{"id":43833,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/opinion-letter-in-house-counsel-s-8-registered-securities6.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"opinion-letter-in-house-counsel-s-8-registered-securities6","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/securities\/opinion-letter-in-house-counsel-s-8-registered-securities6.html","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Letter – In-house Counsel – S-8 Registered Securities – Alcatel-Lucent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Securities and Exchange Commission<\/p>\n

Washington, DC 20549<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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December 14, 2011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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RE<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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March 1, 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan for Beneficiary
\nEmployees of Non-French Companies (“March 1, 2011 Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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March 1, 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan with Performance
\nConditions for Beneficiary Employees of Non-French Companies (“March 1, 2011
\nPerformance Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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March 16, 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan for Beneficiary
\nEmployees of Non-French Companies (“March 16, 2011 Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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March 16, 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan with Performance
\nConditions for Beneficiary Employees of Non-French Companies (“March 16, 2011
\nPerformance Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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June 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan for Beneficiary Employees
\nof Non-French Companies (“June 2011 Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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September 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan for Beneficiary
\nEmployees of Non-French Companies (“September 2011 Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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December 2011 Corporate Stock Subscription Options Plan for Beneficiary
\nEmployees of Non-French Companies (“December 2011 Plan”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ladies and Gentlemen:<\/p>\n

I am Deputy Secretary of Alcatel Lucent (the “Company”), a company
\nincorporated in the Republic of France. In that capacity, I have acted as
\ncounsel for the Company in connection with the March 1, 2011 Plan, the March 1,
\n2011 Performance Plan, the March 16, 2011 Plan, the March 16, 2011 Performance
\nPlan, the June 2011 Plan, the September 2011 Plan and the December 2011 Plan
\n(collectively, the “Plans”). In that regard, the Company is filing a
\nregistration statement on Form S-8 to register the following number of ordinary
\nshares of the Company, par value 2 per share (the “Shares”) issuable to
\nemployees of direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company in the United
\nStates and Canada: 92,000 shares under the March 1, 2011 Plan; 400,000 shares
\nunder the March 1, 2011 Performance Plan; 5,171,065 shares under the March 16,
\n2011 Plan; 700,000 shares under the March 16, 2011 Performance Plan, 229,258
\nshares under the June 2011 Plan, 100,000 shares under the September 2011 Plan
\nand 100,500 shares under the December 2011 Plan. This opinion is limited to the
\nlaws of France and is provided to you as a supporting document for the Shares.\n<\/p>\n

In furnishing this opinion, I or lawyers under my supervision have examined
\nsuch documents, corporate records and other agreements, instruments or opinions
\nas I have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. In this examination, I
\nhave assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
\ndocuments submitted to me as original documents and the conformity to original
\ndocuments of all documents submitted to me as copies. On the basis of the
\nforegoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and,
\nwhen issued in accordance with the respective Plans, will be validly issued and
\nfully paid and non-assessable.<\/p>\n

I do not purport to be an expert on the laws of any jurisdiction other than
\nthe laws of the Republic of France, and I express no opinion herein as to the
\neffect of any other laws.<\/p>\n

I am furnishing this letter to you solely for your benefit and for the
\npurpose of the Shares. I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
\nexhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 that the Company is filing
\nwith the United States Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the
\nShares. By giving my consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of
\npersons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933,
\nas amended, or the rules and regulations issued thereunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Very truly yours,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\/s\/ Nathalie Trolez Mazurier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Name: Nathalie Trolez Mazurier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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