Exhibit 5.2
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 davispolk.com |
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August 1, 2024
Aptiv PLC
5 Hanover Quay
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin 2, Ireland
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel for Aptiv PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of Jersey (the Company),
Aptiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Aptiv Corp.) and Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (AGFDAC), in connection with
the Company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (a) ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Ordinary Shares) of the Company; (b) preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred
Shares) of the Company; (c) the Companys senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the Company Debt Securities), which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aptiv
Corp. and AGFDAC, and which may be issued pursuant to a senior indenture dated as of March 10, 2015, as supplemented prior to the date hereof (the Company Senior Indenture), among the Company, Wilmington Trust,
National Association as trustee (the Trustee) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and authenticating agent (the Agent), and a subordinated indenture (the Company
Subordinated Indenture and together with the Company Senior Indenture, the Company Indentures) among the Company, the Trustee and the Agent; (d) Aptiv Corp.s senior debt securities and subordinated debt
securities (collectively, the Aptiv Corp. Debt Securities), which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and AGFDAC, and which may be issued pursuant to a senior indenture dated as of February 14, 2013, as
supplemented prior to the date hereof (the Aptiv Corp. Senior Indenture), among Aptiv Corp., the Company, as a guarantor, the Trustee and the Agent, and a subordinated indenture (the Aptiv Corp. Subordinated
Indenture, and together with the Aptiv Corp. Senior Indenture, the Aptiv Corp. Indentures), among Aptiv Corp., the Company, as a guarantor, the Trustee and the Agent; (e) AGFDACs senior debt securities (the
AGFDAC Debt Securities and together with the Company Debt Securities and the Aptiv Corp. Debt Securities, the Debt Securities), which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and Aptiv Corp.,
and which may be issued pursuant to a senior indenture (the AGFDAC Senior Indenture and together with the Company Indentures and the Aptiv Corp. Indentures, the Indentures), among AGFDAC, the Company, as a
guarantor, the Trustee and the Agent; (f) warrants of the Company and Aptiv Corp. (the Warrants), which may be issued under one or more warrant agreements (each, a Warrant Agreement) to be entered into
between the Company or Aptiv Corp., as applicable, and the warrant agent to be named therein (the Warrant Agent); (g) purchase contracts (the Purchase Contracts) which may be issued under one or more
purchase contract agreements (each, a Purchase Contract Agreement) to be entered into between the Company or Aptiv Corp., as applicable, and the purchase contract agent to be named therein (the Purchase Contract
Agent); (h) units (the Units) to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company or Aptiv Corp., as applicable, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the Unit
Agent), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a Unit Agreement); (i) guarantees (the Company Guarantees) of the Company Debt Securities by Aptiv Corp. and
AGFDAC (collectively, the Company Guarantors); (j) guarantees (the Aptiv Corp. Guarantees) of the Aptiv Corp. Debt Securities by the Company and AGFDAC (collectively, the Aptiv Corp.
Guarantors); and (k) guarantees (the AGFDAC Guarantees) of the AGFDAC Debt Securities by the Company and Aptiv Corp. (collectively, the AGFDAC Guarantors).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other
instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinions expressed
herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals,
(iii) all documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not been executed will conform to the forms thereof, (iv) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (v) all natural persons executing
documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (vi) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company, Aptiv Corp. and AGFDAC that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vii) all representations made by
the Company, Aptiv Corp. and AGFDAC as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.