0001104659-23-026778.txt : 20230228 0001104659-23-026778.hdr.sgml : 20230228 20230228165209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-23-026778 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230228 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GMO TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000772129 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-98772 FILM NUMBER: 23686656 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40 ROWES WHARF CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6173467646 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40 ROWES WHARF CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GMO CORE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900927 0000772129 S000004081 GMO U.S. Equity Fund C000011423 Class III GMUEX C000011424 Class IV GMRTX C000011425 Class V GMEQX C000011426 Class VI GMCQX C000213354 Class R6 C000213355 Class I 0000772129 S000004084 GMO Quality Fund C000011436 Class II C000011437 Class III GQETX C000011438 Class IV GQEFX C000011439 Class V GQLFX C000011440 Class VI GQLOX C000213356 Class I GQLIX C000213357 Class R6 GQESX 0000772129 S000004224 GMO International Equity Fund C000011880 Class II GMICX C000011881 Class III GMOIX C000011882 Class IV GMCFX C000011883 Class V C000011884 Class VI C000213358 Class I GMOUX C000213359 Class R6 0000772129 S000004911 GMO Emerging Markets Fund C000013268 Class II GMEMX C000013269 Class III GMOEX C000013270 Class IV GMEFX C000013271 Class V GEMVX C000013272 Class VI GEMMX C000213362 Class R6 GEMNX C000213363 Class I GEMEX 0000772129 S000004913 GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund C000013281 Class II C000013282 Class III GTMIX C000013283 Class IV C000213364 Class I C000213365 Class R6 0000772129 S000004917 GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund C000013293 Class II C000013294 Class III GUGAX C000013295 Class IV GPBFX C000013296 Class V C000013297 Class VI C000013298 Class VII C000013299 Class VIII C000213366 Class I C000213367 Class R6 0000772129 S000004922 GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund C000013326 Class II C000013327 Class III GMCDX C000013328 Class IV GMDFX C000013329 Class V C000013330 Class VI GMOQX C000213368 Class R6 C000213369 Class I 0000772129 S000005485 GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund C000014926 Class II C000014927 Class III GBMFX C000109350 Class IV GBMBX C000110912 Class MF C000128910 Class V C000128911 Class VI C000213372 Class I GBMIX C000213373 Class R6 GBMSX 0000772129 S000005486 GMO International Equity Allocation Fund C000014929 Class II C000014930 Class III GIEAX C000213374 Class R6 GSXMX C000213375 Class I 0000772129 S000005487 GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund C000014932 Class II C000014933 Class III GMWAX C000213376 Class R6 GMWRX C000213377 Class I GMOOX 0000772129 S000005488 GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund C000014935 Class II C000014936 Class III GMGEX C000213378 Class I GAAUX C000213379 Class R6 GMADX 0000772129 S000005489 GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund C000014937 Class III GBATX 0000772129 S000005490 GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund C000014938 Class III GWOAX C000213380 Class R6 C000213381 Class I 0000772129 S000005494 GMO SGM Major Markets Fund C000014953 Class III GSMFX C000014954 Class IV GSMJX C000014955 Class V C000014956 Class VI GSMHX C000213382 Class I GSMKX C000213383 Class R6 0000772129 S000007516 GMO Opportunistic Income Fund C000020548 Class VI GMODX C000137450 Class III GMOHX C000213384 Class I GMOLX C000213385 Class R6 GAAAX 0000772129 S000012211 GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund C000033342 Class III GIOTX C000213386 Class I C000213387 Class R6 GAAWX 0000772129 S000025186 GMO U.S. Treasury Fund C000075084 GMO U.S. Treasury Fund GUSTX 0000772129 S000025199 GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund C000075099 Class III GMOBX C000075103 Class VI GABFX C000213388 Class R6 C000213389 Class I 0000772129 S000029579 GMO Emerging Markets Select Equity Fund C000090805 Class 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Class V C000213404 Class II C000213405 Class R6 GAAKX C000213406 Class I GAAGX 0000772129 S000065871 GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund C000212810 Class VI GCAVX C000212811 Class V C000212812 Class I C000212813 Class IV C000212814 Class III C000212815 Class R6 0000772129 S000068925 GMO Quality Cyclicals Fund C000220241 Class VI GMAEX C000220242 Class III GMANX C000220243 Class IV C000220244 Class V C000220258 Class R6 C000220259 Class I GMAOX 0000772129 S000068930 GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund C000220256 Class R6 C000220257 Class I 0000772129 S000069850 GMO-Usonian Japan Value Creation Fund C000222624 Class V C000222625 Class III GMAKX C000222626 Class IV C000222627 Class VI GMAHX C000222630 Class I GMIIX C000222631 Class R6 0000772129 S000072426 GMO Emerging Markets ex-China Fund C000228643 Class VI GMAQX C000228644 Class V C000228645 Class R6 C000228646 Class I GMAVX C000228647 Class III GMAUX C000228648 Class II C000228649 Class IV 497 1 tm237919d1_497.htm 497

