Exhibit 5.1
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July 3, 2024
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc.
One Park Place
Suite 200
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-263169), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 1, 2022, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Securities Act”).
We are furnishing this letter to you in connection with the offer and sale by the Company from time to time of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $500,000,000, which is to be sold by the Company in accordance with the terms of the At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated May 13, 2020, as amended on February 26, 2021, March 1, 2022, February 22, 2023, May 10, 2023, September 5, 2023 and July 3, 2023 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and among the Company, on the one hand, and B. Riley Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Nomura Securities International, Inc., Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Agents named therein, on the other hand (the “Agents”).
In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate.
Based on the foregoing, and such other examination of law and fact as we have deemed necessary, we are of the opinion that following the (i) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement and (ii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the resolutions of the board of directors, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
The opinion set forth in this letter relates only to the Delaware General Corporation Law, currently in effect, and we express no opinion as to the laws of another jurisdiction and we assume no responsibility for the applicability or effect of the law of any other jurisdiction.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K that shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP