September 18, 2026
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Mutual Fund Series Trust 4221 North 203rd Street, Suite 100 Elkhorn, NE 68022 |
Re: Mutual Fund Series Trust, File Nos. 333-132541 and 811-21872
Gentlemen:
This letter is in response to your request for our opinion in connection with the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 549 to the Registration Statement, File Nos. 333-132541 and 811-21872 (the “Registration Statement”), of Mutual Fund 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. The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters of Ohio business trust law and United States Federal law as such laws exist today; we express no opinion as to the effect of any applicable law of any other jurisdiction.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of the following series of the Trust (collectively, the “Funds”), if issued in accordance with the then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the applicable Funds, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable:
| AlphaCentric Income Opportunities Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| AlphaCentric Life Sciences and Healthcare Fund | Class A, C, C-1 and I |
| AlphaCentric Premium Opportunity Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| AlphaCentric Robotics and Automation Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| AlphaCentric Real Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1 and I |
| AlphaCentric Symmetry Strategy Fund | Class A, C, C-1 and I |
| Catalyst/Aspect Enhanced Multi-Asset Fund | Class A, C, C-1 and I |
| Catalyst Buffered Shield Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/CIFC Senior Secured Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/CP Focus Large Cap Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/CP Focus Mid Cap Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/CP World Equity Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Dynamic Alpha Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Energy Infrastructure Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Enhanced Income Strategy Fund | Class A, C, C-1 and I |
| Catalyst Insider Buying Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Insider Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/MAP Global Balanced Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/MAP Global Equity Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Nasdaq-100 Hedged Equity Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Tactical Allocation Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/Princeton Credit Opportunity Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/SMH High Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst/SMH Total Return Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Systematic Alpha Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Catalyst Systematic High Income Fund | Class A, C, C-1, I and T |
| Empiric Fund | Class A and C |
| Eventide Balanced Fund | Class A, C, N, I and T |
| Eventide Core Bond Fund | Class A, C, N and I |
| Eventide Dividend Growth Fund | Class A, C, N, I and T |
| Eventide Dividend Growth ETF | N/A |
| Eventide Exponential Technologies Fund | Class A, C, N and I |
| Eventide Gilead Fund | Class A, C, N, I and T |
| Eventide Healthcare & Life Sciences Fund | Class A, C, N, I and T |
| Eventide Large Cap Focus Fund | Class A, C, N and I |
| Eventide Large Cap Focus ETF | N/A |
| Eventide Limited-Term Bond Fund | Class A, C, N, I and T |
| JAG Large Cap Growth Fund | Class A, C and I |
We give you our permission to file this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Post-Effective Amendment No. 549 to 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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