XXXXXXXX BRUSSELS CINCINNATI CLEVELAND COLUMBUS DAYTON NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C.
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May 31, 2002
The Xxxxxxx Trust
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
Re: The Xxxxxxx Trust - File Nos. 33-89288 and 811-8974
Gentlemen:
This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection
with the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement
(the "Amendment") of the Xxxxxxx 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, after the Amendment
is effective for purposes of applicable federal and state securities laws, the
shares of the Xxxxxxx Value Fund (the "Fund"), a series of the Trust, if issued
in accordance with the then current Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information of the 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 the Amendment.
Very truly yours,
/s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxx LLP
Thompson Xxxx LLP
