EX-99.(H)2(II) 9 b81926a1exv99wxhy2xiiy.htm NOTIFICATION OF UNDERTAKING TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN FUND EXPENSES exv99wxhy2xiiy
Exhibit (h)2(ii)
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC
Notification Of Undertaking To Reimburse
Certain Fund Expenses
     NOTIFICATION made July 30, 2010 by GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (the “Advisor”), to GMO TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of one of its series, GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”).
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, the Advisor has organized the Fund to serve primarily as an investment vehicle for certain large institutional accounts; and
     WHEREAS, the Advisor believes it would benefit from a high sales volume of shares of the Fund in that such a volume would maximize the Advisor’s fee as investment adviser to the Fund; and
     WHEREAS, the Advisor has agreed to reimburse the Fund for certain Fund expenses so as to reduce or eliminate certain costs otherwise borne by shareholders of the Fund and to enhance the returns generated by shareholders of the Fund.
     NOW, THEREFORE, the Advisor hereby notifies the Trust that the Advisor shall, as set forth below, reimburse a portion of the expenses of the Fund through the date designated by the Advisor in this Notification (the “Reimbursement Date”) (and any subsequent periods as may be designated by the Advisor by notice to the Trust).
     The Advisor will be obligated to reimburse the Fund if the Fund’s total annual operating expenses (excluding fees and expenses identified below (the “Excluded Fund Fees and Expenses”)) exceed 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Post-Reimbursement Expense Limitation”).
     As used in this Notification, Excluded Fund Fees and Expenses are: shareholder service fees, expenses indirectly incurred by investment in other Funds of the Trust, fees and expenses of the independent trustees of the Trust and their independent counsel, fees and expenses for legal services the Advisor for the Trust has not undertaken to pay, compensation and expenses of the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (excluding any employee benefits), brokerage commissions, securities lending fees and expenses, interest expense, transfer taxes, and other investment-related costs (including expenses associated with investments in any company that is an investment company (including an exchange-traded fund) or would be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), but for the exceptions to the definition of investment company provided in Sections 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act), hedging transaction fees, and extraordinary, non-recurring and certain other unusual

 


 

expenses (including taxes), and custodial fees (provided that the Manager will reimburse the Fund for any portion of the Fund’s annual custodial fees that exceeds 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets).
     In addition, the Advisor shall reimburse the Fund for the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its direct or indirect investment in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (excluding U.S. Treasury Fund’s Excluded Fund Fees and Expenses), subject to a maximum total reimbursement to the Fund of such fees and expenses equal to the Fund’s Post-Reimbursement Expense Limitation.
     The Reimbursement Date for the Fund is August 2, 2011, and may be extended by the Manager at its discretion.
     In providing this Notification, the Advisor understands and acknowledges that the Trust intends to rely on this Notification, including in connection with the preparation and printing of the Trust’s prospectuses and its daily calculation of the Fund’s or its class’ net asset value.
     Please be advised that all previous notifications by the Advisor with respect to fee waivers and/or expense limitations regarding the Fund shall hereafter be null and void and of no further force and effect.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Advisor has executed this Notification of Undertaking to Reimburse Certain Fund Expenses on the day and year first above written.
         
  GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ J.B. Kittredge   
    Name:   J.B. Kittredge   
    Title:   General Counsel   
 

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