Opinion and consent of Counsel

We have served as counsel for the Wasatch Funds Trust (the “Trust”), which proposes to offer and sell Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share, of a new series, the Wasatch Long/Short Alpha Fund^™(the “Fund” and the shares of the Fund are the “Shares”), in the manner and on the terms set forth in the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 117 and Amendment No. 119 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be filed on or about September 30, 2021, (the “Amendment”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, respectively.

In connection therewith, we have examined such pertinent records and documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to express the opinion hereinafter set forth, including the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP issued to the Trust and Trust’s counsel upon which we have relied as they relate to the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees at a meeting held on March 23, 2021 (the “Resolutions”), the Trust’s Declaration of Trust dated November 6, 2009 and amendment thereto dated December 30, 2009 (the “Declaration”), the Trust’s Amended and Restated Designation of Series of Shares as filed with the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 27, 2021 and the Trust’s Amended and Restated Designation of Classes of Shares as filed with the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 27, 2021 (collectively, the “Designations”) and a Certificate of the Secretary of the Trust certifying as to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, By-Laws as currently in effect, Designations and the Resolutions.

The Shares of the Trust may be legally and validly issued from time to time in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration, the Trust’s By-Laws, the Designations and subject to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, applicable state laws regulating the sale of securities, the Resolutions and the receipt by the Trust of a purchase price of not less than the net asset value per Share, and such Shares, when so issued and sold, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, except that, as set forth in the Amendment, shareholders of the Trust may under certain circumstances be held personally liable for its obligations.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Amendment (File No. 33-10451) relating to the Shares referred to above, to the use of our name and to the reference to our firm in said Amendment.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Chapman and Cutler LLP

CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP