AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(6)(i)
AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment to the Administration Agreement (the “Amendment”) is dated as of May 23, 2019 by and between Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“GMO”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (“State Street”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, each of GMO Trust and GMO Series Trust, is a business trust established under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Trusts”), is registered as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consisting of certain of the separate portfolios as listed on Schedule A attached hereto (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”);
WHEREAS, GMO and Investors Bank & Trust Company (“IBT”) entered into an Administration Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 and Conforming Administration Agreements dated as of August 23, 2011, July 28, 2014, February 24, 2015 and April 13, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, IBT merged with and into State Street, effective July 2, 2007, with the result that State Street now serves as Administrator under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, GMO and State Street desire to amend the Agreement as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
| 1. | Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the revised Schedule A attached hereto. |
| 2. | Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. |
| 3. | Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first written above.
| GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | General Counsel | |
| STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President | |
SCHEDULE A
Listing of Trusts and Funds
(Updated as of May 23, 2019)
GMO Alpha Only Fund
GMO Alternative Allocation Fund
GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Fund
GMO Climate Change Fund
GMO Core Plus Bond Fund
GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund
GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund
GMO Emerging Markets Fund
GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund
GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund
GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund
GMO High Yield Fund
GMO Implementation Fund
GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund
GMO International Equity Allocation Fund
GMO International Equity Fund
GMO Opportunistic Income Fund
GMO Quality Fund
GMO Resources Fund
GMO Risk Premium Fund
GMO SGM Major Markets Fund
GMO Special Opportunities Fund
GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund
GMO Strategic Short-Term Fund*
GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund
GMO U. S. Equity Fund
GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund*
GMO U.S. Treasury Fund
GMO Series Trust
GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Series Fund
GMO Climate Change Series Fund
GMO Core Plus Bond Series Fund*
GMO Emerging Country Debt Series Fund*
GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Series Fund
GMO Emerging Markets Series Fund
GMO Global Asset Allocation Series Fund
GMO Global Equity Allocation Series Fund
GMO International Equity Allocation Series Fund
GMO Opportunistic Income Series Fund*
GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Series Fund
GMO Quality Series Fund
GMO Resources Series Fund
GMO SGM Major Markets Series Fund
GMO U.S. Equity Series Fund*
*GMO will provide State Street with at least (5) business days’ prior notice to the commencement of operations.
