N-CSR 1 d549756dncsr.htm GMO TRUST GMO Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-04347

 

 

GMO Trust

(Exact name of the registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA   02110
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Sheppard N. Burnett, Chief Executive Officer, 40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110

(Name and address of agent for services)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 617-346-7646

Date of fiscal year end: 02/28/18

Date of reporting period: 02/28/18

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The annual reports for each series of the registrant for the period ended February 28, 2018 are filed herewith.

 


GMO Trust

Annual Report

February 28, 2018

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

Core Plus Bond Fund

Emerging Country Debt Fund

Opportunistic Income Fund

U.S. Treasury Fund


 

 

 

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, shareholders may call 1-617-346-7646 (collect), visit GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Funds have a policy with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings under which they may also make a complete schedule of portfolio holdings available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a prospectus for the GMO Trust, which contains a complete discussion of the risks associated with an investment in these Funds and other important information. The GMO Trust prospectus can be obtained at www.gmo.com. The GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of GMO Trust and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-617-346-7646 (collect).

An investment in the Funds is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their stated investment objectives. Please see the Funds’ prospectus regarding specific principal risks for each Fund. General risks may include: market risk-fixed income investments, management and operational risk, market risk-asset backed securities, credit risk and derivatives risk.

The Funds are distributed by Funds Distributor LLC. Funds Distributor LLC is not affiliated with GMO.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     2  

Performance Graph

     3  

Investment Concentration Summary

     4  

Schedule of Investments

     5  

Core Plus Bond Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     8  

Performance Graph

     9  

Investment Concentration Summary

     10  

Schedule of Investments

     11  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     14  

Performance Graph

     15  

Investment Concentration Summary

     16  

Schedule of Investments

     17  

Opportunistic Income Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     28  

Performance Graph

     29  

Investment Concentration Summary

     30  

Schedule of Investments

     31  

U.S. Treasury Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     42  

Performance Graph

     43  

Investment Concentration Summary

     44  

Schedule of Investments

     45  

Portfolio, Counterparty and Currency Abbreviations

     46  

Fund Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     47  

Statements of Operations

     49  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     50  

Financial Highlights

     53  

Notes to Financial Statements

     58  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     102  

Fund Expenses

     103  

Tax Information

     104  

Trustees and Officers

     105  

 

   


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Developed Rates & FX team and the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund returned +0.07% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.98% for the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index.

The Fund underperformed the benchmark during the period by 0.92%. Developed markets interest-rate positioning contributed positively during the fiscal year given gains from U.K., New Zealand, Mexican, U.S., Canadian, and Australian duration positions. The Fund’s positions in TIPS and Sweden detracted during the fiscal year.

The Fund’s positions in developed market currencies detracted during the fiscal year due to the Fund’s Swiss franc, euro, sterling, and Australian dollar positions. Gains from Norwegian krone, Japanese yen, New Zealand dollar, and Swedish krona positions partly offset losses.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

2


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund Class III Shares and the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * For the period from March 18, 2009 to March 27, 2009, no Class III shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class VI, which has lower expenses. Therefore, the performance shown is higher than it would have been if Class III expenses had been applied throughout.

 

3


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    85.6

Short-Term Investments

    13.6  

Swap Contracts

    (0.1

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.1

Other

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.
 

 

4


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value† /

Shares

    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 85.6%  
    U.S. Government — 84.4%  
    79,620,393     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/25 (a)     78,150,638  
    98,881,174     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, due 01/15/26 (a)     98,310,042  
    10,939,942     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/26 (a)     10,444,581  
    129,014,336     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 01/15/27 (a)     124,921,285  
    30,565,869     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/27 (a)     29,620,202  
    152,960,095     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28 (a)     167,376,543  
    178,039,607     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.50%, due 01/15/29 (a)     210,085,519  
    12,446,929     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 3.88%, due 04/15/29 (a)     16,508,404  
    20,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 09/30/18 (b)     19,932,812  
    17,500,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.07%, 1.72%, due 04/30/19     17,519,722  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 09/30/19     40,463,477  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 10/31/19     40,516,328  
    17,500,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.05%, 1.70%, due 10/31/19     17,510,970  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 11/30/19     40,657,265  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 12/31/19 (b)     40,727,735  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 01/31/20     40,809,414  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, due 02/29/20     40,991,992  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     1,034,546,929  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 1.2%  
    15,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 1.27%, due 03/06/19     14,993,741  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $1,060,108,221)     1,049,540,670  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 13.6%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.6%  
    7,508,030     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.32% (c)     7,508,030  
     

 

 

 
    Repurchase Agreements — 10.2%  
    124,999,517     Nomura Securities International Inc. Repurchase Agreement, dated 2/28/18, maturing on 3/1/18 with a maturity value of $125,006,895 and an effective yield of 2.125%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note with maturity date 5/15/25 and a market value of $127,781,640.     124,999,517  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 2.8%  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/26/18 (d)     9,976,239  
    12,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.64%, due 05/31/18 (d)     12,448,575  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    12,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.78%, due 07/26/18 (d)     12,410,550  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     34,835,364  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $167,361,507)     167,342,911  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.2%
(Cost $1,227,469,728)
    1,216,883,581  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.8%     9,259,529  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,226,143,110  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
05/03/2018   JPM     AUD       34,280,000       USD       27,371,399     $ 742,603  
03/12/2018   JPM     CHF       35,585,314       USD       36,294,802       (1,416,031
03/20/2018   GS     EUR       6,920,000       USD       8,630,883       177,150  
03/14/2018   BOA     GBP       7,930,000       USD       10,628,579       (293,846
03/14/2018   GS     GBP       1,110,000       USD       1,503,444       (25,421
03/07/2018   GS     JPY       703,909,617       USD       6,550,000       (49,114
05/03/2018   JPM     NZD       1,810,000       USD       1,320,082       15,276  
05/03/2018   BCLY     SEK       10,872,882       USD       1,380,000       61,742  
03/05/2018   BCLY     USD       19,799,508       NOK       152,141,400       (532,898
03/07/2018   GS     USD       12,876,640       JPY       1,443,243,406       653,689  
03/12/2018   JPM     USD       4,450,000       CHF       4,293,517       99,969  
05/02/2018   BOA     USD       1,760,000       CAD       2,156,686       (77,297
05/02/2018   GS     USD       12,435,998       CAD       15,283,344       (511,533
05/03/2018   BCLY     USD       4,470,000       SEK       35,890,941       (118,480
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       2,607,118       NZD       3,550,000       (47,968
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       6,230,757       SEK       48,792,351       (315,033
           

 

 

 
            $ (1,637,192
           

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   5


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Average balance outstanding

   $ (51,558,312

Average interest rate

     (0.38 )% 

Maximum balance outstanding

   $ (89,751,964

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund had no reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year.

Swap Contracts

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives   

Notional

Amount

     Expiration
Date
    

Periodic
Payment
Frequency

   Premiums
Paid/

(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation) ($)
 

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   2.72%    NZD     105,414,000        03/21/2023      Quarterly            (55,491     (55,491

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   2.70%    NZD     48,784,000        03/21/2023      Quarterly            (62,989     (62,989

1.71%

   6 Month GBP LIBOR    GBP     27,483,000        12/15/2027      Semi-Annually            206,232       206,232  

2.53%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     9,925,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            51,938       51,938  

3 Month CAD LIBOR

   2.74%    CAD     9,396,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            85,999       85,999  

2.66%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     5,578,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (20,281     (20,281

2.69%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     8,991,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (52,154     (52,154

6 Month EURIBOR

   1.17%    EUR     30,625,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually      (9,252     240,680       249,932  

1.69%

   6 Month GBP LIBOR    GBP     84,806,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually      27,338       (949,323     (976,661

3 Month SEK STIBOR

   1.41%    SEK     321,681,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly      (4,294     308,739       313,033  

3 Month SEK STIBOR

   1.17%    SEK     102,490,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (182,578     (182,578

1.50%

   3 Month SEK STIBOR    SEK     56,323,000        03/15/2028      Annually            (112,318     (112,318

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.90%    USD     3,623,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            2,896       2,896  

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.71%    USD     5,804,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (93,504     (93,504

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.88%    USD     3,624,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (1,891     (1,891

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.88%    USD     7,247,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (4,100     (4,100

2.89%

   3 Month USD LIBOR    USD     4,506,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (427     (427

3.08%

   6 Month AUD BBSW    AUD     92,331,000        03/21/2028      Semi-Annually      (98,826     (733,089     (634,263

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   3.31%    NZD     31,911,000        06/20/2028      Quarterly            23,323       23,323  

6 Month CHF LIBOR

   0.55%    CHF     6,942,000        06/21/2028      Semi-Annually            2,047       2,047  
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (85,034   $ (1,346,291   $ (1,261,257
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the price of a specific instrument or financial statistic (Note 2).

 

(b) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(d) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 46.

 

 

6   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Developed Rates & FX team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo  & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Core Plus Bond Fund returned +1.61% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.51% for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index. The Fund outperformed its benchmark during the fiscal year by +1.10%.

The Fund’s investment exposure was achieved directly through bonds, swaps, and futures and indirectly through investment in underlying GMO Trust mutual funds, including GMO Opportunistic Income Fund (OIF), GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund (ECDF), and GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (USTF).

Exposure to asset-backed securities contributed positively to performance given sector selection and asset selection within securitized products.

Developed markets interest-rate positioning also contributed positively during the fiscal year. The Fund’s duration positions in the U.K., New Zealand, U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Switzerland added value, while losses from active duration positions in Sweden and the Eurozone partly offset gains.

Exposure to emerging debt added value, thanks to spread tightening on the asset class and positive contributions from both country selection and security selection.

The currency strategy detracted during the fiscal year. The Fund’s active positions in the Japanese yen, Norwegian krone, New Zealand dollar, and Swedish krona were successful during the year, while positions in the Swiss franc, sterling, Euro, Australian dollar, and Canadian dollar detracted.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

8


GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Core Plus Bond Fund Class III Shares and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

9


GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary†   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    92.5

Mutual Funds

    15.5  

Short-Term Investments

    8.4  

Loan Participations

    0.1  

Rights/Warrants

    0.1  

Swap Contracts

    0.1  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Written Options/Credit Linked Options

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.9

Securities Sold Short

    (1.4

Other

    (14.4
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary‡   % of Investments  

United States

    102.3

New Zealand

    12.8  

Sweden

    6.8  

Euro Region

    5.9 § 

Other Emerging

    5.4 ¥ 

Switzerland

    1.2  

Japan

    0.2  

Canada

    (1.8

Australia

    (11.2

United Kingdom

    (21.6
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation rather, in the case of forward currency contracts, than notional amounts.

 

The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table is normalized to 100%, therefore the absolute exposure presented for each country may not be representative of the true exposure of the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security.

 

§ “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

¥ “Other Emerging” is associated with investments in GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund and is comprised of emerging countries that each represents between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.00%.
 

 

10


GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value† /

Shares

    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 53.6%  
    United States — 53.6%  
          Asset-Backed Securities — 0.7%  
    333,087     Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 05-PW10, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.59%, due 12/11/40     350,165  
    6,000,000     Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 13-WWP, Class A2, 144A, 3.42%, due 03/10/31     6,114,587  
     

 

 

 
    Total Asset-Backed Securities     6,464,752  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 38.0%  
    5,291,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.25%, due 05/15/30     7,100,274  
    11,634,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.75%, due 11/15/43     12,934,190  
    50,849,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.38%, due 05/15/44 (a)     53,170,972  
    31,941,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 02/28/19     31,752,598  
    98,515,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 02/28/21     97,291,258  
    51,233,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 11/30/21     49,784,067  
    33,055,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 02/15/23     32,055,603  
    36,868,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.50%, due 05/15/24     36,332,262  
    27,877,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 08/15/25 (a)     26,333,964  
    16,615,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, due 02/15/27     15,784,250  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     362,539,438  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 14.9%  
    17,573,000     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., TBA, 3.50%, due 03/13/48     17,553,778  
    38,873,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 2.50%, due 03/15/48     37,917,879  
    12,507,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.00%, due 03/13/48     12,120,554  
    39,282,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 4.00%, due 03/13/48     40,240,265  
    34,719,000     Government National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.50%, due 03/20/48     34,912,937  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     142,745,413  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $522,399,924)     511,749,603  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 43.1%  
    United States — 43.1%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 27.5%  
    1,776,046     GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     50,741,626  
    7,337,588     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     193,785,692  
    741,411     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     18,513,042  
     

 

 

 
    Total Affiliated Issuers     263,040,360  
     

 

 

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    Exchange-Traded Funds — 15.6%  
    1,267,900     iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF     148,433,053  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $411,992,931)
    411,473,413  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 18.2%  
    Foreign Government Obligations — 17.5%  

JPY

    3,300,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/19/18     30,930,738  

JPY

    5,600,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/26/18     52,489,522  

JPY

    2,800,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/09/18     26,246,100  

JPY

    2,850,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/07/18     26,718,707  

JPY

    3,300,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/21/18     30,940,264  
     

 

 

 
    Total Foreign Government Obligation     167,325,331  
     

 

 

 
    Money Market Funds — 0.7%  
    7,066,648     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class,
1.32% (b)
    7,066,648  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $167,418,461)     174,391,979  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 114.9% (Cost $1,101,811,316)     1,097,614,995  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (14.9%)     (142,337,556
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $955,277,439  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation) ($)

 
05/03/2018   JPM     AUD       48,830,000       USD       39,004,910       1,073,636  
03/12/2018   JPM     CHF       53,515,299       USD       54,544,451       (2,167,328
03/20/2018   GS     EUR       9,920,000       USD       12,372,595       253,949  
03/14/2018   BOA     GBP       12,030,000       USD       16,123,809       (445,771
03/14/2018   GS     GBP       1,120,000       USD       1,516,988       (25,650
03/07/2018   GS     JPY       1,057,484,472       USD       9,840,000       (73,860
03/07/2018   JPM     JPY       95,355,567       USD       850,000       (43,953
03/19/2018   GS     JPY       600,000,000       USD       5,353,902       (276,170
03/19/2018   MSCI     JPY       2,700,000,000       USD       23,924,929       (1,410,395
03/26/2018   DB     JPY       5,600,000,000       USD       50,112,978       (2,463,930
04/09/2018   GS     JPY       2,800,000,000       USD       24,837,580       (1,477,677
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   11


GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Forward Currency Contracts — continued

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation) ($)

 
05/07/2018   MSCI     JPY       2,850,000,000       USD       26,223,214       (610,806
05/21/2018   MSCI     JPY       3,300,000,000       USD       30,911,493       (187,509
05/03/2018   JPM     NZD       2,680,000       USD       1,954,596       22,618  
05/03/2018   BCLY     SEK       16,388,112       USD       2,080,000       93,058  
03/05/2018   BCLY     USD       28,556,302       NOK       219,429,478       (768,585
03/07/2018   GS     USD       19,610,767       JPY       2,198,019,828       995,550  
03/12/2018   JPM     USD       9,010,000       CHF       8,707,359       217,451  
05/02/2018   BOA     USD       2,480,000       CAD       3,038,967       (108,918
05/02/2018   GS     USD       18,007,252       CAD       22,130,193       (740,697
05/03/2018   BCLY     USD       6,260,000       SEK       50,263,901       (165,861
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       3,796,845       NZD       5,170,000       (69,858
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       9,014,788       SEK       70,593,774       (455,796
           

 

 

 
            $ (8,836,502
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number

of
Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Buys        
127   U.S. Long
Bond (CBT)
  June 2018     18,216,562       166,355  
39   U.S. Ultra
Bond (CBT)
  June 2018     6,079,125       75,766  
131   U.S. Treasury
Note 10 Yr.
(CBT)
  June 2018     15,726,141       25,387  
52   U.S. Treasury
Note 5 Yr.
(CBT)
  June 2018     5,924,344       391  
222   U.S. Treasury
Note 2 Yr.
(CBT)
  June 2018     47,168,062       (10,593
122   U.S. Treasury
Ultra 10 Yr.
(CBT)
  June 2018     15,623,625       13,385  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 108,737,859     $ 270,691  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

Swap Contracts

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives   

Notional

Amount

     Expiration
Date
    

Periodic
Payment
Frequency

   Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   2.72%    NZD     161,858,000        03/21/2023      Quarterly            (85,203     (85,203

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   2.70%    NZD     74,903,000        03/21/2023      Quarterly            (96,713     (96,713

2.76%

   3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate    NZD     17,132,000        03/21/2023      Semi-Annually            (12,511     (12,511

1.71%

   6 Month GBP LIBOR    GBP     9,772,000        12/15/2027      Semi-Annually            73,329       73,329  

2.53%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     14,306,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            74,864       74,864  

3 Month CAD LIBOR

   2.74%    CAD     13,762,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            125,960       125,960  

2.66%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     8,114,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (29,502     (29,502

2.69%

   3 Month CAD LIBOR    CAD     12,782,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (74,145     (74,145

6 Month EURIBOR

   1.17%    EUR     44,314,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually      (13,388     348,260       361,648  

1.69%

   6 Month GBP LIBOR    GBP     139,505,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually      44,971       (1,561,627     (1,606,598

3 Month SEK STIBOR

   1.41%    SEK     456,926,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly      (6,099     438,543       444,642  

3 Month SEK STIBOR

   1.17%    SEK     158,085,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (281,616     (281,616

1.50%

   3 Month SEK STIBOR    SEK     92,930,000        03/15/2028      Annually            (185,319     (185,319

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.90%    USD     5,144,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            4,112       4,112  

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.71%    USD     8,421,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (135,665     (135,665

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.88%    USD     5,145,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (2,684     (2,684

3 Month USD LIBOR

   2.88%    USD     10,290,000        03/15/2028      Quarterly            (5,822     (5,822

2.89%

   3 Month USD LIBOR    USD     6,704,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annually            (635     (635

3.08%

   6 Month AUD BBSW    AUD     130,906,000        03/21/2028      Semi-Annually      (140,115     (1,039,367     (899,252

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

   3.31%    NZD     43,987,000        06/20/2028      Quarterly            32,149       32,149  

6 Month CHF LIBOR

   0.55%    CHF     9,839,000        06/21/2028      Semi-Annually            2,902       2,902  
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (114,631   $ (2,410,690   $ (2,296,059
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

12   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Core Plus Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(b) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 46.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   13


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Emerging Country Debt team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo  & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund returned +5.81% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +3.31% for the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global (EMBIG). The Fund outperformed its benchmark during the fiscal year by +2.50%.

EMBIG spreads over U.S. Treasuries narrowed 23 basis points to 311 basis points, while the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond rose by 51 basis points to 2.87%.

The EMBIG index’s biggest gainers of the fiscal year were led by recoveries in two distressed sovereign credits — Belize and Mozambique — in which progress was made in debt restructuring. The Belize sub index was up 50.1% and Mozambique was up +31.4%. Lower quality credits in general performed very well, led by Ghana (+19.6%), El Salvador (+18.9%), Ukraine (+16.9%), and Angola (+16.6%). The single worst performing country was Venezuela (-39.5%) due to the worsening in socioeconomic conditions and the onset of sanctions in the regime. Bolivia (-3.7%), a moderate quality credit with very low yields, was the second worst performer on a total return basis.

Country selection was additive to the Fund’s relative performance. The largest sources of positive alpha from country positions came from overweights in Belize and Argentina, followed by overweights in Angola, Brazil, and Ukraine. The Fund has large negative country selection alpha from the overweight in Venezuela.

Security selection added to relative performance during the year. The Fund’s choice of holdings in Argentina, Mexico, Philippines, Tunisia, and Colombia were leading contributors. These were partially offset by negative contributions from the Fund’s choice of holdings in Venezuela and Turkey.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

14


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund Class III Shares and the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of 0.75% on the purchase and 0.75% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

For J.P. Morgan disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

15


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary†   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    77.5

Short-Term Investments

    18.9  

Loan Participations

    1.4  

Rights/Warrants

    1.3  

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.0 )^ 

Written Options/Credit Linked Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Securities Sold Short

    (0.0 )^ 

Swap Contracts

    (0.4

Other

    1.3  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary‡   % of Investments  

Other Emerging

    13.5 %• 

Mexico

    12.4  

Turkey

    7.4  

Argentina

    6.4  

Russia

    6.2  

Indonesia

    5.5  

Brazil

    5.4  

Venezuela

    3.7  

South Africa

    2.8  

Ukraine

    2.8  

Pakistan

    2.6  

Tunisia

    2.6  

China

    2.4  

Philippines

    2.0  

Colombia

    2.0  

Ecuador

    1.9  

Dominican Republic

    1.8  

Peru

    1.8  

Israel

    1.8  

Uruguay

    1.8  

Costa Rica

    1.7  

Egypt

    1.6  

Chile

    1.5  

Kazakhstan

    1.3  

Sri Lanka

    1.3  

Congo

    1.2  

Bahrain

    1.1  

Hungary

    1.1  

Croatia

    1.0  

Serbia

    1.0  

Other Developed

    0.4 ¤ 
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using a reference security and applying the same methodology to that security.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

¤ “Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

16


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 79.6%  
    Albania — 0.9%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    49,649,849     Republic of Albania Par Bond, Zero Coupon, due 08/31/25 (a) (b)     36,340,532  
     

 

 

 
    Argentina — 5.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  

JPY

    407,485,276     Republic of Argentina, 4.33%, due 12/31/33 (c)     2,978,945  

EUR

    8,008,646     Republic of Argentina Discount Bond, 7.82%, due 12/31/33     10,894,162  
    40,308,593     Republic of Argentina Discount Bond, 8.28%, due 12/31/33     43,281,351  
    10,786,557     Republic of Argentina Discount Bond, 8.28%, due 12/31/33     11,784,313  

EUR

    57,150,000     Republic of Argentina Par Bond, Step Up, 2.26%, due 12/31/38     47,760,263  

EUR

    112,130,000     Republic of Argentina Par Bond, Step Up, 2.26%, due 12/31/38     92,339,070  
     

 

 

 
    Total Argentina     209,038,104  
     

 

 

 
    Armenia — 0.3%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,695,000     Republic of Armenia, Reg S, 7.15%, due 03/26/25     11,804,606  
     

 

 

 
    Azerbaijan — 0.7%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.5%  
    12,650,000     Southern Gas Corridor CJSC, 144A, 6.88%, due 03/24/26     14,009,875  
    7,987,000     State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, Reg S, 6.95%, due 03/18/30     8,785,700  
     

 

 

 
        22,795,575  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    7,100,000     Republic of Azerbaijan International Bond, Reg S, 5.13%, due 09/01/29     7,117,750  
     

 

 

 
    Total Azerbaijan     29,913,325  
     

 

 

 
    Bahrain — 0.8%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    35,150,000     Bahrain Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.50%, due 09/20/47     33,172,812  
     

 

 

 
    Belarus — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    3,700,000     Republic of Belarus International Bond, 144A, 6.20%, due 02/28/30     3,718,500  
     

 

 

 
    Belize — 0.5%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    33,578,000     Republic of Belize, Reg S, Step Up, 4.94%, due 02/20/34     20,019,036  
     

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Brazil — 2.7%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 2.0%  

GBP

    12,895,000     Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.63%, due 01/16/34     18,950,835  
    65,739,000     Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.85%, due 06/05/2115     62,172,659  
     

 

 

 
        81,123,494  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 0.7%  
    16,897,000     Republic of Brazil, 7.13%, due 01/20/37     19,735,696  
    5,000,000     Republic of Brazil, 5.00%, due 01/27/45     4,475,000  
    6,340,000     Republic of Brazil, 5.63%, due 02/21/47     6,118,100  
     

 

 

 
        30,328,796  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     111,452,290  
     

 

 

 
    Cameroon — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    4,500,000     Republic of Cameroon International Bond, Reg S, 9.50%, due 11/19/25     5,169,375  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 1.3%  
          Corporate Debt — 0.6%  
    20,411,000     Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA, 8.13%, due 02/01/97 (c)     26,126,080  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Agency — 0.7%  
    7,300,000     Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 144A, 4.50%, due 08/01/47     7,272,625  
    17,718,000     Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Reg S, 4.50%, due 09/16/25     18,382,425  
    3,600,000     Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, Reg. S, 4.50%, due 09/14/47     3,348,000  
     

 

 

 
        29,003,050  
     

 

 

 
    Total Chile     55,129,130  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 1.8%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 1.2%  
    43,011,000     Ecopetrol SA, 7.38%, due 09/18/43     51,062,659  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 0.6%  
    647,000     Colombia Government International Bond, 8.38%, due 02/15/27     808,184  
    15,200,000     Colombia Government International Bond, 5.63%, due 02/26/44     16,385,600  
    3,800,000     Republic of Colombia, 11.85%, due 03/09/28 (b)     5,442,203  
     

 

 

 
        22,635,987  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     73,698,646  
     

 

 

 
    Congo Republic (Brazzaville) — 1.6%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    82,295,945     Republic of Congo, Reg S, Step Up, 6.00%, due 06/30/29 (c)     67,799,514  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   17


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Costa Rica — 1.3%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.1%  
    5,500,000     Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Reg S, 6.38%, due 05/15/43     4,895,000  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 1.2%  
    44,931,000     Costa Rica Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.16%, due 03/12/45     47,009,059  
     

 

 

 
    Total Costa Rica     51,904,059  
     

 

 

 
    Dominican Republic — 1.9%  
          Asset-Backed Securities — 0.6%      
    21,848,036     Autopistas Del Nordeste Ltd., Reg S, 9.39%, due 04/15/24     23,355,054  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Agency — 0.1%  
    3,116,000     Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, Reg S, 7.00%, due 02/01/23     3,268,139  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 1.2%  
    15,687,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, Reg S, 8.63%, due 04/20/27     18,491,051  
    29,811,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, Reg S, 6.85%, due 01/27/45     32,270,408  
     

 

 

 
        50,761,459  
     

 

 

 
    Total Dominican Republic     77,384,652  
     

 

 

 
    Ecuador — 1.6%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    14,900,000     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 9.63%, due 06/02/27     16,390,000  
    31,400,000     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 8.88%, due 10/23/27     33,048,500  
    18,200,000     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 7.88%, due 01/23/28     17,927,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ecuador     67,365,500  
     

 

 

 
    Egypt — 1.0%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    1,400,000     Egypt Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.50%, due 01/31/47     1,564,500  
    39,000,000     Egypt Government International Bond, 144A, 7.90%, due 02/21/48     40,950,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total Egypt     42,514,500  
     

 

 

 
    El Salvador — 0.6%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    24,275,000     El Salvador Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.65%, due 06/15/35     25,670,813  
     

 

 

 
    Ethiopia — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    4,190,000     Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Reg S, 6.63%, due 12/11/24     4,190,000  
     

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Gabon — 0.6%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    22,442,000     Gabonese Republic, Reg S, 6.38%, due 12/12/24     22,021,212  
    4,744,000     Gabonese Republic, Reg S, 6.95%, due 06/16/25     4,749,930  
     

 

 

 
    Total Gabon     26,771,142  
     

 

 

 
    Ghana — 1.0%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.4%  
    15,264,297     Saderea, Ltd., Reg S, 12.50%, due 11/30/26     17,096,013  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 0.6%  
    17,482,000     Republic of Ghana, Reg S, 10.75%, due 10/14/30     23,513,290  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ghana     40,609,303  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      

EUR

    5,800,000     Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Reg S, Step Up, 3.00%, due 02/24/36     6,111,974  
     

 

 

 
    Grenada — 0.2%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    7,149,357     Grenada Government International Bond, Reg S, Step Up, 7.00%, due 05/12/30     6,648,902  
     

 

 

 
    Guatemala — 0.5%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    16,195,000     Republic of Guatemala, Reg S, 8.13%, due 10/06/34     20,543,358  
     

 

 

 
    Honduras — 0.3%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    5,516,000     Honduras Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.50%, due 03/15/24     6,012,440  
    6,646,000     Honduras Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.25%, due 01/19/27     6,903,533  
     

 

 

 
    Total Honduras     12,915,973  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations      
    12,084,000     Hungary Government International Bond, 7.63%, due 03/29/41     17,476,485  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 3.3%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.4%  
    14,400,000     Pertamina Persero PT, Reg S, 6.50%, due 05/27/41     16,439,040  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 2.9%  
    30,000,000     Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.35%, due 01/11/48     28,446,000  
 

 

18   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Indonesia — continued  
    Foreign Government Obligations — continued  
    43,091,000     Indonesia Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.63%, due 02/17/37     52,114,255  
    35,780,000     Indonesia Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.25%, due 01/17/42     37,579,734  
     

 

 

 
        118,139,989  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     134,579,029  
     

 

 

 
  Iraq — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    15,000,000     Republic of Iraq, Reg S, 5.80%, due 01/15/28     14,456,250  
     

 

 

 
  Israel — 1.3%  
      Foreign Government Agency  

JPY

    2,500,000,000     Israel Electric Corp., Ltd., 4.10%, due 01/14/32 (c)     26,617,929  
    7,243,000     Israel Electric Corp., Ltd., Reg S, 7.88%, due 12/15/26     8,973,027  
    12,798,000     Israel Electric Corp., Ltd., Reg S, 8.10%, due 12/15/96     16,381,440  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     51,972,396  
     

 

 

 
    Ivory Coast — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    15,401,610     Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Reg S, Step Up, 5.75%, due 12/31/32     14,901,058  
     

 

 

 
    Jamaica — 0.6%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.1%  
    4,000,000     National Road Operating & Construction Co., Ltd., Reg S, 9.38%, due 11/10/24 (c)     4,908,000  
     

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 0.5%  
    16,875,000     Jamaica Government International Bond, 7.88%, due 07/28/45     20,418,750  
     

 

 

 
  Total Jamaica     25,326,750  
   

 

 

 
  Jordan — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    8,500,000     Jordan Government International Bond, 144A, 7.38%, due 10/10/47     8,956,875  
    6,887,000     Jordan Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.75%, due 01/31/27     6,843,956  
     

 

 

 
  Total Jordan     15,800,831  
   

 

 

 
  Kazakhstan — 0.8%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    28,499,000     Kazakhstan Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.50%, due 07/21/45     34,982,522  
   

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
  Kenya — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    7,300,000     Kenya Government International Bond, 144A, 8.25%, due 02/28/48     7,491,625  
    7,800,000     Kenya Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.88%, due 06/24/24     8,053,500  
     

 

 

 
  Total Kenya     15,545,125  
   

 

 

 
  Macedonia — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    9,039,000     Macedonia Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.63%, due 07/26/23     12,868,912  

EUR

    7,300,000     Macedonia Government International Bond, 144A, 2.75%, due 01/18/25     8,883,737  
     

 

 

 
  Total Macedonia     21,752,649  
   

 

 

 
  Mexico — 8.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 3.3%  
    10,500,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.38%, due 01/23/45     10,185,000  
    70,487,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.75%, due 09/21/47     71,459,721  
    51,451,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 144A, 6.35%, due 02/12/48     50,066,968  
    5,600,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, Reg S, 6.75%, due 09/21/47     5,677,280  
     

 

 

 
    137,388,969  
 

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 5.3%  
    144,478,000     United Mexican States, 5.75%, due 10/12/2110     145,417,107  

GBP

    49,396,000     United Mexican States, 5.63%, due 03/19/2114     72,253,657  
     

 

 

 
    217,670,764  
     

 

 

 
  Total Mexico     355,059,733  
   

 

 

 
  Morocco — 0.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    20,800,000     Office Cherifien des Phosphates SA, Reg S, 6.88%, due 04/25/44     23,244,000  
     

 

 

 
  Mozambique — 0.1%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    4,744,000     Mozambique International Bond, Reg S, 10.50%, due 01/18/23 (d)     4,097,630  
     

 

 

 
  Nigeria — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,750,000     Nigeria Government International Bond, 144A, 7.63%, due 11/28/47     11,032,188  
    7,200,000     Nigeria Government International Bond, 144A, 7.70%, due 02/23/38     7,468,092  
     

 

 

 
    Total Nigeria     18,500,280  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   19


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Oman — 0.5%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    21,700,000     Oman Government International Bond, 144A, 6.75%, due 01/17/48     21,564,375  
     

 

 

 
    Pakistan — 1.3%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,100,000     Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 144A, 6.88%, due 12/05/27     13,898,370  
    41,062,000     Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Reg S, 7.88%, due 03/31/36     41,164,655  
     

 

 

 
    Total Pakistan     55,063,025  
     

 

 

 
    Panama — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    7,851,000     Panama Government International Bond, 8.13%, due 04/28/34     10,716,615  
    6,252,000     Panama Government International Bond, 4.30%, due 04/29/53     6,142,590  
     

 

 

 
    Total Panama     16,859,205  
     

 

 

 
    Paraguay — 0.2%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    8,000,000     Republic of Paraguay, Reg S, 6.10%, due 08/11/44     8,790,000  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 1.7%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.9%  
    14,304,000     Peru Enhanced Pass-Through Finance Ltd., Reg S, Zero Coupon, due 06/02/25 (c)     12,116,346  
    25,895,000     Petroleos del Peru SA, Reg S, 5.63%, due 06/19/47     26,202,374  
     

 

 

 
    38,318,720  
 

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 0.8%  
    5,000,000     Peru Par Bond, Series 30 Yr., Step Up, 4.00%, due 03/07/27 (b)     4,950,000  
    22,295,000     Republic of Peru, 5.63%, due 11/18/50     26,754,000  
     

 

 

 
        31,704,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total Peru     70,022,720  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 2.6%  
          Foreign Government Agency  
    9,000,000     Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Bond, 8.60%, due 06/15/97 (c)     16,504,956  
    23,300,000     Central Bank of Philippines, Series A, 8.60%, due 06/15/27     31,346,422  
    42,012,000     National Power Corp., Global Bond, 9.63%, due 05/15/28     61,285,005  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     109,136,383  
     

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Romania — 0.2%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    5,180,000     Romanian Government International Bond, Reg S, 3.88%, due 10/29/35     6,825,169  
     

 

 

 
  Russia — 4.1%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.9%  
    13,575,000     Gazprom Neft OAO Via GPN Capital SA, Reg S, 4.38%, due 09/19/22     13,642,875  
    37,067,000     Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, Reg S, 8.63%, due 04/28/34     49,577,112  
    15,700,000     Sberbank of Russia Via SB Capital SA, Reg S, 5.13%, due 10/29/22     16,092,500  
     

 

 

 
    79,312,487  
     

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 2.2%  
    26,200,000     Russian Foreign Bond, 144A, 5.25%, due 06/23/47     27,280,750  
    62,200,000     Russian Foreign Bond, Reg S, 5.25%, due 06/23/47     64,765,750  
     

 

 

 
        92,046,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     171,358,987  
     

 

 

 
    Rwanda — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    5,487,000     Rwanda International Government Bond, Reg S, 6.63%, due 05/02/23     5,672,186  
     

 

 

 
    Serbia — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    2,378,953     Republic of Serbia, Reg S, Step Up, 6.75%, due 11/01/24     2,395,380  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 2.1%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.7%  

ZAR

    163,000,000     Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., Zero Coupon, due 12/31/32     2,204,430  
    21,975,000     Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., Reg S, 7.13%, due 02/11/25     23,157,255  

ZAR

    27,300,000     Transnet, Ltd., 13.50%, due 04/18/28     2,753,715  
     

 

 

 
    28,115,400  
 

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 1.4%  
    58,000,000     Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 5.65%, due 09/27/47     57,057,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     85,172,900  
     

 

 

 
    Sri Lanka — 1.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    5,700,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.13%, due 06/03/25     5,745,030  
    17,000,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.85%, due 11/03/25     17,788,800  
 

 

20   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Sri Lanka — continued  
          Foreign Government Obligations — continued  
    14,280,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.83%, due 07/18/26     14,834,064  
    7,144,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.20%, due 05/11/27     7,103,994  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sri Lanka     45,471,888  
     

 

 

 
    Suriname — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    16,178,000     Republic of Suriname, 144A, 9.25%, due 10/26/26     16,703,785  
     

 

 

 
    Trinidad And Tobago — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Agency  
    6,736,000     Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd., Reg S, 9.75%, due 08/14/19     7,182,260  
    7,292,000     Trinidad Generation UnLtd, 144A, 5.25%, due 11/04/27     7,292,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total Trinidad And Tobago     14,474,260  
     

 

 

 
    Tunisia — 1.8%  
          Foreign Government Agency  

JPY

    7,340,000,000     Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA, 4.30%, due 08/02/30 (c)     55,723,324  

JPY

    2,500,000,000     Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA, 4.20%, due 03/17/31 (c)     18,510,708  
     

 

 

 
  Total Tunisia     74,234,032  
     

 

 

 
  Turkey — 4.7%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.2%  
    9,100,000     Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO, 144A, 5.75%, due 01/30/23     8,940,750  
     

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 4.5%  
    30,744,000     Republic of Turkey, 6.75%, due 05/30/40     31,935,330  
    83,302,000     Republic of Turkey, 6.00%, due 01/14/41     79,032,772  
    84,513,000     Republic of Turkey, 5.75%, due 05/11/47     76,272,983  
     

 

 

 
        187,241,085  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     196,181,835  
     

 

 

 
    Ukraine — 2.3%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.3%  
    8,189,000     Oschadbank Via SSB #1 Plc, Reg S, Step Up, 9.63%, due 03/20/25     8,822,419  
    3,700,000     Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance Plc, Reg S, 9.75%, due 01/22/25     3,986,750  
     

 

 

 
        12,809,169  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 2.0%  
    33,100,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, 144A, 7.38%, due 09/25/32     32,189,750  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Ukraine — continued  
    Foreign Government Obligations — continued  
    6,019,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/21     6,365,093  
    6,019,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/22     6,342,521  
    6,585,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/23     6,897,787  
    8,585,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/24     8,896,206  
    6,585,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/25     6,782,550  
    6,019,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/26     6,184,523  
    6,869,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/27     7,049,311  
     

 

 

 
        80,707,741  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ukraine     93,516,910  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 5.9%  
          Asset-Backed Securities — 0.5%  
    4,527,545     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 05-F, Class 2A, AMBAC, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .24%, 1.83%, due 12/15/35 ◆     3,941,245  
    2,473,522     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 05-H, Class 2A, FGIC, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .24%, 1.83%, due 12/15/35 ◆     2,192,087  
    3,049,217     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-D, Class 2A, XLCA, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .20%, 1.79%, due 05/15/36 ◆     2,863,749  
    10,470,404     Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, Series 06-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .15%, 1.77%, due 11/25/36 ◆     5,405,836  
    10,610,009     Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, Series 06-2, Class A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .22%, 1.84%, due 11/25/36 ◆     5,515,108  
    5,740,605     Wamu Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 07-HE2, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .36%, 1.98%, due 04/25/37 ◆     3,198,761  
     

 

 

 
        23,116,786  
     

 

 

 
    Corporate Debt — 0.1%  
    385,403     AMBAC Assurance Corp., 144A, 5.10%, due 06/07/20     688,253  
    1,852,790    

AMBAC LSNI LLC, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%,

6.81%, due 02/12/23

    1,866,686  
     

 

 

 
        2,554,939  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   21


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    U.S. Government — 5.3%  
    76,245,400     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.13%, due 01/15/22 (e)     75,310,914  
    45,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .05%, 1.25%, due 11/30/18 (f)     44,745,118  
    100,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.65%, due 01/31/20     99,959,060  
     

 

 

 
        220,015,092  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     245,686,817  
     

 

 

 
    Uruguay — 1.3%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    52,218,000     Uruguay Government International Bond, 5.10%, due 06/18/50     54,176,175  
     

 

 

 
    Venezuela — 4.3%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 2.3%  
    111,465,000     Electricidad de Caracas Finance BV, Reg S, 8.50%, due 04/10/18     36,226,125  
    176,000,000     Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Reg S, 6.00%, due 05/16/24 (d)     44,897,600  
    61,967,000     Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Reg S, 6.00%, due 11/15/26 (d)     15,491,750  
     

 

 

 
        96,615,475  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 2.0%  
    7,000,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, 9.38%, due 01/13/34 (d)     2,012,500  
    19,028,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 10/13/19 (d)     4,899,710  
    55,350,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.00%, due 12/09/20 (d)     14,114,250  
    172,793,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.00%, due 05/07/23 (d)     46,222,127  
    51,500,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 11.95%, due 08/05/31 (d)     14,677,500  
     

 

 

 
    81,926,087  
     

 

 

 
  Total Venezuela     178,541,562  
     

 

 

 
  Vietnam — 0.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.4%  
    25,105,000     Debt and Asset Trading Corp., Reg S, 1.00%, due 10/10/25     17,645,677  
     

 

 

 
  Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    6,428,000     Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Series 30 Yr., 6 Mo. LIBOR + .81%, 2.31%, due 03/13/28 (c)     5,688,780  
     

 

 

 
  Total Vietnam     23,334,457  
     

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
  Zambia — 0.2%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    7,700,000     Zambia Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.97%, due 07/30/27     8,210,125  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $3,231,740,648)
    3,290,972,960  
     

 

 

 
    LOAN ASSIGNMENTS — 0.0%  
    Indonesia — 0.0%  
    544,093     Republic of Indonesia Loan Agreement, dated September 14, 1994, 6 mo. LIBOR + .75%, 2.18%, due 12/16/19 (c)     504,728  

EUR

    616,709     Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia Paris Club Debt, 4.00%, due 06/01/21 (c)     605,670  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL LOAN ASSIGNMENTS
(COST $1,256,983)
    1,110,398  
     

 

 

 
    LOAN PARTICIPATIONS — 1.4%  
    Angola — 0.8%  
    20,850,000     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation with Development Bank of Southern Africa), 6 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 7.69%, due 12/20/23 (c)     19,599,000  
    14,961,750     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation with Development Bank of Southern Africa), 6 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 7.69%, due 12/20/23 (c)     14,064,045  
     

 

 

 
  Total Angola     33,663,045  
   

 

 

 
  Egypt — 0.0%  

CHF

    77,747     Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Standard Chartered Bank), Zero Coupon, due 01/03/24 (b)     70,893  
   

 

 

 
  Indonesia — 0.1%  
    3,128,955     Republic of Indonesia Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 6 mo. LIBOR + .88%, 2.29%, due 09/29/19 (c)     2,902,575  
    399,501     Republic of Indonesia Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 6 mo. LIBOR + .88%, 2.29%, due 10/14/19 (c)     370,598  
     

 

 

 
  Total Indonesia     3,273,173  
   

 

 

 
  Iraq — 0.5%  

EUR

    1,119,029     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Credit Suisse), 4.50%, due 12/30/27 (b)     1,043,140  

JPY

    160,949,144     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     1,006,718  
 

 

22   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value† /

Shares

    Description   Value ($)  
  Iraq — continued  

JPY

    2,898,045,722     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     18,244,781  

JPY

    378,662,743     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     2,368,454  
     

 

 

 
  Total Iraq     22,663,093  
   

 

 

 
  Russia — 0.0%  

EUR

    76,893,500     Russian Foreign Trade Obligations (Participation with GML International Ltd.) (c) (d)     3  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL LOAN PARTICIPATIONS (COST $77,642,913)     59,670,207  
     

 

 

 
  MUTUAL FUNDS — 2.3%  
  United States — 2.3%  
      Affiliated Issuers — 2.3%  
    568,012     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     15,001,189  
    3,251,005     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     81,177,603  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $93,156,925)
    96,178,792  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 1.3%  
    Argentina — 0.9%  

EUR

    335,089,675     Republic of Argentina GDP Linked, Expires 12/15/35 (e)     35,566,424  

JPY

    740,189,000     Republic of Argentina GDP Linked, Expires 12/15/35 (c) (e)     554,994  
     

 

 

 
  Total Argentina     36,121,418  
   

 

 

 
  Nigeria — 0.1%  
    28,000     Central Bank of Nigeria Oil Warrants, Expires 11/15/20 (c)     1,869,000  
     

 

 

 
  Ukraine — 0.2%  
    14,446,000     Government of Ukraine GDP Linked, Expires 05/31/40 (e)     9,841,337  
     

 

 

 
  Uruguay — 0.0%  
    4,000,000     Banco Central Del Uruguay Value Recovery Rights, VRRB, Expires 01/02/21* (b)      
     

 

 

 
  Venezuela — 0.1%  
    1,080,062     Republic of Venezuela Oil Warrants Expires 04/15/20 (c)     4,050,233  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS (COST $55,515,265)     51,881,988  
     

 

 

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 14.5%  
    Money Market Funds — 1.6%  
    66,548,408     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.32% (g)     66,548,408  
     

 

 

 
  U.S. Government — 12.9%  
    8,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, due 03/01/18 (h) (i)     8,000,000  
    154,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 2.00%, due 08/30/18 (h)     152,584,975  
    77,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.13%, due 06/15/18     76,861,881  
    27,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 07/31/18     26,947,266  
    22,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 08/31/18     21,953,594  
    47,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 09/15/18     46,768,672  
    200,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 12/31/18     199,078,124  
     

 

 

 
  Total U.S. Government     532,194,512  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $599,156,985)
    598,742,920  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.1% (Cost $4,058,469,719)     4,098,557,265  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.9%     37,607,967  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $4,136,165,232  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)

 
03/20/2018   MSCI     GBP       12,000,000       USD       16,906,860       373,333  
03/20/2018   JPM     EUR       52,827,600       USD       66,057,955       1,521,767  
03/16/2018   MSCI     USD       14,009,782       JPY       1,500,000,000       62,006  
           

 

 

 
            $ 1,957,106  
           

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   23


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Average balance outstanding

   $ (23,032,519

Average interest rate

     (0.47 )% 

Maximum balance outstanding

   $ (68,995,359

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund had no reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year.

Credit Linked Options

 

Principal/
Notional
Amount

    Expiration
Date
 

Description

  Premiums ($)     Value ($)  
Put Sold   USD     70,000,000     04/03/2018   Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi A.S. Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.40% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (1,420,222     38,852  
Put Sold   USD     24,000,000     03/10/2020   Lebanon Gap Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.50% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (361,333     (209,779
Put Sold   USD     45,000,000     01/20/2024   Republic of Philippines Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.25% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (416,875     133,524  
Put Sold   USD     9,746,000     01/24/2024   Republic of Philippines Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.25% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (1,597     28,918  
Put Sold   USD     46,000,000     04/13/2021   Lebanon Gap Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.50% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (947,472     (788,747
Put Sold   USD     100,000,000     04/15/2024   Banco do Brasil Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.44% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (2,377,222     (391,081
Put Sold   USD     50,797,000     04/15/2024   Banco do Brasil Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.30% (OTC) (CP-DB) (b)     (631,170     276,080  
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (6,155,891   $ (912,233
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

Swap Contracts

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

Notional
Amount

  Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments
by the
Fund
Under the
Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

               

CDX-EMS28V2-5Y

  USD   282,000,000     1.00%       1.20%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       1,641,240       2,641,849       1,000,609  

 

24   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

Counterparty

 

Notional
Amount

    Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments
by the
Fund
Under the
Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

                     

State of Florida

  JPM   USD     7,309,000       0.42%       0.08%       N/A       03/20/2018       Quarterly       (14,748     (1,287     13,461  

State of Florida

  JPM   USD     17,055,000       0.42%       0.08%       N/A       03/20/2018       Quarterly       (34,415     (3,004     31,411  

State of Ohio

  JPM   USD     12,182,000       0.49%       0.08%       N/A       03/20/2018       Quarterly       (29,597     (2,568     27,029  

CDX-2I65BZCG5

  BCLY   USD     20,222,950       5.00%       1.22%       N/A       06/20/2019       Quarterly       (504,450     (1,213,377     (708,927

Republic of Brazil

  JPM   USD     50,000,000       1.00%       0.64%       N/A       06/20/2019       Quarterly       1,008,872       (234,098     (1,242,970

Republic Of Croatia

  JPM   USD     44,000,000       1.00%       0.23%       N/A       06/20/2019       Quarterly       3,659,820       (439,456     (4,099,276

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   EUR     51,746,000       1.00%       1.60%       N/A       12/20/2020       Quarterly       7,730,397       1,048,538       (6,681,859

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   EUR     66,982,145       1.00%       3.68%       N/A       06/20/2025       Quarterly       9,635,537       3,155,781       (6,479,756

United States of Mexico

  GS   USD     20,000,000       1.00%       1.88%       N/A       09/20/2031       Quarterly       2,640,655       1,756,022       (884,633

Sell Protection^:

                     

Republic of Macedonia

  DB   EUR     6,862,000       1.00%       3.62%       6,862,000 EUR       03/20/2018       Quarterly       (1,268,490     (12,397     1,256,093  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     61,270,000       1.00%       1.90%       61,270,000 USD       12/20/2020       Quarterly       (7,515,364     (1,460,896     6,054,468  

Republic of Malaysia

  JPM   USD     10,000,000       1.00%       0.61%       10,000,000 USD       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (826,279     174,052       1,000,331  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     3,487,000       1.00%       2.11%       3,487,000 USD       06/20/2023       Quarterly       (641,463     (181,080     460,383  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     6,975,000       1.00%       2.11%       6,975,000 USD       06/20/2023       Quarterly       (1,263,915     (362,211     901,704  

Republic of Croatia

  JPM   USD     40,000,000       1.00%       1.06%       40,000,000 USD       06/20/2023       Quarterly       (6,395,816     (117,804     6,278,012  

Republic of Malaysia

  JPM   USD     20,000,000       1.00%       0.79%       20,000,000 USD       03/20/2024       Quarterly       (932,016     229,021       1,161,037  

Peoples Republic of China

  JPM   USD     60,000,000       1.00%       0.76%       60,000,000 USD       06/20/2024       Quarterly       (2,413,417     838,079       3,251,496  

Peoples Republic of China

  JPM   USD     4,873,000       1.00%       0.76%       4,873,000 USD       06/20/2024       Quarterly       3,073       68,066       64,993  

Republic of Brazil

  JPM   USD     27,250,000       1.00%       1.96%       27,250,000 USD       06/20/2024       Quarterly       (2,095,396     (1,448,337     647,059  

Peoples Republic of China

  GS   USD     25,000,000       1.00%       0.82%       25,000,000 USD       03/20/2025       Quarterly       (744,727     284,995       1,029,722  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     89,694,857       1.00%       4.11%       89,694,857 USD       06/20/2025       Quarterly       (10,800,222     (4,149,732     6,650,490  

Indonesia

  GS   USD     36,208,000       1.00%       1.25%       36,208,000 USD       06/20/2025       Quarterly       (3,153,880     (587,924     2,565,956  

Indonesia

  GS   USD     10,000,000       1.00%       1.25%       10,000,000 USD       06/20/2025       Quarterly       (961,767     (162,374     799,393  

Peoples Republic of China

  GS   USD     22,436,000       1.00%       0.83%       22,436,000 USD       06/20/2025       Quarterly       (590,310     241,223       831,533  

Republic of Brazil

  BOA   USD     4,873,000       1.00%       2.27%       4,873,000 USD       12/20/2025       Quarterly       (726,705     (404,121     322,584  

Russia

  GS   USD     2,436,000       1.00%       1.56%       2,436,000 USD       12/20/2025       Quarterly       (238,040     (92,607     145,433  

Russia

  GS   USD     8,487,000       1.00%       1.67%       8,487,000 USD       12/20/2026       Quarterly       (1,059,663     (418,864     640,799  

Republic of Brazil

  JPM   USD     40,000,000       1.00%       2.57%       40,000,000 USD       03/20/2030       Quarterly       (5,674,358     (5,528,279     146,079  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                  $ (23,206,684   $ (9,024,639   $ 14,182,045  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Buy Protection - Fund pays a premium and buys credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
     Sell Protection - Fund receives a premium and sells credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
(1) As of February 28, 2018, implied credit spreads in absolute terms, calculated using a model, and utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap contracts on the reference security, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and reflect the likelihood or risk of default for the reference entity. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection. Wider (i.e., higher) credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the contract.
(2) The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap contract.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   25


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

OTC Cross-Currency Basis Swaps

 

Fund Pays

  Fund Receives   Counterparty   Notional
Amount
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

3 Month EURIBOR plus
a spread of (0.35%)

  3 Month USD LIBOR   JPM     EUR       122,436,000       09/11/2020       Quarterly             (5,052,247     (5,052,247
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $     $ (5,052,247   $ (5,052,247
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives    Counterparty      Notional Amount      Expiration
Date
     Periodic
Payment
Frequency
     Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
     Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

(0.22)%

   3 Month USD LIBOR      GS        JPY       14,852,761,000        04/28/2025        Quarterly               (5,643,388     (5,643,388

1.17%

   3 Month USD LIBOR      JPM        GBP       53,411,000        03/10/2026        Quarterly               (438,790 )       (438,790

1.26%

   3 Month USD LIBOR      JPM        EUR       1,462,000        09/04/2035        Annual               (57,391     (57,391
                   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
                    $      $ (6,139,569   $ (6,139,569
                   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

These securities are primarily backed by subprime mortgages.

 

(a) Security is backed by U.S. Treasury Bonds.

 

(b) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(c) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(d) Security is in default.

 

(e) Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the price of a specific instrument or financial statistic (Note 2).

 

(f) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(g) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(h) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(i) Rate rounds to 0.00%.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 46.

 

 

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GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Structured Products team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo  & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Barclays U.S. Securitized + Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class VI shares of GMO Opportunistic Income Fund returned +5.18% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.21% for the Barclays U.S. Securitized + Index. The Fund outperformed the benchmark during the fiscal year by +4.97%, with both sector selection and asset selection within securitized products contributing to outperformance.

More specifically, outperformance was driven by sector allocations such as Student Loans, Residential and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, which despite some market volatility and micro-events, were top performers on the year. In asset-backed products, such as Auto ABS and Small Balance Commercial ABS, the fund added additional performance in less volatile shorter duration markets. Securitizations related to corporate debt markets, such as collateralized loan obligations (CLO), outperformed, adding additional alpha throughout the year. At fiscal year-end, approximately 18% of the portfolio was rated AAA (including cash and cash equivalents), 38% of the portfolio was rated single-A or better, and 55% of the portfolio was rated below BBB.

*The Barclays U.S. Securitized + is an internally maintained benchmark computed by GMO, comprised of the J.P. Morgan U.S. 3 Month Cash index through 12/30/2016 and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized: MBS, ABS, CMBS Index thereafter.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

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GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $300,000,000 Investment in

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund^ Class VI Shares, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized +,

and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .40% on the purchase and .40% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

  * Beginning December 21, 2015 the pricing source for certain fixed income assets of the Fund changed, which may have had a material impact on the Fund’s performance for the period shown.

 

     The Barclays U.S Securitiezed + is an internally maintained benchmark computed by GMO, comprised of the J.P. Morgan U.S. 3 Month Cash Index through December 31, 2016 and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized: MBS, ABS, CMBS Index thereafter.

 

  ^ Effective February 12, 2014, GMO Debt Opportunities Fund (the “Acquired Fund”) merged into GMO Short-Duration Collateral Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”) and the surviving entity was renamed GMO Debt Opportunities Fund. For accounting and financial reporting purposes, the Acquired Fund is the surviving entity, meaning that the combined entity adopted the historical financial reporting and performance history of the Acquired Fund. The information shown prior to February 12, 2014 is that of the Acquired Fund and reflects the Acquired Fund’s performance.

 

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GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    99.1

Mutual Funds

    4.8  

Short-Term Investments

    4.4  

Swap Contracts

    1.6  

Purchased Options

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.0 )^ 

Written Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Securities Sold Short

    (6.9

Other

    (3.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

Industry Sector Summary   % of Debt Obligations  

Student Loans

    23.8

Small Balance Commercial Mortgages

    14.9  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

    14.5  

U.S. Government Agency

    11.9  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    11.6  

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities – Other

    10.7  

Auto Retail Subprime

    4.3  

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities – Prime

    2.3  

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities – Alt-A

    2.2  

CMBS Collateralized Debt Obligations

    1.9  

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities – Subprime

    1.0  

Time Share

    0.8  

Auto Retail Prime

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.
 

 

30


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 99.1%  
    Asset-Backed Securities — 87.3%  
          Auto Retail Prime — 0.1%  
    985,600     California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 14-1, Class C, 3.40%, due 12/15/20     987,536  
     

 

 

 
    Auto Retail Subprime — 4.2%  
    13,720,000     AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 14-2, Class E, 144A, 3.37%, due 11/08/21     13,795,763  
    1,524,850     CarFinance Capital Auto Trust, Series 14-1A, Class D, 144A, 4.90%, due 04/15/20     1,539,282  
    1,073,840     CarFinance Capital Auto Trust, Series 13-2A, Class E, 144A, 7.86%, due 10/15/20     1,074,588  
    4,130,000     CFC LLC, Series 14-2A, Class E, 144A, 5.36%, due 11/15/21     4,119,930  
    3,294,204     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 14-A, Class C, 144A, 3.29%, due 02/18/20     3,300,638  
    3,879,430     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 14-A, Class D, 144A, 5.11%, due 02/18/20     3,927,645  
    6,265,989     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 14-B, Class D, 144A, 4.62%, due 05/15/20     6,298,703  
    750,584     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 13-B, Class D, 144A, 4.66%, due 09/15/20     754,661  
    51,150     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 13-B, Class E, 144A, 6.41%, due 09/15/20     51,807  
    1,049,647     CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 15-C, Class D, 144A, 4.63%, due 08/16/21     1,068,313  
    2,250,000     Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 14-2A, Class D, 144A, 4.93%, due 12/15/20     2,291,933  
    6,000,000     Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 14-1A, Class D, 144A, 5.53%, due 02/16/21     6,083,568  
    5,377,425     Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 14-1, Class D, 144A, 4.83%, due 06/15/20     5,449,424  
    1,400,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 14-1, Class E, 144A, 5.71%, due 08/16/21     1,420,400  
     

 

 

 
    Total Auto Retail Subprime     51,176,655  
     

 

 

 
    CMBS Collateralized Debt Obligations — 1.9%  
    8,586,000     ARCap 2005-1 Resecuritization Trust, Series 05-1A, Class B, 144A, 5.55%, due 12/21/42     3,638,567  
    5,417,774     Capitalsource Real Estate Loan Trust, Series 06-1A, Class B, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .39%, 1.74%, due 01/20/37 (a)     5,350,051  
    11,375,951     GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 06-CC1, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.52%, due 03/21/46     10,136,834  
    4,203,404     LNR CDO Ltd., Series 2002-1A Class EFX, 144A, 7.78%, due 07/24/37     1,597,294  
    1,764,861     Sorin Real Estate CDO IV Ltd., Series 06-4A, Class C, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + .53%, 1.70%, due 10/28/46     1,756,891  
     

 

 

 
    Total CMBS Collateralized Debt Obligations     22,479,637  
     

 

 

 
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Collateralized Loan Obligations — 14.3%  
    2,349,875     ACIS CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A2B, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.65%, 3.38%, due 04/18/24     2,357,350  
    17,190,000     ACIS CLO Ltd., Series 15-6A, Class A1, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.59%, 3.36%, due 05/01/27     17,225,446  
    37,276,500     Arrowpoint CLO Ltd., Series 15-4A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.55%, 3.28%, due 04/18/27     37,684,193  
    1,714,600     BFNS LLC, Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.98, 2.70%, due 01/25/29     1,714,600  
    6,006,000     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 14-3A, Class BR, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.10%, 3.82%, due 10/15/26     6,039,796  
    4,504,500     Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 14-5A, Class BR, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.05%, 3.77%, due 10/16/25     4,522,842  
    5,603,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 13A-4A, Class C2R, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%, 4.21%, due 11/27/24     5,625,115  
    7,327,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 13A-4A, Class C1R, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%, 4.21%, due 11/27/24     7,355,920  
    8,573,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 15-2A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.78%, 2.50%, due 04/15/27     8,572,923  
    5,038,500     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 15-5A, Class D, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 6.30%, 8.05%, due 10/25/27     5,079,518  
    7,289,600     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 12-2RA, Class A1, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.20%, due 01/20/28     7,290,416  
    9,875,050     Crown Point CLO II Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class A3LR, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%, 3.47%, due 12/31/23     9,874,961  
    4,968,000     Cumberland Park CLO Ltd., Series 15-2A, Class C, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.85%, 4.59%, due 07/20/26     4,993,093  
    4,888,750     Dorchester Park CLO Ltd., Series 15-1A, Class E, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%, 6.99%, due 01/20/27     4,898,787  
    2,581,500     GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 13-7A, Class E, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 4.70%, 6.45%, due 04/25/25     2,589,159  
    5,166,000     GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 13-7A, Class B, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%, 3.50%, due 04/25/25     5,174,214  
    1,465,400     Madison Park Funding XII Ltd, Series 14-12A, Class CR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.35%, 4.09%, due 07/20/26     1,467,336  
    2,000,000     Madison Park Funding XX Ltd., Series 16-20A, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + 3.3%, 5.06%, due 04/27/27     2,005,240  
    1,292,250     Magnetite XVII Ltd., Series 16-17X, Class E, Reg. S, 3 mo. LIBOR + 8.15%, 9.89%, due 04/20/28     1,304,086  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   31


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Collateralized Loan Obligations — continued  
    4,307,500     Marathon CLO VIII Ltd., Series 15-8A, Class A1B, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.49%, 3.22%, due 07/18/27     4,312,746  
    6,871,400     Saratoga Investment CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class CR, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 3.36%, 5.10%, due 10/20/25     6,972,891  
    3,456,398     Stratford CLO Ltd., Series 07-1A, Class C, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%, 3.77%, due 11/01/21     3,459,765  
    3,016,300     Tryon Park CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A2, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.55%, 3.27%, due 07/15/25     3,022,559  
    6,004,600     Venture VIII CDO Ltd., Series 07-8A, Class D, 144A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.35%, 4.09%, due 07/22/21     6,029,261  
    3,606,120     Venture VIII CDO Ltd., Series 07-8X, Class D, Reg. S, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.35%, 4.09%, due 07/22/21     3,620,930  
    9,920,752     Zais CLO 1 Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class A1, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.4%, 3.12%, due 04/15/26     9,931,536  
     

 

 

 
    Total Collateralized Loan Obligations     173,124,683  
     

 

 

 
    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 11.5%  
    4,300,000     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-2, Class D, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.49%, due 05/10/45     4,298,247  
    4,958,543     Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 07-GG9, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.51%, due 03/10/39     3,766,986  
    1,715,200     Core Industrial Trust, Series 15-TEXW, Class D, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.85%, due 02/10/34     1,721,821  
    5,151,600     Core Industrial Trust, Series 15-WEST, Class C, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.49%, due 02/10/37     5,057,697  
    23,260,500     Core Industrial Trust, Series 15-WEST, Class E, 144A, Variable Rate, 4.23%, due 02/10/37     22,726,746  
    3,398,594     Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 05-C2, Class AMFL, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.84%, due 04/15/37     3,241,730  
    1,560,370     Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 05-C2, Class AMFX, 4.88%, due 04/15/37     1,538,782  
    2,756,806     Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 06-C4, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.43%, due 09/15/39     2,791,893  
    11,025,000     GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 16-RENT, Class E, 144A, Variable Rate, 4.07%, due 02/10/29     10,889,463  
    14,817,768     GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 16-GS2, Class D, 144A, 2.75%, due 05/10/49     11,920,924  
    4,264,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 11-GC3, Class F, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.00%, due 03/10/44     3,583,554  
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued  
    19,255,616     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 11-GC3, Class D, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.64%, due 03/10/44     19,789,212  
    15,187,775     Hyatt Hotel Portfolio Trust, Series 17-HYT2, Class G, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 4.15%, 5.74%, due 08/09/32     15,329,744  
    2,765,941     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 05-CB13, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.58%, due 01/12/43     2,840,345  
    4,307,500     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 04-CB9, Class E, Variable Rate, 5.34%, due 06/12/41     4,307,743  
    2,432,859     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 04-CB9, Class F, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.34%, due 06/12/41     2,278,372  
    2,833,136     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 04-C3, Class H, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.83%, due 01/15/42     2,808,015  
    20,137     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-C1, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.28%, due 02/15/41     20,141  
    8,270,894     WaMu Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 07-SL3, Class G, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.41%, due 03/23/45     8,261,774  
    3,434,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 13-BTC, Class D, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.55%, due 04/16/35     3,288,648  
    8,563,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 13-BTC, Class F, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.55%, due 04/16/35     7,953,363  
     

 

 

 
    Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     138,415,200  
     

 

 

 
    Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Other — 9.3%  
    1,443,296     ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-ASL1, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .28%, 1.90%, due 02/25/36     810,503  
    21,222,553     American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 06-2, Class 4A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .36%, 1.98%, due 02/25/36     4,103,884  
    6,037,579     BCMSC Trust, Series 99-A, Class M1, Variable Rate, 6.79%, due 03/15/29     5,573,728  
    8,850,728     BCMSC Trust, Series 99-B, Class A4, Variable Rate, 7.30%, due 12/15/29     3,614,453  
    2,928,137     BCMSC Trust, Series 00-A, Class A4, Variable Rate, 8.29%, due 06/15/30     1,238,859  
    847,394     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 07-SL2, Class 1A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .32%, 1.94%, due 02/25/37     1,886,933  
    5,611,101     Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp., Series 01-3, Class M1, Variable Rate, 7.15%, due 05/01/33     5,318,009  
 

 

32   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities —
Other — continued
 
    8,322,531     Conseco Financial Corp., Series 97-6, Class M1, Variable Rate, 7.21%, due 01/15/29     8,325,150  
    3,109,297     Conseco Financial Corp., Series 98-6, Class M1, Variable Rate, 6.63%, due 06/01/30     2,870,908  
    2,704,047     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 07-E, Class A, FSA, 1 mo. LIBOR + .15%, 1.74%, due 06/15/37     2,387,317  
    826,453     GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 04-HE3, Class A3, FSA, 1 mo. LIBOR + .50%, 2.06%, due 10/25/34     772,266  
    2,244,475     GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 07-HE3, Class 2A1, Variable Rate, 6.81%, due 09/25/37     2,298,505  
    7,885,267     Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 05-HS1, Class AI4, STEP, 5.61%, due 09/25/35     4,816,937  
    32,018,380     Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust, Series 06-A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .26%, 1.88%, due 06/25/36     4,697,420  
    4,432,823     Master Second Lien Trust, Series 06-1, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .32%, 1.94%, due 03/25/36     977,996  
    861,001     Mellon Re-REMIC Pass-Through Trust, Series 04-TBC1, Class A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.81%, due 02/26/34     818,793  
    14,488,576     New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-S1, Class A2A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .20%, 1.82%, due 03/25/36     1,312,022  
    8,264,581     New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-S1, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .34%, 1.96%, due 03/25/36     748,340  
    22,034,282     New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-S1, Class A2B, 1 mo. LIBOR + .40%, 2.02%, due 03/25/36     1,995,083  
    2,268,947     Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust, Series 05-S3, Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.52%, due 08/25/35     2,468,557  
    9,307,502     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 99-C, Class A2, 7.48%, due 08/15/27     9,240,171  
    1,568,411     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 98-A, Class B1, Variable Rate, 7.50%, due 05/15/28     1,573,760  
    2,836,239     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 98-D, Class M1, 144A, 7.42%, due 01/15/29     2,882,878  
    6,324,605     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 99-E, Class A1, Variable Rate, 7.61%, due 03/15/30     5,912,994  
    11,224,353     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 00-D, Class A4, Variable Rate, 7.40%, due 07/15/30     6,310,219  
    1,509,020     Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 01-D, Class A4, Variable Rate, 6.93%, due 09/15/31     1,338,810  
    3,207,069     PHH Mortgage Trust, Series 07-1SL, Class M2, 144A, STEP, 7.00%, due 12/25/27     3,460,329  
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities —
Other — continued
 
    20,889,413     Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Series 06-HI4, Class A4, STEP, 5.72%, due 09/25/36     16,696,412  
    1,858,498     SACO I Trust, Series 05-10, Class 2A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .52%, 2.14%, due 01/25/36     1,857,252  
    14,550,043     Soundview Home Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .38%, 2.00%, due 11/25/35     2,024,013  
    25,289,338     Terwin Mortgage Trust, Series 07-1SL, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .14%, 1.76%, due 01/25/38     3,645,357  
     

 

 

 
    Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Other     111,977,858  
     

 

 

 
    Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Prime — 2.6%  
    2,425,775     Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Series 05-6, Class 3A1, Variable Rate, 3.66%, due 08/25/35     2,476,049  
    2,131,805     Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Series 05-9, Class A1, U.S. Treasury Yield + 2.30%, 3.52%, due 10/25/35     2,176,058  
    3,692,775     Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 05-A1, Class 3A1, Variable Rate, 3.38%, due 12/25/35     3,635,062  
    3,760,812     Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 07-A1, Class 11M1, Variable Rate, 3.52%, due 03/25/37     3,729,502  
    1,543,644     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 05-3, Class 2A2, Variable Rate, 3.50%, due 08/25/35     1,547,211  
    3,336,482     IndyMac INDA Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 06-AR3, Class 1A1, Variable Rate, 3.68%, due 12/25/36     3,189,771  
    2,530,759     IndyMac INDA Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 07-AR1, Class 1A1, Variable Rate, 3.66%, due 03/25/37     2,451,351  
    4,328,443     RFMSI Trust, Series 05-SA4, Class 2A2, Variable Rate, 3.88%, due 09/25/35     4,258,153  
    2,695,212     WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 05-AR10, Class 1A3, Variable Rate, 3.31%, due 09/25/35     2,724,846  
    2,070,211     WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 06-AR19, Class 2A, Variable Rate, 2.00%, due 01/25/47     2,049,501  
    3,544,191     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT, Series 07-5, Class A6, 6.00%, due 06/25/37     3,535,289  
     

 

 

 
    Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Prime     31,772,793  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   33


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities —
Subprime — 1.8%
 
    2,578,393     BCAP LLC, Series 14-RR2, Class 11A3, 144A, Variable Rate, 1.81%, due 05/26/37     2,490,142  
    5,584,225     Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities, Inc., Series 07-AQ1, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .11%, 1.73%, due 04/25/31     7,018,324  
    1,074,058     Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 06-RFC1, Class A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .15%, 1.77%, due 05/25/36     1,072,449  
    2,346,492     Meritage Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 05-2, Class M2, 1 mo. LIBOR + .75%, 2.37%, due 11/25/35     2,354,247  
    4,347,797     Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, Series 14-R8, Class 2A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .16%, 1.72%, due 06/26/47     4,331,159  
    1,489,988     Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 06-3, Class A2C, 1 mo. LIBOR + .17%, 1.79%, due 03/25/37     1,488,757  
    3,196,918     RAMP Trust, Series 07-RZ1, Class A2, 1 mo. LIBOR + .16%, 1.78%, due 02/25/37     3,169,067  
     

 

 

 
    Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Subprime     21,924,145  
     

 

 

 
    Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Alt-A — 2.4%  
    2,559,703     Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 05-1, Class 5M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.05%, 2.67%, due 05/25/35     2,478,702  
    2,743,398     Alternative Loan Trust, Series 06-7CB, Class 1A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .70%, 2.32%, due 05/25/36     1,613,279  
    2,667,962     Alternative Loan Trust, Series 06-28CB, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .70%, 2.32%, due 10/25/36     1,643,359  
    2,785,647     Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Series 07-1, Class 2A1, Variable Rate, 3.84%, due 02/25/47     2,628,992  
    7,786,877     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 06-AR5, Class 2A2A, Variable Rate, 3.45%, due 07/25/36     5,898,203  
    2,090,813     JP Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 09-10, Class 7A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 6.05%, due 02/26/37     2,166,886  
    2,828,194     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT, Series 05-7, Class 2CB1, 5.50%, due 08/25/35     2,854,510  
    10,030,789     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates WMALT, Series 06-AR10, Class A2A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .17%, 1.79%, due 12/25/36     9,021,530  
    502,889     Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 05-AR14, Class A4, Variable Rate, 3.46%, due 08/25/35     502,992  
     

 

 

 
    Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Alt-A     28,808,453  
     

 

 

 
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Small Balance Commercial Mortgages — 14.8%  
    709,629     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 04-1, Class M1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .84%, 2.18%, due 04/25/34     693,108  
    394,639     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 04-1, Class M2, 144A,, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.80%, 2.82%, due 04/25/34     392,397  
    687,687     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 04-1, Class B, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.85%, 3.52%, due 04/25/34     690,701  
    6,652,630     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 05-2A, Class A1, 144A,, 1 mo. LIBOR + .31%, 1.93%, due 08/25/35     6,312,404  
    3,555,183     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 05-4A, Class A2, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .39%, 2.01%, due 01/25/36     3,332,885  
    2,075,216     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 06-1A, Class M1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .38%, 1.94%, due 04/25/36     1,938,925  
    2,738,101     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 06-2A, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .23%, 1.85%, due 07/25/36     2,643,531  
    5,600,821     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 06-2A, Class A2, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .28%, 1.90%, due 07/25/36     5,423,898  
    8,203,782     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 06-3A, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.87%, due 10/25/36     7,811,089  
    980,727     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 06-3A, Class A2, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .30%, 1.92%, due 10/25/36     935,919  
    2,964,510     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-3, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .24%, 1.86%, due 07/25/37     2,822,196  
    12,361,400     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-2A, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .27%, 1.83%, due 07/25/37     11,808,317  
    6,581,688     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-2A, Class A2, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .32%, 1.88%, due 07/25/37     6,102,716  
    6,267,622     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-4A, Class A1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .45%, 2.07%, due 09/25/37     5,986,585  
    2,928,777     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-6A, Class A3B, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .85%, 2.47%, due 12/25/37     2,896,330  
    25,064,747     Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, Series 07-6A, Class A3A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.25%, 2.87%, due 12/25/37     25,050,846  
    24,322,577     GE Business Loan Trust, Series 06-1x, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .20%, 1.79%, due 05/15/34     23,459,583  
    2,578,692     GE Business Loan Trust, Series 06-2A, Class A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .18%, 1.77%, due 11/15/34     2,529,476  
    5,837,026     GE Business Loan Trust, Series 07-1A, Class A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .17%, 1.76%, due 04/16/35     5,677,203  
 

 

34   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Small Balance Commercial Mortgages — continued  
    4,731,350     GE Business Loan Trust, Series 07-1A, Class D, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.59%, due 04/16/35     4,239,860  
    4,052,272     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial, Series 06-1A, Class M1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .31%, 1.93%, due 04/25/31     4,041,327  
    7,540,867     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial, Series 06-2A, Class M1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .29%, 1.91%, due 09/25/36     7,439,156  
    4,108,319     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial, Series 06-3A, Class 1A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .20%, 1.82%, due 12/25/36     4,081,661  
    4,300,000     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial, Series 07-2A, Class M1, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .40%, 1.96%, due 06/25/37     4,043,590  
    6,041,434     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-1A, Class A, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.87%, due 02/25/30     5,910,668  
    1,744,539     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-2A, Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .40%, 2.02%, due 09/25/30     1,727,439  
    2,002,843     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-2A, Class M2, 1 mo. LIBOR + .52%, 2.14%, due 09/25/30     1,964,692  
    5,445,606     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-1A, Class M3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .53%, 2.15%, due 04/25/31     5,209,404  
    2,022,599     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-1A, Class B, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.62%, due 04/25/31     1,914,108  
    2,563,200     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 12-STAR, Class C, 144A, 3.85%, due 08/05/34     2,575,753  
    854,400     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 12-STAR, Class D, 144A, 4.06%, due 08/05/34     859,103  
    2,180,584     Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 16-2, Class AFL, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.80%, 3.42%, due 10/25/46     2,201,017  
    9,503,550     WaMu Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 07-SL2, Class C, 144A, Variable Rate, 2.80%, due 12/27/49     9,509,021  
    3,430,400     WaMu Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 07-SL2, Class D, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.18%, due 12/27/49     3,430,614  
    2,585,664     WaMu Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 07-SL2, Class E, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.33%, due 12/27/49     2,565,746  
     

 

 

 
    Total Small Balance Commercial Mortgages     178,221,268  
     

 

 

 
    Student Loans — 23.6%  
    7,379,440     Access Group, Inc., Series 05-A, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .80%, 2.55%, due 07/25/34     6,980,941  
    2,813,159     Access Group, Inc., Series 03-A, Class A2, 3 mo. USGG +1.20%, 2.64%, due 07/01/38     2,829,214  
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Student Loans — continued  
    10,277,550     AccessLex Institute, Series 07-1, Class A4, 3 mo. USGG + 0.06%, 1.81%, due 01/25/23     10,108,888  
    9,130,149     AccessLex Institute, Series 04-2, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .19%, 1.94%, due 10/25/24     9,011,314  
    11,055,585     AccessLex Institute, Series 04-2, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .70%, 2.45%, due 01/25/43     9,581,210  
    5,729,955     Collegiate Funding Services Education Loan Trust, Series 05-B, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .32%, 2.01%, due 03/28/35 (a)     5,386,157  
    4,285,982     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 00-B, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.31%, 2.06%, due 07/25/29     4,221,066  
    2,306,263     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 99-B, Class CTFS, 3 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.84%, due 11/25/36     2,308,222  
    25,090,320     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class 2B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .48%, 2.15%, due 12/27/41     24,500,627  
    3,123,725     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 04-A, Class 2C, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.56%, due 04/28/42     3,017,634  
    5,622,500     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 04-A, Class 2D, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.25%, 3.01%, due 07/28/42     4,123,415  
    7,077,136     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 04-A, Class 1A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 2.00%, due 10/27/42     6,936,950  
    18,250,000     National Collegiate Commutation Trust, Series 07-3, Class A3R4, 144A, Variable Rate, 5.16%, due 03/31/38 (a)     8,851,250  
    7,437,293     National Collegiate Commutation Trust, Series 07-3, Class A3L, 144A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .84%, 2.41%, due 03/31/38     2,976,555  
    2,189,853     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-2, Class A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .21%, 1.83%, due 11/25/27     2,177,479  
    4,036,928     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-1, Class A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 03/27/28     4,011,958  
    1,532,456     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-3, Class A4, 1 mo. LIBOR + .27%, 1.89%, due 03/26/29     1,506,345  
    5,006,105     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 05-2, Class A4, 1 mo. LIBOR + .27%, 1.89%, due 09/25/29     4,922,948  
    26,561,847     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-1, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 1.86%, due 07/25/30     25,915,852  
    8,685,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-4, Class A4, 1 mo. LIBOR + .31%, 1.93%, due 05/25/32     7,711,907  
    12,960,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-1, Class A5, 1 mo. LIBOR + .35%, 1.97%, due 03/25/33     11,877,876  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   35


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Student Loans — continued  
    25,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-3, Class A3A4, Variable Rate, 5.16%, due 03/25/38 (a)     19,625  
    75,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-4, Class A3A7, Variable Rate, 5.12%, due 03/25/38 (a)     58,875  
    32,566,305     SLC Private Student Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + .45%, 2.17%, due 07/15/36     31,146,440  
    12,042,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 03-A, Class A3, Variable Rate, 4.25%, due 06/15/32 (a)     12,039,592  
    5,850,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 03-C, Class A3, Variable Rate, 4.07%, due 09/15/32 (a)     5,850,000  
    3,509,557     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 03-C, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.60%, 3.19%, due 09/15/32     1,231,372  
    9,000,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 04-B, Class A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .43%, 1.92%, due 09/15/33     8,643,870  
    5,354,451     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 05-A, Class B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .28%, 1.87%, due 12/15/38     5,175,988  
    47,615,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class A5, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .29%, 1.88%, due 06/15/39     46,360,226  
    11,931,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 05-B, Class A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .33%, 1.92%, due 06/15/39     11,623,475  
    2,672,291     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 06-C, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + .39%, 1.98%, due 12/15/39     2,068,276  
    1,255,232     South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 14-1, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .75%, 2.32%, due 05/01/30     1,261,427  
     

 

 

 
    Total Student Loans     284,436,974  
     

 

 

 
          Time Share — 0.8%  
    657,766     BXG Receivables Note Trust, Series 12-A, Class B, 144A, 3.99%, due 12/02/27     654,052  
    2,240,037     BXG Receivables Note Trust, Series 13-A, Class B, 144A, 4.00%, due 12/04/28     2,242,176  
    1,030,827     Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 13-2, Class A, 144A, 2.27%, due 05/20/26     1,030,390  
    670,548     Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 13-2, Class B, 144A, 2.62%, due 05/20/26     670,280  
    1,425,485     Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust, Series 12-1A, Class B, 144A, Variable Rate, 3.50%, due 05/20/30     1,422,812  
    260,257     Orange Lake Timeshare Trust, Series 12-AA, Class B, 144A, 4.87%, due 03/10/27     260,971  
    1,059,820     Silverleaf Finance XVII LLC, Series 13-A, Class B, 144A, 3.67%, due 03/16/26     1,058,283  
     Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
          Time Share — continued  
    2,050,547     Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 17-1A, Class A, 144A, 3.05%, due 12/20/30     2,039,401  
     

 

 

 
    Total Time Share     9,378,365  
     

 

 

 
    Total Asset-Backed Securities     1,052,703,567  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 11.8%  
    192,974     Agency for International Development Floater (Support of Jamaica), Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .30%, 2.32%, due 10/01/18 (b)     192,353  
    6,912,500     Agency for International Development Floater (Support of Morocco), Variable Rate, 6 mo. LIBOR – .02%, 2.17%, due 02/01/25 (b)     6,660,250  
    6,750,000     Agency for International Development Floater (Support of Morocco), Variable Rate, 6 mo. LIBOR + .15%, 2.33%, due 10/29/26 (b)     6,502,726  
    3,877,500     Agency for International Development Floater (Support of Tunisia), Variable Rate, 6 mo. LIBOR, 2.18%, due 07/01/23 (b)     3,768,211  
    2,500,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 3 mo. LIBOR – .31%, 1.53%, due 08/15/18     2,499,070  
    100,000,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.50%, due 08/25/31     101,678,950  
    20,000,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 4.00%, due 08/25/47     20,487,890  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     141,789,450  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $1,167,665,958)     1,194,493,017  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 4.8%  
    United States — 4.8%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 4.8%  
    2,338,324     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     58,387,949  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $58,411,332)
    58,387,949  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.4%  
    Money Market Funds — 1.0%  
    12,150,941     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.32% (c)     12,150,941  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 3.4%  
    2,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.31%, due 03/22/18 (d)     1,998,428  
    25,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.56%, due 05/10/18 (d) (e)     24,924,167  
    1,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.58%, due 05/17/18 (d) (e)     996,628  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.62%, due 05/24/18 (d)     9,962,521  
    3,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.72%, due 07/05/18 (d) (e)     2,982,124  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     40,863,868  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $53,018,007)     53,014,809  
     

 

 

 
 

 

36   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.0%

 

Description   Counterparty   Exercise
Rate
    Expiration
Date
   

Principal/
Notional
Amount

    Floating
Rate Index
  Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
  Value ($)
Options on Credit Default Swaps – Puts — 0.0%

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  DB     107.50     03/21/18     USD     17,090,000     Fixed Spread   Pay   172,653

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  DB     60.00     03/21/18     USD     85,768,000     Fixed Spread   Pay   75,538

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  JPM     70.00     04/18/18     USD     128,010,000     Fixed Spread   Pay   107,988

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  CSI     60.00     04/18/18     USD     85,390,000     Fixed Spread   Pay   137,596
               

 

    Total Options on Credit Default Swaps – Puts     493,775  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (COST $774,973)     493,775  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 108.3%
(Cost $1,279,870,270)
    1,306,389,550  
     

 

 

 
         
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    SECURITIES SOLD SHORT — (6.9)%  
    Debt Obligations — (6.9)%  
          U.S. Government Agency — (6.9)%  
    (67,000,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.00%, due 9/25/32     (66,733,049
    (16,000,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.50%, due 11/25/47     (15,974,999
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     (82,708,048
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(PROCEEDS $(83,202,695))
    (82,708,048
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (PROCEEDS $83,202,695)     (82,708,048
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (1.4%)     (17,727,233
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,205,954,269  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   37


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
03/20/2018   DB     USD       767,061       EUR       613,245       (17,898
           

 

 

 
            $ (17,898
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
  Buys    
385   U.S. Treasury Note 2 Yr. (CBT)   June
2018
    81,800,468       (18,371
1,062   U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr. (CBT)   June
2018
    120,993,329       7,982  
414   U.S. Treasury Ultra 10 Yr. (CBT)   June
2018
    53,017,875       45,422  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 255,811,672     $ 35,033  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

Written Options

 

Description

 

Counterparty

  Exercise
Rate
    Expiration
Date
   

Principal/Notional
Amount

    Floating
Rate Index
   

Pay/Receive
Floating Rate

 

Value ($)

Written Options on Credit Default Swaps – Puts

 

         

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  DB     104.50     03/21/18     USD     (17,090,000     Fixed Spread     Pay   (27,188)

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  DB     80.00     03/21/18     USD     (87,320,000     Fixed Spread     Pay   (15,950)

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  CSI     90.00     06/20/18     USD     (85,390,000     Fixed Spread     Pay   (91,213)

CDX.NA.IGS.29.V1-5Y

  JPM     100.00     06/20/18     USD     (128,010,000     Fixed Spread     Pay   (106,698)
               

 

        TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS ON CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS – PUTS (Premiums $504,258)   (241,049)
               

 

Swap Contracts

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

Notional

Amount

    Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments by
the Fund
Under the
Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

                   

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V1-5Y

  USD     25,022,200       5.00%       0.03%       N/A       12/20/2021       Quarterly       (1,825,591     (1,794,971     30,620  

ITRAXX-EUROPES27V1-5Y

  EUR     25,800,000       1.00%       0.00%       N/A       06/20/2022       Quarterly       (327,126     (759,894     (432,768

Sell Protection^:

                   

CDX.NA.IGS.28.V1-5Y

  USD     17,200,000       1.00%       0.01%       17,200,000       06/20/2022       Quarterly       300,982       327,660       26,678  
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                $ (1,851,735   $ (2,227,205   $ (375,470
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

38   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

Counterparty

 

Notional

Amount

    Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments by
the Fund Under
the Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

                     

CDX.NA.HYS.25.V1-5Y

  BOA   USD     4,400,000       5.00%       0.15%       N/A       12/20/2020       Quarterly       369,771       (393,228     (762,999

CDX.NA.HYS.25.V1-5Y

  JPM   USD     4,343,000       5.00%       0.15%       N/A       12/20/2020       Quarterly       (26,058     (388,134     (362,076

CDX.NA.IGS.25.V1-5Y

  CITI   USD     4,300,000       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       12/20/2020       Quarterly       548,250       (19,540     (567,790

CDX.NA.IGS.25.V1-5Y

  BOA   USD     4,400,000       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       12/20/2020       Quarterly       710,844       (19,994     (730,838

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V2-5Y

  GS   USD     8,580,000       5.00%       0.28%       N/A       12/20/2021       Quarterly       21,450       (679,337     (700,787

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V2-5Y

  JPM   USD     4,300,000       5.00%       0.28%       N/A       12/20/2021       Quarterly       (11,825     (340,460     (328,635

D.R. HORTON INC

  BCLY   USD     17,200,000       1.00%       0.41%       N/A       06/20/2022       Quarterly       (165,250     (414,063     (248,813

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  JPM   USD     6,425,250       5.00%       0.44%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (282,711     (163,267     119,444  

Navient Corp.

