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Anika Therapeutics, Inc. – ‘S-8’ on 8/8/23 – ‘EX-5.1’

On:  Tuesday, 8/8/23, at 5:18pm ET   ·   Effective:  8/8/23   ·   Accession #:  1171843-23-5115   ·   File #:  333-273812

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/08/23  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          S-8         8/08/23    4:79K                                    Globenewswire Inc./FA

Registration Statement – Securities for an Employee Benefit Plan   —   Form S-8   —   SA’33

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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-8         Registration Statement - Securities for an          HTML     34K 
                Employee Benefit Plan                                            
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Legality                     HTML      7K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML      5K 
 4: EX-FILING FEES  Filing Fee Table                                HTML     12K 


‘EX-5.1’   —   Opinion of Counsel re: Legality


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Exhibit 5.1

 

Goodwin Procter llp
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
 
goodwinlaw.com
+1 617 570 1000

 

August 8, 2023

 

 

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

32 Wiggins Avenue

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

 

 

Re:         Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 435,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

 

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

 

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

 

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

 

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

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2 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/22/21  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          8-K:5,9     6/16/21   12:455K                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
 6/06/18  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          8-K:5,8,9   5/31/18    4:323K                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
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