0001193125-16-735567.txt : 20161011 0001193125-16-735567.hdr.sgml : 20161011 20161011144732 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-735567 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161011 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161011 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20161011 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: 161930877 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 S000007516 GMO Debt Opportunities Fund C000020548 Class VI GMODX C000137450 Class III 497 1 d242121d497.htm GMO TRUST GMO Trust

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347

GMO TRUST

Supplement dated October 11, 2016 to the

GMO Trust Multi-Class Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, dated June 30, 2016

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN INVESTMENT POLICY

With respect to the GMO Debt Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), the Board of Trustees of GMO Trust has approved: (1) a change in the Fund’s name to “GMO Opportunistic Income Fund”; (2) the elimination of the following “name policy” from the Fund’s principal investment strategies because the policy will no longer be required by Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended: “Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests directly and indirectly (e.g., through other GMO Funds or derivatives) at least 80% of its assets in debt investments”; and (3) a change in the Fund’s investment objective from “positive total return” to “capital appreciation and current income.” The changes and elimination of the name policy will become effective as of January 1, 2017.