EX-5 2 dp21182_ex5.htm EXHBIIT 5
 
 
Exhibits 5 and 23.2
 
OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
 

 

 

 
February 14, 2011
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.
26462 Corporate Avenue
Hayward, CA 94545
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company.
 
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
 
Based upon the foregoing, we advise you that, in our opinion:
 
When the necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor (in excess of par value thereof), for the consideration approved by the Board of Directors (which consideration is not less than the par value of the Common Stock), such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.
 
In connection with the opinion expressed above, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of the Common Stock, (i) the Board of Directors shall have duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Common Stock and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) the Company shall remain validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (iii) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; and (iv) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity of the Common Stock.  We have also assumed that the issuance and delivery of the Common Stock will not violate any applicable law  or public policy or result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company.
 
We are members of the Bar of the States of New York and California and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
 
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to above and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Validity of Securities” in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
 
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.
 
 
    Very truly yours,  
 
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP