EX-5.1 2 ea020233605ex5-1_agiiplus.htm OPINION OF MAPLES AND CALDER (HONG KONG) LLP REGARDING THE VALIDITY OF THE ORDINARY SHARES BEING REGISTERED

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Our ref SQG/792647-000002/28500205v4

 

AgiiPlus Inc.

Level B1, Building 3, No.1-10

Lane 1500, Kongjiang Rd.

Yangpu, Shanghai 200093

People’s Republic of China

 

25 June 2024

 

Dear Sir or Madam

 

AgiiPlus Inc.

 

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to AgiiPlus Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended to date relating to (i) the offering (the “Offering”) by the Company of certain of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each (the “Shares”) and (ii) the registration of resale, from time to time, by the selling shareholders named in the Registration Statement (the “Selling Shareholders”), of 2,291,535 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.0001 each of the Company (the “Resale Shares”), which are issued by the Company to the Selling Shareholders upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement.

 

1Documents Reviewed

 

For the purposes of this opinion, we have reviewed only originals, copies or final drafts of the following documents:

 

1.1The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 18 February 2021.

 

1.2The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as amended and restated by special resolution dated 16 August 2021 (the “Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles”).

 

1.3The second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company as conditionally adopted by a special resolution passed on 18 June 2024 and effective upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (the “Post-offering Memorandum and Articles”).

 

1.4The written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 15 March 2023 and 18 June 2024 (collectively, the “Directors’ Resolutions”).

 

 

 

 

 

1.5The written resolutions of the shareholders of the Company dated on 18 June 2024 (the “Shareholders’ Resolutions”).

 

1.6A certificate from a director of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”).

 

1.7A certificate of good standing dated 14 June 2024, issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

 

1.8The Registration Statement.

 

2Assumptions

 

The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving these opinions we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1Copy documents or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals.

 

2.2The genuineness of all signatures and seals.

 

2.3There is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands), and there is nothing contained in the minute book or corporate records of the Company (which we have not inspected), which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

 

2.4The Company will receive money or money’s worth in consideration for the issue of the Shares and none of the Shares were or will be issued for less than par value.

 

3Opinion

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.2The authorised share capital of the Company, with effect immediately upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, will be US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of par value of US$0.0001 each, comprising (a) 400,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each and (b) 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

3.3The issue and allotment of the Shares and the Resale Shares, and the resale of the Resale Shares by the Selling Shareholders as contemplated in the Registration Statement have been duly authorised and when allotted, issued and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Shares and the Resale Shares will be legally issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).

 

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3.4The statements under the caption “Taxation” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

 

4Qualifications

 

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

4.1To maintain the Company in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law.

 

4.2Under the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”), the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Act directs or authorises to be inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error).

 

4.3In this opinion the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder and in absence of a contractual arrangement, or an obligation pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association, to the contrary, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions, the subject of this opinion.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Taxation” and “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

 

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

 

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Director’s Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AgiiPlus Inc.

Ogier Global (Cayman) Limited,

89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, KY1-9009, Cayman Islands

 

25 June 2024

 

To:

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

26th Floor, Central Plaza

18 Harbour Road, Wanchai

Hong Kong

 

Dear Sirs

 

AgiiPlus Inc. (the “Company”)

 

I, the undersigned, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the “Opinion”) in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:

 

1The Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles remain in full force and effect and, except as amended by the Shareholders’ Resolutions conditionally adopting the Post-offering Memorandum and Articles, are otherwise unamended.

 

2The Directors’ Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles (including, without limitation, with respect to the disclosure of interests (if any) by directors of the Company) and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

 

3The Shareholders’ Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Pre-IPO Memorandum and Articles and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

 

4The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000.00 divided into 500,000,000 shares of par value US$0.0001 each, including (i) 468,010,917 ordinary shares of par value US$0.0001 each, (ii) 14,829,919 series Pre-A convertible redeemable participating preferred shares of par value US$0.0001 each, (iii) 10,840,109 series A convertible redeemable participating preferred shares of par value US$0.0001 each, and (iv) 6,319,055 series A+ convertible redeemable participating preferred shares of par value US$0.0001 each.

 

5The authorised share capital of the Company, with effect immediately upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, will be US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of par value of US$0.0001 each, comprising (a) 400,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each and (b) 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

6The shareholders of the Company have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors of the Company in any way and there is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from allotting and issuing the Shares or otherwise performing its obligations under the transactions contemplated by under the Registration Statement.

 

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7The directors of the Company at the date of written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 15 March 2023 were:

 

Jing Hu

Jiaqing Wu

Keming Chen

Lei Yang

Chao Chen

Fei Ye

Fan Huang

 

8The directors of the Company at the date of written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 18 June 2024 and at the date hereof were and are:

 

Jing Hu

Jing Dai

Yong Ni

Keming Chen

Chao Chen

Haiming Xu

Fan Huang

 

9You have been provided with complete and accurate copies of all minutes of meetings or written resolutions or consents of the Shareholders and directors (or any committee thereof) of the Company (which were duly convened, passed and/or (as the case may be) signed and delivered in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles) and the certificate of incorporation, Memorandum and Articles (as adopted on incorporation and as subsequently amended) and statutory registers of the Company.

 

10Each director considers the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted bona fide in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company in relation to the transactions the subject of the Opinion.

 

11To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction and neither the Directors nor Shareholders have taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation. Further, no steps have been taken to wind up the Company or to appoint restructuring officers or interim restructuring officers, and no receiver has been appointed in relation to any of the Company’s property or assets.

 

12Upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of certain Shares, the Company will not be subject to the requirements of Part XVIIA of the Companies Act (As Revised).

 

I confirm that you may continue to rely on this Certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you personally to the contrary.

 

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Signature:  /s/ Hu Jing  
Name: Hu Jing  
Title: Director  

 

 

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