  BCLY   USD     2,576,400       5.00%       2.58%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (208,665     (265,986     (57,321

Navient Corp.

  BCLY   USD     2,576,400       5.00%       2.58%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (198,694     (265,986     (67,292

Navient Corp.

  BCLY   USD     3,435,200       5.00%       2.58%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (264,646     (354,648     (90,002

CMBX.NA.AS.7

  BOA   USD     4,505,000       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       01/17/2047       Monthly       47,352       (47,308     (94,660

CMBX.NA.AS.7

  DB   USD     16,677,794       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       01/17/2047       Monthly       197,705       (175,139     (372,844

CMBX.NA.AS.7

  GS   USD     4,400,000       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       01/17/2047       Monthly       112,812       (46,206     (159,018

CMBX.NA.AS.7

  MSCS   USD     13,270,000       1.00%       0.08%       N/A       01/17/2047       Monthly       205,782       (139,353     (345,135

CMBX.NA.AA.8

  CSI   USD     8,892,000       1.50%       0.17%       N/A       10/17/2057       Monthly       247,717       113,268       (134,449

CMBX.NA.AS.8

  CITI   USD     8,892,000       1.00%       0.09%       N/A       10/17/2057       Monthly       73,095       (70,218     (143,313

CMBX.NA.AS.8

  MSCS   USD     3,384,000       1.00%       0.09%       N/A       10/17/2057       Monthly       140,432       (26,723     (167,155

CMBX.NA.BBB-8

  GS   USD     8,650,000       3.00%       0.60%       N/A       10/17/2057       Monthly       1,299,082       1,332,240       33,158  

CMBX.NA.AAA.9

 

GS

  USD     874,200       0.50%       0.05%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       48,015       (1,884     (49,899

CMBX.NA.AAA.9

  DB   USD     4,292,500       0.50%       0.05%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       (5,380     (9,250     (3,870

CMBX.NA.AAA.9

  DB   USD     21,462,500       0.50%       0.05%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       (23,012     (46,249     (23,237

CMBX.NA.BBB-.9

  DB   USD     4,400,000       3.00%       0.50%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       950,085       523,861       (426,224

CMBX.NA.BBB-.9

  GS   USD     1,760,000       3.00%       0.50%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       346,611       209,544       (137,067

CMBX.NA.BBB-.9

  MSCS   USD     8,528,000       3.00%       0.50%       N/A       09/17/2058       Monthly       974,545       1,015,338       40,793  

CMBX.NA.BBB-.10

  GS   USD     3,446,000       3.00%       0.46%       N/A       11/17/2059       Monthly       319,628       352,996       33,368  

CMBX.NA.BBB-.10

  GS   USD     1,720,200       3.00%       0.46%       N/A       11/17/2059       Monthly       185,913       176,211       (9,702

Sell Protection^:

                     

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V2-5Y

  GS   USD     12,870,000       5.00%       0.09%       12,870,000 USD       12/20/2021       Quarterly       1,657,013       1,917,237       260,224  

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V2-5Y

  JPM   USD     8,600,000       5.00%       0.09%       8,600,000 USD       12/20/2021       Quarterly       1,143,800       1,281,137       137,337  

CDX.NA.HYS.27.V3-5Y

  BOA   USD     8,545,000       5.00%       0.09%       8,545,000 USD       12/20/2021       Quarterly       1,369,764       1,272,944       (96,820

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  BOA   USD     25,885,000       5.00%       0.17%       25,885,000 USD       12/20/2022       Quarterly       4,283,968       3,827,336       (456,632

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  MSCS   USD     10,233,600       5.00%       0.17%       10,233,600 USD       12/20/2022       Quarterly       1,547,320       1,513,132       (34,188

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

  JPM   USD     42,835,000       5.00%       0.05%       42,835,000 USD       12/20/2022       Quarterly       9,136,706       8,523,054       (613,652
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                  $ 24,751,419     $ 18,191,325     $ (6,560,094
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Buy Protection - Fund pays a premium and buys credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
   Sell Protection - Fund receives a premium and sells credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
(1)  As of February 28, 2018, implied credit spreads in absolute terms, calculated using a model, and utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap contracts on the reference security, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and reflect the likelihood or risk of default for the reference entity. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection. Wider (i.e., higher) credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the contract.
(2)  The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap contract.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   39


GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives     

Notional
Amount

     Expiration
Date
    

Periodic
Payment
Frequency

   Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)      Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

1.27%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      10,495,000        03/10/2021      Quarterly            426,713        426,713  

1.75%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      20,948,000        03/16/2021      Quarterly      6,500       561,811        555,311  

2.10%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      1,715,000        11/24/2021      Quarterly            37,454        37,454  

2.59%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      3,584,000        02/09/2022      Quarterly      462       17,003        16,541  

2.06%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      11,981,000        11/10/2022      Quarterly      163,222       361,740        198,518  

2.15%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      5,100,000        10/13/2024      Quarterly            202,102        202,102  

2.00%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      19,668,000        04/16/2025      Quarterly      (91,173     1,071,677        1,162,850  

1.65%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      10,466,000        05/19/2026      Quarterly      252,588       944,661        692,073  

1.46%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD      638,000        08/15/2026      Quarterly      41,706       68,469        26,763  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  $ 373,305     $ 3,691,630      $ 3,318,325  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives     

Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
     Expiration
Date
    

Periodic
Payment
Frequency

   Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
     Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Total Return on iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loans Index

     3 Month USD LIBOR      MSCS      USD        14,999,999        06/20/2018      Quarterly      30,477        61,859       31,382  

Total Return on iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loans Index

     3 Month USD LIBOR      MSCS      USD        10,000,000        06/20/2018      Quarterly      21,672        35,215       13,543  

Total Return on iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loans Index

     3 Month USD LIBOR      JPM      USD        40,000,000        06/20/2018      Quarterly      1        (285,552     (285,553
                    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
                     $ 52,150      $ (188,478   $ (240,628
                    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

 

(b) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(d) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(e) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on securities sold short, OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 46.

 

 

40   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Cash Strategies team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.  LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund returned +0.96% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.98% for the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index.

The Fund underperformed the benchmark during the fiscal year by 0.02%, with contributions primarily coming from security selection in Treasury Bills and Notes. Longer U.S. Treasury positioning detracted during the fiscal year.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

42


GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund and the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited.

 

43


GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary   % of Total Net Assets  

Short-Term Investments

    101.0

Other

    (1.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 

 

44


GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 101.0%  
  U.S. Government — 89.9%  
    46,750,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.45%, due 04/05/18 (a)     46,683,414  
    154,750,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.50%, due 04/12/18 (a)     154,477,833  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/26/18 (a)     49,881,194  
    47,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 05/03/18 (a)     46,874,363  
    100,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.56%, due 05/10/18 (a)     99,696,667  
    294,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.62%, due 05/24/18 (a)     293,396,238  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.62%, due 06/07/18 (a)     49,780,691  
    275,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.72%, due 07/05/18 (a)     273,361,344  
    168,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.78%, due 07/26/18 (a)     167,294,207  
    100,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.82%, due 08/16/18 (a)     99,164,083  
    230,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.82%, due 08/23/18 (a)     227,998,680  
    90,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 08/31/18     89,810,156  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 09/15/18     9,950,781  
    75,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 09/30/18     74,481,445  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 10/31/18     49,595,703  
    70,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 11/30/18     69,603,516  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 11/30/18     49,628,906  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 11/30/18     49,763,672  
    40,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.13%, due 01/31/19     39,654,688  
    100,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.70%, due 10/31/19     100,062,688  
    50,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.65%, due 01/31/20     49,979,530  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT
(COST $2,092,174,515)
    2,091,139,799  
     

 

 

 
  U.S. Government Agency — 11.0%  
    50,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 0.88%,
due 10/01/18
    49,676,900  
    25,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 1 mo.
LIBOR –.09%, 1.50%, due 01/14/19
    24,998,686  
    100,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 3 mo.
LIBOR –.16%, 1.61%, due 01/28/19
    100,040,307  
    25,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 1 mo.
LIBOR –.08%, 1.54%, due 04/26/19
    24,997,020  
    55,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, 3 mo.
LIBOR –.16%, 1.63%, due 02/07/20
    54,975,231  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY (COST $254,860,516)     254,688,144  
     

 

 

 
  Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    1,342,639     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier
Class, 1.32% (b)
    1,342,639  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $2,348,377,670)     2,347,170,582  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.0% (Cost $2,348,377,670)     2,347,170,582  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (1.0%)     (22,465,017
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $2,324,705,565  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(b) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 46.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   45


GMO Trust Funds

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations:

144A - Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional investors.

AMBAC - Insured as to the payment of principal and interest by AMBAC Assurance Corporation.

AUD BBSW - Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate denominated in Australian Dollar.

CAD LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Canadian Dollar.

CDO - Collateralized Debt Obligation

CHF LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Swiss Franc.

CJSC - Closed Joint-Stock Company

CLO - Collateralized Loan Obligation

CMBS - Commercial Mortgage Backed Security

CP - Counterparty

ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund

EURIBOR - Euro Interbank Offered Rate

FGIC - Insured as to the payment of principal and interest by Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation.

FSA - Insured as to the payment of principal and interest by Financial Security Assurance.

GBP LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in British Pounds.

GDP - Gross Domestic Product

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

NZD Bank Bill Rate - Bank Bill Rate denominated in New Zealand Dollar.

OTC - Over-the-Counter

Reg S - Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

SEK STIBOR - Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Swedish Krona

TBA - To Be Announced-Delayed Delivery Security

USBM - U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield.

USD LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in United States Dollars.

USGG - U.S. Generic Government

VRRB - Variable Rate Reduction Bond

The rates shown on variable rate notes are the current interest rates at February 28, 2018, which are subject to change based on the terms of the security.

Counterparty Abbreviations:

 

BCLY - Barclays Bank plc

BOA - Bank of America, N.A.

CITI - Citibank N.A.

CSI - Credit Suisse International

DB - Deutsche Bank AG

GS - Goldman Sachs International

JPM - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

MSCI - Morgan Stanley & Co.

International PLC

MSCS - Morgan Stanley Capital

Services LLC

 

 

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD - Australian Dollar

CAD - Canadian Dollar

CHF - Swiss Franc

EUR - Euro

GBP - British Pound

JPY - Japanese Yen

NOK - Norwegian Krone

NZD - New Zealand Dollar

SEK - Swedish Krona

USD - United States Dollar

ZAR - South African Rand

 
 

 

46   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018

 

 

     Asset Allocation
Bond Fund
     Core Plus
Bond Fund
     Emerging
Country Debt
Fund
     Opportunistic
Income Fund
     U.S. Treasury
Fund
 

Assets:

 

           

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $      $ 263,040,360      $ 96,178,792      $ 58,387,949      $  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     1,216,883,581        834,574,635        4,002,378,473        1,248,001,601        2,347,170,582  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

            11        212,281                

Cash

     4,807        7,050        10,505,685        1,111         

Receivable for investments sold

                   145,769,625        4,152,243         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     4,523,755        2,876,758               1,587,706         

Receivable for closed swap contracts (Note 4)

     77,387        106,672                       

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,267,679        1,336,270        59,811,604        3,233,159        1,558,218  

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

     1,750,429        2,656,262        1,957,106                

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

            253,017               287,154         

Receivable for variation margin on open swap contracts (Note 4)

                   65,624                

Due from broker (Note 2)

     5,905,105        6,486,318        4,418,670        1,591,526         

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   7,795,777        22,155,372         

Interest receivable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   1,930,696        1,105,074         

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     6,052        106,957        5,230        21,230        157,896  

Receivable for purchases of delayed delivery securities

                          83,202,695         

Receivable for options (Note 4)(e)

                   477,374                

Miscellaneous receivable

     13,623               1,761                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     1,231,432,418        1,111,444,310        4,331,508,698        1,423,726,820        2,348,886,696  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

              

Investments sold short, at value (Note 2)(d)

                          82,708,048         

Foreign currency due to custodian

     14,352                              

Payable for investments purchased

                   163,062,586        4,153,727         

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

                                 23,488,408  

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities

            143,754,470               122,703,125         

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

              

Management fee

     234,030        182,650        1,109,724        370,905        140,208  

Shareholder service fee

     66,569        73,629        361,872        51,000         

Payable for variation margin on open cleared swap contracts (Note 4)

     1,341,373        490,251               80,461         

Payable for swap premiums (Note 4)

                          2,619,227         

Dividend payable

                                 361,774  

Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

     3,387,621        11,492,764               17,898         

Interest payable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   741,890        429,000         

Payable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   28,012,232        4,152,525         

Payable for options (Note 4)(e)

                   1,389,607                

Written options outstanding, at value (Note 4)(e)

                          241,049         

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     196        159        663        177        310  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     2,799        2,138        9,399        2,683        4,224  

Accrued expenses

     242,368        170,810        655,493        242,726        186,207  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     5,289,308        156,166,871        195,343,466        217,772,551        24,181,131  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 1,226,143,110      $ 955,277,439      $ 4,136,165,232      $ 1,205,954,269      $ 2,324,705,565  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $      $ 260,729,621      $ 93,156,925      $ 58,411,332      $  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 1,227,469,728      $ 841,081,695      $ 3,965,312,794      $ 1,221,458,938      $ 2,348,377,670  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $      $ 11      $ 213,930      $      $  

(d)  Proceeds from securities sold short:

   $      $      $      $ 83,202,695      $  

(e)  Premiums on options:

   $      $      $ 6,155,891      $ 504,258      $  

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   47


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Asset Allocation
Bond Fund
    Core Plus
Bond Fund
    Emerging
Country Debt
Fund
    Opportunistic
Income Fund
    U.S. Treasury
Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

          

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,294,227,933     $ 998,008,103     $ 4,274,439,519     $ 1,283,536,630     $ 2,327,239,516  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     8,714,984       5,487,946       (67,074,142     7,029,042        

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (63,300,859     (33,160,419     (122,728,403     (108,047,841     (1,326,863

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (13,498,948     (15,058,191     51,528,258       23,436,438       (1,207,088
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 1,226,143,110     $ 955,277,439     $ 4,136,165,232     $ 1,205,954,269     $ 2,324,705,565  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

          

Core Class

   $     $     $     $     $ 2,324,705,565  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 207,007,733     $ 34,640,735     $ 1,273,188,025     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 920,636,704     $ 2,862,977,207     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $ 1,019,135,377     $     $     $ 1,205,954,269     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

          

Core Class

                             93,089,908  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

     9,432,239       1,655,267       44,493,266              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

           43,888,588       100,200,500              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

     46,286,033                   45,658,836        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

          

Core Class

   $     $     $     $     $ 24.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 21.95     $ 20.93     $ 28.62     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 20.98     $ 28.57     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $ 22.02     $     $     $ 26.41     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

48   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018

 

 

     Asset Allocation
Bond Fund
    Core Plus
Bond Fund
    Emerging
Country Debt
Fund
    Opportunistic
Income Fund
    U.S. Treasury
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

       

Interest

   $ 25,272,141     $ 7,105,588     $ 205,568,598     $ 60,568,688     $ 24,362,744  

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

           8,938,806       1,280,047       401,545        

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers

     37,594       3,987,770       4,381,786       58,326       17,834  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     25,309,735       20,032,164       211,230,431       61,028,559       24,380,578  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

       

Management fee (Note 5)

     3,319,538       2,108,751       14,370,886       5,024,757       1,837,843  

Shareholder service fee – Class III (Note 5)

     364,134       25,464       1,615,021              

Shareholder service fee – Class IV (Note 5)

           826,524       3,029,286              

Shareholder service fee – Class VI (Note 5)

     596,782                   690,904        

Audit and tax fees

     85,594       97,336       161,654       124,870       35,306  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     156,791       109,201       920,837       218,084       239,455  

Legal fees

     33,813       27,936       48,842       124,847       17,960  

Registration fees

     2,920       7,187       28,280       1,405       1,285  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     31,205       18,943       95,649       29,312       53,309  

Interest expense (Note 2)

     39,674       6,842       101,347       8,098        

Miscellaneous

     11,167       7,796       62,265       36,258       12,007  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     4,641,618       3,235,980       20,434,067       6,258,535       2,197,165  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (272,201     (230,068           (403,791     (2,137,198

Indirectly incurred management fees waived or borne by GMO (Note 5)

           (836,112     (59,800            

Indirectly incurred shareholder service fee waived or borne by GMO (Note 5)

           (137,522     (8,222            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     4,369,417       2,032,278       20,366,045       5,854,744       59,967  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     20,940,318       17,999,886       190,864,386       55,173,815       24,320,611  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

       

Net realized gain (loss) on:

          

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (1,575,472     532,311       103,437,247       (2,653,071     (1,278,414

Investments in affiliated issuers

           525,128       (4,802     (50,518      

Investments in securities sold short

                       689,844        

Futures contracts

           (2,071,930           (1,367,349      

Options

                 120,135       2,859,944        

Swap contracts

     4,530,459       9,630,627       (7,064,595     (2,387,579      

Forward currency contracts

     (2,327,785     30,751       (10,000,291     (352,853      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     67,304       (223,684     384,461       (81,333      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     694,506       8,423,203       86,872,155       (3,342,915     (1,278,414
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

          

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (23,579,455     (8,275,111     (52,681,598     12,149,375       (1,139,646

Investments in affiliated issuers

           1,291,668       262,718       (3,054      

Investments in securities sold short

                       658,120        

Futures contracts

           (13,323           35,033        

Options

                 1,073,487       (340,497      

Swap contracts

     4,404,844       (1,818,833     (2,862,574     (1,979,116      

Forward currency contracts

     (30,118     (8,841,457     1,755,645       (93,187      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     (14,031     (1     471,784       34        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (19,218,760     (17,657,057     (51,980,538     10,426,708       (1,139,646
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (18,524,254     (9,233,854     34,891,617       7,083,793       (2,418,060
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,416,064     $ 8,766,032     $ 225,756,003     $ 62,257,608     $ 21,902,551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   49


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

       Asset Allocation
Bond Fund
    Core Plus
Bond Fund
 
       Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
       2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

          

Operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 20,940,318     $ 18,537,024     $ 17,999,886     $ 1,217,245  

Net realized gain (loss)

       694,506       (36,813,549     8,423,203       1,977,452  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       (19,218,760     18,097,433       (17,657,057     3,180,345  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

       2,416,064       (179,092     8,766,032       6,375,042  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

          

Class III

       (2,024,013           (332,939     (240,429

Class IV

                   (23,549,157     (3,760,584

Class VI

       (10,978,139                  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

       (13,002,152           (23,882,096     (4,001,013
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

          

Class III

       (73,760,828     (70,279,130     12,381,895       (30,050,465

Class IV

                   369,406,029       349,034,173  

Class VI

       (181,503,566     (678,881,916            
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

       (255,264,394     (749,161,046     381,787,924       318,983,708  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       (265,850,482     (749,340,138     366,671,860       321,357,737  
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

       1,491,993,592       2,241,333,730       588,605,579       267,247,842  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 1,226,143,110     $ 1,491,993,592     $ 955,277,439     $ 588,605,579  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     $ 8,714,984     $ 1,181,698     $ 5,487,946     $ 1,128,597  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

50   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

       Emerging Country
Debt Fund
    Opportunistic
Income Fund
 
       Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
       2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

          

Operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 190,864,386     $ 280,182,427     $ 55,173,815     $ 59,643,313  

Net realized gain (loss)

       86,872,155       113,177,971       (3,342,915     (5,837,862

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       (51,980,538     332,027,309       10,426,708       58,780,529  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

       225,756,003       725,387,707       62,257,608       112,585,980  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

          

Class III

       (72,600,877     (62,354,207            

Class IV

       (207,887,262     (215,087,917            

Class VI

                   (32,473,748     (37,550,318
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

       (280,488,139     (277,442,124     (32,473,748     (37,550,318
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

          

Class III

       220,374,650       142,444,973              

Class IV

       (118,629,623     (438,892,230            

Class VI

                   (336,644,785     (213,820,554
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

       101,745,027       (296,447,257     (336,644,785     (213,820,554
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

          

Class III

       1,028,334       1,373,509              

Class IV

       2,878,920       4,896,963              

Class VI

                   1,921,360       1,659,519  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

       3,907,254       6,270,472       1,921,360       1,659,519  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

       105,652,281       (290,176,785     (334,723,425     (212,161,035
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       50,920,145       157,768,798       (304,939,565     (137,125,373
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

       4,085,245,087       3,927,476,289       1,510,893,834       1,648,019,207  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 4,136,165,232     $ 4,085,245,087     $ 1,205,954,269     $ 1,510,893,834  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     $ (67,074,142   $ 34,037,148     $ 7,029,042     $ 4,399,215  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   51


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     U.S. Treasury Fund  
     Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017  
    

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

    

Operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 24,320,611     $ 15,360,860  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,278,414     1,442,520  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,139,646     162,701  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     21,902,551       16,966,081  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

    

Net investment income

    

Core Class

     (24,320,611     (15,360,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (24,320,611     (15,360,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

    

Core Class

           (1,586,333
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

           (1,586,333
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

    

Core Class

     (339,573,514     (1,366,825,724
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (339,573,514     (1,366,825,724
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (341,991,574     (1,366,806,836
Net assets:     

Beginning of period

     2,666,697,139       4,033,503,975  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 2,324,705,565     $ 2,666,697,139  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

52   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

ASSET ALLOCATION BOND FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class VI Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 22.15     $ 22.16     $ 26.36     $ 24.57     $ 24.43     $ 22.23     $ 22.21     $ 26.40     $ 24.60     $ 24.46
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.33       0.18       0.01       0.38       0.00 (b)       0.36       0.21       0.06       0.22       0.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (0.31 )       (0.19 )       (2.58 )       2.48       0.17       (0.33 )       (0.19 )       (2.61 )       2.68       0.16
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      0.02       (0.01 )       (2.57 )       2.86       0.17       0.03       0.02       (2.55 )       2.90       0.19
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.22 )             (1.63 )       (0.67 )       (0.03 )       (0.24 )             (1.64 )       (0.70 )       (0.05 )

From net realized gains

                        (0.40 )                               (0.40 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.22 )             (1.63 )       (1.07 )       (0.03 )       (0.24 )             (1.64 )       (1.10 )       (0.05 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 21.95     $ 22.15     $ 22.16     $ 26.36     $ 24.57     $ 22.02     $ 22.23     $ 22.21     $ 26.40     $ 24.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

      0.07 %       (0.05 )%       (9.88 )%       11.92 %       0.72 %       0.12 %       0.09 %       (9.79 )%       12.05 %       0.79 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

                                   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 207,008     $ 282,272     $ 352,828     $ 421,910     $ 260,775     $ 1,019,135     $ 1,209,721     $ 1,888,505     $ 4,652,197     $ 2,849,433

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets

      0.41 %       0.41 %(e)       0.40 %(e)       0.40 %(e)       0.40 %(d)(e)       0.31 %       0.31 %(e)       0.31 %(e)       0.31 %(e)       0.31 %(d)(e)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(f)

      0.00 %(g)       0.00 %(g)       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.00 %(g)       0.00 %(g)       0.00 %(g)       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.00 %(g)

Total net expenses to average daily net assets

      0.41 %       0.41 %(e)       0.42 %(e)       0.41 %(e)       0.40 %(e)       0.31 %       0.31 %(e)       0.33 %(e)       0.32 %(e)       0.31 %(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.50 %       0.81 %       0.03 %       1.49 %       0.01 %       1.59 %       0.94 %       0.27 %       0.84 %       0.13 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      89 %       130 %(h)       177 %       177 %       32 %       89 %       130 %(h)       177 %       177 %       32 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.02 %       0.03 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.03 %       0.02 %       0.02 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  Net investment income (loss) was less than $0.01 per share.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(f)  Interest expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements and/or margin on cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
(g)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(h)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the year ended February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 126% of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   53


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

CORE PLUS BOND FUND

 

     Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)   2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 21.10     $ 21.39     $ 23.43     $ 22.35     $ 22.23     $ 21.15     $ 21.45     $ 23.49     $ 22.41     $ 22.29
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.41       0.26       0.24       0.21       0.21       0.46       0.24       0.27       0.21       0.21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       (0.06 )       0.25       (1.14 )       1.83       0.24       (0.10 )       0.29       (1.17 )       1.83       0.27
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.35       0.51       (0.90 )       2.04       0.45       0.36       0.53       (0.90 )       2.04       0.48
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.52 )       (0.80 )       (1.14 )       (0.96 )       (0.33 )       (0.53 )       (0.83 )       (1.14 )       (0.96 )       (0.36 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.52 )       (0.80 )       (1.14 )       (0.96 )       (0.33 )       (0.53 )       (0.83 )       (1.14 )       (0.96 )       (0.36 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 20.93     $ 21.10     $ 21.39     $ 23.43     $ 22.35     $ 20.98     $ 21.15     $ 21.45     $ 23.49     $ 22.41
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       1.61 %       2.44 %       (3.93 )%       9.25 %       2.15 %       1.68 %       2.55 %       (3.91 )%       9.32 %       2.15 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

                                   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 34,641     $ 22,172     $ 52,187     $ 51,045     $ 48,632     $ 920,637     $ 566,433     $ 215,060     $ 191,054     $ 191,571

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets(d)

       0.29 %       0.35 %       0.35 %       0.37 %       0.38 %       0.24 %       0.30 %       0.30 %       0.32 %       0.33 %

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.00 %(e)       0.00 %(e)       0.01 %       0.00 %(e)       0.00 %(e)       0.00 %(e)       0.00 %(e)       0.01 %       0.00 %(e)       0.00 %(e)

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(d)

       0.29 %       0.35 %       0.36 %       0.37 %       0.38 %       0.24 %       0.30 %       0.31 %       0.32 %       0.33 %

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       1.91 %       1.21 %       1.14 %       0.89 %       0.95 %       2.14 %       1.10 %       1.17 %       0.94 %       0.99 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       198 %(g)       216 %(g)       21 %       128 %       87 %       198 %(g)       216 %(g)       21 %       128 %       87 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:(h)

       0.14 %       0.30 %       0.21 %       0.15 %       0.12 %       0.14 %       0.26 %       0.21 %       0.15 %       0.12 %

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(f)  Interest expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements and/or margin on cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
(g)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 221% and 325%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(h)  Ratios include indirect fees waived or borne by GMO.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

54   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

EMERGING COUNTRY DEBT FUND

 

     Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)   2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 28.99     $ 26.01     $ 28.47     $ 29.31     $ 31.02     $ 28.95     $ 25.98     $ 28.44     $ 29.28     $ 30.99
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       1.36       1.94       1.53       1.77 (c)       1.80       1.39       1.95       1.53       1.80 (c)       1.80

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.32       3.01 (d)       (2.04 )       (0.03 )       (1.77 )       0.29       3.01 (d)       (2.01 )       (0.06 )       (1.74 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.68       4.95       (0.51 )       1.74       0.03       1.68       4.96       (0.48 )       1.74       0.06
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (2.05 )       (1.97 )       (1.95 )       (2.58 )       (1.74 )       (2.06 )       (1.99 )       (1.98 )       (2.58 )       (1.77 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (2.05 )       (1.97 )       (1.95 )       (2.58 )       (1.74 )       (2.06 )       (1.99 )       (1.98 )       (2.58 )       (1.77 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 28.62     $ 28.99     $ 26.01     $ 28.47     $ 29.31     $ 28.57     $ 28.95     $ 25.98     $ 28.44     $ 29.28
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       5.81 %       19.47 %       (1.77 )%       6.03 %       0.27 %       5.83 %       19.50 %       (1.73 )%       6.07 %       0.33 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

                                   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,273,188     $ 1,067,086     $ 827,667     $ 746,182     $ 582,639     $ 2,862,977     $ 3,018,159     $ 3,099,809     $ 3,262,104     $ 2,465,331

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.53 %       0.54 %       0.54 %       0.56 %       0.56 %(g)       0.48 %       0.49 %       0.49 %       0.51 %       0.51 %(g)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(h)

       0.00 %(i)             0.00 %(i)                   0.00 %(i)             0.00 %(i)            

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.53 %       0.54 %       0.54 %       0.56 %       0.56 %(g)       0.48 %       0.49 %       0.49 %       0.51 %       0.51 %(g)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       4.57 %       6.76 %       5.58 %       5.86 %(j)       5.99 %       4.67 %       6.81 %       5.60 %       5.93 %(j)       6.02 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       34 %(k)       21 %(k)       20 %       18 %       27 %       34 %(k)       21 %(k)       20 %       18 %       27 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:(l)

       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)             0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)      

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.03     $ 0.04 (a)     $ 0.04 (a)     $ 0.06 (a)     $ 0.05 (a)     $ 0.03     $ 0.04 (a)     $ 0.04 (a)     $ 0.06 (a)     $ 0.05 (a)

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  Includes income per share of $0.06 and $0.09, respectively, as a result of litigation on certain sovereign debt. Excluding this income, the Fund’s net investment income per share would have been $1.71 and $1.71, respectively. These per share amounts have been adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(d)  Includes realized gain per share of $0.23 and $0.23, respectively, as a result of litigation on Argentinian sovereign debt. Excluding this income, the Fund’s realized gain per share would have been $2.78 and $2.78, respectively.
(e)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(f)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(g)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(h)  Interest expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements and/or margin on cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
(i)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(j)  Includes income of $0.24 and $0.24, respectively, of average daily net assets as a result of litigation on certain sovereign debt. Excluding this income, the Fund’s net investment income to average daily net assets would have been 5.62% and 5.69%, respectively.
(k)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 33% and 23%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(l)  Ratios include indirect fees waived or borne by GMO.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   55


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

OPPORTUNISTIC INCOME FUND

 

     Class VI Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015(a)   2014(a)(b)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 25.78     $ 24.57     $ 24.80     $ 24.22     $ 24.22
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(c)

       1.15       0.96       0.53       0.54       0.84

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.18       0.89       (0.34 )       0.42       0.14
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.33       1.85       0.19       0.96       0.98
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.70 )       (0.64 )       (0.42 )       (0.38 )       (0.56 )

From net realized gains

                               (0.42 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.70 )       (0.64 )       (0.42 )       (0.38 )       (0.98 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value,
end of period

     $ 26.41     $ 25.78     $ 24.57 (d)     $ 24.80     $ 24.22
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

       5.18 %       7.62 %       0.77 %       3.98 %       4.27 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

               

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,205,954     $ 1,510,894     $ 1,648,019     $ 1,790,805     $ 2,111,080

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.47 %       0.33 %       0.31 %       0.31 %       0.31 %(g)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(i)

       0.00 %(h)       0.00 %(h)       0.00 %(h)       0.00 %(h)      

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.47 %       0.33 %       0.31 %       0.31 %       0.31 %(g)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(c)

       4.39 %       3.82 %       2.13 %       2.18 %       3.51 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       152 %(j)       66 %(j)       66 %       37 %       30 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.03 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.03 %       0.02 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.04     $ 0.03     $ 0.04     $ 0.03     $ 0.05

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:7 reverse stock split effective May 15, 2014.
(b)  Effective February 12, 2014, GMO Debt Opportunities Fund (the “Acquired Fund”) merged into GMO Short-Duration Collateral Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”) and the surviving entity was renamed GMO Debt Opportunities Fund. For accounting and financial reporting purposes, the Acquired Fund is the surviving entity, meaning the combined entity adopted the historical financial reporting history of the Acquired Fund. Share and per share information have been adjusted to reflect the effects of the merger.
(c)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(d)  Beginning December 21, 2015 the pricing source for certain fixed income assets of the Fund changed, which resulted in an increase in the December 21, 2015 net asset value of the Fund by $0.04 per share.
(e)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(f)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(g)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(h)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(i)  Interest expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements and/or margin on cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
(j)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 175% and 75%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

56   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

U.S. TREASURY FUND

 

     Core Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)†

       0.26       0.12       0.04       0.01       0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       (0.03 )       0.01       0.00       0.00 (a)       0.01
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.23       0.13       0.04       0.01       0.03
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.26 )       (0.12 )       (0.03 )       (0.01 )       (0.02 )

From net realized gains

             (0.01 )       (0.01 )       (0.00 )(b)       (0.01 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.26 )       (0.13 )       (0.04 )       (0.01 )       (0.03 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value,
end of period

     $ 24.97     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00     $ 25.00
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       0.96 %       0.54 %       0.19 %       0.06 %       0.11 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

               

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 2,324,706     $ 2,666,697     $ 4,033,504     $ 2,243,931     $ 1,909,864

Net expenses to average daily net assets

       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets

       1.06 %       0.47 %       0.16 %       0.05 %       0.08 %

Portfolio turnover rate(f)

       0 %       0 %       0 %       0 %       0 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.09 %       0.10 %       0.10 %       0.10 %       0.10 %

 

(a)  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) was less than $0.01 per share.
(b)  Distributions from net realized gains were less than $0.01 per share.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(f)  Portfolio turnover rate calculation excludes short-term investments.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   57


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements

February 28, 2018

 

 

1. Organization

Each of Asset Allocation Bond Fund, Core Plus Bond Fund, Emerging Country Debt Fund, Opportunistic Income Fund and U.S. Treasury Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) is a series of GMO Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 24, 1985. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees of the Trust (“Trustees”) to create an unlimited number of series of shares (Funds) and to subdivide Funds into classes. The Funds are advised and managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”).

The Funds may invest in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund and in money market funds unaffiliated with GMO.

Many of the Funds may invest without limitation in other GMO Funds (“underlying funds”). In particular, pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), some of the Funds may invest in Emerging Country Debt Fund, Opportunistic Income Fund and U.S. Treasury Fund. The financial statements of the underlying funds should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements. The financial statements are available without charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ principal investment objectives and benchmarks (if any):

 

     
Fund Name   Benchmark   Investment Objective
Asset Allocation Bond Fund   Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index   Total return in excess of benchmark
Core Plus Bond Fund   Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index   Total return in excess of benchmark
Emerging Country Debt Fund   J.P. Morgan EMBI Global   Total return in excess of benchmark
Opportunistic Income Fund   Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Securitized Index   Capital appreciation and current income
U.S. Treasury Fund   Not Applicable   Liquidity and safety of principal with current income as a secondary objective

Asset Allocation Bond Fund and U.S. Treasury Fund currently limit subscriptions.

Emerging Country Debt Fund is currently distributed in Switzerland. The distribution of shares in Switzerland will be exclusively made to, and directed at, qualified investors as defined in the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act of 23 June 2006, as amended, and its implementing ordinance.

 

2. Significant accounting policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and have been consistently followed by the Funds in preparing these financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars.

Portfolio valuation

Typically, the Funds and the underlying funds value fixed income securities at the most recent price supplied by a specific relevant pricing source determined by GMO. Although GMO normally does not evaluate pricing sources on a day-to-day basis, it does evaluate pricing sources on an ongoing basis and may change a pricing source at any time. GMO monitors erratic or unusual movements (including unusual inactivity) in the prices supplied for a security and has discretion to override a price supplied by a source (e.g., by taking a price supplied by another source) when it believes that the price supplied is not reliable. Alternative pricing sources are often but not always available for securities held by the Funds and the underlying funds. See the table below for information about securities for which no alternative pricing source was available.

Exchange-traded securities (other than exchange-traded options) for which market quotations are readily available are valued at (i) the last sale price or (ii) official closing price or (iii) most recent quoted price published by the exchange (if no reported last sale or

 

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GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

official closing price) or (iv) the quoted price provided by a pricing source (in the event GMO deems the private market to be a more reliable indicator of market value than the exchange). Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions. Cleared derivatives are valued using the price quoted (which may be based on a model) by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared derivative is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that derivative will generally be valued using an industry standard model, which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives are generally valued at the price determined by an industry standard model. Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued at the most recent quoted price. Shares of the underlying funds and other open-end registered investment companies are valued at their most recent net asset value. If quotations are not readily available or circumstances make an existing valuation methodology or procedure unreliable, derivatives and other securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustees or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Because of the uncertainty inherent in pricing, and in particular fair value pricing, the value determined for a particular security may be materially different from the value realized upon its sale. See the table below for information about securities and derivatives, if any, that were fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. The Funds and/or the underlying funds classify such securities as Level 3 (levels defined below). For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not reduce the value of any of their OTC derivatives contracts, if any, based on the creditworthiness of their counterparties. See Note 4 “Derivative financial instruments” for a further discussion on valuation of derivatives.

The foregoing valuation methodologies are modified for equities that trade in non-U.S. securities markets which close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) due to time zone differences, including the value of equities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for those derivatives closes prior to the close of the NYSE). In those cases, the price will generally be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees that are intended to reflect valuation changes through the NYSE close. The table below shows the percentage of the net assets of the Funds, held either directly or through investments in the underlying funds, if any, that were valued using fair value inputs obtained from that independent pricing service as of February 28, 2018. These securities listed on foreign exchanges (including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE)) are classified as Level 2 (levels defined below) in the table below.

“Quoted price” typically means the bid price for securities held long and the ask price for securities sold short. If a market quotation for a security does not involve a bid or an ask, the “quoted price” may be the price provided by a market participant or other third-party pricing source in accordance with the market practice for that security. If an updated quoted price for a security is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, the Fund will generally use the last quoted price so long as GMO believes that the last quoted price continues to represent that security’s fair value.

In the case of derivatives, prices determined by a model may reflect an estimate of the average of bid and ask prices, regardless of whether a Fund has a long position or a short position.

As discussed above, certain of the Funds and underlying funds invest in securities and/or derivatives which may have been fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees or valued using prices for which no alternative pricing source was available. The table below presents securities and/or derivatives on a net basis, based on market values or unrealized

 

59


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

appreciation/(depreciation), which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure. The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to these valuation methodologies (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Securities and derivatives

 

     
Fund Name   Fair valued using
methods determined in
good faith by or at the
direction of the Trustees
    Single source; No
alternative pricing
source was available
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

           

Core Plus Bond Fund

    < 1%       1%  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    1% †      3%  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    1% ‡      3%  

U.S. Treasury Fund

           

 

  Includes the Republic of Albania Par Bond, due 08/31/25 which represents 0.9% of the Fund’s total net assets and is valued by applying a 140 basis point spread to the yield of the U.S. Treasury Strip Principal, due 08/15/25.
  Consists of four U.S. Agency for International Development Floater Bonds which were valued using current LIBOR yield and adjusted by 125 basis points for liquidity considerations.

U.S. GAAP requires the Funds to disclose the fair value of their investments in a three-level hierarchy (Levels 1, 2 and 3). The valuation hierarchy is based upon the relative observability of inputs to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, in periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to the liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between levels.

U.S. GAAP requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements for material Level 3 securities and derivatives, if any (determined by each category of asset or liability as compared to a Fund’s total net assets separately identified in the table below). Other than Funds with investments valued using unadjusted prices supplied by a third-party pricing source (e.g., broker quotes, vendor) or as described in the footnotes to the Securities and derivatives table above, there were no other Funds with classes of investments or derivatives with direct material Level 3 holdings at February 28, 2018.

The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 1 generally include actively traded domestic and certain foreign equity securities; certain U.S. government obligations; derivatives actively traded on a national securities exchange (such as some futures and options); and shares of open-end mutual funds (even if their investments are valued using Level 2 or Level 3 inputs).

Level 2 – Valuations determined using other significant direct or indirect observable inputs.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 2 generally include certain U.S. government agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, certain sovereign debt obligations, and corporate bonds valued using vendor prices or broker quotes; cleared derivatives and certain OTC derivatives such as swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency contracts valued using industry standard models; certain restricted securities valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; certain debt obligations, such as collateralized loan obligations, that have yet to begin trading that are valued at cost; and certain foreign equity securities that are adjusted based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees, including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE) to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close.

 

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GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Level 3 – Valuations based primarily on inputs that are unobservable and significant.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 3 generally include, but are not limited to, certain debt securities (such as asset-backed, mortgage-backed, loans and sovereign debt) and derivatives even though they are valued using broker quotes; certain debt securities and derivatives adjusted by a specified discount for liquidity or other considerations; certain sovereign debt securities valued using comparable securities issued by the sovereign adjusted by a specified spread; securities whose trading has been suspended or that have been de-listed from their current primary trading exchange valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; securities in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; potential litigation recoveries and interests related to bankruptcy proceedings; and third-party investment funds where valuations are provided by fund sponsors and which are adjusted for liquidity considerations as well as the timing of the receipt of information.

The following is a summary of the respective levels assigned to the Funds’ direct securities and derivatives, if any, as of February 28, 2018:

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

U.S. Government

  $ 299,129,715     $ 735,417,214     $     $ 1,034,546,929  

U.S. Government Agency

    14,993,741                   14,993,741  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    314,123,456       735,417,214             1,049,540,670  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    42,343,394       124,999,517             167,342,911  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    356,466,850       860,416,731             1,216,883,581  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          1,750,429             1,750,429  

Swap Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

          921,854             921,854  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 356,466,850     $ 863,089,014     $     $ 1,219,555,864  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (3,387,621   $     $ (3,387,621

Swap Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

          (2,268,145           (2,268,145
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (5,655,766   $     $ (5,655,766
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Core Plus Bond Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

Asset-Backed Securities

  $     $ 6,464,752     $     $ 6,464,752  

U.S. Government

    362,539,438                   362,539,438  

U.S. Government Agency

          142,745,413             142,745,413  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    362,539,438       149,210,165             511,749,603  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

    411,473,413                   411,473,413  

Short-Term Investments

    7,066,648       167,325,331             174,391,979  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    781,079,499       316,535,496             1,097,614,995  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Core Plus Bond Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ 2,656,262     $     $ 2,656,262  

Futures Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

    281,284                   281,284  

Swap Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

          1,100,119             1,100,119  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 781,360,783     $ 320,291,877     $     $ 1,101,652,660  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (11,492,764   $     $ (11,492,764

Futures Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

    (10,593                 (10,593

Swap Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

          (3,510,809           (3,510,809
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (10,593   $ (15,003,573   $     $ (15,014,166
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Emerging Country Debt Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

Asset-Backed Securities

  $     $ 46,471,840     $     $ 46,471,840  

Corporate Debt

          2,554,939       26,126,080       28,681,019  

Foreign Government Agency

          788,417,425       134,381,263       922,798,688  

Foreign Government Obligations

          1,949,806,347       123,199,974       2,073,006,321  

U.S. Government

    144,704,178       75,310,914             220,015,092  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    144,704,178       2,862,561,465       283,707,317       3,290,972,960  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loan Assignments

                1,110,398       1,110,398  

Loan Participations

                59,670,207       59,670,207  

Mutual Funds

    96,178,792                   96,178,792  

Rights/Warrants

          45,407,761       6,474,227       51,881,988  

Short-Term Investments

    598,742,920                   598,742,920  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    839,625,890       2,907,969,226       350,962,149       4,098,557,265  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          1,957,106             1,957,106  

Options

         

Credit Risk

                477,374       477,374  

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          10,437,626             10,437,626  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 839,625,890     $ 2,920,363,958     $ 351,439,523     $ 4,111,429,371  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Options

         

Credit Risk

  $     $     $ (1,389,607   $ (1,389,607

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          (16,820,416           (16,820,416

Interest Rate Risk

          (11,191,816           (11,191,816
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (28,012,232   $ (1,389,607   $ (29,401,839
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Opportunistic Income Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

Asset-Backed Securities

  $     $ 1,015,148,017     $ 37,555,550     $ 1,052,703,567  

U.S. Government Agency

    2,499,070       122,166,840       17,123,540       141,789,450  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    2,499,070       1,137,314,857       54,679,090       1,194,493,017  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

    58,387,949                   58,387,949  

Short-Term Investments

    53,014,809                   53,014,809  

Purchased Options

          493,775             493,775  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    113,901,828       1,137,808,632       54,679,090       1,306,389,550  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

    53,404                   53,404  

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          22,385,958             22,385,958  

Interest Rate Risk

          3,788,704             3,788,704  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 113,955,232     $ 1,163,983,294     $ 54,679,090     $ 1,332,617,616  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

U.S. Government Agency

  $     $ (82,708,048   $     $ (82,708,048

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          (17,898           (17,898

Futures Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

    (18,371                 (18,371

Written Options

         

Credit Risk

          (241,049           (241,049

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          (6,421,838           (6,421,838

Interest Rate Risk

          (285,552           (285,552
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (18,371   $ (89,674,385   $     $ (89,692,756
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

U.S. Treasury Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Short-Term Investments

  $ 2,347,170,582     $     $     $ 2,347,170,582  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    2,347,170,582                   2,347,170,582  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,347,170,582     $     $     $ 2,347,170,582  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

The risks referenced in the tables above are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Derivative financial instruments” sections below for a further discussion of risks.

 

  ^ The tables above are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation), in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. The uncertainties surrounding the valuation inputs for a derivative are likely to be more significant to the Funds’ net asset values than the uncertainties surrounding inputs for a non-derivative security with the same market value. Excludes purchased options and rights/warrants, if any, which are included in investments.

The underlying funds held at year end are classified above as Level 1. For the summary of valuation inputs of the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ summary of levels above.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

For all Funds for the year ended February 28, 2018, there were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

The following is a reconciliation of securities and derivatives, if any, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

                     
     Balances
as of
February 28,
2017
    Purchases     Sales     Accrued
Discounts/
Premiums
    Total
Realized
Gain/
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Transfer
into
Level 3†
    Transfer
out of
Level 3†
    Balances
as of
February 28,
2018
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held as
of February 28,
2018
 

Emerging Country Debt Fund

 

   

Debt Obligations

 

   

Asset-Backed Securities

  $ 22,085,437     $ 1,257,957     $ (1,659,757   $ 241,052     $     $ 1,430,365     $     $ (23,355,054 )‡    $     $  

Corporate Debt

    20,060,000       4,576,198             (1,114           1,490,996                   26,126,080       1,490,996  

Foreign Government Agency

    101,585,077       16,588,105             1,446,687             14,761,394                   134,381,263       14,761,394  

Foreign Government Obligations

    51,158,299       3,801,642             1,715,283             (1,274,764     67,799,514 ‡            123,199,974       (1,274,764
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Debt Obligations

    194,888,813       26,223,902       (1,659,757     3,401,908             16,407,991       67,799,514       (23,355,054     283,707,317       14,977,626  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loan Assignments

    4,908,530       683,423       (4,905,268     531,698             (107,985                 1,110,398       148,935  

Loan Participations

    64,195,406       4,355,377       (16,041,083     2,253,730       (19,280     4,926,057                   59,670,207       4,568,250  

Rights/Warrants

    8,070,406       1,138,875                         (2,735,054                 6,474,227       (2,735,054
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    272,063,155       32,401,577       (22,606,108     6,187,336       (19,280     18,491,009       67,799,514       (23,355,054     350,962,149       16,959,757  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

   

Options

    (2,056,772           (49,083           120,135       1,073,487                   (912,233     3,595,626  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 270,006,383     $ 32,401,577     $ (22,655,191 )#    $ 6,187,336     $ 100,855     $ 19,564,496     $ 67,799,514     $ (23,355,054   $ 350,049,916     $ 20,555,383  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Opportunistic Income Fund

 

   

Debt Obligations

 

   

Asset-Backed Securities

  $ 53,500,201     $ 31,917,381     $ (37,562,086   $ 1,105,353     $ 430,723     $ 1,145,013     $     $ (12,981,035 )‡    $ 37,555,550     $ 1,312,540  

U.S. Government Agency

    19,602,790             (2,604,608     (7,611           132,969                   17,123,540       132,969  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 73,102,991     $ 31,917,381     $ (40,166,694 )##    $ 1,097,742     $ 430,723     $ 1,277,982     $     $ (12,981,035   $ 54,679,090     $ 1,445,509  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

 

  The Funds account for securities and derivatives, if any, transferred into and out of Level 3 at the value at the end of the year.
  Financial assets transferred between Level 2 and Level 3 were due to a change in observable and/or unobservable inputs.
  # Includes $19,434,373 of proceeds received from principal paydowns.
  ## Includes $32,105,819 of proceeds received from principal paydowns.

 

64


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to investments in securities and/or derivatives using Level 3 inputs and presented on a net basis, which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure, (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name   Level 3 securities
and derivatives
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

     

Core Plus Bond Fund

    1%  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    8%  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    5%  

U.S. Treasury Fund

     

Cash

Cash and foreign currency, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities consist of cash balances held with the custodian. Emerging Country Debt Fund’s cash balance includes $10,478,172 related to a failed trade.

Due to/from broker

Due to/from broker in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities includes collateral on swap contracts, futures contracts, option contracts and forward currency contracts, if any, and may include marked-to-market amounts related to foreign currency or cash owed.

Foreign currency translation

The market values of foreign securities, currency holdings and related assets and liabilities are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, generally at 4:00 pm Eastern time. Income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Fluctuations in the value of currency holdings and other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not separated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.

Indexed investments

Each Fund may invest in various transactions and instruments that are designed to track the performance of an index (including, but not limited to, securities indices and credit default indices). Indexed securities are securities the redemption values and/or coupons of which are indexed to a specific instrument, group of instruments, index, or other statistic. Indexed securities typically, but not always, are debt securities or deposits whose value at maturity or coupon rate is determined by reference to other securities, securities or inflation indices, currencies, precious metals or other commodities, or other financial indicators. For example, the maturity value of gold-indexed securities depends on the price of gold and, therefore, their price tends to rise and fall with gold prices.

Loan assignments and participations

The Funds (except U.S. Treasury Fund) may invest in direct debt instruments, which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates, to suppliers of goods or services, or to other parties by corporate, governmental or other borrower. Such “loans” may include bank loans, promissory notes, and loan participations, or in the case of suppliers of goods or services, trade claims or other receivables. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. Unless, under the terms of the loan or other indebtedness a Fund has direct recourse against the borrower, it may have to rely on the agent to enforce its rights against the borrower. When investing in a loan participation, (i) a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the party from whom the Fund has purchased the participation and only upon receipt by that party of payments from the borrower and (ii) a Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement or to vote on matters arising under the loan agreement. Thus, a Fund may be subject to credit risk both of the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower and that Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. Loan assignments and participations outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

65


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Repurchase agreements

The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and brokers. Under a repurchase agreement a Fund acquires a security for a relatively short period for cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and date. The Fund, through its custodian, takes possession of securities it acquired under the repurchase agreement. The value of the securities acquired may be less than the amount owed to the Fund by the seller. If the seller in a repurchase agreement transaction defaults or enters into insolvency proceedings and the value of the securities subject to the repurchase agreement is insufficient, the Fund’s recovery of cash from the seller may be delayed and, even if the Fund is able to dispose of the securities, the Fund may incur a loss equal to the difference between the cash it paid and the value of the securities. As of February 28, 2018, the Funds list below had entered into repurchase agreements. The value of related collateral for each broker listed below exceeds the value of the repurchase agreements at year end. Repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

         
Fund Name   Counterparty     Gross Value     Net Value (with
related collateral)
    Weighted Average
Maturity (days)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

   
Nomura Securities
International Inc.
 
 
    $124,999,517       $127,781,640       1.0  

Reverse repurchase agreements

The Funds may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with banks and brokers to enhance return. Under a reverse repurchase agreement a Fund sells portfolio assets subject to an agreement by that Fund to repurchase the same assets at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund can use the proceeds received from entering into a reverse repurchase agreement to make additional investments, which generally causes the Fund’s portfolio to behave as if it were leveraged. If the buyer in a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund may be unable to recover the securities it sold and as a result may realize a loss on the transaction if the securities it sold are worth more than the purchase price it originally received from the buyer. Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Inflation-indexed bonds

The Funds may invest in inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed income securities whose principal value is adjusted periodically according to the rate of inflation/deflation. Two structures are common. The U.S. Treasury and some other issuers use a structure that accrues inflation/deflation into the principal value of the bond. Many other issuers adjust the coupon accruals for inflation related changes. Most other issuers pay out any inflation related accruals as part of a semiannual coupon.

The market price of inflation-indexed bonds normally changes when real interest rates change. Real interest rates, in turn, are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates (i.e., stated interest rates) and the rate of inflation. Therefore, if the rate of inflation rises at a faster rate than nominal interest rates, real interest rates (i.e., nominal interest rate minus inflation) might decline, leading to an increase in value of inflation-indexed bonds. In contrast, if nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in value of inflation-indexed bonds. Coupon payments received by a Fund from inflation-indexed bonds are generally included in the Fund’s gross income for the period in which they accrue. In addition, any increase/decrease in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond is generally included in the Fund’s gross income even though principal is not paid until maturity. Inflation-indexed bonds outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Delayed delivery commitments and when-issued securities

The Funds (except U.S. Treasury Fund) may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis. Payment and delivery may take place a month or more after the date of the transaction. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The purchase of when-issued or delayed delivery securities can cause a Fund’s portfolio to be leveraged. Investments in when-issued securities also present the risk that the security will not be issued or delivered. Delayed delivery commitments outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

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Short sales

Certain Funds may enter into short sales transactions. A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells securities it may not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair market value of the securities. Securities sold in short sale transactions and the interest payable on such securities, if any, are reflected as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. A Fund is obligated to deliver securities at the trade price at the time the short position is closed. Possible losses from short sales may be unlimited, whereas losses from purchases cannot exceed the total amount invested. Short sales outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Taxes and distributions

Each Fund has elected to be treated or intends to elect to be treated and intends to qualify each tax year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Fund intends to distribute its net investment income, if any, and its net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, after giving effect to any available capital loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, each Fund makes no provision for U.S. federal income or excise taxes.

With the exception of U.S. Treasury Fund, the policy of each Fund is to declare and pay dividends of its net investment income, if any, at least annually, although the Funds are permitted to, and will from time to time, declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, more frequently. The policy of U.S. Treasury Fund is to declare dividends daily, to the extent net investment income is available, and pay dividends on the first business day following the end of each month in which dividends were declared. Each Fund also intends to distribute net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, at least annually. In addition, each Fund may, from time to time at their discretion, make unscheduled distributions in advance of large redemptions by shareholders or as otherwise deemed appropriate by a Fund. Typically, all distributions are reinvested in additional shares of each Fund, at net asset value, unless GMO or its agents receive and process a shareholder election to receive cash distributions. Distributions to shareholders are recorded by each Fund on the ex-dividend date.

Taxes on foreign interest and dividend income are generally withheld in accordance with the applicable country’s tax treaty with the United States. The foreign withholding rates applicable to a Fund’s investments in certain jurisdictions may be higher if a significant portion of the Fund is held by non-U.S. shareholders. Each Fund may be subject to taxation on realized capital gains, repatriation proceeds and other transaction-based charges imposed by certain countries in which it invests. Transaction-based charges are generally calculated as a percentage of the transaction amount. Taxes related to capital gains realized during the year ended February 28, 2018, if any, are reflected as part of Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations. Changes in tax liabilities related to capital gain taxes on unrealized investment gains, if any, are reflected as part of Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statements of Operations.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences that arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will likely reverse at some time in the future. Distributions in excess of net investment income or net realized gains are temporary over-distributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes.

 

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U.S. GAAP and tax accounting differences for each Fund primarily relate to reasons described in the following table:

 

           
Differences related to:   Asset Allocation Bond Fund   Core Plus Bond Fund   Emerging Country Debt Fund   Opportunistic Income Fund   U.S. Treasury Fund
Interest, accretion and amortization           X   X    
Capital loss carry forwards   X   X   X   X    
Defaulted bonds           X        
Derivative contract transactions   X   X   X   X    
Foreign currency transactions   X   X   X   X    
Losses on wash sale transactions           X        
Losses related to debt obligations               X    
Post-October capital losses   X   X       X    
There are no significant differences                   X

The tax character of distributions declared by each Fund to shareholders is as follows:

 

     
     Tax year ended February 28, 2018     Tax year ended February 28, 2017  
         
Fund Name   Ordinary
Income
(including
any net
short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Total
Distributions ($)
   

Ordinary

Income

(including
any net

short-term

capital gain) ($)

   

Total

Distributions ($)

 
Asset Allocation Bond Fund     13,002,152       13,002,152              
Core Plus Bond Fund     23,882,096       23,882,096       4,001,013       4,001,013  
Emerging Country Debt Fund     280,488,139       280,488,139       277,442,124       277,442,124  
Opportunistic Income Fund     32,473,748       32,473,748       37,550,318       37,550,318  
U.S. Treasury Fund     24,320,611       24,320,611       16,947,193       16,947,193  

 

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Distributions in excess of a Fund’s tax basis earnings and profits, if significant, are reported in the Funds’ financial statements as a return of capital.

As of February 28, 2018, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and certain tax attributes for the Funds consisted of the following:

 

       
Fund Name   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
(including any
net short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards ($)
    Post-October
Capital Losses ($)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    7,077,792       (61,180,207)       (1,850,864)  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    3,077,931       (27,840,924)       (5,029,797)  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    40,329,868       (113,999,968)       (980,792)  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    6,842,414       (101,703,005)       (1,668,698)  

U.S. Treasury Fund

          (739,977)       (586,886)  

As of February 28, 2018, certain Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code. Net capital losses recognized in taxable years beginning on or after March 1, 2011 are carried forward without expiration and generally retain their short-term and/or long-term tax character, as applicable. In addition, such losses should be utilized prior to losses scheduled to expire on or before February 28, 2019. As a result of this ordering rule, losses that are subject to expiration may expire unused. Utilization of the capital loss carryforwards, post-October capital losses, late-year ordinary losses, and losses realized subsequent to February 28, 2018, if any, could be subject to further limitations imposed by the Code related to share ownership activity. The Funds’ capital loss carryforwards are as follows:

 

       
    

Short-Term ($)

          Long-Term ($)  
         
Fund Name   Expiration
Date
2/28/2019
    No
Expiration
Date
    Total
Short-
Term ($)
    No
Expiration
Date
 
Asset Allocation Bond Fund           (24,215,916)       (24,215,916)       (36,964,291)  
Core Plus Bond Fund           (291,118)       (291,118)       (27,549,806)  
Emerging Country Debt Fund     (66,474,254)       (47,525,714)       (113,999,968)        
Opportunistic Income Fund                       (101,703,005)  
U.S. Treasury Fund           (739,977)       (739,977)        

As of February 28, 2018, the approximate total cost, aggregate investment-level gross/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of total investments (including total securities sold short, if any), and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of outstanding financial instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     
     Total Investments     Outstanding
Financial
Instruments
 
           
Fund Name   Aggregate
Cost ($)
    Gross Unrealized
Appreciation ($)
    Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Asset Allocation Bond Fund     1,227,739,518       141,110       (10,997,047)       (10,855,937)       (1,261,257)  
Core Plus Bond Fund     1,101,830,322       10,044,155       (14,259,482)       (4,215,327)       (8,722,546)  
Emerging Country Debt Fund     4,130,645,514       260,203,961       (292,292,210)       (32,088,249)       4,402,543  
Opportunistic Income Fund     1,201,363,733       40,191,654       (17,873,885)       22,317,769       (3,425,927)  
U.S. Treasury Fund     2,348,377,670       118,158       (1,325,246)       (1,207,088)        

 

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The Funds are subject to authoritative guidance related to the accounting and disclosure of uncertain tax positions under U.S. GAAP. This guidance sets forth a minimum threshold for the financial statement recognition of tax positions taken based on the technical merits of such positions. United States and non-U.S. tax rules (including the interpretation and application of tax laws) are subject to change. The Funds file tax returns and/or adopt certain tax positions in various jurisdictions. Non-U.S. taxes are provided for based on the Funds’ understanding of the prevailing tax rules of the non-U.S. markets in which they invest. Recently enacted tax rules, including interpretations of tax laws (e.g., guidance pertaining to the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and tax legislation/initiatives currently under consideration in various jurisdictions, including the U.S., might affect the way the Funds and their investors are taxed prospectively and/or retroactively. Prior to the expiration of the relevant statutes of limitations, if any, the Funds are subject to examination by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. jurisdictions with respect to the tax returns they have filed and the tax positions they have adopted. The Funds’ U.S. federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed. State, local and/or non-U.S. tax returns and/or other filings may be subject to examination for different periods, depending upon the tax rules of each applicable jurisdiction.

Security transactions and related investment income

Security transactions are accounted for in the financial statements on trade date. For purposes of daily net asset value calculations, the Funds’ policy is that security transactions are generally accounted for on the following business day. GMO may override that policy and a Fund may account for security transactions on trade date if it experiences significant purchases or redemptions or engages in significant portfolio transactions. Dividend income, net of applicable foreign withholding taxes, if any, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, if later, when a Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and is adjusted for the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Principal on inflation-indexed securities is adjusted for inflation and any increase or decrease is recorded as interest income or investment loss. Coupon income is not recognized on securities for which collection is not expected. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, if any, are recorded as components of interest income in the Statements of Operations. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the asset received. In determining the net gain or loss on securities sold, the Funds use the identified cost basis.

Expenses and class allocations

Most of the expenses of the Trust are directly attributable to an individual Fund. Generally, common expenses are allocated among the Funds based on, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the Funds. Investment income, common expenses, purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any, and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the classes of shares of the Funds, if applicable, based on the relative net assets of each class. Shareholder service fees, if any, which are directly attributable to a class of shares, are charged to that class’s operations. In addition, the Funds may incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. Because the underlying funds have different expense and fee levels and the Funds may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses indirectly incurred by a Fund will vary (see Note 5).

State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the Funds’ custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent. Prior to December 31, 2013, State Street’s transfer agent fees may have been reduced by an earnings allowance calculated on the average daily cash balances each Fund maintained in a State Street transfer agent account. Earnings allowances were reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statements of Operations. Effective January 1, 2014, any cash balances maintained at the transfer agent are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations. Any cash balances maintained at the custodian are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations.

Purchases and redemptions of Fund shares

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (if applicable) are paid to and retained by a Fund to help offset estimated portfolio transaction costs and other related costs (e.g., bid to ask spreads, stamp duties, and transfer fees) incurred by the Fund (directly or indirectly through investments in underlying funds) as a result of an investor’s purchase or redemption by allocating estimated transaction costs to the purchasing or redeeming shareholder. Such fees are recorded as a component of the Funds’ net share transactions. A Fund may impose a new purchase premium and redemption fee or modify an existing fee at any time.

Purchase premiums are not charged on reinvestments of dividends or other distributions. Redemption fees apply to all shares of a Fund regardless of how the shares were acquired (e.g., by direct purchase or by reinvestment of dividends or other distributions).

 

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If GMO determines that any portion of a cash purchase or redemption, as applicable, is offset by a corresponding cash redemption or purchase occurring on the same day, it ordinarily will waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee with respect to that portion.

GMO also may waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee for a cash purchase or redemption of a Fund’s shares if the Fund will not incur transaction costs or will incur reduced transaction costs.

GMO also may reduce the purchase premium to the extent that securities are used to purchase a Fund’s shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees). GMO may reduce redemption fees to the extent a Fund uses portfolio securities to redeem its shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees).

Purchase premiums or redemption fees generally will not be waived for purchases and redemptions of Fund shares executed through brokers or agents, including, without limitation, intermediary platforms that are allowed pursuant to agreements with the Trust to transmit orders for purchases and redemptions the day after those orders are received.

As of February 28, 2018, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were as follows:

 

           
     Asset Allocation Bond Fund     Core Plus Bond Fund     Emerging Country Debt Fund(1)     Opportunistic Income Fund   U.S. Treasury Fund  
Purchase Premium                 0.75%     0.40%      
Redemption Fee                 0.75%     0.40%      

 

  (1)  Prior to February 1, 2016, the premiums on purchases and the fee on redemptions were each 0.50% of the amount invested or redeemed.

 

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3. Investment and other risks

The following chart identifies selected risks associated with each Fund. Risks not marked for a particular Fund may, however, still apply to some extent to that Fund at various times.

 

           
     Asset Allocation Bond Fund   Core Plus Bond Fund   Emerging Country Debt Fund   Opportunistic Income Fund   U.S. Treasury Fund
Commodities Risk   X                
Counterparty Risk   X   X   X   X    
Credit Risk   X   X   X   X   X
Currency Risk   X   X   X   X    
Derivatives and Short Sales Risk   X   X   X   X    
Focused Investment Risk   X   X   X   X    
Fund of Funds Risk   X   X   X   X    
Futures Contracts Risk       X       X    
Illiquidity Risk   X   X   X   X    
Large Shareholder Risk   X   X   X   X   X
Leveraging Risk   X   X   X   X    
Management and Operational Risk   X   X   X   X   X
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk   X   X   X   X   X
Market Risk – Asset-Backed Securities   X   X   X   X    
Market Risk – Equities   X   X       X    
Market Risk – Fixed Income   X   X   X   X   X
Non-Diversified Funds   X   X   X   X    
Non-U.S. Investment Risk   X   X   X   X    
Small Company Risk   X   X       X    

Investing in mutual funds involves many risks. The risks of investing in a particular Fund depend on the types of investments in its portfolio and the investment strategies GMO employs on its behalf. This section does not describe every potential risk of investing in the Funds. Funds could be subject to additional risks because of the types of investments they make and market conditions, which may change over time.

Each Fund that invests in other GMO Funds or other investment companies (collectively, “Underlying Funds”) is exposed to the risks to which the Underlying Funds in which it invests are exposed, as well as the risk that the Underlying Funds will not perform as expected. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, the selected risks summarized below include both direct and indirect risks, and references in this section to investments made by a Fund include those made both directly by the Fund and indirectly by the Fund through Underlying Funds.

 

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An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and, therefore, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

COMMODITIES RISK. Commodity prices can be extremely volatile and are affected by many factors. Exposure to commodities can cause the net asset value of a Fund’s shares to decline or fluctuate in a rapid and unpredictable manner. The value of commodity-related derivatives or indirect investments in commodities may fluctuate more than the commodity, commodities or commodity index to which they relate. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for a discussion of specific risks of a Fund’s derivatives investments, including commodity-related derivatives.

COUNTERPARTY RISK. Funds that enter into contracts with counterparties, such as repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements or OTC derivatives contracts, or that lend their securities run the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Fund could miss investment opportunities or otherwise be forced to hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Fund. In addition, a Fund may suffer losses if a counterparty fails to comply with applicable laws or other requirements. The Funds are not subject to any limits on their exposure to any one counterparty nor to a requirement that counterparties with whom they enter into contracts maintain a specific rating by a nationally recognized rating organization. Counterparty risk is pronounced during unusually adverse market conditions and is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions.

Participants in OTC derivatives markets typically are not subject to the same level of credit evaluation and regulatory oversight as are members of exchange-based markets, and, therefore, OTC derivatives generally expose a Fund to greater counterparty risk than exchange-traded derivatives. A Fund is subject to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a derivative in accordance with its terms because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem. If a counterparty’s obligation to a Fund is not collateralized, then the Fund is essentially an unsecured creditor of the counterparty. If a counterparty defaults, the Fund will have contractual remedies (whether or not the obligation is collateralized), but the Fund may be unable to enforce them, thus causing the Fund to suffer a loss. Counterparty risk is greater for derivatives with longer maturities because of the longer time during which events may occur that prevent settlement. Counterparty risk also is greater when a Fund has entered into derivatives contracts with a single or small group of counterparties as it sometimes does as a result of its use of swaps and other OTC derivatives. Funds that use swap contracts are subject, in particular, to the creditworthiness of the counterparties because some types of swap contracts have terms longer than six months (and, in some cases, decades). The creditworthiness of a counterparty may be adversely affected by greater than average volatility in the markets, even if the counterparty’s net market exposure is small relative to its capital. Counterparty risk still exists even if a counterparty’s obligations are secured by collateral because the Fund’s interest in the collateral may not be perfected or additional collateral may not be promptly posted as required. GMO’s view with respect to a particular counterparty is subject to change. The fact, however, that it changes adversely (whether due to external events or otherwise) does not mean that a Fund’s existing transactions with that counterparty will necessarily be terminated or modified. In addition, a Fund may enter into new transactions with a counterparty that GMO no longer considers a desirable counterparty if the transaction is primarily designed to reduce the Fund’s overall risk of potential exposure to that counterparty (for example, re-establishing the transaction with a lower notional amount or entering into a countervailing trade with the same counterparty). Counterparty risk also will be greater if a counterparty’s obligations exceed the value of collateral held by the Fund (if any).

The Funds also are subject to counterparty risk because they execute their securities transactions through brokers and dealers. If a broker or dealer fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Funds could miss investment opportunities or be unable to dispose of investments they would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Funds. Counterparty risk with respect to derivatives has been and will continue to be affected by new rules and regulations relating to the derivatives market. As described under “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk,” some derivatives transactions are required to be centrally cleared, and a party to a cleared derivatives transaction is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and the clearing member through which it holds its cleared position. Credit risk of market participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is concentrated in a few clearing houses, and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. Also, in the event of a counterparty’s (or its affiliate’s) insolvency, the possibility exists that the Funds’ ability to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations or realization on collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under new special resolution regimes adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other jurisdictions. Such regimes provide governmental authorities with broad authority to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty. In particular, in the European Union,

 

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governmental authorities could reduce, eliminate, or convert to equity the liabilities to the Funds of a counterparty experiencing financial difficulties (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).

CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income investment or the obligor of an obligation underlying an asset-backed security will be unable or unwilling to satisfy its obligation to pay principal and interest or otherwise to honor its obligations in a timely manner. The market price of a fixed income investment will normally decline as a result of the issuer’s, guarantor’s, or obligor’s failure to meet its payment obligations, or in anticipation of such failure, or a downgrading of the credit rating of the investment. This risk is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions. Fixed income investments are also subject to illiquidity risk. See “Illiquidity Risk.”

All fixed income investments are subject to credit risk. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. The risk varies depending upon whether the issuer is a corporation, a government or government entity, whether the particular security has a priority over other obligations of the issuer in payment of principal and interest and whether it has any collateral backing or credit enhancement. Credit risk may change over the term of a fixed income investment. U.S. government securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk depending upon whether the securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, supported only by the credit of the issuing U.S. government agency, instrumentality, or corporation, or otherwise supported by the United States. For example, issuers of many types of U.S. government securities (e.g., the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), and Federal Home Loan Banks), although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by Congressional appropriations and their fixed income securities, including mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government. These securities are subject to more credit risk than U.S. government securities that are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States (e.g., U.S. Treasury bonds). Investments in sovereign or quasi-sovereign debt involve the risk that the governmental entities responsible for repayment may be unable or unwilling to pay interest and repay principal when due. A governmental entity’s ability and willingness to pay interest and repay principal in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow, the size of its reserves, its access to foreign exchange, the relative size of its debt service burden to its economy as a whole, and political constraints. Investments in quasi-sovereign issuers are subject to the additional risk that the issuer may default independently of its sovereign. Sovereign debt risk is greater for fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by emerging countries.

In many cases, the credit risk and market price of a fixed income investment are reflected in its credit ratings, and a Fund holding a rated investment is subject to the risk that the investment’s rating will be downgraded, resulting in a decrease in the market price of the fixed income investment.

Securities issued by the U.S. government historically have presented minimal credit risk. However, events in 2011 led to a downgrade in the long-term credit rating of U.S. bonds by several major rating agencies and introduced greater uncertainty about the repayment by the United States of its obligations. A further credit rating downgrade could decrease, and a default in the payment of principal or interest on U.S. government securities would decrease the market price of a Fund’s investments and increase the volatility of a Fund’s portfolio.

As described under “Market Risk — Asset-Backed Securities,” asset-backed securities may be backed by many types of assets and their payment of interest and repayment of principal largely depend on the cash flows generated by the assets backing them. The credit risk of a particular asset-backed security depends on many factors, as described under “Market Risk — Asset-Backed Securities.” The obligations of issuers also may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors.

A Fund also is exposed to credit risk on a reference security to the extent it writes protection under credit default swaps. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for more information regarding risks associated with the use of credit default swaps.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes in response to a credit event depends on many factors and can be difficult to predict. For example, even though the effective duration of a long-term floating rate security is very short, an adverse credit event or change in the perceived creditworthiness of its issuer could cause its market price to decline much more than its effective duration would suggest.

 

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Credit risk is particularly pronounced for below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”). The sovereign debt of many non-U.S. governments, including their sub-divisions and instrumentalities, is below investment grade. Many asset-backed securities also are below investment grade. Below investment grade investments have speculative characteristics, often are less liquid than higher quality investments, present a greater risk of default and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse industry conditions. Investments in distressed or defaulted or other low quality debt investments generally are considered speculative and may involve substantial risks not normally associated with investments in higher quality investments, including adverse business, financial or economic conditions that lead to payment defaults and insolvency proceedings on the part of their issuers. In particular, distressed or defaulted obligations might be repaid, if at all, only after lengthy workout or bankruptcy proceedings, during which the issuer does not make any interest or other payments and a Fund incurs additional expenses in seeking recovery. If GMO’s assessment of the eventual recovery value of a distressed or defaulted debt investment proves incorrect, a Fund may lose a substantial portion or all of its investment or may be required to accept cash or instruments worth less than its original investment. In the event of default of sovereign debt, the Funds may be unable to pursue legal action against the issuer.

 CURRENCY RISK. Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates will adversely affect the market value of a Fund’s investments. Currency risk includes the risk that the currencies in which a Fund’s investments are traded, in which a Fund receives income, or in which a Fund has taken a position will decline in value. Currency risk also includes the risk that the currency to which the Fund has obtained exposure through hedging declines in value relative to the currency being hedged, in which event the Fund may realize a loss on both the hedging instrument and the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can fluctuate significantly for many reasons. See “Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk.”

Many of the Funds use derivatives to take currency positions that are under- or over-weighted (in some cases significantly) relative to the currency exposure of their portfolios and their benchmarks. If the exchange rates of the currencies involved do not move as expected, a Fund could lose money on both its holdings of a particular currency and the derivative. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk.”

Some currencies are illiquid (e.g., some emerging country currencies), and a Fund may not be able to convert them into U.S. dollars, in which case a Fund may have to purchase U.S. dollars at an unfavorable exchange rate. Exchange rates for many currencies (e.g., some emerging country currencies) are affected by exchange control regulations.

Derivative transactions in foreign currencies (such as futures, forwards, options and swaps) may involve leveraging risk in addition to currency risk, as described under “Leveraging Risk.” In addition, the obligations of counterparties in currency derivative transactions are often not secured by collateral, which increases counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”).

