EX-5 13 upmacro5-1.txt EXHIBIT 5.1 EXHIBIT 5.1 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP FOUR TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK 10036-6522 -------- TEL: (212) 735-3000 FAX: (212) 735-2000 December 11, 2006 MACRO Securities Depositor, LLC 73 Green Tree Drive # 9 Dover, DE 19904 Re: Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Holding Trust Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Tradeable Trust ------------------------------------------- Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: We have served as counsel to MACRO Securities Depositor, LLC (the "Depositor"), in its capacity as depositor of the Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Holding Trust (the "Oil Up Holding Trust") and the Claymore MACROshares Oil UP Tradeable Trust (the "Oil Up Tradeable Trust," and, together with the Oil Up Holding Trust, the "Trusts") in connection with the formation of the Trusts and the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-[ ]) (the "Registration Statement"), including the prospectus included in Part I of the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "1933 Act"). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed registration under the 1933 Act of [ ] shares of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Oil Up Holding Trust (the "Holding Shares") and [ ] shares of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Oil Up Tradeable Trust (the "Tradeable Shares," and, together with the Holding Shares, the "Shares"). We have examined originals and copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of all such agreements, certificates and other statements of corporate officers and other representatives of the Depositor and other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion. In such examination, we have assumed the following: (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; and (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed. We have, when relevant facts material to our opinion were not independently established by us, relied to the extent we deemed such reliance proper upon written or oral MACRO Securities Depositor, LLC December 11, 2006 Page 2 statements of officers and other representatives of the Depositor. We have not made or undertaken to make any independent investigation to establish or verify the accuracy or completeness of such factual representations, certifications and other information. We express no opinion as to matters of law in jurisdictions other than the State of New York, the State of Delaware and the United States. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this letter, our opinions are based solely upon the law and the facts as they exist on the date hereof and we undertake no, and disclaim any, obligation to advise you of any subsequent change in law or facts or circumstances which might affect any matter or opinion set forth herein. Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth in this letter, we are of the opinion that (i) the Holding Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Holding Trust Agreement, dated November 24, 2006, among the Depositor, Investors Bank & Trust Company, as trustee ("Trustee"), Claymore Securities Inc. as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and a Marketing Agent (in such capacity, a "Marketing Agent"), and MACRO Financial, LLC as a Marketing Agent (a "Marketing Agent," and, together with the additional Marketing Agent, the "Marketing Agents"), including the receipt by the Trustee of the consideration required for the issuance of the Holding Shares, will be duly and legally issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable and (ii) the Tradeable Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Tradeable Trust Agreement, dated November 24, 2006, among the Depositor, the Trustee, the Administrative Agent and the Marketing Agents, including the receipt by the Trustee of the consideration required for the issuance of the Tradeable Shares, will be duly and legally issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name where it appears in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Very truly yours, /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP