January 6, 2011<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Board of Directors<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
NIKE, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
One Bowerman Drive<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Beaverton, Oregon 97005-6453<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I have acted as counsel for NIKE, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the
\nfiling of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”)
\nunder the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering 31,000,000 shares of
\nClass B Common Stock, no par value (the “Shares”), of the Company issuable in
\nconnection with the Company153s 1990 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). I have
\nreviewed the corporate actions of the Company in connection with this matter and
\nhave examined those documents, corporate records, and other instruments I deemed
\nnecessary for the purposes of this opinion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Based on the foregoing, it is my opinion that:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the
\nlaws of the state of Oregon; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
2. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued pursuant to the Plan
\nand in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the
\nCompany, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
\nRegistration Statement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Very truly yours,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\/s\/ John F. Coburn III<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
John F. Coburn III<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Secretary& Global Governance Counsel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[8357],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9396],"corporate_contracts_types":[9629],"class_list":["post-43834","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-nike-inc","corporate_contracts_industries-consumer__clothing","corporate_contracts_types-securities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/43834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=43834"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=43834"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=43834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}