 DERIVATIVES AND SHORT SALES RISK. All of the Funds may invest in derivatives, which are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, such as securities, commodities or currencies, reference rates, such as interest rates, currency exchange rates, or inflation rates, or indices. Derivatives involve the risk that their value may not change as expected relative to changes in the value of the assets, rates, or indices they are designed to track. Derivatives include futures contracts, forward contracts, foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, contracts for differences, options on securities and indices, options on futures contracts, options on swap contracts, interest rate caps, floors and collars, reverse repurchase agreements, and other OTC contracts.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. In particular, a Fund’s use of OTC derivatives exposes it to the risk that the counterparties will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor their obligations. An OTC derivatives contract typically can be closed, or the position transferred, only with the consent of the other party to the contract. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund will still have contractual remedies but may not be able to enforce them. Because the contract for each OTC derivative is individually negotiated, the counterparty may interpret contractual terms (e.g., the definition of default) differently than the Fund, and if it does, the Fund may decide not to pursue its claims against the counterparty to avoid the cost and unpredictability of legal proceedings. The Fund, therefore, may be unable to obtain payments GMO believes are owed to it under OTC derivatives contracts, or those payments may be delayed or made only after the Fund has incurred the cost of litigation.

A Fund may invest in derivatives that (i) do not require the counterparty to post collateral (e.g., foreign currency forwards), (ii) require collateral but that do not provide for the Fund’s security interest in it to be perfected, (iii) require a significant upfront deposit by the Fund unrelated to the derivative’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, or (iv) do not require that collateral be regularly marked-to-market. When a counterparty’s obligations are not fully secured by collateral, a Fund runs a greater risk of not being able

 

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to recover what it is owed if the counterparty defaults. Even when derivatives are required by contract to be collateralized, a Fund typically will not receive the collateral for one or more days after the exposure arises.

Derivatives also present other risks described in this section, including market risk, illiquidity risk, currency risk, credit risk, and counterparty risk.

Many derivatives, in particular OTC derivatives, are complex and their valuation often requires modeling and judgment, which increases the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. The pricing models used may not produce valuations that are consistent with the values a Fund realizes when it closes or sells an OTC derivative. Valuation risk is more pronounced when a Fund enters into OTC derivatives with specialized terms because the value of those derivatives in some cases is determined only by reference to similar derivatives with more standardized terms. As a result, incorrect valuations may result in increased cash payments to counterparties, under-collateralization and/or errors in the calculation of a Fund’s net asset value.

A Fund’s use of derivatives may not be effective or have the desired results. Moreover, suitable derivatives will not be available in all circumstances. For example, the cost of taking some derivative positions may be prohibitive, and if a counterparty or its affiliate is deemed to be an affiliate of a Fund, the Funds will not be permitted to trade with that counterparty.

Swap contracts and other OTC derivatives are highly susceptible to illiquidity risk (see “Illiquidity Risk”) and counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”). These derivatives are also subject to documentation risk, which is the risk that ambiguities, inconsistencies or errors in the documentation relating to a derivative transaction may lead to a dispute with the counterparty or unintended investment results. In addition, see “Commodities Risk” for a discussion of risks specific to commodity-related derivatives. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish and/or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. See “Leveraging Risk.”

A Fund’s use of derivatives may be subject to special tax rules and could generate additional taxable income for shareholders. In addition, the tax treatment of a Fund’s use of derivatives will sometimes be unclear. In addition, the SEC has proposed a rule under the 1940 Act, regulating the use by registered investment companies of derivatives and many related instruments. That rule, if adopted as proposed, would, among other things, restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions or so increase the cost of derivatives transactions that a Fund would be unable to implement its investment strategy.

Derivatives Regulation. The U.S. government has enacted legislation that provides for new regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (and some other countries) have adopted similar requirements, which affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty subject to those requirements. Because these requirements are new and evolving (and some of the rules are not yet final), their impact on the Funds remains unclear.

Transactions in some types of swaps (including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps on North American and European indices) are required to be centrally cleared. In a transaction involving those swaps (“cleared derivatives”), a Fund’s counterparty is a clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Since the Funds are not members of clearing houses and only members of a clearing house (“clearing members”) can participate directly in the clearing house, the Funds hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In cleared derivatives positions, the Funds make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing house through their accounts at clearing members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients’ obligations to the clearing house.

In some ways, cleared derivative arrangements are less favorable to mutual funds than bilateral arrangements, for example, by requiring that funds provide more margin for their cleared derivatives positions. Also, as a general matter, in contrast to a bilateral derivatives position, following a period of notice to a Fund, a clearing member at any time can require termination of an existing cleared derivatives position or an increase in the margin required at the outset of a transaction. Clearing houses also have broad rights to increase the margin required for existing positions or to terminate those positions at any time. Any increase in margin requirements or termination of existing cleared derivatives positions by the clearing member or the clearing house could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Further, any increase in margin requirements by a clearing member could expose a Fund to greater credit risk to its clearing member because margin for cleared derivatives positions in excess of a clearing house’s margin requirements typically is held by the clearing member (see “Counterparty Risk”). Also, a Fund is subject to risk if it enters into a

 

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derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. While the documentation in place between the Funds and their clearing members generally provides that the clearing members will accept for clearing all cleared derivatives transactions that are within credit limits (specified in advance) for each Fund, the Funds are still subject to the risk that no clearing member will be willing or able to clear a transaction. In those cases, the position might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of the position, including loss of an increase in the value of the position and loss of hedging protection. In addition, the documentation governing the relationship between the Funds and clearing members is drafted by the clearing members and generally is less favorable to the Funds than the documentation for typical bilateral derivatives. For example, documentation relating to cleared derivatives generally includes a one-way indemnity by the Funds in favor of the clearing member for losses the clearing member incurs as the Funds’ clearing member. Also, such documentation typically does not provide the Funds any remedies if the clearing member defaults or becomes insolvent. While futures contracts entail similar risks, the risks may be more pronounced for cleared derivatives due to their more limited liquidity and market history.

Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Funds. For example, swap execution facilities typically charge fees, and if a Fund executes derivatives on a swap execution facility through a broker intermediary, the intermediary may impose fees as well. Also, a Fund may be required to indemnify a swap execution facility, or a broker intermediary who executes cleared derivatives on a swap execution facility on the Fund’s behalf, against any losses or costs that may be incurred as a result of the Fund’s transactions on the swap execution facility.

If a Fund wishes to execute a package of transactions that include a swap that is required to be executed on a swap execution facility as well as other transactions (for example, a transaction that includes both a security and an interest rate swap that hedges interest rate exposure with respect to such security), the Fund may be unable to execute all components of the package on the swap execution facility. In that case, the Fund would need to trade some components of the package on the swap execution facility and other components in another manner, which could subject the Fund to the risk that some components would be executed successfully and others would not, or that the components would be executed at different times, leaving the Fund with an unhedged position for a period of time.

The U.S. government and the European Union have adopted mandatory minimum margin requirements for bilateral derivatives. New variation margin requirements became effective in March 2017 and new initial margin requirements will become effective in 2020. Such requirements could increase the amount of margin a Fund needs to provide in connection with its derivatives transactions and, therefore, make derivatives transactions more expensive.

These and other new rules and regulations could, among other things, further restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in, or increase the cost to the Fund of, derivatives transactions, for example, by making some types of derivatives no longer available to the Fund or otherwise limiting liquidity. The implementation of the clearing requirement has increased the cost of derivatives transactions for the Funds, since the Funds have to pay fees to their clearing members and are typically required to post more margin for cleared derivatives than they historically posted for bilateral derivatives. The cost of derivatives transactions is expected to increase further as clearing members raise their fees to cover the cost of additional capital requirements and other regulatory changes applicable to the clearing members. These rules and regulations are new and evolving, and, therefore, their potential impact on the Funds and the financial system are not yet known. While the new rules and regulations and central clearing of some derivatives transactions are designed to reduce systemic risk (i.e., the risk that the interdependence of large derivatives dealers could cause them to suffer liquidity, solvency or other challenges simultaneously), there is no assurance that they will achieve that result, and in the meantime, as noted above, central clearing and related requirements expose the Funds to new kinds of costs and risks.

Options. Some Funds are permitted to write options. The market price of an option is affected by many factors, including changes in the market prices or dividend rates of underlying securities (or in the case of indices, the securities in such indices); the time remaining before expiration; changes in interest rates or exchange rates; and changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the relevant stock market and underlying securities. The market price of an option also may be adversely affected if the market for the option becomes less liquid. In addition, since an American-style option allows the holder to exercise its rights any time before the option’s expiration, the writer of an American-style option has no control over when it will be required to fulfill its obligations as a writer of the option. (The writer of a European-style option is not subject to this risk because the holder may only exercise the option

 

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on its expiration date.) If a Fund writes a call option and does not hold the underlying security or instrument, the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited.

National securities exchanges generally have established limits on the maximum number of options an investor or group of investors acting in concert may write. A Fund, GMO, and other funds advised by GMO likely constitute such a group. When applicable, these limits restrict a Fund’s ability to purchase or write options on a particular security.

Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options (i.e., options not traded on exchanges) generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. While a Fund has greater flexibility to tailor an OTC option, OTC options generally expose a Fund to greater credit risk than exchange-traded options, which are guaranteed by the clearing organization of the exchanges where they are traded. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary market risks.

Special tax rules apply to a Fund’s transactions in options, which could increase the taxes payable by shareholders subject to U.S. income taxation. In particular, a Fund’s options transactions potentially could cause a substantial portion of the Fund’s distributions to be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. See the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for more information.

Short Investment Exposure. Some Funds may sell securities or currencies short as part of their investment programs in an attempt to increase their returns or for hedging purposes. Short sales expose a Fund to the risk that it will be required to acquire, convert, or exchange a security or currency to replace the borrowed security or currency when the security or currency sold short has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. Purchasing a security or currency to close out a short position can itself cause the price of the security or currency to rise further, thereby exacerbating any losses. A Fund that sells short a security or currency it does not own typically pays borrowing fees to a broker and is required to pay the broker any dividends or interest it receives on a borrowed security.

A Fund also may create short investment exposure by taking a derivative position in which the value of the derivative moves in the opposite direction from the price of an underlying investment, pool of investments, index or currency.

Short sales of securities or currencies a Fund does not own and “short” derivative positions involve forms of investment leverage, and the amount of the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited. A Fund is subject to increased leveraging risk and other investment risks described in this “Investment and other risks” section to the extent it sells short securities or currencies it does not own or takes “short” derivative positions.

 FOCUSED INVESTMENT RISK. Funds with investments that are focused in particular countries, regions, sectors, industries or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and funds with investments whose prices are closely correlated are subject to greater overall risk than funds with investments that are more diversified or whose prices are not as closely correlated.

A Fund that invests in the securities of a small number of issuers has greater exposure to adverse developments affecting those issuers and to a decline in the market price of those issuers’ securities than Funds investing in the securities of a larger number of issuers. Securities, sectors, or companies that share common characteristics are often subject to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and often react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments.

Similarly, Funds having a significant portion of their assets in investments tied economically (or related) to a particular geographic region, country (e.g., Taiwan or Japan), or market (e.g., emerging markets), or to sectors within a region, country, or market (e.g., Russian oil) have more exposure to regional and country economic risks than funds making investments throughout the world. The political and economic prospects of one country or group of countries within the same geographic region may affect other countries in that region, and a recession, debt crisis or decline in the value of the currency of one country can spread to other countries. Furthermore, companies in a particular geographic region or country are vulnerable to events affecting other companies in that region or country because they often share common characteristics, are exposed to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk.”

 FUND OF FUNDS RISK. Funds that invest in Underlying Funds (including underlying GMO Funds) are exposed to the risk that the Underlying Funds will not perform as expected. The Funds also are indirectly exposed to all of the risks to which the Underlying Funds are exposed.

 

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Absent reimbursement, a Fund bears the fees and expenses of an Underlying Fund (including purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any) in which it invests, and the Fund will incur additional expenses when investing in an Underlying Fund. In addition, total Fund expenses will increase if a Fund makes a new or further investment in Underlying Funds with higher fees or expenses than the average fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds then in the Fund’s portfolio.

In addition, to the extent a Fund invests in shares of underlying GMO Funds, it is indirectly subject to Large Shareholder Risk because those underlying GMO Funds are more likely to have large shareholders (e.g., other GMO Funds). See “Large Shareholder Risk.”

At any particular time, one Underlying Fund may be purchasing securities of an issuer whose securities are being sold by another Underlying Fund, resulting in a Fund that holds each Underlying Fund indirectly incurring the costs associated with the two transactions without changing its exposure to those securities.

Investments in ETFs involve the risk that an ETF’s performance may not track the performance of the index it is designed to track. In addition, ETFs often use derivatives to track the performance of an index, and, therefore, investments in those ETFs are subject to the same derivatives risks discussed in “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk.”

A Fund’s investments in one or more Underlying Funds could affect the amount, timing and character of its distributions and could cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated by such investments, requiring the Fund in turn to liquidate investments at disadvantageous times to generate cash needed to make required distributions.

FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK. The risk of loss to a Fund resulting from its use of futures contracts is potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile, and the use of futures contracts may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value. A Fund’s ability to establish and close out positions in futures contracts is subject to the development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. A liquid secondary market may not exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time, and a Fund might be unable to effect closing transactions to terminate its exposure to the contract. In using futures contracts, a Fund relies on GMO’s ability to predict market and price movements correctly. The skills needed to use futures contracts successfully are different from those needed for traditional portfolio management. If a Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it runs the risk that changes in the prices of the contracts may not correlate perfectly with changes in the securities, index, or other asset underlying the contracts or movements in the prices of the Fund’s investments that are the subject of the hedge.

A Fund typically will be required to post margin with its futures commission merchant in connection with its positions in futures contracts. If the Fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the Fund may have to sell other investments at disadvantageous times. A Fund may be delayed or prevented from recovering margin or other amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant or futures clearinghouse. For example, should the futures commission merchant become insolvent, a Fund may be unable to recover all (or any) of the margin it has posted with the futures commission merchant or realize the value of any increase in the price of its positions.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) and the various exchanges have established limits (referred to as “speculative position limits”) on the maximum net long or net short positions that any person and certain affiliated entities may hold or control in a particular futures contract. In addition, an exchange may impose trading limits on the number of contracts that any person may trade on a particular day. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in violation of these limits, and it may impose sanctions or restrictions. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires the CFTC to establish speculative position limits on listed futures and economically equivalent OTC derivatives, which may adversely affect the market liquidity of the futures contracts, options, and economically equivalent derivatives in which a Fund invests. As a result of such limits, positions held by other GMO clients or by GMO or its affiliates may prevent GMO from taking positions on behalf of a Fund in a particular futures contract or OTC derivative.

Futures contracts traded on markets outside the United States generally are not subject to regulation by the CFTC or other U.S. regulators. U.S. regulators neither regulate the activities of a foreign exchange nor have the power to compel enforcement of the rules of the foreign exchange or the laws of the country in which the exchange is located. Margin and other payments made by a Fund in foreign countries may not have the same protections as payments in the United States. In addition, foreign futures contracts may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. contracts.

 

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ILLIQUIDITY RISK. Illiquidity risk is the risk that low trading volume, lack of a market maker, large position size, or legal restrictions (including daily price fluctuation limits or “circuit breakers”) limits, delays or prevents a Fund from selling particular securities or closing derivative positions at desirable prices. In addition to these risks, a Fund is exposed to illiquidity risk when it has an obligation to purchase particular securities (e.g., as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, writing a put, or closing a short position). To the extent a Fund’s investments include asset-backed securities, distressed, defaulted or other low quality debt securities, emerging country debt securities, securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations or smaller total float adjusted market capitalizations, or emerging market securities, it is subject to increased illiquidity risk. These types of investments can be difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. Illiquidity risk also may be greater in times of financial stress. For example, Inflation-Protected Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (“TIPS”) have experienced periods of greatly reduced liquidity during disruptions in fixed income markets, such as the events surrounding the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Less liquid securities are more susceptible than other securities to price declines when market prices decline generally.

A Fund may buy securities that are less liquid than those in its benchmark. The degree to which a Fund’s securities are illiquid may affect the likelihood of its paying redemption proceeds in-kind.

In recent years, the credit markets have experienced periods characterized by a significant lack of liquidity, and they may experience similar periods in the future. A lack of liquidity could require a Fund to sell securities to satisfy collateral posting requirements and meet redemptions, which could, in turn, create downward price pressure on the securities being sold.

A Fund’s ability to use options as part of its investment program depends on the liquidity of the options market. That market may not be liquid when a Fund seeks to close out an option position, and the hours of trading for options on an exchange may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the markets for those securities that are not immediately reflected in the options markets. If a Fund receives a redemption request and is unable to close out an option it has sold, the Fund may temporarily be leveraged in relation to its assets.

LARGE SHAREHOLDER RISK. To the extent a large number of shares of a Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor or another GMO Fund) or a group of shareholders with a common investment strategy (e.g., GMO asset allocation accounts), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by those shareholders of all or a large portion of their Fund shares will adversely affect the Fund’s performance by forcing the Fund to sell portfolio securities, potentially at disadvantageous prices, to raise the cash needed to satisfy the redemption request. In addition, the Funds and other accounts over which GMO has investment discretion that invest in the Funds are not limited in how often they may sell Fund shares. The Asset Allocation Funds and separate accounts managed by GMO for its clients hold substantial percentages of the outstanding shares of many Funds, and asset allocation decisions by GMO may result in substantial redemptions from (or investments in) those Funds. These transactions may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is required to sell investments when it would not otherwise do so. Redemptions of a large number of shares also may increase transaction costs or, by necessitating a sale of portfolio securities, have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders. Further, from time to time a Fund may trade in anticipation of a purchase or redemption order that is not ultimately received or differs in size from the actual order, leading to temporary underexposure or overexposure to the Fund’s intended investment program. Additionally, redemptions and purchases of shares by a large shareholder or group of shareholders potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards to offset future realized capital gains (if any) and other losses that would otherwise reduce distributable net investment income. In addition, large shareholders may limit or prevent a Fund’s use of equalization for U.S. federal tax purposes.

To the extent a Fund invests in other GMO Funds subject to large shareholder risk, the Fund is indirectly subject to this risk.

LEVERAGING RISK. The use of traditional borrowing (including to meet redemption requests), reverse repurchase agreements and other derivatives and securities lending creates leverage (i.e., a Fund’s investment exposures exceed its net asset value). Leverage increases a Fund’s losses when the value of its investments (including derivatives) declines. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. In the case of swaps, the risk of loss generally is related to a notional principal amount, even if the parties have not made any initial investment. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Similarly, a Fund’s portfolio also will be leveraged if it exercises its right to delay payment on a redemption and can result in losses if

 

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the value of the Fund’s assets changes between the time a redemption request is received or deemed to be received by a Fund (which in some cases may be the business day prior to actual receipt of the transaction activity by the Fund) and the time at which the Fund liquidates assets to meet redemption requests. Such a change in the value of a Fund’s assets is more likely in the case of Funds managed from GMO’s non-U.S. offices for which the time period between the NAV determination and corresponding liquidation of assets could be longer due to time zone differences and market schedules. In the case of redemptions representing a significant portion of a Fund’s portfolio, the leverage effects described above can be significant and could expose a Fund and non-redeeming shareholders to material losses.

A Fund may manage some of its derivative positions by offsetting derivative positions against one another or against other assets. To the extent offsetting positions do not behave in relation to one another as expected, a Fund may perform as if it were leveraged.

Some Funds are permitted to purchase securities on margin or to sell securities short, either of which creates leverage. To the extent the market prices of securities pledged to counterparties to secure a Fund’s margin account or short sale decline, the Fund may be required to deposit additional funds with the counterparty or have the pledged securities liquidated to compensate for the decline.

 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL RISK. Each Fund is subject to management risk because it relies on GMO to achieve its investment objective. Each Fund runs the risk that GMO’s investment techniques will fail to produce desired results and may cause the Fund to incur significant losses. GMO also may fail to use derivatives effectively, choosing to hedge or not to hedge positions at disadvantageous times.

For many Funds, GMO uses quantitative models as part of its investment process. GMO’s models may not accurately predict future market events. In addition, they use assumptions that can limit their effectiveness, and they rely on data that is subject to limitations (e.g., inaccuracies, staleness) that could adversely affect their predictive value. The Funds also run the risk that GMO’s assessment of an investment (including a company’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value) is wrong.

GMO relies on quantitative models in making investment decisions. The usefulness of GMO’s models may be diminished by the faulty incorporation of mathematical models into computer code, by reliance on proprietary and third-party technology that includes errors, omissions, bugs, or viruses, and by the retrieval of limited or imperfect data for processing by the model. These risks are present in the ordinary course of business and are more likely to occur when GMO is making changes to its models. Any of these risks could adversely affect a Fund’s performance.

There can be no assurance that key GMO personnel will continue to be employed by GMO. The loss of their services could have an adverse impact on GMO’s ability to achieve the Funds’ investment objectives

The Funds also are subject to a risk of loss resulting from other services provided by GMO and other service providers, including pricing, administrative, accounting, tax, legal, custody, transfer agency, and other services. Operational risk includes the possibility of loss caused by inadequate procedures and controls, human error, and system failures by a service provider. For example, trading delays or errors could prevent a Fund from benefiting from potential investment gains or avoiding losses. In addition, a service provider may be unable to provide a net asset value (“NAV”) for a Fund or share class on a timely basis. GMO is not contractually liable to the Funds for losses associated with operational risk absent its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of its contractual obligations to provide services to the Funds. Other Fund service providers also have contractual limitations on their liability to the Funds for losses resulting from their errors.

The Funds and their service providers (including GMO) are susceptible to cyber-attacks and to technological malfunctions that may have effects similar to those of a cyber-attack. Cyber-attacks include, among others, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, preventing legitimate users from accessing information or services on a website, releasing confidential information without authorization, and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, a Fund, GMO, a sub-adviser, or a custodian, transfer agent, or other service provider may adversely affect the Fund or its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, affect a Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, cause the release or misappropriation of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and additional compliance costs. While GMO has established business continuity plans and systems designed to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks, such plans and systems are subject to inherent limitations. Similar types of cyber security risks also are present for issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and a

 

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decline in the market price of their securities. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, technological disruptions, malfunctions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the Funds being unable, among other things, to buy or sell securities or accurately price their investments. The Funds cannot directly control cyber security plans and systems put in place by their service providers, the Funds’ counterparties, issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, or securities markets and exchanges.

 MARKET DISRUPTION AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK. The Funds are subject to the risk that geopolitical and other events (e.g., wars and terrorism) will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets, thereby decreasing the value of the Funds’ investments. Sudden or significant changes in the supply or prices of commodities or other economic inputs (e.g., the marked decline in oil prices that began in late 2014) may have material and unexpected effects on both global securities markets and individual countries, regions, sectors, companies, or industries, which could significantly reduce the value of a Fund’s investments. Terrorism in the United States and around the world has increased geopolitical risk. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 resulted in the closure of some U.S. securities markets for four days, and similar attacks are possible in the future. Securities markets may be susceptible to market manipulation or other fraudulent trading practices, which could disrupt their orderly functioning or reduce the prices of securities traded on them, including securities held by the Funds. Fraud and other deceptive practices committed by a company whose securities are held by a Fund undermine GMO’s due diligence efforts and, when discovered, will likely cause a steep decline in the market price of those securities and thus negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments. In addition, when discovered, financial fraud may contribute to overall market volatility, which can negatively affect a Fund’s investment program as well as the rates or indices underlying a Fund’s investments.

While the U.S. government has always honored its credit obligations, a default by the U.S. government (as has been threatened in recent years) would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly reduce the value of the Funds’ investments. Similarly, political events within the United States at times have resulted, and may in the future result, in a shutdown of government services, which could adversely affect the U.S. economy, decrease the value of many Fund investments, and increase uncertainty in or impair the operation of the U.S. or other securities markets. Uncertainty surrounding the sovereign debt of several European Union countries, as well as the continued existence of the European Union itself, has disrupted and may continue to disrupt markets in the United States and around the world. If a country changes its currency or if the European Union dissolves, the world’s securities markets likely will be significantly disrupted. In June 2016, the United Kingdom approved a referendum to leave the European Union (commonly known as “Brexit”). A significant degree of uncertainty exists about the time frame for Brexit and whether it will have a negative impact on the United Kingdom, the European Union and/or the broader global economy.

War, terrorism, economic uncertainty, and related geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Likewise, natural and environmental disasters, such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in early 2011, and systemic market dislocations of the kind surrounding the insolvency of Lehman Brothers in 2008, if repeated, would be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely affecting individual companies and industries, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Funds’ investments. During such market disruptions, the Funds’ exposure to the risks described elsewhere in this “Investment and other risks” section will likely increase. Market disruptions, including sudden government interventions, can also prevent the Funds from implementing their investment programs and achieving their investment objectives. For example, a market disruption may adversely affect the orderly functioning of the securities markets and may cause the Funds’ derivatives counterparties to discontinue offering derivatives on some underlying commodities, securities, reference rates, or indices, or to offer them on a more limited basis. To the extent a Fund has focused its investments in the stock index of a particular region, adverse geopolitical and other events in that region could have a disproportionate impact on the Fund.

MARKET RISK. All of the Funds are subject to market risk, which is the risk that the market price of their holdings will decline. Market risks include:

Asset-Backed Securities — Investments in asset-backed securities not only are subject to all of the market risks described under “Market Risk — Fixed Income,” but to other market risks as well.

Asset-backed securities are often exposed to greater risk of severe credit downgrades, illiquidity, and defaults than many other types of fixed income investments. These risks are particularly acute during periods of adverse market conditions, such as those that occurred in 2008.

 

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As described under “Market Risk — Fixed Income” the market price of fixed income investments with complex structures, such as asset-backed securities, can decline due to a variety of factors, including market uncertainty about their credit quality and the reliability of their payment streams. Payment of interest on asset-backed securities and repayment of principal largely depend on the cash flow generated by the assets backing the securities, as well as the deal structure (e.g., the amount of underlying assets or other support available to produce the cash flows necessary to service interest and make principal payments), the quality of the underlying assets, the level of credit support and the credit quality of the credit-support provider, if any, and the reliability of various other service providers with access to the payment stream. A problem in any one of these factors can lead to a reduction in the payment stream GMO expected a Fund to receive at the time the Fund purchased the asset-backed security. Asset-backed securities involve risk of loss of principal if obligors of the underlying obligations default and the value of the defaulted obligations exceeds whatever credit support the securities have. Asset-backed securities backed by sub-prime mortgage loans, in particular, expose a Fund to potentially greater declines in value due to defaults because sub-prime mortgage loans are typically made to less creditworthy borrowers and thus have a higher risk of default than conventional mortgage loans. The obligations of issuers (and obligors of asset-backed securities) also are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors. As of the date of this report, many asset-backed securities owned by the Funds that were once rated investment grade are now rated below investment grade. See “Credit Risk” for more information about credit risk.

With the deterioration of worldwide economic and liquidity conditions that became acute in 2008, the markets for asset-backed securities became fractured, and uncertainty about the creditworthiness of those securities (and underlying assets) caused credit spreads (the difference between yields on asset-backed securities and U.S. Government securities) to widen dramatically. Concurrently, systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions reduced the ability of financial institutions to make markets in many fixed income securities. These events reduced liquidity and contributed to substantial declines in the market prices of asset-backed and other fixed income securities and may occur again. Also, government actions and proposals affecting the terms of underlying home and consumer loans, changes in demand for products (e.g., automobiles) financed by those loans, and the inability of borrowers to refinance existing loans (e.g., sub-prime mortgages) have had, and may continue to have, adverse valuation and liquidity effects on asset-backed securities.

The market price of an asset-backed security depends in part on the servicing of its underlying assets and is, therefore, subject to risks associated with the negligence or defalcation of its servicer. In some circumstances, the mishandling of documentation for underlying assets also will affect the rights of holders of those underlying assets. The insolvency of a servicer is likely to result in a decline in the market price of the securities it is servicing, as well as costs and delays. The obligations underlying asset-backed securities, in particular securities backed by pools of residential and commercial mortgages, also are subject to unscheduled prepayment, and a Fund may be unable to invest prepayments at as high a yield as was provided by the asset-backed security. When interest rates rise, the obligations underlying asset-backed securities may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and the market price of those securities may decrease.

The existence of insurance on an asset-backed security does not guarantee that the principal and interest will be paid because the insurer could default on its obligations.

The risk of investing in asset-backed securities has increased since the deterioration in worldwide economic and liquidity conditions referred to above because performance of the various sectors in which the assets underlying asset-backed securities are concentrated (e.g., auto loans, student loans, sub-prime mortgages, and credit card receivables) has become more highly correlated. See “Focused Investment Risk” for more information about risks of investing in correlated sectors. A single financial institution may serve as a servicer for many asset-backed securities. As a result, a disruption in that institution’s business may have a material impact on many investments. The risks associated with asset-backed securities are particularly pronounced for Opportunistic Income Fund, which has invested a substantial portion of its assets in asset-backed securities, and for the Funds that have invested a substantial portion of their assets in Opportunistic Income Fund.

Equities — Funds that invest in equities run the risk that the market price of an equity will decline. That decline may be attributable to factors affecting the issuer, such as poor performance by the issuer’s management or reduced demand for its goods or services, or to factors affecting a particular industry, such as a decline in demand, labor or raw material shortages, or increased production costs. A decline also may result from general market conditions not specifically related to a company or industry, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. Equities generally have significant price volatility, and their market prices can decline in a rapid or unpredictable manner. If a Fund purchases an equity for what GMO believes is less than its fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, the

 

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Fund runs the risk that the market price of the equity will not appreciate or will decline due to GMO’s incorrect assessment of the equity’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value. The market prices of equities trading at high multiples of current earnings often are more sensitive to changes in future earnings expectations than the market prices of equities trading at lower multiples.

Fixed Income — Funds that invest in fixed income investments (including bonds, notes, bills, synthetic debt instruments, and asset-backed securities) are subject to various market risks. The market price of a fixed income investment can decline due to market-related factors, including rising interest rates and widening credit spreads, or decreased liquidity stemming from the market’s uncertainty about the value of a fixed income investment (or class of fixed income investments). In addition, the market price of fixed income investments with complex structures, such as asset-backed securities, and sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt instruments, can decline due to uncertainty about their credit quality and the reliability of their payment streams. Some fixed income investments also are subject to unscheduled prepayment, and a Fund may be unable to invest prepayments at as high a yield as was provided by the fixed income investment. When interest rates rise, these investments also may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and the market price of the Fund’s investment may decrease. During periods of economic uncertainty and change, the market price of a Fund’s investments in below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) may be particularly volatile. Often below investment grade investments are subject to greater sensitivity to interest rate and economic changes than higher rated investments and can be more difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. See “Credit Risk” and “Illiquidity Risk” for more information about these risks.

A risk run by each Fund with a significant investment in fixed income investments is that an increase in prevailing interest rates will cause the market price of those securities to decline. The risk associated with increases in interest rates (also called “interest rate risk”) is generally greater for Funds investing in fixed income investments with longer durations. In addition, in managing some Funds, GMO may seek to evaluate potential investments in part by considering the volatility of interest rates. The value of a Fund’s investments may be significantly reduced if GMO’s assessment proves incorrect.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes with changes in interest rates is referred to as interest rate duration, which can be measured mathematically or empirically. A longer-maturity investment generally has longer interest rate duration because its fixed rate is locked in for a longer period of time. Floating-rate or adjustable-rate investments, however, generally have shorter interest rate durations because their interest rates are not fixed but rather float up and down as interest rates change. Conversely, inverse floating-rate investments have durations that move in the opposite direction from short-term interest rates and thus tend to underperform fixed rate investments when interest rates rise but outperform them when interest rates decline. Fixed income investments paying no interest, such as zero coupon and principal-only securities, are subject to additional interest rate risk.

The market price of inflation-indexed bonds (including TIPS) typically declines during periods of rising real interest rates (i.e., nominal interest rate minus inflation) and increases during periods of declining real interest rates. In some interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, the market price of inflation-indexed bonds may decline more than the price of non-inflation-indexed (or nominal) fixed income bonds with similar maturities.

Generally, when interest rates on short term U.S. Treasury obligations equal or approach zero, a Fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in U.S. Treasury obligations, such as U.S. Treasury Fund, will have a negative return unless GMO waives or reduces its management fees.

Fixed income securities denominated in foreign currencies also are subject to currency risk. See “Currency Risk.”

In response to government intervention, economic or market developments, or other factors, markets for fixed income investments may experience periods of high volatility, reduced liquidity or both. During those periods, a Fund could have unusually high shareholder redemptions, requiring it to generate cash by selling portfolio assets when it would otherwise not do so, including at unfavorable prices. Fixed income investments may be difficult to value during such periods. In recent years, central banks and governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have kept interest rates historically low by purchasing bonds. Steps to curtail or “taper” such activities (such as recent indications from the U.S. Federal Reserve of its intent to do so) and other actions by central banks or regulators (such as intervention in foreign currency markets or currency controls) could have a material adverse effect on the Funds.

 NON-DIVERSIFIED FUNDS. All of the Funds (except U.S. Treasury Fund) are not “diversified” investment companies within the meaning of the 1940 Act. This means they are allowed to invest in the securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, they may be

 

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subject to greater credit, market and other risks, and poor performance by a single issuer may have a greater impact on their performance, than if they were “diversified.”

In addition, each of the Funds (other than U.S. Treasury Fund) may invest in shares of one or more other GMO Funds that are not diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act.

NON-U.S. INVESTMENT RISK. Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities are subject to more risks than Funds that invest only in U.S. securities. Many non-U.S. securities markets include securities of only a small number of companies in a small number of industries. As a result, the market prices of securities traded on those markets often fluctuate more than those of U.S. securities. In addition, issuers of non-U.S. securities often are not subject to as much regulation as U.S. issuers, and the reporting, accounting, custody, and auditing standards to which those issuers are subject differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Transactions in non-U.S. securities generally involve higher commission rates, transfer taxes and custodial costs. In addition, some countries limit a Fund’s ability to profit from short-term trading (as defined in that country).

A Fund may be subject to non-U.S. taxation, including potentially on a retroactive basis, on (i) capital gains it realizes or dividends, interest, or other amounts it realizes or accrues in respect of non-U.S. investments; (ii) transactions in those investments; and (iii) repatriation of proceeds generated from the sale or other disposition of those investments. A Fund may seek a refund of taxes paid, but its efforts may not be successful, in which case the Fund will have incurred additional expenses for no benefit. A Fund’s pursuit of such refunds may subject a Fund to various administrative and/or judicial proceedings. A Fund’s decision to seek a refund is in its sole discretion, and, particularly in light of the cost involved, it may decide not to seek a refund, even if it is entitled to one. The outcome of a Fund’s efforts to obtain a refund is inherently unpredictable. Accordingly, a refund is not typically reflected in a Fund’s net asset value until it is received or until GMO is confident that the refund will be received. In some cases, the amount of a refund could be material to a Fund’s net asset value. Absent a determination that a refund is collectible and free from significant contingencies, a refund is not reflected in a Fund’s net asset value. See “Taxes, Non-U.S. Taxes” in the GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information for additional information.

Investing in non-U.S. securities also exposes a Fund to the risk of nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation of assets of their issuers, government involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises), adverse changes in investment regulations, capital requirements or exchange controls (which may include suspension of the ability to transfer currency from a country), and adverse political and diplomatic developments, including the imposition of economic sanctions.

In some non-U.S. securities markets, custody arrangements for securities provide significantly less protection than custody arrangements in U.S. securities markets, and prevailing custody and trade settlement practices (e.g., the requirement to pay for securities prior to receipt) expose a Fund to credit and other risks it does not have in the United States. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates also affect the market prices of a Fund’s non-U.S. securities (see “Currency Risk”).

The Funds need a license to invest directly in many non-U.S. securities markets. These licenses are often subject to limitations, including maximum investment amounts. Once a license is obtained, a Fund’s ability to continue to invest directly is subject to the risk that the license will be terminated or suspended. If a license to invest in a particular market is terminated or suspended, to obtain exposure to that market the Fund will be required to purchase American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, shares of other funds that are licensed to invest directly, or derivative instruments. The receipt of a non-U.S. license by one of GMO’s clients may preclude other clients, including a Fund, from obtaining a similar license and thus limits the Fund’s investment opportunities. In addition, the activities of a GMO client could cause the suspension or revocation of a Fund’s license and thereby limit the Fund’s investment opportunities.

Funds that invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers tied economically to emerging countries (or investments related to emerging markets) are subject to greater non-U.S. investment risk than Funds investing primarily in more developed non-U.S. countries (or markets). The risks of investing in those securities include: greater fluctuations in currency exchange rates; increased risk of default (by both government and private issuers); greater social, economic, and political uncertainty and instability (including the risk of war or natural disaster); increased risk of nationalization, expropriation, or other confiscation of assets of issuers of securities in a Fund’s portfolio; greater governmental involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises); less governmental supervision and regulation of securities markets and participants in those markets; controls on investment, capital controls and limitations on repatriation of invested capital,

 

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dividends, interest and other income and on a Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; inability to purchase and sell investments or otherwise settle security or derivative transactions (i.e., a market freeze); unavailability of currency hedging techniques; differences in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards and resulting unavailability of material information about issuers; slower clearance and settlement; difficulties in obtaining and enforcing legal judgments; and significantly smaller market capitalizations of issuers. In addition, the economies of emerging countries may depend predominantly on only a few industries or revenues from particular commodities.

 SMALL COMPANY RISK. Companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, lack the competitive strength of larger companies, have inexperienced managers or depend on a smaller group of key employees than larger companies. In addition, their securities often are less widely held and trade less frequently and in lesser quantities, and their market prices often fluctuate more, than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations. Market risk and illiquidity risk are particularly pronounced for securities of these companies.

Temporary Defensive Positions. Temporary defensive positions are positions that are inconsistent with a Fund’s principal investment strategies and are taken in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions.

The Funds (other than Emerging Country Debt Fund and U.S. Treasury Fund) may take temporary defensive positions if deemed prudent by GMO. Many of the Funds have previously taken temporary defensive positions.

To the extent a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, or otherwise holds cash, cash equivalents, or high quality debt investments on a temporary basis, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

 

4. Derivative financial instruments

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, reference rates, or indices that are used to increase, decrease or adjust elements of the investment exposures of a Fund’s portfolio. Derivatives may relate to securities, interest rates, currencies, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, commodities and indices, and include foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, reverse repurchase agreements, and other exchange-traded and OTC contracts.

The Funds may use derivatives to gain long investment exposure to securities or other assets. In particular, the Funds may use swaps or other derivatives on an index, a single security, or a basket of securities to gain investment exposures (e.g., by selling protection under a credit default swap). The Funds also may use currency derivatives (including forward currency contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts and options) to gain exposure to a given currency.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to reduce their investment exposures (which may result in a reduction below zero). For example, a Fund may use credit default swaps to take a short position with respect to the likelihood of default by an issuer or may use a bond futures contract to short the bond market of a particular country. A Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to reduce (which may result in a reduction below zero) some aspect of the currency exposure in its portfolio. For these purposes, the Fund may use an instrument denominated in a different currency that GMO believes is highly correlated with the relevant currency. The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to adjust elements of their investment exposures to various securities, sectors, markets, indices, and currencies without actually having to sell existing investments or make new direct investments. For instance, GMO may alter the interest rate exposure of debt instruments by employing interest rate swaps. Such a strategy is designed to maintain the Fund’s exposure to the credit of an issuer through the debt instrument but adjust the Fund’s interest rate exposure through the swap. With these swaps, the Fund and its counterparties exchange interest rate exposure, such as fixed versus variable rates and shorter duration versus longer duration exposure. In adjusting its investment exposures, a Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to adjust its currency exposure, seeking currency exposure that is different (in some cases, significantly different) from the currency exposure represented by its portfolio investments.

Each of the Funds is not limited in its use of derivatives or in the total notional value of its derivative positions. As a result of their derivative positions, the Funds will typically have (or may have, in the case of Opportunistic Income Fund and U.S. Treasury Fund) gross investment exposures in excess of their net assets (i.e., the Funds will be (or may be, in the case of U.S. Treasury Fund) leveraged) and therefore are subject to heightened risk of loss. Each Fund’s (other than U.S. Treasury Fund) performance can depend substantially, if not primarily, on the performance of assets or indices underlying its derivatives even though it does not own those assets or indices.

 

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Certain derivatives transactions that may be used by the Funds, including certain interest rate swaps and certain credit default index swaps, are required to be transacted through a central clearing organization. The Funds hold cleared derivatives transactions, if any, through clearing members, who are members of derivatives clearing houses. Certain other derivatives, including futures and certain options, are transacted on exchanges. The Funds hold exchange-traded derivatives through clearing brokers that are typically members of the exchanges. In contrast to bilateral derivatives transactions, following a period of advance notice to the Fund, clearing brokers generally can require termination of existing cleared or exchange-traded derivatives transactions at any time and increases in margin above the margin that it required at the beginning of a transaction. Clearing houses and exchanges also have broad rights to increase margin requirements for existing transactions and to terminate transactions. Any such increase or termination could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Also, a Fund is subject to execution risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. In that case, the transaction might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of any increase in the value of the transaction after the time of the transaction.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. See “Investment and other risks” above for further information.

For Funds that held derivatives during the year ended February 28, 2018, the following table shows how the Fund used these derivatives (marked with an X):

 

         
Type of Derivative and Objective for Use   Asset Allocation
Bond Fund
    Core Plus
Bond Fund
    Emerging Country
Debt Fund
    Opportunistic
Income Fund
 
Forward currency contracts                                

Adjust currency exchange rate risk

    X       X       X       X  

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

    X       X       X          
Futures contracts                                

Adjust interest rate exposure

            X               X  

Maintain the diversity and liquidity of the portfolio

            X               X  
Options (Purchased)                                

Adjust currency exchange rate risk

    X                          

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

    X                          

Adjust interest rate exposure

                            X  

Achieve exposure to a reference entity’s credit

                            X  

Provide a measure of protection against default loss

                            X  
Options (Written)                                

Achieve exposure to a reference entity’s credit

                            X  

Adjust interest rate exposure

                            X  

Provide a measure of protection against default loss

                            X  
Options (Credit linked)                                

Achieve exposure to a reference entity’s credit

                    X          
Swap contracts                                

Achieve exposure to a reference entity’s credit

                    X       X  

Adjust interest rate exposure

    X       X       X       X  

Provide a measure of protection against default loss

                    X       X  

Provide exposure to the Fund’s benchmark

            X                  

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

                    X          
Rights and/or warrants                                

Achieve exposure to a reference commodity/economic statistic

                    X          

 

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Forward currency contracts

The Funds (except U.S. Treasury Fund) may enter into forward currency contracts, including forward cross currency contracts. A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date (or to pay or receive the amount of the change in relative values of the two currencies). The market price of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in forward currency exchange rates. The value of each of the Fund’s forward currency contracts is marked-to-market daily using rates supplied by a quotation service and changes in value are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Realized gains or losses on the contracts are equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was settled.

These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss. Forward currency contracts expose a Fund to the market risk of unfavorable movements in currency values and the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts. Most forward currency contracts are not collateralized. Forward currency contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Futures contracts

The Funds may purchase and sell futures contracts. A futures contract is a contract that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined delivery price at a specified time in the future. Some futures contracts are net (cash) settled. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit cash, U.S. government and agency obligations or other liquid assets with the futures clearing broker in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement price established at the close of business each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded (and if the futures are traded outside the U.S. and the market for such futures is closed prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, the values will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close). The value of each of the Fund’s futures contracts is marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (“variation margin”) is recorded by each Fund. The payable or receivable is settled on the following business day. Gains or losses are recognized but not accounted for as realized until the contracts expire or are closed. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin as recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Under some circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract can vary from the previous day’s settlement price, thereby effectively preventing liquidation of unfavorable positions. Futures contracts expose the Funds to the risk that they may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Futures contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Options

The Funds may purchase call and put options. A call option gives the holder the right to buy an asset; a put option gives the holder the right to sell an asset. “Quanto” options are cash-settled options in which the underlying asset (often an index) is denominated in a currency other than the currency in which the option is settled. By purchasing options a Fund alters its exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, entitling it to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the writer of the option and, in the case of a put option, entitling it to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the writer of the option. A Fund pays a premium for a purchased option. That premium, if any, which is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments, is subsequently reflected in the marked-to-market value of the option. The potential loss associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Purchased option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

The Funds may write (i.e., sell) call and put options on futures, swaps (“swaptions”), securities or currencies they own or in which they may invest. Writing options alters a Fund’s exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, obligating that Fund to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the option-holder and, in the case of a put option, obligating that Fund to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the option-holder. In some cases (e.g., index options), settlement will be in cash, based on a formula price. When a Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently included in the marked-to-market value of the option. As a writer of an option, a Fund has no control over whether it will be required to sell (call) or purchase (put) the underlying asset and as a result bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the asset underlying the option. In the event that a Fund writes call options without an offsetting exposure (e.g., call options on an asset that the Fund does not own), it bears an unlimited risk of loss if the price of the underlying asset increases during the term of the option. OTC options expose a Fund to the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid

 

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market. Written option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

When an option contract is closed, that Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction in the cost of investments purchased. Gains and losses from the expiration or closing of written option contracts are separately disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

In a credit linked option contract, one party makes payments to another party in exchange for the option to exercise a contract where the buyer has the right to receive a specified return if a credit event (e.g., default or similar event) occurs with respect to a reference entity or entities and a specified decrease in the value of the related collateral occurs. A writer of a credit linked option receives periodic payments in return for its obligation to pay an agreed-upon value to the other party if they exercise their option in the case of a credit event. If no credit event occurs, the seller has no payment obligation and will keep the premiums received.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions. The Funds value OTC options using industry models and inputs provided by primary pricing sources.

Swap contracts

The Funds may directly or indirectly use various swap contracts, including, without limitation, swaps on securities and securities indices, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, variance swaps, commodity swaps, inflation swaps, municipal swaps, dividend swaps, volatility swaps, correlation swaps and other types of available swaps. A swap contract is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one asset for the return generated by another asset. Some swap contracts are net settled. When entering into a swap contract and during the term of the transaction, a Fund and/or the swap counterparty may post or receive cash or securities as collateral.

Initial upfront payments received or made upon entering into a swap contract are included in the fair market value of the swap. The Funds do not amortize upfront payments. Net periodic payments made or received to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap contract and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors) are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap contract is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations.

Interest rate swap contracts involve an exchange by the parties of their respective commitments to pay or rights to receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate interest payments for fixed rate interest payments with respect to the notional amount of principal). Basis swaps are interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of two floating interest rate payments and may involve the exchange of two different currencies.

Inflation swaps involve the exchange of a floating rate linked to an index for a fixed rate interest payment with respect to a notional amount or principal.

Total return swap contracts involve a commitment by one party to pay interest to the other party in exchange for a payment to it from the other party based on the return of a reference asset (e.g., a security, basket of securities, or futures contract), both based on notional amounts. To the extent the return of the reference asset exceeds or falls short of the interest payments, one party is entitled to receive a payment from or obligated to make a payment to the other party.

In a credit default swap contract, one party makes payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return (or to put a security) if a credit event (e.g., default or similar event) occurs with respect to a reference entity or entities. A seller of credit default protection receives periodic payments in return for its obligation to pay the principal amount of a debt security (or other agreed-upon value) to the other party upon the occurrence of a credit event. If no credit event occurs, the seller has no payment obligations so long as there is no early termination.

For credit default swap contracts on asset-backed securities, a credit event may be triggered by various occurrences, which may include an issuer’s failure to pay interest or principal on a reference security, a breach of a material representation or covenant, an

 

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agreement by the holders of an asset-backed security to a maturity extension, or a write-down on the collateral underlying the security. For credit default swap contracts on corporate or sovereign issuers, a credit event may be triggered by such occurrences as the issuer’s bankruptcy, failure to pay interest or principal, repudiation/moratorium and/or restructuring.

Correlation swaps involve receiving a stream of payments based on the actual average correlation between or among the price movements of two or more underlying variables over a period of time, in exchange for making a regular stream of payments based on a fixed “strike” correlation level (or vice versa), where both payment streams are based on a notional amount. The underlying variables may include, without limitation, commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates and stock indices.

Variance swap contracts involve an agreement by two parties to exchange cash flows based on the measured variance (or square of volatility) of a specified underlying asset. One party agrees to exchange a “fixed rate” or strike price payment for the “floating rate” or realized price variance on the underlying asset with respect to the notional amount. At inception, the strike price chosen is generally fixed at a level such that the fair value of the swap is zero. As a result, no money changes hands at the initiation of the contract. At the expiration date, the amount payable by one party to the other is the difference between the realized price variance of the underlying asset and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount. A receiver of the realized price variance would be entitled to receive a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be obligated to make a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. A payer of the realized price variance would be obligated to make a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be entitled to receive a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. This type of agreement is essentially a forward contract on the future realized price variance of the underlying asset.

Generally, the Funds price their OTC swap contracts daily using industry standard models that may incorporate quotations from market makers or pricing vendors and record the change in value, if any, as unrealized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations. Gains or losses are realized upon the termination of the swap contracts or reset dates, as appropriate. Cleared swap contracts are valued using the quote (which may be based on a model) published by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared swap contract is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that swap contract will generally be valued using an industry standard model, which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house.

The values assigned to swap contracts may differ significantly from the values realized upon termination, and the differences could be material. Entering into swap contracts involves counterparty credit, legal, and documentation risk that is generally not reflected in the value assigned to the swap contract. Such risks include the possibility that the counterparty defaults on its obligations to perform or disagrees as to the meaning of contractual terms, that a Fund has amounts on deposit in excess of amounts owed by that Fund, or that any collateral the other party posts is insufficient or not timely received by a Fund. Credit risk is particularly acute in economic environments in which financial services firms are exposed to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and subsequent market disruptions. Swap contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Rights and warrants

The Funds may purchase or otherwise receive warrants or rights. Warrants and rights generally give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise, a security of the issuer at a set price. Funds typically use warrants and rights in a manner similar to their use of purchased options on securities, as described in the section entitled “Options” above. Risks associated with the use of warrants and rights are generally similar to risks associated with the use of purchased options. However, warrants and rights often do not have standardized terms, and may have longer maturities and may be less liquid than exchange-traded options. In addition, the terms of warrants or rights may limit a Fund’s ability to exercise the warrants or rights at such times and in such quantities as the Fund would otherwise wish. Rights and/or warrants outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

As provided by U.S. GAAP, the table below is based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. Changes to market values of reference asset(s) will tend to have a greater impact on the Funds (with correspondingly greater risk) the greater the notional amount. For further information on notional amounts, see the Schedule of Investments.

The following is a summary of the valuations of derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure.

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of February 28, 2018 and the Statements of Operations for the year ended February 28, 2018^:

The risks referenced in the tables below are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Portfolio valuation” sections for a further discussion of risks.

 

             
     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

 

         

Asset Derivatives

             

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ 1,750,429     $     $     $ 1,750,429  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

                      921,854             921,854  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 1,750,429     $ 921,854     $     $ 2,672,283  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 1,750,429     $ 921,854     $     $ 2,672,283  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (3,387,621   $     $     $ (3,387,621

Swap Contracts, at value¤

                      (2,268,145           (2,268,145
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ (3,387,621   $ (2,268,145   $     $ (5,655,766
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ (3,387,621   $ (2,268,145   $     $ (5,655,766
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (purchased options)

  $     $     $ (1,064,009   $     $     $ (1,064,009

Forward Currency Contracts

                (2,327,785                 (2,327,785

Swap Contracts

                      4,530,459             4,530,459  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ (3,391,794   $ 4,530,459     $     $ 1,138,665  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (purchased options)

  $     $     $ 899,823     $     $     $ 899,823  

Forward Currency Contracts

                (30,118                 (30,118

Swap Contracts

                      4,404,844             4,404,844  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 869,705     $ 4,404,844     $     $ 5,274,549  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Core Plus Bond Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ 2,656,262     $     $     $ 2,656,262  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts ¤

                      281,284             281,284  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

                      1,100,119             1,100,119  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 2,656,262     $ 1,381,403     $     $ 4,037,665  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 2,656,262     $ 1,381,403     $     $ 4,037,665  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (11,492,764   $     $     $ (11,492,764

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts ¤

                      (10,593           (10,593

Swap Contracts, at value¤

                      (3,510,809           (3,510,809
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ (11,492,764   $ (3,521,402   $     $ (15,014,166
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ (11,492,764   $ (3,521,402   $     $ (15,014,166
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Core Plus Bond Fund (continued)

             

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ 30,751     $     $     $ 30,751  

Futures Contracts

                      (2,071,930           (2,071,930

Swap Contracts

                      9,630,627             9,630,627  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 30,751     $ 7,558,697     $     $ 7,589,448  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
               

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (8,841,457   $     $     $ (8,841,457

Futures Contracts

                      (13,323           (13,323

Swap Contracts

                      (1,818,833           (1,818,833
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $         —     $ (8,841,457   $ (1,832,156   $     $ (10,673,613
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Emerging Country Debt Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $     $     $ 51,881,988     $ 51,881,988  

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

                1,957,106                   1,957,106  

Options, at value

    477,374                               477,374  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    10,437,626                               10,437,626  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 10,915,000     $     $ 1,957,106     $     $ 51,881,988     $ 64,754,094  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $ 51,881,988     $ 51,881,988  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ 10,915,000     $     $ 1,957,106     $     $     $ 12,872,106  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Options, at value

  $ (1,389,607   $     $     $     $     $ (1,389,607

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    (16,820,416             (11,191,816           (28,012,232
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (18,210,023   $     $     $ (11,191,816   $     $ (29,401,839
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ (18,210,023   $     $     $ (11,191,816   $     $ (29,401,839
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

             

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (10,000,291   $     $     $ (10,000,291

Options

    120,135                               120,135  

Swap Contracts

    (5,032,765                 (2,031,830           (7,064,595
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (4,912,630   $     $ (10,000,291   $ (2,031,830   $     $ (16,944,751
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $     $     $ 3,159,451     $ 3,159,451  

Forward Currency Contracts

                1,755,645                   1,755,645  

Options

    1,073,487                               1,073,487  

Swap Contracts

    2,073,913                   (4,936,487           (2,862,574
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,147,400     $     $ 1,755,645     $ (4,936,487   $ 3,159,451     $ 3,126,009  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Opportunistic Income Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Investments, at value (purchased options)

  $ 493,775     $     $     $     $     $ 493,775  

Unrealized Appreciation on Future Contracts

                      53,404             53,404  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    22,385,958                   3,788,704             26,174,662  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 22,879,733     $     $     $ 3,842,108     $     $ 26,721,841  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ 22,879,733     $     $     $ 3,842,108     $     $ 26,721,841  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (17,898   $     $     $ (17,898

Futures

                  (18,371           (18,371

Written Options, at value

    (241,049                             (241,049

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    (6,421,838                 (285,552             —       (6,707,390
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (6,662,887   $     $ (17,898   $ (303,923   $     $ (6,984,708
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ (6,662,887   $     $ (17,898   $ (303,923   $     $ (6,984,708
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (purchased options)

  $ (4,309,414   $     $     $ (963,969   $     $ (5,273,383

Forward Currency Contracts

                (352,853                 (352,853

Futures Contracts

                      (1,367,349           (1,367,349

Written Options

    2,303,637                   556,307             2,859,944  

Swap Contracts

    (3,246,672     359,677             499,416             (2,387,579
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (5,252,449   $ 359,677     $ (352,853   $ (1,275,595   $     $ (6,515,220
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (purchased options)

  $ 511,293     $     $     $ 721,592     $     $ 1,232,885  

Forward Currency Contracts

                (93,187                 (93,187

Futures Contracts

                      35,033             35,033  

Written Options

    (114,099                 (226,398           (340,497

Swap Contracts

    (2,604,600                 625,484             (1,979,116
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (2,207,406   $     $ (93,187   $ 1,155,711     $     $ (1,144,882
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

  ^ Because the Funds recognize changes in value through the Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these tables.
  ¤ The table includes cumulative unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures and value of cleared swap contracts, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Year end variation margin on open futures and cleared swap contracts, if any, is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Certain Funds are party to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements, Global Master Repurchase Agreements or other similar types of agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) that generally govern the terms of OTC derivative transactions, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements. The Master Agreements may include collateral posting terms and set-off provisions that apply in the event of a default and/or termination event. Upon the occurrence of such an event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, the Master Agreements may permit the non-defaulting party to calculate a single net payment to close out applicable transactions. However, there is no guarantee that the terms of a Master Agreement will be enforceable; for example, when bankruptcy or insolvency laws impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset. Additionally, the set-off and netting provisions of a Master Agreement may not extend to the obligations of the counterparty’s affiliates or across varying types of transactions. Because no such event has occurred, the Funds do not presently have a legally enforceable right of set-off and these amounts have not been offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, but have been

 

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presented separately in the table below. Termination events may also include a decline in the net assets of a Fund below a certain level over a specified period of time and may entitle a counterparty to elect an early termination of all the transactions under the Master Agreement with that counterparty. Such an election by one or more of the counterparties could have a material adverse impact on a Fund’s operations. An estimate of the aggregate net payment, if any, that may need to be paid by a Fund (or may be received by a Fund) in such an event is represented by the Net Amounts in the tables below. For more information about other uncertainties and risks, see “Investments and other risks” above.

For financial reporting purposes, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities any cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds is reported as Due from Broker and any cash collateral received from the counterparty is reported as Due to Broker. Any non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds is noted in the Schedules of Investments. The tables below show the potential effect of netting arrangements made available by the Master Agreements on the financial position of the Funds. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities generally show derivative assets and derivative liabilities (regardless of whether they are subject to netting arrangements) on a gross basis, which reflects the full risks and exposures of the Fund prior to netting. See Note 2 for information on repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements held by the Funds at February 28, 2018, if any.

The tables above present the Funds’ derivative assets and liabilities by type of financial instrument. The following tables present the Funds’ OTC and/or exchange-traded derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts that may be available for offset under the Master Agreements by the terms of the agreement and net of the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of February 28, 2018:

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Barclays Bank plc

  $ 61,742     $         —     $ 61,742     $  

Goldman Sachs International

    830,839       (244,771     (586,068    

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    857,848             857,848        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,750,429     $ (244,771   $ 333,522     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 371,143     $ (371,143   $     $

Barclays Bank plc

    651,378       (494,583     (61,742     95,053  

Goldman Sachs International

    586,068             586,068        

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    1,779,032       (921,184     (857,848    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,387,621     $ (1,786,910   $ (333,522   $ 95,053  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Core Plus Bond Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Barclays Bank plc

  $ 93,058     $         —     $ 93,058     $  

Goldman Sachs International

    1,249,499             1,249,499        

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    1,313,705             1,313,705        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,656,262     $     $ 2,656,262     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 554,689     $ (554,689   $     $

Barclays Bank plc

    934,446       (633,413     (93,058     207,975  

Deutsche Bank AG

    2,463,930       (2,164,159           299,771  

Goldman Sachs International

    2,594,054       (1,126,381     (1,249,499     218,174  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    2,736,935       (1,423,230     (1,313,705    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    2,208,710       (1,652,339           556,371  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 11,492,764     $ (7,554,211   $ (2,656,262   $ 1,282,291  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Emerging Country Debt Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Deutsche Bank AG

  $ 4,681,693     $     $ 4,681,693     $  

Goldman Sachs International

    2,282,240             2,282,240        

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    2,830,985             2,830,985        

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    435,339                   435,339  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 10,230,257     $     $ 9,794,918     $ 435,339  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 404,121     $ (404,121   $     $

Barclays Bank plc

    1,213,377       (1,213,377          

Deutsche Bank AG

    7,555,923       (2,625,047     (4,681,693     249,183  

Goldman Sachs International

    6,905,157       (3,775,494     (2,282,240     847,423  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    13,323,261       (9,735,614     (2,830,985     756,662
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 29,401,839     $ (17,753,653   $ (9,794,918   $ 1,853,268  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Opportunistic Income Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 5,100,280     $ (4,639,750   $ (460,530   $

Credit Suisse International

    250,864       (80,000     (91,213     79,651  

Deutsche Bank AG

    772,052       (430,000     (291,674     50,378  

Goldman Sachs International

    3,988,228       (3,260,801     (727,427    

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    9,912,179       (8,628,068     (1,284,111    

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

    2,625,544             (166,076     2,459,468  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 22,649,147     $ (17,038,619   $ (3,021,031   $ 2,589,497  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 460,530     $     $ 460,530     $  

Barclays Bank plc

    1,300,683       (1,300,683          

Citibank N.A.

    89,758                   89,758  

Credit Suisse International

    91,213             91,213        

Deutsche Bank AG

    291,674             291,674        

Goldman Sachs International

    727,427             727,427        

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    1,284,111             1,284,111        

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

    166,076             166,076        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 4,411,472     $ (1,300,683   $ 3,021,031     $ 89,758  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  * The actual collateral received and/or pledged is more than the amount shown.

The average derivative activity of notional amounts (forward currency contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts), market values (rights and/or warrants), and principal amounts or number of contracts (options) outstanding, based on absolute values, at each month-end, was as follows for the year ended February 28, 2018:

 

             
Fund Name   Forward
Currency
Contracts ($)
    Futures
Contracts ($)
    Swap
Contracts ($)
    Options
(Principal)
    Options
(Contracts)
    Rights and/or
Warrants ($)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    572,833,240             543,336,280       10,287,500              

Core Plus Bond Fund

    174,280,141       95,738,135       521,016,485                    

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    77,931,912             1,340,049,568       363,028,667             50,625,226  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    5,848,654       96,620,539       714,929,583       1,059,021,421       5,001        

 

5. Fees and other transactions with affiliates

GMO receives a management fee for the services it provides to each Fund. Management fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below:

 

           
     Asset
Allocation
Bond Fund
    Core Plus
Bond Fund
    Emerging Country
Debt Fund
    Opportunistic
Income Fund
    U.S. Treasury
Fund
 

Management Fee

    0.25%       0.25%       0.35%       0.40%(a)       0.08%(b)  

 

  (a) Prior to January 1, 2017, the management fee was 0.25%.
  (b) GMO has voluntarily waived the Fund’s entire management fee.

 

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In addition, each class of shares of certain Funds pays GMO a shareholder service fee for providing client services and reporting, such as performance information, client account information, personal and electronic access to Fund information, access to analysis and explanations of Fund reports, and assistance in maintaining and correcting client-related information. Shareholder service fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each applicable Class’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below:

 

       
Fund Name   Class III     Class IV     Class VI  

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    0.15%               0.055%  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    0.15%       0.10%          

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    0.15%       0.10%          

Opportunistic Income Fund

    0.15%             0.055%  

 

  * Class is offered but has no shareholders as of February 28, 2018.

For each Fund, other than Emerging Country Debt Fund, GMO has contractually agreed to reimburse each Fund for its “Specified Operating Expenses” (as defined below). Any such reimbursements are paid to a Fund concurrently with the Fund’s payment of management fees to GMO.

“Specified Operating Expenses” means: audit expenses, fund accounting expenses, pricing service expenses, expenses of non-investment related tax services, transfer agency expenses, expenses of non-investment related legal services provided to the Funds by or at the direction of GMO, organizational and start-up expenses, federal securities law filing expenses, printing expenses, state and federal registration fees and custody expenses.

For each Fund that pays GMO a management fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce that fee, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the management fees paid to GMO that are directly or indirectly borne by the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

For each Fund that charges a shareholder service fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce the shareholder service fee charged to holders of each class of shares of the Fund, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the shareholder service fees directly or indirectly borne by the class of shares of the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

These contractual waivers and reimbursements will continue through at least June 30, 2018 for each Fund unless the Funds’ Board of Trustees authorizes their modification or termination or reduces the fee rates paid to GMO under the Fund’s management contract or servicing and supplemental support agreement.

In addition to the contractual waivers and reimbursements described above, GMO has voluntarily agreed to waive U.S. Treasury Fund’s entire management fee. GMO may change or terminate this waiver at any time.

The Funds’ portion of the gross fees paid by the Trust to the Trust’s independent Trustees and their legal counsel and any agents unaffiliated with GMO during the year ended February 28, 2018 is shown in the table below and is included in the Statements of Operations.

 

     
Fund Name   Independent Trustees
and their legal counsel ($)
    Agent
unaffiliated
with GMO ($)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    31,205       2,855  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    18,943       1,561  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    95,649       8,139  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    29,312       2,552  

U.S. Treasury Fund

    53,309       4,658  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Certain Funds incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. For the year ended February 28, 2018 these indirect fees and expenses expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets were as follows:

 

         
Fund Name   Indirect Net Expenses
(excluding shareholder
service fees)
    Indirect Shareholder
Service Fees
    Indirect Interest
Expense
    Total Indirect
Expenses
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    0.000%       0.000%       0.000%       0.000%  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    0.103%       0.017%       < 0.001%       0.120%  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    0.002%       < 0.001%       < 0.001%       0.002%  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

U.S. Treasury Fund

    0.000%       0.000%       0.000%       0.000%  

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other GMO funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effectuated at the current market price. During the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not engage in these transactions.

 

6. Purchases and sales of securities

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and including GMO U.S. Treasury Fund, if applicable, for the year ended February 28, 2018 are noted in the table below:

 

         
     Purchases ($)     Purchases ($)     Sales ($)     Sales ($)  
         
Fund Name   U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
    U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    1,060,697,779             1,323,743,420        

Core Plus Bond Fund

    1,811,217,174       449,850,212       1,638,934,831       350,646,785  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    238,614,205       983,219,998       359,501,648       1,274,070,472  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    1,278,584,922       1,035,421,954       1,260,236,200       1,260,761,396  

U.S. Treasury Fund

                       

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities for in-kind transactions, excluding short-term investments, in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the year ended February 28, 2018 are noted in the table below:

 

     
Fund Name   Purchases ($)     Sales ($)  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    143,469,000*        

 

  * $15,552,985 of the purchases in-kind were contributed by affiliates.

 

7. Guarantees

In the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with third-party service providers that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves possible future claims that may or may not be made against the Funds. Based on experience, GMO is of the view that the risk of loss to the Funds in connection with the Funds’ indemnification obligations is remote; however, there can be no assurance that such obligations will not result in material liabilities that adversely affect the Funds.

 

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8. Principal shareholders and related parties as of February 28, 2018

 

         
Fund Name   Number of
shareholders that held
more than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of
outstanding shares of
the Fund held by those
shareholders owning
greater than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of the
shares of the Fund held
by senior management
of GMO and
GMO Trust officers
    Percentage of the
Fund’s shares held
by accounts for
which GMO has
investment discretion
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    2 ‡      74.30     < 0.01     99.99%  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    4     80.01     < 0.01     98.52%  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

                0.15     18.60%  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    3 §      79.10     0.58     99.07%  

U.S. Treasury Fund

    1 ‡      46.13     0.15     98.01%  

 

  One of the shareholders is another fund of the Trust.
  # Two of the shareholders are other funds of the Trust.
  § Three of the shareholders are other funds of the Trust.

 

9. Share transactions

The Declaration of Trust permits each Fund to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Transactions in the Funds’ shares were as follows:

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

         

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    1,573,475     $ 34,917,836       2,214,990     $ 48,861,899  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    91,336       2,024,013              

Shares repurchased

    (4,973,988     (110,702,677     (5,396,762     (119,141,029
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (3,309,177   $ (73,760,828     (3,181,772   $ (70,279,130
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:

 

Shares sold

    2,580,795     $ 57,553,648       1,080,206     $ 23,894,585  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    470,101       10,450,335              

Shares repurchased

    (11,188,462     (249,507,549     (31,684,438     (702,776,501
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (8,137,566   $ (181,503,566     (30,604,232   $ (678,881,916
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Core Plus Bond Fund

         

Class III:#

 

Shares sold

    1,511,400     $ 31,905,214       767,574     $ 16,125,848  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    15,651       332,939       11,511       240,429  

Shares repurchased

    (922,673     (19,856,258     (2,168,606     (46,416,742
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    604,378     $ 12,381,895       (1,389,521   $ (30,050,465
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:#

 

Shares sold

    23,678,705     $ 510,328,333       23,983,698     $ 504,551,462  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,076,119       22,940,052       177,829       3,760,584  

Shares repurchased

    (7,650,117     (163,862,356     (7,405,907     (159,277,873
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    17,104,707     $ 369,406,029       16,755,620     $ 349,034,173  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

         

Class III:#

 

Shares sold

    11,880,407 (a)    $ 347,049,633 (a)      8,275,889     $ 239,701,434  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,305,305       66,786,479       1,985,567       55,168,020  

Shares repurchased

    (6,501,002     (193,461,462     (5,267,885     (152,424,481

Purchase premiums

          245,786             242,030  

Redemption fees

          782,548             1,131,479  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    7,684,710     $ 221,402,984       4,993,571     $ 143,818,482  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:#

 

Shares sold

    22,750,109 (b)    $ 673,666,225 (b)      5,763,893     $ 159,047,268  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    6,058,977       175,314,884       6,895,496       191,536,760  

Shares repurchased

    (32,863,719     (967,610,732     (27,719,432     (789,476,258

Purchase premiums

          638,653             861,411  

Redemption fees

          2,240,267             4,035,552  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,054,633   $ (115,750,703     (15,060,043   $ (433,995,267
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Opportunistic Income Fund

         

Class VI:

         

Shares sold

    5,326,894     $ 139,877,903       6,762,681     $ 171,348,377  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,013,058       26,556,559       1,438,264       36,271,611  

Shares repurchased

    (19,292,435     (503,079,247     (16,653,463     (421,440,542

Purchase premiums

          234,774             330,391  

Redemption fees

          1,686,586             1,329,128  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (12,952,483   $ (334,723,425     (8,452,518   $ (212,161,035
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

U.S. Treasury Fund

         

Core Class:

         

Shares sold

    328,805,953     $ 8,215,411,179       368,440,068     $ 9,213,633,291  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    793,804       19,832,371       549,319       13,735,786  

Shares repurchased

    (343,182,979     (8,574,817,064     (423,663,112     (10,594,194,801
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (13,583,222   $ (339,573,514     (54,673,725   $ (1,366,825,724
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  (a)  856,877 shares and $24,671,277 were purchased in-kind.

 

  (b)  4,131,686 shares and $118,797,723 were purchased in-kind. $15,552,985 of the purchases in-kind were contributed by affiliates.

 

  # Shares were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.

 

100


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

 

10. Investments in affiliated companies and other Funds of the Trust

An affiliated company for the purposes of this disclosure is a company in which a Fund has or had direct ownership of at least 5% of the issuer’s voting securities or an investment in other funds of GMO Trust. A summary of the Funds’ transactions involving companies that are or were affiliates during the year ended February 28, 2018 is set forth below:

 

               
Affiliate   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Dividend
Income
    Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net Increase/
Decrease in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Value, end of
period
 

Core Plus Bond Fund

 

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV

  $ 28,722,150     $ 23,261,996     $     $ 3,196,881     $     $ (1,242,520   $ 50,741,626  

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

    113,920,146       91,254,524       14,500,000       5,069,960       569,419       2,541,603       193,785,692  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    88,644,748       266,060,000       336,140,000       671,965       (44,291     (7,415     18,513,042  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 231,287,044     $ 380,576,520     $ 350,640,000     $ 8,938,806     $ 525,128     $ 1,291,668     $ 263,040,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Emerging Country Debt Fund

 

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

  $ 14,643,342     $     $     $ 396,302     $     $ 357,847     $ 15,001,189  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    87,277,534             6,000,000       883,745       (4,802     (95,129     81,177,603  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 101,920,876     $     $ 6,000,000     $ 1,280,047     $ (4,802   $ 262,718     $ 96,178,792  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Opportunistic Income Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 72,837,633     $ 360,930,000     $ 375,326,112     $ 401,545     $ (50,518   $ (3,054   $ 58,387,949  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

11. Subsequent events

Maturity and interest payments due April 10, 2018 on GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund’s investment in Electricidad de Caracas Finance BV 8.50% bond were not received as of April 10, 2018. Related receivables of $4,737,263 which are reflected in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities were removed from the Fund subsequent to February 28, 2018.

 

101


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of GMO Trust and Shareholders of

GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund, GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund,

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, and GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund, GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, and GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (five of the funds constituting GMO Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of February 28, 2018, the related statements of operations for the year ended February 28, 2018, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of February 28, 2018, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended February 28, 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2018 by correspondence with the custodians, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 25, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the GMO mutual funds complex since 1985.

 

102


GMO Trust Funds

(A Series of GMO Trust)

 

Fund Expenses

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Expense Examples: The following information is in relation to expenses for the six month period ended February 28, 2018.

As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including purchase premium and redemption fees, if applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including direct and/or indirect management fees, direct and/or indirect shareholder services fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.

Actual Expenses

This section of the table for each class below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $10,000,000 account value divided by $1,000 = 10,000), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

This section of the table for each class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as purchase premium and redemption fees. Therefore, this section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Actual     Hypothetical    

 

 
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

 

         

Class III

    $1,000.00       $989.90       $1.97       $1,000.00       $1,022.81       $2.01       0.40%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $990.10       $1.53       $1,000.00       $1,023.26       $1.56       0.31%  

Core Plus Bond Fund

 

         

Class III

    $1,000.00       $984.00       $2.02       $1,000.00       $1,022.76       $2.06       0.41%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $984.50       $1.77       $1,000.00       $1,023.01       $1.81       0.36%  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

 

         

Class III

    $1,000.00       $992.90       $2.62       $1,000.00       $1,022.17       $2.66       0.53%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $992.80       $2.37       $1,000.00       $1,022.41       $2.41       0.48%  

Opportunistic Income Fund

 

         

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,018.30       $2.35       $1,000.00       $1,022.46       $2.36       0.47%  

U.S. Treasury Fund

 

         

Core

    $1,000.00       $1,005.60       $0.00       $1,000.00       $1,024.80       $0.00       0.00%  

 

  * Expenses are calculated using each class’s annualized net expense ratio (including indirect expenses incurred) for the six months ended February 28, 2018, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days in the period, divided by 365 days in the year.

 

103


GMO Trust Funds

 

Tax Information for the Tax Year Ended February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The following information is being provided in order to meet reporting requirements set forth by the Code and/or to meet state-specific requirements. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

With respect to distributions paid, the Funds designate the following amounts (or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable) for the fiscal year-ended February 28, 2018:

 

     
Fund Name   U.S.
Government
Obligation
Income(a)(b)
    Interest-
Related
Dividend
Income(c)
($)
 

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

    100%       13,002,152  

Core Plus Bond Fund

    28.62%       11,098,004  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

    3.01%       4,944,139  

Opportunistic Income Fund

    1.79%       27,046,238  

U.S. Treasury Fund

    91.70%       24,320,611  

 

  (a)  Presented as a percentage of net investment income and short-term capital gain distributions paid, if any.
  (b)  All or a portion of these amounts may be exempt from taxation at the state level.
  (c)  These amounts are generally exempt from U.S. withholding taxes for non-U.S. shareholders, provided certain conditions are satisfied by both the Funds and the Funds’ shareholders. If applicable, interest related dividend amounts could include short-term capital gain dividends received from underlying funds.

In early 2019, the Funds will notify applicable shareholders of amounts for use in preparing 2018 U.S. federal income tax forms.

 

104


Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

The following tables present information regarding each Trustee and officer of the Trust as of April 25, 2018. Each Trustee’s and officer’s year of birth (“YOB”) is set forth after his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Trustee and officer has engaged in the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five years, although not necessarily in the same capacity, and (ii) the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o GMO Trust, 40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110. Each Trustee serves in office until the earlier of (a) the election and qualification of a successor at the next meeting of shareholders called to elect Trustees or (b) the Trustee dies, resigns, or is removed as provided in the Trust’s governing documents. Each of the Trustees of the Trust, other than Mr. Harrison, is not an “interested person” of the Trust, as such term is used in the 1940 Act (each, an “Independent Trustee”). Because the Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders, each Trustee will hold office for an indeterminate period. Each officer serves in office until his or her successor is elected and determined to be qualified to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office, or until the officer resigns or is removed from office.

 

Independent Trustees
 

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

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.     29     Director, BeiGene Ltd. (biotech research).

Peter Tufano

YOB: 1957

  Trustee   Since December 2008.   Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance, University of Oxford Saïd Business School (as of July 1, 2011).     29    

Trustee of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust

(5 Portfolios).

Paul Braverman

YOB: 1949

  Trustee   Since March 2010.   Director of Leerink Swann Holdings, LLC (investment bank) (October 2013 – present); Director of Aesir Capital Management (investment advisor) (November 2012 – present); Director of Kieger (US) Ltd. (investment advisor) (January 2015 – present).     29     Director of Claren Road Asset Management, LLC (hedge fund); Trustee of HIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (27 Portfolios).
Interested Trustee and Officer          
 

Jason B. Harrison.2

YOB: 1977

  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (2006 – 2015)     44     None.

 

 

1  The Fund Complex includes series of each of GMO Trust and GMO Series Trust. Mr. Harrison also serves as a Trustee of GMO Series Trust.

 

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

 

105


Officers
 

Name and
Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with the Trust

 

Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years*

Jason B. Harrison

YOB: 1977

  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (2006 – 2015)

Sheppard N. Burnett

YOB: 1968

  Chief Executive Officer   Chief Executive Officer since June 2015; Chief Financial Officer, March 2007 – June 2015; Treasurer, November 2006 – June 2015; Assistant Treasurer, September 2004 – November 2006.   Head of Fund Treasury and Tax, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2006 – present).

Carly Cushman

YOB: 1984

  Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since June 2015; Chief Accounting Officer since May 2014; Assistant Treasurer, September 2013 – June 2015.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2009 – present); Senior Accountant, Renaissance HealthCare (February 2009 – December 2009); Auditor/Senior Auditor, Deloitte & Touche (September 2006 – February 2009).

John L. Nasrah

YOB: 1977

  Assistant Treasurer and Chief Tax Officer   Since March 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2004 – present).

Betty Maganzini

YOB: 1972

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2010 – present); Assistant Treasurer (June 2009 – July 2010), Manager, Fund Administration and Regulatory Affairs (2006 – 2009), Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC.

Mahmoodur Rahman

YOB: 1967

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2007 – present).

Cathy Tao

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2016   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2007 – present)

Brian Kadehjian

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer and Treasury Officer   Assistant Treasurer since February 2015; Treasury Officer since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2002 – present).

Douglas Y. Charton

YOB: 1982

  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Since August 2015.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2015 – present); Associate, K&L Gates LLP (September 2007 – July 2015).

Megan Bunting

YOB: 1978

  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since September 2013.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2006 – present).

Kevin O’Brien

YOB: 1985

  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since March 2016.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (February 2015 – present); Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2010 – February 2015).

Gregory L. Pottle

YOB: 1971

  Chief Compliance Officer   Chief Compliance Officer since May 2015; Vice President and Assistant Clerk, November 2006 – November 2015.   Chief Compliance Officer, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (May 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (March 2000 – May 2015).

Claire Wilkinson

YOB: 1965

  Anti-Money Laundering Officer   Since February 2016.   Compliance Associate, GMO UK Limited (April 2013 – present); General Counsel, MVision Private Equity Advisers Limited (November 2009 – January 2013).

 

* Each officer of the Trust may also serve as an officer and/or director of certain pooled investment vehicles of which GMO or an affiliate of GMO serves as the investment adviser.

 

106


GMO Trust

Annual Report

February 28, 2018

Climate Change Fund

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

Emerging Markets Fund

Foreign Small Companies Fund

International Equity Fund

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

Quality Fund

Resources Fund

Risk Premium Fund

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund


 

 

 

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, shareholders may call 1-617-346-7646 (collect), visit GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Funds have a policy with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings under which they may also make a complete schedule of portfolio holdings available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a prospectus for the GMO Trust, which contains a complete discussion of the risks associated with an investment in these Funds and other important information. The GMO Trust prospectus can be obtained at www.gmo.com. The GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of GMO Trust and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-617-346-7646 (collect).

An investment in the Funds is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their stated investment objectives. Please see the Funds’ prospectus regarding specific principal risks for each Fund. General risks may include: market risk-equities, management and operational risk, non-U.S. investment risk, small company risk and derivatives risk.

