par value USD0.001 each and (iii) 10,000,000 Preferred Shares of par value USD0.001 each.

 

Valid Issuance of Shares

 

(c)The ESOP Shares to be issued under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate actions of the Company under the Memorandum and Articles and, upon the issuance and delivery of the ESOP Shares in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles, the Resolutions and the terms of the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and once consideration of not less than the par value is fully paid per ESOP Share in accordance with the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to the Company, the ESOP Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Once the register of members of the Company has been updated to reflect the issuance of the ESOP Shares, the shareholders recorded in the register of members of the Company will be deemed to have legal title to the shares of the Company set out against their respective name.

 

4Limitations and Qualifications

 

4.1We 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 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to statutes, rules, regulations, codes or judicial authority of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands; or

 

(b)except to the extent that this opinion expressly provides otherwise, as to the commercial terms of, or the validity, enforceability or effect of the Form S-8, the accuracy of representations, the fulfilment of warranties or conditions, the occurrence of events of default or terminating events 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.

 

 

 

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4.2Under the Companies Act (Revised) (Companies Act) 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.

 

4.3In good standing means only that as of the date of this opinion 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 Act.

 

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.

 

6Reliance

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form S-8.

 

This opinion may be used only in connection with the Registration Statement while the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan is effective.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Ogier 
Ogier