MANAGEMENT CONTRACTManagement Contract • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
Management Contract executed as of September 15, 2014 between GMO TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of its GMO Benchmark-Free Bond Fund (the “Fund”), and GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “Manager”).
SCHEDULE A Distribution Agreement GMO TRUSTDistribution Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111Custodian Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
Re: Amendment to the Custodian Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1991, by and among GMO Trust, on behalf of certain of its series of the Trust, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”) (as successor by merger to Investors Bank & Trust Co. (“IBT”)), as amended (the “Custodian Agreement”), and the Amended and Restated Delegation Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2001, by and between State Street Bank (as successor by merger to IBT) and GMO Trust, on behalf of certain of its series of the Trust, as amended (the “Delegation Agreement”)
GMO TRUST AMENDMENT NO. 16 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUSTAmended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
The undersigned, constituting at least a majority of the trustees of GMO Trust, a Massachusetts business trust created and existing under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 10, 2009 (the “Declaration of Trust”), as amended from time to time, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby rescind the establishment and designation of three series of GMO Trust, GMO Asset Allocation International Bond Fund, GMO Special Situations Fund, and GMO Strategic Fixed Income Fund, and, having determined that it is desirable, appropriate and consistent with the fair and equitable treatment of all shareholders to establish a new series of GMO Trust, GMO Benchmark-Free Bond Fund, do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 16 be filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby amend the Declaration of Trust by amending and restating Schedule 3.6 of the Declaration of Trust in its ent
State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111Transfer Agency and Service Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
Re: Amendment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated August 1, 1991, by and among GMO Trust, on behalf of certain of its series of the Trust, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC and State Street Bank and Trust Company (as successor by merger to Investors Bank & Trust Co.), as amended.
AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICING AND SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTServicing and Supplemental Support Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
This Amended and Restated Servicing and Supplemental Support Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective September 15, 2014, between GMO TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of each of its Class II, Class III, Class IV, Class V, Class VI, and Class VII (each a “Standard Class” and, collectively, the “Standard Classes”) and Mutual Fund Class (the “MF Class” and together with the Standard Classes, collectively the “Classes”) 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 (“GMO” or the “Service Provider”), hereby amends and restates the Servicing Agreement, executed as of May 30, 1996, between the Trust and the Service Provider.
State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111Transfer Agency and Service Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust
Re: Amendment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated August 1, 1991, by and among GMO Trust, on behalf of certain of its series of the Trust, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC and State Street Bank and Trust Company (as successor by merger to Investors Bank & Trust Co.), as amended.
MASTER PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENTPlacement Agency Agreement • September 15th, 2014 • Gmo Trust • Massachusetts
THIS PLACEMENT AGENCY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of September 8, 2014, is made between Funds Distributor, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), a Massachusetts limited liability company having a place of business at 10 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, and each investment portfolio of GMO Trust (the “Trust”) listed on Schedule A hereto, as such schedule may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 14 below, separately and not jointly (each, a “Fund”). This Agreement shall be considered a separate agreement between the Placement Agent and each Fund, and no Fund shall be liable for the obligations of, nor entitled to the benefits of, any other Fund under this Agreement.