The Funds are distributed by Funds Distributor LLC. Funds Distributor LLC is not affiliated with GMO.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Climate Change Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     2  

Performance Graph

     3  

Investment Concentration Summary

     4  

Schedule of Investments

     5  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     8  

Performance Graph

     9  

Investment Concentration Summary

     10  

Schedule of Investments

     11  

Emerging Markets Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     14  

Performance Graph

     15  

Investment Concentration Summary

     16  

Schedule of Investments

     17  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     26  

Performance Graph

     27  

Investment Concentration Summary

     28  

Schedule of Investments

     29  

International Equity Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     32  

Performance Graph

     33  

Investment Concentration Summary

     34  

Schedule of Investments

     35  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     42  

Performance Graph

     43  

Investment Concentration Summary

     44  

Schedule of Investments

     45  

Quality Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     50  

Performance Graph

     51  

Investment Concentration Summary

     52  

Schedule of Investments

     53  

Resources Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     56  

Performance Graph

     57  

Investment Concentration Summary

     58  

Schedule of Investments

     59  

Risk Premium Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     62  

Performance Graph

     63  

Investment Concentration Summary

     64  

Schedule of Investments

     65  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     66  

Performance Graph

     67  

Investment Concentration Summary

     68  

Schedule of Investments

     69  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     76  

Performance Graph

     77  

Investment Concentration Summary

     78  

Schedule of Investments

     79  

Portfolio, Counterparty and Currency Abbreviations

     83  

Fund Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     84  

Statements of Operations

     90  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     93  

Financial Highlights

     99  

Notes to Financial Statements

     111  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     166  

Fund Expenses

     167  

Tax Information

     169  

Trustees and Officers

     170  

 

   


GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Focused Equity Team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Climate Change Fund returned 23.28% (net) for the period from the Fund’s inception on April 5, 2017 through February 28, 2018, as compared with 17.63% for the MSCI ACWI.

The Fund’s large overweight to clean energy provided negative allocation and positive selection impacts. An overweight to wind companies detracted. The Fund’s solar companies did especially well, up over 107%, with SolarEdge Technologies and First Solar leading the way.

The Fund’s overweight to copper provided positive allocation and selection impacts. Freeport-McMoRan was among the largest contributors.

The Fund’s overweight to agriculture provided positive allocation and negative selection impacts. The Fund’s farming exposure suffered from lower grain prices that detracted from the Fund’s return.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

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GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Climate Change Fund Class III Shares and the MSCI ACWI

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

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GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    92.5

Preferred Stocks

    4.7  

Mutual Funds

    2.8  

Short-Term Investments

    0.2  

Other

    (0.2
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

United States

    24.5

Japan

    10.5  

France

    9.0  

China

    7.0  

Germany

    6.4  

Norway

    5.7  

Chile

    4.3  

Denmark

    4.0  

Russia

    3.6  

United Kingdom

    2.9  

Spain

    2.7  

Canada

    2.6  

Poland

    2.6  

Netherlands

    2.5  

Australia

    2.2  

Italy

    2.0  

Other Developed

    1.9 ‡ 

Argentina

    1.2  

Other Emerging

    1.2 † 

South Korea

    1.1  

Portugal

    1.1  

Brazil

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Clean Energy

    40.8

Agriculture

    20.8  

Energy Efficiency

    19.0  

Copper

    9.9  

Smart Grid

    5.3  

Water

    4.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.
 

 

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GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 92.5%  
    Argentina — 1.2%  
    35,553     Adecoagro SA *     319,621  
     

 

 

 
    Australia — 2.2%  
    33,717     Galaxy Resources Ltd *     89,492  
    193,132     Neometals Ltd *     53,425  
    34,277     OZ Minerals Ltd     253,617  
    53,371     Quintis Ltd * (a)     12,229  
    21,759     Sandfire Resources NL     127,922  
    18,270     Tassal Group Ltd     53,710  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     590,395  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 0.3%  
    6,887     Zumtobel Group AG     73,452  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 2.6%  
    16,063     Canadian Solar Inc *     252,189  
    88,371     Capstone Mining Corp *     95,037  
    7,102     Nutrien Ltd *     348,957  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     696,183  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.6%  
    166,240     Enel Generacion Chile SA     155,746  
     

 

 

 
    China — 7.0%  
    1,280,000     Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd *     40,842  
    231,000     Chaowei Power Holdings Ltd     141,497  
    305,000     China Datang Corp Renewable Power Co Ltd – Class H     37,651  
    185,000     China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd     318,384  
    804,000     China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd *     320,657  
    1,229,000     Guodian Technology & Environment Group Corp Ltd – Class H *     84,911  
    44,100     Sino Agro Food, Inc. *     34,835  
    182,000     Tianneng Power International Ltd     179,861  
    240,000     Wasion Group Holdings Ltd     126,026  
    232,600     Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd – Class H     363,909  
    60,000     Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co Ltd – Class A     218,039  
     

 

 

 
    Total China         1,866,612  
     

 

 

 
    Denmark — 4.0%  
    14,836     Vestas Wind Systems A/S     1,072,213  
     

 

 

 
    France — 9.0%  
    2,763     Albioma SA     69,059  
    18,535     Electricite de France SA     240,343  
    992     Nexans SA     52,275  
    6,126     Schneider Electric SE *     530,933  
    23,328     STMicroelectronics NV     530,532  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    France — continued  
    22,614     Suez     310,583  
    3,524     Valeo SA     227,890  
    10,347     Veolia Environnement SA     251,309  
    1,966     Vilmorin & Cie SA     178,565  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     2,391,489  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 6.4%  
    3,538     CENTROTEC Sustainable AG     61,716  
    8,157     CropEnergies AG     61,973  
    5,228     Energiekontor AG     87,360  
    6,742     Innogy SE     268,891  
    11,635     K+S AG (Registered)     324,009  
    5,010     Nordex SE *     57,562  
    980     OSRAM Licht AG     77,377  
    30,027     PNE Wind AG (Registered)     107,985  
    13,773     Senvion SA *     166,460  
    3,770     Siemens AG (Registered)     494,024  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     1,707,357  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.8%  
    51,952     Israel Chemicals Ltd     220,826  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 2.0%  
    10,466     CNH Industrial NV     140,841  
    7,966     Prysmian SPA     250,155  
    26,250     Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SPA     145,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     536,496  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 10.5%  
    18,300     ADEKA Corp     332,780  
    1,400     Central Japan Railway Co     260,033  
    2,000     East Japan Railway Co     187,624  
    5,200     Ebara Corp     191,906  
    46,000     GS Yuasa Corp     254,827  
    28,800     Hitachi Zosen Corp     144,970  
    4,100     Kubota Corp     74,193  
    1,500     Kurita Water Industries Ltd     45,848  
    1,500     Odelic Co Ltd     66,382  
    2,100     Organo Corp     67,215  
    13,000     Osaki Electric Co Ltd     97,501  
    26,900     Panasonic Corp     418,724  
    13,400     Renesas Electronics Corp *     153,239  
    12,500     Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd     208,397  
    8,100     Takuma Co Ltd     96,961  
    2,800     West Japan Railway Co     194,134  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan         2,794,734  
     

 

 

 
    Kenya — 0.2%  
    543,600     Kenya Electricity Generating Co Ltd *     48,454  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   5


GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Malaysia — 0.1%  
    36,200     Mega First Corp BHD     33,373  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 2.5%  
    8,717     Arcadis NV     208,831  
    7,699     Philips Lighting NV     304,996  
    7,599     SIF Holding NV     150,197  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     664,024  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 5.7%  
    48,077     Austevoll Seafood ASA     430,991  
    3,641     Bakkafrost P/F     183,837  
    8,276     Grieg Seafood ASA     72,778  
    4,029     Marine Harvest ASA     77,609  
    10,769     Salmar ASA     382,856  
    8,591     Yara International ASA     379,612  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway         1,527,683  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 2.6%  
    3,838     Grupa Azoty SA     65,036  
    20,592     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     624,915  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     689,951  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 1.1%  
    90,225     EDP – Energias de Portugal SA     301,598  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 3.6%  
    12,960     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)     196,889  
    48,703     Ros Agro Plc GDR (Registered)     481,485  
    8,616,159     RusHydro PJSC     119,388  
    89,932     Uralkali PJSC *     165,076  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     962,838  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 0.1%  
    3,481     Tongaat Hulett Ltd     31,762  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 1.1%  
    859     LG Chem Ltd     303,336  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 2.7%  
    796     Acciona SA     67,376  
    777     Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA     37,484  
    9,287     Endesa SA     194,958  
    38,928     Iberdrola SA     286,484  
    2,277     Red Electrica Corp SA     44,303  
    5,896     Saeta Yield SA     87,429  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     718,034  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 0.8%  
    3,189     ABB Ltd (Registered)     77,170  
    150     Gurit Holding AG *     150,218  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     227,388  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Ukraine — 0.8%  
    14,204     Kernel Holding SA *     201,508  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 2.9%  
    15,363     Antofagasta Plc     182,642  
    6,993     Go-Ahead Group Plc     146,860  
    19,151     National Grid Plc     193,816  
    23,808     Polypipe Group Plc     127,362  
    61,215     Stagecoach Group Plc     119,233  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     769,913  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 21.7%  
    1,400     AGCO Corp.     93,240  
    1,100     Albemarle Corp.     110,473  
    4,600     BorgWarner, Inc.     225,768  
    7,500     Darling Ingredients, Inc. *     136,425  
    1,900     Deere & Co.     305,653  
    4,900     Delphi Technologies Plc     233,975  
    5,500     Eaton Corp Plc     443,850  
    2,100     EnerSys     146,349  
    8,200     Exelon Corp.     303,728  
    10,900     First Solar, Inc. *     685,065  
    68,551     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. *     1,275,049  
    1,500     Mosaic Co. (The)     39,480  
    1,600     NRG Yield, Inc. – Class A     24,608  
    3,000     PG&E Corp.     123,270  
    8,600     Renewable Energy Group, Inc. *     95,460  
    28,700     SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. *     1,436,435  
    16,900     SunPower Corp. *     119,821  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     5,798,649  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $23,342,442)
      24,703,635  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (b) — 4.7%  
    Brazil — 1.0%  
    70,000     Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais Sponsored ADR     175,000  
    12,100     Companhia Paranaense de Energia Sponsored ADR     94,985  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     269,985  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 3.7%  
    19,700     Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Sponsored ADR     983,030  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $1,133,687)
    1,253,015  
     

 

 

 
 

 

6   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Climate Change Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 2.8%  
    United States — 2.8%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 2.8%      
    30,098     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     751,549  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $751,849)
    751,549  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.2%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.2%  
    47,925     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (c)     47,925  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $47,925)
    47,925  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.2%
(Cost $25,275,903)
    26,756,124  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.2%)     (62,039
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $26,694,085  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   7


GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Emerging Markets Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC and GMO Singapore Pte. Limited.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is included for comparative purposes. Please note that, in GMO’s view, only approximately half of the stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index are stocks that GMO considers to be suitable investments for the Fund.

Class II shares of GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund returned +29.10% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +30.51% for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Country-sector allocation detracted from the Fund’s relative returns for the fiscal year. The Fund’s holdings in Philippines Consumer Staples and South Korea Information Technology hurt relative performance.

Stock selection overall had a positive impact on relative returns for the fiscal year. In particular, the Fund’s stock selections in China Consumer Discretionary and China Consumer Staples added to relative performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

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GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Class II Shares and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .80% on the purchase and .80% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * For the period from March 1, 2011 to March 24, 2011, no Class II shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class V, which has lower expenses. Therefore, the performance shown is higher than it would have been if Class II expenses had been applied throughout.

 

  ** For the period from October 27, 2011 to November 29, 2013, no Class V shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class II, which has higher expenses. Therefore, the performance shown is lower than it would have been if Class V expenses had been applied throughout.

 

       MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

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GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    72.2

Investment Funds

    14.4  

Mutual Funds

    5.4  

Preferred Stocks

    3.0  

Fully Funded Total Return Swaps

    0.9  

Short-Term Investments

    0.8  

Rights/Warrants

    0.2  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.1  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Other

    3.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

China

    34.5

United States

    16.5

Brazil

    13.0  

India

    10.3  

Philippines

    5.5  

Taiwan

    4.4  

Russia

    4.2  

Thailand

    3.9  

Hong Kong

    3.5  

Indonesia

    2.6  

Vietnam

    2.0  

South Africa

    1.0  

Poland

    1.0  

Hungary

    0.9  

Peru

    0.9  

Malaysia

    0.6  

United Kingdom

    0.3

Singapore

    (5.1
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Banks

    28.5

Software & Services

    18.2  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    10.2  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    7.7  

Insurance

    5.6  

Capital Goods

    4.4  

Diversified Financials

    4.4  

Transportation

    3.3  

Consumer Services

    2.8  

Food & Staples Retailing

    2.8  

Real Estate

    2.6  

Telecommunication Services

    2.2  

Retailing

    2.1  

Materials

    1.9  

Media

    1.1  

Automobiles & Components

    0.9  

Energy

    0.9  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

* Includes companies that derive more than 50% of their revenues or profits from emerging markets.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

10


GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 72.2%  
    Brazil — 5.1%  
    885,400     B3 SA – Brasil Bolsa Balcao     6,986,340  
    3,946,739     Banco BTG Pactual SA     28,006,057  
    2,573,982     BR Malls Participacoes SA     9,457,515  
    4,957,057     JHSF Participacoes SA *     2,748,068  
    3,711,747     LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA *     6,161,667  
    1,313,387     M Dias Branco SA     24,201,529  
    10,347,800     Rumo SA *     45,382,572  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     122,943,748  
     

 

 

 
    China — 32.0%  
    31,542,300     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     17,330,930  
    628,307     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Sponsored ADR *     116,953,065  
    2,139,500     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     11,367,240  
    27,024,550     China Construction Bank Corp – Class H     27,708,605  
    8,030,700     China International Capital Corp Ltd – Class H     15,580,497  
    103,004     China Lodging Group Ltd Sponsored ADR     15,646,308  
    9,909,021     China Merchants Bank Co Ltd – Class H     41,311,867  
    2,841,200     China Vanke Co Ltd – Class H     12,605,679  
    1,111,700     Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co Ltd – Class A     9,732,839  
    3,549,616     Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai – Class A     28,805,725  
    10,708,000     Greentown Service Group Co Ltd     7,746,238  
    4,254,700     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     13,033,544  
    1,764,343     Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co Ltd – Class A     11,288,194  
    1,740,245     Huayu Automotive Systems Co Ltd – Class A     7,205,793  
    33,446,000     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd – Class H     28,514,041  
    947,600     Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd – Class A     4,843,662  
    318,043     Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co Ltd – Class A     5,898,653  
    218,794     Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd – Class A     24,896,640  
    4,136,138     Midea Group Co Ltd – Class A     35,724,397  
    1,608,761     Minth Group Ltd     9,440,846  
    161,600     New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc Sponsored ADR     14,768,624  
    4,698,500     Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd – Class H     49,490,725  
    3,777,300     Qingdao Haier Co Ltd – Class A     11,619,644  
    553,005     TAL Education Group ADR     20,881,469  
    2,676,600     Tencent Holdings Ltd     146,432,812  
    1,276,800     Vipshop Holdings Ltd ADR *     22,203,552  
    307,400     Weibo Corp Sponsored ADR *     39,507,048  
    739,532     Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd – Class A     8,149,863  
    1,425,381     Zhejiang Supor Cookware Co Ltd – Class A     9,854,312  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     768,542,812  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Hong Kong — 3.3%  
    6,370,896     AIA Group Ltd     52,869,445  
    21,711,500     WH Group Ltd     26,739,982  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     79,609,427  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.9%  
    482,555     OTP Bank Plc     21,499,712  
     

 

 

 
    India — 9.8%  
    1,550,416     Action Construction Equipment Ltd     4,419,432  
    499,595     Amber Enterprises India Ltd * (a)     8,381,256  
    555,538     Asian Granito India Ltd     4,147,837  
    1,191,068     BLS International Services Ltd     3,121,886  
    588,896     Bombay Burmah Trading Co     12,780,722  
    997,041     CCL Products India Ltd     4,520,438  
    1,206,095     CMI Ltd (b)     4,657,808  
    339,751     Dixon Technologies India Ltd * (a)     17,920,960  
    612,007     Dollar Industries Ltd     4,257,617  
    2,748,839     Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd     11,254,704  
    10,683,040     Gayatri Highways Ltd * (b) (c)     1,147,898  
    10,683,040     Gayatri Projects Ltd * (b)     34,529,636  
    1,396,166     HDFC Bank Ltd (d)     41,068,324  
    20,814,127     Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd *     9,443,785  
    1,272,593     Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd *     4,176,113  
    951,680     Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd     6,305,913  
    1,850,095     Muthoot Finance Ltd     11,063,560  
    644,404     Navin Fluorine International Ltd     7,942,387  
    1,584,561     PC Jeweller Ltd     8,043,083  
    1,508,942     Sangam India Ltd     3,340,627  
    34,158     Shree Cement Ltd     8,705,889  
    1,139,949     Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd     6,026,217  
    850,015     Sun TV Network Ltd     12,031,589  
    286,335     V-Mart Retail Ltd     7,066,599  
    280,392     Vakrangee Ltd     692,171  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     237,046,451  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 2.5%  
    11,875,662     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT     19,986,263  
    56,153,900     Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT     15,179,337  
    57,133,700     Malindo Feedmill Tbk PT     2,990,538  
    77,097,514     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     22,326,018  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     60,482,156  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 0.6%  
    12,376,770     AirAsia Berhad     13,816,943  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 0.9%  
    98,700     Credicorp Ltd     21,363,615  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 5.3%  
    5,595,440     Bank of the Philippine Islands     12,863,979  
    8,180,602     BDO Unibank Inc     24,379,157  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   11


GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Philippines — continued  
    21,104,800     Century Pacific Food Inc     6,580,001  
    13,449,276     Concepcion Industrial Corp     16,596,875  
    5,124,042     Philippine Seven Corp     11,560,469  
    22,084,490     Puregold Price Club Inc     21,984,040  
    9,250,351     Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc     16,901,731  
    22,291,868     Semirara Mining & Power Corp     15,757,693  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     126,623,945  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.9%  
    571,331     Bank Pekao SA     21,949,465  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 4.1%  
    3,662,226     Sberbank of Russia Sponsored ADR     74,160,369  
    573,900     Yandex NV – Class A *     23,581,551  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     97,741,920  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 0.9%  
    31,635     Naspers Ltd – N Shares     8,587,380  
    291,357     Nedbank Group Ltd     7,069,204  
    392,483     Standard Bank Group Ltd     7,197,505  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     22,854,089  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 0.9%  
    9,327,366     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     21,838,133  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 2.8%  
    7,029,500     Kiatnakin Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     17,403,210  
    28,006,200     Krung Thai Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     18,032,355  
    133,796,983     Quality Houses Pcl (Foreign Registered)     12,686,247  
    7,105,100     Tisco Financial Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     19,946,576  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     68,068,388  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 0.3%  
    117,334     British American Tobacco Plc     6,925,341  
     

 

 

 
    Vietnam — 1.9%  
    8,255,620     Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank *     16,107,111  
    3,345,580     Vietnam Dairy Products JSC     28,783,069  
     

 

 

 
    Total Vietnam     44,890,180  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $1,454,214,512)
    1,736,196,325  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (e) — 3.0%  
    Brazil — 3.0%  
    4,172,900     Itau Unibanco Holding SA     64,748,130  
    250,000     Randon SA Implementos e Participacoes     712,988  
    487,900     Telefonica Brasil SA     7,610,993  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     73,072,111  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $65,627,883)
    73,072,111  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    INVESTMENT FUNDS — 14.4%  
    Brazil — 4.3%  
    2,258,500     iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF     102,716,580  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 3.4%  
    2,195,223     iShares MSCI Taiwan Capped ETF     80,454,923  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.9%  
    46,668,092     Digital Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund     21,564,148  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 5.8%  
    2,917,285     iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF     140,088,026  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS
(COST $351,832,653)
    344,823,677  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.2%  
    China — 0.2%  
    217,310     Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint Stock Co Ltd Warrants, Expires 05/14/18 *     4,049,338  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $2,259,415)
    4,049,338  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 5.4%  
    United States — 5.4%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 5.4%  
    5,239,270     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     130,824,583  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $130,870,512)
    130,824,583  
     

 

 

 
    FULLY FUNDED TOTAL RETURN SWAPS — 0.9%  
    China — 0.9%  
    1,789,300     Total Return on Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd, Expires 4/9/2018. Premium Paid/(Received): $11,177,399. Periodic Payment Frequency: N/A. Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation): $9,632,908 (OTC) (CP-GS)     20,810,307  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL FULLY FUNDED TOTAL RETURN SWAPS
(COST $11,177,399)
    20,810,307  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.8%  
    Money Market Fund — 0.2%  
    6,251,757     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (f)     6,251,757  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 0.6%  
    3,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.31%, due 03/22/18 (g) (h)     2,997,642  
    2,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.72%, due 07/05/18 (g) (h)     1,988,083  
    6,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.58%, due 05/17/18 (g) (h)     5,979,771  
 

 

12   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    3,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.96%, due 01/03/19 (g) (h)     2,950,784  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     13,916,280  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $20,175,398)
    20,168,037  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 96.9%
(Cost $2,036,157,772)
    2,329,944,378  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 3.1%     73,357,476  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $2,403,301,854  
     

 

 

 
 

Additional information on each restricted security is as follows:

 

Issuer Description

   Acquisition Date    Acquisition
Cost
     Value as a
Percentage
of Fund’s
Net Assets
  Value as of
February 28, 2018
 
Amber Enterprises India Ltd    12/11/2017    $ 6,214,810      0.35%   $ 8,381,256  
Dixon Technologies India Ltd    8/04/2017      9,417,811      0.75%     17,920,960  
          

 

 

 
           $ 26,302,216  
          

 

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
01/24/2019   MSCI     PHP       1,999,356,086       USD       38,279,841     $ 783,042  
02/20/2019   MSCI     PHP       1,020,320,426       USD       19,069,628       (38,794
06/08/2018   MSCI     PHP       1,979,635,372       USD       39,251,222       1,611,524  
           

 

 

 
            $ 2,355,772  
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

1,843

  Mini MSCI
Emerging Markets
 

March 2018

 

$

109,013,450

 

 

$

585,358

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sales

5,627

  SGX CNX
Nifty Index 50
  March 2018   $ 118,380,826     $ (1,721,609
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) The security is restricted as to resale.

 

(b) Affiliated company (Note 10).

 

(c) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(d) Security valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount since holding exceeds foreign ownership limits.

 

(e) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(f) The rate disclosed is the 7 day yield as of February 28, 2018.
(g) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(h) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   13


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Emerging Markets Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo  & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class II shares of GMO Emerging Markets Fund returned +24.66% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +30.37% for the S&P/IFCI Composite Index.

Country-sector allocation detracted from the Fund’s relative returns for the fiscal year. The Fund’s underweight in China Information Technology and overweight in China Telecommunications negatively impacted relative performance. The Fund’s overweight in Russia Financials and India Financials added to relative performance.

Stock selection hurt performance during the fiscal year. The Fund’s stock selections in Taiwan Information Technology and South Korea Consumer Discretionary hurt relative performance, while the stock selections in China Consumer Discretionary and China Consumer Staples helped relative performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

14


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Emerging Markets Fund Class II Shares and the S&P/IFCI Composite Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .80% on the purchase and .80% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * For the period from January 9, 1998 to August 12, 2009, no Class II shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class III shares, which have been adjusted downward to reflect Class II’s higher gross expenses (Class II’s expenses during these periods were calculated by adjusting Class III’s gross expenses during such periods upward by the current differential between the gross shareholder service fees for Class II and Class III shares).

 

15


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    92.1

Preferred Stocks

    3.3  

Mutual Funds

    1.9  

Investment Funds

    1.7  

Futures Contracts

    0.4  

Short-Term Investments

    0.1  

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Other

    0.5  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

Taiwan

    21.1

China

    17.8  

Russia

    12.3  

South Korea

    11.7  

United States

    9.2 * 

Thailand

    8.2  

Turkey

    4.1  

India

    3.5  

Brazil

    2.7  

Indonesia

    2.1  

South Africa

    2.0  

Greece

    1.1  

Mexico

    0.8  

Philippines

    0.7  

Peru

    0.6  

Qatar

    0.6  

United Arab Emirates

    0.3  

Czech Republic

    0.3  

Colombia

    0.2  

Poland

    0.2  

Vietnam

    0.2  

Malaysia

    0.1  

Hungary

    0.1  

Chile

    0.1  

Egypt

    0.0

Pakistan

    0.0

Sri Lanka

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Banks

    20.6

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    13.0  

Telecommunication Services

    8.3  

Materials

    7.2  

Energy

    7.1  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    6.1  

Software & Services

    5.7  

Diversified Financials

    4.3  

Real Estate

    4.3  

Capital Goods

    3.9  

Insurance

    3.1  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    3.0  

Automobiles & Components

    2.4  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    2.1  

Utilities

    2.0  

Transportation

    1.8  

Consumer Services

    1.5  

Retailing

    1.4  

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.0  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    0.4  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    0.4  

Media

    0.3  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.1  

Household & Personal Products

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

* Includes companies that derive more than 50% of their revenues or profits from emerging markets.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

16


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 92.1%  
    Brazil — 2.3%  
    3,889,773     AES Tiete Energia SA     13,597,254  
    1,229,746     Banco BTG Pactual SA     8,726,277  
    306,200    

B3 Sa- Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    2,416,103  
    717,583     BR Malls Participacoes SA     2,636,597  
    497,723     EDP – Energias do Brasil SA     2,038,780  
    1,204,800     Engie Brasil Energia SA     14,527,063  
    1,510,404     JHSF Participacoes SA *     837,330  
    2,007,400     LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA *     3,332,374  
    457,750     M Dias Branco SA     8,434,871  
    139,800     Multiplus SA     1,482,434  
    11,000,435     Rumo SA *     48,244,847  
    1,495,351     Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA     9,441,219  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     115,715,149  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.1%  
    162,009     Inversiones La Construccion SA     3,250,141  
     

 

 

 
    China — 18.7%  
    3,288,000     361 Degrees International Ltd     1,198,082  
    113,125,990     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     62,157,122  
    3,442,757     Aier Eye Hospital Group Co Ltd – Class A     19,731,141  
    383,372     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Sponsored ADR *     71,360,864  
    510,900     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     2,714,430  
    956,000     Anhui Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     748,787  
    121,998,682     Bank of China Ltd – Class H     65,607,415  
    1,802,000     Baoye Group Co Ltd – Class H *     1,166,830  
    448,400     Changyou.com Ltd ADR *     12,689,720  
    15,116,560     China Communications Services Corp Ltd – Class H     8,936,288  
    139,472,606     China Construction Bank Corp – Class H     143,002,987  
    1,665,700     China International Capital Corp Ltd – Class H     3,231,653  
    2,127,368     China International Travel Service Corp Ltd – Class A     17,491,660  
    22,400     China Lodging Group Ltd Sponsored ADR     3,402,560  
    23,466,000     China Machinery Engineering Corp – Class H     14,154,932  
    2,140,808     China Merchants Bank Co Ltd – Class H     8,925,279  
    6,532,337     China Mobile Ltd     60,835,835  
    291,600     China Mobile Ltd Sponsored ADR     13,556,484  
    828,000     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd     2,876,930  
    2,986,000     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp – Class H     2,369,901  
    1,649,000     China Power International Development Ltd     413,770  
    490,000     China Resources Land Ltd     1,731,066  
    334,500     China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd – Class H     946,736  
    589,200     China Vanke Co Ltd – Class H     2,614,130  
    231,100     Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co Ltd – Class A     2,023,261  
    725,600     Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai – Class A     5,888,365  
    2,558,000     Greentown Service Group Co Ltd     1,850,474  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    China — continued  
    7,520,000     Guangdong Investment Ltd     11,465,435  
    1,069,500     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     3,276,230  
    918,637     Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co Ltd – Class A     5,877,608  
    10,248,000     Hua Han Health Industry Holdings Ltd * (a)     680,939  
    8,866,000     Huabao International Holdings Ltd     6,647,539  
    442,612     Huayu Automotive Systems Co Ltd – Class A     1,832,713  
    113,662,947     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd – Class H     96,902,168  
    193,486     Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd – Class A     989,005  
    10,718,000     Jiangnan Group Ltd     680,574  
    890,000     Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     1,378,265  
    111,500     Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery JSC Ltd – Class A     2,067,959  
    411,405     Jumei International Holding Ltd ADR *     1,172,504  
    137,228     Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd – Class A     15,615,219  
    44,731     Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd – Class A     5,089,955  
    1,168,555     Midea Group Co Ltd – Class A     10,092,971  
    860,157     Midea Group Co Ltd – Class A     7,429,295  
    334,090     Minth Group Ltd     1,960,572  
    35,100     New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc Sponsored ADR     3,207,789  
    1,625,000     PAX Global Technology Ltd     805,779  
    20,304,000     PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd – Class H     39,823,767  
    979,000     Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd – Class H     10,312,104  
    772,142     Qingdao Haier Co Ltd – Class A     2,375,246  
    4,816,400     Qingling Motors Co Ltd – Class H     1,544,047  
    2,227,600     SAIC Motor Corp Ltd – Class A     11,809,391  
    1,066,000     Shenzhen Investment Ltd     442,090  
    3,453,500     Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd – Class H     3,346,682  
    112,936     TAL Education Group ADR     4,264,463  
    1,937,565     Tencent Holdings Ltd     106,001,305  
    261,000     Vipshop Holdings Ltd ADR *     4,538,790  
    32,956,000     Want Want China Holdings Ltd     27,668,486  
    63,900     Weibo Corp Sponsored ADR *     8,212,428  
    365,729     Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd – Class A     4,253,580  
    150,400     Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd – Class A     1,657,453  
    7,974,000     Xtep International Holdings Ltd     3,526,081  
    2,402,200     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd     2,710,853  
    8,976,000     Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     9,758,805  
    797,045     Zhejiang Supor Cookware Co Ltd – Class A     5,510,337  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     956,555,129  
     

 

 

 
    Czech Republic — 0.3%  
    2,197,267     Moneta Money Bank AS     8,864,524  
    6,011     Philip Morris CR AS     4,878,541  
     

 

 

 
    Total Czech Republic     13,743,065  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   17


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(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Egypt — 0.0%  
    2,296,865     Alexandria Mineral Oils Co     1,167,738  
    260,839     Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE     1,138,510  
     

 

 

 
    Total Egypt     2,306,248  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 1.1%  
    6,008,655     Alpha Bank AE *     14,266,106  
    14,057,681     Eurobank Ergasias SA *     14,103,953  
    35,399,812     National Bank of Greece SA *     12,988,335  
    3,679,377     Piraeus Bank SA *     16,065,942  
     

 

 

 
    Total Greece     57,424,336  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.1%  
    100,351     OTP Bank Plc     4,471,029  
     

 

 

 
    India — 3.7%  
    317,300     Action Construction Equipment Ltd     904,458  
    125,042     Asian Granito India Ltd     933,606  
    1,070,235     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd     10,029,092  
    14,320     BLS International Services Ltd     37,534  
    122,465     Bombay Burmah Trading Co     2,657,840  
    202,610     CCL Products India Ltd     918,604  
    293,346     CMI Ltd     1,132,870  
    200,375     Coal India Ltd     951,473  
    574,247     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd     9,011,413  
    38,430     Dixon Technologies India Ltd *     2,027,080  
    101,163     Dollar Industries Ltd     703,772  
    569,766     Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd     2,332,820  
    16,772,852     Gayatri Highways Ltd * (a) (b)     1,802,252  
    16,772,852     Gayatri Projects Ltd * (b)     54,213,078  
    289,390     HDFC Bank Ltd (c)     8,512,428  
    146,657     Hero MotoCorp Ltd     8,046,255  
    6,258,236     Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd *     2,839,487  
    175,992     Hindustan Zinc Ltd     873,372  
    263,777     Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd *     865,605  
    884,400     Infosys Ltd Sponsored ADR     15,618,504  
    3,013,682     Jai Balaji Industries Ltd *     647,854  
    1,322,083     Kiri Industries Ltd *     10,209,105  
    193,392     Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd     1,281,432  
    252,274     Mphasis Ltd     3,322,319  
    383,478     Muthoot Finance Ltd     2,293,197  
    151,676     Navin Fluorine International Ltd     1,869,432  
    152,116     NIIT Technologies Ltd     1,937,151  
    264,774     PC Jeweller Ltd     1,343,968  
    528,333     Sangam India Ltd     1,169,670  
    7,084     Shree Cement Ltd     1,805,507  
    253,494     Srikalahasthi Pipes Ltd     1,340,069  
    176,187     Sun TV Network Ltd     2,493,850  
    469,712     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd     21,796,081  
    64,136     V-Mart Retail Ltd     1,582,843  
    61,615     Vakrangee Ltd     152,102  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    India — continued  
    2,004,223     Wipro Ltd     8,962,360  
    640,800     Wipro Ltd ADR     3,530,808  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     190,149,291  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 2.2%  
    3,110,200     Adaro Energy Tbk PT     528,780  
    12,828,600     Astra International Tbk PT     7,503,493  
    8,213,500     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT     13,822,992  
    19,377,900     Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT     11,656,612  
    8,365,300     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     5,907,324  
    80,850,800     Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk PT     4,343,323  
    78,002,300     Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     21,476,012  
    12,223,100     Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT     3,304,108  
    7,310,191     Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT     16,341,552  
    25,560,700     Lippo Karawaci Tbk PT     957,147  
    12,048,200     Malindo Feedmill Tbk PT     630,637  
    155,826,700     Panin Financial Tbk PT *     3,113,283  
    22,806,700     Summarecon Agung Tbk PT     1,834,737  
    55,836,241     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     16,169,146  
    116,300     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT Sponsored ADR     3,376,189  
    580,000     United Tractors Tbk PT     1,493,809  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     112,459,144  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 0.2%  
    2,566,704     AirAsia Berhad     2,865,368  
    2,806,800     Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad     1,610,361  
    6,070,888     KSL Holdings Berhad *     1,578,106  
    3,329,467     UOA Development Berhad     2,207,354  
     

 

 

 
    Total Malaysia     8,261,189  
     

 

 

 
    Mexico — 0.8%  
    1,613,665     Banco Santander Mexico -B SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand     2,277,886  
    20,600     Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand ADR     145,642  
    3,352,964     Cemex SAB de CV CPO *     2,212,702  
    3,117,848     Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored ADR *     20,421,904  
    1,881,800     Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV     2,587,511  
    2,635,700     Gentera SAB de CV     2,154,628  
    118,100     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV     577,636  
    11,300     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV ADR     442,508  
    365,600     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV – Class A     664,457  
    75,070     Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV     767,201  
    4,426,400     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV     10,360,002  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico     42,612,077  
     

 

 

 
 

 

18   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Pakistan — 0.0%  
    158,300     Engro Corp Ltd     431,081  
    306,400     Oil & Gas Development Co Ltd     451,957  
     

 

 

 
    Total Pakistan     883,038  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 0.7%  
    159,700     Credicorp Ltd     34,567,065  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 0.8%  
    1,141,880     Bank of the Philippine Islands     2,625,195  
    1,701,224     BDO Unibank Inc     5,069,848  
    4,697,400     Century Pacific Food Inc     1,464,543  
    3,020,358     Concepcion Industrial Corp     3,727,227  
    3,146,277     First Gen Corp     875,659  
    976,590     Manila Electric Co     6,309,850  
    6,978,800     Manila Water Co Inc     3,480,406  
    18,500,000     Megaworld Corp     1,720,284  
    1,226,643     Philippine Seven Corp     2,767,457  
    4,592,648     Puregold Price Club Inc     4,571,758  
    2,039,633     Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc     3,726,705  
    5,170,580     Semirara Mining & Power Corp     3,654,984  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     39,993,916  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.2%  
    118,813     Bank Pekao SA     4,564,572  
    7,513     KRUK SA     463,540  
    53,088     Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA     1,484,326  
    354,896     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA     625,351  
    170,307     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     2,112,968  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     9,250,757  
     

 

 

 
    Qatar — 0.6%  
    710,782     Barwa Real Estate Co     6,564,857  
    245,915     Doha Bank QPSC     2,198,773  
    15,134     Industries Qatar QSC     426,781  
    334,279     Masraf Al Rayan QSC     3,455,782  
    42,017     Ooredoo QPSC     1,000,606  
    30,320     Qatar Electricity & Water Co QSC     1,428,491  
    54,295     Qatar Insurance Co SAQ     577,844  
    57,628     Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC     947,183  
    82,590     Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ     2,180,381  
    309,754     Qatar National Bank QPSC     10,152,686  
    32,828     Qatar Navigation QSC     561,111  
    187,024     United Development Co QSC     845,511  
     

 

 

 
    Total Qatar     30,340,006  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 12.8%  
    4,799,800     Aeroflot PJSC     12,019,331  
    15,529,800     Alrosa PJSC     23,638,164  
    224,540     Gazprom Neft PJSC     1,126,876  
    4,516     Gazprom Neft PJSC Sponsored ADR     113,697  
    16,892,141     Gazprom PJSC Sponsored ADR     83,437,261  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Russia — continued  
    682,419     Globaltrans Investment Plc Sponsored GDR (Registered)     7,505,256  
    26,914,000     Inter RAO UES PJSC     1,762,616  
    908,547     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     60,203,227  
    583,957     M.Video PJSC *     4,271,018  
    380,379     Magnit PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     7,839,917  
    2,119,500     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel OJSC     1,784,660  
    5,587     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     60,312  
    2,553,692     MegaFon PJSC GDR (Registered)     27,079,753  
    3,183,264     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC ADR     63,182,398  
    7,315,515     Mobile TeleSystems PJSC Sponsored ADR     87,493,559  
    10,958,457     Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC     21,596,929  
    258,486     Novatek PJSC Sponsered GDR (Registered)     35,095,490  
    787,300     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC     2,027,850  
    646,952     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC GDR     16,817,777  
    25,837     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)     392,517  
    30,218     Polyus PJSC     2,479,695  
    127,488     Polyus PJSC GDR (Registered)     5,096,989  
    524,433     QIWI Plc Sponsored ADR     8,820,963  
    7,636,345     Rostelecom PJSC     9,176,420  
    33,228     Rostelecom PJSC Sponsored ADR     236,461  
    5,650,902     Sberbank of Russia Sponsored ADR     114,431,218  
    484,034     Severstal PJSC GDR (Registered)     7,840,893  
    403,956     Sistema PJSC Sponsered GDR (Registered)     1,732,293  
    3,682,846     Surgutneftegas OJSC Sponsored ADR     18,201,417  
    290,768     Tatneft PJSC Sponsored ADR     18,193,273  
    114,250     TCS Group Holding Plc GDR (Registered)     2,629,885  
    117,300     Yandex NV – Class A *     4,819,857  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     651,107,972  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 2.2%  
    393,879     AECI Ltd     3,788,720  
    1,148,595     Barloworld Ltd     17,171,711  
    306,125     Brait SE *     1,163,981  
    3,107,975     FirstRand Ltd     19,294,117  
    182,697     Hyprop Investments Ltd (REIT)     1,670,627  
    494,786     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd     14,548,030  
    1,383,275     Lewis Group Ltd     4,725,454  
    101,427     Liberty Holdings Ltd     1,154,220  
    627,729     Mr Price Group Ltd     14,964,295  
    4,778,577     Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd     4,556,387  
    6,561     Naspers Ltd – N Shares     1,780,996  
    60,391     Nedbank Group Ltd     1,465,269  
    105,500     Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. *     1,081,375  
    365,461     RMB Holdings Ltd     2,681,937  
    1,434,822     SA Corporate Real Estate Ltd     564,574  
    154,115     Sanlam Ltd     1,175,263  
    81,351     Standard Bank Group Ltd     1,491,846  
    649,884     Truworths International Ltd     5,530,893  
    152,376     Vodacom Group Ltd     2,092,502  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   19


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    South Africa — continued  
    607,391     Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Ltd     8,849,419  
    240,142     Woolworths Holdings Ltd     1,323,476  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     111,075,092  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 9.9%  
    28,539     Aekyung Petrochemical Co Ltd     476,027  
    2,870,108     BNK Financial Group Inc     29,593,956  
    42,576     Com2uSCorp     6,382,599  
    7,393     Cuckoo Electronics Co Ltd     666,753  
    370,130     Daou Data Corp     4,487,285  
    604,801     Daou Technology Inc     12,954,676  
    455,805     DB Insurance Co Ltd     29,132,236  
    29,471     Dong Ah Tire & Rubber Co Ltd     1,028,067  
    1,543,047     Dongwon Development Co Ltd     6,674,093  
    1,119,146     Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd     23,943,603  
    73,427     GS Home Shopping Inc     13,662,821  
    57,544     GS Retail Co Ltd     1,913,574  
    102,849     Han Kuk Carbon Co Ltd     612,375  
    2,259     Hankook Shell Oil Co Ltd     754,215  
    188,805     Hankook Tire Co Ltd     10,311,311  
    792,553     Hankook Tire Worldwide Co Ltd     14,552,487  
    163,229     Hanon Systems     1,885,624  
    86,595     Hansol Paper Co Ltd     1,327,542  
    265,057     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd     9,426,936  
    128,456     Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp     13,085,476  
    486,003     Hyundai Hy Communications & Network Co Ltd     2,041,857  
    537,463     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co Ltd     20,464,305  
    107,038     Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd     22,524,610  
    69,817     iMarketKorea Inc     662,801  
    86,816     Innocean Worldwide Inc     5,195,216  
    668,849     Kangwon Land Inc     17,834,540  
    58,609     KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co Ltd     2,187,131  
    803,740     Kia Motors Corp     25,519,414  
    81,828     KISCO Corp     2,787,882  
    3,094     KIWOOM Securities Co Ltd     282,307  
    707,382     Korea Asset In Trust Co Ltd     4,442,692  
    31,079     Korea Zinc Co Ltd     14,666,681  
    285,879     KT Skylife Co Ltd     3,433,972  
    427,386     KT&G Corp     39,413,077  
    232,738     Kyobo Securities Co Ltd     2,240,188  
    214,060     LF Corp     5,759,682  
    23,818     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     1,540,513  
    101,257     Maeil Holdings Co Ltd     1,396,473  
    177,915     Meritz Financial Group Inc     2,576,361  
    147,865     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     3,114,540  
    1,433,382     Meritz Securities Co Ltd     6,438,394  
    21,818     S&T Motiv Co Ltd     893,581  
    157,929     Samsung Card Co Ltd     5,303,388  
    21,838     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     47,455,482  
    14,427     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd GDR     15,490,741  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    South Korea — continued  
    61,094     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     16,310,733  
    7,274     Samsung SDS Co Ltd     1,589,983  
    48,042     Samsung Securities Co Ltd     1,749,073  
    441,768     Seoyon E-Hwa Co Ltd     4,074,702  
    185,984     Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd     8,083,159  
    43,834     Sindoh Co Ltd     2,692,675  
    30,985     SK Innovation Co Ltd     5,833,099  
    54,743     SK Telecom Co Ltd     12,083,044  
    202,900     SK Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     4,940,615  
    30,627     SL Corp     679,093  
    29,318     Spigen Korea Co Ltd     1,329,640  
    758,990     Woori Bank     11,583,454  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     507,486,754  
     

 

 

 
    Sri Lanka — 0.0%  
    103,983,101     Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd * (b)     788,630  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 22.1%  
    12,073,000     AcBel Polytech Inc     8,804,147  
    1,342,000     Actron Technology Corp     4,868,899  
    1,115,000     Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc     1,500,358  
    1,416,532     Advantech Co Ltd     10,416,559  
    906,000     Alpha Networks Inc     762,002  
    13,928,940     AmTRAN Technology Co Ltd     8,053,636  
    6,553,620     Asustek Computer Inc     61,908,406  
    272,200     Aurora Corp     852,655  
    3,989,000     Catcher Technology Co Ltd     47,330,206  
    10,959,000     Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd     20,057,016  
    9,043,000     Chailease Holding Co Ltd     29,930,214  
    280,000     Chaun-Choung Technology Corp     886,529  
    6,057,200     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co Ltd     10,381,276  
    812,855     Chicony Electronics Co Ltd     1,986,367  
    488,800     Chicony Power Technology Co Ltd     990,353  
    4,699,100     Chin-Poon Industrial Co Ltd     8,746,428  
    2,050,190     China Life Insurance Co Ltd     2,039,293  
    1,265,000     China Motor Corp     1,158,459  
    1,202,000     Chipbond Technology Corp     2,760,020  
    187,000     Chlitina Holding Ltd     935,634  
    10,268,259     Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd     38,440,890  
    128,421     Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     4,752,861  
    330,000     Cleanaway Co Ltd     1,990,698  
    26,400,611     Compal Electronics Inc     17,926,125  
    4,944,400     Coretronic Corp     7,549,772  
    46,677,720     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd     33,738,831  
    3,222,000     CTCI Corp     4,943,759  
    237,000     Delta Electronics Inc     1,106,396  
    1,997,000     Dynapack International Technology Corp     2,869,296  
    424,000     Elite Advanced Laser Corp     1,745,757  
    955,000     Everlight Electronics Co Ltd     1,495,665  
    8,852,084     Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd     22,414,048  
    3,822,000     Farglory Land Development Co Ltd     4,227,789  
 

 

20   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — continued  
    435,000     Formosa Advanced Technologies Co Ltd     445,434  
    936,000     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp     3,429,431  
    375,000     Formosa Petrochemical Corp     1,478,103  
    2,380,000     Formosa Plastics Corp     8,336,071  
    3,193,303     Formosan Rubber Group Inc     1,678,322  
    14,367,075     Foxconn Technology Co Ltd     38,351,493  
    28,195,460     Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd     49,624,597  
    7,737,200     Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd     18,076,376  
    539,000     Greatek Electronics Inc     1,033,998  
    1,723,700     Green Seal Holding Ltd     3,424,848  
    10,202,754     Highwealth Construction Corp     15,280,593  
    2,198,000     Holtek Semiconductor Inc     5,982,616  
    16,380,250     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd     48,266,285  
    2,594,000     Huaku Development Co Ltd     6,359,972  
    3,266,900     IEI Integration Corp     4,536,991  
    4,603,700     Inventec Corp     3,625,757  
    124,000     Iron Force Industrial Co Ltd     422,424  
    958,000     ITEQ Corp     2,459,728  
    618,000     Kenda Rubber Industrial Co Ltd     765,128  
    36,000     King Slide Works Co Ltd     522,547  
    831,000     King’s Town Bank Co Ltd     1,117,068  
    235,000     Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co Ltd     1,143,271  
    32,521,141     Lite-On Technology Corp     45,958,546  
    206,000     Lotes Co Ltd     1,385,736  
    923,785     Makalot Industrial Co Ltd     4,287,416  
    750,667     Mercuries Life Insurance Co Ltd     405,524  
    405,000     Merida Industry Co Ltd     1,761,999  
    1,334,600     MIN AIK Technology Co Ltd     1,091,720  
    1,744,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp     4,760,013  
    54,000     Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd     526,137  
    3,789,810     Novatek Microelectronics Corp     16,319,793  
    1,589,853     OptoTech Corp     1,247,273  
    15,963,470     Pegatron Corp     40,134,494  
    9,470,000     Pou Chen Corp     11,800,866  
    104,000     President Chain Store Corp     1,037,518  
    9,734,850     Quanta Computer Inc     19,731,787  
    1,100,000     Quanta Storage Inc     1,060,959  
    12,677,870     Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp     35,181,968  
    5,622,720     Realtek Semiconductor Corp     21,872,895  
    1,317,000     Rechi Precision Co Ltd     1,344,488  
    3,417,151     Ruentex Development Co Ltd *     3,710,896  
    12,002,000     Ruentex Industries Ltd *     20,904,406  
    1,563,000     Sercomm Corp     4,492,102  
    198,000     Shin Zu Shing Co Ltd     607,383  
    807,000     ShunSin Technology Holding Ltd     3,643,972  
    543,000     Sigurd Microelectronics Corp     672,601  
    2,680,068     Simplo Technology Co Ltd     16,802,757  
    633,000     Sinbon Electronics Co Ltd     1,724,390  
    2,518,200     Sitronix Technology Corp     7,176,391  
    294,000     Soft-World International Corp     655,954  
    38,000     St Shine Optical Co Ltd     1,158,143  
    2,835,000     Syncmold Enterprise Corp     6,177,601  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — continued  
    605,000     Taiwan Cement Corp     760,764  
    1,260,000     Taiwan Fertilizer Co Ltd     1,667,742  
    636,000     Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd     2,329,908  
    822,000     Taiwan PCB Techvest Co Ltd     838,076  
    478,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd     1,146,891  
    9,195,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd     76,351,550  
    2,535,120     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     109,897,452  
    3,805,269     Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp     3,804,956  
    966,000     Teco Electric and Machinery Co Ltd     866,651  
    1,370,000     Test Research Inc     2,582,666  
    628,000     Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd     2,408,501  
    687,981     Topco Scientific Co Ltd     1,929,333  
    1,270,000     Transcend Information Inc     3,657,237  
    3,026,160     Tripod Technology Corp     9,906,210  
    2,051,000     TXC Corp     2,752,989  
    8,042,112     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     18,828,972  
    5,256,000     United Integrated Services Co Ltd     10,349,796  
    1,058,641     Wistron NeWeb Corp     2,929,578  
    636,000     Xxentria Technology Materials Corp     1,367,330  
    5,641,000     Yuanta Financial Holding Co Ltd     2,502,326  
    2,006,000     Yulon Motor Co Ltd     1,596,468  
    3,951,670     Yungtay Engineering Co Ltd     7,997,682  
    279,000     Zeng Hsing Industrial Co Ltd     1,202,516  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan     1,129,242,719  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 8.5%  
    8,758,700     Advanced Info Service Pcl (Foreign Registered)     55,111,511  
    8,823,200     Amata Corp Pcl (Foreign Registered)     7,063,763  
    9,728,000     AP Thailand Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,593,904  
    590,700     Bangkok Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered) (c)     4,309,021  
    1,466,600     Bangkok Bank Pcl NVDR     9,815,050  
    7,727,600     Central Pattana Pcl (Foreign Registered)     20,707,463  
    2,250,200     Delta Electronics Thailand Pcl (Foreign Registered) *     4,863,603  
    1,889,200     Eastern Polymer Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     436,943  
    4,420,901     Glow Energy Pcl (Foreign Registered)     11,895,802  
    4,201,300     Hana Microelectronics Pcl (Foreign Registered)     5,503,855  
    5,672,900     Intouch Holdings Pcl (Foreign Registered) (c)     10,721,488  
    6,452,800     Intouch Holdings Pcl NVDR     11,683,034  
    9,034,600     Jasmine International Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,979,709  
    3,305,100     Kasikornbank Pcl NVDR     24,290,710  
    2,475,800     Kiatnakin Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     6,129,436  
    29,062,200     Krung Thai Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     18,712,281  
    38,800,000     Land & Houses PCL (Foreign Registered)     13,602,527  
    18,678,450     LPN Development Pcl (Foreign Registered)     6,123,455  
    4,006,100     MC Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,639,988  
    2,987,500     Platinum Group PCL (The)     829,972  
    4,746,900     Pruksa Holding Pcl (Foreign Registered)     3,559,554  
    3,423,900     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl (Foreign Registered)     12,471,146  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   21


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Thailand — continued  
    9,029,200     PTT Global Chemical Pcl (Foreign Registered)     28,380,916  
    2,176,500     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     39,044,296  
    77,182,792     Quality Houses Pcl (Foreign Registered)     7,318,252  
    5,328,402     Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl (Foreign Registered)     9,027,704  
    75,602,123     Sansiri Pcl (Foreign Registered)     4,645,448  
    2,617,700     Siam Cement Pcl (The) (Foreign Registered)     40,768,578  
    5,315,900     Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (The) (Foreign Registered)     25,096,034  
    16,972,100     Star Petroleum Refining Pcl (Foreign Registered)     9,526,300  
    7,865,200     STP & I Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,260,803  
    7,391,000     Supalai Pcl (Foreign Registered)     5,418,260  
    4,206,700     Thai Beverage Pcl     2,648,594  
    2,487,500     Thai Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     8,132,698  
    1,874,000     Thai Vegetable Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,875,964  
    859,600     Thanachart Capital Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,521,636  
    1,721,000     Tipco Asphalt PCL (Foreign Registered)     1,087,905  
    1,477,500     Tisco Financial Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     4,147,875  
    28,184,650     TTW Pcl (Foreign Registered)     11,937,241  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     435,882,719  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 4.3%  
    3,041,306     Adana Cimento Sanayii TAS – Class C     830,046  
    1,890,565     Akbank Turk AS     5,251,682  
    701,752     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS     13,821,756  
    65,950,739     Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (REIT) *     45,606,441  
    2,853,527     Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS     4,118,896  
    8,712,567     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     25,914,177  
    2,792,161     Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS     7,856,340  
    8,213,630     Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma Ve Uretim AS *     10,774,895  
    116,724     Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi AS     3,632,147  
    12,152,990     Soda Sanayii AS     16,154,794  
    138,158     TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS     839,570  
    660,758     Tekfen Holding AS     3,141,257  
    149,093     Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafineriler AS     4,575,835  
    14,597     Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS     296,612  
    12,087,306     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS     37,138,592  
    8,210,813     Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS     20,722,092  
    3,054,376     Turkiye Is Bankasi – Class C     6,061,496  
    10,716,685     Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS     4,761,010  
    2,197,252     Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO – Class D     4,225,942  
    2,185,049     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS *     2,722,654  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     218,446,234  
     

 

 

 
    United Arab Emirates — 0.3%  
    2,776,178     Aldar Properties PJSC     1,628,079  
    12,253,240     DAMAC Properties Dubai Co PJSC     9,989,158  
    538,550     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co PJSC     2,518,844  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    United Arab Emirates — continued  
    8,006,860     RAK Properties PJSC     1,770,791  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Arab Emirates     15,906,872  
     

 

 

 
    Vietnam — 0.2%  
    1,715,690     Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank *     3,347,394  
    680,510     Vietnam Dairy Products JSC     5,854,640  
     

 

 

 
    Total Vietnam     9,202,034  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $3,997,264,301)
    4,701,120,606  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (d) — 3.3%  
    Brazil — 0.5%  
    1,392,740     Itau Unibanco Holding SA     21,610,226  
    1,086,600     Randon SA Implementos e Participacoes     3,098,930  
    133,681     Telefonica Brasil SA     2,085,356  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     26,794,512  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.2%  
    220,700     Bancolombia SA Sponsored ADR     9,309,126  
    1,227,847     Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA     531,345  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     9,840,471  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.2%  
    98,616     Bashneft PJSC *     2,817,826  
    22     Surgutneftegas OJSC *     11  
    1,787     Transneft PJSC     5,840,195  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     8,658,032  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 2.4%  
    64,939     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     119,292,406  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 0.0%  
    605,412     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd *     1,260,778  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $117,692,400)
    165,846,199  
     

 

 

 
    INVESTMENT FUNDS — 1.7%  
    India — 0.0%  
    1,371,900     TDA India Technology Fund II LP * (e) (f)     98,736  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.1%  
    5,431,855     NCH Eagle Fund LP * (e) (f)     2,704,993  
     

 

 

 
 

 

22   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Thailand — 0.1%  
    9,523,700     Digital Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund     4,400,661  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 1.5%  
    1,671,099     iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF     80,246,174  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS (COST $88,049,223)     87,450,564  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.0%  
    Thailand — 0.0%  
    689,175     Supalai Public Co Rights, Expires 10/19/18 *     423,736  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $0)
    423,736  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.9%  
    United States — 1.9%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 1.9%  
    3,909,508     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     97,620,412  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $97,625,430)
    97,620,412  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%  
    Money Market Fund — 0.1%  
    4,470,406     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (g)     4,470,406  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $4,470,406)
    4,470,406  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.1%
(Cost $4,305,101,760)
    5,056,931,923  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.9%     45,105,114  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $5,102,037,037  
     

 

 

 
 

Additional information on each restricted security is as follows:

 

Issuer Description

   Acquisition Date    Acquisition
Cost
     Value as a
Percentage
of Fund’s
Net Assets
  Value as of
February 28, 2018
 
NCH Eagle Fund LP    4/6/09    $ 5,452,004      0.05%   $  2,704,993  
TDA India Technology Fund II LP    2/3/00-3/23/04           0.00%     98,736  
          

 

 

 
           $ 2,803,729  
          

 

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

5,320

  Mini MSCI
Emerging Markets
 

March 2018

 

$

314,678,000

 

 

$

17,822,856

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   23


GMO Emerging Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Swap Contracts

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Fund Pays

 

Fund

Receives

 

Counterparty

  Notional
Amount
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Depreciation of Total Return on Asustek Computer Inc + (Daily Fed Funds Rate minus 0.25%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on Asustek Computer Inc   MSCI     USD       24,649,248       03/21/2018       At Maturity             435,941       435,941  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $     $ 435,941     $ 435,941  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Affiliated company (Note 10).

 

(c) Security valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount since holding exceeds foreign ownership limits.

 

(d) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(e) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(f) Private placement security; restricted as to resale.

 

(g) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

24   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio was the responsibility of the International Active team and transitioned to the Global Equity team as of June 30, 2017, both at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund returned +23.52% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +26.00% for the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index.

Stock selection detracted from relative performance across both countries and sectors. Holdings in Japan, Germany, and Emerging Markets were the largest detractors from relative returns. The largest negative impacts came from Air France in France, Nisshin OilliO Group in Japan, and Precision Drilling Corporation in Canada. In contrast, positioning in the U.K. and Austria added value. Holdings that contributed positively to relative performance included Showa Denko K. K. in Japan, Deutsche Lufthansa in Germany, and FACC AG in Austria.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

26


GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund Class III Shares and the S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .50% on the purchase and .50% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * For the period from March 16, 2009 to August 12, 2009, no Class IV shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class III shares, which have higher expenses. Therefore, the performance shown is lower than it would have been if Class IV expenses had been applied throughout.

 

     For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

27


GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    96.7

Mutual Funds

    1.1  

Short-Term Investments

    0.2  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Other

    2.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    26.3

United Kingdom

    11.3  

Germany

    8.0  

South Korea

    7.1  

Switzerland

    5.9  

France

    5.4  

Canada

    4.5  

Italy

    4.1  

Australia

    3.2  

United States

    2.6  

Austria

    2.6  

Taiwan

    2.4  

Hong Kong

    2.3  

Singapore

    2.3  

China

    2.3  

Other Developed

    1.9 ‡ 

Norway

    1.7  

Other Emerging

    1.5 † 

Finland

    1.3  

Malaysia

    1.2  

Spain

    1.1  

Poland

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Capital Goods

    18.6

Materials

    13.7  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    8.3  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    6.8  

Automobiles & Components

    6.0  

Real Estate

    5.7  

Transportation

    5.3  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    4.8  

Diversified Financials

    4.5  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    4.0  

Retailing

    3.8  

Media

    3.4  

Insurance

    3.3  

Software & Services

    2.8  

Utilities

    2.5  

Energy

    2.0  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    1.1  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    1.0  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.9  

Household & Personal Products

    0.9  

Consumer Services

    0.5  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

28


GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

         
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 96.7%  
    Australia — 3.2%  
    219,815     Charter Hall Group (REIT)     992,510  
    46,973     Codan Ltd     87,931  
    288,903     GDI Property Group (REIT)     279,668  
    226,015     Mineral Resources Ltd     3,293,675  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     4,653,784  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 2.6%  
    111,210     FACC AG *     2,891,004  
    39,040     POLYTEC Holding AG     832,662  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     3,723,666  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.7%  
    193,640     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     949,586  
    1,550     Recticel SA     18,707  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     968,293  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 4.5%  
    56,100     AGF Management Ltd – Class B     300,785  
    4,600     Aimia Inc *     6,094  
    6,400     Air Canada *     134,963  
    100     Altus Group Ltd     2,447  
    87,218     BRP Inc Sub Voting     3,057,932  
    30,700     Canfor Corp *     725,393  
    700     Capital Power Corp     12,929  
    39,400     Cogeco Inc     2,201,512  
    7,700     Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust     79,688  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     6,521,743  
     

 

 

 
    China — 2.3%  
    226,000     China National Materials Co Ltd – Class H     187,686  
    1,763,000     Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd     878,922  
    178,000     Road King Infrastructure Ltd     322,178  
    3,089,000     Yuzhou Properties Co Ltd     1,887,845  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     3,276,631  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 1.3%  
    125,244     Finnair Oyj     1,858,314  
     

 

 

 
    France — 5.3%  
    130,726     Air France-KLM *     1,542,648  
    1,115     Cie des Alpes     43,096  
    12,029     Euler Hermes Group     1,785,998  
    25,075     Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA     1,600,380  
    46,705     Metropole Television SA     1,328,046  
    5,745     Vilmorin & Cie SA     521,800  
    17,869     Worldline SA *     909,509  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     7,731,477  
     

 

 

 
         
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Germany — 8.0%  
    63,285     Bauer AG     1,670,158  
    101,469     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     3,388,057  
    39,932     Elmos Semiconductor AG     1,322,432  
    17,753     Leoni AG     1,207,250  
    92,373     Wacker Neuson SE     3,288,837  
    24,700     Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische AG     689,902  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     11,566,636  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 2.3%  
    747,000     Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd     2,947,661  
    1,594,000     Singamas Container Holdings Ltd     313,324  
    139,000     Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust REIT     96,601  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     3,357,586  
     

 

 

 
    India — 0.8%  
    757,701     PTC India Ltd     1,184,630  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 4.0%  
    506,737     Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SPA *     1,180,457  
    22,491     ASTM SPA     544,288  
    35,672     ERG SPA     739,088  
    6,293     Iren SPA     18,652  
    44,858     La Doria SPA     729,475  
    400     Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group SPA     3,520  
    10,497     Prima Industrie SPA     441,843  
    181,887     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     2,164,028  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     5,821,351  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 26.1%  
    53,400     Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd     1,010,054  
    73,300     Dai-ichi Seiko Co Ltd     1,981,404  
    4,500     Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku-Kogyo Co Ltd     57,244  
    30,600     Denka Co Ltd     1,119,373  
    37,200     Fancl Corp     1,334,920  
    2,700     Fuji Pharma Co Ltd     109,044  
    1,000     Fujikura Ltd     7,297  
    59,400     Fujitsu Frontech Ltd     1,004,903  
    26,500     Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd     1,766,292  
    9,400     Hosokawa Micron Corp     711,468  
    71,100     House Foods Group Inc     2,379,959  
    46,300     Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd *     657,464  
    31,900     JSP Corp     1,010,276  
    44,300     Juki Corp     698,398  
    13,000     Kamei Corp     194,388  
    300     Konoike Transport Co Ltd     5,276  
    148,000     Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd     1,057,313  
    46,300     Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co Ltd     2,302,518  
    39,000     NET One Systems Co Ltd     599,403  
    45,600     Nisshin OilliO Group Ltd (The)     1,239,819  
    505,000     Prima Meat Packers Ltd     3,034,846  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   29


GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

         
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    20,000     Rion Co Ltd     548,268  
    59,800     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     1,655,464  
    18,700     Shikoku Chemicals Corp     263,294  
    154,400     Showa Corp     2,433,448  
    64,400     Showa Denko KK     3,142,636  
    177,100     Tatsuta Electric Wire and Cable Co Ltd     1,203,122  
    70,000     Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co Ltd     437,846  
    73,800     TS Tech Co Ltd     2,983,250  
    92,600     Ube Industries Ltd     2,874,224  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     37,823,211  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 1.2%  
    1,403,400     Padini Holdings Berhad     1,780,124  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 1.7%  
    19,635     Entra ASA     271,617  
    768,226     Kongsberg Automotive ASA *     964,507  
    661,185     Kvaerner ASA *     1,225,981  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     2,462,105  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 1.0%  
    494,504     Energa SA     1,496,240  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.4%  
    111,103     Navigator Co SA (The)     602,105  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 2.3%  
    11,300     Venture Corp Ltd     232,986  
    2,491,300     Yanlord Land Group Ltd     3,100,358  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     3,333,344  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 0.6%  
    349,098     Blue Label Telecoms Ltd     386,411  
    36,959     Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Ltd     538,476  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     924,887  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 7.0%  
    439     CJ O Shopping Co Ltd     85,357  
    4,697     Daihan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     185,102  
    21,734     DongKook Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     1,351,129  
    16,617     Dongwha Pharm Co Ltd     174,694  
    5,959     F&F Co Ltd     227,553  
    1,278     Green Cross Holdings Corp     48,565  
    43,022     Hyundai Corp     747,907  
    235,587     Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     2,200,249  
    21,962     Kyungdong Pharm Co Ltd     473,453  
    19,505     LF Corp     524,818  
    54,485     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     3,524,010  
    12,610     Samjin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     481,185  
    64,283     Seohan Co Ltd     150,317  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     10,174,339  
     

 

 

 
         
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Spain — 1.1%  
    235,126     Ence Energia y Celulosa SA     1,534,710  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 0.9%  
    879     KNOW IT AB     17,958  
    106,320     Mr. Green & Co AB *     656,365  
    7,735     Nolato AB – B Shares     547,097  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     1,221,420  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 5.8%  
    15,530     ALSO Holding AG (Registered) *     2,189,467  
    24,142     Bobst Group SA (Registered)     3,002,801  
    133     Coltene Holding AG (Registered)     13,394  
    2,224     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     3,255,598  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     8,461,260  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 2.4%  
    1,464,000     Coretronic Corp     2,235,431  
    418,000     Elitegroup Computer Systems Co Ltd *     261,206  
    38,000     Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd     88,779  
    43,000     Holtek Semiconductor Inc     117,039  
    56,000     Lotes Co Ltd     376,705  
    177,000     Wah Lee Industrial Corp     340,348  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan     3,419,508  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 11.2%  
    790     Bellway Plc     33,675  
    156,862     Computacenter Plc     2,372,698  
    209,153     Electrocomponents Plc     1,804,940  
    54,175     Games Workshop Group Plc     1,776,271  
    350,807     Jupiter Fund Management Plc     2,456,468  
    23,450     McColl’s Retail Group Plc     80,689  
    68,191     Morgan Sindall Group Plc     1,161,848  
    18,028     Ophir Energy Plc *     12,962  
    109,127     Plus500 Ltd     1,782,753  
    134,749     RPS Group Plc     420,627  
    3,280     Savills Plc     43,050  
    10,981     Spirent Communications Plc     15,680  
    106,045     SThree Plc     502,883  
    413,550     Stock Spirits Group Plc     1,561,361  
    279,141     Vesuvius Plc     2,256,185  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     16,282,090  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $128,591,943)     140,179,454  
     

 

 

 
 

 

30   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.1%  
    United States — 1.1%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 1.1%  
    63,909     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     1,595,796  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $1,595,796)     1,595,796  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.2%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.2%  
    274,792     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     274,792  
     

 

 

 
    Total Money Market Funds     274,792  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $274,792)     274,792  
     

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.0%

(Cost $130,462,531)

    142,050,042  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 2.0%     2,883,086  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $144,933,128  
     

 

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number

of

Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

21

  Mini MSCI
EAFE
 

March 2018

 

$

2,138,325

 

 

$

(32,848

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
     Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   31


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Global Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI EAFE Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class II shares of GMO International Equity Fund returned +20.85% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +20.13% for the MSCI EAFE Index.

The Fund added value from stock selection decisions, with additional positive contributions from both country and sector allocation. Germany, Switzerland, and Italy were the top country contributors. Germany and Italy were both overweight on average, with performance driven primarily by stock selection. Value added in Switzerland came from a combination of stock selection and underweight positioning.

Stock selection was also the primary reason for the outperformance of top sector contributors; Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, and Real Estate. Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa (Germany Industrial), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Italy Consumer Discretionary), and Christian Dior (France Consumer Discretionary).

Areas with negative contributions over the period included stock selection in the U.K. and Japan. Top stock detractors included overweight positions in GlaxoSmithKline (U.K. Health Care), WPP (U.K. Consumer Discretionary), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (Japan Financials).

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

32


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO International Equity Fund Class II Shares and the MSCI EAFE Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

The MSCI EAFE Value Index has been removed from the performance graph as GMO does not believe it to be representative of the Fund’s investment strategy.

 

33


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    97.5

Mutual Funds

    1.2  

Preferred Stocks

    0.7  

Short-Term Investments

    0.1  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Other

    0.5  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    26.9

United Kingdom

    13.6  

Germany

    12.4  

France

    12.2  

Italy

    5.1  

Switzerland

    5.0  

Hong Kong

    4.8  

Australia

    3.7  

Sweden

    3.4  

Norway

    3.3  

Netherlands

    3.2  

United States

    2.1  

Austria

    1.5  

Other Developed

    1.4 ‡ 

Spain

    1.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Capital Goods

    12.7

Materials

    11.2  

Automobiles & Components

    9.0  

Banks

    9.0  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    8.0  

Insurance

    7.4  

Energy

    6.8  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    5.8  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    5.1  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    5.0  

Transportation

    2.9  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    2.7  

Telecommunication Services

    2.5  

Diversified Financials

    2.1  

Real Estate

    2.0  

Software & Services

    1.8  

Household & Personal Products

    1.6  

Utilities

    1.5  

Retailing

    0.9  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.8  

Consumer Services

    0.4  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    0.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.3  

Media

    0.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

34


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 97.5%  
    Australia — 3.7%  
    321,081     Abacus Property Group (REIT)     853,420  
    38,751     Adelaide Brighton Ltd     196,796  
    832,950     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd     18,614,862  
    1,376,398     Caltex Australia Ltd     37,310,248  
    288,182     Charter Hall Group (REIT)     1,301,201  
    77,854     CIMIC Group Ltd     2,808,200  
    1,399,572     Costa Group Holdings Ltd     7,868,466  
    128,589     Credit Corp Group Ltd     2,095,372  
    4,104,340     CSR Ltd     16,330,488  
    6,215,449     Downer EDI Ltd     33,155,299  
    125,824     Elders Ltd     673,339  
    341,167     Goodman Group (REIT)     2,157,324  
    66,022     Investa Office Fund (REIT)     215,737  
    79,206     Macquarie Group Ltd     6,310,647  
    1,485,829     Metcash Ltd     3,715,589  
    1,819,151     Mineral Resources Ltd     26,510,151  
    1,518,586     Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd     2,680,337  
    2,200,788     OZ Minerals Ltd     16,283,716  
    581,223     Pact Group Holdings Ltd     2,513,066  
    100     Rio Tinto Ltd     6,200  
    1,176,271     Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group (REIT)     2,036,806  
    394,187     Sigma Healthcare Ltd     271,633  
    17,983     Sonic Healthcare Ltd     339,256  
    288,481     Southern Cross Media Group Ltd     245,155  
    75,035     Tabcorp Holdings Ltd     268,768  
    364,680     Tassal Group Ltd     1,072,082  
    69,894     Vicinity Centres (REIT)     134,044  
    19,738     Virtus Health Ltd     87,898  
    30,282     Woodside Petroleum Ltd     675,968  
    263,632     WorleyParsons Ltd     3,096,409  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     189,828,477  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 1.5%  
    79,093     Oesterreichische Post AG     3,808,104  
    881,922     OMV AG     50,144,546  
    357,486     voestalpine AG     20,622,707  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     74,575,357  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.2%  
    615,191     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     3,016,817  
    1,134     Barco NV     138,376  
    14,350     bpost SA     486,946  
    46,444     D’ieteren SA/NV     1,997,424  
    7,450     Elia System Operator SA/NV     470,369  
    90,674     Orange Belgium SA     1,678,753  
    23,237     UCB SA     1,919,522  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     9,708,207  
     

 

 

 
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Denmark — 0.3%  
    346     AP Moeller – Maersk A/S – Class B     562,035  
    2,643     Dfds A/S     145,557  
    284,000     Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR     14,620,320  
    12,564     Per Aarsleff Holding A/S     449,767  
    8,571     Schouw & Co AB     893,523  
     

 

 

 
    Total Denmark     16,671,202  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 0.0%  
    26,395     Metso Oyj     843,026  
    27,313     Tieto Oyj     967,288  
     

 

 

 
    Total Finland     1,810,314  
     

 

 

 
    France — 12.3%  
    2,118,107     Air France-KLM *     24,994,976  
    77,277     Amundi SA     6,299,321  
    3,560,567     AXA SA     111,513,587  
    837,339     BNP Paribas SA     66,208,808  
    1,788     Casino Guichard Perrachon SA     96,856  
    132,571     Christian Dior SE     49,239,342  
    706,407     CNP Assurances     17,118,730  
    3,216,416     Credit Agricole SA     55,113,925  
    17,255     IPSOS     661,346  
    4,612     Legrand SA     361,572  
    238,372     Metropole Television SA     6,778,056  
    160,540     Sanofi     12,674,608  
    309,330     SCOR SE     13,114,524  
    7,768     Societe BIC SA     814,977  
    1,497,637     Societe Generale SA     85,095,172  
    2,202,400     STMicroelectronics NV – NY Shares     50,214,720  
    2,474,739     STMicroelectronics NV     56,281,207  
    1,148,394     TOTAL SA     65,319,196  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     621,900,923  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 11.8%  
    131,069     ADVA Optical Networking SE *     990,680  
    570,196     Allianz SE (Registered)     132,451,529  
    140,552     BASF SE     14,683,402  
    1,110,263     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     116,649,667  
    92,048     Bechtle AG     7,817,937  
    5,852     Cewe Stiftung & Co KGAA     596,632  
    95,485     Covestro AG     10,771,693  
    1,590,176     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     135,779,794  
    2,882,610     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     96,250,552  
    9,759     Diebold Nixdorf AG *     805,521  
    5,773     Duerr AG     706,073  
    20,395     Evonik Industries AG     750,945  
    7,958     Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide     812,050  
    8,141     Henkel AG & Co KGaA     978,778  
    6,881     Indus Holding AG     511,924  
    57,696     Jenoptik AG     1,981,004  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   35


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Germany — continued  
    2,151     Koenig & Bauer AG     188,755  
    125,707     Leoni AG     8,548,404  
    215,662     RHOEN-KLINIKUM AG     7,520,378  
    1,293     RTL Group SA     113,232  
    1,068,702     RWE AG *     21,241,817  
    6,606     Salzgitter AG     376,731  
    575     Siltronic AG *     83,900  
    120,086     Software AG     6,303,869  
    1,784     STADA Arzneimittel AG     186,161  
    52,163     Talanx AG     2,305,769  
    141,483     Volkswagen AG     28,105,657  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     597,512,854  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 4.8%  
    8,838,600     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     44,418,246  
    2,881,600     Champion (REIT)     2,046,140  
    2,361,100     Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd     5,247,454  
    469,800     Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd     3,041,706  
    5,255,990     Esprit Holdings Ltd *     2,061,380  
    333,000     Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust     395,935  
    4,350,000     Global Brands Group Holding Ltd *     314,935  
    2,478,900     Hysan Development Co Ltd     14,326,123  
    5,696,075     I-CABLE Communications Ltd *     142,574  
    2,735,700     Kerry Properties Ltd     12,366,060  
    917,200     Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd     3,158,397  
    932,800     Man Wah Holdings Ltd     857,173  
    1,621,000     Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd     1,551,303  
    1,075,700     PCCW Ltd     611,163  
    16,961,100     SJM Holdings Ltd     16,156,278  
    1,526,200     SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd     1,658,188  
    162,400     Swire Properties Ltd     553,374  
    39,000     Swire Pacific Ltd – Class A     392,040  
    135,500     Techtronic Industries Co Ltd     850,126  
    435,800     Television Broadcasts Ltd     1,435,638  
    51,329,500     WH Group Ltd     63,217,645  
    3,432,900     Wharf Holdings Ltd (The)     12,754,290  
    4,219,900     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     28,686,628  
    1,718,500     Wheelock & Co Ltd     12,457,168  
    845,075     Xinyi Automobile Glass Hong Kong Enterprises Ltd *     229,703  
    3,383,800     Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd     14,462,699  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     243,392,366  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.1%  
    28,300     ICON Plc *     3,206,673  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.3%  
    71,321     Bank Hapoalim BM     507,817  
    274,626     El Al Israel Airlines     98,953  
    4,169,122     Israel Discount Bank Ltd – Class A *     11,954,688  
    36,740     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd     677,232  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Israel — continued  
    18,700     SodaStream International Ltd *     1,513,204  
    10,496     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd     196,835  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     14,948,729  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 5.1%  
    474,840     A2A SPA     839,573  
    78,636     De’ Longhi SPA     2,218,476  
    6,787,484     Enel SPA     39,399,730  
    3,284     Eni SPA     54,530  
    686,272     EXOR NV     49,798,477  
    5,117,100     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV     108,431,349  
    67,312     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     1,420,826  
    1,297,941     Hera SPA     4,414,708  
    1,540,676     Iren SPA     4,566,491  
    51,526     La Doria SPA     837,909  
    754,646     Recordati SPA     26,978,003  
    9,720     Reply SPA     582,909  
    1,681,711     Saras SPA     3,525,042  
    1,357,586     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     16,152,084  
    595,147     Telecom Italia SPA *     534,138  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     259,754,245  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 27.0%  
    30,700     Yamaha Motor Co Ltd     970,841  
    7,700     Kose Corp     1,432,401  
    35,800     Seiko Holdings Corp     973,670  
    4,800     Keyence Corp     2,906,880  
    65,300     Denso Corp     3,811,419  
    215,700     Astellas Pharma Inc     3,168,839  
    19,600     ADEKA Corp     356,420  
    7,000     Aichi Corp     48,621  
    1,200     Ain Holdings Inc     80,206  
    140,800     Alpine Electronics Inc     2,794,589  
    83,700     AOKI Holdings Inc     1,339,258  
    23,800     Aoyama Trading Co Ltd     990,251  
    3,074,100     Asahi Kasei Corp     39,394,552  
    127,800     Autobacs Seven Co Ltd     2,488,093  
    1,989,000     Brother Industries Ltd     49,465,281  
    909,100     Canon Inc     34,644,700  
    52,100     Cawachi Ltd     1,276,365  
    215,100     CKD Corp     5,381,833  
    6,200     Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd     190,060  
    395,800     Cosmo Energy Holdings Co Ltd     13,721,774  
    21,200     Credit Saison Co Ltd     363,905  
    29,580     Daikyo Inc     628,272  
    71,100     Daiwabo Holdings Co Ltd     2,939,441  
    809,700     DCM Holdings Co Ltd     7,972,462  
    340,640     Denka Co Ltd     12,460,890  
    109,900     DIC Corp     3,920,914  
    70,600     Doutor Nichires Holdings Co Ltd     1,637,707  
    17,300     DTS Corp     621,722  
 

 

36   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    7,500     Ehime Bank Ltd (The)     93,046  
    108,000     Fancl Corp     3,875,574  
    116,000     Fuji Electric Co Ltd     877,795  
    15,300     Fuji Oil Holdings Inc     451,319  
    315,200     Fujikura Ltd     2,300,031  
    10,882,000     Fujitsu Ltd     64,939,393  
    176,500     Furukawa Electric Co Ltd     9,617,171  
    34,400     Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd     2,292,847  
    170,000     Geo Holdings Corp     3,103,651  
    23,250     Gunze Ltd     1,291,272  
    278,940     Hanwa Co Ltd     12,587,617  
    106,800     Hiroshima Bank Ltd (The)     828,412  
    13,600     Hitachi Capital Corp     351,792  
    227,600     Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd     5,055,017  
    12,208,000     Hitachi Ltd     92,318,132  
    7,200     Hitachi Transport System Ltd     177,755  
    2,300     Hokuetsu Bank Ltd (The)     51,324  
    148,100     House Foods Group Inc     4,957,411  
    26,700     Isuzu Motors Ltd     417,719  
    6,855,000     ITOCHU Corp     131,770,530  
    81,800     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp     3,339,889  
    36,700     Kagome Co Ltd     1,248,026  
    184,600     Kanematsu Corp     2,486,074  
    103,200     Keihin Corp     2,145,900  
    61,200     Kohnan Shoji Co Ltd     1,435,744  
    9,900     Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd     683,095  
    68,100     Kokuyo Co Ltd     1,276,031  
    48,900     Kuraray Co Ltd     849,840  
    8,200     Kyowa Exeo Corp     217,847  
    57,800     Mandom Corp     2,030,937  
    6,592,100     Marubeni Corp     50,227,007  
    2,400     Maruwa Co Ltd     197,245  
    10,166,100     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     102,564,619  
    831,600     Mitsubishi Corp     23,297,444  
    905,200     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     15,268,451  
    818,500     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     20,244,115  
    988,300     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     21,051,063  
    2,301,500     Mitsui & Co Ltd     41,712,201  
    715,100     Mitsui Chemicals Inc     21,699,204  
    3,600     Mitsui Sugar Co Ltd     146,569  
    91,500     Modec Inc     2,284,018  
    171,000     Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp     1,063,834  
    87,000     Namura Shipbuilding Co Ltd     523,707  
    429,800     NET One Systems Co Ltd     6,605,729  
    347,000     Nichias Corp     4,607,487  
    5,400     Nichiha Corp     212,073  
    343,700     Nichirei Corp     8,739,886  
    9,900     Nifco Inc     708,560  
    127,000     Nippo Corp     2,994,433  
    20,500     Nippon Chemi-Con Corp     549,307  
    711,700     Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Ltd     1,918,778  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    21,800     Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd     428,869  
    2,413,000     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     112,075,653  
    9,160     Nippon Television Holdings Inc     173,032  
    77,900     Nippon Signal Co Ltd     760,716  
    119,300     Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc     1,465,073  
    17,400     Nisshinbo Holdings Inc     264,212  
    40,200     Nissin Electric Co Ltd     392,660  
    88,500     Nomura Holdings Inc     538,733  
    800     NuFlare Technology Inc     59,538  
    10,500     Okamura Corp     145,241  
    122,700     Okinawa Electric Power Co (The)     3,314,340  
    205,800     Onward Holdings Co Ltd     1,752,722  
    452,200     Orient Corp     719,380  
    12,000     Osaki Electric Co Ltd     90,001  
    174,100     Pola Orbis Holdings Inc     7,298,993  
    108,200     Press Kogyo Co Ltd     666,411  
    1,393,000     Prima Meat Packers Ltd     8,371,367  
    32,000     Relo Group Inc     897,048  
    106,200     Rengo Co Ltd     920,834  
    126,200     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     3,493,637  
    43,300     San-A Co Ltd     2,245,798  
    6,800     Sankyu Inc     328,038  
    1,723,200     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     32,284,763  
    192,300     Showa Denko KK     9,383,991  
    38,200     Softbank Technology Corp     739,370  
    13,387,400     Sojitz Corp     43,685,051  
    8,632,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     53,222,085  
    525,300     Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd     8,757,691  
    355,260     Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd     13,839,512  
    15,200     Suzuken Co Ltd     618,838  
    162,300     T-Gaia Corp     4,656,742  
    25,100     Token Corp     2,824,487  
    9,330     Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings Inc *     35,693  
    154,000     Tokyo Electron Ltd     30,092,021  
    56,000     Toppan Printing Co Ltd     478,397  
    8,800     Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp     177,714  
    2,697,000     Tosoh Corp     55,754,816  
    55,500     Towa Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     3,590,943  
    23,100     Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd     559,288  
    1,124,300     Toyota Tsusho Corp     41,627,433  
    31,900     TPR Co Ltd     904,375  
    235,800     TS Tech Co Ltd     9,531,847  
    87,400     TSI Holdings Co Ltd     630,317  
    88,000     Tsubakimoto Chain Co     746,606  
    17,000     Tsumura & Co     566,875  
    481,910     Ube Industries Ltd     14,958,068  
    6,800     UKC Holdings Corp     149,104  
    225,800     Valor Holdings Co Ltd     6,160,963  
    26,600     Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings Co Ltd     632,770  
    30,500     Yahagi Construction Co Ltd     234,449  
    46,600     Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc     562,498  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   37


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    625,000     Zeon Corp     9,339,109  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     1,368,816,399  
     

 

 

 
    Malta — 0.0%  
    15,984,486     BGP Holdings Plc (a)      
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 3.2%  
    19,741     Aalberts Industries NV     987,585  
    104,679     BinckBank NV     616,717  
    364,200     Constellium NV – Class A *     4,224,720  
    19,187     Corbion NV     595,398  
    147,212     Heineken Holding NV     14,643,371  
    6,645,300     ING Groep NV     116,611,593  
    224,998     Philips Lighting NV     8,913,296  
    250,147     Unilever NV CVA     13,091,726  
    48,474     Wolters Kluwer NV     2,455,397  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     162,139,803  
     

 

 

 
    New Zealand — 0.0%  
    550,314     Air New Zealand Ltd     1,302,047  
    237,499     Chorus Ltd     638,875  
    43,683     Fletcher Building Ltd     203,413  
     

 

 

 
    Total New Zealand     2,144,335  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 3.3%  
    11,876     Austevoll Seafood ASA     106,464  
    164,609     Bakkafrost P/F     8,311,219  
    499,824     BW LPG Ltd *     2,180,562  
    1,800,258     DNB ASA     35,312,652  
    12,831     Salmar ASA     456,164  
    12,295     SpareBank 1 Nord Norge     106,368  
    2,934,201     Statoil ASA     66,786,837  
    1,502,199     Storebrand ASA     13,067,120  
    2,179,097     Subsea 7 SA     32,358,105  
    315,163     Telenor ASA     7,072,717  
    16,108     Yara International ASA     711,767  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     166,469,975  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.2%  
    148,834     Altri SGPS SA     846,283  
    859,006     CTT-Correios de Portugal SA     3,556,183  
    178,954     Navigator Co SA (The)     969,813  
    730,139     REN-Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA     2,197,247  
     

 

 

 
    Total Portugal     7,569,526  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.3%  
    537,100     CapitaLand Commercial Trust (REIT)     697,502  
    9,300     CapitaLand Mall Trust (REIT)     14,154  
    1,380,400     Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (REIT)     1,236,679  
    706,500     Mapletree Industrial Trust (REIT)     1,044,397  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Singapore — continued  
    538,900     Venture Corp Ltd     11,111,164  
    2,497,000     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd     2,817,834  
    93,000     Yanlord Land Group Ltd     115,736  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     17,037,466  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 1.4%  
    584,700     Ebro Foods SA     14,691,104  
    37,655     Mapfre SA     126,350  
    3,123,731     Repsol SA     55,500,726  
    11,674     Viscofan SA     741,562  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     71,059,742  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 3.4%  
    36,580     Bilia AB – A Shares     374,749  
    72,688     Electrolux AB – Series B     2,386,345  
    6,511     Granges AB     70,637  
    32,183     Industrivarden AB – C Shares     767,735  
    60,408     Klovern AB – B Shares     74,144  
    17,435     NCC AB – B Shares     332,471  
    2,512,047     Sandvik AB     46,504,227  
    427,845     SAS AB *     1,094,007  
    35,435     Securitas AB – B Shares     608,813  
    13,261     Skanska AB – B Shares     263,723  
    1,073,264     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA – Class B     10,636,051  
    23,199     Swedish Match AB     985,429  
    5,745,177     Volvo AB – B Shares     108,020,346  
    53,861     Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB     1,238,323  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     173,357,000  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 5.0%  
    58,679     Ascom Holding AG (Registered)     1,480,393  
    13,484     Autoneum Holding AG     4,289,741  
    1,774     Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (Registered)     1,484,897  
    5,696     BKW AG     325,997  
    343     Bobst Group SA (Registered)     42,663  
    9,397     Bucher Industries AG (Registered)     3,946,171  
    2,018     Cembra Money Bank AG *     189,887  
    372     dormakaba Holding AG *     341,189  
    3,408     Emmi AG (Registered) *     2,571,299  
    1,534     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Registered)     977,837  
    210     Forbo Holdings AG (Registered)     339,716  
    128,845     GAM Holding AG *     2,314,990  
    17,470     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     25,573,428  
    42     Gurit Holding AG *     42,061  
    12,324     Implenia AG (Registered)     925,456  
    9,576     Kardex AG (Registered) *     1,237,487  
    5,439     Komax Holding AG (Registered)     1,735,957  
    830,953     Logitech International SA (Registered)     32,613,226  
    18,638     Lonza Group AG (Registered)     4,722,112  
    10,546     Mobilezone Holding AG (Registered)     132,783  
    129,064     Nestle SA (Registered)     10,254,265  
 

 

38   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Switzerland — continued  
    238,871     Novartis AG (Registered)     19,927,040  
    31,024     Roche Holding AG     7,310,941  
    7,111     Sika AG     58,312,658  
    3,695     Straumann Holding AG (Registered)     2,489,080  
    1,316     Swatch Group AG (The) (Registered)     105,160  
    51,444     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     18,577,611  
    440,621     Swiss Re AG     44,830,788  
    1,640     Valora Holding AG (Registered)     594,512  
    61,457     Vontobel Holding AG (Registered)     4,121,224  
    5,161     Zehnder Group AG – Class RG     240,025  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     252,050,594  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 13.6%  
    1,969,815     3i Group Plc     25,337,761  
    1,951,793     AstraZeneca Plc     127,749,195  
    180,546     Barratt Developments Plc     1,334,303  
    68,448     Bellway Plc     2,917,728  
    759,773     Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (The)     40,208,590  
    1,501,128     British American Tobacco Plc     88,600,269  
    776,174     Cairn Energy Plc *     1,980,985  
    1,579,090     Carillion Plc (a)      
    1,032,420     Coca-Cola HBC AG *     33,751,985  
    4,316,811     Debenhams Plc     1,695,459  
    65,300     Diageo Plc Sponsored ADR     8,857,292  
    1,177,176     Electrocomponents Plc     10,158,748  
    28,644     Fenner Plc     186,977  
    3,499,013     Ferrexpo Plc     14,954,927  
    7,495,818     Firstgroup Plc *     8,398,123  
    414,892     Galliford Try Plc     5,213,108  
    6,956,856     GlaxoSmithKline Plc     124,762,385  
    197,000     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     7,153,070  
    133,725     Halfords Group Plc     652,068  
    335,928     Hunting Plc *     2,785,175  
    1,286,778     Inchcape Plc     11,987,074  
    2,593,708     Indivior Plc *     13,468,692  
    37,025     Intermediate Capital Group Plc     535,599  
    1,865     Jupiter Fund Management Plc     13,059  
    2,158,582     Lloyds Banking Group Plc     2,039,496  
    154,003     Mitie Group Plc     332,297  
    406,874     National Express Group Plc     1,955,032  
    202,500     Nomad Foods Ltd *     3,318,975  
    30,089     Pearson Plc     303,013  
    2,270,260     Persimmon Plc     81,158,409  
    57,252     Playtech Plc     614,078  
    155,839     Plus500 Ltd     2,545,863  
    249,518     QinetiQ Group Plc     701,625  
    616,790     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     48,958,553  
    98,543     Royal Mail Plc     759,037  
    70,646     Savills Plc     927,220  
    221,096     Spectris Plc     8,262,413  
    357,694     Vesuvius Plc     2,891,098  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    United Kingdom — continued  
    26,237     Victrex Plc     932,925  
    10,727     WH Smith Plc     298,784  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     688,701,390  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $4,201,796,567)
    4,942,655,577  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (b) — 0.7%  
    Germany — 0.7%  
    164,043     Jungheinrich AG     7,985,146  
    5,379     Porsche Automobil Holding SE     448,069  
    131,642     Volkswagen AG     25,609,431  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     34,042,646  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $25,006,345)
    34,042,646  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.2%  
    United States — 1.2%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 1.2%      
    2,445,699     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     61,069,100  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $61,084,746)
    61,069,100  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    4,916,014     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (c)     4,916,014  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $4,916,014)
    4,916,014  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5%
(Cost $4,292,803,672)
    5,042,683,337  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.5%     25,001,627  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $5,067,684,964  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   39


GMO International Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number

of

Contracts +

 

Type

  Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

425

  Mini MSCI EAFE  

 

March 2018

 

 

$

43,275,625

 

 

$

(5,376

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
     Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

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GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Global Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI EAFE Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class III shares of GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund returned +20.64% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +20.13% for the MSCI EAFE Index.

