ROBINSON & COLE LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 Main (860) 275-8200 Fax (860) 275-8299Grand Prix Funds Inc • January 16th, 2004
Company FiledJanuary 16th, 2004This opinion is being furnished pursuant to Section 9.5 of the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 20, 2003 (the “Agreement”), by and between Hartford Mutual Investment Fund, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (the “Hartford Fund”), and Grand Prix Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“GPF”), on behalf of the Grand Prix Fund, a series of GPF (the “Grand Prix Fund”). All section references in this opinion letter, unless otherwise indicated, are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).