EX-5.2 3 a13-21835_1ex5d2.htm EX-5.2

Exhibit 5.2

 

October 8, 2013

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

7575 West Jefferson Blvd.

Fort Wayne, IN  46804

 

Re:                             Steel Dynamics, Inc. — Registration Statement on Form S-4

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Steel Dynamics, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”), in connection with the proposed registration on a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of $400,000,000 principal amount of 5¼% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) of the Company, to be issued in exchange for the Company’s outstanding 5¼% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Old Notes”) pursuant to an indenture dated as of March 26, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and (ii) the guarantee (the “Guarantee”) of each of the Guarantors executed and delivered pursuant to the Indenture.  The issuance of the Notes in exchange for the Old Notes is collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange Offer.”

 

In our capacity as such counsel, we have reviewed the Indenture and the form of the Notes.  We have also reviewed such matters of law and examined original, certified, conformed or photographic copies of such other documents, records, agreements and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.  In such review, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures on all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies.  We have relied, as to the matters set forth therein, on certificates of public officials.  As to certain matters of fact material to this opinion letter, we have relied, without independent verification, upon certificates of the Company and the Guarantors.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.                                      The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Indiana.

 

2.                                      The Company has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture.

 

3.                                      Each Guarantor has been duly incorporated or organized, is validly existing as a corporation or as a limited liability company in good standing (where such status is recognized) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.

 

4.                                      Each Guarantor has the power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture in its capacity as a Guarantor thereunder, and to perform its obligations thereunder.

 

This opinion letter is limited in all respects to the law of the State of Indiana, the law of the State of Michigan, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal law of the United States, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.

 

This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our attention or changes in law that occur, in each case, subsequent to the

 


 

effectiveness of the Registration Statement, which could affect the opinions contained herein.  This opinion is being rendered for the benefit of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with the matters addressed herein.

 

We hereby consent:

 

a.                                      to being named, if desired, in the Registration Statement and in any amendments thereto as counsel for the Company and the Guarantors;

 

b.                                      to the statements with reference to our firm made in the Registration Statement; and

 

c.                                       to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.  Subject to all qualifications, limitations, exceptions, restrictions and assumptions set forth herein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP may rely on this opinion as if it were an addressee hereof on this date for the sole purpose of rendering its opinion to the Company relating to the Notes, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Barrett & McNagny LLP

 

BARRETT & McNAGNY LLP