File Nos. 002-98772

811-04347

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 21, 2016

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 190	x

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 236	x

GMO TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of principal executive offices)

617-330-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

J.B. Kittredge, Esq.

GMO Trust

40 Rowes Wharf

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and address of agent for service)

with a copy to:

Thomas R. Hiller, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ On                     , pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ On                     , pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

¨ On                     , pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

This filing relates solely to the 34 series of the Registrant listed on the front cover of the GMO Trust Prospectus, dated June 30, 2016 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2016 with Post-Effective Amendment No. 189 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 235 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No information contained herein is intended to amend or supersede any prior filing relating to any other series of the Registrant.

GMO TRUST

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), each as amended, the Registrant, GMO Trust, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 236 under the 1940 Act to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 21^st day of July, 2016.

GMO Trust
By:	SHEPPARD N. BURNETT*
	Sheppard N. Burnett
Title:	Chief Executive Officer;
	Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 190 to GMO Trust’s Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signatures	Title	Date
SHEPPARD N. BURNETT* Sheppard N. Burnett	Chief Executive Officer; Principal Executive Officer	July 21, 2016
CARLY CUSHMAN* Carly Cushman	Treasurer; Chief Financial Officer; Chief Accounting Officer; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer	July 21, 2016
PAUL BRAVERMAN* Paul Braverman	Trustee	July 21, 2016
DONALD W. GLAZER* Donald W. Glazer	Trustee	July 21, 2016
J.B. KITTREDGE* J.B. Kittredge	Trustee	July 21, 2016
PETER TUFANO* Peter Tufano	Trustee	July 21, 2016

* By:	/s/ Douglas Y. Charton
	Douglas Y. Charton
	Attorney-in-Fact**

** Pursuant to Power of Attorney for each of Paul Braverman, Donald W. Glazer, J.B. Kittredge and Peter Tufano filed with the SEC as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 to the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 232 to the Registration Statement under the 1940 Act on December 1, 2015 and pursuant to Power of Attorney for each of Sheppard N. Burnett and Carly Cushman filed with the SEC as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 186 to the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act and Amendment No. 232 to the Registration Statement under the 1940 Act on December 1, 2015.

GMO TRUST 2016 ANNUAL UPDATE 485(b) FILING (XBRL)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

GMO TRUST

Exhibit Ref.	Title of Exhibit
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Other.
1	Certificate of Clerk of the Trust certifying resolution by the Board of Trustees of the Trust required pursuant to Rule 483 under the Securities Act of 1933