XXXXXXXX XXXXXX LLP
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(000) 000-0000
October 23, 2003
Unified Series Trust
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Dear Gentlemen/Ladies:
Dreman High Opportunity Large Cap Value Fund, Dreman High Opportunity
Mid Cap Value Fund, and Dreman High Opportunity Small Cap Value Fund (each a
"Fund" and, collectively the "Funds") were established as a series of the
Unified Series Trust (the "Trust"), an Ohio business trust, on September 7,
2003. The Trust has filed a post-effective amendment to its Registration
Statement on Form N-1A with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended
(SEC File No. 811-21237 and 333-100654) (the "Amendment") to register an
unlimited number of shares of common stock (the "Shares") to be issued by each
Fund. You have requested our opinion regarding certain matters in connection
with the issuance by the each Fund of its Shares.
We have, as counsel, examined originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Trust's Declaration of Trust,
By-laws, minutes of meetings of its Board of Trustees, and such other
proceedings, documents and records and considered such questions of law as we
deemed necessary to enable us to render the opinion hereinafter expressed.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that after the
Amendment has been declared effective and the Shares of each Fund are issued and
paid for in accordance with the terms of the Trust's Declaration of Trust and
Bylaws, such Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We
express no opinion as to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and applicable state laws
regulating the offer and sale of securities.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion in connection with
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx LLP
