EX-99.I LEGAL OPININ 6 ex99i.htm

August 15, 2022

Unified Series Trust

225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450
Cincinnati, OH 45246

Re: Unified Series Trust, File Nos. 333-100654 and 811-21237

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection with the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 546 to the Registration Statement, File Nos. 333-100654 and 811-21237 (the “Registration Statement”), of Unified Series Trust (the “Trust”).

We have examined a copy of the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Trust’s By-laws, the Trust’s record of the various actions by the Trustees thereof, and all such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Trust and others, and such other documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we deem necessary to form the basis of the opinion hereinafter expressed. We have assumed the genuineness of the signatures and the conformity to original documents of the copies of such documents supplied to us as copies thereof.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of the Absolute Select Value ETF, Appleseed Fund, Auer Growth Fund, Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF, Channel Short Duration Income Fund, Crawford Large Cap Dividend Fund, Crawford Multi-Asset Income Fund, Crawford Small Cap Dividend Fund, Dean Mid Cap Value Fund, Dean Small Cap Value Fund, Fisher Investments Institutional Group All Foreign Equity Environmental and Social Values Fund, Fisher Investments Institutional Group ESG Fixed Income Fund for Retirement Plans, Fisher Investments Institutional Group ESG Stock Fund for Retirement Plans, Fisher Investments Institutional Group Fixed Income Fund for Retirement Plans, Fisher Investments Institutional Group Stock Fund for Retirement Plans, Fisher Investments Institutional Group U.S. Large Cap Equity Environmental and Social Values Fund, Fisher Investments Institutional Group U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund, LHA Tactical Beta Variable Series Fund, NightShares 100 ETF, NightShares 500 ETF, NightShares 2000 ETF, NightShares 500 1x/1.5x ETF, NightShares 100 1x/1.5x ETF, NightShares 500 Covered Call ETF, OneAscent Core Plus Bond ETF, OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF, OneAscent International Equity ETF, OneAscent Emerging Markets ETF, Silk Invest New Horizons Frontier Fund, Standpoint Multi-Asset Fund, and Tactical Multi-Purpose Fund, each a series of the Trust, if issued in accordance with the then currently effective Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Fund, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby give you our permission to file this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 546 to the Registration Statement, and consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement. This opinion may not be filed with any subsequent amendment, or incorporated by reference into a subsequent amendment,

 
 

without our prior written consent. This opinion is prepared for the Trust and its shareholders, and may not be relied upon by any other person or organization without our prior written approval.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Thompson Hine LLP______
THOMPSON HINE LLP

 

 

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