FOLEY & LARDNER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
CHICAGO FIRSTAR CENTER SACRAMENTO
DENVER 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE SAN DIEGO
JACKSONVILLE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53202-5367 SAN FRANCISCO
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WRITER'S DIRECT LINE
EMAIL ADDRESS CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER
072603/0101
January 17, 2001
FMI Funds, Inc.
225 East Mason Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for you in connection with the preparation of
an Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to the sale by you of an
indefinite amount of FMI Funds, Inc. Common Stock, $.01 par value (such Common
Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Stock") in the manner set forth in
the Registration Statement to which reference is made. In this connection we
have examined: (a) the Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A; (b) your
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended to date; (c) corporate
proceedings relative to the authorization for issuance of the Stock; and (d)
such other proceedings, documents and records as we have deemed necessary to
enable us to render this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of
Stock when sold as contemplated in the Amended Registration Statement will be
legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A. In giving this consent, we do not
admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or within the category of persons whose consent is required
by Section 7 of said Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ FOLEY & LARDNER
FOLEY & LARDNER