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347

 

GMO TRUST

 

Supplement dated February 28, 2023, to the
GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information, dated June 30, 2022

 

Following the resignation of Carolyn Haley, Dina Santoro has been elected as a Trustee and President of GMO Trust by the GMO Trust Board of Trustees.

 

The “Independent Trustees” and “Interested Trustee and Officer” sections of the table on page 90 of the SAI are deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Name and Year of Birth  Position(s) Held
with the Trust		  Length of
Time Served		  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years*		  Number
of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex1
Overseen		  Other
Directorships
Held in the
Past Five
Years
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES                
Donald W. Glazer
YOB: 1944		   Chairman of the Board of Trustees  Chairman of the Board of Trustees since March 2005; Lead Independent Trustee (September 2004-March 2005); Trustee since December 2000.  Consultant – Law and Business; Author of Legal Treatises.  33  Director, BeiGene Ltd.(biotech).
Peter Tufano
YOB: 1957		   Trustee  Since December 2008.  Peter Moores Professor of Finance (Since July 1, 2011) and Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2021) University of Oxford, Said Business School.  33  None
Paul Braverman
YOB: 1949		   Trustee  Since March 2010.  Retired.  33  Trustee of HIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (27 Portfolios) (April 2014-April 2019).
INTERESTED TRUSTEE AND OFFICER                

Dina Santoro2

YOB: 1973

   Trustee; President of the Trust  Trustee and President since February 2023.  Chief Operating Officer, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (February 2023 – Present); President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2022 – December 2022); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 –December 2022); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 –December 2022); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017-December 2022). Formerly, President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018-September 2022); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018-September 2022).  33  Voya Separate Portfolios Trust (July 2018 – December 2022)

 

1 The Fund Complex includes series of each of GMO Trust.

 

2 Ms. Santoro is an “interested person” of the Trust, as such term is used in the 1940 Act (an “Interested Trustee”), by virtue of her positions with the Trust and GMO indicated in the table above and her interest as a member of GMO.

 

 

 

 

The description on page 91 of the SAI of the attributes of the Interested Trustee considered by the Governance Committee is deleted and replaced with the following: 

 

Interested Trustee

 

Dina Santoro — Ms. Santoro’s experience as a senior executive in the asset management industry, including her service as a mutual fund director and chief executive officer, her professional training and experience in business and finance, as well as her perspective on Board matters as a senior executive of GMO.

 

The first row of the table entitled “Officers” in the “Management of the Trust” section on page 91 of the SAI is deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Name and Year of Birth  Position(s) Held
with the Trust		  Length
of Time Served		  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years*
Dina Santoro
YOB: 1973		  Trustee; President of the Trust  Trustee and President since February 2023  Chief Operating Officer, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (February 2023 – Present); President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2022 – December 2022); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 –December 2022); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 –December 2022); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017-December 2022). Formerly, President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018-September 2022); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018-September 2022).

 

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The “Interested Trustee” subsections of the “Trustee Fund Ownership” tables on pages 95 and 96 of the SAI are deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Name/Funds

Dollar Range of
Shares Directly Owned
in the Funds

Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares Directly
Owned in all
Registered Investment Companies (whether
or not offered in the Prospectus) Overseen by
Trustee in Family of Investment Companies

INTERESTED TRUSTEE
Dina Santoro None None

 

Name/Funds

Dollar Range of

Shares Indirectly Owned in the Funds

Aggregate Dollar Range of Shares Indirectly
Owned in all
Registered Investment Companies (whether
or not offered in the Prospectus) Overseen by
Trustee in Family of Investment Companies

INTERESTED TRUSTEE
Dina Santoro None None

 

The first sentence of the second paragraph on page 98 of the SAI is deleted and replaced with the following.

 

Ms. Santoro does not receive any compensation from the Fund Complex.

 

All other references to “Carolyn Haley” are replaced with references to “Dina Santoro”.

 

INVESTORS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

 

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