EX-99.2 3 file003.htm OPINION OF COUNSEL



                                                                    Exhibit 99.2








                                                                  January 26, 2005




UBS Financial Services Inc.
1000 Harbor Boulevard
Weehawken, NJ 07086

Investors Bank & Trust Company
Hancock Tower
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116


                  Re:  UBS Pathfinders Trust,
                       Treasury and Growth Stock, Series 29
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

            We have served as counsel for UBS Financial Services Inc. as sponsor
and depositor ("Depositor") of UBS Pathfinders Trust, Treasury & Growth Stock
Series 29 (the "Trust") in connection with the preparation, execution and
delivery of the Standard Terms & Conditions of the Trust dated July 1, 1997, and
the Trust Indenture dated as of January 26, 2005, between the Depositor, and
Investors Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee pursuant to which the Depositor has
delivered to and deposited the securities listed in Schedule A to the Trust
Indenture with the Trustee and pursuant to which the Trust has issued an initial
800,000 units of fractional undivided interest in the Trust ("Units").

            In this regard, we have examined executed originals or copies of the
following:

            (a) The Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the
By-Laws of the Sponsor, as amended, certified by the Secretary of the Sponsor on
the date hereof;


            (b) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Sponsor adopted on
December 3, 1971 relating to the Trust and the sale of the Units, certified by
the Secretary of the Sponsor on the date hereof;

            (c) Resolutions of the Executive Committee of the Sponsor adopted on
September 24, 1984, certified by the Secretary of the Sponsor on the date
hereof;

            (d) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Sponsor adopted on
June 9, 2003, certified by the Secretary of the Sponsor on the date hereof;

            (e) Powers of Attorney as set forth in the certificate of the
Secretary of the Sponsor dated the date hereof;

            (f) The Registration Statement on Form S-6 (File No. 333-121281)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the "1933
Act") and amendments thereto including Amendment No. 2 ("Amendment No. 2")
proposed to be filed on January 26, 2005 (the "Registration Statement");

            (g) The Notification of Registration of the Trust filed with the
Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (collectively,
the "1940 Act") on Form N-8A, as amended, (the "1940 Act Notification");

            (h) The registration of the Trust filed with the Commission under
the 1940 Act on Form N-8B-2 (File No. 811-4158), as amended (the "1940 Act
Registration);

            (i) The prospectus included in Amendment No. 2 (the "Prospectus");

            (j) The Standard Terms and Conditions of the Trust dated as of July
1, 1997, between the Sponsor and Investors Bank & Trust Company (the "Trustee")
(the "Standard Terms");

            (k) The Trust Indenture dated as of January 26, 2005 between the
Sponsor and the Trustee (the "Trust Indenture" and, collectively with the
Standard Terms, the "Indenture and Agreement");

            (l) The Closing Memorandum dated January 26, 2005, between the
Sponsor and the Trustee (the "Closing Memorandum");

            (m) Officers Certificates required by the Closing Memorandum; and

            (n) Such other pertinent records and documents as we have deemed
necessary.

            With your permission, in such examination, we have assumed the
following: (a) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all
signatures; (b) the conformity to the



originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (c) the truth, accuracy,
and completeness of the information, representations, and warranties contained
in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed; (d)
except as specifically covered in the opinions set forth below, the due
authorization, execution, and delivery on behalf of the respective parties
thereto of documents referred to herein and the legal, valid, and binding effect
thereof on such parties; and (e) the absence of any evidence extrinsic to the
provisions of the written agreement(s) between the parties that the parties
intended a meaning contrary to that expressed by those provisions. However, we
have not examined the securities deposited pursuant to the Indenture and
Agreement (the "Securities") nor the contracts for the Securities.

            We express no opinion as to matters of law in jurisdictions other
than the laws of the State of New York (except for "Blue Sky" laws) and the
federal laws of the United States, except to the extent necessary to render the
opinion as to the Sponsor and the Indenture and Agreement in paragraphs (i) and
(iii) below with respect to Delaware law. As you know we are not licensed to
practice law in the State of Delaware, and our opinion in paragraph (i) and
(iii) as to Delaware law is based solely on review of the official statutes of
the State of Delaware.

            Based upon such examination, and having regard for legal
considerations which we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

            (i) The Sponsor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate
power to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

            (ii) The Sponsor is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is
in good standing as such within the State of New York;

            (iii) The Indenture and Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Sponsor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee, is a valid and binding agreement of the Sponsor,
enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms;

            (iv) The Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as an
investment trust under the laws of the State of New York and has been duly
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

            (v) The terms and provisions of the Units conform in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;

            (vi) The consummation of the transactions contemplated under the
Indenture and Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms thereof will not be in
violation of the Sponsor's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or
By-Laws, as amended, and will not conflict with any applicable laws or
regulations applicable to the Sponsor in effect on the date hereof;




            (vii) The Units to be issued by the Trust, and recorded on its
registration books in accordance with the Indenture and Agreement, against
payment therefor as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus will
constitute fractional undivided interests in the Trust enforceable against the
Trust in accordance with their terms, will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and Agreement and will be fully paid and non-assessable; and

            (viii) While the Registration Statement has not yet become effective
we have no reason to believe that such Registration Statement will not become
effective within 30 days after the date hereof;

            In addition, we have participated in conferences with
representatives of the Sponsor, the Trustee, the Trust's accountants and others
concerning the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and have considered the
matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein,
although we have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of such statements. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, nothing
has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the Registration
Statement, as of the date hereof, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of the date
hereof, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (it being understood that we have not been requested to and do
not make any comment in this paragraph with respect to the financial statements,
schedules and other financial and statistical information contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus).

            Our opinion that any document is valid, binding, or enforceable in
accordance with its terms is qualified as to:

            (a) limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or other laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally;

            (b) rights to indemnification and contribution which may be limited
by applicable law or equitable principles; and

            (c) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.


            We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            /s/ Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP
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                                            CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP

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