The Fund added value from stock selection decisions, with additional positive contributions from both country and sector allocation. Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and Austria were the top country contributors. Germany was a strong contributor to value added from stock selection. Value added in Switzerland came from a combination of stock selection and underweight positioning. Underweight positioning in Australia and overweight positioning in Austria added value primarily from country allocation.

Top sector contributors included Consumer Discretionary, Industrials, and Materials. Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa (Germany Industrial), Porsche Automobil Holding (Germany Consumer Discretionary), and Christian Dior (France Consumer Discretionary).

Areas with negative contributions over the period included stock selection in the U.K., Japan, and the Information Technology sector. Top stock detractors included overweight positions in WPP (U.K. Consumer Discretionary), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (Japan Financials), and GlaxoSmithKline (U.K. Health Care).

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

42


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund Class III Shares and the MSCI EAFE Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

43


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    95.4

Preferred Stocks

    2.3  

Mutual Funds

    1.4  

Short-Term Investments

    0.4  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Other

    0.5  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    27.1

United Kingdom

    13.9  

Germany

    12.8  

France

    12.5  

Hong Kong

    5.5  

Switzerland

    4.9  

Netherlands

    4.1  

Australia

    3.2  

Sweden

    2.9  

United States

    2.8  

Austria

    2.6  

Italy

    2.5  

Other Developed

    2.3 ‡ 

Spain

    1.5  

Finland

    1.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Capital Goods

    12.7

Materials

    11.3  

Automobiles & Components

    9.2  

Banks

    8.8  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    7.9  

Insurance

    7.7  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    6.0  

Energy

    5.7  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    5.6  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    5.1  

Real Estate

    4.4  

Transportation

    3.6  

Telecommunication Services

    2.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    2.1  

Diversified Financials

    1.9  

Software & Services

    1.5  

Household & Personal Products

    1.5  

Retailing

    0.8  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.8  

Consumer Services

    0.4  

Utilities

    0.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.2  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    0.1  

Media

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

44


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 95.4%  
    Australia — 3.2%  
    98     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd     2,190  
    22,737     BHP Billiton Ltd     533,916  
    17,135     Caltex Australia Ltd     464,481  
    18,566     Charter Hall Group (REIT)     83,829  
    2,141     CIMIC Group Ltd     77,226  
    43,807     Downer EDI Ltd     233,681  
    5,949     Fairfax Media Ltd     3,482  
    8,729     Goodman Group (REIT)     55,197  
    40,930     GPT Group (The) (REIT)     150,204  
    2,248     IOOF Holdings Ltd     18,109  
    2,495     Macquarie Group Ltd     198,786  
    18,270     Mineral Resources Ltd     266,246  
    31,886     Qantas Airways Ltd     145,143  
    1,299     Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group (REIT)     2,249  
    293     Sonic Healthcare Ltd     5,528  
    18,748     Stockland (REIT)     58,601  
    1,834     Suncorp Group Ltd     19,147  
    9,858     Westpac Banking Corp     233,618  
    6,074     WorleyParsons Ltd     71,340  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     2,622,973  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 2.6%  
    26,626     OMV AG     1,513,908  
    10,882     voestalpine AG     627,762  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     2,141,670  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.0%  
    84     Ageas     4,398  
    361     bpost SA     12,250  
    288     UCB SA     23,791  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     40,439  
     

 

 

 
    Denmark — 0.9%  
    326     AP Moeller – Maersk A/S – Class B     529,548  
    4,000     Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR     205,920  
     

 

 

 
    Total Denmark     735,468  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 1.5%  
    34,873     UPM – Kymmene Oyj     1,193,138  
     

 

 

 
    France — 12.6%  
    32,776     Air France-KLM *     386,777  
    380     Amundi SA     30,976  
    106     Atos SE     13,944  
    71,181     AXA SA     2,229,322  
    25,260     BNP Paribas SA     1,997,321  
    1,930     Christian Dior SE     716,838  
    2,472     CNP Assurances     59,905  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    France — continued  
    41,509     Credit Agricole SA     711,265  
    1,235     Sanofi     97,503  
    10,657     SCOR SE     451,820  
    28,091     Societe Generale SA     1,596,120  
    16,400     STMicroelectronics NV – NY Shares     373,920  
    26,398     STMicroelectronics NV     600,351  
    18,232     TOTAL SA     1,037,013  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     10,303,075  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 10.6%  
    7,883     Allianz SE (Registered)     1,831,152  
    75     Aurubis AG     6,282  
    2,633     BASF SE     275,068  
    17,959     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     1,886,860  
    168     Bechtle AG     14,269  
    223     Beiersdorf AG     24,402  
    3,144     Covestro AG     354,676  
    26,115     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     2,229,872  
    45,561     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     1,521,285  
    63     Henkel AG & Co KGaA     7,574  
    900     Leoni AG     61,202  
    715     METRO AG     13,945  
    148     Rheinmetall AG     19,540  
    5,816     RWE AG *     115,600  
    198     Siltronic AG *     28,891  
    1,937     Uniper SE     58,821  
    1,110     Volkswagen AG     220,502  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     8,669,941  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 5.5%  
    108,500     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     545,265  
    197,233     I-CABLE Communications Ltd *     4,937  
    96,000     Link (REIT)     816,095  
    355,000     SJM Holdings Ltd     338,155  
    2,500     Techtronic Industries Co Ltd     15,685  
    373,000     WH Group Ltd     459,388  
    156,000     Wharf Holdings Ltd (The)     579,588  
    156,000     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     1,060,479  
    81,000     Wheelock & Co Ltd     587,158  
    30,000     Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd     46,376  
    9,500     Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd     40,604  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     4,493,730  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.1%  
    1,100     ICON Plc *     124,641  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.0%  
    100     Check Point Software Technologies Ltd *     10,389  
    400     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Sponsored ADR     7,488  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     17,877  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   45


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Italy — 2.5%  
    477     De’ Longhi SPA     13,457  
    1,463     Enel SPA     8,492  
    10,600     EXOR NV     769,176  
    7,703     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     162,595  
    41,800     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV     885,742  
    1,861     Recordati SPA     66,529  
    41,711     Saras SPA     87,431  
    4,165     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     49,554  
    2,141     Unipol Gruppo SPA     10,648  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     2,053,624  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 27.2%  
    100     Aoyama Trading Co Ltd     4,161  
    55,800     Asahi Kasei Corp     715,076  
    500     Azbil Corp     22,114  
    24,000     Brother Industries Ltd     596,866  
    29,400     Canon Inc     1,120,398  
    1,100     Daicel Corp     12,533  
    2,600     Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd     96,325  
    1,000     DCM Holdings Co Ltd     9,846  
    1,200     Denka Co Ltd     43,897  
    300     Denso Corp     17,510  
    100     Disco Corp     23,308  
    5,900     Fujikura Ltd     43,053  
    153,000     Fujitsu Ltd     913,042  
    100     Fuji Oil Holdings Inc     2,950  
    3,400     Furukawa Electric Co Ltd     185,260  
    1,100     Gree Inc     6,915  
    14,174     Haseko Corp     207,599  
    1,700     Hino Motors Ltd     22,309  
    200     Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd     4,442  
    236,000     Hitachi Ltd     1,784,656  
    400     Horiba Ltd     29,579  
    2,500     House Foods Group Inc     83,684  
    200     Ibiden Co Ltd     3,222  
    113,300     ITOCHU Corp     2,177,914  
    100     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp     4,083  
    1,100     JSR Corp     26,465  
    7,440     K’s Holdings Corp     206,821  
    100     Kagome Co Ltd     3,401  
    2,000     Kajima Corp     19,042  
    300     Keyence Corp     181,680  
    100     Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     6,490  
    100     Kose Corp     18,603  
    200     Lion Corp     3,739  
    203,500     Marubeni Corp     1,550,522  
    1,300     MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc     29,403  
    163,900     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     1,653,568  
    12,300     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     207,470  
    13,000     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     321,531  
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    22,500     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     479,256  
    51,100     Mitsui & Co Ltd     926,132  
    11,700     Mitsui Chemicals Inc     355,028  
    100     Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co Ltd     4,973  
    700     Nexon Co Ltd *     25,223  
    3,100     Nichirei Corp     78,829  
    38,900     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     1,806,773  
    2,200     Nisshinbo Holdings Inc     33,406  
    700     Omron Corp     41,197  
    16,100     Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd     807,369  
    1,400     Pola Orbis Holdings Inc     58,694  
    1,200     Resona Holdings Inc     6,798  
    1,400     Rohm Co Ltd     147,047  
    2,400     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     66,440  
    1,500     Seiko Epson Corp     28,625  
    46,000     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     861,826  
    8,600     Showa Denko KK     419,669  
    245,500     Sojitz Corp     801,103  
    95,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     585,739  
    900     Sumitomo Corp     15,788  
    1,100     Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd     16,736  
    400     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd     18,560  
    3,800     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd     215,463  
    2,300     Tokyo Electron Ltd     449,426  
    11,200     Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings Inc *     42,847  
    1,000     Tosoh Corp     20,673  
    39,700     Toyota Tsusho Corp     1,469,900  
    200     TS Tech Co Ltd     8,085  
    500     Tsumura & Co     16,673  
    2,000     Ube Industries Ltd     62,078  
    500     Ulvac Inc     30,489  
    200     Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (The)     4,912  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     22,265,234  
     

 

 

 
    Malta — 0.0%  
    15,998,662     BGP Holdings Plc (a)      
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 4.2%  
    2,772     ASR Nederland NV     124,683  
    309     BE Semiconductor Industries NV     30,318  
    5,084     Heineken Holding NV     505,712  
    102,498     ING Groep NV     1,798,633  
    3,886     Philips Lighting NV     153,944  
    4,452     Unilever NV CVA     233,000  
    3,500     Unilever NV – NY Shares     183,050  
    7,582     Wolters Kluwer NV     384,058  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     3,413,398  
     

 

 

 
 

 

46   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    New Zealand — 0.2%  
    30,563     Fletcher Building Ltd     143,340  
    2,722     Spark New Zealand Ltd     6,576  
     

 

 

 
    Total New Zealand     149,916  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 0.6%  
    692     Bakkafrost P/F     34,940  
    5,958     DNB ASA     116,868  
    1,291     Norsk Hydro ASA     8,674  
    3,508     Storebrand ASA     30,515  
    14,752     Subsea 7 SA     219,057  
    2,825     Telenor ASA     63,397  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     473,451  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.0%  
    1,179     CTT-Correios de Portugal SA     4,881  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.4%  
    800     DBS Group Holdings Ltd     17,193  
    15,500     Venture Corp Ltd     319,582  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     336,775  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 1.5%  
    67,314     Repsol SA     1,195,998  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 2.9%  
    412     Atlas Copco AB – A Shares     17,525  
    617     Electrolux AB – Series B     20,256  
    21,149     Sandvik AB     391,521  
    23,000     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA – Class B     227,930  
    93,165     Volvo AB – B Shares     1,751,681  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     2,408,913  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 4.9%  
    127     Baloise Holding AG (Registered)     19,980  
    97     Bucher Industries AG (Registered)     40,734  
    158     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     231,288  
    174     LafargeHolcim Ltd (Registered) *     10,142  
    10,790     Logitech International SA (Registered)     423,486  
    212     Lonza Group AG (Registered)     53,712  
    3,605     Nestle SA (Registered)     286,421  
    2,342     Novartis AG (Registered)     195,374  
    1,189     Roche Holding AG     274,635  
    247     Roche Holding AG     58,207  
    129     Sika AG     1,057,845  
    44     Straumann Holding AG (Registered)     29,640  
    89     Swatch Group AG (The) (Registered)     7,112  
    1,849     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     667,716  
    6,605     Swiss Re AG     672,023  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     4,028,315  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    United Kingdom — 14.0%  
    25,157     3i Group Plc     323,595  
    31,942     AstraZeneca Plc     2,090,675  
    1,277     Bellway Plc     54,435  
    20,568     Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (The)     1,088,497  
    36,015     British American Tobacco Plc     2,125,694  
    8,817     Coca-Cola HBC AG *     288,246  
    1,000     Diageo Plc Sponsored ADR     135,640  
    26,673     Electrocomponents Plc     230,182  
    17,935     Ferrexpo Plc     76,655  
    953     Galliford Try Plc     11,974  
    77,170     GlaxoSmithKline Plc     1,383,946  
    500     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     18,155  
    2,198     Hammerson Plc (REIT)     13,472  
    4,305     IG Group Holdings Plc     47,766  
    18,410     Inchcape Plc     171,500  
    20,279     Indivior Plc *     105,305  
    734     Intermediate Capital Group Plc     10,618  
    1,244     J Sainsbury Plc     4,422  
    337     Johnson Matthey Plc     14,482  
    11,266     Jupiter Fund Management Plc     78,888  
    12,256     Kingfisher Plc     60,321  
    6,956     Man Group Plc     16,345  
    89     Mondi Plc     2,315  
    4,900     Nomad Foods Ltd *     80,311  
    40,922     Persimmon Plc     1,462,901  
    8,037     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     637,948  
    40,659     Royal Mail Plc     313,180  
    23,559     Sage Group Plc (The)     223,388  
    103     Spectris Plc     3,849  
    7,911     WH Smith Plc     220,349  
    45,310     WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc     140,560  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     11,435,614  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $65,784,025)
    78,109,071  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (b) — 2.3%  
    Germany — 2.3%  
    18,191     Porsche Automobil Holding SE     1,515,303  
    1,793     Volkswagen AG     348,807  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     1,864,110  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $1,630,835)
    1,864,110  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   47


GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.4%  
    United States — 1.4%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 1.4%  
    47,302     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     1,181,128  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,181,854)
    1,181,128  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.4%  
    Money Market Fund — 0.4%  
    348,184     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (c)     348,184  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $348,184)
    348,184  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5%
(Cost $68,944,898)
    81,502,493  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.5%     392,220  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $81,894,713  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

11

  Mini MSCI EAFE  

March 2018

 

$

1,120,075

 

 

$

(24,404

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
     Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

48   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Quality Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Focused Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any index or securities benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index is included for comparative purposes. Please note that there are significant differences between the Fund’s portfolio holdings and those companies held in the S&P 500.

Class III shares of GMO Quality Fund returned +23.32% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +17.1% for the S&P 500 Index.

Stock selection had a positive impact on returns relative to the S&P 500 Index. Stock selection in Consumer Staples and Health Care were among the most significant contributors. Stock selection in Information Technology was the most significant detractor. Overweight positions in Microsoft, United Health, and Alphabet, as well as not owning General Electric were significant single stock contributors. Positions in Medtronic and British American Tobacco, as well as not owning Amazon detracted from relative returns.

Sector selection contributed to returns relative to the S&P 500 Index. Sector weightings adding to relative performance included an overweight position in Information Technology and an underweight position in Energy. An overweight position in Consumer Staples and an underweight position in Consumer Discretionary had negative impacts on relative performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Management as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

50


GMO Quality Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Quality Fund Class III Shares, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI World Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

51


GMO Quality Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    97.5

Short-Term Investments

    1.8  

Mutual Funds

    0.6  

Other

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

United States

    88.2

United Kingdom

    5.6  

Switzerland

    2.4  

Taiwan

    2.1  

Other Developed

    1.7 ‡ 
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Software & Services

    29.7

Health Care Equipment & Services

    14.0  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    10.3  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    7.1  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    7.1  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    6.4  

Banks

    5.1  

Capital Goods

    4.8  

Household & Personal Products

    3.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

    3.0  

Diversified Financials

    2.6  

Retailing

    2.3  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    1.6  

Materials

    1.4  

Energy

    0.9  

Consumer Services

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.
 

 

52


GMO Quality Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 97.5%  
    Banks — 5.0%  
    3,795,862     US Bancorp     206,343,058  
    3,454,987     Wells Fargo & Co.     201,805,791  
     

 

 

 
    Total Banks     408,148,849  
     

 

 

 
    Capital Goods — 4.7%  
    277,804     3M Co.     65,425,620  
    1,095,884     Emerson Electric Co.     77,873,517  
    528,619     Honeywell International, Inc.     79,879,617  
    1,189,111     United Technologies Corp.     160,220,816  
     

 

 

 
    Total Capital Goods     383,399,570  
     

 

 

 
    Consumer Durables & Apparel — 1.5%  
    231,625     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     69,278,362  
    745,955     VF Corp.     55,625,865  
     

 

 

 
    Total Consumer Durables & Apparel     124,904,227  
     

 

 

 
    Consumer Services — 0.4%  
    1,486,871     Compass Group Plc     31,588,849  
     

 

 

 
    Diversified Financials — 2.5%  
    2,125,475     American Express Co.     207,255,067  
     

 

 

 
    Energy — 0.9%  
    1,123,622     Schlumberger Ltd.     73,754,548  
     

 

 

 
    Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%  
    978,490     Costco Wholesale Corp.     186,793,741  
    758,673     CVS Health Corp.     51,384,922  
     

 

 

 
    Total Food & Staples Retailing     238,178,663  
     

 

 

 
    Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 6.3%  
    2,636,014     British American Tobacco Plc     155,584,033  
    2,507,302     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     108,365,592  
    1,433,702     Nestle SA (Registered)     113,909,071  
    286,326     PepsiCo, Inc.     31,418,552  
    1,002,165     Philip Morris International, Inc.     103,774,186  
     

 

 

 
    Total Food, Beverage & Tobacco     513,051,434  
     

 

 

 
    Health Care Equipment & Services — 13.6%  
    2,049,266     Abbott Laboratories     123,632,218  
    571,516     Anthem, Inc.     134,523,436  
    371,672     Becton Dickinson and Co.     82,518,617  
    203,165     Humana, Inc.     55,224,310  
    2,881,435     Medtronic Plc     230,197,842  
    536,311     Stryker Corp.     86,968,192  
    1,784,317     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     403,541,133  
     

 

 

 
    Total Health Care Equipment & Services     1,116,605,748  
     

 

 

 
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Household & Personal Products — 3.2%  
    1,182,540     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     93,865,737  
    3,321,333     Unilever Plc     170,776,763  
     

 

 

 
    Total Household & Personal Products     264,642,500  
     

 

 

 
    Materials — 1.4%  
    946,502     Monsanto Co.     116,769,952  
     

 

 

 
    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 6.9%  
    529,876     Eli Lilly & Co.     40,811,050  
    2,928,340     Johnson & Johnson     380,332,799  
    355,789     Novartis AG (Registered)     29,680,546  
    1,929,243     Pfizer, Inc.     70,050,813  
    202,370     Roche Holding AG     46,743,418  
     

 

 

 
    Total Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences     567,618,626  
     

 

 

 
    Retailing — 2.2%  
    2,199,460     TJX Cos, Inc. (The)     181,851,353  
     

 

 

 
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.0%  
    394,974     Analog Devices, Inc.     35,606,906  
    3,471,418     QUALCOMM, Inc.     225,642,170  
    20,700,577     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd     171,889,194  
    1,284,701     Texas Instruments, Inc.     139,197,353  
     

 

 

 
    Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     572,335,623  
     

 

 

 
    Software & Services — 28.9%  
    1,635,548     Accenture Plc – Class A     263,339,584  
    278,212     Alphabet, Inc. – Class A *     307,123,791  
    258,799     Alphabet, Inc. – Class C *     285,903,019  
    2,704,994     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A     221,863,608  
    708,807     Mastercard, Inc. – Class A     124,579,918  
    5,992,628     Microsoft Corp.     561,928,728  
    9,903,723     Oracle Corp.     501,821,644  
    619,691     SAP SE     64,670,585  
    1,096,014     Teradata Corp. *     40,355,235  
     

 

 

 
    Total Software & Services     2,371,586,112  
     

 

 

 
    Technology Hardware & Equipment — 10.1%  
    542,979     Amphenol Corp. – Class A     49,622,851  
    2,943,315     Apple, Inc.     524,263,268  
    5,572,534     Cisco Systems, Inc.     249,538,072  
     

 

 

 
    Total Technology Hardware & Equipment     823,424,191  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $5,369,294,966)
    7,995,115,312  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   53


GMO Quality Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.6%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 0.6%  
    2,046,137     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     51,092,040  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $51,112,501)
    51,092,040  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.8%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    1,737,793     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     1,737,793  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 1.8%  
    70,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, -1.63%, due 07/26/18 (b)     69,499,078  
    58,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.82%, due 08/16/18 (b)     57,515,168  
    20,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.85%, due 08/23/18 (b)     19,825,972  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT
(COST $146,887,407)
    146,840,218  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $148,625,200)
    148,578,011  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%
(Cost $5,569,032,667)
    8,194,785,363  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.1%     5,280,222  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $8,200,065,585  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.
* Non-income producing security.
(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.
(b) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

54   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Focused Equity Team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Resources Fund returned 26.00% (net) for the period ended February 28, 2018, as compared with 12.66% for the MSCI ACWI Commodity Producers.

The Fund’s large underweight to energy provided both positive allocation and selection impacts. In particular, the clean energy securities were up over 130% with SolarEdge Technologies and First Solar leading the way.

The Fund’s overweight to industrial metals provided positive allocation and selection impacts. Quimica Y Minera, Anglo American, and Bradespar were among the largest contributors.

The Fund’s overweight to agriculture provided positive allocation and negative selection impacts. The Fund’s farming exposure suffered from lower grain prices that detracted from the Fund’s return.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

56


GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Resources Fund Class III Shares, the MSCI ACWI Commodity Producers and MSCI ACWI

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .30% on the purchase and .30% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

57


GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    87.2

Preferred Stocks

    10.5  

Mutual Funds

    1.8  

Short-Term Investments

    0.3  

Other

    0.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Equity Investments  

United Kingdom

    21.8

United States

    16.1  

Russia

    12.0  

Norway

    6.7  

Brazil

    6.1  

Japan

    5.2  

France

    3.8  

Chile

    3.1  

Other Emerging

    2.8 † 

China

    2.5  

Denmark

    2.5  

Thailand

    2.4  

Australia

    2.1  

Poland

    2.0  

Other Developed

    2.0 ‡ 

Israel

    1.8  

South Africa

    1.8  

Spain

    1.3  

Canada

    1.3  

Germany

    1.3  

Ukraine

    0.8  

Colombia

    0.6  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Energy

    42.5

Industrial Metals

    39.9  

Agriculture

    15.0  

Water

    2.6  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.
# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.
 

 

58


GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 87.2%  
    Argentina — 0.8%  
    314,900     Adecoagro SA *     2,830,951  
     

 

 

 
    Australia — 2.1%  
    184,464     Beach Energy Ltd     186,814  
    250,954     Mineral Resources Ltd     3,657,106  
    248,503     Sandfire Resources NL     1,460,962  
    213,663     Tassal Group Ltd     628,124  
    40,403     Woodside Petroleum Ltd     901,893  
    56,213     WorleyParsons Ltd     660,233  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     7,495,132  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 0.7%  
    45,826     OMV AG     2,605,586  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 0.6%  
    126,800     Cosan SA Industria e Comercio     1,693,713  
    91,757     Sao Martinho SA     518,569  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     2,212,282  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 1.3%  
    158,700     Canadian Solar Inc *     2,491,590  
    17,631     Nutrien Ltd *     868,327  
    24,540     Nutrien Ltd *     1,205,772  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     4,565,689  
     

 

 

 
    China — 2.5%  
    1,815,000     China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co Ltd     3,123,611  
    936,000     China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd *     373,303  
    1,080,000     First Tractor Co Ltd – Class H     426,409  
    255,100     Inner Mongolia Eerduosi Resourses Co Ltd – Class A     499,253  
    6,154,000     Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd *     285,167  
    2,598,000     Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd – Class H     4,064,647  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     8,772,390  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.6%  
    2,533,487     Ecopetrol SA     2,219,235  
     

 

 

 
    Denmark — 2.5%  
    120,566     Vestas Wind Systems A/S     8,713,430  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 0.2%  
    40,529     Kemira Oyj     553,189  
     

 

 

 
    France — 3.8%  
    138,597     Suez     1,903,507  
    141,905     TOTAL SA     8,071,377  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    France — continued  
    89,947     Veolia Environnement SA     2,184,641  
    11,551     Vilmorin & Cie SA     1,049,140  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     13,208,665  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 1.3%  
    111,744     K+S AG (Registered)     3,111,823  
    54,246     Nordex SE *     623,258  
    96,011     PNE Wind AG (Registered)     345,280  
    27,027     Senvion SA *     326,648  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     4,407,009  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.6%  
    205,430     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc     2,240,381  
     

 

 

 
    India — 0.5%  
    612,003     Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd     1,745,174  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 1.8%  
    936,708     Israel Chemicals Ltd     3,981,542  
    8,050     Israel Corp Ltd (The) *     1,566,297  
    10,565     Jerusalem Oil Exploration *     630,261  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     6,178,100  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 0.3%  
    269,947     Saipem SPA *     1,095,869  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 5.2%  
    128,700     ADEKA Corp     2,340,369  
    55,600     Ebara Corp     2,051,923  
    241,900     Hitachi Zosen Corp     1,217,648  
    24,300     Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd     562,661  
    160,200     Mitsubishi Materials Corp     5,000,297  
    24,800     Modec Inc     619,056  
    22,500     Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd     1,508,381  
    63,000     Shinko Plantech Co Ltd     562,709  
    124,900     Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd     2,082,306  
    25,521     Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd     1,185,146  
    49,800     Takuma Co Ltd     596,132  
    18,300     Toyo Kanetsu KK     580,673  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     18,307,301  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 0.1%  
    16,083     SIF Holding NV     317,887  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 6.6%  
    307,504     Austevoll Seafood ASA     2,756,648  
    31,071     Bakkafrost P/F     1,568,796  
    234,359     Grieg Seafood ASA     2,060,931  
    239,025     Leroy Seafood Group ASA     1,428,637  
    108,001     Ocean Yield ASA     994,852  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   59


GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Norway — continued  
    184,761     Petroleum Geo-Services ASA *     586,138  
    53,734     Salmar ASA     1,910,334  
    199,799     Statoil ASA     4,547,726  
    158,459     Subsea 7 SA     2,353,008  
    114,488     Yara International ASA     5,058,899  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     23,265,969  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 2.0%  
    16,129     Grupa Azoty SA     273,312  
    188,109     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     5,708,629  
    532,322     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA     937,988  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     6,919,929  
     

 

 

 
    Qatar — 0.1%  
    76,406     Gulf International Services QSC *     366,488  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 10.0%  
    1,314,680     Gazprom Neft PJSC     6,597,851  
    128,944     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     8,544,241  
    35,993     Novatek PJSC Sponsered GDR (Registered)     4,886,887  
    145,157     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)     2,205,231  
    513,398     Ros Agro Plc GDR (Registered)     5,075,531  
    484,031     Rosneft PJSC GDR (Registered)     2,804,848  
    9     Surgutneftegas OJSC     5  
    65,437     Tatneft PJSC Sponsored ADR     4,094,375  
    79,948     TMK PJSC GDR (Registered)     455,046  
    145,590     Uralkali PJSC *     267,240  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     34,931,255  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.1%  
    3,529,686     Ezion Holdings Ltd * (a)     174,788  
    2,725,600     Ezra Holdings Ltd * (b)     22,632  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     197,420  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 1.8%  
    133,341     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd     1,359,482  
    123,867     Sasol Ltd     4,311,381  
    52,644     Tongaat Hulett Ltd     480,349  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     6,151,212  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 0.6%  
    4,416     Korea Zinc Co Ltd     2,083,982  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 1.3%  
    236,009     Repsol SA     4,193,278  
    14,359     Tecnicas Reunidas SA     465,313  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     4,658,591  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 0.6%  
    48,501     Boliden AB     1,714,892  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Sweden — continued  
    47,068     Tethys Oil AB     367,100  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     2,081,992  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 2.4%  
    1,747,900     Esso Thailand Pcl *     987,570  
    568,164     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,069,469  
    291,421     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     5,227,810  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     8,284,849  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 0.1%  
    25,467     Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS     517,491  
     

 

 

 
    Ukraine — 0.8%  
    191,135     Kernel Holding SA     2,711,578  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 21.7%  
    750,151     Anglo American Plc     18,167,615  
    618,694     BHP Billiton Plc     12,560,091  
    538,857     BP Plc     3,502,439  
    1,259,238     EnQuest Plc *     512,315  
    2,526,449     Glencore Plc *     13,285,715  
    243,018     Petrofac Ltd     1,488,123  
    161,772     Polypipe Group Plc     865,409  
    403,088     Premier Oil Plc *     394,180  
    347,006     Rio Tinto Plc     18,601,158  
    138,961     Royal Dutch Shell Plc A Shares (London)     4,388,542  
    73,123     Royal Dutch Shell Plc B Shares (London)     2,319,403  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     76,084,990  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 14.2%  
    216,002     Chesapeake Energy Corp. *     609,126  
    13,600     Deere & Co.     2,187,832  
    334,408     Denbury Resources, Inc. *     732,353  
    53,500     Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. *     775,750  
    321,084     Ensco Plc – Class A     1,425,613  
    60,700     First Solar, Inc. *     3,814,995  
    993,754     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. *     18,483,824  
    141,618     Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. *     354,045  
    237,800     Noble Corp Plc *     922,664  
    80,400     Renewable Energy Group, Inc. *     892,440  
    23,000     Rexnord Corp. *     666,540  
    78,000     Rowan Cos Plc – Class A *     948,480  
    346,055     SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. *     17,320,053  
    31,764     Unit Corp. *     608,598  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     49,742,313  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $232,041,394)
    305,466,329  
     

 

 

 
 

 

60   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Resources Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    PREFERRED STOCKS (c) — 10.5%  
    Brazil — 5.4%  
    1,799,199     Bradespar SA     18,934,562  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 3.1%  
    216,378     Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Sponsored ADR     10,797,262  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 2.0%  
    46,950     Bashneft PJSC *     1,341,536  
    7,078,784     Surgutneftegas OJSC *     3,693,068  
    280,511     Tatneft PJSC *     2,000,491  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     7,035,095  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $19,823,566)
    36,766,919  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.8%  
    United States — 1.8%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 1.8%  
    260,493     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     6,504,509  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $6,506,313)
    6,504,509  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.3%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.3%  
    952,465     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (d)     952,465  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $952,465)
    952,465  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.8%
(Cost $259,323,738)
    349,690,222  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.2%     543,348  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $350,233,570  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(c) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(d) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   61


GMO Risk Premium Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Global Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI World Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class III shares of GMO Risk Premium Fund returned +6.09% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +17.36% for the MSCI World Index. As of March 31, 2018, the Fund’s benchmark will be changing to the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index, which GMO believes to be a better representation of the Fund’s strategy.

Because the Fund gains its investment exposure by writing (selling) options on equity indices, the Fund typically benefits (relative to equity markets) in a sharply or modestly declining market, a trending market, or a modestly climbing market. During periods when equity markets increase sharply, such as during the Fund’s fiscal period, the Fund may tend to underperform the equity markets. The Fund’s geographic exposure during the fiscal year was mainly in the U.S. and Europe, with positions in Europe making the largest positive contribution to performance in early to mid-2017, before modestly detracting from performance in early 2018.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

62


GMO Risk Premium Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Risk Premium Fund Class III Shares, the MSCI World Index

and the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .15% on the purchase and .15% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * For the period from November 15, 2012 to December 14, 2012, no Class III shares were outstanding. Performance for that period is that of Class VI, which has lower expenses. Therefore, the performance shown is higher than it would have been if Class III expenses had been applied throughout.

 

  ** Effective March 31, 2018, the Fund changed its benchmark to the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index because GMO believes the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index is more representative of the Fund’s investment strategy.

 

     MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

63


GMO Risk Premium Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    51.3

Short-Term Investments

    47.4  

Written Options

    (0.8

Other

    2.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.
 

 

64


GMO Risk Premium Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value† /

Shares

    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 51.3%  
    U.S. Government — 37.6%  
    30,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 11/30/18 (a)     29,777,344  
    25,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.05%, 1.70%, due 10/31/19     25,015,672  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     54,793,016  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 13.7%  
    10,000,000     Federal Home Loan Bank, Variable Rate, 1 mo. U.S. LIBOR – 0.11%, 1.49%, due 04/22/19     9,996,768  
    10,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. U.S. LIBOR – 0.16%, 1.39%, due 06/12/19     9,996,917  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     19,993,685  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $74,902,354)
    74,786,701  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 47.4%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.9%  
    1,239,855     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (b)     1,239,855  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(COST $1,239,855)
    1,239,855  
     

 

 

 
     Shares /
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — 44.4%  
    20,750,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/26/18 (c)     20,700,695  
    25,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.74%, due 07/12/18 (a) (c)     24,841,601  
    1,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.82%, due 08/23/18 (c)     1,486,948  
    17,700,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 08/31/18 (a)     17,662,664  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT
(COST $64,746,760)
    64,691,908  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 2.1%  
    3,000,000     Federal Home Loan Bank, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – 0.25%, 1.49%, due 10/18/18     2,999,475  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY
(COST $2,999,016)
    2,999,475  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $68,985,631)
    68,931,238  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.7%
(Cost $143,887,985)
    143,717,939  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 1.3%     1,953,659  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $145,671,598  
     

 

 

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Written Options - Puts

Index Options

 

Description

    

Counterparty

     Exercise
Price
       Expiration
Date
       Number of
Contracts
       Notional
Amount
       Value
($)
 

Euro STOXX 50

     GSCO        3,400.00          03/16/18          674          EUR       23,178,590        $ (338,564

FTSE 100 Index

     MSLC        7,275.00          03/16/18          139          GBP       10,052,355          (239,974

S&P 500 Index

     MSLC        2,715.00          03/02/18          150          USD       40,707,450          (205,500

S&P 500 Index

     MSLC        2,720.00          03/02/18          192          USD       52,105,536          (301,440

S&P ASX 200 Index

     MSLC        5,925.00          03/15/18          152          USD       9,144,320          (52,294
                               

 

 

 
                
TOTAL INDEX OPTIONS - PUTS
(Premiums $1,564,787)

 
     $ (1,137,772
                               

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

The rates shown on variable rate notes are the current interest rates at February 28, 2018, which are subject to change based on the terms of the security.

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).
(b) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(c) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   65


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Global Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the MSCI EAFE Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class III shares of GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund returned +22.70% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +20.13% for the MSCI EAFE Index.

The Fund added value from stock selection decisions, with additional positive contributions from region, country, and sector allocations. The Fund’s stock selection in Europe was the largest positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark, with additional notable contributions from stock selection in Australia. Exposure to emerging markets was the top contributor from an allocation perspective.

At a sector level, the Fund benefited from both strong stock selection and allocation. Top sector contributors included Industrials, Financials, Consumer Discretionary, and Materials. Materials added value from a mix of an overweight allocation and selection decisions, while value added in the other top performing sectors was primarily from stock selection. Only two sectors, Health Care and Telecommunications Services, detracted value over the period.

Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa (Germany Industrial), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Italy Consumer Discretionary), and Tokyo Electron (Japan Information Technology). Top stock detractors included overweight positions in GlaxoSmithKline (U.K. Health Care), Fujitsu Limited (Japan Information Technology), and WPP (U.K. Consumer Discretionary).

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

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Comparison of Change in Value of a $5,000,000 Investment in

GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund Class III Shares, the MSCI EAFE Index (After Tax)

and the MSCI EAFE Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

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Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    95.8

Preferred Stocks

    2.3  

Mutual Funds

    1.5  

Short-Term Investments

    0.1  

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    (0.1

Other

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    24.2

United Kingdom

    12.5  

Germany

    11.4  

France

    11.3  

Other Emerging

    5.1 † 

Italy

    5.0  

Switzerland

    4.4  

Sweden

    3.7  

Hong Kong

    3.6  

Australia

    3.4  

China

    2.9  

United States

    2.8  

Other Developed

    2.8 ‡ 

Netherlands

    2.0  

Austria

    1.8  

South Korea

    1.6  

Norway

    1.5  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Capital Goods

    13.4

Materials

    11.8  

Banks

    11.1  

Automobiles & Components

    9.0  

Insurance

    6.4  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    6.0  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    5.6  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    4.8  

Energy

    4.8  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    4.0  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    3.9  

Real Estate

    3.4  

Telecommunication Services

    3.0  

Transportation

    2.5  

Diversified Financials

    2.3  

Software & Services

    2.0  

Utilities

    1.8  

Retailing

    1.3  

Household & Personal Products

    1.2  

Consumer Services

    0.8  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    0.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

    0.3  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.3  

Media

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above shows country exposure in the Fund. The table excludes short-term investments. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts and includes exposure through other derivative financial instruments, if any. The table takes into account the market value of securities and options and the notional amounts of swap contracts and other derivative financial instruments, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

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GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 95.8%  
    Australia — 3.4%  
    34,089     BlueScope Steel Ltd     424,289  
    18,509     Caltex Australia Ltd     501,727  
    1,735     CIMIC Group Ltd     62,582  
    14,312     Costa Group Holdings Ltd     80,463  
    1,982     CSL Ltd     249,610  
    24,947     CSR Ltd     99,260  
    12,973     Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd     25,231  
    353     LendLease Group     4,846  
    157     Macquarie Group Ltd     12,509  
    12,713     Mineral Resources Ltd     185,264  
    22,167     OZ Minerals Ltd     164,014  
    1,760     Primary Health Care Ltd     5,417  
    2,729     Rio Tinto Ltd     169,192  
    59,754     South32 Ltd     150,887  
    3,682     Stockland (REIT)     11,509  
    228     Wesfarmers Ltd     7,292  
    14,702     WorleyParsons Ltd     172,678  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     2,326,770  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 1.8%  
    10,064     OMV AG     572,221  
    6,409     Raiffeisen Bank International AG *     248,311  
    7,566     voestalpine AG     436,469  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     1,257,001  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.2%  
    2,430     Ageas     127,236  
    4,294     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     21,057  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     148,293  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 0.4%  
    600     Banco do Brasil SA     7,724  
    3,200     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA *     24,412  
    2,000     Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo     23,192  
    5,300     JBS SA     16,176  
    5,000     Kroton Educacional SA     23,869  
    300     Tim Participacoes SA ADR     6,384  
    10,182     Vale SA     141,273  
    400     Via Varejo SA     3,374  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     246,404  
     

 

 

 
    China — 2.9%  
    8,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd     13,643  
    291,000     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     159,890  
    2,000     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     10,626  
    10,000     ANTA Sports Products Ltd     49,200  
    11,000     BAIC Motor Corp Ltd – Class H     13,839  
    13,000     Bank of China Ltd – Class H     6,991  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    China — continued  
    32,000     Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd – Class H     47,200  
    88,000     China Communications Services Corp Ltd – Class H     52,022  
    37,000     China Evergrande Group *     108,067  
    7,000     China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd     4,590  
    2,000     China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd     6,579  
    68,000     China National Building Material Co Ltd – Class H     66,715  
    12,000     China National Materials Co Ltd – Class H     9,966  
    102,000     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp – Class H     80,954  
    2,500     China Railway Construction Corp Ltd – Class H     2,675  
    44,000     China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd     33,697  
    31,000     China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd – Class H     87,739  
    4,000     China Southern Airlines Co Ltd – Class H     5,351  
    264,000     China Telecom Corp Ltd – Class H     115,108  
    300     China Yuchai International Ltd     6,723  
    7,000     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd – Class H     5,637  
    20,000     Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd     35,520  
    70,000     Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd – Class H     87,967  
    51,000     Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd     163,637  
    2,000     Guangdong Investment Ltd     3,049  
    21,600     Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd – Class H     50,160  
    7,000     Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd *     23,845  
    8,000     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     24,507  
    20,000     Harbin Electric Co Ltd – Class H     8,076  
    39,000     Huabao International Holdings Ltd     29,241  
    18,000     Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     27,875  
    19,500     Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd     97,999  
    23,000     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd     39,952  
    18,000     Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd     20,338  
    6,000     Lonking Holdings Ltd     2,485  
    10,000     Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd     17,793  
    13,000     People’s Insurance Co Group of China Ltd (The) – Class H     6,960  
    8,000     Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd     22,268  
    14,100     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd – Class H     35,289  
    16,000     Shenzhen Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     16,091  
    25,000     Shimao Property Holdings Ltd     61,607  
    14,000     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd     26,232  
    23,000     Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd – Class H     22,289  
    5,500     Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd     6,976  
    2,600     Tencent Holdings Ltd     142,242  
    34,000     TravelSky Technology Ltd – Class H     107,494  
    31,000     Weichai Power Co Ltd – Class H     34,559  
    18,000     Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     19,570  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     2,021,233  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.1%  
    2,700     Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR     47,277  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Finland — 0.7%  
    339     Amer Sports Oyj     10,222  
    12,784     UPM-Kymmene Oyj     437,389  
     

 

 

 
    Total Finland     447,611  
     

 

 

 
    France — 11.4%  
    25,703     Air France-KLM *     303,311  
    81     Amundi SA     6,603  
    1,011     Atos SE     132,996  
    26,212     AXA SA     820,935  
    13,681     BNP Paribas SA     1,081,764  
    2,981     Bouygues SA     150,803  
    1,773     Christian Dior SE     658,525  
    1,591     Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin     244,544  
    113     Cie Plastic Omnium SA     5,293  
    2,159     CNP Assurances     52,320  
    4,191     Credit Agricole SA     71,814  
    2,933     Derichebourg SA     26,295  
    665     Jacquet Metal Service     24,074  
    1,162     L’Oreal SA     249,853  
    316     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     94,515  
    303     Nexity SA     18,926  
    16,301     Peugeot SA     367,814  
    4,517     Renault SA     489,958  
    4,565     Sanofi     360,406  
    703     Schneider Electric SE     60,928  
    59     SEB SA     12,036  
    23,516     Societe Generale SA     1,336,170  
    17,400     STMicroelectronics NV – NY Shares     396,720  
    39,231     STMicroelectronics NV     892,203  
    195     TOTAL SA     11,091  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     7,869,897  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 10.2%  
    6,577     Allianz SE (Registered)     1,527,779  
    6,439     Bayer AG (Registered)     751,406  
    7,630     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     801,645  
    119     bet-at-home.com AG     14,480  
    306     Covestro AG     34,520  
    9,593     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     819,114  
    34,987     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     1,168,218  
    678     Deutsche Post AG (Registered)     30,931  
    3,916     Duerr AG     478,951  
    806     Elmos Semiconductor AG     26,692  
    134     Fielmann AG     11,042  
    4,428     Freenet AG     153,020  
    396     Grammer AG     24,750  
    864     Hannover Rueck SE     117,520  
    32     Isra Vision AG     7,756  
    4,973     Leoni AG     338,177  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Germany — continued  
    1,772     Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Registered)     396,237  
    5,166     RWE AG *     102,681  
    494     Siltronic AG *     72,081  
    1,970     Uniper SE     59,823  
    236     Volkswagen AG     46,881  
    1,594     Wacker Neuson SE     56,753  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     7,040,457  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 0.0%  
    559     Mytilineos Holdings SA *     6,570  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 3.7%  
    84,000     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     422,141  
    1,000     CLP Holdings Ltd     10,114  
    11,200     Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd     24,892  
    20,000     First Pacific Co Ltd     12,412  
    3,000     Hysan Development Co Ltd     17,338  
    8,000     Kerry Properties Ltd     36,162  
    62,000     Link (REIT)     527,061  
    4,000     Minth Group Ltd     23,474  
    677,000     WH Group Ltd     833,796  
    46,000     Wharf Holdings Ltd (The)     170,904  
    43,000     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     292,311  
    22,000     Wheelock & Co Ltd     159,475  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     2,530,080  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.2%  
    2,708     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc     29,533  
    900     OTP Bank Plc     40,098  
    1,681     Richter Gedeon Nyrt     36,993  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hungary     106,624  
     

 

 

 
    India — 0.9%  
    8,528     Bharat Electronics Ltd     20,073  
    589     Cadila Healthcare Ltd     3,634  
    7,227     HCL Technologies Ltd     104,235  
    335     Hero MotoCorp Ltd     18,380  
    11,445     Hindalco Industries Ltd     42,533  
    6,576     Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd     38,241  
    2,593     Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd     49,278  
    1,512     Indian Oil Corp Ltd     8,727  
    2,139     Karnataka Bank Ltd (The)     4,378  
    537     Maruti Suzuki India Ltd     72,628  
    293     Merck Ltd     7,005  
    10,263     NMDC Ltd     20,199  
    18,387     Power Finance Corp Ltd     29,442  
    2,833     PTC India Ltd     4,429  
    1,398     Reliance Industries Ltd     20,285  
    11,857     Rural Electrification Corp Ltd     26,079  
 

 

70   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    India — continued  
    4,026     Syndicate Bank *     3,715  
    2,390     Tata Steel Ltd     24,519  
    1,296     UPL Ltd     14,394  
    9,740     Vedanta Ltd     48,703  
    4,331     Wipro Ltd     19,367  
    700     Yes Bank Ltd     3,428  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     583,672  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.3%  
    6,190     Smurfit Kappa Group Plc     215,372  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.0%  
    200     SodaStream International Ltd *     16,184  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 5.0%  
    72,814     A2A SPA     128,744  
    11,005     Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SPA *     25,636  
    638     Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche SPA – RSP     12,559  
    688     Datalogic SPA     25,682  
    596     El.En. SPA     18,708  
    134,294     Enel SPA     779,545  
    556     Eni SPA     9,232  
    9,637     EXOR NV     699,297  
    433     Ferrari NV     53,658  
    54,400     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV     1,152,736  
    13,208     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     278,795  
    14,508     Fincantieri SPA *     23,035  
    591     Prima Industrie SPA     24,877  
    14,860     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     176,799  
    16,800     Telecom Italia SPA-RSP     12,794  
    3,937     Unipol Gruppo SPA     19,579  
    1,828     Vittoria Assicurazioni SPA     29,073  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     3,470,749  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 24.4%  
    600     Acom Co Ltd *     2,703  
    900     Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd     17,023  
    5,900     Asahi Group Holdings Ltd     301,698  
    35,400     Asahi Kasei Corp     453,651  
    23,700     Brother Industries Ltd     589,405  
    7,900     Canon Inc     301,060  
    2,500     CKD Corp     62,550  
    200     Dai-ichi Seiko Co Ltd     5,406  
    2,700     Daito Trust Construction Co Ltd     447,147  
    7,500     Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd     277,862  
    200     DIC Corp     7,135  
    100     Disco Corp     23,308  
    400     Fancl Corp     14,354  
    90,000     Fujitsu Ltd     537,084  
    200     Furukawa Electric Co Ltd     10,898  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    2,800     Hanwa Co Ltd     126,355  
    31,700     Haseko Corp     464,292  
    145,000     Hitachi Ltd     1,096,505  
    100     House Foods Group Inc     3,347  
    3,700     Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd     140,513  
    71,900     ITOCHU Corp     1,382,101  
    1,400     Juki Corp     22,071  
    7,120     K’s Holdings Corp     197,925  
    7,000     Kajima Corp     66,647  
    1,400     Kamei Corp     20,934  
    1,400     Kao Corp     102,193  
    25,700     KDDI Corp     631,122  
    100     Keyence Corp     60,560  
    2,400     Kitz Corp     19,617  
    1,200     Konica Minolta Inc     11,020  
    3,000     Kuraray Co Ltd     52,137  
    1,100     Leopalace21 Corp     8,664  
    400     Lion Corp     7,477  
    800     Mandom Corp     28,110  
    65,600     Marubeni Corp     499,824  
    6,300     Medipal Holdings Corp     128,142  
    125,300     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     1,264,137  
    16,600     Mitsubishi Corp     465,052  
    26,500     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     446,989  
    6,700     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     165,712  
    100     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     2,130  
    3,000     Mitsui Chemicals Inc     91,033  
    1,900     Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co Ltd     94,488  
    800     Modec Inc     19,970  
    4,000     Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp     24,885  
    1,300     Nagase & Co Ltd     22,459  
    6,600     NET One Systems Co Ltd     101,437  
    1,700     Nexon Co Ltd *     61,255  
    2,000     Nichias Corp     26,556  
    300     Nippon Chemi-Con Corp     8,039  
    21,100     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     980,023  
    1,200     Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd (The)     32,627  
    800     NSK Ltd     11,868  
    700     NTT DOCOMO Inc     17,908  
    500     Omron Corp     29,426  
    400     Pola Orbis Holdings Inc     16,770  
    13,000     Prima Meat Packers Ltd     78,125  
    4,100     Recruit Holdings Co Ltd     99,148  
    1,400     Rohm Co Ltd     147,047  
    1,300     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     35,988  
    3,300     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     61,827  
    100     Shimamura Co Ltd     11,890  
    6,400     Showa Denko KK     312,312  
    127,500     Sojitz Corp     416,051  
    100     ST Corp     2,181  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   71


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    101,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     622,733  
    21,200     Sumitomo Corp     371,889  
    220     Suzuken Co Ltd     8,957  
    3,800     Suzuki Motor Corp     216,774  
    1,000     T-Gaia Corp     28,692  
    600     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     34,020  
    100     TDK Corp     9,049  
    100     Token Corp     11,253  
    3,800     Tokyo Electron Ltd     742,530  
    38,200     Tosoh Corp     789,705  
    15,400     Toyota Tsusho Corp     570,188  
    10,660     USS Co Ltd     218,803  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     16,792,766  
     

 

 

 
    Malta — 0.0%  
    1,718,063     BGP Holdings Plc (a)      
     

 

 

 
    Mexico — 0.3%  
    17,400     America Movil SAB de CV – Class L     15,996  
    7,200     Arca Continental SAB de CV     50,028  
    330     Gruma SAB de CV – Class B     3,820  
    300     Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV – Class B     2,897  
    1,260     Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV – Class B     22,323  
    6,300     OHL Mexico SAB de CV     11,189  
    38,100     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV     89,173  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico     195,426  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 2.1%  
    58,673     ING Groep NV     1,029,593  
    7,296     Unilever NV CVA     381,844  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     1,411,437  
     

 

 

 
    New Zealand — 0.1%  
    1,750     Fletcher Building Ltd     8,207  
    23,158     Spark New Zealand Ltd     55,952  
     

 

 

 
    Total New Zealand     64,159  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 1.5%  
    14,802     DNB ASA     290,346  
    458     Norsk Hydro ASA     3,077  
    2,652     SpareBank 1 SR Bank ASA     31,102  
    18,824     Statoil ASA     428,463  
    706     Storebrand ASA     6,141  
    18,960     Subsea 7 SA     281,543  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     1,040,672  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.1%  
    234     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     7,101  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Poland — continued  
    689     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA *     2,034  
    82     Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA     2,293  
    13,569     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA     23,910  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     35,338  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.0%  
    19,283     Sonae SGPS SA     28,209  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.1%  
    72,000     Inter RAO UES PJSC     4,715  
    79     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     5,235  
    341,000     RusHydro PJSC     4,725  
    2,219     Sberbank of Russia Sponsored ADR     44,935  
    55     Tatneft PJSC Sponsored ADR     3,441  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     63,051  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.9%  
    19,400     DBS Group Holdings Ltd     416,921  
    1,100     Singapore Exchange Ltd     6,233  
    920     United Overseas Bank Ltd     19,271  
    6,200     Venture Corp Ltd     127,833  
    37,400     Yanlord Land Group Ltd     46,544  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     616,802  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 1.0%  
    169     Astral Foods Ltd     4,064  
    1,818     AVI Ltd     18,674  
    5,141     Barclays Africa Group Ltd     85,530  
    4,867     Barloworld Ltd     72,763  
    3,080     Bidvest Group Ltd (The)     58,325  
    2,157     Blue Label Telecoms Ltd     2,388  
    2,367     Clicks Group Ltd     33,699  
    1,413     Imperial Holdings Ltd     29,609  
    437     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd     12,849  
    2,292     Liberty Holdings Ltd     26,082  
    6,093     MMI Holdings Ltd     11,160  
    2,419     Mondi Ltd     62,989  
    2,079     Nedbank Group Ltd     50,443  
    742     Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd     2,806  
    2,621     Raubex Group Ltd     5,029  
    619     RMB Holdings Ltd     4,543  
    2,088     Sibanye Gold Ltd     1,974  
    9,791     Standard Bank Group Ltd     179,551  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     662,478  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 1.2%  
    41     Coway Co Ltd     3,263  
    341     DB Insurance Co Ltd     21,795  
    81     DongKook Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     5,035  
 

 

72   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    South Korea — continued  
    153     E-MART Inc     43,011  
    1,864     Hana Financial Group Inc     84,450  
    190     Hankook Tire Co Ltd     10,377  
    26     Hanssem Co Ltd     3,595  
    2,867     Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd     17,726  
    625     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co Ltd     23,797  
    4,502     Industrial Bank of Korea     71,225  
    1,518     KB Financial Group Inc     89,572  
    114     Kia Motors Corp     3,620  
    47     Korea Investment Holdings Co Ltd     3,391  
    39     KT&G Corp     3,596  
    126     LG Corp     10,042  
    831     LG Electronics Inc     76,422  
    80     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     5,174  
    14     Lotte Shopping Co Ltd     2,673  
    783     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     16,493  
    75     NHN Entertainment Corp *     5,435  
    61     SeAH Steel Corp     4,892  
    1,221     Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd     53,067  
    119     Shinsegae Inc     37,596  
    2,677     SK Hynix Inc     188,791  
    400     SK Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     9,740  
    3,340     Woori Bank     50,974  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     845,752  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 0.5%  
    891     ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA     30,542  
    2,019     Amadeus IT Group SA     148,227  
    120     Ferrovial SA     2,590  
    4,380     Grifols SA     119,754  
    4,181     Repsol SA     74,286  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     375,399  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 3.7%  
    11,722     Atlas Copco AB – A Shares     498,621  
    1,915     Atlas Copco AB – B Shares     72,399  
    1,647     Bufab AB     22,505  
    516     JM AB     11,243  
    31,497     Sandvik AB     583,088  
    3,438     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA – Class B     34,071  
    2,991     Volvo AB – A Shares     56,334  
    68,232     Volvo AB – B Shares     1,282,892  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     2,561,153  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 4.5%  
    450     Adecco Group AG (Registered)     36,149  
    698     ALSO Holding AG (Registered) *     98,406  
    933     Baloise Holding AG (Registered)     146,781  
    44     Bell Food Group AG (Registered)     18,462  
    327     BKW AG     18,715  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Switzerland — continued  
    690     Bobst Group SA (Registered)     85,823  
    32     Comet Holding AG (Registered) *     4,712  
    207     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     303,017  
    20     Helvetia Holding AG (Registered)     12,026  
    632     Idorsia Ltd *     17,139  
    3,407     Logitech International SA (Registered)     133,718  
    1,026     Mobilezone Holding AG (Registered)     12,918  
    9,048     Nestle SA (Registered)     718,873  
    2,112     Novartis AG (Registered)     176,187  
    255     Orior AG     20,429  
    524     Roche Holding AG     121,033  
    54     Roche Holding AG     12,725  
    45     Sika AG     369,016  
    164     Swatch Group AG (The) (Registered)     13,105  
    1,420     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     512,795  
    700     Zurich Insurance Group AG     230,157  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     3,062,186  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 0.8%  
    26,186     Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc     35,236  
    2,000     Asustek Computer Inc     18,893  
    22,428     Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd     12,815  
    2,010     Chicony Power Technology Co Ltd     4,072  
    20,000     Compal Electronics Inc     13,580  
    1,000     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp     3,664  
    2,000     Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd     3,520  
    53,200     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd     156,760  
    62,000     Inventec Corp     48,830  
    4,000     Mitac Holdings Corp     4,408  
    1,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp     2,729  
    7,000     Novatek Microelectronics Corp     30,144  
    3,000     Nuvoton Technology Corp     7,329  
    2,000     Phison Electronics Corp     19,324  
    34,000     Pou Chen Corp     42,369  
    8,000     Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp     22,201  
    11,000     Sunplus Technology Co Ltd     5,982  
    900     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     39,015  
    2,304     Topco Scientific Co Ltd     6,461  
    2,000     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     4,683  
    138,000     United Microelectronics Corp     66,166  
    7,000     Yuanta Financial Holding Co Ltd     3,105  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan     551,286  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.4%  
    10,000     Amata Corp Pcl NVDR     8,006  
    17,900     GFPT Pcl NVDR     7,432  
    15,400     Indorama Ventures Pcl NVDR     26,370  
    500     Kasikornbank Pcl (Foreign Registered) (b)     3,675  
    8,300     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl NVDR     30,232  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   73


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Thailand — continued  
    7,400     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     132,749  
    2,400     PTT Pcl NVDR     43,054  
    6,600     Supalai Pcl NVDR     4,838  
    9,200     Thai Airways International Pcl NVDR *     4,415  
    30,700     Thai Beverage Pcl     19,329  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     280,100  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 0.4%  
    28,711     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     85,397  
    19,508     KOC Holding AS     92,230  
    11,208     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS     34,437  
    24,480     Turkiye Is Bankasi – Class C     48,581  
    22,954     Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS     28,711  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     289,356  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 12.6%  
    48,702     3i Group Plc     626,455  
    11,408     AstraZeneca Plc     746,679  
    1,587     Barratt Developments Plc     11,729  
    592     Bellway Plc     25,235  
    5,923     Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (The)     313,456  
    9,420     BHP Billiton Plc     191,235  
    17,944     British American Tobacco Plc     1,059,099  
    6,072     Bunzl Plc     162,972  
    7,727     Coca-Cola HBC AG *     252,612  
    2,445     CYBG Plc CDI     10,071  
    13,484     Diageo Plc     457,519  
    200     Diageo Plc Sponsored ADR     27,128  
    10,536     Electrocomponents Plc     90,923  
    1,262     Fenner Plc     8,238  
    38,474     Ferrexpo Plc     164,440  
    1,120     Galliford Try Plc     14,073  
    58,472     GlaxoSmithKline Plc     1,048,621  
    600     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     21,786  
    3,589     Halfords Group Plc     17,501  
    113,965     HSBC Holdings Plc     1,120,763  
    24,791     Inchcape Plc     230,942  
    15,692     Man Group Plc     36,873  
    1,218     Morgan Sindall Group Plc     20,752  
    499     Next Plc     33,278  
    1,800     Nomad Foods Ltd *     29,502  
    19,760     Persimmon Plc     706,391  
    4,385     Plus500 Ltd     71,636  
    834     QinetiQ Group Plc     2,345  
    3,687     Rio Tinto Plc     197,641  
    14,218     Royal Dutch Shell Plc A Shares (London)     449,020  
    7,290     RPS Group Plc     22,756  
    15,925     Spirent Communications Plc     22,739  
    116,717     Thomas Cook Group Plc     196,312  
    11,989     TUI AG     253,402  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    United Kingdom — continued  
    5,055     William Hill Plc     22,731  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     8,666,855  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $42,363,146)
    65,876,619  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (c) — 2.3%  
    Brazil — 0.7%  
    13,758     Banco Bradesco SA     164,279  
    7,900     Bradespar SA     83,139  
    500     Braskem SA – Class A     7,151  
    7,600     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA – Class B     65,305  
    2,700     Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo – Class B     12,640  
    27,422     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA     110,806  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     443,320  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 1.2%  
    1,142     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     103,124  
    112     Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA     11,457  
    88     Henkel AG & Co KGaA     11,675  
    3,627     Porsche Automobil Holding SE     302,127  
    2,144     Volkswagen AG     417,090  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     845,473  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 0.4%  
    97     Hyundai Motor Co     8,013  
    371     Hyundai Motor Co 2nd Preference     33,294  
    142     LG Electronics Inc     5,394  
    121     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     222,276  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     268,977  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $860,820)
    1,557,770  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.0%  
    Brazil — 0.0%  
    823     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA, Expires 03/29/18 * (d)     1,369  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.0%  
    1,650     Supalai Pcl, Expires 10/19/18 *     1,010  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $0)
    2,379  
     

 

 

 
 

 

74   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.5%  
    United States — 1.5%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 1.5%  
    42,724     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     1,066,810  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,067,237)
    1,066,810  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    83,395     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (e)     83,395  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $83,395)
    83,395  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7%
(Cost $44,374,598)
    68,586,973  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.3%     194,759  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $68,781,732  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Buys

8

 

Mini MSCI

EAFE

 

March 2018

 

$

814,600

 

 

$

(44,217

1   Mini MSCI Emerging Markets   March 2018     59,150       (2,532
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 873,750     $ (46,749
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
     Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Security valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount since holding exceeds foreign ownership limits.

 

(c) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(d) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(e) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   75


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Global Equity team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although the Fund is not managed relative to any securities market index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class III shares of GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund returned +13.76% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +17.10% for the S&P 500 Index. As of March 31, 2018, the Fund’s benchmark will be changing to the Russell 3000 index, which GMO believes to be a better representation of the Fund’s strategy.

Stock selection detracted from relative performance, while sector allocation was incrementally positive over the period. Stock selection was most challenging in the Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors. Top detractors included having no exposure, or underweight positioning, to the strongly performing Amazon.Com, Microsoft, Apple, and Boeing. Within Information Technology, holding International Business Machines also detracted from performance.

Areas of positive performance included Consumer Staples and Energy, from a mix of stock selection and allocation. Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Micron Technology, Anthem, and Applied Materials. The portfolio also benefited from not holding General Electric and Exxon Mobil, which lost value over the period.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

76


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund Class III Shares, the S&P 500 Index and the Russell 3000 Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

  * Effective March 31, 2018, the Fund changed its benchmark to the Russell 3000 Index because GMO believes the Russell 3000 Index is more representative of the Fund’s investment strategy.

 

    For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

77


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    99.1

Mutual Funds

    0.5  

Short-Term Investments

    0.1  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Other

    0.3  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Capital Goods

    11.0

Software & Services

    10.3  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    8.3  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    7.6  

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    7.4  

Diversified Financials

    6.6  

Insurance

    6.4  

Automobiles & Components

    4.6  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    4.3  

Banks

    3.7  

Real Estate

    3.6  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    3.6  

Consumer Services

    3.4  

Materials

    3.4  

Energy

    3.0  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    2.5  

Household & Personal Products

    2.3  

Utilities

    2.1  

Retailing

    2.1  

Media

    1.3  

Commercial & Professional Services

    1.1  

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.1  

Telecommunication Services

    0.3  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

78


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 99.1%  
    Automobiles & Components — 4.5%  
    139,200     Aptiv Plc     12,713,136  
    131,300     BorgWarner, Inc.     6,444,204  
    24,500     Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. *     2,985,080  
    175,000     Dana, Inc.     4,649,750  
    178,400     Ford Motor Co.     1,892,824  
    500,700     General Motors Co.     19,702,545  
    42,080     Lear Corp.     7,850,866  
    43,200     Tenneco, Inc.     2,270,160  
    32,265     Tower International, Inc.     842,116  
    24,100     Visteon Corp. *     2,984,544  
     

 

 

 
    Total Automobiles & Components     62,335,225  
     

 

 

 
    Banks — 3.6%  
    4,236     American National Bankshares, Inc.     152,920  
    4,500     CNB Financial Corp.     120,960  
    11,400     Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. – Class C     867,084  
    121,100     Fifth Third Bancorp     4,002,355  
    3,200     First Bancorp, Inc.     86,272  
    5,550     German American Bancorp, Inc.     183,871  
    279,163     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     32,243,326  
    91,800     Popular, Inc.     3,856,518  
    385,100     Regions Financial Corp.     7,474,791  
    4,900     Territorial Bancorp, Inc.     146,363  
    13,341     Walker & Dunlop, Inc.     644,771  
     

 

 

 
    Total Banks     49,779,231  
     

 

 

 
    Capital Goods — 10.9%  
    46,644     AGCO Corp.     3,106,491  
    28,800     Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.     2,027,520  
    51,100     Briggs & Stratton Corp.     1,148,728  
    73,700     Cummins, Inc.     12,394,129  
    41,600     Deere & Co.     6,692,192  
    80,300     Dover Corp.     8,038,030  
    36,400     EMCOR Group, Inc.     2,777,684  
    171,371     Emerson Electric Co.     12,177,623  
    220,100     Honeywell International, Inc.     33,259,311  
    79,900     Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     12,899,056  
    57,500     Ingersoll-Rand Plc     5,106,000  
    56,900     ITT, Inc.     2,855,242  
    37,900     Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The) *     1,126,388  
    100,900     Meritor, Inc. *     2,472,050  
    48,500     Moog, Inc. – Class A *     4,065,755  
    52,300     Oshkosh Corp.     4,128,039  
    78,000     Owens Corning     6,341,400  
    73,500     Parker-Hannifin Corp.     13,117,545  
    39,156     SPX Corp. *     1,222,842  
    41,400     Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     6,590,466  
    13,900     Teledyne Technologies, Inc. *     2,584,705  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Capital Goods — continued  
    94,500     Textron, Inc.     5,655,825  
    9,500     Vectrus, Inc. *     259,255  
     

 

 

 
    Total Capital Goods     150,046,276  
     

 

 

 
    Commercial & Professional Services — 1.1%  
    212,829     ACCO Brands Corp.     2,692,287  
    42,000     Brady Corp. – Class A     1,570,800  
    31,242     Deluxe Corp.     2,218,182  
    6,700     Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.     176,880  
    51,800     Herman Miller, Inc.     1,859,620  
    21,200     ICF International, Inc. *     1,208,400  
    43,500     ManpowerGroup, Inc.     5,153,010  
     

 

 

 
    Total Commercial & Professional Services     14,879,179  
     

 

 

 
    Consumer Durables & Apparel — 3.6%  
    6,400     Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.     206,080  
    50,500     Brunswick Corp.     2,888,600  
    4,100     CSS Industries, Inc.     75,481  
    6,700     Culp, Inc.     186,260  
    117,900     DR Horton, Inc.     4,940,010  
    4,295     Flexsteel Industries, Inc.     166,904  
    67,500     Hasbro, Inc.     6,450,975  
    9,900     Johnson Outdoors, Inc. – Class A     610,236  
    64,100     KB Home     1,778,775  
    28,000     La-Z-Boy, Inc.     859,600  
    30,900     MDC Holdings, Inc.     855,312  
    12,400     Movado Group, Inc.     384,400  
    1,040     NVR, Inc. *     2,956,897  
    9,300     Oxford Industries, Inc.     743,256  
    124,200     PulteGroup, Inc.     3,486,294  
    90,300     PVH Corp.     13,028,484  
    126,800     VF Corp.     9,455,476  
     

 

 

 
    Total Consumer Durables & Apparel     49,073,040  
     

 

 

 
    Consumer Services — 3.4%  
    64,400     Adtalem Global Education, Inc. *     2,965,620  
    12,300     Bridgepoint Education, Inc. *     82,041  
    18,480     Drive Shack, Inc. *     93,324  
    3,800     Graham Holdings Co. – Class B     2,204,380  
    33,200     Grand Canyon Education, Inc. *     3,258,580  
    202,900     McDonald’s Corp.     32,005,446  
    60,200     Penn National Gaming, Inc. *     1,601,922  
    102,700     Service Corp. International     3,844,061  
     

 

 

 
    Total Consumer Services     46,055,374  
     

 

 

 
    Diversified Financials — 6.6%  
    127,100     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     19,883,524  
    5,221     Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (REIT)     64,323  
    31,800     Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. – Class A     1,073,250  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   79


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Diversified Financials — continued  
    222,300     BGC Partners, Inc. – Class A     2,938,806  
    4,888     BlackRock Capital Investment Corp.     26,933  
    63,400     E*TRADE Financial Corp. *     3,311,382  
    4,104     Encore Capital Group, Inc. *     175,651  
    43,300     Enova International, Inc. *     952,600  
    87,900     Federated Investors, Inc. – Class B     2,863,782  
    169,100     Franklin Resources, Inc.     6,539,097  
    141,500     Invesco Ltd.     4,604,410  
    57,500     Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (REIT)     883,775  
    17,900     Investment Technology Group, Inc.     354,778  
    62,300     Lazard Ltd.– Class A     3,362,331  
    32,600     MSCI, Inc.     4,613,552  
    6,573     OneMain Holdings, Inc. *     201,528  
    90,700     Raymond James Financial, Inc.     8,408,797  
    26,212     Regional Management Corp. *     784,263  
    74,900     SEI Investments Co.     5,454,967  
    143,100     State Street Corp.     15,190,065  
    75,705     T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     8,471,390  
     

 

 

 
    Total Diversified Financials     90,159,204  
     

 

 

 
    Energy — 3.0%  
    57,205     Andeavor     5,126,712  
    4,652     Dorian LPG Ltd. *     34,053  
    35,178     Exterran Corp. *     910,055  
    199,100     Marathon Petroleum Corp.     12,754,346  
    421,924     Marathon Oil Corp.     6,126,336  
    215,750     McDermott International, Inc. *     1,574,975  
    74,300     Newpark Resources, Inc. *     612,975  
    62,700     Phillips 66     5,666,199  
    21,000     SEACOR Holdings, Inc. *     871,710  
    76,086     Valero Energy Corp.     6,879,696  
     

 

 

 
    Total Energy     40,557,057  
     

 

 

 
    Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%  
    74,800     US Foods Holding Corp. *     2,497,572  
    136,100     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     12,250,361  
     

 

 

 
    Total Food & Staples Retailing     14,747,933  
     

 

 

 
    Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 2.4%  
    231,300     PepsiCo, Inc.     25,380,549  
    55,300     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. *     1,393,560  
    73,800     Tyson Foods, Inc.– Class A     5,489,244  
    27,600     Universal Corp.     1,356,540  
     

 

 

 
    Total Food, Beverage & Tobacco     33,619,893  
     

 

 

 
    Health Care Equipment & Services — 4.3%  
    108,169     Anthem, Inc.     25,460,819  
    282,700     Baxter International, Inc.     19,164,233  
    139,400     Danaher Corp.     13,630,532  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Health Care Equipment & Services — continued  
    21,400     Triple-S Management Corp. – Class B *     520,020  
     

 

 

 
    Total Health Care Equipment & Services     58,775,604  
     

 

 

 
    Household & Personal Products — 2.3%  
    12,890     Central Garden & Pet Co. *     497,941  
    34,100     Central Garden & Pet Co. – Class A *     1,235,784  
    87,300     Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     4,294,287  
    32,100     Clorox Co. (The)     4,143,468  
    147,500     Estee Lauder Cos, Inc. (The) – Class A     20,419,900  
    19,500     Inter Parfums, Inc.     826,800  
     

 

 

 
    Total Household & Personal Products     31,418,180  
     

 

 

 
    Insurance — 6.3%  
    129,899     Aflac, Inc.     11,545,423  
    9,100     American National Insurance Co.     1,063,790  
    153,200     CNO Financial Group, Inc.     3,453,128  
    57,776     First American Financial Corp.     3,352,741  
    160,200     Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     8,466,570  
    129,128     Lincoln National Corp.     9,835,680  
    189,800     Principal Financial Group, Inc.     11,830,234  
    400,300     Progressive Corp. (The)     23,049,274  
    86,500     Prudential Financial, Inc.     9,196,680  
    4,412     Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     250,822  
    89,298     Unum Group     4,550,626  
    2,372     W.R. Berkley Corp.     162,198  
     

 

 

 
    Total Insurance     86,757,166  
     

 

 

 
    Materials — 3.3%  
    92,547     Avery Dennison Corp.     10,934,428  
    60,400     Chemours Co. (The)     2,869,604  
    58,300     Crown Holdings, Inc. *     2,905,672  
    62,300     Eastman Chemical Co.     6,297,284  
    265,200     Huntsman Corp.     8,558,004  
    23,600     Koppers Holdings, Inc. *     953,440  
    44,400     Louisiana-Pacific Corp.     1,265,400  
    185,900     Owens-Illinois, Inc. *     4,008,004  
    37,800     Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.     3,408,426  
    55,600     Trinseo SA     4,425,760  
     

 

 

 
    Total Materials     45,626,022  
     

 

 

 
    Media — 1.3%  
    113,100     CBS Corp. – Class B NVDR     5,990,907  
    83,800     Gannett Co., Inc.     841,352  
    42,000     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. *     1,881,600  
    59,300     New York Times Co. (The) – Class A     1,429,130  
    269,916     News Corp. – Class A     4,353,745  
    139,206     News Corp. – Class B     2,282,978  
    30,900     Scholastic Corp.     1,125,069  
     

 

 

 
    Total Media     17,904,781  
     

 

 

 
 

 

80   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences — 8.2%  
    93,600     Agilent Technologies, Inc.     6,420,024  
    42,900     Catalent, Inc. *     1,791,075  
    377,700     Eli Lilly & Co.     29,090,454  
    88,247     Johnson & Johnson     11,461,520  
    375,300     Merck & Co., Inc.     20,348,766  
    8,600     Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. *     5,299,492  
    1,059,838     Pfizer, Inc.     38,482,718  
     

 

 

 
    Total Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences     112,894,049  
     

 

 

 
    Real Estate — 3.6%  
    164,300     Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.     2,791,457  
    243,300     CBRE Group, Inc. – Class A *     11,374,275  
    43,100     Chatham Lodging Trust (REIT)     783,989  
    114,900     CoreCivic, Inc. (REIT)     2,388,771  
    105,000     GEO Group, Inc. (The) (REIT)     2,236,500  
    91,800     Hospitality Properties Trust (REIT)     2,335,392  
    411,000     Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)     7,628,160  
    37,643     Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     6,045,842  
    33,200     Potlatch Corp. (REIT)     1,698,180  
    52,400     Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (REIT) – Class A     729,932  
    53,500     Prologis, Inc. (REIT)     3,246,380  
    66,100     Realogy Holdings Corp.     1,688,855  
    35,200     Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (REIT)     2,427,392  
    19,800     Tier REIT, Inc.     367,884  
    188,800     Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)     3,713,696  
     

 

 

 
    Total Real Estate     49,456,705  
     

 

 

 
    Retailing — 2.1%  
    35,300     Big Lots, Inc.     1,983,860  
    9,400     Children’s Place, Inc. (The)     1,337,620  
    172,500     Gap Inc. (The)     5,447,550  
    38,400     Guess?, Inc.     606,336  
    62,600     Kohl’s Corp.     4,137,234  
    298,500     Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group – Class A *     8,617,695  
    160,500     LKQ Corp. *     6,336,540  
     

 

 

 
    Total Retailing     28,466,835  
     

 

 

 
    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 7.5%  
    442,100     Applied Materials, Inc.     25,460,539  
    55,700     KLA-Tencor Corp.     6,311,367  
    52,300     Lam Research Corp.     10,034,278  
    34,000     Microchip Technology, Inc.     3,023,620  
    586,400     Micron Technology, Inc. *     28,622,184  
    159,000     ON Semiconductor Corp. *     3,803,280  
    242,000     Texas Instruments, Inc.     26,220,700  
     

 

 

 
    Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment     103,475,968  
     

 

 

 
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Software & Services — 10.2%  
    39,800     Adobe Systems, Inc. *     8,323,374  
    74,555     Amdocs Ltd.     4,904,974  
    111,180     CA, Inc.     3,902,418  
    273,200     Cadence Design Systems, Inc. *     10,591,964  
    24,800     CSG Systems International, Inc.     1,157,664  
    172,700     DXC Technology Co.     17,708,658  
    382,300     eBay, Inc. *     16,385,378  
    64,600     Intuit, Inc.     10,779,156  
    48,600     Leidos Holdings, Inc.     3,076,866  
    103,700     Mastercard, Inc. – Class A     18,226,312  
    41,441     Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. *     424,770  
    525,900     Oracle Corp.     26,647,353  
    28,700     Progress Software Corp.     1,345,169  
    24,400     Red Hat, Inc. *     3,596,560  
    32,180     Sykes Enterprises, Inc. *     935,151  
    148,700     Synopsys, Inc.*     12,590,429  
     

 

 

 
    Total Software & Services     140,596,196  
     

 

 

 
    Technology Hardware & Equipment — 7.4%  
    73,500     Apple, Inc.     13,091,820  
    47,200     Arrow Electronics, Inc. *     3,850,576  
    12,282     ePlus, Inc. *     940,187  
    1,378,500     HP, Inc.     32,243,115  
    33,702     Insight Enterprises, Inc. *     1,177,211  
    255,700     Juniper Networks, Inc.     6,561,262  
    34,400     Motorola Solutions, Inc.     3,651,560  
    100,500     NetApp, Inc.     6,085,275  
    158,600     TE Connectivity Ltd.     16,350,074  
    30,238     Tech Data Corp. *     3,124,795  
    80,500     Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     1,481,200  
    107,700     Western Digital Corp.     9,374,208  
    109,000     Xerox Corp.     3,304,880  
     

 

 

 
    Total Technology Hardware & Equipment     101,236,163  
     

 

 

 
    Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  
    125,900     Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.     3,530,236  
    23,100     United States Cellular Corp. *     891,429  
     

 

 

 
    Total Telecommunication Services     4,421,665  
     

 

 

 
    Utilities — 2.1%  
    80,300     Ameren Corp.     4,360,290  
    100,000     American Electric Power Co., Inc.     6,558,000  
    63,589     DTE Energy Co.     6,408,499  
    157,600     Exelon Corp.     5,837,504  
    169,700     NiSource, Inc.     3,925,161  
    41,300     UGI Corp.     1,779,617  
     

 

 

 
    Total Utilities     28,869,071  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $1,203,120,732)
    1,361,150,817  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   81


GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.5%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 0.5%  
    298,759     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     7,460,010  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $7,462,998)
    7,460,010  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    1,193,552     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     1,193,552  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $1,193,552)
    1,193,552  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7%
(Cost $1,211,777,282)
    1,369,804,379  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.3%     3,911,967  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,373,716,346  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buys        
20   S&P 500 E-mini   March 2018   $ 2,714,400     $ 74,241  
       

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 83.

