EX-5.1 4 tm2321433d1_ex5-1.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Baker & McKenzie LLP

 

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July 18, 2023  

 

 

ServiceNow, Inc.
2225 Lawson Lane
Santa Clara, California 95054

 

Re: ServiceNow, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel for ServiceNow, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of a registration statement on Form S-8 filed on the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration of 15,079 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”). The Shares subject to the Registration Statement are to be issued pursuant to the assumption of outstanding equity awards granted under the G2K Group GmbH 2023 Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”).

 

We have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and supplemented to date, (iii) the Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, (iv) the corporate proceedings with respect to the filing of the Registration Statement, (v) the corporate proceedings taken with respect to the sale and issuance of the Shares under the Plan, and (vi) such other corporate records, agreements, documents and instruments and certificates or comparable documents of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the expression of the opinions contained herein. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

The opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States of America.

 

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This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We hereby consent to the use of our opinion as herein set forth as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.

 

Best regards,
   

 

/s/ Baker & McKenzie LLP

 

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP

 

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