Exhibit 5.3
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Invesco Finance PLC Perpetual Park, Perpetual Park Drive Henley On Thames Oxfordshire RG9 1HH |
30 July 2021
Invesco Finance PLC (the “Company”) and the registration statement on Form S-3 dated 30 July 2021 (the “Registration Statement”) with respect to the registration (the “Registration”) of securities of Invesco Ltd. or its subsidiaries to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States on 30 July 2021
| 1 | We have acted as your English legal advisers in connection with the Registration and have taken instructions solely from you. |
| 2 | This opinion is limited to English law as applied by the English courts in effect on the date of this opinion. It is given on the basis that it, and all matters relating to it, will be governed by, and that it (including all terms used in it) will be construed in accordance with, English law. |
| 3 | For the purpose of this opinion we have examined the documents listed and, where appropriate, defined in the Schedule to this opinion. |
| 4 | We have assumed that all copy documents conform to the originals and all originals are genuine and complete. |
| 5 | Based on the documents referred to, and assumptions made, in paragraphs 3 and 4 above and subject to the qualification in paragraph 6 below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that the Company has been incorporated and is existing as a company with limited liability under the laws of England. |
| 6 | Our opinion that the Company is existing is based on the Search and Winding-up Search. The Search did not reveal any order or resolution for the winding-up of the Company or any notice of appointment in respect of the Company of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver or administrator having been given. The Winding-up Search did not indicate any presentation of any winding-up petition or any other insolvency proceeding in respect of the Company. However, it should be noted that the Search and the Winding-up Search are not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not a winding-up or administration petition or order has been presented or made, a receiver appointed, a company voluntary arrangement proposed or approved or any other insolvency proceeding commenced. |
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| 7 | It should be understood that we have not been responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy of the facts, including statements of foreign law, or the reasonableness of any statements of opinion, contained in the Registration Statement, or that no material facts have been omitted from it. |
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Schedule
| 1 | Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation dated 31 May 2011, Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name dated 1 June 2011 and Certificate of Incorporation on Re-registration of a private company as a public company dated 5 November 2012. |
| 2 | Copies of the Memorandum of Association of the Company dated 31 May 2011 and Articles of Association of the Company dated 1 November 2012. |
| 3 | The results of an online search in respect of the Company on the Companies House Direct Service made at 13:36 p.m. (London time) on 30 July 2021 (the “Search”). |
| 4 | The results of telephone searches in respect of the Company at the Central Register of Winding-Up Petitions made on 30 July 2021 at 13:38 p.m. (London time) (the “Winding-Up Search”). |
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