 

 

82   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

CDI - Certificado de Deposito Interbancario

CP - Counterparty

CPO - Ordinary Participation Certificate (Certificado de Participacion Ordinares), representing a bundle of shares of the multiple series of one issuer that trade together as a unit.

CVA - Certificaaten van aandelen (Share Certificates)

ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund

Foreign Registered - Shares issued to foreign investors in markets that have foreign ownership limits.

GDR - Global Depository Receipt

JSC - Joint-Stock Company

NVDR - Non-Voting Depository Receipt

OJSC - Open Joint-Stock Company

OTC - Over-the-Counter

PJSC - Private Joint-Stock Company

QPSC - Qatari Public Shareholding Company

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

USBM - U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield

Counterparty Abbreviations:

 

GSCO - Goldman Sachs & Co.

GS - Goldman Sachs International

MSCI - Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

MSLC - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

SSB - State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

 

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR - Euro

GBP - British Pound

PHP - Philippine Peso

THB - Thai Baht

USD - United States Dollar

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   83


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018

 

 

     Climate
Change
Fund
     Emerging
Domestic
Opportunities
Fund
     Emerging
Markets Fund
     Foreign Small
Companies
Fund
 

Assets:

           

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $ 751,549      $ 171,159,925      $ 154,424,372      $ 1,595,796  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     26,004,575        2,158,784,453        4,902,507,551        140,454,246  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

     4,945        734,323        11,989,910        52,637  

Cash

                   135,219        3  

Receivable for investments sold

            80,210,828        34,628,246        2,073,876  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

            6,000,000        1,374,347         

Dividend withholding tax receivable

     12,293        170,004        7,285        526,154  

Dividends and interest receivable

     14,018        9,147,433        21,837,825        502,064  

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

            2,394,566                

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

            483,765                

Due from broker (Note 2)

            731,820        15,216,000        59,615  

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   435,941         

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     5,344        32,032        524,018        17,019  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     26,792,724        2,429,849,149        5,143,080,714        145,281,410  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Payable for investments purchased

     952        22,585,793        21,508,215        3,015  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

                   7,539,429         

Accrued foreign capital gains tax payable (Note 2)

            277,504        1,961,331         

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

 

Management fee

     12,279        1,397,730        2,959,594        81,902  

Shareholder service fee

     3,070        241,177        320,613        15,765  

Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

            1,437,540        4,149,600        24,322  

Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

            38,794                

Miscellaneous payable

                   1,008,500         

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     1        402        784        18  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     552        4,633        8,899        575  

Accrued expenses

     81,785        563,722        1,586,712        222,685  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     98,639        26,547,295        41,043,677        348,282  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 26,694,085      $ 2,403,301,854      $ 5,102,037,037      $ 144,933,128  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $ 751,849      $ 142,900,591      $ 116,231,497      $ 1,595,796  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 24,524,054      $ 1,893,257,181      $ 4,188,870,263      $ 128,866,735  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $ 4,975      $ 737,958      $ 12,002,528      $ 52,602  

 

84   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Climate
Change
Fund
    Emerging
Domestic
Opportunities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets Fund
    Foreign Small
Companies
Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 24,584,750     $ 1,922,323,662     $ 5,846,814,045     $ 130,822,404  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     123,555       (13,085,275     (17,207,475     (656,513

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     504,955       199,312,610       (1,495,893,329     3,203,730  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,480,825       294,750,857       768,323,796       11,563,507  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 26,694,085     $ 2,403,301,854     $ 5,102,037,037     $ 144,933,128  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

        

Class II

   $     $ 700,210,679     $ 479,639,678     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 26,694,085     $ 121,510,793     $ 390,826,722     $ 55,169,245  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 300,729,735     $ 485,103,665     $ 89,763,883  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $ 1,280,850,647     $ 170,962,220     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $     $ 3,575,504,752     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

        

Class II

           24,261,204       13,171,241        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

     1,121,361       4,209,931       10,703,604       3,864,831  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

           10,413,480       13,413,860       6,305,116  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

           44,403,783       4,740,117        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

                 98,890,676        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

        

Class II

   $     $ 28.86     $ 36.42     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 23.81     $ 28.86     $ 36.51     $ 14.27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 28.88     $ 36.16     $ 14.24  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $ 28.85     $ 36.07     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $     $ 36.16     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   85


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity Fund
     International
Large/Mid
Cap Equity
Fund
     Quality Fund      Resources
Fund
 

Assets:

           

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $ 61,069,100      $ 1,181,128      $ 51,092,040      $ 6,504,509  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     4,981,614,237        80,321,365        8,143,693,323        343,185,713  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

     294,206        17,733        456,493        3,726  

Cash

                   234        162  

Receivable for investments sold

                   8,917,821         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     9,511,738        2,023        1,485,506        82,398  

Dividend withholding tax receivable

     7,923,171        439,008        1,667,397        12,202  

Dividends and interest receivable

     8,650,352        131,169        14,694,575        754,114  

Due from broker (Note 2)

     1,965,104        55,302                

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     92,664        2,212        83,217         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     5,071,120,572        82,149,940        8,222,090,606        350,542,824  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Payable for investments purchased

                   11,867,866         

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     891               6,705,733         

Payable for recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursement fees (Note 5)

                          3,106  

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

 

Management fee

     1,960,726        24,097        2,077,325        130,667  

Shareholder service fee

     375,633        6,000        642,844        28,077  

Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

     456,875        11,825                

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     773        9        1,326        66  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     11,324        208        18,554        710  

Accrued expenses

     629,386        213,088        711,373        146,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     3,435,608        255,227        22,025,021        309,254  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 5,067,684,964      $ 81,894,713      $ 8,200,065,585      $ 350,233,570  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $ 61,084,746    $ 1,181,854    $ 51,112,501    $ 6,506,313

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 4,231,718,926    $ 67,763,044    $ 5,517,920,166    $ 252,817,425

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $ 294,455    $ 17,910    $ 461,067    $ 3,664

 

86   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity Fund
    International
Large/Mid
Cap Equity
Fund
    Quality
Fund
     Resources
Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

         

Paid-in capital

   $ 5,462,671,757     $ 70,774,782     $ 5,307,390,160      $ 314,189,702  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     (13,818,897     (1,455,458     11,906,414        (6,055,705

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (1,131,404,250     120,055       254,973,346        (48,275,525

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     750,236,354       12,455,334       2,625,795,665        90,375,098  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 5,067,684,964     $ 81,894,713     $ 8,200,065,585      $ 350,233,570  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

         

Class II

   $ 23,736,185     $     $      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 485,781,711     $ 81,118,949     $ 3,524,102,926      $ 54,037,103  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class IV

   $ 4,558,167,068     $ 775,764     $ 957,900,413      $ 296,196,467  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $     $ 156,086,403      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $     $ 3,561,975,843      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

         

Class II

     1,004,597                     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class III

     20,309,340       3,081,317       140,221,544        2,587,405  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class IV

     190,932,196       29,526       38,055,118        14,231,327  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class V

                 6,200,351         
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class VI

                 141,724,824         
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

         

Class II

   $ 23.63     $     $      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 23.92     $ 26.33     $ 25.13      $ 20.88  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class IV

   $ 23.87     $ 26.27     $ 25.17      $ 20.81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $     $ 25.17      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $     $ 25.13      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   87


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Risk Premium
Fund
    Tax-Managed
International
Equities
Fund
     U.S. Equity
Allocation Fund
 

Assets:

 

    

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $     $ 1,066,810      $ 7,460,010  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     143,717,939       67,520,163        1,362,344,369  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

           23,951         

Cash

     8               

Receivable for investments sold

           1,016,766         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,621,523              2,983,095  

Dividend withholding tax receivable

           133,253         

Dividends and interest receivable

     147,042       175,360        2,525,975  

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

                   

Due from broker (Note 2)

     1,469,954       43,144        365,008  

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     5,847       17,243        12,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     146,962,313       69,996,690        1,375,690,714  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

           1,000,000        1,359,591  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax payable (Note 2)

           9,143         

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

       

Management fee

     49,576       27,016        328,312  

Shareholder service fee

     6,309       8,105        65,378  

Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

           9,380        17,767  

Written options outstanding, at value (Note 4)(d)

     1,137,772               

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     28       9        224  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     365       286        3,062  

Accrued expenses

     96,665       161,019        200,034  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     1,290,715       1,214,958        1,974,368  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 145,671,598     $ 68,781,732      $ 1,373,716,346  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $     $ 1,067,237      $ 7,462,998  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 143,887,985     $ 43,307,361      $ 1,204,314,284  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $     $ 24,075      $  

(d)  Premiums on written options:

   $ 1,564,787     $      $  

 

88   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Risk Premium
Fund
    Tax-Managed
International
Equities
Fund
    U.S. Equity
Allocation Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 149,347,612     $ 58,955,565     $ 1,133,899,202  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     219,156       (525,892     2,966,523  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (4,152,139     (13,803,737     78,749,283  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     256,969       24,155,796       158,101,338  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 145,671,598     $ 68,781,732     $ 1,373,716,346  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

 

Class III

   $ 3,433,995     $ 68,781,732     $ 77,297,134  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $     $ 36,025,165  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $     $ 60,386,201  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $ 142,237,603     $     $ 1,200,007,846  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

 

Class III

     128,418       4,045,179       5,016,035  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

                 2,335,768  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

                 3,934,848  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

     5,290,606             78,393,091  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

 

Class III

   $ 26.74     $ 17.00     $ 15.41  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $     $ 15.42  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V

   $     $     $ 15.35  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $ 26.88     $     $ 15.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   89


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018

 

 

     Climate
Change
Fund*
     Emerging
Domestic
Opportunities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets Fund
    Foreign Small
Companies
Fund
 

Investment Income:

         

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

   $ 278,653      $ 42,854,237     $ 158,716,148     $ 14,516,010  

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

     8,482        2,701,266       2,763,805       88,965  

Interest

            404,419       997,839       30,167  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     287,135        45,959,922       162,477,792       14,635,142  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

         

Management fee (Note 5)

     92,433        17,119,290       38,424,346       2,954,842  

Shareholder service fee – Class II (Note 5)

            1,443,793       1,062,887        

Shareholder service fee – Class III (Note 5)

     23,108        196,330       344,456       222,409  

Shareholder service fee – Class IV (Note 5)

            360,349       701,816       299,358  

Shareholder service fee – Class V (Note 5)

            977,529       123,090        

Shareholder service fee – Class VI (Note 5)

            1,205 **      1,978,499        

Audit and tax fees

     69,052        142,601       308,878       143,400  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     21,416        2,171,940       5,630,309       424,248  

Legal fees

     7,568        34,712       70,455       15,457  

Registration fees

     4,265        8,520       35,787       3,631  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     828        51,266       114,094       11,080  

Miscellaneous

     13,562        27,510       59,183       24,533  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     232,232        22,535,045       48,853,800       4,098,958  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (112,432      (494,378     (6,940,822     (1,829,072
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     119,800        22,040,667       41,912,978       2,269,886  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     167,335        23,919,255       120,564,814       12,365,256  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

         

Net realized gain (loss) on:

         

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(b)

     1,135,823        385,509,752       598,371,085       152,781,161  

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (2,633      (1,058,480     1,869,309       (6,332

Futures contracts

            17,257,928       31,278,684       648,798  

Swap contracts

            14,964,975       2,819,214        

Forward currency contracts

            (1,400,179            

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     (4,870      (202,305     (1,080,393     (440,344
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,128,320        415,071,691       633,257,899       152,983,283 *** 
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

         

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(c)

     1,480,521        126,216,547       333,398,850       (55,460,519

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (300      13,301,504       13,223,985       2,788  

Futures contracts

            (6,704,219     17,956,362       (32,848

Swap contracts

            (740,882     (599,390      

Forward currency contracts

            1,866,853             302,043  

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     604        2,135,069       (995,090     77,777  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,480,825        136,074,872       362,984,717       (55,110,759
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     2,609,145        551,146,563       996,242,616       97,872,524  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,776,480      $ 575,065,818     $ 1,116,807,430     $ 110,237,780  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Withholding tax:

   $ 29,786      $ 2,916,868     $ 23,884,686     $ 1,444,110  

(b)  Foreign capital gains tax on net realized gain (loss):

   $      $ 8,273,206     $ 6,282,014     $  

(c)  Foreign capital gains tax on change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):

   $      $ (1,961,460   $ (627,721   $  

*   Period from April 5, 2017 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2018.

         

**   Class VI liquidated on March 29, 2017.

         

***  For the details related to in-kind redemption realized gain (loss) please refer to Note 6.

         

 

90   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity Fund
    International
Large/Mid
Cap Equity
Fund
    Quality Fund     Resources
Fund
 

Investment Income:

        

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

   $ 169,484,117     $ 4,122,804     $ 162,708,383     $ 6,702,106  

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

     380,748       14,518       1,384,313       49,233  

Interest

     27,477       8,431       987,345       5,961  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     169,892,342       4,145,753       165,080,041       6,757,300  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

        

Management fee (Note 5)

     27,686,400       415,971       27,662,431       1,237,343  

Shareholder service fee –Class II (Note 5)

     37,201                    

Shareholder service fee –Class III (Note 5)

     832,764       13,607       5,265,532       35,794  

Shareholder service fee –Class IV (Note 5)

     4,468,675       90,312       1,060,238       223,606  

Shareholder service fee –Class V (Note 5)

                 314,289        

Shareholder service fee –Class VI (Note 5)

           26     1,920,984        

Audit and tax fees

     181,907       226,071       102,984       86,708  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     1,885,086       170,352       1,140,562       284,251  

Legal fees

     66,501       7,945       92,340       9,549  

Registration fees

     21,503       14,756       28,149       2,484  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     126,574       1,623       195,855       5,587  

Recoupment of past waived and/or reimbursed fees (Note 5)

                       14,512  

Miscellaneous

     50,856       14,314       25,052       15,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     35,357,467       954,977       37,808,416       1,915,243  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (2,110,216     (293,752     (1,348,128     (144,580
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     33,247,251       661,225       36,460,288       1,770,663  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     136,645,091       3,484,528       128,619,753       4,986,637  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)

     327,569,146       13,618,416       713,207,992       12,985,895  

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (33,122     (11,145     (120,039     (2,988

Futures contracts

     5,402,203       172,648              

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     196,933       (94,394     100,379       (3,692
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     333,135,160       13,685,525       713,188,332       12,979,215  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)

     609,281,995       5,426,445       922,362,340       42,858,314  

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (15,646     (730     (37,441     (2,585

Futures contracts

     (5,376     (42,734            

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     1,745,603       224,282       556,969       15,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     611,006,576       5,607,263       922,881,868       42,871,047  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     944,141,736       19,292,788       1,636,070,200       55,850,262  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 1,080,786,827     $ 22,777,316     $ 1,764,689,953     $ 60,836,899  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Withholding tax:

   $ 16,792,495     $ 412,504     $ 2,605,420     $ 640,262  

*   Class VI liquidated on March 29, 2017.

        

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   91


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Risk
Premium
Fund
     Tax-Managed
International
Equities
Fund
     U.S. Equity
Allocation
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

   $ 5,332      $ 3,222,538      $ 35,258,008  

Interest

     1,468,466               29,436  

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

            11,993        122,889  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

     1,473,798        3,234,531        35,410,333  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

Management fee (Note 5)

     679,159        529,525        4,875,611  

Shareholder service fee – Class III (Note 5)

     6,472        158,857        110,609  

Shareholder service fee – Class IV (Note 5)

                   29,815  

Shareholder service fee – Class V (Note 5)

                   110,546  

Shareholder service fee – Class VI (Note 5)

     80,636               736,543  

Audit and tax fees

     51,970        129,205        71,447  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     35,275        237,910        168,465  

Legal fees

     2,056        8,916        31,606  

Registration fees

     3,769        2,765        22,845  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     3,530        2,564        36,718  

Miscellaneous

     26,277        38,910        13,556  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     889,144        1,108,652        6,207,761  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (118,582      (363,311      (295,942
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net expenses

     770,562        745,341        5,911,819  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     703,236        2,489,190        29,498,514  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)

     7,118        17,504,488        188,004,161  

Investments in affiliated issuers

            (347      (7,109

Futures contracts

            99,587        2,120,298  

Written options

     9,169,404                

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     (79,414      (14,753       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     9,097,108        17,588,975        190,117,350  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(b)

     (153,639      4,163,998        (18,525,563

Investments in affiliated issuers

            (430      (2,988

Futures contracts

            (45,489      74,241  

Written options

     (273,901              

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

            43,864         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (427,540      4,161,943        (18,454,310
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     8,669,568        21,750,918        171,663,040  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 9,372,804      $ 24,240,108      $ 201,161,554  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  

   Withholding tax:    $      $ 359,947      $ 4,693  

(b)  

   Foreign capital gains tax on change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):    $      $ 9,143      $  

 

92   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Climate Change
Fund
    Emerging Domestic
Opportunities Fund
 
     Period from
April 5, 2017
(commencement
of operations)
through
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 167,335     $ 23,919,255     $ 24,223,477  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,128,320       415,071,691       63,783,078  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,480,825       136,074,872       286,724,494  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     2,776,480       575,065,818       374,731,049  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Net investment income

 

Class II

           (8,577,224     (16,074,541

Class III

     (176,067     (1,697,769     (4,625,740

Class IV

           (4,239,894     (16,393,890

Class V

           (16,995,140     (22,714,666

Class VI

               (301,900
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (176,067     (31,510,027     (60,110,737
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

 

Class III

     (491,078            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

     (491,078            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

 

Class II

           (60,122,470     (49,674,608

Class III

     24,584,750       (39,709,374     (148,973,139

Class IV

           (119,146,650     (551,680,333

Class V

           61,706,976       584,300,107  

Class VI

           (16,244,932 )*      4,115,333  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     24,584,750       (173,516,450     (161,912,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

 

Class II

           617,648       666,973  

Class III

           118,506       189,178  

Class IV

           312,031       789,104  

Class V

           1,095,122       627,488  

Class VI

           2,117     12,335  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

           2,145,424       2,285,078  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     24,584,750       (171,371,026     (159,627,562
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     26,694,085       372,184,765       154,992,750  
Net assets:    

Beginning of period

           2,031,117,089       1,876,124,339  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 26,694,085     $ 2,403,301,854     $ 2,031,117,089  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulatedundistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 123,555     $ (13,085,275   $ (26,884,070
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*   Class VI liquidated on March 29, 2017.

      

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   93


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Emerging Markets Fund     Foreign Small
Companies Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 120,564,814     $ 112,638,039     $ 12,365,256     $ 16,996,400  

Net realized gain (loss)

     633,257,899       (370,563,280     152,983,283       18,702,055  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     362,984,717       1,756,659,281       (55,110,759     88,052,231  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,116,807,430       1,498,734,040       110,237,780       123,750,686  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Net investment income

 

Class II

     (11,956,275     (9,908,272            

Class III

     (5,490,308     (5,175,773     (3,824,869     (8,085,286

Class IV

     (14,250,088     (6,690,386     (9,440,862     (15,561,235

Class V

     (4,213,667     (9,258,670            

Class VI

     (100,502,683     (78,005,121            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (136,413,021     (109,038,222     (13,265,731     (23,646,521
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

 

Class III

                 (13,747,999      

Class IV

                 (32,945,889      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

                 (46,693,888      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

 

Class II

     (111,903,150     (177,168,152            

Class III

     42,508,224       52,256,879       (209,670,456     (103,344,633

Class IV

     (225,782,751     241,413,390       (514,884,481     (102,922,984

Class V

     33,512,592       (258,808,154            

Class VI

     (650,491,952     (1,166,985,719            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (912,157,037     (1,309,291,756     (724,554,937     (206,267,617
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

 

Class II

     1,611,194       1,529,910              

Class III

     737,313       719,593       398,979       332,346  

Class IV

     2,193,709       922,716       830,322       843,880  

Class V

     479,079       1,099,805              

Class VI

     11,838,878       11,065,007              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     16,860,173       15,337,031       1,229,301       1,176,226  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (895,296,864     (1,293,954,725     (723,325,636     (205,091,391
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     85,097,545       95,741,093       (673,047,475     (104,987,226
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     5,016,939,492       4,921,198,399       817,980,603       922,967,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 5,102,037,037     $ 5,016,939,492     $ 144,933,128     $ 817,980,603  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (17,207,475   $ (33,369,509   $ (656,513   $ (7,947,837
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

94   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     International Equity Fund     International Large/Mid
Cap Equity Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 136,645,091     $ 234,589,376     $ 3,484,528     $ 35,443,205  

Net realized gain (loss)

     333,135,160       (369,427,536     13,685,525       (97,865,009

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     611,006,576       1,244,221,114       5,607,263       197,009,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,080,786,827       1,109,382,954       22,777,316       134,587,413  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Net investment income

 

Class II

     (592,109     (1,695,696            

Class III

     (15,748,937     (29,374,478     (520,210     (8,124,692

Class IV

     (157,085,524     (231,403,335     (3,905,515     (17,599,928

Class VI

                     (14,995,054
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (173,426,570     (262,473,509     (4,425,725     (40,719,674
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

 

Class III

                 (391,628      

Class IV

                 (9,849,041      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

                 (10,240,669      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

 

Class II

     11,254,887       (77,406,799            

Class III

     (340,134,465     (418,557,020     41,540,025       (454,115,817

Class IV

     (1,324,181,462     (2,713,470,910     (152,989,906     (549,754,619

Class VI

                 (616,556 )*      (285,325,217
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (1,653,061,040     (3,209,434,729     (112,066,437     (1,289,195,653
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (745,700,783     (2,362,525,284     (103,955,515     (1,195,327,914
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     5,813,385,747       8,175,911,031       185,850,228       1,381,178,142  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 5,067,684,964     $ 5,813,385,747     $ 81,894,713     $ 185,850,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (13,818,897   $ (1,659,043   $ (1,455,458   $ (801,660
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

*   Class VI liquidated on March 29, 2017.

        

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   95


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Quality Fund     Resources Fund  
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 128,619,753     $ 144,430,599     $ 4,986,637     $ 4,336,029  

Net realized gain (loss)

     713,188,332       124,186,937       12,979,215       (15,646,712

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     922,881,868       1,215,507,372       42,871,047       92,766,423  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,764,689,953       1,484,124,908       60,836,899       81,455,740  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (56,641,958     (57,275,158     (880,349     (537,264

Class IV

     (15,493,213     (22,564,133     (10,056,534     (5,489,443

Class V

     (4,742,268     (7,845,378            

Class VI

     (59,448,671     (60,728,903            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (136,326,110     (148,413,572     (10,936,883     (6,026,707
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

        

Class III

     (219,320,323     (70,068,944            

Class IV

     (58,604,732     (20,077,057            

Class V

     (16,385,208     (7,430,364            

Class VI

     (218,783,386     (57,344,795            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

     (513,093,649     (154,921,160            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (524,533,540     (947,621,009     27,821,128       2,267,643  

Class IV

     (403,819,622     (265,229,455     59,123,014       (49,883,908

Class V

     (369,399,954     132,591,501              

Class VI

     (249,653,450     1,259,875,418              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (1,547,406,566     179,616,455       86,944,142       (47,616,265
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

                 60,364       19,745  

Class IV

                 507,680       204,990  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

                 568,044       224,735  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (1,547,406,566     179,616,455       87,512,186       (47,391,530
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (432,136,372     1,360,406,631       137,412,202       28,037,503  
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     8,632,201,957       7,271,795,326       212,821,368       184,783,865  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 8,200,065,585     $ 8,632,201,957     $ 350,233,570     $ 212,821,368  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 11,906,414     $ 12,124,473     $ (6,055,705   $ (1,125,547
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

96   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Risk Premium Fund     Tax-Managed International
Equities Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 703,236     $ (149,080   $ 2,489,190     $ 4,929,895  

Net realized gain (loss)

     9,097,108       38,623,802       17,588,975       12,543,953  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (427,540     (1,976,415     4,161,943       7,346,320  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     9,372,804       36,498,307       24,240,108       24,820,168  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (7,176           (3,315,762     (5,479,378

Class VI

     (463,232                  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (470,408           (3,315,762     (5,479,378
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

        

Class III

     (717,032     (544,070            

Class VI

     (23,541,333     (12,713,932            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

     (24,258,365     (13,258,002            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (1,182,676     (2,521,322     (67,875,263     (119,585,524

Class VI

     1,739,919       (91,116,939            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     557,243       (93,638,261     (67,875,263     (119,585,524
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

     1,406       6,093              

Class VI

     45,191       154,283              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     46,597       160,376              
        

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     603,840       (93,477,885     (67,875,263     (119,585,524
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (14,752,129     (70,237,580     (46,950,917     (100,244,734
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     160,423,727       230,661,307       115,732,649       215,977,383  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 145,671,598     $ 160,423,727     $ 68,781,732     $ 115,732,649  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 219,156     $ (8,343   $ (525,892   $ (375,725
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   97


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     U.S. Equity Allocation Fund  
     Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

    

Operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 29,498,514     $ 53,844,150  

Net realized gain (loss)

     190,117,350       308,821,319  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (18,454,310     274,479,806  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     201,161,554       637,145,275  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

    

Net investment income

    

Class III

     (1,071,935     (3,242,235

Class IV

     (426,461     (3,297,483

Class V

     (2,144,892     (2,051,735

Class VI

     (24,505,927     (54,438,157
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (28,149,215     (63,029,610
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

    

Class III

     (6,499,591     (10,903,518

Class IV

     (2,930,389     (4,144,649

Class V

     (12,130,947     (14,444,911

Class VI

     (123,226,362     (169,453,338
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

     (144,787,289     (198,946,416
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

    

Class III

     (32,682,528     (102,529,429

Class IV

     18,607,196       (534,602,197

Class V

     (106,801,014     162,994,661  

Class VI

     (294,652,578     (2,687,005,631
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (415,528,924     (3,161,142,596
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (387,303,874     (2,785,973,347
Net assets:     

Beginning of period

     1,761,020,220       4,546,993,567  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,373,716,346     $ 1,761,020,220  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 2,966,523     $ 1,744,705  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

98   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

 

 

CLIMATE CHANGE FUND

 

     Class III Shares                   
     Period from
April 5,
2017
(commencement
of operations)
through
February 28,
2018
                  

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 20.00                   
    

 

 

                    

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.23                   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       4.41                   
    

 

 

                    

Total from investment operations

       4.64                   
    

 

 

                    

Less distributions to shareholders:

                       

From net investment income

       (0.22 )                   

From net realized gains

       (0.61 )                   
    

 

 

                    

Total distributions

       (0.83 )                   
    

 

 

                    

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 23.81                   
    

 

 

                    

Total Return(b)

       23.28 %**                   

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

                  

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 26,694                   

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.78 %*                   

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       1.09 %*                   

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

       44 %**                   

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.73 %*                   

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the period ended February 28, 2018, including transactions in USTF, was 174% of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   99


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

EMERGING DOMESTIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

    Class II Shares   Class III Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 22.64     $ 19.36     $ 23.99     $ 22.55     $ 24.60     $ 22.64     $ 19.35     $ 23.98     $ 22.54     $ 24.59
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.25       0.25       0.34       0.28       0.26       0.27       0.27       0.36       0.29       0.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      6.33       3.68       (4.60 )       1.55       (1.22 )       6.32       3.68       (4.60 )       1.55       (1.24 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      6.58       3.93       (4.26 )       1.83       (0.96 )       6.59       3.95       (4.24 )       1.84       (0.94 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.36 )       (0.65 )       (0.37 )       (0.23 )       (0.30 )       (0.37 )       (0.66 )       (0.39 )       (0.24 )       (0.32 )

From net realized gains

                        (0.16 )       (0.79 )                         (0.16 )       (0.79 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.36 )       (0.65 )       (0.37 )       (0.39 )       (1.09 )       (0.37 )       (0.66 )       (0.39 )       (0.40 )       (1.11 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 28.86     $ 22.64     $ 19.36     $ 23.99     $ 22.55     $ 28.86     $ 22.64     $ 19.35     $ 23.98     $ 22.54
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      29.10 %       20.62 %       (17.91 )%       8.18 %       (4.01 )%       29.17 %       20.73 %       (17.86 )%       8.23 %       (3.95 )%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 700,211     $ 603,565     $ 556,539     $ 738,035     $ 621,278     $ 121,511     $ 129,068     $ 242,740     $ 336,488     $ 384,757

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      1.06 %       1.06 %       1.07 %       1.07 %       1.07 %(d)       0.99 %       0.99 %       1.00 %       1.00 %       1.00 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      0.96 %       1.12 %       1.51 %       1.21 %       1.09 %       1.05 %       1.26 %       1.61 %       1.26 %       1.23 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      201 %(e)       227 %(e)       250 %       204 %       274 %       201 %(e)       227 %(e)       250 %       204 %       274 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.03 %       0.02 %       0.05 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.03 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.03     $ 0.02     $ 0.04     $ 0.03     $ 0.10     $ 0.02     $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.09
                                       
    Class IV Shares   Class V Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,   Period from
November 29, 2013
(commencement of
operations) through
February 28,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 22.65     $ 19.36     $ 24.00     $ 22.56     $ 24.60     $ 22.62     $ 19.35     $ 23.98     $ 22.54     $ 24.52
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.27       0.29       0.36       0.30       0.31       0.29       0.23       0.37       0.31       0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      6.34       3.67       (4.60 )       1.56       (1.23 )       6.33       3.73       (4.59 )       1.55       (1.20 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      6.61       3.96       (4.24 )       1.86       (0.92 )       6.62       3.96       (4.22 )       1.86       (1.19 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.38 )       (0.67 )       (0.40 )       (0.26 )       (0.33 )       (0.39 )       (0.69 )       (0.41 )       (0.26 )       (0.34 )

From net realized gains

                        (0.16 )       (0.79 )                         (0.16 )       (0.45 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.38 )       (0.67 )       (0.40 )       (0.42 )       (1.12 )       (0.39 )       (0.69 )       (0.41 )       (0.42 )       (0.79 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 28.88     $ 22.65     $ 19.36     $ 24.00     $ 22.56     $ 28.85     $ 22.62     $ 19.35     $ 23.98     $ 22.54
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      29.24 %       20.80 %       (17.84 )%       8.29 %       (3.88 )%       29.31 %       20.78 %       (17.79 )%       8.32 %       (4.95 )%**

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 300,730     $ 335,225     $ 745,300     $ 686,589     $ 659,592     $ 1,280,851     $ 948,052     $ 322,379     $ 255,379     $ 235,753

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.94 %       0.95 %       0.96 %       0.95 %       0.95 %(d)       0.92 %       0.93 %       0.94 %       0.93 %       0.94 %*(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.05 %       1.34 %       1.61 %       1.29 %       1.29 %       1.09 %       1.04 %       1.65 %       1.32 %       0.09 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      201 %(e)       227 %(e)       250 %       204 %       274 %       201 %(e)       227 %(e)       250 %       204 %       274 %**††

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.03 %       0.02 %       0.05 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.06 %*

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.10     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.04     $ 0.03     $ 0.02

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 254% and 271%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
†† Calculation represents portfolio turnover of the Fund for the year ended February 28, 2014.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

100   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS FUND

 

     Class II Shares   Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)   2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 29.98     $ 22.80     $ 30.48     $ 30.60     $ 35.22     $ 30.05     $ 22.83     $ 30.57     $ 30.69     $ 35.31
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.75       0.57       0.72       0.84       0.75       0.72       0.57       0.66       0.81       0.81

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       6.58       7.22       (7.59 )       0.00 (c)       (4.56 )       6.64       7.27       (7.56 )       0.06       (4.62 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       7.33       7.79       (6.87 )       0.84       (3.81 )       7.36       7.84       (6.90 )       0.87       (3.81 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.89 )       (0.61 )       (0.81 )       (0.96 )       (0.81 )       (0.90 )       (0.62 )       (0.84 )       (0.99 )       (0.81 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.89 )       (0.61 )       (0.81 )       (0.96 )       (0.81 )       (0.90 )       (0.62 )       (0.84 )       (0.99 )       (0.81 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 36.42     $ 29.98     $ 22.80     $ 30.48     $ 30.60     $ 36.51     $ 30.05     $ 22.83     $ 30.57     $ 30.69
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

       24.66 %       34.47 %       (22.76 )%       2.84 %       (10.92 )%       24.71 %       34.67 %       (22.80 )%       2.91 %       (10.87 )%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 479,640     $ 498,564     $ 532,366     $ 1,000,299     $ 1,308,100     $ 390,827     $ 301,786     $ 189,907     $ 283,712     $ 447,963

Net expenses to average daily net assets(e)

       0.96 %       1.07 %       1.09 %       1.07 %       1.06 %(f)       0.91 %       1.01 %       1.04 %       1.02 %       1.01 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       2.25 %       2.08 %       2.57 %       2.66 %       2.33 %       2.14 %       2.07 %       2.45 %       2.55 %       2.45 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       87 %(g)       62 %(g)       104 %       94 %       98 %       87 %(g)       62 %(g)       104 %       94 %       98 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.13 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.03 %       0.03 %       0.11 %       0.03 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.11     $ 0.09 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.11 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.11     $ 0.09 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.11 (a)     $ 0.11 (a)
                                        
     Class IV Shares   Class V Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)   2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 29.78     $ 22.65     $ 30.30     $ 30.45     $ 35.04     $ 29.70     $ 22.59     $ 30.24     $ 30.39     $ 34.98
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.83       0.53       0.69       0.84       0.84       0.77       0.61       0.72       0.87       0.78

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       6.47       7.24       (7.50 )       0.00 (c)       (4.59 )       6.53       7.15       (7.50 )       0.00 (c)       (4.50 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       7.30       7.77       (6.81 )       0.84       (3.75 )       7.30       7.76       (6.78 )       0.87       (3.72 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.92 )       (0.64 )       (0.84 )       (0.99 )       (0.84 )       (0.93 )       (0.65 )       (0.87 )       (1.02 )       (0.87 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.92 )       (0.64 )       (0.84 )       (0.99 )       (0.84 )       (0.93 )       (0.65 )       (0.87 )       (1.02 )       (0.87 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 36.16     $ 29.78     $ 22.65     $ 30.30     $ 30.45     $ 36.07     $ 29.70     $ 22.59     $ 30.24     $ 30.39
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

       24.74 %       34.61 %       (22.69 )%       2.88 %       (10.81 )%       24.83 %       34.67 %       (22.67 )%       2.93 %       (10.74 )%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 485,104     $ 582,311     $ 268,085     $ 837,963     $ 748,429     $ 170,962     $ 110,257     $ 269,570     $ 170,125     $ 406,384

Net expenses to average daily net assets(e)

       0.87 %       0.96 %       0.99 %       0.97 %       0.96 %(f)       0.81 %       0.91 %       0.94 %       0.92 %       0.91 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       2.50 %       1.92 %       2.55 %       2.64 %       2.57 %       2.29 %       2.24 %       2.69 %       2.77 %       2.39 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       87 %(g)       62 %(g)       104 %       94 %       98 %       87 %(g)       62 %(g)       104 %       94 %       98 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.11 %       0.03 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.14 %       0.06 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.11     $ 0.09 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.11 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.11     $ 0.08 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) was less than $0.01 per share.
(d)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(e)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(g)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 117% and 80%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   101


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS FUND (continued)

 

     Class VI Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 29.77     $ 22.62     $ 30.30     $ 30.45     $ 35.04
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.78       0.63       0.69       0.90       0.78

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       6.56       7.17       (7.50 )       (0.03 )(c)       (4.47 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       7.34       7.80       (6.81 )       0.87       (3.69 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.95 )       (0.65 )       (0.87 )       (1.02 )       (0.90 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.95 )       (0.65 )       (0.87 )       (1.02 )       (0.90 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 36.16     $ 29.77     $ 22.62     $ 30.30     $ 30.45
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

       24.90 %       34.83 %       (22.71 )%       2.96 %       (10.69 )%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

               

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 3,575,505     $ 3,524,022     $ 3,661,271     $ 5,194,557     $ 5,220,293

Net expenses to average daily net assets(e)

       0.78 %       0.89 %       0.91 %       0.89 %       0.88 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       2.36 %       2.32 %       2.61 %       2.79 %       2.43 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       87 %(g)       62 %(g)       104 %       94 %       98 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.14 %       0.06 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.11     $ 0.08 (a)     $ 0.09 (a)     $ 0.11 (a)     $ 0.10 (a)

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
(d)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(e)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(g)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 117% and 80%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

102   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

FOREIGN SMALL COMPANIES FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 14.41     $ 12.94     $ 15.31     $ 17.29     $ 14.40     $ 14.38     $ 12.91     $ 15.28     $ 17.25     $ 14.37
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.41       0.26       0.26       0.20       0.27       0.43       0.25       0.27       0.21       0.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      2.93       1.56       (1.86 )       (1.34 )       3.62       2.92       1.58       (1.86 )       (1.34 )       3.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      3.34       1.82       (1.60 )       (1.14 )       3.89       3.35       1.83       (1.59 )       (1.13 )       3.89
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.35 )       (0.35 )       (0.28 )       (0.23 )       (0.48 )       (0.36 )       (0.36 )       (0.29 )       (0.23 )       (0.49 )

From net realized gains

      (3.13 )             (0.49 )       (0.61 )       (0.52 )       (3.13 )             (0.49 )       (0.61 )       (0.52 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (3.48 )       (0.35 )       (0.77 )       (0.84 )       (1.00 )       (3.49 )       (0.36 )       (0.78 )       (0.84 )       (1.01 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 14.27     $ 14.41     $ 12.94     $ 15.31     $ 17.29     $ 14.24     $ 14.38     $ 12.91     $ 15.28     $ 17.25
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      23.52 %       14.25 %       (10.82 )%       (6.34 )%       27.54 %       23.64 %       14.34 %       (10.80 )%       (6.25 )%       27.61 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 55,169     $ 246,852     $ 316,303     $ 353,778     $ 236,393     $ 89,764     $ 571,129     $ 606,665     $ 760,850     $ 851,384

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.52 %       0.86 %       0.86 %       0.85 %       0.86 %(d)       0.50 %       0.81 %       0.81 %       0.80 %       0.81 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      2.67 %       1.84 %       1.73 %       1.26 %       1.73 %       2.81 %       1.81 %       1.79 %       1.32 %       1.56 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      106 %(e)       49 %(e)       60 %       58 %       57 %       106 %(e)       49 %(e)       60 %       58 %       57 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.44 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.39 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.04     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.00 (f)     $ 0.04     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.00 (f)

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 128% and 51%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(f)  Purchase premiums and redemption fees were less than $0.01 per share.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   103


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND

 

     Class II Shares   Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 20.18     $ 18.17     $ 23.43     $ 26.16     $ 20.94     $ 20.41     $ 18.38     $ 23.70     $ 26.44     $ 21.16
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.41       0.70       0.57       0.66       0.80       0.61       0.63       0.59       0.69       0.86

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       3.78       2.07       (5.19 )       (1.42 )       4.88       3.64       2.19       (5.25 )       (1.45 )       4.90
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       4.19       2.77       (4.62 )       (0.76 )       5.68       4.25       2.82       (4.66 )       (0.76 )       5.76
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.74 )       (0.76 )       (0.64 )       (1.07 )       (0.46 )       (0.74 )       (0.79 )       (0.66 )       (1.08 )       (0.48 )

From net realized gains

                         (0.90 )                               (0.90 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.74 )       (0.76 )       (0.64 )       (1.97 )       (0.46 )       (0.74 )       (0.79 )       (0.66 )       (1.98 )       (0.48 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 23.63     $ 20.18     $ 18.17     $ 23.43     $ 26.16     $ 23.92     $ 20.41     $ 18.38     $ 23.70     $ 26.44
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       20.85 %       15.45 %       (19.99 )%       (2.55 )%       27.41 %       20.96 %       15.53 %       (19.95 )%       (2.50 )%       27.53 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 23,736     $ 10,302     $ 81,206     $ 118,737     $ 139,401     $ 485,782     $ 731,060     $ 1,043,305     $ 1,523,128     $ 1,555,509

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.72 %       0.72 %       0.72 %       0.72 %       0.72 %(d)       0.65 %       0.65 %       0.65 %       0.65 %       0.65 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       1.77 %       3.62 %       2.65 %       2.63 %       3.47 %       2.68 %       3.16 %       2.70 %       2.73 %       3.62 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       45 %(e)       27 %(e)       75 %       70 %       48 %       45 %(e)       27 %(e)       75 %       70 %       48 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %

 

    Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 20.38     $ 18.36     $ 23.66     $ 26.41     $ 21.14
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                   

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.56       0.63       0.62       0.67       0.89

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.69       2.19       (5.25 )       (1.42 )       4.88
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      4.25       2.82       (4.63 )       (0.75 )       5.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                   

From net investment income

      (0.76 )       (0.80 )       (0.67 )       (1.10 )       (0.50 )

From net realized gains

                        (0.90 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.76 )       (0.80 )       (0.67 )       (2.00 )       (0.50 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 23.87     $ 20.38     $ 18.36     $ 23.66     $ 26.41
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      20.98 %       15.57 %       (19.85 )%       (2.47 )%       27.60 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

               

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 4,558,167     $ 5,072,024     $ 7,051,400     $ 11,374,017     $ 11,926,293

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.59 %       0.59 %       0.59 %       0.59 %       0.59 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      2.45 %       3.19 %       2.80 %       2.66 %       3.74 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      45 %(e)       27 %(e)       75 %       70 %       48 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %       0.04 %
(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 61% and 50%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
 

 

104   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL LARGE/MID CAP EQUITY FUND

 

     Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 25.44     $ 23.46     $ 30.16     $ 35.20     $ 28.96     $ 25.40     $ 23.44     $ 30.14     $ 35.18     $ 28.94
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       1.01       0.96       0.81       0.92       1.18       0.84       1.04       0.87       0.96       1.17

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       4.06       2.40       (6.71 )       (2.19 )       6.56       4.23       2.34       (6.75 )       (2.21 )       6.60
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       5.07       3.36       (5.90 )       (1.27 )       7.74       5.07       3.38       (5.88 )       (1.25 )       7.77
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.90 )       (1.38 )       (0.80 )       (1.46 )       (1.50 )       (0.92 )       (1.42 )       (0.82 )       (1.48 )       (1.53 )

From net realized gains

       (3.28 )                   (2.31 )             (3.28 )                   (2.31 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (4.18 )       (1.38 )       (0.80 )       (3.77 )       (1.50 )       (4.20 )       (1.42 )       (0.82 )       (3.79 )       (1.53 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 26.33     $ 25.44     $ 23.46     $ 30.16     $ 35.20     $ 26.27     $ 25.40     $ 23.44     $ 30.14     $ 35.18
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       20.64 %       14.70 %       (19.82 )%       (3.33 )%       27.30 %       20.69 %       14.79 %       (19.78 )%       (3.28 )%       27.40 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 81,119     $ 39,141     $ 459,614     $ 592,365     $ 598,840     $ 776     $ 146,112     $ 641,750     $ 1,346,483     $ 1,262,615

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.60 %       0.54 %       0.53 %       0.53 %       0.53 %(d)       0.60 %       0.48 %       0.47 %       0.47 %       0.47 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       3.81 %       3.84 %       2.90 %       2.80 %       3.70 %       3.12 %       4.14 %       3.08 %       2.91 %       3.69 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       47 %(e)       26 %(e)       88 %       82 %       54 %       47 %(e)       26 %(e)       88 %       82 %       54 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.28 %       0.08 %       0.06 %       0.07 %       0.06 %       0.27 %       0.08 %       0.06 %       0.07 %       0.06 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds, if any (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 128% and 51%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   105


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

QUALITY FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 22.05     $ 18.99     $ 22.98     $ 25.08     $ 23.81     $ 22.08     $ 19.01     $ 23.01     $ 25.10     $ 23.83
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.36       0.35       0.38       0.42       0.51       0.37       0.36       0.39       0.43       0.53

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.70       3.44       (1.04 )       2.91       3.70       4.70       3.45       (1.05 )       2.92       3.70
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      5.06       3.79       (0.66 )       3.33       4.21       5.07       3.81       (0.66 )       3.35       4.23
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.41 )       (0.35 )       (0.42 )       (0.49 )       (0.53 )       (0.41 )       (0.36 )       (0.43 )       (0.50 )       (0.55 )

From net realized gains

      (1.57 )       (0.38 )       (2.91 )       (4.94 )       (2.41 )       (1.57 )       (0.38 )       (2.91 )       (4.94 )       (2.41 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (1.98 )       (0.73 )       (3.33 )       (5.43 )       (2.94 )       (1.98 )       (0.74 )       (3.34 )       (5.44 )       (2.96 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 25.13     $ 22.05     $ 18.99     $ 22.98     $ 25.08     $ 25.17     $ 22.08     $ 19.01     $ 23.01     $ 25.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      23.32 %       20.25 %       (2.89 )%       14.73 %       18.38 %       23.37 %       20.33 %       (2.88 )%       14.81 %       18.43 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 3,524,103     $ 3,587,627     $ 3,968,156     $ 5,336,063     $ 5,747,512     $ 957,900     $ 1,222,874     $ 1,294,033     $ 2,201,876     $ 2,134,444

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.48 %       0.48 %       0.48 %       0.48 %       0.48 %(d)       0.44 %       0.44 %       0.44 %       0.44 %       0.44 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.48 %       1.72 %       1.79 %       1.71 %       2.04 %       1.53 %       1.76 %       1.83 %       1.77 %       2.07 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      10 %(e)       29 %(e)       37 %       60 %       48 %       10 %(e)       29 %(e)       37 %       60 %       48 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.01 %
                                       
    Class V Shares   Class VI Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 22.08     $ 19.01     $ 23.01     $ 25.10     $ 23.82     $ 22.05     $ 18.99     $ 22.99     $ 25.09     $ 23.82
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.41       0.36       0.39       0.44       0.56       0.38       0.36       0.40       0.45       0.54

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.66       3.46       (1.05 )       2.92       3.68       4.70       3.46       (1.04 )       2.90       3.70
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      5.07       3.82       (0.66 )       3.36       4.24       5.08       3.82       (0.64 )       3.35       4.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.41 )       (0.37 )       (0.43 )       (0.51 )       (0.55 )       (0.43 )       (0.38 )       (0.45 )       (0.51 )       (0.56 )

From net realized gains

      (1.57 )       (0.38 )       (2.91 )       (4.94 )       (2.41 )       (1.57 )       (0.38 )       (2.91 )       (4.94 )       (2.41 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (1.98 )       (0.75 )       (3.34 )       (5.45 )       (2.96 )       (2.00 )       (0.76 )       (3.36 )       (5.45 )       (2.97 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 25.17     $ 22.08     $ 19.01     $ 23.01     $ 25.10     $ 25.13     $ 22.05     $ 18.99     $ 22.99     $ 25.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      23.38 %       20.39 %       (2.89 )%       14.86 %       18.49 %       23.43 %       20.39 %       (2.83 )%       14.83 %       18.50 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 156,086     $ 462,677     $ 277,186     $ 267,809     $ 653,307     $ 3,561,976     $ 3,359,025     $ 1,732,420     $ 2,496,930     $ 3,675,950

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.42 %       0.42 %       0.42 %       0.42 %       0.42 %(d)       0.39 %       0.39 %       0.39 %       0.39 %       0.39 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.74 %       1.72 %       1.85 %       1.81 %       2.22 %       1.57 %       1.73 %       1.88 %       1.83 %       2.13 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      10 %(e)       29 %(e)       37 %       60 %       48 %       10 %(e)       29 %(e)       37 %       60 %       48 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.01 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 23% and 48%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

106   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

RESOURCES FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 17.31     $ 11.74     $ 16.33     $ 21.88     $ 21.59     $ 17.25     $ 11.71     $ 16.28     $ 21.86     $ 21.40
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(b)

      0.33       0.30       0.47       0.87       0.51       0.38       0.34       0.46       0.75       0.45

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.02       5.75       (4.67 )       (3.77 )       0.45       3.97       5.68       (4.63 )       (3.65 )       0.70
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      4.35       6.05       (4.20 )       (2.90 )       0.96       4.35       6.02       (4.17 )       (2.90 )       1.15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.78 )       (0.48 )       (0.39 )       (1.03 )       (0.40 )       (0.79 )       (0.48 )       (0.40 )       (1.06 )       (0.42 )

From net realized gains

                        (1.62 )       (0.27 )                         (1.62 )       (0.27 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.78 )       (0.48 )       (0.39 )       (2.65 )       (0.67 )       (0.79 )       (0.48 )       (0.40 )       (2.68 )       (0.69 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 20.88     $ 17.31     $ 11.74     $ 16.33     $ 21.88     $ 20.81     $ 17.25     $ 11.71     $ 16.28     $ 21.86
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

      26.00 %       51.75 %       (25.76 )%       (12.81 )%       4.54 %       26.12 %       51.72 %       (25.68 )%       (12.82 )%       5.48 %**

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 54,037     $ 22,562     $ 13,864     $ 23,734     $ 81,646     $ 296,196     $ 190,260     $ 170,919     $ 119,308     $ 138,358

Net expenses to average daily net assets(d)

      0.76 %       0.77 %       0.77 %       0.76 %       0.75 %(e)       0.71 %       0.72 %       0.72 %       0.71 %       0.70 %*(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

      1.77 %       1.99 %       3.36 %       4.01 %       2.36 %       2.04 %       2.26 %       3.31 %       3.58 %       2.23 %*

Portfolio turnover rate

      48 %(f)       29 %(f)       130 %       126 %       40 %       48 %(f)       29 %(f)       130 %       126 %       40 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.06 %(e)       0.10 %       0.10 %       0.08 %       0.10 %       0.06 %(e)       0.10 %       0.11 %       0.09 %       0.11 %*

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.05     $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.07     $ 0.06     $ 0.04     $ 0.02     $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.03

 

(a)  Period from March 20, 2013 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2014.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  Includes recoupment of past reimbursed and/or waived fees (Note 5).
(f)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 85% and 40%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   107


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

RISK PREMIUM FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class VI Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)   2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 29.93     $ 26.91     $ 29.73     $ 31.74     $ 31.59     $ 30.07     $ 27.00     $ 29.82     $ 31.80     $ 31.59
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(b)

      0.10       (0.05 )       (0.12 )       (0.18 )       (0.18 )       0.14       (0.02 )       (0.12 )       (0.15 )       (0.15 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.78       5.22       (0.30 )       1.02       2.13       1.78       5.24       (0.30 )       1.02       2.16
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      1.88       5.17       (0.42 )       0.84       1.95       1.92       5.22       (0.42 )       0.87       2.01
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.06 )                               (0.10 )                        

From net realized gains

      (5.01 )       (2.15 )       (2.40 )       (2.85 )       (1.80 )       (5.01 )       (2.15 )       (2.40 )       (2.85 )       (1.80 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (5.07 )       (2.15 )       (2.40 )       (2.85 )       (1.80 )       (5.11 )       (2.15 )       (2.40 )       (2.85 )       (1.80 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 26.74     $ 29.93     $ 26.91     $ 29.73     $ 31.74     $ 26.88     $ 30.07     $ 27.00     $ 29.82     $ 31.80
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

      6.09 %       19.50 %       (1.66 )%       3.19 %       6.42 %       6.17 %       19.62 %       (1.65 )%       3.29 %       6.61 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 3,434     $ 5,049     $ 6,807     $ 4,832     $ 7,489     $ 142,238     $ 155,375     $ 223,854     $ 432,465     $ 730,196

Net expenses to average daily net assets

      0.60 %       0.61 %       0.60 %       0.61 %(d)       0.60 %(d)(e)       0.51 %       0.51 %       0.51 %       0.51 %(d)       0.51 %(d)(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

      0.34 %       (0.16 )%       (0.45 )%       (0.58 )%       (0.57 )%       0.47 %       (0.07 )%       (0.37 )%       (0.49 )%       (0.48 )%

Portfolio turnover rate

      0 %       0 %       0 %       112 %       0 %       0 %       0 %       0 %       112 %       0 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.08 %       0.06 %       0.05 %       0.04 %       0.05 %       0.08 %       0.06 %       0.05 %       0.03 %       0.05 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.01     $ 0.02 (a)     $ 0.08 (a)     $ 0.14 (a)     $ 0.01 (a)     $ 0.01     $ 0.02 (a)     $ 0.07 (a)     $ 0.13 (a)     $ 0.01 (a)

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

108   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

TAX-MANAGED INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.28     $ 12.92     $ 16.80     $ 18.03     $ 14.56
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)†(a)

       0.38       0.41       0.40       0.47       0.57

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.84       1.50       (3.82 )       (1.05 )       3.37
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.22       1.91       (3.42 )       (0.58 )       3.94
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.50 )       (0.55 )       (0.46 )       (0.65 )       (0.47 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.50 )       (0.55 )       (0.46 )       (0.65 )       (0.47 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 17.00     $ 14.28     $ 12.92     $ 16.80     $ 18.03
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       22.70 %       15.05 %       (20.63 )%       (3.10 )%       27.37 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

               

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 68,782     $ 115,733     $ 215,977     $ 427,048     $ 485,665

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.70 %       0.68 %       0.66 %       0.66 %       0.66 %

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       2.35 %       2.95 %       2.59 %       2.71 %       3.54 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       43 %(d)       47 %(d)       79 %       69 %       49 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.34 %       0.23 %       0.14 %       0.12 %       0.10 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 80% and 54%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   109


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

U.S. EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.14     $ 13.79     $ 16.61     $ 17.27     $ 14.51     $ 15.16     $ 13.76     $ 16.58     $ 17.24     $ 14.48
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.27       0.27       0.24       0.28       0.28       0.30       0.25       0.25       0.29       0.29

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.73       2.89       (1.20 )       1.66       2.77       1.70       2.92       (1.20 )       1.66       2.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      2.00       3.16       (0.96 )       1.94       3.05       2.00       3.17       (0.95 )       1.95       3.06
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.28 )       (0.34 )       (0.26 )       (0.31 )       (0.29 )       (0.29 )       (0.30 )       (0.27 )       (0.32 )       (0.30 )

From net realized gains

      (1.45 )       (1.47 )       (1.60 )       (2.29 )             (1.45 )       (1.47 )       (1.60 )       (2.29 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (1.73 )       (1.81 )       (1.86 )       (2.60 )       (0.29 )       (1.74 )       (1.77 )       (1.87 )       (2.61 )       (0.30 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 15.41     $ 15.14     $ 13.79     $ 16.61     $ 17.27     $ 15.42     $ 15.16     $ 13.76     $ 16.58     $ 17.24
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      13.76 %       23.59 %       (6.17 )%       12.18 %       21.11 %       13.74 %       23.69 %       (6.10 )%       12.27 %       21.21 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 77,297     $ 109,726     $ 194,615     $ 286,934     $ 488,982     $ 36,025     $ 16,707     $ 513,751     $ 431,841     $ 288,782

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.46 %       0.46 %       0.46 %       0.46 %       0.46 %(d)       0.41 %       0.41 %       0.41 %       0.41 %       0.41 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.78 %       1.80 %       1.57 %       1.59 %       1.71 %       1.94 %       1.73 %       1.65 %       1.63 %       1.75 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      79 %(e)       66 %(e)       89 %       67 %       74 %       79 %(e)       66 %(e)       89 %       67 %       74 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %
                                       
    Class V Shares   Class VI Shares
    Year Ended
February 28,
  Period from
August 9, 2016
through
February 28,
  Period from
March 1, 2014
through
July 30,
  Period from
January 21, 2014
(commencement
of operations)
through
February 28,
  Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2014(f)   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 15.09     $ 14.95     $ 17.24     $ 17.17     $ 15.06     $ 13.73     $ 16.54     $ 17.21     $ 14.47
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                   

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.29       0.16       0.12       0.04       0.29       0.27       0.26       0.30       0.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      1.71       1.50       0.90       0.03       1.71       2.89       (1.19 )       1.65       2.74
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      2.00       1.66       1.02       0.07       2.00       3.16       (0.93 )       1.95       3.04
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                   

From net investment income

      (0.29 )       (0.19 )       (0.04 )             (0.30 )       (0.36 )       (0.28 )       (0.33 )       (0.30 )

From net realized gains

      (1.45 )       (1.33 )       (0.43 )             (1.45 )       (1.47 )       (1.60 )       (2.29 )      
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (1.74 )       (1.52 )       (0.47 )             (1.75 )       (1.83 )       (1.88 )       (2.62 )       (0.30 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 15.35     $ 15.09     $ 17.79     $ 17.24     $ 15.31     $ 15.06     $ 13.73     $ 16.54     $ 17.21
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      13.84 %       11.37 %**       5.88 %**       0.39 %**       13.84 %       23.68 %       (6.02 )%       12.28 %       21.14 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                   

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 60,386     $ 164,652     $ 220,333     $ 259,581     $ 1,200,008     $ 1,469,935     $ 3,838,628     $ 6,031,361     $ 7,082,304

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

      0.40 %       0.40 %*       0.40 %*       0.40 %*(d)       0.37 %       0.37 %       0.37 %       0.37 %       0.37 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

      1.88 %       1.93 %*       1.69 %*       1.97 %*       1.88 %       1.87 %       1.68 %       1.70 %       1.85 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      79 %(e)       66 %**(e)       34 %**(g)       74 %**       79 %(e)       66 %(e)       89 %       67 %       74 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/ or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

      0.02 %       0.02 %*       0.02 %*       0.01 %*       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %       0.02 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 100% and 91%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(f)  The class was inactive from July 31, 2014 to August 8, 2016.
(g)  Calculation represents portfolio turnover of the fund for the period ended July 30, 2014.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

110   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


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February 28, 2018

 

 

1. Organization

Each of Climate Change Fund (commenced operations on April 5, 2017), Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund, Emerging Markets Fund, Foreign Small Companies Fund, International Equity Fund, International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund, Quality Fund, Resources Fund, Risk Premium Fund, Tax-Managed International Equities Fund and U.S. Equity Allocation Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) is a series of GMO Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 24, 1985. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees of the Trust (“Trustees”) to create an unlimited number of series of shares (Funds) and to subdivide Funds into classes. The Funds are advised and managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”).

The Funds may invest in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund and in money market funds unaffiliated with GMO. The Funds may also invest in other GMO Funds (“underlying funds”). The financial statements of the underlying funds should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements. The financial statements are available without charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov or on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ principal investment objectives and benchmarks (if any):

 

     
Fund Name   Benchmark   Investment Objective
Climate Change Fund  

Not Applicable

  High total return
Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund   Not Applicable   Total Return
Emerging Markets Fund   S&P/IFCI Composite Index   Total return in excess of benchmark
Foreign Small Companies Fund   S&P Developed ex-U.S. Small Cap Index   Total return in excess of benchmark
International Equity Fund   Not Applicable   High total return
International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund   Not Applicable   High total return
Quality Fund   Not Applicable   Total return
Resources Fund  

Not Applicable

  Total return
Risk Premium Fund   Not Applicable   Total return
Tax-Managed International Equities Fund  

Not Applicable

  High after-tax total return
U.S. Equity Allocation Fund   Not Applicable   High total return

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund currently limits subscriptions.

 

2. Significant accounting policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and have been consistently followed by the Funds in preparing these financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars.

Portfolio valuation

Exchange-traded securities (other than exchange-traded options) for which market quotations are readily available are valued at (i) the last sale price or (ii) official closing price or (iii) most recent quoted price published by the exchange (if no reported last sale or official closing price) or (iv) the quoted price provided by a pricing source (in the event GMO deems the private market to be a more reliable indicator of market value than the exchange). Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions. Cleared derivatives are valued using the price quoted (which may be based on a model) by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared derivative is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that derivative will generally be valued using an industry standard model,

 

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which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives are generally valued at the price determined by an industry standard model. Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued at the most recent quoted price. Shares of the underlying funds and other open-end registered investment companies are valued at their most recent net asset value. If quotations are not readily available or circumstances make an existing valuation methodology or procedure unreliable, derivatives and other securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustees or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Because of the uncertainty inherent in pricing, and in particular fair value pricing, the value determined for a particular security may be materially different from the value realized upon its sale. See the table below for information about securities and derivatives, if any, that were fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. The Funds and/or the underlying funds classify such securities as Level 3 (levels defined below). For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not reduce the value of any of their OTC derivatives contracts, if any, based on the creditworthiness of their counterparties. See Note 4 “Derivative financial instruments” for a further discussion on valuation of derivatives.

The foregoing valuation methodologies are modified for equities that trade in non-U.S. securities markets which close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) due to time zone differences, including the value of equities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for those derivatives closes prior to the close of the NYSE). In those cases, the price will generally be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees that are intended to reflect valuation changes through the NYSE close. The table below shows the percentage of the net assets of the Funds, held either directly or through investments in the underlying funds, if any, that were valued using fair value inputs obtained from that independent pricing service as of February 28, 2018. These securities listed on foreign exchanges (including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE)) are classified as Level 2 (levels defined below) in the table below.

“Quoted price” typically means the bid price for securities held long and the ask price for securities sold short. If a market quotation for a security does not involve a bid or an ask, the “quoted price” may be the price provided by a market participant or other third-party pricing source in accordance with the market practice for that security. If an updated quoted price for a security is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, the Fund will generally use the last quoted price so long as GMO believes that the last quoted price continues to represent that security’s fair value.

In the case of derivatives, prices determined by a model may reflect an estimate of the average of bid and ask prices, regardless of whether a Fund has a long position or a short position.

As discussed above, certain of the Funds and underlying funds invest in securities and/or derivatives which may have been fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees or fair valued using inputs obtained from an independent pricing service. The table below presents securities and/or derivatives on a net basis, based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation), which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure. The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to these valuation methodologies (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 is as follows:

 

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Securities and derivatives

 

     
Fund Name   Fair valued using
methods determined in
good faith by or at the
direction of the  Trustees
    Fair valued using
inputs obtained
from an independent
pricing service (Net)
 

Climate Change Fund

          67%  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

          65%  

Emerging Markets Fund

    < 1%       87%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

          92%  

International Equity Fund

    0%§       94%  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    0%§       95%  

Quality Fund

          12%  

Resources Fund

    < 1%       78%  

Risk Premium Fund

          (1)%  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    0%§       95%  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

           

 

  § Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at February 28, 2018.

U.S. GAAP requires the Funds to disclose the fair value of their investments in a three-level hierarchy (Levels 1, 2 and 3). The valuation hierarchy is based upon the relative observability of inputs to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, in periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to the liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between levels.

U.S. GAAP requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements for material Level 3 securities and derivatives, if any (determined by each category of asset or liability as compared to a Fund’s total net assets separately identified in the table below). At February 28, 2018, direct material Level 3 classes of investments or derivatives with significant unobservable inputs subject to this additional disclosure are described in the Level 3 securities and derivatives table below.

The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 1 generally include actively traded domestic and certain foreign equity securities; certain U.S. government obligations; derivatives actively traded on a national securities exchange (such as some futures and options); and shares of open-end mutual funds (even if their investments are valued using Level 2 or Level 3 inputs).

Level 2 – Valuations determined using other significant direct or indirect observable inputs.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 2 generally include cleared derivatives and certain OTC derivatives such as swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency contracts valued using industry standard models; certain restricted securities valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; certain securities that are valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount when the holdings exceed foreign ownership limitations; and certain foreign equity securities that are adjusted based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees, including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE) to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close.

Level 3 – Valuations based primarily on inputs that are unobservable and significant.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 3 generally include, but are not limited to, securities whose trading has been suspended or that have been de-listed from their current primary trading exchange valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; securities in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; third-party investment funds where valuations are provided by fund sponsors and which are adjusted for liquidity considerations as well as the timing of the receipt of information; certain equity securities valued based on the last traded exchange price adjusted for the movement in a relevant index and/or a security type conversion discount; certain securities that are valued using a price from a comparable security related to the same issuer; and certain recently acquired equity securities that have yet to begin trading that are valued at cost.

The following is a summary of the respective levels assigned to the Funds’ direct securities and derivatives, if any, as of February 28, 2018:

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Climate Change Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Argentina

  $ 319,621     $     $     $ 319,621  

Australia

          578,166       12,229       590,395  

Austria

          73,452             73,452  

Canada

    696,183                   696,183  

Chile

          155,746             155,746  

China

    34,835       1,831,777             1,866,612  

Denmark

          1,072,213             1,072,213  

France

          2,391,489             2,391,489  

Germany

          1,707,357             1,707,357  

Israel

          220,826             220,826  

Italy

          536,496             536,496  

Japan

          2,794,734             2,794,734  

Kenya

          48,454             48,454  

Malaysia

          33,373             33,373  

Netherlands

          664,024             664,024  

Norway

          1,527,683             1,527,683  

Poland

          689,951             689,951  

Portugal

          301,598             301,598  

Russia

          962,838             962,838  

South Africa

          31,762             31,762  

South Korea

          303,336             303,336  

Spain

          718,034             718,034  

Switzerland

          227,388             227,388  

Ukraine

          201,508             201,508  

United Kingdom

          769,913             769,913  

United States

    5,798,649                   5,798,649  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    6,849,288       17,842,118       12,229       24,703,635  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

    269,985                   269,985  

Chile

    983,030                   983,030  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    1,253,015                   1,253,015  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    751,549                   751,549  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    751,549                   751,549  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    47,925                   47,925  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    8,901,777       17,842,118       12,229       26,756,124  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 8,901,777     $ 17,842,118     $ 12,229     $ 26,756,124  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Brazil

  $     $ 122,943,748     $     $ 122,943,748  

China

    229,960,066       538,582,746             768,542,812  

Hong Kong

          79,609,427             79,609,427  

Hungary

          21,499,712             21,499,712  

India

          209,596,337       27,450,114       237,046,451  

Indonesia

          60,482,156             60,482,156  

Malaysia

          13,816,943             13,816,943  

Peru

    21,363,615                   21,363,615  

Philippines

          126,623,945             126,623,945  

Poland

          21,949,465             21,949,465  

Russia

    23,581,551       74,160,369             97,741,920  

South Africa

          22,854,089             22,854,089  

Taiwan

          21,838,133             21,838,133  

Thailand

          68,068,388             68,068,388  

United Kingdom

          6,925,341             6,925,341  

Vietnam

          44,890,180             44,890,180  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    274,905,232       1,433,840,979      
27,450,114
 
    1,736,196,325  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

          73,072,111             73,072,111  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

          73,072,111             73,072,111  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment Funds

         

Brazil

    102,716,580                   102,716,580  

Taiwan

    80,454,923                   80,454,923  

Thailand

          21,564,148             21,564,148  

United States

    140,088,026                   140,088,026  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS

    323,259,529       21,564,148             344,823,677  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

China

          4,049,338             4,049,338  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

          4,049,338             4,049,338  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    130,824,583                   130,824,583  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    130,824,583                   130,824,583  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fully Funded Total Return Swaps

          20,810,307             20,810,307  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    20,168,037                   20,168,037  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    749,157,381       1,553,336,883       27,450,114       2,329,944,378  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          2,394,566             2,394,566  

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    585,358                   585,358  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 749,742,739     $ 1,555,731,449     $ 27,450,114     $ 2,332,924,302  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (38,794   $     $ (38,794

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

          (1,721,609           (1,721,609
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (1,760,403   $     $ (1,760,403
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

115


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Emerging Markets Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Brazil

  $     $ 115,715,149     $     $ 115,715,149  

Chile

          3,250,141             3,250,141  

China

    122,405,602       833,468,588       680,939       956,555,129  

Czech Republic

          13,743,065             13,743,065  

Egypt

          2,306,248             2,306,248  

Greece

          57,424,336             57,424,336  

Hungary

          4,471,029             4,471,029  

India

    19,149,312       169,197,727       1,802,252       190,149,291  

Indonesia

    3,376,189       109,082,955             112,459,144  

Malaysia

          8,261,189             8,261,189  

Mexico

    42,612,077                   42,612,077  

Pakistan

          883,038             883,038  

Peru

    34,567,065                   34,567,065  

Philippines

          39,993,916             39,993,916  

Poland

          9,250,757             9,250,757  

Qatar

          30,340,006             30,340,006  

Russia

    101,134,379       549,973,593             651,107,972  

South Africa

    1,081,375       109,993,717             111,075,092  

South Korea

    4,940,615       502,546,139             507,486,754  

Sri Lanka

          788,630             788,630  

Taiwan

    114,650,313       1,014,592,406             1,129,242,719  

Thailand

          435,882,719             435,882,719  

Turkey

          218,446,234             218,446,234  

United Arab Emirates

          15,906,872             15,906,872  

Vietnam

          9,202,034             9,202,034  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    443,916,927       4,254,720,488       2,483,191       4,701,120,606  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

          26,794,512             26,794,512  

Colombia

    9,840,471                   9,840,471  

Russia

          8,658,032             8,658,032  

South Korea

          119,292,406             119,292,406  

Taiwan

          1,260,778             1,260,778  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    9,840,471       156,005,728             165,846,199  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment Funds

         

India

                98,736       98,736  

Russia

                2,704,993       2,704,993  

Thailand

          4,400,661             4,400,661  

United States

    80,246,174                   80,246,174  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS

    80,246,174       4,400,661       2,803,729       87,450,564  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

Thailand

    423,736                   423,736  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

    423,736                   423,736  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    97,620,412                   97,620,412  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    97,620,412                   97,620,412  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    4,470,406                   4,470,406  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    636,518,126       4,415,126,877       5,286,920       5,056,931,923  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

116


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Emerging Markets Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

  $ 17,822,856     $     $     $ 17,822,856  

Swap Contracts

         

Equity Risk

          435,941             435,941  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 654,340,982     $ 4,415,562,818     $ 5,286,920     $ 5,075,190,720  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Foreign Small Companies Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 4,653,784     $     $ 4,653,784  

Austria

          3,723,666             3,723,666  

Belgium

          968,293             968,293  

Canada

    6,521,743                   6,521,743  

China

          3,276,631             3,276,631  

Finland

          1,858,314             1,858,314  

France

          7,731,477             7,731,477  

Germany

          11,566,636             11,566,636  

Hong Kong

          3,357,586             3,357,586  

India

          1,184,630             1,184,630  

Italy

          5,821,351             5,821,351  

Japan

          37,823,211             37,823,211  

Malaysia

          1,780,124             1,780,124  

Norway

          2,462,105             2,462,105  

Poland

          1,496,240             1,496,240  

Portugal

          602,105             602,105  

Singapore

          3,333,344             3,333,344  

South Africa

          924,887             924,887  

South Korea

          10,174,339             10,174,339  

Spain

          1,534,710             1,534,710  

Sweden

          1,221,420             1,221,420  

Switzerland

          8,461,260             8,461,260  

Taiwan

          3,419,508             3,419,508  

United Kingdom

          16,282,090             16,282,090  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    6,521,743       133,657,711             140,179,454  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    1,595,796                   1,595,796  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    1,595,796                   1,595,796  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    274,792                   274,792  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    8,392,331       133,657,711             142,050,042  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 8,392,331     $ 133,657,711     $     $ 142,050,042  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

117


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Foreign Small Companies Fund (continued)

         

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

  $ (32,848   $     $     $ (32,848
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Equity Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 189,828,477     $     $ 189,828,477  

Austria

          74,575,357             74,575,357  

Belgium

          9,708,207             9,708,207  

Denmark

    14,620,320       2,050,882             16,671,202  

Finland

          1,810,314             1,810,314  

France

    50,214,720       571,686,203             621,900,923  

Germany

          597,512,854             597,512,854  

Hong Kong

          243,392,366             243,392,366  

Ireland

    3,206,673                   3,206,673  

Israel

    1,513,204       13,435,525             14,948,729  

Italy

    108,431,349       151,322,896             259,754,245  

Japan

          1,368,816,399             1,368,816,399  

Malta

                0 §      0 § 

Netherlands

    4,224,720       157,915,083             162,139,803  

New Zealand

          2,144,335             2,144,335  

Norway

          166,469,975             166,469,975  

Portugal

          7,569,526             7,569,526  

Singapore

          17,037,466             17,037,466  

Spain

          71,059,742             71,059,742  

Sweden

          173,357,000             173,357,000  

Switzerland

          252,050,594             252,050,594  

United Kingdom

    19,329,337       669,372,053       0 §      688,701,390  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    201,540,323       4,741,115,254       0 §      4,942,655,577  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Germany

          34,042,646             34,042,646  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

          34,042,646             34,042,646  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    61,069,100                   61,069,100  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    61,069,100                   61,069,100  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    4,916,014                   4,916,014  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    267,525,437       4,775,157,900       0 §      5,042,683,337  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 267,525,437     $ 4,775,157,900     $ 0 §    $ 5,042,683,337  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

  $ (5,376   $     $     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 2,622,973     $     $ 2,622,973  

Austria

          2,141,670             2,141,670  

Belgium

          40,439             40,439  

Denmark

    205,920       529,548             735,468  
                                 

 

118


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Finland

  $     $ 1,193,138     $     $ 1,193,138  

France

    373,920       9,929,155             10,303,075  

Germany

          8,669,941             8,669,941  

Hong Kong

          4,493,730             4,493,730  

Ireland

    124,641                   124,641  

Israel

    17,877                   17,877  

Italy

    885,742       1,167,882             2,053,624  

Japan

          22,265,234             22,265,234  

Malta

                0 §      0 § 

Netherlands

    183,050       3,230,348             3,413,398  

New Zealand

          149,916             149,916  

Norway

          473,451             473,451  

Portugal

          4,881             4,881  

Singapore

          336,775             336,775  

Spain

          1,195,998             1,195,998  

Sweden

          2,408,913             2,408,913  

Switzerland

          4,028,315             4,028,315  

United Kingdom

    234,106       11,201,508             11,435,614  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    2,025,256       76,083,815       0 §      78,109,071  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Germany

          1,864,110             1,864,110  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

          1,864,110             1,864,110  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    1,181,128                   1,181,128  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    1,181,128                   1,181,128  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    348,184                   348,184  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    3,554,568       77,947,925       0 §      81,502,493  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,554,568     $ 77,947,925     $ 0 §    $ 81,502,493  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts
Equity Risk

  $ (24,404   $     $     $ (24,404
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Quality Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

France

  $     $ 69,278,362     $     $ 69,278,362  

Germany

          64,670,585             64,670,585  

Switzerland

          190,333,035             190,333,035  

Taiwan

          171,889,194             171,889,194  

United Kingdom

          451,815,382             451,815,382  

United States

    7,047,128,754                   7,047,128,754  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    7,047,128,754       947,986,558             7,995,115,312  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    51,092,040                   51,092,040  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    51,092,040                   51,092,040  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    148,578,011                   148,578,011  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    7,246,798,805       947,986,558             8,194,785,363  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,246,798,805     $ 947,986,558     $     $ 8,194,785,363  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

119


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Resources Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Argentina

  $ 2,830,951     $     $     $ 2,830,951  

Australia

          7,495,132             7,495,132  

Austria

          2,605,586             2,605,586  

Brazil

          2,212,282             2,212,282  

Canada

    4,565,689                   4,565,689  

China

          8,772,390             8,772,390  

Colombia

    2,219,235                   2,219,235  

Denmark

          8,713,430             8,713,430  

Finland

          553,189             553,189  

France

          13,208,665             13,208,665  

Germany

          4,407,009             4,407,009  

Hungary

          2,240,381             2,240,381  

India

          1,745,174             1,745,174  

Israel

          6,178,100             6,178,100  

Italy

          1,095,869             1,095,869  

Japan

          18,307,301             18,307,301  

Netherlands

          317,887             317,887  

Norway

          23,265,969             23,265,969  

Poland

          6,919,929             6,919,929  

Qatar

          366,488             366,488  

Russia

          34,931,255             34,931,255  

Singapore

                197,420       197,420  

South Africa

          6,151,212             6,151,212  

South Korea

          2,083,982             2,083,982  

Spain

          4,658,591             4,658,591  

Sweden

          2,081,992             2,081,992  

Thailand

          8,284,849             8,284,849  

Turkey

          517,491             517,491  

Ukraine

          2,711,578             2,711,578  

United Kingdom

          76,084,990             76,084,990  

United States

    49,742,313                   49,742,313  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    59,358,188       245,910,721       197,420       305,466,329  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

          18,934,562             18,934,562  

Chile

    10,797,262                   10,797,262  

Russia

          7,035,095             7,035,095  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    10,797,262       25,969,657             36,766,919  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    6,504,509                   6,504,509  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    6,504,509                   6,504,509  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    952,465                   952,465  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    77,612,424       271,880,378       197,420       349,690,222  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 77,612,424     $ 271,880,378     $ 197,420     $ 349,690,222  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

120


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Risk Premium Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

United States

  $ 74,786,701     $     $     $ 74,786,701  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    74,786,701                   74,786,701  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    68,931,238                   68,931,238  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    143,717,939                   143,717,939  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 143,717,939     $     $     $ 143,717,939  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Written Options

         

Equity Risk

  $     $ (1,137,772   $     $ (1,137,772
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 2,326,770     $     $ 2,326,770  

Austria

          1,257,001             1,257,001  

Belgium

          148,293             148,293  

Brazil

    6,384       240,020             246,404  

China

    6,723       2,014,510             2,021,233  

Colombia

    47,277                   47,277  

Finland

          447,611             447,611  

France

    396,720       7,473,177             7,869,897  

Germany

          7,040,457             7,040,457  

Greece

          6,570             6,570  

Hong Kong

          2,530,080             2,530,080  

Hungary

          106,624             106,624  

India

          583,672             583,672  

Ireland

          215,372             215,372  

Israel

    16,184                   16,184  

Italy

    1,152,736       2,318,013             3,470,749  

Japan

          16,792,766             16,792,766  

Malta

                0 §      0 § 

Mexico

    195,426                   195,426  

Netherlands

          1,411,437             1,411,437  

New Zealand

          64,159             64,159  

Norway

          1,040,672             1,040,672  

Poland

          35,338             35,338  

Portugal

          28,209             28,209  

Russia

          63,051             63,051  

Singapore

          616,802             616,802  

South Africa

          662,478             662,478  

South Korea

    9,740       836,012             845,752  

Spain

          375,399             375,399  

Sweden

          2,561,153             2,561,153  

Switzerland

          3,062,186             3,062,186  

Taiwan

    39,015       512,271             551,286  

Thailand

          280,100             280,100  

Turkey

          289,356             289,356  

United Kingdom

    78,416       8,588,439             8,666,855  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    1,948,621       63,927,998       0 §      65,876,619  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

121


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

  $     $ 443,320     $     $ 443,320  

Germany

          845,473             845,473  

South Korea

          268,977             268,977  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

          1,557,770             1,557,770  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

Brazil

                1,369       1,369  

Thailand

    1,010                   1,010  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

    1,010             1,369       2,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    1,066,810                   1,066,810  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    1,066,810                   1,066,810  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    83,395                   83,395  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    3,099,836       65,485,768       1,369       68,586,973  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,099,836     $ 65,485,768     $ 1,369     $ 68,586,973  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

  $ (46,749   $     $     $ (46,749
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

  $ 1,361,150,817     $     $     $ 1,361,150,817  

Mutual Funds

    7,460,010                   7,460,010  

Short-Term Investments

    1,193,552                   1,193,552  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    1,369,804,379                   1,369,804,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts
Equity Risk

    74,241                   74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,369,878,620     $     $     $ 1,369,878,620  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

The risks referenced in the tables above are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Derivative financial instruments” sections below for a further discussion of risks.

