AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (m)2
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This Administration Agreement is amended and restated as of June 30, 2008 between GMO TRUST, a
Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of its Class M Shares (the “Shares”) of each
Fund listed on Exhibit I hereto, (collectively, the “Funds”), and GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO &
CO. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “Administrator”).
WITNESSETH:
That in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1. SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY ADMINISTRATOR TO THE TRUST.
(a) The Administrator will, at its expense, provide administrative support service to
shareholders of Shares of each Fund set forth on Exhibit I hereto, such services to include,
without limitation, processing aggregated master account purchase and redemption orders,
coordinating operation of the National Security Clearing Corporation’s Fund/SERV system with
intermediary platforms, providing information about and processing dividend payments, assisting
with distribution of shareholder communications such as proxies, shareholder reports, dividend and
tax notices, updating prospectuses, establishing and maintaining certain information about the
Shares on the Administrator’s internet site, recordkeeping, providing reports to various regulatory
agencies, providing reports to the Trustees of the Trust regarding the administrative support
services provided to the intermediary platform, administering contracts on behalf of Class M Shares
of each Fund, providing direct client service, maintenance and reporting to platform sponsors and
other recordholders of Class M Shares, and otherwise maintaining the relationship with the platform
sponsors. The Administrator may provide these services directly or may contract with third party
service providers (“Third Party Servicers”) to provide any or all of these services.
(b) The Administrator shall not be obligated under this agreement to pay any expenses of or
for the Trust or of or for the Fund not expressly assumed by the Administrator pursuant to this
Section 1.
2. OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC.
It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees of the Trust
may be a partner, shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the
Administrator, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the Administrator, and
that the Administrator and any person controlled by or under common control with the Administrator
may have an interest in the Trust. It is also understood that the Administrator and persons
controlled by or under common control with the Administrator may
have advisory, servicing, distribution or other contracts with other organizations and
persons, and may have other interests and businesses.
3. COMPENSATION TO BE PAID BY THE TRUST TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.
The Shares of each Fund will pay to the Administrator as compensation for the Administrator’s
services rendered and for the expenses borne by the Administrator with respect to such Class of
Shares of such Fund pursuant to Section 1, a fee, computed and accrued daily, and paid monthly or
at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine, at the annual rate of such Class’ average
daily net asset value set forth on the Fee Rate Schedule attached as Exhibit II hereto. Such fee
shall be payable for each month (or other interval) within five (5) business days after the end of
such month (or other interval). The Administrator may elect to pay all or any portion of such fee
to any Third Party Servicers performing any services listed in Section 1 hereof for the Funds. No
compensation paid by the Trust hereunder shall be for services primarily intended to result in the
sale of Shares.
If the Administrator shall serve for less than the whole of a month (or other interval), the
foregoing compensation shall be prorated.
4. AMENDMENTS.
This Contract shall not be amended unless such amendment is approved by the vote of a majority
of the Trustees of the Trust.
5. EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION OF THIS CONTRACT.
This Contract shall become effective upon its execution, and shall remain in full force and
effect continuously thereafter, except that either party hereto may at any time terminate this
Contract (or this Contract’s application to one or more Funds) by not more than sixty days’ written
notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the other party.
Termination of this Contract pursuant to this Section 5 shall be without the payment of any
penalty.
6. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Contract, the terms “affiliated person”, “control” and “interested
person” shall have their respective meanings defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
rules and regulations thereunder, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
7. NONLIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATOR.
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In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the
Administrator, or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder, the Administrator
shall not be subject to any liability to the Trust, or to any shareholder of the Trust, for
any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS.
A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust is on file with the Secretary
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is
executed on behalf of the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that
the obligations of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders
individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GMO TRUST and GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC have each caused this
instrument to be signed in duplicate on its behalf by its duly authorized representative, all as of
the day and year first above written.
| GMO TRUST |
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| By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Clerk | |||
| GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO
& CO. LLC |
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| By | /s/ XX Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Name: | XX Xxxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: | General Counsel | |||
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GMO U.S. Core Equity Fund
GMO Tobacco-Free Core Fund
GMO U.S. Quality Equity Fund
GMO U.S. Growth Fund
GMO Real Estate Fund
GMO International Intrinsic Value Fund
GMO Currency Hedged International Equity Fund
GMO Foreign Fund
GMO Emerging Countries Fund
GMO Domestic Bond Fund
GMO Core Plus Bond Fund
GMO International Bond Fund
GMO Currency Hedged International Bond Fund
GMO Global Bond Fund
GMO Short-Duration Investment Fund
GMO Alpha Only Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund
GMO International Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Global Balanced Asset Allocation Fund
GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund
GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Tobacco-Free Core Fund
GMO U.S. Quality Equity Fund
GMO U.S. Growth Fund
GMO Real Estate Fund
GMO International Intrinsic Value Fund
GMO Currency Hedged International Equity Fund
GMO Foreign Fund
GMO Emerging Countries Fund
GMO Domestic Bond Fund
GMO Core Plus Bond Fund
GMO International Bond Fund
GMO Currency Hedged International Bond Fund
GMO Global Bond Fund
GMO Short-Duration Investment Fund
GMO Alpha Only Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund
GMO International Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Global Balanced Asset Allocation Fund
GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund
GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
| ADMINISTRATION FEE SCHEDULE | EXHIBIT II |
Class M Shares
| Fund | Service Fee | |||
All Funds except GMO International Equity Allocation Fund, GMO
Global Balanced Asset Allocation Fund, GMO Global Equity
Allocation Fund, Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, and U.S.
Equity Allocation Fund (collectively, the “Asset Allocation
Funds”) |
0.20 | % | ||
Asset Allocation Funds |
0.05 | % | ||
