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EXHIBIT 5.1
HALE AND DORR LLP
Counsellors at Law
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 526-6000 * Fax (617) 526-5000
June 16, 2000
Applix, Inc.
112 Turnpike Road
Westboro, MA 01581-2831
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission relating to an aggregate of 1,050,000 shares of the Common Stock,
$.0025 par value per share, of Applix, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Company"), issuable under the Company's 1994 Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Incentive Plan") and the Company's 2000 Director Stock Option Plan (the
"Director Plan").
We have examined the Restated Articles of Organization and By-laws of
the Company, and all amendments thereto, and originals, or copies certified to
our satisfaction, of all pertinent records of the meetings of the directors and
stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents
relating to the Company as we have deemed material for the purposes of this
opinion.
In examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals
of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Company has
duly authorized for issuance the shares of its Common Stock covered by the
Registration Statement to be issued under the Incentive Plan and the Director
Plan, as described in the Registration Statement, and such shares, when issued
in accordance with the terms of the Incentive Plan or the Director Plan, as the
case may be, will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Hale and Dorr LLP
Hale and Dorr LLP