 

  ^ The tables above are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation), in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. The uncertainties surrounding the valuation inputs for a derivative are likely to be more significant to the Funds’ net asset values than the uncertainties surrounding inputs for a non-derivative security with the same market value. Excludes purchased options fully funded total return swaps and rights/warrants, if any, which are included in investments.
  § Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at February 28, 2018.

The underlying funds held at year end are classified above as Level 1. For the summary of valuation inputs of the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ Notes to Financial Statements.

For all Funds for the year ended February 28, 2018, there were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

122


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of securities and derivatives, if any, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

                     
     Balances
as of
February 28,
2017
    Purchases     Sales     Accrued
Discounts/
Premiums
   

Total

Realized
Gain/
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    Transfer
into
Level 3†
    Transfer
out of
Level 3†
    Balances
as of
February 28,
2018
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held as
of February 28,
2018
 

Climate Change Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

Australia

  $     $ 46,107     $     $     $     $ (33,878   $     $     $ 12,229     $ (33,878
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 46,107     $     $     $     $ (33,878   $     $     $ 12,229     $ (33,878
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

India

  $     $ 16,858,097     $     $     $     $ 10,592,017     $     $     $ 27,450,114     $ 10,592,017  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 16,858,097     $     $     $     $ 10,592,017     $     $     $ 27,450,114     $ 10,592,017  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Emerging Markets Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

China

  $ 686,465     $     $     $     $     $ (5,526   $     $     $ 680,939     $ (5,526

India

          1,924,051                         (121,799                 1,802,252       (121,799
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

  $ 686,465     $ 1,924,051     $     $     $     $ (127,325   $     $     $ 2,483,191     $ (127,325
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                         

Investment Funds

                       

India

  $ 5,842,567     $     $ (3,199,252   $     $ (6,989,828   $ 4,445,249     $     $     $ 98,736     $ (15,285

Russia

    2,083,527             (20,149                 641,615                   2,704,993       641,615  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investment Funds

  $ 7,926,094     $     $ (3,219,401   $     $ (6,989,828   $ 5,086,864     $     $     $ 2,803,729     $ 626,330  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                         

Rights/Warrants

                       

India

  $ 23,428     $     $ 0     $     $     $ (23,428   $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 8,635,987     $ 1,924,051     $ (3,219,401   $     $ (6,989,828   $ 4,936,111     $     $     $ 5,286,920     $ 499,005  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

International Equity Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

Malta

  $ 248,929     $     $     $     $     $ (248,929   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (248,929
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 248,929     $     $     $     $     $ (248,929   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (248,929
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

Malta

  $ 249,150     $     $     $     $     $ (249,150   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (249,150
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 249,150     $     $     $     $     $ (249,150   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (249,150
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

 

123


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

                     
     Balances
as of
February 28,
2017
    Purchases     Sales     Accrued
Discounts/
Premiums
   

Total

Realized
Gain/
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    Transfer
into
Level 3†
    Transfer
out of
Level 3†
    Balances
as of
February 28,
2018
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held as
of February 28,
2018
 

Resources Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

Singapore

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 197,420 ‡    $     $ 197,420     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 197,420     $     $ 197,420     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

                       

Common Stocks

                       

Malta

  $ 26,756     $     $     $     $     $ (26,756   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (26,756
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 26,756     $     $     $     $     $ (26,756   $     $     $ 0 §    $ (26,756
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                         

Rights/Warrants

                       

Brazil

  $ 990     $ 0     $ 0     $     $     $ 379     $     $     $ 1,369     $ 1,369  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 27,746     $ 0     $ 0     $     $     $ (26,377   $     $     $ 1,369     $ (25,387
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

 

  The Funds account for securities and derivatives, if any, transferred into and out of Level 3 at the value at the end of the year.
  Financial assets transferred between levels were due to a change in observable and/or unobservable inputs.
  § Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at February 28, 2018.

The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to investments in securities and/or derivatives using Level 3 inputs and presented on a net basis, which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure, (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name   Level 3 securities
and derivatives
 

Climate Change Fund

    < 1%  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    1%

Emerging Markets Fund

    < 1%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

     

International Equity Fund

    0% § 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    0% § 

Quality Fund

     

Resources Fund

    < 1%  

Risk Premium Fund

     

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    < 1%  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

     

 

  * Includes Dixon Technologies India Ltd, which represents 0.75% of the Fund’s total net assets and is valued using the exchange last traded price and is restricted from sale until September 18, 2018.
  § Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at February 28, 2018.

Cash

Cash and foreign currency, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities consist of cash balances held with the custodian.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Due to/from broker

Due to/from broker in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities includes collateral on swap contracts, futures contracts, option contracts and forward currency contracts, if any, and may include marked-to-market amounts related to foreign currency or cash owed.

Foreign currency translation

The market values of foreign securities, currency holdings and related assets and liabilities are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, generally at 4:00 pm Eastern time. Income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Fluctuations in the value of currency holdings and other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not separated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.

Taxes and distributions

Each Fund has elected to be treated or intends to elect to be treated and intends to qualify each tax year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Fund intends to distribute its net investment income, if any, and its net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, after giving effect to any available capital loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, each Fund makes no provision for U.S. federal income or excise taxes.

The policy of each Fund is to declare and pay dividends of its net investment income, if any, at least annually, although the Funds are permitted to, and will from time to time, declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, more frequently. Each Fund also intends to distribute net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, at least annually. In addition, each Fund may, from time to time at their discretion, make unscheduled distributions in advance of large redemptions by shareholders or as otherwise deemed appropriate by a Fund. Typically, all distributions are reinvested in additional shares of each Fund at net asset value, unless GMO or its agents receive and process a shareholder election to receive cash distributions. Distributions to shareholders are recorded by each Fund on the ex-dividend date.

Taxes on foreign interest and dividend income are generally withheld in accordance with the applicable country’s tax treaty with the United States. The foreign withholding rates applicable to a Fund’s investments in certain jurisdictions may be higher if a significant portion of the Fund is held by non-U.S. shareholders. Each Fund may be subject to taxation on realized capital gains, repatriation proceeds and other transaction-based charges imposed by certain countries in which it invests. Transaction-based charges are generally calculated as a percentage of the transaction amount. Taxes related to capital gains realized during the year ended February 28, 2018, if any, are reflected as part of Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations. Changes in tax liabilities related to capital gain taxes on unrealized investment gains, if any, are reflected as part of Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statements of Operations.

Certain Funds have previously filed for and/or may file for additional tax refunds with respect to certain taxes withheld by certain countries. Generally, the amount of such refunds that a Fund reasonably determines are collectible and free from significant contingencies are reflected in a Fund’s net asset value and are reflected as Dividends from unaffiliated issuers in the Statements of Operations. In certain circumstances, a Fund’s receipt of such refunds may cause the Fund and/or its shareholders to be liable for U.S. federal income taxes and interest charges.

Foreign taxes paid by each Fund may be treated, to the extent permissible by the Code (and other applicable U.S. federal tax guidance) and if that Fund so elects, as if paid by U.S. shareholders of that Fund.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences that arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will likely reverse at some time in the future. Distributions in excess of net investment income or net realized gains are temporary over-distributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

U.S. GAAP and tax accounting differences for each Fund primarily relate to reasons described in the following table:

 

                       
Differences related to:   Climate Change Fund   Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund   Emerging Markets Fund   Foreign Small Companies Fund   International Equity Fund   International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund   Quality Fund   Resources Fund   Risk Premium Fund   Tax-Managed International Equities Fund   U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
Capital loss carry forwards       X   X   X   X   X       X       X   X
Derivative contract transactions       X   X       X               X   X    
Dividend income and withholding tax reclaim reserves           X   X   X   X       X       X    
Dividends received from underlying investments                   X   X   X   X       X    
Foreign currency transactions       X       X       X               X    
Late-year ordinary losses       X   X   X                            
Losses on wash sale transactions       X   X   X   X   X   X   X       X   X
Passive foreign investment company transactions   X   X   X   X   X   X       X       X    
Post-October capital losses       X           X               X   X    
Redemption in-kind transactions               X                            

Foreign capital gains taxes

      X   X                                

Partnership interest tax allocations

          X                                

The tax character of distributions declared by each Fund to shareholders is as follows:

 

     
     Tax year ended February 28, 2018     Tax year ended February 28, 2017  
             
Fund Name   Ordinary
Income
(including
any net
short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Net Long-
Term Capital
Gain ($)
    Total
Distributions ($)
    Ordinary
Income
(including
any net
short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Net Long-
Term Capital
Gain ($)
    Total
Distributions ($)
 
Climate Change Fund     667,145             667,145       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund     31,510,027             31,510,027       60,110,737             60,110,737  
Emerging Markets Fund     136,413,021             136,413,021       109,038,222             109,038,222  
Foreign Small Companies Fund     34,869,346       25,090,273       59,959,619       23,646,521             23,646,521  
International Equity Fund     173,426,570             173,426,570       262,473,509             262,473,509  
International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund     7,566,372       7,100,022       14,666,394       40,719,674             40,719,674  
Quality Fund     212,456,599       436,963,160       649,419,759       148,413,572       154,921,160       303,334,732  
Resources Fund     10,936,883             10,936,883       6,026,707             6,026,707  
Risk Premium Fund     10,150,823       14,577,950       24,728,773       5,207,663       8,050,339       13,258,002  
Tax-Managed International Equities Fund     3,315,762             3,315,762       5,479,378             5,479,378  
U.S. Equity Allocation Fund     36,913,913       136,022,591       172,936,504       63,029,610       198,946,416       261,976,026  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Distributions in excess of a Fund’s tax basis earnings and profits, if significant, are reported in the Funds’ financial statements as a return of capital.

As of February 28, 2018, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and certain tax attributes for the Funds consisted of the following:

 

           
Fund Name   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
(including any
net short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Undistributed
Net Long-Term
Capital Gain ($)
    Late-Year
Ordinary Loss
Deferral ($)
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards ($)
    Post-October
Capital Losses ($)
 

Climate Change Fund

    646,791                          

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    62,597,656       139,865,479       (2,255,504)              

Emerging Markets Fund

                (3,555,452)       (1,449,497,339)        

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    414,255       3,046,036                    

International Equity Fund

    11,839,498                   (1,117,881,400)        

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    361,726       666,973                    

Quality Fund

    17,458,443       261,615,527                    

Resources Fund

    5,068,629                   (45,339,799)       (74,843)  

Risk Premium Fund

    219,156                         (3,798,674)  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    73,503       1,772,364             (15,390,229)        

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    2,966,523       80,406,113                    

As of February 28, 2018, certain Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code. Net capital losses recognized in taxable years beginning on or after March 1, 2011 are carried forward without expiration and generally retain their short-term and/or long-term tax character, as applicable. Utilization of the capital loss carryforwards, post-October capital losses, late-year ordinary losses, and losses realized subsequent to February 28, 2018, if any, could be subject to further limitations imposed by the Code related to share ownership activity. The Funds’ capital loss carryforwards are as follows:

 

     
     Short-Term ($)     Long-Term ($)  
     
Fund Name   No
Expiration
Date
    No
Expiration
Date
 
Climate Change Fund            
Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund            
Emerging Markets Fund     (128,012,850)       (1,321,484,489)  
Foreign Small Companies Fund            
International Equity Fund     (692,086,892)       (425,794,508)  
International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund            
Quality Fund            
Resources Fund     (20,440,224)       (24,899,575)  
Risk Premium Fund            
Tax-Managed International Equities Fund     (15,390,229)        
U.S. Equity Allocation Fund            

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, the approximate total cost, aggregate investment-level gross/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of total investments (including total securities sold short, if any), and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of outstanding financial instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Total Investments     Outstanding
Financial
Instruments
 
         
Fund Name   Aggregate
Cost ($)
    Gross Unrealized
Appreciation ($)
    Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Climate Change Fund

    25,292,569       2,483,881       (1,020,326)       1,463,555        

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    2,049,176,513       325,959,168       (45,191,303)       280,767,865       625,954  

Emerging Markets Fund

    4,350,334,178       822,983,483       (116,385,738)       706,597,745       435,941  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    130,659,466       15,362,989       (3,972,413)       11,390,576        

International Equity Fund

    4,321,142,630       857,748,335       (136,207,628)       721,540,707        

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    69,831,651       13,047,116       (1,376,274)       11,670,842        

Quality Fund

    5,578,827,925       2,668,041,774       (52,084,336)       2,615,957,438        

Resources Fund

    273,120,372       84,087,781       (7,517,931)       76,569,850        

Risk Premium Fund

    143,887,985       16,206       (186,252)       (170,046)       73,550  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    44,934,972       24,060,763       (408,762)       23,652,001        

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    1,213,359,871       182,751,490       (26,306,982)       156,444,508        

The Funds are subject to authoritative guidance related to the accounting and disclosure of uncertain tax positions under U.S. GAAP. This guidance sets forth a minimum threshold for the financial statement recognition of tax positions taken based on the technical merits of such positions. United States and non-U.S. tax rules (including the interpretation and application of tax laws) are subject to change. The Funds file tax returns and/or adopt certain tax positions in various jurisdictions. Non-U.S. taxes are provided for based on the Funds’ understanding of the prevailing tax rules of the non-U.S. markets in which they invest. Recently enacted tax rules, including interpretations of tax laws (e.g., guidance pertaining to the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and tax legislation/initiatives currently under consideration in various jurisdictions, including the U.S., might affect the way the Funds and their investors are taxed prospectively and/or retroactively. Prior to the expiration of the relevant statutes of limitations, if any, the Funds are subject to examination by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. jurisdictions with respect to the tax returns they have filed and the tax positions they have adopted. The Funds’ U.S. federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed. State, local and/or non-U.S. tax returns and/or other filings may be subject to examination for different periods, depending upon the tax rules of each applicable jurisdiction.

Security transactions and related investment income

Security transactions are accounted for in the financial statements on trade date. For purposes of daily net asset value calculations, the Funds’ policy is that security transactions are generally accounted for on the following business day. GMO may override that policy and a Fund may account for security transactions on trade date if it experiences significant purchases or redemptions or engages in significant portfolio transactions. Dividend income, net of applicable foreign withholding taxes, if any, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, if later, when a Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and is adjusted for the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Principal on inflation-indexed securities is adjusted for inflation and any increase or decrease is recorded as interest income or investment loss. Coupon income is not recognized on securities for which collection is not expected. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, if any, are recorded as components of interest income in the Statements of Operations. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the asset received. In determining the net gain or loss on securities sold, the Funds use the identified cost basis.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Expenses and class allocations

Most of the expenses of the Trust are directly attributable to an individual Fund. Generally, common expenses are allocated among the Funds based on, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the Funds. Investment income, common expenses, purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any, and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the classes of shares of the Funds, if applicable, based on the relative net assets of each class. Shareholder service fees, if any, which are directly attributable to a class of shares, are charged to that class’s operations. In addition, the Funds may incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. Because the underlying funds have different expense and fee levels and the Funds may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses indirectly incurred by a Fund will vary (see Note 5).

State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the Funds’ custodian and fund accounting agent except for Emerging Markets Fund’s holdings in Indian assets, for which Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”) serves as custodian. Prior to November 3, 2017, BBH served as the Funds’ custodian and fund accounting agent except for Climate Change Fund, Quality Fund, U.S. Equity Allocation Fund and Risk Premium Fund. State Street serves as the transfer agent for all Funds. Prior to December 31, 2013, State Street’s transfer agent fees may have been reduced by an earnings allowance calculated on the average daily cash balances each Fund maintained in a State Street transfer agent account. Earnings allowances were reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statements of Operations. Effective January 1, 2014, any cash balances maintained at the transfer agent are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations. Any cash balances maintained at the custodian are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations.

Purchases and redemptions of Fund shares

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (if applicable) are paid to and retained by a Fund to help offset estimated portfolio transaction costs and other related costs (e.g., bid to ask spreads, stamp duties, and transfer fees) incurred by the Fund (directly or indirectly through investments in underlying funds) as a result of an investor’s purchase or redemption by allocating estimated transaction costs to the purchasing or redeeming shareholder. Such fees are recorded as a component of the Funds’ net share transactions. A Fund may impose a new purchase premium and redemption fee or modify an existing fee at any time.

Purchase premiums are not charged on reinvestments of dividends or other distributions. Redemption fees apply to all shares of a Fund regardless of how the shares were acquired (e.g., by direct purchase or by reinvestment of dividends or other distributions).

If GMO determines that any portion of a cash purchase or redemption, as applicable, is offset by a corresponding cash redemption or purchase occurring on the same day, it ordinarily will waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee with respect to that portion.

GMO also may waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee for a cash purchase or redemption of a Fund’s shares if the Fund will not incur transaction costs or will incur reduced transaction costs.

GMO also may reduce the purchase premium to the extent that securities are used to purchase a Fund’s shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees). GMO may reduce redemption fees to the extent a Fund uses portfolio securities to redeem its shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees).

Purchase premiums or redemption fees generally will not be waived for purchases and redemptions of Fund shares executed through brokers or agents, including, without limitation, intermediary platforms that are allowed pursuant to agreements with the Trust to transmit orders for purchases and redemptions the day after those orders are received.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were as follows:

 

                       
     Climate Change Fund   Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund   Emerging Markets Fund   Foreign Small Companies Fund   International Equity Fund   International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund   Quality Fund   Resources Fund   Risk Premium Fund   Tax-Managed International Equities Fund   U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
Purchase Premium     0.80%   0.80%   0.50%         0.30%   0.15%    
Redemption Fee     0.80%   0.80%   0.50%         0.30%   0.15%    

Other matters

Emerging Markets Fund (“EMF”)

Indian regulators alleged in 2002 that EMF violated some conditions under which it was granted permission to operate in India and have restricted some of EMF’s locally held assets pending resolution of the dispute. Although these locally held assets remain the property of EMF, a portion of the assets are not permitted to be withdrawn from EMF’s local custodial account located in India. The amount of restricted assets is small relative to the size of EMF, representing approximately 0.08% of the Fund’s total net assets as of February 28, 2018 and is included within miscellaneous payable within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The effect of this claim on the value of the restricted assets, and all matters relating to EMF’s response to these allegations, are subject to the supervision and control of GMO Trust’s Board of Trustees. Any costs in respect of this matter will be borne by EMF.

 

3. Investment and other risks

The following chart identifies selected risks associated with each Fund. Risks not marked for a particular Fund may, however, still apply to some extent to that Fund at various times.

 

                       
     Climate Change Fund   Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund   Emerging Markets Fund   Foreign Small Companies Fund   International Equity Fund   International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund   Quality Fund   Resources Fund   Risk Premium Fund   Tax-Managed International Equities Fund   U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
Commodities Risk   X                           X            
Counterparty Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Credit Risk       X                           X        
Currency Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X    
Derivatives and Short Sales Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X

 

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     Climate Change Fund   Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund   Emerging Markets Fund   Foreign Small Companies Fund   International Equity Fund   International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund   Quality Fund   Resources Fund   Risk Premium Fund   Tax-Managed International Equities Fund   U.S. Equity Allocation Fund
Focused Investment Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Fund of Funds Risk       X   X                                
Illiquidity Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Large Shareholder Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Leveraging Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X       X   X
Management and Operational Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Risk – Equities   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Risk – Fixed Income       X                           X        
Merger Arbitrage Risk   X                           X            
Non-Diversified Funds   X   X   X               X   X   X   X    
Non-U.S. Investment Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X    
Small Company Risk   X   X   X   X   X       X   X   X   X   X

Investing in mutual funds involves many risks. The risks of investing in a particular Fund depend on the types of investments in its portfolio and the investment strategies GMO employs on its behalf. This section does not describe every potential risk of investing in the Funds. Funds could be subject to additional risks because of the types of investments they make and market conditions, which may change over time.

Each Fund that invests in other GMO Funds or other investment companies (collectively, “Underlying Funds”) is exposed to the risks to which the Underlying Funds in which it invests are exposed, as well as the risk that the Underlying Funds will not perform as expected. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, the selected risks summarized below include both direct and indirect risks, and references in this section to investments made by a Fund include those made both directly by the Fund and indirectly by the Fund through Underlying Funds.

An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and, therefore, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

 COMMODITIES RISK. Commodity prices can be extremely volatile and are affected by many factors. Exposure to commodities can cause the net asset value of a Fund’s shares to decline or fluctuate in a rapid and unpredictable manner. The value of commodity-related derivatives or indirect investments in commodities may fluctuate more than the commodity, commodities or commodity index to which they relate. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for a discussion of specific risks of a Fund’s derivatives investments, including commodity-related derivatives.

 COUNTERPARTY RISK. Funds that enter into contracts with counterparties, such as repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements or OTC derivatives contracts, or that lend their securities run the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or

 

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otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Fund could miss investment opportunities or otherwise be forced to hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Fund. In addition, a Fund may suffer losses if a counterparty fails to comply with applicable laws or other requirements. The Funds are not subject to any limits on their exposure to any one counterparty nor to a requirement that counterparties with whom they enter into contracts maintain a specific rating by a nationally recognized rating organization. Counterparty risk is pronounced during unusually adverse market conditions and is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions.

Participants in OTC derivatives markets typically are not subject to the same level of credit evaluation and regulatory oversight as are members of exchange-based markets, and, therefore, OTC derivatives generally expose a Fund to greater counterparty risk than exchange-traded derivatives. A Fund is subject to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a derivative in accordance with its terms because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem. If a counterparty’s obligation to a Fund is not collateralized, then the Fund is essentially an unsecured creditor of the counterparty. If a counterparty defaults, the Fund will have contractual remedies (whether or not the obligation is collateralized), but the Fund may be unable to enforce them, thus causing the Fund to suffer a loss. Counterparty risk is greater for derivatives with longer maturities because of the longer time during which events may occur that prevent settlement. Counterparty risk also is greater when a Fund has entered into derivatives contracts with a single or small group of counterparties as it sometimes does as a result of its use of swaps and other OTC derivatives. Funds that use swap contracts are subject, in particular, to the creditworthiness of the counterparties because some types of swap contracts have terms longer than six months (and, in some cases, decades). The creditworthiness of a counterparty may be adversely affected by greater than average volatility in the markets, even if the counterparty’s net market exposure is small relative to its capital. Counterparty risk still exists even if a counterparty’s obligations are secured by collateral because the Fund’s interest in the collateral may not be perfected or additional collateral may not be promptly posted as required. GMO’s view with respect to a particular counterparty is subject to change. The fact, however, that it changes adversely (whether due to external events or otherwise) does not mean that a Fund’s existing transactions with that counterparty will necessarily be terminated or modified. In addition, a Fund may enter into new transactions with a counterparty that GMO no longer considers a desirable counterparty if the transaction is primarily designed to reduce the Fund’s overall risk of potential exposure to that counterparty (for example, re-establishing the transaction with a lower notional amount or entering into a countervailing trade with the same counterparty). Counterparty risk also will be greater if a counterparty’s obligations exceed the value of collateral held by the Fund (if any).

The Funds also are subject to counterparty risk because they execute their securities transactions through brokers and dealers. If a broker or dealer fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Funds could miss investment opportunities or be unable to dispose of investments they would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Funds. Counterparty risk with respect to derivatives has been and will continue to be affected by new rules and regulations relating to the derivatives market. As described under “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk,” some derivatives transactions are required to be centrally cleared, and a party to a cleared derivatives transaction is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and the clearing member through which it holds its cleared position. Credit risk of market participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is concentrated in a few clearing houses, and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. Also, in the event of a counterparty’s (or its affiliate’s) insolvency, the possibility exists that the Funds’ ability to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations or realization on collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under new special resolution regimes adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other jurisdictions. Such regimes provide governmental authorities with broad authority to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty. In particular, in the European Union, governmental authorities could reduce, eliminate, or convert to equity the liabilities to the Funds of a counterparty experiencing financial difficulties (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).

 CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income investment or the obligor of an obligation underlying an asset-backed security will be unable or unwilling to satisfy its obligation to pay principal and interest or otherwise to honor its obligations in a timely manner. The market price of a fixed income investment will normally decline as a result of the issuer’s, guarantor’s, or obligor’s failure to meet its payment obligations, or in anticipation of such failure, or a downgrading of the credit rating of the investment. This risk is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions. Fixed income investments are also subject to illiquidity risk. See “Illiquidity Risk.”

 

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All fixed income investments are subject to credit risk. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. The risk varies depending upon whether the issuer is a corporation, a government or government entity, whether the particular security has a priority over other obligations of the issuer in payment of principal and interest and whether it has any collateral backing or credit enhancement. Credit risk may change over the term of a fixed income investment. U.S. government securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk depending upon whether the securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, supported only by the credit of the issuing U.S. government agency, instrumentality, or corporation, or otherwise supported by the United States. For example, issuers of many types of U.S. government securities (e.g., the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), and Federal Home Loan Banks), although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by Congressional appropriations and their fixed income securities, including mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government. These securities are subject to more credit risk than U.S. government securities that are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States (e.g., U.S. Treasury bonds). Investments in sovereign or quasi-sovereign debt involve the risk that the governmental entities responsible for repayment may be unable or unwilling to pay interest and repay principal when due. A governmental entity’s ability and willingness to pay interest and repay principal in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow, the size of its reserves, its access to foreign exchange, the relative size of its debt service burden to its economy as a whole, and political constraints. Investments in quasi-sovereign issuers are subject to the additional risk that the issuer may default independently of its sovereign. Sovereign debt risk is greater for fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by emerging countries.

In many cases, the credit risk and market price of a fixed income investment are reflected in its credit ratings, and a Fund holding a rated investment is subject to the risk that the investment’s rating will be downgraded, resulting in a decrease in the market price of the fixed income investment.

Securities issued by the U.S. government historically have presented minimal credit risk. However, events in 2011 led to a downgrade in the long-term credit rating of U.S. bonds by several major rating agencies and introduced greater uncertainty about the repayment by the United States of its obligations. A further credit rating downgrade could decrease, and a default in the payment of principal or interest on U.S. government securities would decrease the market price of a Fund’s investments and increase the volatility of a Fund’s portfolio.

Asset-backed securities may be backed by many types of assets and their payment of interest and repayment of principal largely depend on the cash flows generated by the assets backing them. The obligations of issuers also may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors. A Fund also is exposed to credit risk on a reference security to the extent it writes protection under credit default swaps. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for more information regarding risks associated with the use of credit default swaps.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes in response to a credit event depends on many factors and can be difficult to predict. For example, even though the effective duration of a long-term floating rate security is very short, an adverse credit event or change in the perceived creditworthiness of its issuer could cause its market price to decline much more than its effective duration would suggest.

Credit risk is particularly pronounced for below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”). The sovereign debt of many non-U.S. governments, including their sub-divisions and instrumentalities, is below investment grade. Many asset-backed securities also are below investment grade. Below investment grade investments have speculative characteristics, often are less liquid than higher quality investments, present a greater risk of default and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse industry conditions. Investments in distressed or defaulted or other low quality debt investments generally are considered speculative and may involve substantial risks not normally associated with investments in higher quality investments, including adverse business, financial or economic conditions that lead to payment defaults and insolvency proceedings on the part of their issuers. In particular, distressed or defaulted obligations might be repaid, if at all, only after lengthy workout or bankruptcy proceedings, during which the issuer does not make any interest or other payments and a Fund incurs additional expenses in seeking recovery. If GMO’s assessment of the eventual recovery value of a distressed or defaulted debt investment proves incorrect, a Fund may lose a substantial portion or all of its investment or may be required to accept cash or instruments worth less than its original investment. In the event of default of sovereign debt, the Funds may be unable to pursue legal action against the issuer.

 

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 CURRENCY RISK. Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates will adversely affect the market value of a Fund’s investments. Currency risk includes the risk that the currencies in which a Fund’s investments are traded, in which a Fund receives income, or in which a Fund has taken a position will decline in value. Currency risk also includes the risk that the currency to which the Fund has obtained exposure through hedging declines in value relative to the currency being hedged, in which event the Fund may realize a loss on both the hedging instrument and the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can fluctuate significantly for many reasons. See “Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk.”

Many of the Funds use derivatives to take currency positions that are under- or over-weighted (in some cases significantly) relative to the currency exposure of their portfolios and their benchmarks. If the exchange rates of the currencies involved do not move as expected, a Fund could lose money on both its holdings of a particular currency and the derivative. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk.”

Some currencies are illiquid (e.g., some emerging country currencies), and a Fund may not be able to convert them into U.S. dollars, in which case a Fund may have to purchase U.S. dollars at an unfavorable exchange rate. Exchange rates for many currencies (e.g., some emerging country currencies) are affected by exchange control regulations.

Derivative transactions in foreign currencies (such as futures, forwards, options and swaps) may involve leveraging risk in addition to currency risk, as described under “Leveraging Risk.” In addition, the obligations of counterparties in currency derivative transactions are often not secured by collateral, which increases counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”).

 DERIVATIVES AND SHORT SALES RISK. All of the Funds may invest in derivatives, which are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, such as securities, commodities or currencies, reference rates, such as interest rates, currency exchange rates, or inflation rates, or indices. Derivatives involve the risk that their value may not change as expected relative to changes in the value of the assets, rates, or indices they are designed to track. Derivatives include futures contracts, forward contracts, foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, contracts for differences, options on securities and indices, options on futures contracts, options on swap contracts, interest rate caps, floors and collars, reverse repurchase agreements, and other OTC contracts.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. In particular, a Fund’s use of OTC derivatives exposes it to the risk that the counterparties will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor their obligations. An OTC derivatives contract typically can be closed, or the position transferred, only with the consent of the other party to the contract. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund will still have contractual remedies but may not be able to enforce them. Because the contract for each OTC derivative is individually negotiated, the counterparty may interpret contractual terms (e.g., the definition of default) differently than the Fund, and if it does, the Fund may decide not to pursue its claims against the counterparty to avoid the cost and unpredictability of legal proceedings. The Fund, therefore, may be unable to obtain payments GMO believes are owed to it under OTC derivatives contracts, or those payments may be delayed or made only after the Fund has incurred the cost of litigation.

A Fund may invest in derivatives that (i) do not require the counterparty to post collateral (e.g., foreign currency forwards), (ii) require collateral but that do not provide for the Fund’s security interest in it to be perfected, (iii) require a significant upfront deposit by the Fund unrelated to the derivative’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, or (iv) do not require that collateral be regularly marked-to-market. When a counterparty’s obligations are not fully secured by collateral, a Fund runs a greater risk of not being able to recover what it is owed if the counterparty defaults. Even when derivatives are required by contract to be collateralized, a Fund typically will not receive the collateral for one or more days after the exposure arises.

Derivatives also present other risks described in this section, including market risk, illiquidity risk, currency risk, credit risk, and counterparty risk.

Many derivatives, in particular OTC derivatives, are complex and their valuation often requires modeling and judgment, which increases the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. The pricing models used may not produce valuations that are consistent with the values a Fund realizes when it closes or sells an OTC derivative. Valuation risk is more pronounced when a Fund enters into OTC derivatives with specialized terms because the value of those derivatives in some cases is determined only by reference to similar derivatives with more standardized terms. As a result, incorrect valuations may result in increased cash payments to counterparties, under-collateralization and/or errors in the calculation of a Fund’s net asset value.

 

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A Fund’s use of derivatives may not be effective or have the desired results. Moreover, suitable derivatives will not be available in all circumstances. For example, the cost of taking some derivative positions may be prohibitive, and if a counterparty or its affiliate is deemed to be an affiliate of a Fund, the Funds will not be permitted to trade with that counterparty.

Swap contracts and other OTC derivatives are highly susceptible to illiquidity risk (see “Illiquidity Risk”) and counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”). These derivatives are also subject to documentation risk, which is the risk that ambiguities, inconsistencies or errors in the documentation relating to a derivative transaction may lead to a dispute with the counterparty or unintended investment results. In addition, see “Commodities Risk” for a discussion of risks specific to commodity-related derivatives. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish and/or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. See “Leveraging Risk.”

A Fund’s use of derivatives may be subject to special tax rules and could generate additional taxable income for shareholders. In addition, the tax treatment of a Fund’s use of derivatives will sometimes be unclear. In addition, the SEC has proposed a rule under the 1940 Act, regulating the use by registered investment companies of derivatives and many related instruments. That rule, if adopted as proposed, would, among other things, restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions or so increase the cost of derivatives transactions that a Fund would be unable to implement its investment strategy.

Derivatives Regulation. The U.S. government has enacted legislation that provides for new regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (and some other countries) have adopted similar requirements, which affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty subject to those requirements. Because these requirements are new and evolving (and some of the rules are not yet final), their impact on the Funds remains unclear.

Transactions in some types of swaps (including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps on North American and European indices) are required to be centrally cleared. In a transaction involving those swaps (“cleared derivatives”), a Fund’s counterparty is a clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Since the Funds are not members of clearing houses and only members of a clearing house (“clearing members”) can participate directly in the clearing house, the Funds hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In cleared derivatives positions, the Funds make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a clearing house through their accounts at clearing members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients’ obligations to the clearing house.

In some ways, cleared derivative arrangements are less favorable to mutual funds than bilateral arrangements, for example, by requiring that funds provide more margin for their cleared derivatives positions. Also, as a general matter, in contrast to a bilateral derivatives position, following a period of notice to a Fund, a clearing member at any time can require termination of an existing cleared derivatives position or an increase in the margin required at the outset of a transaction. Clearing houses also have broad rights to increase the margin required for existing positions or to terminate those positions at any time. Any increase in margin requirements or termination of existing cleared derivatives positions by the clearing member or the clearing house could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Further, any increase in margin requirements by a clearing member could expose a Fund to greater credit risk to its clearing member because margin for cleared derivatives positions in excess of a clearing house’s margin requirements typically is held by the clearing member (see “Counterparty Risk”). Also, a Fund is subject to risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. While the documentation in place between the Funds and their clearing members generally provides that the clearing members will accept for clearing all cleared derivatives transactions that are within credit limits (specified in advance) for each Fund, the Funds are still subject to the risk that no clearing member will be willing or able to clear a transaction. In those cases, the position might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of the position, including loss of an increase in the value of the position and loss of hedging protection. In addition, the documentation governing the relationship between the Funds and clearing members is drafted by the clearing members and generally is less favorable to the Funds than the documentation for typical bilateral derivatives. For example, documentation relating to cleared derivatives generally includes a one-way indemnity by the Funds in favor of the clearing member for losses the clearing member incurs as the Funds’ clearing member. Also, such documentation typically does not provide the Funds any remedies if the clearing member defaults or becomes insolvent. While futures contracts entail similar risks, the risks may be more pronounced for cleared derivatives due to their more limited liquidity and market history.

 

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Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Funds. For example, swap execution facilities typically charge fees, and if a Fund executes derivatives on a swap execution facility through a broker intermediary, the intermediary may impose fees as well. Also, a Fund may be required to indemnify a swap execution facility, or a broker intermediary who executes cleared derivatives on a swap execution facility on the Fund’s behalf, against any losses or costs that may be incurred as a result of the Fund’s transactions on the swap execution facility.

If a Fund wishes to execute a package of transactions that include a swap that is required to be executed on a swap execution facility as well as other transactions (for example, a transaction that includes both a security and an interest rate swap that hedges interest rate exposure with respect to such security), the Fund may be unable to execute all components of the package on the swap execution facility. In that case, the Fund would need to trade some components of the package on the swap execution facility and other components in another manner, which could subject the Fund to the risk that some components would be executed successfully and others would not, or that the components would be executed at different times, leaving the Fund with an unhedged position for a period of time.

The U.S. government and the European Union have adopted mandatory minimum margin requirements for bilateral derivatives. New variation margin requirements became effective in March 2017 and new initial margin requirements will become effective in 2020. Such requirements could increase the amount of margin a Fund needs to provide in connection with its derivatives transactions and, therefore, make derivatives transactions more expensive.

These and other new rules and regulations could, among other things, further restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in, or increase the cost to the Fund of, derivatives transactions, for example, by making some types of derivatives no longer available to the Fund or otherwise limiting liquidity. The implementation of the clearing requirement has increased the cost of derivatives transactions for the Funds, since the Funds have to pay fees to their clearing members and are typically required to post more margin for cleared derivatives than they historically posted for bilateral derivatives. The cost of derivatives transactions is expected to increase further as clearing members raise their fees to cover the cost of additional capital requirements and other regulatory changes applicable to the clearing members. These rules and regulations are new and evolving, and, therefore, their potential impact on the Funds and the financial system are not yet known. While the new rules and regulations and central clearing of some derivatives transactions are designed to reduce systemic risk (i.e., the risk that the interdependence of large derivatives dealers could cause them to suffer liquidity, solvency or other challenges simultaneously), there is no assurance that they will achieve that result, and in the meantime, as noted above, central clearing and related requirements expose the Funds to new kinds of costs and risks.

Options. The Funds, particularly Risk Premium Fund, are permitted to write options. The market price of an option is affected by many factors, including changes in the market prices or dividend rates of underlying securities (or in the case of indices, the securities in such indices); the time remaining before expiration; changes in interest rates or exchange rates; and changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the relevant stock market and underlying securities. The market price of an option also may be adversely affected if the market for the option becomes less liquid. In addition, since an American-style option allows the holder to exercise its rights any time before the option’s expiration, the writer of an American-style option has no control over when it will be required to fulfill its obligations as a writer of the option. (The writer of a European-style option is not subject to this risk because the holder may only exercise the option on its expiration date.) If a Fund writes a call option and does not hold the underlying security or instrument, the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited.

National securities exchanges generally have established limits on the maximum number of options an investor or group of investors acting in concert may write. A Fund, GMO, and other funds advised by GMO likely constitute such a group. When applicable, these limits restrict a Fund’s ability to purchase or write options on a particular security.

Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options (i.e., options not traded on exchanges) generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. While a Fund has greater flexibility to tailor an OTC option, OTC options generally expose a Fund to greater credit risk than exchange-traded options, which are guaranteed by the clearing organization of the exchanges where they are traded. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary market risks.

 

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Special tax rules apply to a Fund’s transactions in options, which could increase the taxes payable by shareholders subject to U.S. income taxation. In particular, a Fund’s options transactions potentially could cause a substantial portion of the Fund’s distributions to be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. See the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for more information.

Short Investment Exposure. Some Funds may sell securities or currencies short as part of their investment programs in an attempt to increase their returns or for hedging purposes. Short sales expose a Fund to the risk that it will be required to acquire, convert, or exchange a security or currency to replace the borrowed security or currency when the security or currency sold short has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. Purchasing a security or currency to close out a short position can itself cause the price of the security or currency to rise further, thereby exacerbating any losses. A Fund that sells short a security or currency it does not own typically pays borrowing fees to a broker and is required to pay the broker any dividends or interest it receives on a borrowed security.

A Fund also may create short investment exposure by taking a derivative position in which the value of the derivative moves in the opposite direction from the price of an underlying investment, pool of investments, index or currency.

Short sales of securities or currencies a Fund does not own and “short” derivative positions involve forms of investment leverage, and the amount of the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited. A Fund is subject to increased leveraging risk and other investment risks described in this “Investment and other risks” section to the extent it sells short securities or currencies it does not own or takes “short” derivative positions.

 FOCUSED INVESTMENT RISK. Funds with investments that are focused in particular countries, regions, sectors, industries or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and funds with investments whose prices are closely correlated are subject to greater overall risk than funds with investments that are more diversified or whose prices are not as closely correlated.

A Fund that invests in the securities of a small number of issuers has greater exposure to adverse developments affecting those issuers and to a decline in the market price of those issuers’ securities than Funds investing in the securities of a larger number of issuers. Securities, sectors, or companies that share common characteristics are often subject to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and often react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments.

Similarly, Funds having a significant portion of their assets in investments tied economically (or related) to a particular geographic region, country (e.g., Taiwan or Japan), or market (e.g., emerging markets), or to sectors within a region, country, or market (e.g., Russian oil) have more exposure to regional and country economic risks than funds making investments throughout the world. The political and economic prospects of one country or group of countries within the same geographic region may affect other countries in that region, and a recession, debt crisis or decline in the value of the currency of one country can spread to other countries. Furthermore, companies in a particular geographic region or country are vulnerable to events affecting other companies in that region or country because they often share common characteristics, are exposed to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk”.

Because Resources Fund concentrates its investments in the natural resources sector, it is particularly exposed to adverse developments, including adverse price movements, affecting issuers in the natural resources sector and is subject to greater risks than a fund that invests in a wider range of industries. In addition, the market prices of securities of companies in the natural resources sector are often more volatile (particularly in the short term) than those of securities of companies in other industries. Some of the commodities used as raw materials or produced by these companies are subject to broad price fluctuations as a result of industry-wide supply and demand factors. Companies in the natural resources sector often have limited pricing power over the supplies they purchase and the products they sell, which can affect their profitability, and are often capital-intensive and use significant amounts of leverage. Projects in the natural resources sector may take extended periods of time to complete, and companies cannot ensure that the market will be favorable at the time the project begins production. Companies in the natural resources sector also may be subject to special risks associated with natural or man-made disasters. In addition, companies in the natural resources sector can be especially affected by political and economic developments, government regulations including changes in tax law or interpretations of law, energy conservation, and the success of exploration projects. Specifically, companies in the natural resources sector can be significantly affected by import controls, worldwide competition and cartels, and changes in consumer sentiment and spending, and can be subject to liability for, among other things, environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control. Resources Fund’s concentration in the securities of natural resource companies exposes it to the price movements of natural resources to a greater extent than if it were more broadly diversified. Because Resources Fund invests primarily in the natural resources sector, it runs the risk of performing poorly during an economic downturn or a decline in demand for natural resources.

 

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Because Climate Change Fund focuses its investments in securities of companies involved in climate change-related industries, it will be more susceptible to events or factors affecting these companies, and the market prices of its portfolio securities may be more volatile than those of mutual funds that are more diversified. Climate Change Fund is particularly exposed to such factors as changes in global and regional climates, environmental protection regulatory actions, changes in government standards and subsidy levels, changes in taxation and other domestic and international political, regulatory and economic developments (such as potential cut-backs on funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and other policies and actions by the Trump administration). Companies involved in alternative fuels also may be adversely affected by the increased use of, or decreases in prices for, oil or other fossil fuels. In addition, scientific developments, such as breakthroughs in the remediation of global warming or changes in governmental policies relating to the effects of pollution may affect investments in pollution control, which could in turn affect these companies. Such companies also may be significantly affected by the level or pace of technological change in industries focusing on energy, pollution control and mitigation of global warming. Because society’s focus on climate change issues is relatively new, the emphasis and direction of governmental policies is subject to significant change, and rapid technological change could render even new approaches and products obsolete. Some companies involved in climate change-related industries are in the early stages of operation and have limited operating histories and smaller market capitalizations on average than companies in other sectors. As a result of these and other factors, the market prices of securities of companies involved in climate change-related industries tend to be considerably more volatile than those of companies in more established sectors and industries.

Because Risk Premium Fund can have substantial exposure through a limited number of options contracts and because the Fund’s exposures may relate to relatively few stock indices, the Fund is subject to focused investment risk.

 FUND OF FUNDS RISK. Funds that invest in Underlying Funds (including underlying GMO Funds) are exposed to the risk that the Underlying Funds will not perform as expected. The Funds also are indirectly exposed to all of the risks to which the Underlying Funds are exposed.

Absent reimbursement, a Fund bears the fees and expenses of an Underlying Fund (including purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any) in which it invests, and the Fund will incur additional expenses when investing in an Underlying Fund. In addition, total Fund expenses will increase if a Fund makes a new or further investment in Underlying Funds with higher fees or expenses than the average fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds then in the Fund’s portfolio.

In addition, to the extent a Fund invests in shares of underlying GMO Funds, it is indirectly subject to Large Shareholder Risk because those underlying GMO Funds are more likely to have large shareholders (e.g., other GMO Funds). See “Large Shareholder Risk.”

At any particular time, one Underlying Fund may be purchasing securities of an issuer whose securities are being sold by another Underlying Fund, resulting in a Fund that holds each Underlying Fund indirectly incurring the costs associated with the two transactions without changing its exposure to those securities.

Investments in ETFs involve the risk that an ETF’s performance may not track the performance of the index it is designed to track. In addition, ETFs often use derivatives to track the performance of an index, and, therefore, investments in those ETFs are subject to the same derivatives risks discussed in “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk.”

A Fund’s investments in one or more Underlying Funds could affect the amount, timing and character of its distributions and could cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated by such investments, requiring the Fund in turn to liquidate investments at disadvantageous times to generate cash needed to make required distributions.

 ILLIQUIDITY RISK. Illiquidity risk is the risk that low trading volume, lack of a market maker, large position size, or legal restrictions (including daily price fluctuation limits or “circuit breakers”) limits, delays or prevents a Fund from selling particular securities or closing derivative positions at desirable prices. In addition to these risks, a Fund is exposed to illiquidity risk when it has an obligation to purchase particular securities (e.g., as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, writing a put, or closing a short position). To the extent a Fund’s investments include asset-backed securities, distressed, defaulted or other low quality debt securities, emerging country debt securities, securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations or smaller total float adjusted market capitalizations, or emerging market securities, it is subject to increased illiquidity risk. These types of investments can be difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. Illiquidity risk also may be greater in times of financial stress. For example, Inflation-Protected Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (“TIPS”) have experienced periods of greatly reduced liquidity during disruptions in fixed income

 

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markets, such as the events surrounding the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Less liquid securities are more susceptible than other securities to price declines when market prices decline generally.

A Fund may buy securities that are less liquid than those in its benchmark. The degree to which a Fund’s securities are illiquid may affect the likelihood of its paying redemption proceeds in-kind.

In recent years, the credit markets have experienced periods characterized by a significant lack of liquidity, and they may experience similar periods in the future. A lack of liquidity could require a Fund to sell securities to satisfy collateral posting requirements and meet redemptions, which could, in turn, create downward price pressure on the securities being sold.

A Fund’s, and particularly Risk Premium Fund’s, ability to use options as part of its investment program depends on the liquidity of the options market. That market may not be liquid when a Fund seeks to close out an option position, and the hours of trading for options on an exchange may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the markets for those securities that are not immediately reflected in the options markets. If a Fund receives a redemption request and is unable to close out an option it has sold, the Fund may temporarily be leveraged in relation to its assets.

 LARGE SHAREHOLDER RISK. To the extent a large number of shares of a Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor or another GMO Fund) or a group of shareholders with a common investment strategy (e.g., GMO asset allocation accounts), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by those shareholders of all or a large portion of their Fund shares will adversely affect the Fund’s performance by forcing the Fund to sell portfolio securities, potentially at disadvantageous prices, to raise the cash needed to satisfy the redemption request. In addition, the Funds and other accounts over which GMO has investment discretion that invest in the Funds are not limited in how often they may sell Fund shares. The Asset Allocation Funds and separate accounts managed by GMO for its clients hold substantial percentages of the outstanding shares of many Funds, and asset allocation decisions by GMO may result in substantial redemptions from (or investments in) those Funds. These transactions may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is required to sell investments when it would not otherwise do so. Redemptions of a large number of shares also may increase transaction costs or, by necessitating a sale of portfolio securities, have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders. Further, from time to time a Fund may trade in anticipation of a purchase or redemption order that is not ultimately received or differs in size from the actual order, leading to temporary underexposure or overexposure to the Fund’s intended investment program. Additionally, redemptions and purchases of shares by a large shareholder or group of shareholders potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards to offset future realized capital gains (if any) and other losses that would otherwise reduce distributable net investment income. In addition, large shareholders may limit or prevent a Fund’s use of equalization for U.S. federal tax purposes.

To the extent a Fund invests in other GMO Funds subject to large shareholder risk, the Fund is indirectly subject to this risk.

 LEVERAGING RISK. The use of traditional borrowing (including to meet redemption requests), reverse repurchase agreements and other derivatives and securities lending creates leverage (i.e., a Fund’s investment exposures exceed its net asset value). Leverage increases a Fund’s losses when the value of its investments (including derivatives) declines. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. In the case of swaps, the risk of loss generally is related to a notional principal amount, even if the parties have not made any initial investment. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Similarly, a Fund’s portfolio also will be leveraged if it exercises its right to delay payment on a redemption and can result in losses if the value of the Fund’s assets changes between the time a redemption request is received or deemed to be received by a Fund (which in some cases may be the business day prior to actual receipt of the transaction activity by the Fund) and the time at which the Fund liquidates assets to meet redemption requests. Such a change in the value of a Fund’s assets is more likely in the case of Funds managed from GMO’s non-U.S. offices for which the time period between the NAV determination and corresponding liquidation of assets could be longer due to time zone differences and market schedules. In the case of redemptions representing a significant portion of a Fund’s portfolio, the leverage effects described above can be significant and could expose a Fund and non-redeeming shareholders to material losses.

A Fund may manage some of its derivative positions by offsetting derivative positions against one another or against other assets. To the extent offsetting positions do not behave in relation to one another as expected, a Fund may perform as if it were leveraged.

 

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Some Funds are permitted to purchase securities on margin or to sell securities short, either of which creates leverage. To the extent the market prices of securities pledged to counterparties to secure a Fund’s margin account or short sale decline, the Fund may be required to deposit additional funds with the counterparty or have the pledged securities liquidated to compensate for the decline.

 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL RISK. Each Fund is subject to management risk because it relies on GMO to achieve its investment objective. Each Fund runs the risk that GMO’s investment techniques will fail to produce desired results and may cause the Fund to incur significant losses. GMO also may fail to use derivatives effectively, choosing to hedge or not to hedge positions at disadvantageous times. In the case of Tax-Managed International Equities Fund, GMO’s tax-management strategies may be ineffective or limited by market conditions, the timing of cash flows into and out of the Fund, and current or future developments in tax legislation and regulation.

For many Funds, GMO uses quantitative models as part of its investment process. GMO’s models may not accurately predict future market events. In addition, they use assumptions that can limit their effectiveness, and they rely on data that is subject to limitations (e.g., inaccuracies, staleness) that could adversely affect their predictive value. The Funds also run the risk that GMO’s assessment of an investment (including a company’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value) is wrong.

GMO relies on quantitative models in making investment decisions. The usefulness of GMO’s models may be diminished by the faulty incorporation of mathematical models into computer code, by reliance on proprietary and third-party technology that includes errors, omissions, bugs, or viruses, and by the retrieval of limited or imperfect data for processing by the model. These risks are present in the ordinary course of business and are more likely to occur when GMO is making changes to its models. Any of these risks could adversely affect a Fund’s performance.

There can be no assurance that key GMO personnel will continue to be employed by GMO. The loss of their services could have an adverse impact on GMO’s ability to achieve the Funds’ investment objectives.

The Funds also are subject to a risk of loss resulting from other services provided by GMO and other service providers, including pricing, administrative, accounting, tax, legal, custody, transfer agency, and other services. Operational risk includes the possibility of loss caused by inadequate procedures and controls, human error, and system failures by a service provider. For example, trading delays or errors could prevent a Fund from benefiting from potential investment gains or avoiding losses. In addition, a service provider may be unable to provide a net asset value (“NAV”) for a Fund or share class on a timely basis. GMO is not contractually liable to the Funds for losses associated with operational risk absent its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of its contractual obligations to provide services to the Funds. Other Fund service providers also have contractual limitations on their liability to the Funds for losses resulting from their errors.

The Funds and their service providers (including GMO) are susceptible to cyber-attacks and to technological malfunctions that may have effects similar to those of a cyber-attack. Cyber-attacks include, among others, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, preventing legitimate users from accessing information or services on a website, releasing confidential information without authorization, and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, a Fund, GMO, a sub-adviser, or a custodian, transfer agent, or other service provider may adversely affect the Fund or its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, affect a Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, cause the release or misappropriation of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and additional compliance costs. While GMO has established business continuity plans and systems designed to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks, such plans and systems are subject to inherent limitations. Similar types of cyber security risks also are present for issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and a decline in the market price of their securities. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, technological disruptions, malfunctions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the Funds being unable, among other things, to buy or sell securities or accurately price their investments. The Funds cannot directly control cyber security plans and systems put in place by their service providers, the Funds’ counterparties, issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, or securities markets and exchanges.

 MARKET DISRUPTION AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK. The Funds are subject to the risk that geopolitical and other events (e.g., wars and terrorism) will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets, thereby decreasing the value of the Funds’ investments. Sudden or significant changes in the supply or prices of commodities or other economic inputs (e.g., the

 

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marked decline in oil prices that began in late 2014) may have material and unexpected effects on both global securities markets and individual countries, regions, sectors, companies, or industries, which could significantly reduce the value of a Fund’s investments. Terrorism in the United States and around the world has increased geopolitical risk. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 resulted in the closure of some U.S. securities markets for four days, and similar attacks are possible in the future. Securities markets may be susceptible to market manipulation or other fraudulent trading practices, which could disrupt their orderly functioning or reduce the prices of securities traded on them, including securities held by the Funds. Fraud and other deceptive practices committed by a company whose securities are held by a Fund undermine GMO’s due diligence efforts and, when discovered, will likely cause a steep decline in the market price of those securities and thus negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments. In addition, when discovered, financial fraud may contribute to overall market volatility, which can negatively affect a Fund’s investment program as well as the rates or indices underlying a Fund’s investments.

While the U.S. government has always honored its credit obligations, a default by the U.S. government (as has been threatened in recent years) would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly reduce the value of the Funds’ investments. Similarly, political events within the United States at times have resulted, and may in the future result, in a shutdown of government services, which could adversely affect the U.S. economy, decrease the value of many Fund investments, and increase uncertainty in or impair the operation of the U.S. or other securities markets. Uncertainty surrounding the sovereign debt of several European Union countries, as well as the continued existence of the European Union itself, has disrupted and may continue to disrupt markets in the United States and around the world. If a country changes its currency or if the European Union dissolves, the world’s securities markets likely will be significantly disrupted. In June 2016, the United Kingdom approved a referendum to leave the European Union (commonly known as “Brexit”). A significant degree of uncertainty exists about the time frame for Brexit and whether it will have a negative impact on the United Kingdom, the European Union and/or the broader global economy.

War, terrorism, economic uncertainty, and related geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Likewise, natural and environmental disasters, such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in early 2011, and systemic market dislocations of the kind surrounding the insolvency of Lehman Brothers in 2008, if repeated, would be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely affecting individual companies and industries, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Funds’ investments. During such market disruptions, the Funds’ exposure to the risks described elsewhere in this “Investment and other risks” section will likely increase. Market disruptions, including sudden government interventions, can also prevent the Funds from implementing their investment programs and achieving their investment objectives. For example, a market disruption may adversely affect the orderly functioning of the securities markets and may cause the Funds’ derivatives counterparties to discontinue offering derivatives on some underlying commodities, securities, reference rates, or indices, or to offer them on a more limited basis. To the extent a Fund has focused its investments in the stock index of a particular region, adverse geopolitical and other events in that region could have a disproportionate impact on the Fund.

 MARKET RISK. All of the Funds are subject to market risk, which is the risk that the market price of their holdings will decline. Market risks include:

Equities — Funds that invest in equities run the risk that the market price of an equity will decline. That decline may be attributable to factors affecting the issuer, such as poor performance by the issuer’s management or reduced demand for its goods or services, or to factors affecting a particular industry, such as a decline in demand, labor or raw material shortages, or increased production costs. A decline also may result from general market conditions not specifically related to a company or industry, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. Equities generally have significant price volatility, and their market prices can decline in a rapid or unpredictable manner. If a Fund purchases an equity for what GMO believes is less than its fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, the Fund runs the risk that the market price of the equity will not appreciate or will decline due to GMO’s incorrect assessment of the equity’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value. The market prices of equities trading at high multiples of current earnings often are more sensitive to changes in future earnings expectations than the market prices of equities trading at lower multiples.

Because of Risk Premium Fund’s emphasis on selling put options on stock indices, GMO expects its net asset value to decline when those indices decline in value. Also, Risk Premium Fund’s investment strategy of writing put options on stock indices can be expected to cause the Fund to underperform relative to those indices when the markets associated with those indices rise sharply because of the Fund’s lack of exposure to the upside of those markets.

 

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Fixed Income — Funds that invest in fixed income investments (including bonds, notes, bills, synthetic debt instruments, and asset-backed securities) are subject to various market risks. The market price of a fixed income investment can decline due to market-related factors, including rising interest rates and widening credit spreads, or decreased liquidity stemming from the market’s uncertainty about the value of a fixed income investment (or class of fixed income investments). In addition, the market price of fixed income investments with complex structures, such as asset-backed securities, and sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt instruments, can decline due to uncertainty about their credit quality and the reliability of their payment streams. Some fixed income investments also are subject to unscheduled prepayment, and a Fund may be unable to invest prepayments at as high a yield as was provided by the fixed income investment. When interest rates rise, these investments also may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and the market price of the Fund’s investment may decrease. During periods of economic uncertainty and change, the market price of a Fund’s investments in below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) may be particularly volatile. Often below investment grade investments are subject to greater sensitivity to interest rate and economic changes than higher rated investments and can be more difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. See “Credit Risk” and “Illiquidity Risk” for more information about these risks.

A risk run by each Fund with a significant investment in fixed income investments is that an increase in prevailing interest rates will cause the market price of those securities to decline. The risk associated with increases in interest rates (also called “interest rate risk”) is generally greater for Funds investing in fixed income investments with longer durations. In addition, in managing some Funds, GMO may seek to evaluate potential investments in part by considering the volatility of interest rates. The value of a Fund’s investments may be significantly reduced if GMO’s assessment proves incorrect.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes with changes in interest rates is referred to as interest rate duration, which can be measured mathematically or empirically. A longer-maturity investment generally has longer interest rate duration because its fixed rate is locked in for a longer period of time. Floating-rate or adjustable-rate investments, however, generally have shorter interest rate durations because their interest rates are not fixed but rather float up and down as interest rates change. Conversely, inverse floating-rate investments have durations that move in the opposite direction from short-term interest rates and thus tend to underperform fixed rate investments when interest rates rise but outperform them when interest rates decline. Fixed income investments paying no interest, such as zero coupon and principal-only securities, are subject to additional interest rate risk.

The market price of inflation-indexed bonds (including TIPS) typically declines during periods of rising real interest rates (i.e., nominal interest rate minus inflation) and increases during periods of declining real interest rates. In some interest rate environments, such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, the market price of inflation-indexed bonds may decline more than the price of non-inflation-indexed (or nominal) fixed income bonds with similar maturities.

Generally, when interest rates on short term U.S. Treasury obligations equal or approach zero, a Fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in U.S. Treasury obligations, such as U.S. Treasury Fund, will have a negative return unless GMO waives or reduces its management fees.

Fixed income securities denominated in foreign currencies also are subject to currency risk. See “Currency Risk.”

In response to government intervention, economic or market developments, or other factors, markets for fixed income investments may experience periods of high volatility, reduced liquidity or both. During those periods, a Fund could have unusually high shareholder redemptions, requiring it to generate cash by selling portfolio assets when it would otherwise not do so, including at unfavorable prices. Fixed income investments may be difficult to value during such periods. In recent years, central banks and governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have kept interest rates historically low by purchasing bonds. Steps to curtail or “taper” such activities (such as recent indications from the U.S. Federal Reserve of its intent to do so) and other actions by central banks or regulators (such as intervention in foreign currency markets or currency controls) could have a material adverse effect on the Funds.

 MERGER ARBITRAGE RISK. Some Funds engage in transactions in which the Fund purchases securities at prices below the value of the consideration GMO expects the Fund to receive upon consummation of a proposed merger, exchange offer, tender offer, or other similar transaction (“merger arbitrage transactions”). The purchase price paid by the Fund may substantially exceed the market price of the securities before the announcement of the transaction.

 

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If a Fund engages in merger arbitrage and the merger later appears unlikely to be consummated or, in fact, is not consummated or is delayed, the market price of the securities purchased by the Fund is likely to decline sharply, resulting in losses to the Fund. The risk/reward payout of merger arbitrage strategies typically is asymmetric, with the losses in failed transactions often far exceeding the gains in successful transactions. A proposed merger can fail to be consummated for many reasons, including regulatory and antitrust restrictions, industry weakness, company specific events, failed financings, and general market declines.

Merger arbitrage strategies are subject to the risk of overall market movements, and a Fund may experience losses even if a transaction is consummated. A Fund’s investments in derivatives or short sales of securities to hedge or otherwise adjust long or short investment exposure in connection with a merger arbitrage may not perform as GMO expected or may otherwise reduce the Fund’s gains or increase its losses. Also, a Fund may be unable to hedge against market fluctuations or other risks. In addition, a Fund may sell securities short when GMO expects the Fund to receive the securities upon consummation of a transaction; if the Fund does not actually receive the securities, the Fund will have an unintended “naked” short position and may be required to cover its short position at a time when the securities sold short have appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss. A Fund’s merger arbitrage transactions could result in tax inefficiencies, including greater distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains than otherwise would be the case.

 NON-DIVERSIFIED FUNDS. Some of the Funds are not “diversified” investment companies within the meaning of the 1940 Act. This means they are allowed to invest in the securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, they may be subject to greater credit, market and other risks, and poor performance by a single issuer may have a greater impact on their performance, than if they were “diversified.”

The following Funds are not diversified investment companies within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

    Climate Change Fund
    Emerging Markets Fund
    Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund• Quality Fund
    Resources Fund
    Risk Premium Fund
    Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

 NON-U.S. INVESTMENT RISK. Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities are subject to more risks than Funds that invest only in U.S. securities. Many non-U.S. securities markets include securities of only a small number of companies in a small number of industries. As a result, the market prices of securities traded on those markets often fluctuate more than those of U.S. securities. In addition, issuers of non-U.S. securities often are not subject to as much regulation as U.S. issuers, and the reporting, accounting, custody, and auditing standards to which those issuers are subject differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Transactions in non-U.S. securities generally involve higher commission rates, transfer taxes and custodial costs. In addition, some countries limit a Fund’s ability to profit from short-term trading (as defined in that country).

A Fund may be subject to non-U.S. taxation, including potentially on a retroactive basis, on (i) capital gains it realizes or dividends, interest, or other amounts it realizes or accrues in respect of non-U.S. investments; (ii) transactions in those investments; and (iii) repatriation of proceeds generated from the sale or other disposition of those investments. A Fund may seek a refund of taxes paid, but its efforts may not be successful, in which case the Fund will have incurred additional expenses for no benefit. A Fund’s pursuit of such refunds may subject a Fund to various administrative and/or judicial proceedings. A Fund’s decision to seek a refund is in its sole discretion, and, particularly in light of the cost involved, it may decide not to seek a refund, even if it is entitled to one. The outcome of a Fund’s efforts to obtain a refund is inherently unpredictable. Accordingly, a refund is not typically reflected in a Fund’s net asset value until it is received or until GMO is confident that the refund will be received. In some cases, the amount of a refund could be material to a Fund’s net asset value. Absent a determination that a refund is collectible and free from significant contingencies, a refund is not reflected in a Fund’s net asset value. See “Taxes, Non-U.S. Taxes” in the GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information for additional information.

For information on possible special Singapore tax consequences of an investment in the Funds, see the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

 

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Investing in non-U.S. securities also exposes a Fund to the risk of nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation of assets of their issuers, government involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises), adverse changes in investment regulations, capital requirements or exchange controls (which may include suspension of the ability to transfer currency from a country), and adverse political and diplomatic developments, including the imposition of economic sanctions.

In some non-U.S. securities markets, custody arrangements for securities provide significantly less protection than custody arrangements in U.S. securities markets, and prevailing custody and trade settlement practices (e.g., the requirement to pay for securities prior to receipt) expose a Fund to credit and other risks it does not have in the United States. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates also affect the market prices of a Fund’s non-U.S. securities (see “Currency Risk”).

The Funds need a license to invest directly in many non-U.S. securities markets. These licenses are often subject to limitations, including maximum investment amounts. Once a license is obtained, a Fund’s ability to continue to invest directly is subject to the risk that the license will be terminated or suspended. If a license to invest in a particular market is terminated or suspended, to obtain exposure to that market the Fund will be required to purchase American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, shares of other funds that are licensed to invest directly, or derivative instruments. The receipt of a non-U.S. license by one of GMO’s clients may preclude other clients, including a Fund, from obtaining a similar license and thus limits the Fund’s investment opportunities. In addition, the activities of a GMO client could cause the suspension or revocation of a Fund’s license and thereby limit the Fund’s investment opportunities.

Funds that invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers tied economically to emerging countries (or investments related to emerging markets) are subject to greater non-U.S. investment risk than Funds investing primarily in more developed non-U.S. countries (or markets). The risks of investing in those securities include: greater fluctuations in currency exchange rates; increased risk of default (by both government and private issuers); greater social, economic, and political uncertainty and instability (including the risk of war or natural disaster); increased risk of nationalization, expropriation, or other confiscation of assets of issuers of securities in a Fund’s portfolio; greater governmental involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises); less governmental supervision and regulation of securities markets and participants in those markets; controls on investment, capital controls and limitations on repatriation of invested capital, dividends, interest and other income and on a Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; inability to purchase and sell investments or otherwise settle security or derivative transactions (i.e., a market freeze); unavailability of currency hedging techniques; differences in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards and resulting unavailability of material information about issuers; slower clearance and settlement; difficulties in obtaining and enforcing legal judgments; and significantly smaller market capitalizations of issuers. In addition, the economies of emerging countries may depend predominantly on only a few industries or revenues from particular commodities.

 SMALL COMPANY RISK. Companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, lack the competitive strength of larger companies, have inexperienced managers or depend on a smaller group of key employees than larger companies. In addition, their securities often are less widely held and trade less frequently and in lesser quantities, and their market prices often fluctuate more, than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations. Market risk and illiquidity risk are particularly pronounced for securities of these companies.

Temporary Defensive Positions. Temporary defensive positions are positions that are inconsistent with a Fund’s principal investment strategies and are taken in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. The Funds normally do not take temporary defensive positions. To the extent a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, or otherwise holds cash, cash equivalents, or high quality debt investments on a temporary basis, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

 

4. Derivative financial instruments

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, reference rates, or indices that are used to increase, decrease or adjust elements of the investment exposures of a Fund’s portfolio. Derivatives may relate to securities, interest rates, currencies, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, commodities and indices, and include foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, reverse repurchase agreements, and other exchange-traded and OTC contracts.

 

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The Funds may use derivatives to gain long investment exposure to securities or other assets. For example, a Fund may use derivatives instead of investing directly in equity securities, including using equity derivatives to maintain equity exposure when it holds cash by “equitizing” its cash balances using futures contracts or other types of derivatives. The Funds also may use currency derivatives (including forward currency contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts and options) to gain exposure to a given currency.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to reduce their investment exposures (which may result in a reduction below zero). A Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to reduce some aspect of the currency exposure in its portfolio. For these purposes, the Fund may use an instrument denominated in a different currency that GMO believes is highly correlated with the relevant currency.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to adjust elements of their investment exposures to various securities, sectors, markets, indices, and currencies without actually having to sell existing investments or make new direct investments. For example, if a Fund holds a large proportion of stocks of companies in a particular sector and GMO believes that stocks of companies in another sector will outperform those stocks, the Fund might use a short futures contract on an appropriate index (to synthetically “sell” a portion of the Fund’s portfolio) in combination with a long futures contract on another index (to synthetically “buy” exposure to that index). In adjusting its investment exposures, a Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to adjust its currency exposure, seeking currency exposure that is different (in some cases, significantly different) from the currencies in which its equities are traded.

The Funds may use derivatives to effect transactions intended as substitutes for securities lending.

The Funds may have investment exposures in excess of their net assets (i.e., they may be leveraged). While GMO expects that Risk Premium Fund’s option positions typically will be fully collateralized at the time when the Fund is selling them, from time to time the Fund may have investment exposures in excess of its net assets (i.e., it may be leveraged). For example, if Risk Premium Fund receives a redemption request and is unable to close out an option it had sold, the Fund may temporarily have gross investment exposures in excess of its net assets (i.e., the Fund will be leveraged) and therefore is subject to heightened risk of loss. Risk Premium Fund’s performance can depend substantially, if not primarily, on the performance of assets or indices underlying its derivatives even though it does not own those assets or indices.

A Fund’s foreign currency exposure may differ significantly from the currencies in which its equities are traded.

Certain derivatives transactions that may be used by the Funds, including certain interest rate swaps and certain credit default index swaps, are required to be transacted through a central clearing organization. The Funds hold cleared derivatives transactions, if any, through clearing members, who are members of derivatives clearing houses. Certain other derivatives, including futures and certain options, are transacted on exchanges. The Funds hold exchange-traded derivatives through clearing brokers that are typically members of the exchanges. In contrast to bilateral derivatives transactions, following a period of advance notice to the Fund, clearing brokers generally can require termination of existing cleared or exchange-traded derivatives transactions at any time and increases in margin above the margin that it required at the beginning of a transaction. Clearing houses and exchanges also have broad rights to increase margin requirements for existing transactions and to terminate transactions. Any such increase or termination could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Also, a Fund is subject to execution risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. In that case, the transaction might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of any increase in the value of the transaction after the time of the transaction.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. See “Investment and other risks” above for further information.

 

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For Funds that held derivatives during the year ended February 28, 2018, the following table shows how the Fund used these derivatives (marked with an X):

 

                     
Type of Derivative and Objective for Use   Climate
Change
Fund
    Emerging
Domestic
Opportunities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets
Fund
   

Foreign

Small
Companies
Fund

    International
Equity
Fund
    International
Large/Mid
Cap Equity
Fund
    Resources
Fund
   

Risk

Premium

Fund

   

Tax-Managed

International

Equities
Fund

   

U.S.
Equity

Allocation

Fund

 
Forward currency contracts                                                                                

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

                            X                                                  

Hedge foreign currency exposure in the underlying funds’ investments relative to the U.S. dollar

            X                                                                  
Futures contracts                                                                                

Adjust exposure to certain securities markets

            X       X       X       X       X                       X       X  

Maintain the diversity and liquidity of the portfolio

                            X       X       X                       X       X  
Options (Written)                                                                                

Substitute for direct equity investment

                                                            X                  
Swap contracts                                                                                

Substitute for direct equity investment

            X       X                                                          

Achieve returns comparable to holding and lending a direct equity position

            X       X                                                          
Rights and/or warrants                                                                                

Received as a result of corporate actions

    X       X       X               X       X       X               X          

Forward currency contracts

The Funds may enter into forward currency contracts, including forward cross currency contracts. A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date (or to pay or receive the amount of the change in relative values of the two currencies). The market price of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in forward currency exchange rates. The value of each of the Fund’s forward currency contracts is marked-to-market daily using rates supplied by a quotation service and changes in value are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Realized gains or losses on the contracts are equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was settled.

These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss. Forward currency contracts expose a Fund to the market risk of unfavorable movements in currency values and the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts. Most forward currency contracts are not collateralized. Forward currency contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Futures contracts

The Funds may purchase and sell futures contracts. A futures contract is a contract that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined delivery price at a specified time in the future. Some futures contracts are net (cash) settled. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit cash, U.S. government and agency obligations or other liquid assets with the futures clearing broker in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement price established at the close of business each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded (and if the futures are traded outside the U.S. and the market for such futures is closed prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, the values will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close). The value of each of the Fund’s futures

 

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contracts is marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (“variation margin”) is recorded by each Fund. The payable or receivable is settled on the following business day. Gains or losses are recognized but not accounted for as realized until the contracts expire or are closed. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin as recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Under some circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract can vary from the previous day’s settlement price, thereby effectively preventing liquidation of unfavorable positions. Futures contracts expose the Funds to the risk that they may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Futures contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Options

The Funds may purchase call and put options. A call option gives the holder the right to buy an asset; a put option gives the holder the right to sell an asset. “Quanto” options are cash-settled options in which the underlying asset (often an index) is denominated in a currency other than the currency in which the option is settled. By purchasing options a Fund alters its exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, entitling it to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the writer of the option and, in the case of a put option, entitling it to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the writer of the option. A Fund pays a premium for a purchased option. That premium, if any, which is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments, is subsequently reflected in the marked-to-market value of the option. The potential loss associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Purchased option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

The Funds may write (i.e., sell) call and put options on futures, swaps (“swaptions”), securities or currencies they own or in which they may invest. Writing options alters a Fund’s exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, obligating that Fund to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the option-holder and, in the case of a put option, obligating that Fund to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the option-holder. In some cases (e.g., index options), settlement will be in cash, based on a formula price. When a Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently included in the marked-to-market value of the option. As a writer of an option, a Fund has no control over whether it will be required to sell (call) or purchase (put) the underlying asset and as a result bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the asset underlying the option. In the event that a Fund writes call options without an offsetting exposure (e.g., call options on an asset that the Fund does not own), it bears an unlimited risk of loss if the price of the underlying asset increases during the term of the option. OTC options expose a Fund to the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. Written option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

When an option contract is closed, that Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction in the cost of investments purchased. Gains and losses from the expiration or closing of written option contracts are separately disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions (and if the market of the underlying reference security closes or the official closing time of the underlying index occurs prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, the values will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close). The Funds value OTC options using industry models and inputs provided by primary pricing sources.

Swap contracts

The Funds may directly or indirectly use various swap contracts, including, without limitation, swaps on securities and securities indices, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, variance swaps, commodity swaps, inflation swaps, municipal swaps, dividend swaps, volatility swaps, correlation swaps and other types of available swaps. A swap contract is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one asset for the return generated by another asset. Some swap contracts are net settled. When entering into a swap contract and during the term of the transaction, a Fund and/or the swap counterparty may post or receive cash or securities as collateral.

 

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Initial upfront payments received or made upon entering into a swap contract are included in the fair market value of the swap. The Funds do not amortize upfront payments. Net periodic payments made or received to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap contract and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors) are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap contract is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations.

Interest rate swap contracts involve an exchange by the parties of their respective commitments to pay or rights to receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate interest payments for fixed rate interest payments with respect to the notional amount of principal). Basis swaps are interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of two floating interest rate payments and may involve the exchange of two different currencies.

Total return swap contracts involve a commitment by one party to pay interest to the other party in exchange for a payment to it from the other party based on the return of a reference asset (e.g., a security, basket of securities, or futures contract), both based on notional amounts. To the extent the return of the reference asset exceeds or falls short of the interest payments, one party is entitled to receive a payment from or obligated to make a payment to the other party.

In a credit default swap contract, one party makes payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return (or to put a security) if a credit event (e.g., default or similar event) occurs with respect to a reference entity or entities. A seller of credit default protection receives periodic payments in return for its obligation to pay the principal amount of a debt security (or other agreed-upon value) to the other party upon the occurrence of a credit event. If no credit event occurs, the seller has no payment obligations so long as there is no early termination.

For credit default swap contracts on asset-backed securities, a credit event may be triggered by various occurrences, which may include an issuer’s failure to pay interest or principal on a reference security, a breach of a material representation or covenant, an agreement by the holders of an asset-backed security to a maturity extension, or a write-down on the collateral underlying the security. For credit default swap contracts on corporate or sovereign issuers, a credit event may be triggered by such occurrences as the issuer’s bankruptcy, failure to pay interest or principal, repudiation/moratorium and/or restructuring.

Variance swap contracts involve an agreement by two parties to exchange cash flows based on the measured variance (or square of volatility) of a specified underlying asset. One party agrees to exchange a “fixed rate” or strike price payment for the “floating rate” or realized price variance on the underlying asset with respect to the notional amount. At inception, the strike price chosen is generally fixed at a level such that the fair value of the swap is zero. As a result, no money changes hands at the initiation of the contract. At the expiration date, the amount payable by one party to the other is the difference between the realized price variance of the underlying asset and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount. A receiver of the realized price variance would be entitled to receive a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be obligated to make a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. A payer of the realized price variance would be obligated to make a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be entitled to receive a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. This type of agreement is essentially a forward contract on the future realized price variance of the underlying asset.

Generally, the Funds price their OTC swap contracts daily using industry standard models that may incorporate quotations from market makers or pricing vendors and record the change in value, if any, as unrealized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations. Gains or losses are realized upon the termination of the swap contracts or reset dates, as appropriate. Cleared swap contracts are valued using the quote (which may be based on a model) published by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared swap contract is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that swap contract will generally be valued using an industry standard model, which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house.

The values assigned to swap contracts may differ significantly from the values realized upon termination, and the differences could be material. Entering into swap contracts involves counterparty credit, legal, and documentation risk that is generally not reflected in the value assigned to the swap contract. Such risks include the possibility that the counterparty defaults on its obligations to perform or disagrees as to the meaning of contractual terms, that a Fund has amounts on deposit in excess of amounts owed by that Fund, or that any collateral the other party posts is insufficient or not timely received by a Fund. Credit risk is particularly acute in economic environments in which financial services firms are exposed to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman

 

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Brothers in 2008 and subsequent market disruptions. Swap contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Rights and warrants

The Funds may purchase or otherwise receive warrants or rights. Warrants and rights generally give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise, a security of the issuer at a set price. Funds typically use warrants and rights in a manner similar to their use of purchased options on securities, as described in the section entitled “Options” above. Risks associated with the use of warrants and rights are generally similar to risks associated with the use of purchased options. However, warrants and rights often do not have standardized terms, and may have longer maturities and may be less liquid than exchange-traded options. In addition, the terms of warrants or rights may limit a Fund’s ability to exercise the warrants or rights at such times and in such quantities as the Fund would otherwise wish. Rights and/or warrants outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

As provided by U.S. GAAP, the table below is based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. Changes to market values of reference asset(s) will tend to have a greater impact on the Funds (with correspondingly greater risk) the greater the notional amount. For further information on notional amounts, see the Schedule of Investments.

The following is a summary of the valuations of derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure.

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of February 28, 2018 and the Statements of Operations for the year ended February 28, 2018^:

The risks referenced in the tables below are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Portfolio valuation” sections for a further discussion of risks.

 

             
     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $         —     $ 4,049,338     $         —     $         —     $         —     $ 4,049,338  

Investments, at value (fully funded total return swaps)¤

          20,810,307                         20,810,307  

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

                2,394,566                   2,394,566  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

          585,358                         585,358  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 25,445,003     $ 2,394,566     $     $     $ 27,839,569  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 4,049,338     $     $     $     $ 4,049,338  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 21,395,665     $ 2,394,566     $     $     $ 23,790,231  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $ (38,794   $     $     $ (38,794

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

          (1,721,609                       (1,721,609
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (1,721,609   $ (38,794   $     $     $ (1,760,403
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (1,721,609   $ (38,794   $     $     $ (1,760,403
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 4,029,148     $     $     $     $ 4,029,148  

Forward Currency Contracts

                (1,400,179                 (1,400,179

Futures Contracts

          17,257,928                         17,257,928  

Swap Contracts

          14,964,975                         14,964,975  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 36,252,051     $ (1,400,179   $     $     $ 34,851,872  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund (continued)

 

       

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 709,036     $     $     $     $ 709,036  

Investments (fully funded total return swaps)¤

          6,222,642                         6,222,642  

Forward Currency Contracts

                1,866,853                   1,866,853  

Futures Contracts

          (6,704,219                       (6,704,219

Swap Contracts

          (740,882                       (740,882
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (513,423   $ 1,866,853     $     $     $ 1,353,430  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Emerging Markets Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $         —     $ 423,736     $         —     $         —     $         —     $ 423,736  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

          17,822,856                         17,822,856  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

          435,941                         435,941  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 18,682,533     $     $     $     $ 18,682,533  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 423,736     $     $     $     $ 423,736  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 18,258,797     $     $     $     $ 18,258,797  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 73,491     $     $     $     $ 73,491  

Futures Contracts

          31,278,684                         31,278,684  

Swap Contracts

          2,819,214                         2,819,214  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 34,171,389     $     $     $     $ 34,171,389  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 290,562     $     $     $     $ 290,562  

Investments (fully funded total return swaps)

          (20,418                       (20,418

Futures Contracts

          17,956,362                         17,956,362  

Swap Contracts

          (599,390                       (599,390
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 17,627,116     $     $     $     $ 17,627,116  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Foreign Small Companies Fund

             

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $         —     $ (32,848   $         —     $         —     $         —     $ (32,848
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (32,848   $     $     $     $ (32,848
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (32,848   $     $     $     $ (32,848
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Futures Contracts

  $     $ 648,798     $     $     $     $ 648,798  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 648,798     $     $     $     $ 648,798  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $ 302,043     $     $     $     $ 302,043  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

  $     $ (32,848   $     $     $     $ (32,848
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (269,195   $     $     $     $ (269,195
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

International Equity Fund

             

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $         —     $ (5,376   $         —     $         —     $         —     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (5,376   $     $     $     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (5,376   $     $     $     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

International Equity Fund (continued)

 

           

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 138,588     $     $     $     $ 138,588  

Futures Contracts

  $     $ 5,402,203     $     $     $     $ 5,402,203  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 5,540,791     $     $     $     $ 5,540,791  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Futures Contracts

  $     $ (5,376   $     $     $     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (5,376   $     $     $     $ (5,376
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

             

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $         —     $ (24,404   $         —     $         —     $         —     $ (24,404
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (24,404   $     $     $     $ (24,404
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (24,404   $     $     $     $ (24,404
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 0     $     $     $     $ 0  

Futures Contracts

          172,648                         172,648  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 172,648     $     $     $     $ 172,648  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Futures Contracts

  $     $ (42,734   $     $     $     $ (42,734
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (42,734   $     $     $     $ (42,734
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Resources Fund

             

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ (2,480   $     $     $     $ (2,480
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (2,480   $     $     $     $ (2,480
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

Risk Premium Fund

             

Liability Derivatives

             

Written Options, at value

  $         —     $ (1,137,772   $         —     $         —     $     $ (1,137,772
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (1,137,772   $     $     $     $ (1,137,772
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (1,137,772   $     $     $     $ (1,137,772
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Written Options

  $     $ 9,169,404     $     $     $     $ 9,169,404  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 9,169,404     $     $     $     $ 9,169,404  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Written Options

  $     $ (273,901   $     $     $     $ (273,901
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (273,901   $     $     $     $ (273,901
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $         —     $ 2,379     $         —     $         —     $         —     $ 2,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 2,379     $     $     $     $ 2,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 2,379     $     $     $     $ 2,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

             

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $     $ (46,749   $     $     $     $ (46,749
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (46,749   $     $     $     $ (46,749
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (46,749   $     $     $     $ (46,749
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 29,540     $     $     $     $ 29,540  

Futures Contracts

          99,587                         99,587  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 129,127     $     $     $     $ 129,127  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $ 1,389     $     $     $     $ 1,389  

Futures Contracts

          (45,489                       (45,489
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (44,100   $     $     $     $ (44,100
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

             

Asset Derivatives

             

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $         —     $ 74,241     $         —     $         —     $         —     $ 74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 74,241     $     $     $     $ 74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 74,241     $     $     $     $ 74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

             

Futures Contracts

  $     $ 2,120,298     $     $     $     $ 2,120,298  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 2,120,298     $     $     $     $ 2,120,298  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

             

Futures Contracts

  $     $ 74,241     $     $     $     $ 74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 74,241     $     $     $     $ 74,241  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                 

 

  ^ Because the Funds recognize changes in value through the Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these tables.
  ¤ The table includes cumulative unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures and value of cleared swap contracts, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Year end variation margin on open futures and cleared swap contracts, if any, is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Certain Funds are party to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements, Global Master Repurchase Agreements or other similar types of agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) that generally govern the terms of OTC derivative transactions, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements. The Master Agreements may include collateral posting terms and set-off provisions that apply in the event of a default and/or termination event. Upon the occurrence of such an event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, the Master Agreements may permit the non-defaulting party to

 

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calculate a single net payment to close out applicable transactions. However, there is no guarantee that the terms of a Master Agreement will be enforceable; for example, when bankruptcy or insolvency laws impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset. Additionally, the set-off and netting provisions of a Master Agreement may not extend to the obligations of the counterparty’s affiliates or across varying types of transactions. Because no such event has occurred, the Funds do not presently have a legally enforceable right of set-off and these amounts have not been offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, but have been presented separately in the table below. Termination events may also include a decline in the net assets of a Fund below a certain level over a specified period of time and may entitle a counterparty to elect an early termination of all the transactions under the Master Agreement with that counterparty. Such an election by one or more of the counterparties could have a material adverse impact on a Fund’s operations. An estimate of the aggregate net payment, if any, that may need to be paid by a Fund (or may be received by a Fund) in such an event is represented by the Net Amounts in the tables below. For more information about other uncertainties and risks, see “Investments and other risks” above.

For financial reporting purposes, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities any cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds is reported as Due from Broker and any cash collateral received from the counterparty is reported as Due to Broker. Any non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds is noted in the Schedules of Investments. The tables below show the potential effect of netting arrangements made available by the Master Agreements on the financial position of the Funds. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities generally show derivative assets and derivative liabilities (regardless of whether they are subject to netting arrangements) on a gross basis, which reflects the full risks and exposures of the Fund prior to netting. See Note 2 for information on repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements held by the Funds at February 28, 2018, if any.

The tables above present the Funds’ derivative assets and liabilities by type of financial instrument. The following tables present the Funds’ OTC and/or exchange-traded derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts that may be available for offset under the Master Agreements by the terms of the agreement and net of the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of February 28, 2018:

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Goldman Sachs International

  $ 20,810,307     $ (620,000   $         —     $ 20,190,307  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    2,394,566       (2,355,772     (38,794    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 23,204,873     $ (2,975,772   $ (38,794   $ 20,190,307  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

  $ 38,794     $     $ 38,794     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 38,749     $     $ 38,794     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Emerging Markets Fund

 

   
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

  $ 435,941     $ (435,941   $         —     $
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 435,941     $ (435,941   $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Risk Premium Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Goldman Sachs & Co

  $ 338,564     $ (338,564   $         —     $         —

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

    799,208       (799,208          
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,137,772     $ (1,137,772   $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  * The actual collateral received and/or pledged is more than the amount shown.

The average derivative activity of notional amounts (forward currency contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts), market values (rights and/ or warrants) and number of contracts (options) outstanding, based on absolute values, at each month-end, was as follows for the year ended February 28, 2018:

 

           
Fund Name   Forward
Currency
Contracts ($)
    Futures
Contracts ($)
    Swap
Contracts ($)
    Options
(Contracts)
    Rights and/or
Warrants ($)
 

Climate Change Fund

                            422

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    95,599,635       319,628,972       39,456,818 **            8,404,874  

Emerging Markets Fund

          244,117,917       26,774,052 **            214,569  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    2,685,485       963,616                    

International Equity Fund

          16,645,393                   484,888  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

          888,241                   8,880  

Resources Fund

                            7,532  

Risk Premium Fund

                      2,366        

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

          902,842                   3,735  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

          4,171,309                    

 

  * During the period ended February 28, 2018, the Fund did not hold this investment type at any month-end; therefore, the average amount outstanding was calculated using daily outstanding absolute values.
  ** Includes fully funded total return swap average derivative activity for the year ended February 28, 2018.

 

5. Fees and other transactions with affiliates

GMO receives a management fee for the services it provides to each Fund. Management fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below:

 

                       
     Climate
Change
Fund
    Emerging
Domestic
Opportunities
Fund
    Emerging
Markets
Fund
    Foreign
Small
Companies
Fund
    International
Equity Fund
    International
Large/Mid
Cap Equity
Fund
    Quality
Fund
    Resources
Fund
    Risk
Premium
Fund
    Tax-Managed
International
Equities
Fund
    U.S.
Equity
Allocation
Fund
 

Management Fee

    0.60%(a)       0.75%       0.75%(b)       0.60%(c)       0.50%       0.38%       0.33%       0.50%       0.45%       0.50%       0.31%  

 

  (a)  GMO has contractually agreed to reduce its annual management fee by 0.15% through December 31, 2018.
  (b) GMO has contractually agreed to reduce, through at least June 30, 2018, its annual management fee to an annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value.
  (c)  Prior to June 30, 2017, the management fee was 0.70%. For the period from May 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017, GMO waived its management fee.

 

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In addition, each class of shares of certain Funds pays GMO directly or indirectly a shareholder service fee for providing client services and reporting, such as performance information, client account information, personal and electronic access to Fund information, access to analysis and explanations of Fund reports, and assistance in maintaining and correcting client-related information. Shareholder service fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each applicable Class’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below:

 

           
Fund Name   Class II     Class III     Class IV     Class V     Class VI  

Climate Change Fund

            0.15%       0.10%*       0.085%     0.055%

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    0.22%       0.15%       0.105%       0.085%       0.055%

Emerging Markets Fund

    0.22%       0.15%       0.105%       0.085%       0.055%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund(a)

            0.15%       0.10%                    

International Equity Fund

    0.22%       0.15%       0.09%                    

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

            0.15%       0.09%                 0.055%

Quality Fund

            0.15%       0.105%       0.085%       0.055%  

Resources Fund

            0.15%       0.10%         0.085%     0.055%

Risk Premium Fund

            0.15%       0.10%*       0.085%     0.055%  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

            0.15%                          

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

            0.15%       0.10%         0.085%       0.055%  

 

  * Class is offered but has no shareholders as of February 28, 2018.
  (a)  For the period from May 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017, GMO waived its shareholder service fees.

For each Fund, other than Climate Change Fund and Resources Fund, GMO has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for its “Specified Operating Expenses” (as defined below). For Climate Change Fund and Resources Fund, GMO has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for the portion of its “Specified Operating Expenses” (as defined below) that exceeds 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (“Expense Threshold Amount”). Any such reimbursements are paid to a Fund concurrently with the Fund’s payment of management fees to GMO.

Subject to the exclusions noted below, “Specified Operating Expenses” means: audit expenses, fund accounting expenses, pricing service expenses, expenses of non-investment related tax services, transfer agency expenses, expenses of non-investment related legal services provided to the Funds by or at the direction of GMO, organizational and start-up expenses, federal securities law filing expenses, printing expenses, state and federal registration fees and custody expenses. In the case of Emerging Markets Fund, “Specified Operating Expenses” does not include custody expenses, and in the case of Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund, “Specified Operating Expenses” only includes custody expenses to the extent that they exceed 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

For Climate Change Fund and Resources Fund, GMO is permitted to recover from the Fund, on a class-by-class basis, as applicable, the “Specified Operating Expenses” GMO has borne or reimbursed (whether through reduction of its fees or otherwise) to the extent that the Fund(s)’ “Specified Operating Expense(s)” later fall below the Expense Threshold Amount or the lower expense limit in effect when GMO seeks to recover the expenses. A Fund, however, is not obligated to pay any such amount more than three years after GMO bore or reimbursed an expense. The amount GMO is entitled to recover may not cause a Fund to exceed the Expense Threshold Amount or the lower expense limit in effect when GMO seeks recovery.

For the year ended February 28, 2018, GMO recouped the following previously recorded waivers and/or reimbursements.

 

   
     Recoupment Amount ($)  

Resources Fund

    14,512  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

On February 28, 2018, the reimbursements and/or waivers subject to possible future recoupment are as follows:

 

       
     Expiring year ending
February 28, 2019
    Expiring year ending
February 29, 2020
    Expiring year ending
February 28, 2021
 

Climate Change Fund, Class III

                $60,800  

Resources Fund, Class III

                $  5,581  

Resources Fund, Class IV

                $62,830  

For each Fund that pays GMO a management fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce that fee, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the management fees paid to GMO that are directly or indirectly borne by the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

For each Fund that charges a shareholder service fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce the shareholder service fee charged to holders of each class of shares of the Fund, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the shareholder service fees directly or indirectly borne by the class of shares of the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

In addition, for Emerging Markets Fund only, GMO has contractually agreed to waive the shareholder service fees charged to holders of each class of shares of the Fund to the extent necessary to prevent the shareholder service fees borne by each class of shares of the Fund from exceeding the percentage of the class’s average daily net assets as follows: 0.20% for Class II shares, 0.15% for Class III shares, 0.10% of Class IV shares, 0.05% for Class V shares, and 0.02% for Class VI shares.

These contractual waivers and reimbursements will continue through at least June 30, 2018 for each Fund unless the Funds’ Board of Trustees authorizes their modification or termination or reduces the fee rates paid to GMO under the Fund’s management contract or servicing and supplemental support agreement.

The Funds’ portion of the gross fees paid by the Trust to the Trust’s independent Trustees and their legal counsel and any agents unaffiliated with GMO during the year ended February 28, 2018 is shown in the table below and is included in the Statements of Operations.

 

     
Fund Name   Independent Trustees and
their legal counsel ($)
    Agent unaffiliated
with GMO ($)
 

Climate Change Fund

    828       2  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    51,266       4,408  

Emerging Markets Fund

    114,094       10,118  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    11,080       1,153  

International Equity Fund

    126,574       11,238  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    1,623       255  

Quality Fund

    195,855       16,652  

Resources Fund

    5,587       403  

Risk Premium Fund

    3,530       365  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    2,564       255  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    36,718       3,104  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Certain Funds incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. For the year ended February 28, 2018 these indirect fees and expenses expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets were as follows:

 

         
Fund Name   Indirect Net Expenses
(excluding shareholder
service fees)
    Indirect Shareholder
Service Fees
    Indirect Interest
Expense
    Total Indirect
Expenses
 

Climate Change Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Emerging Markets Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

International Equity Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Quality Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Resources Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Risk Premium Fund

    0.000%       0.000%       0.000%       0.000%  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other GMO funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effectuated at the current market price. During the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not engage in these transactions.

 

6. Purchases and sales of securities

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and including GMO U.S. Treasury Fund, if applicable, for the year ended February 28, 2018 are noted in the table below:

 

         
     Purchases ($)     Purchases ($)     Sales ($)     Sales ($)  
         
Fund Name   U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
    U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
 

Climate Change Fund

          52,982,094             28,895,533  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

          5,555,390,198             5,754,073,481  

Emerging Markets Fund

          5,901,913,790             6,827,711,552  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

          553,454,979             756,902,482  

International Equity Fund

          3,353,930,097             5,021,611,571  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

          139,584,018             261,175,153  

Quality Fund

          1,878,682,138             4,113,171,483  

Resources Fund

          293,820,264             212,003,651  

Risk Premium Fund

    74,856,338                    

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

          83,755,205             151,683,723  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

          1,562,702,143             2,120,151,419  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities for in-kind transactions, excluding short-term investments, in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the year ended February 28, 2018 are noted in the table below:

 

     
Fund Name   Purchases ($)     Sales ($)  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

          $541,686,701*  

 

  * $503,881,179 of the redemptions in-kind were redeemed by affiliates.

For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds had the following net realized gains/(losses) attributed to redemption in-kind transactions:

 

   
Fund Name   Net realized gains/(losses)
attributed to redemption in-kind
transactions ($)
 

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    $92,227,938  

 

7. Guarantees

In the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with third-party service providers that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves possible future claims that may or may not be made against the Funds. Based on experience, GMO is of the view that the risk of loss to the Funds in connection with the Funds’ indemnification obligations is remote; however, there can be no assurance that such obligations will not result in material liabilities that adversely affect the Funds.

 

8. Principal shareholders and related parties as of February 28, 2018

 

         
Fund Name   Number of
shareholders that held
more than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of
outstanding shares of
the Fund held by those
shareholders owning
greater than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of the
shares of the Fund held
by senior management
of GMO and
GMO Trust officers
    Percentage of the
Fund’s shares held by
accounts for which
GMO has
investment discretion
 

Climate Change Fund

    3       60.87%       69.20%        

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund*

    2       29.19%       1.59%        

Emerging Markets Fund*

    3     34.91%       0.31%       71.57%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

    3       96.60%       0.03%        

International Equity Fund

    5 §      67.67%       0.01%       92.03%  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

    1       94.77%              

Quality Fund

                0.22%       16.47%  

Resources Fund

    1       77.55%       6.55%       2.98%  

Risk Premium Fund

    2 ‡      97.09%       0.31%       99.34%  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

    4       63.53%       0.12%        

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    4     70.20%       0.03%       98.23%  

 

  * The Fund’s outstanding shares were owned by more than 10 shareholders as of February 28, 2018.
  One of the shareholders is another fund of the Trust.
  § Four of the shareholders are other funds of the Trust.
  # Two of the shareholders are other funds of the Trust.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

 

9. Share transactions

The Declaration of Trust permits each Fund to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Transactions in the Funds’ shares were as follows:

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Climate Change Fund

 

Class III:*

 

Shares sold

    1,093,126     $ 23,929,134        

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    28,235       655,616        
   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Net increase (decrease)

    1,121,361     $ 24,584,750        
   

 

 

   

 

 

       
                                 

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

 

Class II:

 

Shares sold

    1,817,724     $ 49,043,727       7,485,284     $ 160,982,074  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    272,286       7,617,993       697,230       14,510,206  

Shares repurchased

    (4,486,864     (116,784,190     (10,275,533     (225,166,888

Purchase premiums

          74,964             78,467  

Redemption fees

          542,684             588,506  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (2,396,854   $ (59,504,822     (2,093,019   $ (49,007,635
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

        $       2,933,935     $ 62,998,906  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    60,784       1,697,769       222,746       4,625,740  

Shares repurchased

    (1,551,984     (41,407,143     (10,000,083     (216,597,785

Purchase premiums

          14,320             24,572  

Redemption fees

          104,186             164,606  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (1,491,200   $ (39,590,868     (6,843,402   $ (148,783,961
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

        $       6,037,293     $ 129,016,957  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    151,953       4,239,893       782,540       16,393,889  

Shares repurchased

    (4,539,880     (123,386,543     (30,511,626     (697,091,179

Purchase premiums

          37,899             104,701  

Redemption fees

          274,132             684,403  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,387,927   $ (118,834,619     (23,691,793   $ (550,891,229
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V:

 

Shares sold

    2,321,991     $ 57,701,679       26,717,121     $ 614,385,969  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    598,836       16,696,891       1,075,943       22,220,013  

Shares repurchased

    (422,783     (12,691,594     (2,550,388     (52,305,875

Purchase premiums

          132,470             58,196  

Redemption fees

          962,652             569,292  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    2,498,044     $ 62,802,098       25,242,676     $ 584,927,595  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:‡

 

Shares sold

    546,851     $ 12,564,071       205,646     $ 4,338,151  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

                13,943       290,287  

Shares repurchased

    (1,215,116     (28,809,003     (23,501     (513,105

Purchase premiums

          48             1,413  

Redemption fees

          2,069             10,922  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (668,265   $ (16,242,815     196,088     $ 4,127,668  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

159


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Emerging Markets Fund

 

Class II:#

 

Shares sold

    2,144,525     $ 76,615,465       823,187     $ 23,902,466  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    298,236       10,137,847       317,627       8,547,393  

Shares repurchased

    (5,901,364     (198,656,462     (7,873,707     (209,618,011

Purchase premiums

          412,144             206,220  

Redemption fees

          1,199,050             1,323,690  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (3,458,603   $ (110,291,956     (6,732,893   $ (175,638,242
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III:#

 

Shares sold

    5,262,213     $ 189,034,182       1,646,735     $ 50,110,147  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    160,773       5,490,307       101,508       2,737,447  

Shares repurchased

    (4,761,245     (152,016,265     (20,839     (590,715

Purchase premiums

          163,459             115,197  

Redemption fees

          573,854             604,396  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    661,741     $ 43,245,537       1,727,404     $ 52,976,472  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:#

 

Shares sold

    12,287,373     $ 414,505,112       12,277,358     $ 367,988,726  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    200,918       6,727,048       106,683       2,851,160  

Shares repurchased

    (18,629,708     (647,014,911     (4,671,454     (129,426,496

Purchase premiums

          616,336             188,279  

Redemption fees

          1,577,373             734,437  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (6,141,417   $ (223,589,042     7,712,587     $ 242,336,106  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V:#

 

Shares sold

    913,530     $ 29,688,750       3,283,522     $ 87,142,351  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    124,905       4,213,667       326,859       8,709,058  

Shares repurchased

    (10,910     (389,825     (11,837,332     (354,659,563

Purchase premiums

          124,417             107,715  

Redemption fees

          354,662             992,090  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    1,027,525     $ 33,991,671       (8,226,951   $ (257,708,349
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:#

 

Shares sold

    14,003,693     $ 460,981,387       9,646,816     $ 286,707,394  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,950,428       99,601,307       2,878,228       76,876,100  

Shares repurchased

    (36,424,149     (1,211,074,646     (55,955,886     (1,530,569,213

Purchase premiums

          2,981,424             1,452,890  

Redemption fees

          8,857,454             9,612,117  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (19,470,028   $ (638,653,074     (43,430,842   $ (1,155,920,712
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Foreign Small Companies Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    1,205,904     $ 18,448,098       4,911,945     $ 70,841,467  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,155,505       17,572,868       529,271       7,195,678  

Shares repurchased

    (15,628,838 )(a)      (245,691,422 )(a)      (12,753,958     (181,381,778

Purchase premiums

          1,984             4,090  

Redemption fees

          396,995             328,256  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (13,267,429   $ (209,271,477     (7,312,742   $ (103,012,287
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

160


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Foreign Small Companies Fund (continued)

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    4,509,349     $ 70,616,166       8,926     $ 123,290  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,798,225       42,386,751       1,147,196       15,561,235  

Shares repurchased

    (40,727,929 )(b)      (627,887,398 )(b)      (8,423,117     (118,607,509

Purchase premiums

          5,741             11,501  

Redemption fees

          824,581             832,379  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (33,420,355   $ (514,054,159     (7,266,995   $ (102,079,104
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Equity Fund

 

Class II:

 

Shares sold

    489,231     $ 11,146,918       394,169     $ 7,758,214  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    15,844       367,095       53,704       1,036,907  

Shares repurchased

    (11,060     (259,126     (4,406,766     (86,201,920
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    494,015     $ 11,254,887       (3,958,893   $ (77,406,799
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    5,618,387     $ 134,845,293       3,202,195     $ 63,057,431  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    676,948       15,748,936       1,458,230       28,472,050  

Shares repurchased

    (21,799,987     (490,728,694     (25,597,340     (510,086,501
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (15,504,652   $ (340,134,465     (20,936,915   $ (418,557,020
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    8,188,636     $ 186,191,569       11,139,274     $ 215,725,536  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    6,749,246       156,837,529       11,785,933       229,782,109  

Shares repurchased

    (72,887,892     (1,667,210,560     (158,196,157     (3,158,978,555
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (57,950,010   $ (1,324,181,462     (135,270,950   $ (2,713,470,910
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    2,952,020     $ 78,517,708       411,984     $ 10,495,496  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    19,019       497,829       253,763       6,161,168  

Shares repurchased

    (1,428,325     (37,475,512     (18,719,775     (470,772,481
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    1,542,714     $ 41,540,025       (18,054,028   $ (454,115,817
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    25,357     $ 667,693       1,317,734     $ 33,127,702  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    524,624       13,754,556       728,389       17,599,928  

Shares repurchased

    (6,273,065     (167,412,155     (23,672,201     (600,482,249
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (5,723,084   $ (152,989,906     (21,626,078   $ (549,754,619
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:‡

 

Shares sold

        $           $  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

                623,703       14,995,054  

Shares repurchased

    (23,527     (616,556     (12,536,597     (300,320,271
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (23,527   $ (616,556     (11,912,894   $ (285,325,217
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Quality Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    9,569,371     $ 233,792,192       27,204,984     $ 577,084,371  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    9,710,900       236,338,887       5,427,657       111,954,229  

Shares repurchased

    (41,778,688     (994,664,619     (78,926,958     (1,636,659,609
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (22,498,417   $ (524,533,540     (46,294,317   $ (947,621,009
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    2,687,351     $ 65,544,766       23,563,655     $ 498,378,900  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    3,024,905       73,674,810       2,065,342       42,641,190  

Shares repurchased

    (23,049,188     (543,039,198     (38,313,485     (806,249,545
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (17,336,932   $ (403,819,622     (12,684,488   $ (265,229,455
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V:

 

Shares sold

    15,240,672     $ 355,202,520       9,463,322     $ 197,196,406  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    753,632       18,275,903       717,958       14,824,416  

Shares repurchased

    (30,753,264     (742,878,377     (3,801,010     (79,429,321
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (14,758,960   $ (369,399,954     6,380,270     $ 132,591,501  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:

 

Shares sold

    29,403,277     $ 709,386,725       91,893,911     $ 1,913,611,617  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    11,410,443       277,711,590       5,665,767       116,815,260  

Shares repurchased

    (51,435,726     (1,236,751,765     (36,449,428     (770,551,459
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (10,622,006   $ (249,653,450     61,110,250     $ 1,259,875,418  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Resources Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    1,468,960     $ 30,964,916       570,839     $ 8,566,354  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    48,976       868,248       32,759       537,264  

Shares repurchased

    (234,190     (4,012,036     (480,753     (6,835,975

Purchase premiums

          43,889             2,754  

Redemption fees

          16,475             16,991  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    1,283,746     $ 27,881,492       122,845     $ 2,287,388  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    5,366,277     $ 102,162,843       169,620     $ 2,585,614  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    549,915       9,781,398       315,651       5,118,000  

Shares repurchased

    (2,712,619     (52,821,227     (4,055,808     (57,587,522

Purchase premiums

          351,383             29,756  

Redemption fees

          156,297             175,234  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    3,203,573     $ 59,630,694       (3,570,537   $ (49,678,918
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Risk Premium Fund

         

Class III:#

         

Shares sold

        $       2,862     $ 85,653  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    25,484       724,208       18,814       544,069  

Shares repurchased

    (65,778     (1,906,884     (105,987     (3,151,044

Purchase premiums

          122              

Redemption fees

          1,284             6,093  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (40,294   $ (1,181,270     (84,311   $ (2,515,229
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

162


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Risk Premium Fund (continued)

         

Class VI:#

 

Shares sold

    122,003     $ 3,443,846       390     $ 10,630  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    845,070       24,004,565       437,685       12,713,932  

Shares repurchased

    (844,262     (25,708,492     (3,562,411     (103,841,501

Purchase premiums

          5,052             16  

Redemption fees

          40,139             154,267  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    122,811     $ 1,785,110       (3,124,336   $ (90,962,656
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    34,844     $ 588,984       51,654     $ 709,686  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    118,562       1,953,043       226,091       3,089,352  

Shares repurchased

    (4,210,695     (70,417,290     (8,885,564     (123,384,562
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,057,289   $ (67,875,263     (8,607,819   $ (119,585,524
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    1,426,974     $ 22,200,337       254,123     $ 3,737,099  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    503,101       7,560,282       964,254       14,133,772  

Shares repurchased

    (4,161,819     (62,443,147     (8,083,310     (120,400,300
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (2,231,744   $ (32,682,528     (6,864,933   $ (102,529,429
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

 

Shares sold

    4,181,151     $ 64,392,213       353,391     $ 5,084,358  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    221,349       3,311,107       482,865       7,017,672  

Shares repurchased

    (3,169,071     (49,096,124     (37,081,635 )(c)      (546,704,227 )(c) 
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    1,233,429     $ 18,607,196       (36,245,379   $ (534,602,197
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class V:

 

Shares sold

        $       11,302,431     $ 168,755,254  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    953,644       14,275,839       1,125,283       16,496,645  

Shares repurchased

    (7,929,615     (121,076,853     (1,516,895     (22,257,238
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (6,975,971   $ (106,801,014     10,910,819     $ 162,994,661  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:

 

Shares sold

    3,148,627     $ 46,726,515       1,279,791     $ 19,202,615  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    9,856,724       147,659,798       15,359,314       223,790,989  

Shares repurchased

    (32,244,150     (489,038,891     (198,687,826     (2,929,999,235
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (19,238,799   $ (294,652,578     (182,048,721   $ (2,687,005,631
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  * The period under the heading “Year Ended February 28, 2018” represents the period from April 5, 2017 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2018.
  Class VI liquidated on March 29, 2017.
  # Shares were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
  (a)  2,421,878 shares and $37,805,522 were redeemed in-kind.
  (b)  32,418,183 shares and $503,881,179 were redeemed in-kind by affiliates.
  (c)  10,797,603 shares and $153,780,220 were redeemed in-kind.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

 

10. Investments in affiliated companies and other Funds of the Trust

An affiliated company for the purposes of this disclosure is a company in which a Fund has or had direct ownership of at least 5% of the issuer’s voting securities or an investment in other funds of GMO Trust. A summary of the Funds’ transactions involving companies that are or were affiliates during the year ended February 28, 2018 is set forth below:

 

               
Affiliate   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Dividend
Income
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Increase/
Decrease in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Value, end
of period
 

Climate Change Fund

           

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $         —     $ 22,680,482     $ 21,926,000     $ 8,482     $ (2,633   $ (300   $ 751,549  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

 

CMI Ltd

  $ 3,202,269     $ 115,802     $     $ 18,823     $     $ 1,339,737     $ 4,657,808  

Gayatri Highways Ltd

          1,225,475                         (77,577     1,147,898  

Gayatri Projects Ltd

    22,225,368                   1,225,475             12,304,268       34,529,636  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    66,772,614       1,318,599,097       1,254,425,000       851,092       (76,199     (45,929     130,824,583  

TICON Industrial Growth Leasehold Property Fund

    16,408,121             15,206,845       605,876       (982,281     (218,995    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 108,608,372     $ 1,319,940,374     $ 1,269,631,845     $ 2,701,266     $ (1,058,480   $ 13,301,504     $ 171,159,925  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Emerging Markets Fund

 

Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd

  $ 1,028,843     $     $     $     $     $ (240,213   $ 788,630  

Gayatri Highways Ltd

          1,924,051                         (121,799     1,802,252  

Gayatri Projects Ltd

    35,159,348             348,270       1,924,051       267,091       19,134,909       54,213,078  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    89,875,673       1,580,442,610       1,572,609,999       839,754       (82,854     (5,018     97,620,412  

Kiri Industries Ltd

    7,867,156             2,428,022             1,685,072       (5,543,894    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 133,931,020     $ 1,582,366,661     $ 1,575,386,291     $ 2,763,805     $ 1,869,309     $ 13,223,985     $ 154,424,372  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Foreign Small Companies Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 7,030,375     $ 101,738,965     $ 107,170,000     $ 88,965     $ (6,332   $ 2,788     $ 1,595,796  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

International Equity Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 21,767,868     $ 932,500,000     $ 893,150,000     $ 380,748     $ (33,122   $ (15,646   $ 61,069,100  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 2,408,002     $ 89,185,000     $ 90,399,999     $ 14,518     $ (11,145   $ (730   $ 1,181,128  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Quality Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 240,449,520     $ 1,057,500,000     $ 1,246,700,000     $ 1,384,313     $ (120,039   $ (37,441   $ 51,092,040  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Resources Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 6,150,081     $ 95,920,000     $ 95,559,999     $ 49,233     $ (2,988   $ (2,585   $ 6,504,509  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 427,587     $ 38,960,000     $ 38,320,000     $ 11,993     $ (347   $ (430   $ 1,066,810  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 11,180,107     $ 333,890,000     $ 337,600,000     $ 122,889     $ (7,109   $ (2,988   $ 7,460,010  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

  # No longer an affiliate at year end.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

 

11. Subsequent Events

Effective March 31, 2018, GMO Risk Premium Fund’s benchmark is CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index.

Effective March 31, 2018, the name of GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund was changed to GMO U.S. Equity Fund. As of the same date, the Fund’s benchmark is the Russell 3000 Index.

Subsequent to February 28, 2018, GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund and GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund received redemption requests in the amount of $84,766,094 and $25,000,426, respectively.

 

165


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of GMO Trust and Shareholders of

GMO Climate Change Fund, GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund, GMO Emerging Markets Fund, GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund, GMO International Equity Fund, GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund, GMO Quality Fund, GMO Resources Fund, GMO Risk Premium Fund, GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund, and GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of GMO Climate Change Fund, GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund, GMO Emerging Markets Fund, GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund, GMO International Equity Fund, GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund, GMO Quality Fund, GMO Resources Fund, GMO Risk Premium Fund, GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund, and GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund (eleven of the funds constituting GMO Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of February 28, 2018, the related statements of operations and the statements of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of February 28, 2018, the results of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for the periods indicated in the table below and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund, GMO Emerging Markets Fund, GMO Foreign Small Companies Fund, GMO International Equity Fund, GMO International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund, GMO Quality Fund, GMO Resources Fund, GMO Risk Premium Fund, GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund, GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund   Statements of operations for the year ended February 28, 2018 and the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018
GMO Climate Change Fund   Statements of operations and changes in net assets for the period April 5, 2017 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2018

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2018 by correspondence with the custodians, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 25, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the GMO mutual funds complex since 1985.

 

166


GMO Trust Funds

(A Series of GMO Trust)

 

Fund Expenses

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Expense Examples: The following information is in relation to expenses for the six month period ended February 28, 2018.

As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including purchase premium and redemption fees, if applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including direct and/or indirect management fees, direct and/or indirect shareholder services fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.

Actual Expenses

This section of the table for each class below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $10,000,000 account value divided by $1,000 = 10,000), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

This section of the table for each class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as purchase premium and redemption fees. Therefore, this section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

   

 

    Actual    

 

    Hypothetical    

 

 
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period**
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period**
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Climate Change Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,079.50       $3.97       $1,000.00       $1,020.98       $3.86       0.77%  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

 

       

Class II

    $1,000.00       $1,105.40       $5.43       $1,000.00       $1,019.64       $5.21       1.04%  

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,105.40       $5.06       $1,000.00       $1,019.98       $4.86       0.97%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,106.00       $4.80       $1,000.00       $1,020.23       $4.61       0.92%  

Class V

    $1,000.00       $1,106.40       $4.70       $1,000.00       $1,020.33       $4.51       0.90%  

Emerging Markets Fund

 

       

Class II

    $1,000.00       $1,086.90       $4.97       $1,000.00       $1,020.03       $4.81       0.96%  

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,087.00       $4.50       $1,000.00       $1,020.48       $4.36       0.87%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,087.00       $4.45       $1,000.00       $1,020.53       $4.31       0.86%  

Class V

    $1,000.00       $1,087.50       $4.09       $1,000.00       $1,020.88       $3.96       0.79%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,087.80       $3.99       $1,000.00       $1,020.98       $3.86       0.77%  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,100.80       $4.01       $1,000.00       $1,020.98       $3.86       0.77%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,101.40       $3.75       $1,000.00       $1,021.22       $3.61       0.72%  

International Equity Fund

 

       

Class II

    $1,000.00       $1,070.70       $3.75       $1,000.00       $1,021.17       $3.66       0.73%  

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,071.00       $3.34       $1,000.00       $1,021.57       $3.26       0.65%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,071.10       $3.08       $1,000.00       $1,021.82       $3.01       0.60%  

 

167


GMO Trust Funds

(A Series of GMO Trust)

 

Fund Expenses — (Continued)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

   

 

    Actual    

 

    Hypothetical    

 

 
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period**
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period**
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,075.90       $3.40       $1,000.00       $1,021.52       $3.31       0.66%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,075.90       $2.99       $1,000.00       $1,021.92       $2.91       0.58%  

Quality Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,113.10       $2.51       $1,000.00       $1,022.41       $2.41       0.48%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,113.20       $2.31       $1,000.00       $1,022.61       $2.21       0.44%  

Class V

    $1,000.00       $1,113.40       $2.20       $1,000.00       $1,022.71       $2.11       0.42%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,113.30       $2.04       $1,000.00       $1,022.86       $1.96       0.39%  

Resources Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,160.00       $4.07       $1,000.00       $1,021.03       $3.81       0.76%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,160.30       $3.80       $1,000.00       $1,021.27       $3.56       0.71%  

Risk Premium Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $   999.90       $2.98       $1,000.00       $1,021.82       $3.01       0.60%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,000.30       $2.53       $1,000.00       $1,022.27       $2.56       0.51%  

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,067.30       $3.74       $1,000.00       $1,021.17       $3.66       0.73%  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,107.40       $2.40       $1,000.00       $1,022.51       $2.31       0.46%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,108.10       $2.14       $1,000.00       $1,022.76       $2.06       0.41%  

Class V

    $1,000.00       $1,108.40       $2.09       $1,000.00       $1,022.81       $2.01       0.40%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,108.20       $1.93       $1,000.00       $1,022.96       $1.86       0.37%  

 

  * Expenses are calculated using each class’s annualized net expense ratio (including indirect expenses incurred) for the six months ended February 28, 2018, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days in the period, divided by 365 days in the year.

 

168


GMO Trust Funds

 

Tax Information for the Tax Year Ended February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The following information is being provided in order to meet reporting requirements set forth by the Code and/or to meet state-specific requirements. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

With respect to distributions paid, the Funds designate the following amounts (or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable) for the fiscal year-ended February 28, 2018:

 

                 
Fund Name   Dividend
Received
Deduction
(corporate
shareholders)(1)
    Qualified
Dividend
Income
(non-corporate
shareholders)(1)
    U.S.
Government
Obligation
Income(1,2)
    Interest-
Related
Dividend
Income(3)
($)
    Short-
Term
Capital
Gain
Dividends(3)
($)
    Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
    Foreign
Taxes
Paid(4)
($)
    Foreign
Source
Income(4)
($)
 

Climate Change Fund

    3.33%       33.63%                   491,078             28,171       279,964  

Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

          86.62%                               12,325,817       46,730,778  

Emerging Markets Fund

          69.71%                               27,179,175       182,095,958  

Foreign Small Companies Fund

          69.74%                   21,603,615       25,090,273       1,370,291       16,244,656  

International Equity Fund

          100.00%                               16,025,558       190,699,362  

International Large/Mid Cap Equity Fund

          65.88%                   3,140,647       7,100,023              

Quality Fund

    59.93%       79.84%                   76,130,489       436,963,160              

Resources Fund

          58.81%                               581,299       7,299,612  

Risk Premium Fund

                4.63%       470,408       9,678,641       14,579,724              

Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

          100.00%                               287,025       3,546,403  

U.S. Equity Allocation Fund

    91.05%       96.36%                   8,764,698       136,022,591              

 

  (1)  Presented as a percentage of net investment income and short-term capital gain distributions paid, if any.
  (2)  All or a portion of these amounts may be exempt from taxation at the state level.
  (3)  These amounts are generally exempt from U.S. withholding taxes for non-U.S. shareholders, provided certain conditions are satisfied by both the Funds and the Funds’ shareholders. If applicable, interest related dividend amounts could include short-term capital gain dividends received from underlying funds.
  (4)  The Funds expect to elect to treat foreign taxes attributed to foreign source income from certain of its investments, as if incurred directly by the Funds’ shareholders.

In early 2019, the Funds will notify applicable shareholders of amounts for use in preparing 2018 U.S. federal income tax forms.

 

169


Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

The following tables present information regarding each Trustee and officer of the Trust as of April 25, 2018. Each Trustee’s and officer’s year of birth (“YOB”) is set forth after his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Trustee and officer has engaged in the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five years, although not necessarily in the same capacity, and (ii) the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o GMO Trust, 40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110. Each Trustee serves in office until the earlier of (a) the election and qualification of a successor at the next meeting of shareholders called to elect Trustees or (b) the Trustee dies, resigns, or is removed as provided in the Trust’s governing documents. Each of the Trustees of the Trust, other than Mr. Harrison, is not an “interested person” of the Trust, as such term is used in the 1940 Act (each, an “Independent Trustee”). Because the Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders, each Trustee will hold office for an indeterminate period. Each officer serves in office until his or her successor is elected and determined to be qualified to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office, or until the officer resigns or is removed from office.

 

Independent Trustees

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

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.       29   Director, BeiGene Ltd. (biotech research).
Peter Tufano
YOB: 1957
  Trustee   Since December 2008.   Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance, University of Oxford Saïd Business School (as of July 1, 2011).       29   Trustee of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust (5 Portfolios).
Paul Braverman
YOB: 1949
  Trustee   Since March 2010.   Director of Leerink Swann Holdings, LLC (investment bank) (October 2013 – present); Director of Aesir Capital Management (investment advisor) (November 2012 – present); Director of Kieger (US) Ltd. (investment advisor) (January 2015 – present).       29   Director of Claren Road Asset Management, LLC (hedge fund); Trustee of HIMCO Variable Insurance Trust
(27 Portfolios).
Interested Trustee and Officer        

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

Jason B. Harrison.2
YOB: 1977
  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
(2006 – 2015)
      44   None

 

 

1  The Fund Complex includes series of each of GMO Trust and GMO Series Trust. Mr. Harrison also serves as a Trustee of GMO Series Trust.

 

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

 

170


Officers

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with the Trust

 

Length
of Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years*

Jason B. Harrison
YOB: 1977
  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (2006 – 2015)
Sheppard N. Burnett
YOB: 1968
  Chief Executive Officer  

Chief Executive Officer since June 2015; Chief Financial Officer, March 2007 – June 2015; Treasurer, November 2006 – June 2015; Assistant Treasurer, September 2004 – November 2006.

  Head of Fund Treasury and Tax, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2006 – present).
Carly Cushman
YOB: 1984
  Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since June 2015; Chief Accounting Officer since May 2014; Assistant Treasurer, September 2013 – June 2015.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2009 – present); Senior Accountant, Renaissance HealthCare (February 2009 – December 2009); Auditor/Senior Auditor, Deloitte & Touche (September 2006 – February 2009).
John L. Nasrah
YOB: 1977
  Assistant Treasurer and Chief Tax Officer   Since March 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2004 – present).

Betty Maganzini

YOB: 1972

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2010 – present); Assistant Treasurer (June 2009 – July 2010), Manager, Fund Administration and Regulatory Affairs (2006 – 2009), Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC.
Mahmoodur Rahman
YOB: 1967
  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2007 – present).

Cathy Tao

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2016   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2007 – present)

Brian Kadehjian

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer and Treasury Officer   Assistant Treasurer since February 2015; Treasury Officer since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2002 – present).
Douglas Y. Charton
YOB: 1982
  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Since August 2015.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2015 – present); Associate, K&L Gates LLP (September 2007 – July 2015).
Megan Bunting
YOB: 1978
  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since September 2013.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2006 – present).
Kevin O’Brien
YOB: 1985
  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since March 2016.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (February 2015 – present); Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2010 – February 2015).
Gregory L. Pottle
YOB: 1971
  Chief Compliance Officer   Chief Compliance Officer since May 2015; Vice President and Assistant Clerk, November 2006 – November 2015.   Chief Compliance Officer, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (May 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (March 2000 – May 2015).
Claire Wilkinson
YOB: 1965
  Anti-Money Laundering Officer   Since February 2016.   Compliance Associate, GMO UK Limited (April 2013 – present); General Counsel, MVision Private Equity Advisers Limited (November 2009 – January 2013).

 

 

* Each officer of the Trust may also serve as an officer and/or director of certain pooled investment vehicles of which GMO or an affiliate of GMO serves as the investment adviser.

 

171


GMO Trust

Annual Report

February 28, 2018

Alpha Only Fund

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

Benchmark-Free Fund

Global Asset Allocation Fund

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

Global Equity Allocation Fund

Implementation Fund

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

International Equity Allocation Fund

SGM Major Markets Fund

Special Opportunities Fund

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund


 

 

 

 

 

For a free copy of the Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, shareholders may call 1-617-346-7646 (collect), visit GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Funds have a policy with respect to disclosure of portfolio holdings under which they may also make a complete schedule of portfolio holdings available on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

This report is prepared for the general information of shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a prospectus for the GMO Trust, which contains a complete discussion of the risks associated with an investment in these Funds and other important information. The GMO Trust prospectus can be obtained at www.gmo.com. The GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of GMO Trust and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-617-346-7646 (collect).

An investment in the Funds is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their stated investment objectives. Please see the Funds’ prospectus regarding specific principal risks for each Fund. General risks may include: market risk-equities, management and operational risk, market risk-asset backed securities, credit risk, non-U.S. investment risk, small company risk and derivatives risk.

The Funds are distributed by Funds Distributor LLC. Funds Distributor LLC is not affiliated with GMO.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Alpha Only Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     2  

Performance Graph

     3  

Investment Concentration Summary

     4  

Schedule of Investments

     5  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     16  

Performance Graph

     17  

Investment Concentration Summary

     18  

Schedule of Investments

     19  

Benchmark-Free Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     20  

Performance Graph

     21  

Investment Concentration Summary

     22  

Schedule of Investments

     23  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     44  

Performance Graph

     45  

Investment Concentration Summary

     46  

Schedule of Investments

     47  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     48  

Performance Graph

     49  

Investment Concentration Summary

     50  

Schedule of Investments

     51  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     52  

Performance Graph

     53  

Investment Concentration Summary

     54  

Schedule of Investments

     55  

Implementation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     56  

Performance Graph

     57  

Investment Concentration Summary

     58  

Schedule of Investments

     59  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     88  

Performance Graph

     89  

Investment Concentration Summary

     90  

Schedule of Investments

     91  

International Equity Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     92  

Performance Graph

     93  

Investment Concentration Summary

     94  

Schedule of Investments

     95  

SGM Major Markets Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     96  

Performance Graph

     97  

Investment Concentration Summary

     98  

Schedule of Investments

     99  

Special Opportunities Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     102  

Performance Graph

     103  

Investment Concentration Summary

     104  

Schedule of Investments

     105  

 

   


Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     108  

Performance Graph

     109  

Investment Concentration Summary

     110  

Schedule of Investments

     111  

Portfolio, Counterparty and Currency Abbreviations

     112  

Fund Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     113  

Statements of Operations

     119  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     122  

Financial Highlights

     128  

Notes to Financial Statements

     142  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     202  

Fund Expenses

     203  

Tax Information

     205  

Trustees and Officers

     206  

 

   


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Class III shares of GMO Alpha Only Fund returned 5.22% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.98% for the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index.

The Fund’s long positions in Quality and Emerging Value both outperformed the S&P 500, which was held correspondingly short (there was also a modest Russell 2000 short at the very start of the period), and so were additive to performance. The Fund also had a long EAFE Value position held against a short S&P 500 position, which we implemented on a currency hedged basis, and this detracted from performance. Although EAFE Value outperformed the S&P 500 for the period, much of this was due to a weakening of the dollar and the hedged implementation of this trade meant that the Fund did not accrue this benefit.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

2


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Alpha Only Fund Class III Shares and the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

 

3


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    85.2

Mutual Funds

    6.0  

Short-Term Investments

    5.4  

Preferred Stocks

    1.5  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.1  

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    (2.3

Other

    4.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts. The Fund’s investment program involves having both long and short investment exposures. The additional short exposures that the Fund has to futures contracts based on notional amounts are (88.6)% of net assets.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

4


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 85.2%  
    Australia — 0.3%  
    9,534     AusNet Services     12,538  
    15,376     Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd     343,625  
    340     CIMIC Group Ltd     12,264  
    82     Commonwealth Bank of Australia     4,826  
    1,954     Crown Resorts Ltd     20,340  
    1,643     Fortescue Metals Group Ltd     6,319  
    1,712     Incitec Pivot Ltd     4,994  
    7,363     Mineral Resources Ltd     107,300  
    7,229     Mirvac Group (REIT)     11,837  
    1,218     National Australia Bank Ltd     28,313  
    8,784     Scentre Group (REIT)     26,082  
    6,961     Tabcorp Holdings Ltd     24,934  
    12,793     Telstra Corp Ltd     32,996  
    1,408     Vocus Group Ltd     2,662  
    2,766     Westfield Corp (REIT)     18,750  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     657,780  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 0.2%  
    5,765     OMV AG     327,788  
    951     Zumtobel Group AG     10,143  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     337,931  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.0%  
    3,708     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     18,184  
    166     Proximus SADP     5,330  
    354     Umicore SA     19,955  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     43,469  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 1.0%  
    3,200     AES Tiete Energia SA     11,186  
    36,145     Banco Bradesco SA     409,997  
    23,400     Banco do Brasil SA     301,247  
    30,100     Banco Santander Brasil SA     340,872  
    650     BR Malls Participacoes SA     2,388  
    69,400     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA *     529,440  
    9,400     Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo     108,999  
    3,000     Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA     16,169  
    60,200     JBS SA     183,739  
    2,654     Sul America SA     17,452  
    1,500     Suzano Papel e Celulose SA     10,048  
    13,200     TIM Participacoes SA     57,323  
    23,282     Vale SA     323,033  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil          2,311,893  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.0%  
    1,237     Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA     17,351  
    4,777     Latam Airlines Group SA     77,451  
     

 

 

 
    Total Chile     94,802  
     

 

 

 
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    China — 9.1%  
    454,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd     774,210  
    3,284,000     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     1,804,395  
    46,500     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     247,056  
    1,157,000     Bank of China Ltd – Class H     622,202  
    596,000     Bank of Communications Co Ltd – Class H     473,823  
    10,000     Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd – Class H     14,750  
    32,000     Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd     177,297  
    500     Changyou.com Ltd ADR *     14,150  
    667,000     China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd – Class H     482,322  
    31,000     China Coal Energy Co Ltd – Class H     14,099  
    384,000     China Communications Services Corp Ltd – Class H     227,005  
    4,500     China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd     13,479  
    925,000     China Construction Bank Corp – Class H     948,414  
    4,000     China Everbright Ltd     8,725  
    305,000     China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd – Class H     137,642  
    2,000     China Merchants Port Holdings Co Ltd     4,644  
    12,000     China Mobile Ltd     111,756  
    400     China Mobile Ltd Sponsored ADR     18,596  
    402,000     China National Building Material Co Ltd – Class H     394,406  
    256,000     China National Materials Co Ltd – Class H     212,600  
    11,000     China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd – Class H     53,511  
    2,020,000     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp – Class H     1,603,215  
    711,500     China Railway Construction Corp Ltd – Class H     761,424  
    323,000     China Railway Group Ltd – Class H     233,418  
    44,500     China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Ltd     59,873  
    45,000     China SCE Property Holdings Ltd     22,021  
    418,500     China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd – Class H     1,184,481  
    3,066,000     China Telecom Corp Ltd – Class H     1,336,821  
    900     China Yuchai International Ltd     20,169  
    275,000     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd – Class H     221,463  
    1,032,000     Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd – Class H     1,296,877  
    2,400     Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co Ltd – Class H     9,580  
    3,000     GF Securities Co Ltd – Class H     5,728  
    6,000     Greentown China Holdings Ltd     8,921  
    266,800     Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd – Class H     619,572  
    322,000     Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd *     1,096,881  
    30,000     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     91,900  
    76,000     Harbin Electric Co Ltd – Class H     30,687  
    368,000     HengTen Networks Group Ltd *     16,305  
    20,000     Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd     38,306  
    1,418,000     Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd – Class H          1,208,901  
    28,000     Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     43,361  
    204,000     Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd – Class H     319,626  
    109,500     Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd     550,303  
    82,000     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd     142,437  
    99,000     Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd     111,861  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   5


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    China — continued  
    114,000     Longfor Properties Co Ltd     327,335  
    602,000     Lonking Holdings Ltd     249,326  
    99,000     Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd *     218,528  
    231,000     People’s Insurance Co Group of China Ltd (The) – Class H     123,677  
    68,000     PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd – Class H     133,374  
    5,500     Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd – Class H     57,933  
    23,000     Road King Infrastructure Ltd     41,630  
    25,000     Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd – Class H     42,418  
    108,000     Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd – Class H     73,643  
    66,000     Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd     183,710  
    21,200     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd – Class H     53,058  
    229,000     Shimao Property Holdings Ltd     564,320  
    254,500     Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd     179,294  
    98,000     Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co Ltd – Class H     58,383  
    3,500     Sun Art Retail Group Ltd     4,621  
    10,000     Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp     20,989  
    372,000     Weichai Power Co Ltd – Class H     414,704  
    470,000     Yuzhou Properties Co Ltd     287,241  
    32,000     Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     34,791  
    34,000     Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd – Class H     15,505  
    42,200     ZTE Corp – Class H *     146,970  
     

 

 

 
    Total China        21,020,663  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.1%  
    76,893     Ecopetrol SA     67,355  
    3,655     Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA     49,007  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     116,362  
     

 

 

 
    Czech Republic — 0.1%  
    4,574     CEZ AS     110,651  
    4,446     Moneta Money Bank AS     17,937  
     

 

 

 
    Total Czech Republic     128,588  
     

 

 

 
    Denmark — 0.0%  
    94     Schouw & Co AB     9,799  
    604     Tryg A/S     14,326  
     

 

 

 
    Total Denmark     24,125  
     

 

 

 
    Egypt — 0.0%  
    15,874     Talaat Moustafa Group     8,795  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 0.0%  
    338     Elisa Oyj     14,519  
    271     Kesko Oyj – B Shares     15,769  
    336     Metso Oyj     10,732  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Finland — continued  
    85     Neste Oyj     6,223  
    518     Orion Oyj – Class B     16,871  
     

 

 

 
    Total Finland     64,114  
     

 

 

 
    France — 1.3%  
    328     Accor SA     18,905  
    14,622     AXA SA     457,947  
    3,898     BNP Paribas SA     308,217  
    1,245     Casino Guichard Perrachon SA     67,442  
    3,420     CNP Assurances     82,879  
    23,460     Credit Agricole SA     401,992  
    222     Eurazeo SA     21,188  
    169     Fonciere Des Regions (REIT)     17,632  
    189     ICADE (REIT)     18,277  
    192     Imerys SA     19,584  
    2,368     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     708,262  
    13,015     Natixis SA     111,490  
    424     Neopost SA     12,321  
    2,019     Peugeot SA     45,556  
    1,069     Rallye SA     19,556  
    1,413     Renault SA     153,268  
    942     Rexel SA     16,544  
    1,465     Sanofi     115,662  
    891     SCOR SE     37,775  
    6,719     Societe Generale SA     381,771  
    411     Suez     5,645  
    205     TOTAL SA     11,660  
    75     Wendel SA     12,998  
     

 

 

 
    Total France            3,046,571  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 1.4%  
    1,060     Allianz SE (Registered)     246,229  
    231     Axel Springer SE     20,800  
    261     BASF SE     27,267  
    4,669     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     490,548  
    6,765     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     577,641  
    11,327     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     378,209  
    134     Hannover Rueck SE     18,226  
    207     RTL Group SA     18,128  
    14,515     RWE AG *     288,504  
    9,438     SAP AG     984,944  
    770     Suedzucker AG     13,802  
    688     Volkswagen AG     136,671  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     3,200,969  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 0.0%  
    1,629     FF Group *     34,664  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 0.2%  
    46,500     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     233,685  
    6,000     Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd *     10,122  
 

 

6   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Hong Kong — continued  
    12,000     First Pacific Co Ltd     7,447  
    14,000     HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd – Class SS     13,128  
    3,500     Kerry Properties Ltd     15,821  
    32,000     Li & Fung Ltd     16,069  
    3,000     MTR Corp Ltd     15,833  
    8,000     NWS Holdings Ltd     15,027  
    23,000     PCCW Ltd     13,068  
    1,500     Power Assets Holdings Ltd     12,726  
    47,000     SJM Holdings Ltd     44,770  
    13,000     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     88,373  
    6,000     Wheelock & Co Ltd     43,493  
    3,000     Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd     12,822  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong              542,384  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.0%  
    47,419     Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Plc     83,660  
    1,102     MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc     12,018  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hungary     95,678  
     

 

 

 
    India — 3.0%  
    4,296     Aditya Birla Capital Ltd *     10,884  
    3,050     Ambuja Cements Ltd     11,784  
    54,837     Apollo Tyres Ltd     229,211  
    996     Balkrishna Industries Ltd     16,523  
    637     Container Corp Of India Ltd     12,678  
    7,250     GAIL India Ltd     50,757  
    359     Grasim Industries Ltd     6,303  
    14,643     HCL Technologies Ltd     211,196  
    3,529     Hero MotoCorp Ltd     193,617  
    96,322     Hindalco Industries Ltd     357,960  
    50,221     Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd     292,048  
    6,401     Idea Cellular Ltd *     8,161  
    14,749     IDFC Bank Ltd     11,557  
    671     Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd     12,752  
    58,072     Indian Oil Corp Ltd     335,187  
    215,824     Jaiprakash Associates Ltd *     57,613  
    60,305     Karnataka Bank Ltd (The)     123,434  
    18,000     Larsen & Toubro Ltd     362,196  
    873     Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd     5,785  
    20,712     Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd     229,911  
    222,090     Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd     633,307  
    302,802     Power Finance Corp Ltd     484,859  
    67,496     PTC India Ltd     105,527  
    21,389     Reliance Capital Ltd     153,292  
    2,862     Reliance Home Finance Ltd *     3,045  
    49,616     Reliance Industries Ltd     719,918  
    329,849     Rural Electrification Corp Ltd     725,501  
    418     Siemens Ltd     7,453  
    3,682     State Bank of India     15,056  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    India — continued  
    58,271     Syndicate Bank *     53,766  
    1,362     Tata Motors Ltd *     7,678  
    126,290     Tata Steel Ltd     1,295,596  
    49,792     Union Bank of India *     79,637  
     

 

 

 
    Total India          6,824,192  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 0.1%  
    71,200     Adaro Energy Tbk PT     12,105  
    52,300     Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT     25,033  
    8,700     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     6,144  
    2,500     Gudang Garam Tbk PT     14,503  
    31,800     Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk PT     11,149  
    23,400     Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT     52,310  
    12,400     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT     6,820  
    83,600     Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT     9,300  
    59,500     Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk     11,524  
    20,300     Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     16,398  
    40,500     United Tractors Tbk PT     104,309  
    62,600     XL Axiata Tbk PT *     13,404  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     282,999  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.0%  
    820     Bank of Ireland Group Plc *     7,661  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.0%  
    80     Azrieli Group Ltd     3,939  
    2,139     Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM     12,893  
    10,565     Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd     16,152  
    2,729     Israel Chemicals Ltd     11,600  
    687     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd     12,883  
    400     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Sponsored ADR     7,488  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     64,955  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 0.4%  
    311     Assicurazioni Generali SPA     5,818  
    46,976     Enel SPA     272,684  
    5,327     EXOR NV     386,547  
    2,050     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     43,272  
    12,421     Fincantieri SPA *     19,721  
    4,986     Intesa Sanpaolo SPA – RSP     19,786  
    3,244     Saipem SPA *     13,169  
    1,642     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     19,536  
    46,159     Telecom Italia SPA *     41,427  
    160,969     Telecom Italia SPA-RSP     122,582  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     944,542  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 2.3%  
    600     AEON Financial Service Co Ltd     13,943  
    400     Aeon Mall Co Ltd     8,322  
    3,900     Aisin Seiki Co Ltd     226,968  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   7


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    400     Alfresa Holdings Corp     8,941  
    2,200     Asahi Glass Co Ltd     90,861  
    29,500     Asahi Kasei Corp     378,042  
    200     Benesse Holdings Inc     7,159  
    8,800     Canon Inc     335,357  
    700     Chubu Electric Power Co Inc     9,511  
    900     Chugoku Bank Ltd (The)     11,060  
    1,500     Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc (The)     17,504  
    100     Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd     3,541  
    500     Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd     18,524  
    7     Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp     16,850  
    1,400     DIC Corp     49,948  
    2,300     Gree Inc     14,458  
    2,100     Hachijuni Bank Ltd (The)     12,595  
    400     Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc     5,775  
    100     Hirose Electric Co Ltd     14,862  
    1,500     Hiroshima Bank Ltd (The)     11,635  
    100     Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc     7,175  
    1,600     Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd     35,536  
    50,000     Hitachi Ltd     378,105  
    900     Hokuriku Electric Power Co     6,996  
    1,200     Ibiden Co Ltd     19,331  
    400     IHI Corp     13,544  
    400     Iida Group Holdings Co Ltd     7,523  
    22,700     ITOCHU Corp              436,352  
    4     Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp (REIT)     13,768  
    100     JGC Corp     2,283  
    500     Kamigumi Co Ltd     10,928  
    1,000     Kaneka Corp     10,124  
    1,000     Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (The)     12,146  
    500     Kitz Corp     4,087  
    500     Kurita Water Industries Ltd     15,283  
    500     Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co Ltd     10,481  
    900     Kyushu Financial Group Inc     4,996  
    200     Lawson Inc     13,057  
    11,400     Marubeni Corp     86,860  
    300     Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd     9,402  
    1,100     Marui Group Co Ltd     21,071  
    4,680     Mebuki Financial Group Inc     18,761  
    900     Medipal Holdings Corp     18,306  
    39,900     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     402,547  
    3,500     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     59,036  
    800     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     19,787  
    9,700     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     206,613  
    700     Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co Ltd     4,430  
    1,400     Mitsui & Co Ltd     25,373  
    1,600     Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co Ltd     79,569  
    200     Mixi Inc     8,067  
    100     NEC Corp     3,034  
    900     NET One Systems Co Ltd     13,832  
    1,000     Nichiha Corp     39,273  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    800     Nikon Corp     16,249  
    9,900     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     459,821  
    500     Nisshin Seifun Group Inc     9,873  
    500     NOK Corp     10,657  
    700     Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc     16,816  
    440     Nomura Research Institute Ltd     19,706  
    2,000     Oji Holdings Corp     13,034  
    100     Rohm Co Ltd     10,503  
    200     Sankyo Co Ltd     7,170  
    1,100     SBI Holdings Inc     25,137  
    1,300     Sega Sammy Holdings Inc     18,859  
    4,400     Seiko Epson Corp     83,967  
    3,800     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     71,194  
    1,000     Shinsei Bank Ltd     15,704  
    2,700     Showa Denko KK     131,756  
    1,000     Showa Shell Sekiyu KK     12,839  
    900     Sony Financial Holdings Inc     16,591  
    45,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     277,455  
    1,900     Sumitomo Corp     33,330  
    700     Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd     11,042  
    1,100     Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd     42,852  
    250     Suzuken Co Ltd     10,178  
    900     T&D Holdings Inc     14,758  
    100     Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd     9,074  
    1,100     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     62,371  
    800     Tocalo Co Ltd     10,848  
    1,200     Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc     15,682  
    4,900     Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings Inc *     18,745  
    1,100     Tokyo Electron Ltd     214,943  
    2,700     Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp     19,865  
    2,000     Toppan Printing Co Ltd     17,086  
    100     Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd     2,421  
    4,600     Toyota Tsusho Corp     170,316  
    200     Trend Micro Inc     11,281  
    600     USS Co Ltd     12,315  
    3,100     Yamada Denki Co Ltd     19,565  
    1,000     Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc     12,071  
    100     Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (The)     2,456  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan          5,202,062  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 0.3%  
    60,400     AirAsia Berhad     67,428  
    16,800     Alliance Financial Group Berhad     17,594  
    3,300     AMMB Holdings Berhad     3,476  
    4,000     Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad     2,295  
    8,744     CIMB Group Holdings Berhad     15,994  
    4,000     Gamuda Berhad     5,059  
    55,800     Genting Berhad     125,628  
    3,800     Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad     18,461  
    20,000     IJM Corp Berhad     13,864  
 

 

8   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Malaysia — continued  
    32,375     IOI Properties Group Berhad     15,269  
    161,900     Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad     333,505  
    1,200     Petronas Dagangan Berhad     7,860  
    13,341     RHB Bank Berhad     18,295  
    12,300     RHB Capital Berhad (a)      
    7,800     UMW Holdings Berhad *     12,839  
    8,600     Westports Holdings Berhad     8,063  
    34,476     YTL Power International Berhad     9,937  
     

 

 

 
    Total Malaysia     675,567  
     

 

 

 
    Mexico — 1.0%  
    121,200     Alfa SAB de CV – Class A     143,828  
    291,864     America Movil SAB de CV – Series L     268,320  
    16,541     Arca Continental SAB de CV     114,932  
    7,700     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV – Series L     51,868  
    15,392     Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CV – Class B *     16,641  
    7,600     Grupo Carso SAB de CV – Series A1     26,637  
    1,165     Industrias Penoles SAB de CV     25,363  
    9,500     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV – Class A     17,266  
    1,900     OHL Mexico SAB de CV     3,374  
    656,800     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV     1,537,242  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico          2,205,471  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 0.3%  
    2,108     Aegon NV     14,635  
    300     AerCap Holdings NV *     14,883  
    502     Boskalis Westminster     18,893  
    30,501     ING Groep NV     535,231  
    1,421     Philips Lighting NV     56,293  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     639,935  
     

 

 

 
    New Zealand — 0.0%  
    3,835     Contact Energy Ltd     14,589  
    1,280     Fletcher Building Ltd     6,003  
    6,852     Meridian Energy Ltd     13,844  
     

 

 

 
    Total New Zealand     34,436  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 0.2%  
    9,528     DNB ASA     186,895  
    1,069     Gjensidige Forsikring ASA     19,506  
    2,174     Norsk Hydro ASA     14,607  
    1,557     Statoil ASA     35,440  
    6,069     Storebrand ASA     52,792  
    7,349     Subsea 7 SA     109,128  
    1,000     Telenor ASA     22,441  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     440,809  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 0.2%  
    1,300     Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR     20,215  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Peru — continued  
    1,500     Credicorp Ltd     324,675  
     

 

 

 
    Total Peru     344,890  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 0.1%  
    105,700     Alliance Global Group Inc *     30,102  
    2,280     Bank of the Philippine Islands     5,242  
    23,513     Energy Development Corp     2,512  
    555     Globe Telecom Inc     18,328  
    8,480     International Container Terminal Services Inc     17,876  
    16,780     JG Summit Holdings Inc     23,160  
    188,000     Megaworld Corp     17,482  
    59,800     Metro Pacific Investments Corp     6,462  
    820     PLDT Inc     23,887  
    27,300     Robinsons Land Corp     10,126  
    1,840     Security Bank Corp     8,690  
    710     SM Investments Corp     12,744  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     176,611  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.5%  
    510     Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA     12,506  
    12,948     Enea SA     38,120  
    53,187     Energa SA     160,930  
    747     Grupa Azoty SA     12,658  
    13,243     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     401,891  
    45,852     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA *     135,379  
    12,681     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     157,331  
    187,582     Tauron Polska Energia SA *     138,945  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland          1,057,760  
     

 

 

 
    Qatar — 0.0%  
    1,134     Barwa Real Estate Co     10,474  
    954     Masraf Al Rayan QSC     9,863  
    1,248     Ooredoo QPSC     29,720  
    299     Qatar Electricity & Water Co QSC     14,087  
     

 

 

 
    Total Qatar     64,144  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.1%  
    1,339,000     Inter RAO UES PJSC     87,692  
    472     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     31,276  
    1,286     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC GDR     33,430  
    2,826     Sistema PJSC FC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     12,119  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     164,517  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.0%  
    11,100     CapitaLand Commercial Trust (REIT)     14,415  
    800     City Developments Ltd     7,649  
    18,700     Golden Agri-Resources Ltd     5,062  
    27,900     Hutchison Port Holdings Trust – Class U     10,117  
    5,600     Singapore Press Holdings Ltd     10,941  
    12,900     Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust     19,156  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   9


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Singapore — continued  
    2,600     UOL Group Ltd     16,588  
    13,000     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd     14,670  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     98,598  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 2.5%  
    587     Anglo American Platinum Ltd *     18,161  
    1,224     AngloGold Ashanti Ltd     11,106  
    63,910     Barclays Africa Group Ltd     1,063,260  
    714     Barloworld Ltd     10,675  
    13,162     Bidvest Group Ltd (The)     249,245  
    1,169     Exxaro Resources Ltd     12,986  
    1,575     Hyprop Investments Ltd (REIT)     14,402  
    13,196     Imperial Holdings Ltd     276,519  
    1,270     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd     37,342  
    20,690     Liberty Holdings Ltd     235,448  
    135,693     MMI Holdings Ltd     248,532  
    4,000     Mondi Ltd     104,157  
    41,277     Nedbank Group Ltd     1,001,505  
    745     Pioneer Foods Group Ltd     8,266  
    18,173     Reunert Ltd     115,842  
    131,875     Standard Bank Group Ltd     2,418,375  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa          5,825,821  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 3.0%  
    1,933     BNK Financial Group Inc     19,931  
    497     CJ O Shopping Co Ltd     96,634  
    822     Daelim Industrial Co Ltd     56,276  
    773     DB Insurance Co Ltd     49,405  
    544     DGB Financial Group Inc     6,210  
    203     Dongsuh Cos Inc     5,216  
    798     Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd *     11,002  
    1,419     E-MART Inc     398,904  
    88     GS Holdings Corp     5,352  
    9,215     Hana Financial Group Inc     417,495  
    5,377     Hankook Tire Co Ltd     293,657  
    4,163     Hanwha Corp     169,985  
    41,409     Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd     256,025  
    312     Hanwha Techwin Co Ltd *     8,384  
    38     Hyundai Construction Equipment Co Ltd *     5,953  
    40     Hyundai Electric & Energy System Co Ltd *     3,330  
    4,115     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co Ltd     156,682  
    3,194     Hyundai Motor Co     475,464  
    273     Hyundai Wia Corp     14,688  
    39,093     Industrial Bank of Korea     618,480  
    4,678     KB Financial Group Inc     276,032  
    31     KCC Corp     10,362  
    11,203     Kia Motors Corp     355,705  
    173     Korea Investment Holdings Co Ltd     12,483  
    87     KT Corp     2,239  
    1,031     KT&G Corp     95,078  
    142     Kumho Petrochemical Co Ltd     11,803  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    South Korea — continued  
    2,257     Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     21,079  
    185     LG Chem Ltd     65,328  
    4,185     LG Corp     333,540  
    458     Lotte Chemical Corp     192,668  
    3     Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co Ltd     4,310  
    3,755     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     242,868  
    474     NH Investment & Securities Co Ltd     6,215  
    458     Posco Daewoo Corp     8,521  
    243     Samsung Card Co Ltd     8,160  
    370     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     804,036  
    1,424     Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd *     11,183  
    18,832     Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd     818,469  
    629     SK Holdings Co Ltd     165,122  
    472     SK Innovation Co Ltd     88,857  
    1,433     SK Networks Co Ltd     7,927  
    314     SK Telecom Co Ltd     69,307  
    6,100     SK Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     148,535  
    3,671     Woori Bank     56,026  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea          6,884,926  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 0.2%  
    18,635     Banco Santander SA     127,735  
    3,554     CaixaBank SA     17,255  
    7,072     Mapfre SA     23,730  
    10,909     Repsol SA     193,825  
    584     Zardoya Otis SA     6,151  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     368,696  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 0.4%  
    7,033     Alfa Laval AB     168,942  
    1,695     Electrolux AB – Series B     55,647  
    431     ICA Gruppen AB     15,376  
    620     Kinnevik AB – Class B     22,628  
    465     Nordea Bank AB     5,277  
    12,366     Sandvik AB     228,925  
    616     SKF AB – B Shares     12,875  
    522     Swedbank AB – A Shares     13,102  
    16,473     Volvo AB – B Shares     309,724  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     832,496  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 1.6%  
    472     Aryzta AG *     11,764  
    23,245     Nestle SA (Registered)     1,846,839  
    10,079     Novartis AG (Registered)     840,808  
    92     Pargesa Holding SA     8,122  
    3,003     Roche Holding AG     693,633  
    21     Swatch Group AG (The)     8,851  
    615     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     222,090  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     3,632,107  
     

 

 

 
 

 

10   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — 5.1%  
    38,000     Asia Pacific Telecom Co Ltd *     12,243  
    80,000     Asia Vital Components Co Ltd     79,860  
    46,000     Asustek Computer Inc     434,536  
    2,000     Casetek Holdings Ltd     6,497  
    21,000     Catcher Technology Co Ltd     249,169  
    86,000     Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd     157,396  
    8,520     Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd     4,868  
    44,000     China Airlines Ltd *     17,159  
    15,826     China Life Insurance Co Ltd     15,742  
    41,000     China Synthetic Rubber Corp     68,844  
    54,000     Elan Microelectronics Corp     82,594  
    35,277     Eva Airways Corp     18,005  
    15,000     Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan Ltd *     7,818  
    4,000     Far Eastern New Century Corp     3,508  
    23,190     First Financial Holding Co Ltd     15,754  
    121,000     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp     443,335  
    4,000     Formosa Petrochemical Corp     15,766  
    149,000     Formosa Plastics Corp     521,880  
    13,000     Formosa Taffeta Co Ltd     14,099  
    161,000     Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd     283,363  
    45,000     Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd     105,133  
    269,000     Grand Pacific Petrochemical     264,925  
    32,000     Holtek Semiconductor Inc     87,099  
    766,525     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd          2,258,654  
    6,000     HTC Corp *     12,475  
    6,432     Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co Ltd – Class C     3,765  
    104,000     Inventec Corp     81,908  
    74,000     Lite-On Semiconductor Corp     99,197  
    4,000     Long Chen Paper Co Ltd     4,944  
    27,000     Lotes Co Ltd     181,626  
    4,000     MediaTek Inc     40,175  
    15,000     Mega Financial Holding Co Ltd     12,716  
    2,000     Merida Industry Co Ltd     8,701  
    138,000     Mitac Holdings Corp     152,074  
    303,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp     826,998  
    51,000     Novatek Microelectronics Corp     219,618  
    1,000     OBI Pharma Inc *     5,798  
    173,000     Pegatron Corp     434,947  
    42,000     Phison Electronics Corp     405,811  
    245,000     Pou Chen Corp     305,302  
    24,000     Primax Electronics Ltd     60,628  
    31,000     Quanta Computer Inc     62,835  
    177,000     Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp     491,187  
    16,800     Ruentex Development Co Ltd *     18,244  
    10,000     Ruentex Industries Ltd *     17,417  
    24,000     Shin Kong Financial Holding Co Ltd     9,764  
    2,000     Siliconware Precision Industries Co Ltd     3,479  
    7,000     Simplo Technology Co Ltd     43,887  
    12,989     SinoPac Financial Holdings Co Ltd     4,475  
    72,350     Synnex Technology International Corp     94,601  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — continued  
    33,063     Taiwan Business Bank     9,749  
    12,000     Taiwan Fertilizer Co Ltd     15,883  
    8,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd     19,195  
    57,331     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     2,485,299  
    3,000     Transcend Information Inc     8,639  
    80,000     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     187,304  
    301,000     United Microelectronics Corp     144,318  
    175,503     Wistron Corp     144,507  
    7,000     WPG Holdings Ltd     8,915  
    2,000     Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd     4,279  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan        11,798,907  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.6%  
    55,800     Bangchak Corp PCL     71,694  
    9,200     Banpu Pcl (Foreign Registered)     6,850  
    6,900     BEC World Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,213  
    32,700     BTS Group Holdings Pcl (Foreign Registered)     8,481  
    2,800     Glow Energy Pcl (Foreign Registered)     7,534  
    220,900     Indorama Ventures Pcl (Foreign Registered)     378,264  
    53,900     IRPC Pcl (Foreign Registered)     13,963  
    21,000     Krung Thai Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     13,521  
    6,000     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl (Foreign Registered)     21,854  
    170,600     PTT Global Chemical Pcl (Foreign Registered)     536,236  
    16,500     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     295,994  
    4,600     Thai Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     15,040  
    50,300     TMB Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     4,794  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     1,376,438  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 1.2%  
    113,295     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     336,978  
    130,445     KOC Holding AS     616,720  
    1,778     TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS     10,805  
    9,008     Turk Telekomunikasyon AS *     15,389  
    144,759     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS     444,776  
    355,802     Turkiye Is Bankasi – Class C     706,099  
    54,836     Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS     68,589  
    268,727     Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO – Class D     516,839  
    902     Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS     5,333  
    14,969     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS *     18,652  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     2,740,180  
     

 

 

 
    United Arab Emirates — 0.0%  
    7,875     Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC     15,631  
    40,288     DAMAC Properties Dubai Co PJSC     32,844  
    32,700     Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC     53,806  
    4,957     Emaar Malls PJSC     2,862  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Arab Emirates     105,143  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   11


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    United Kingdom — 3.6%  
    17,494     3i Group Plc     225,026  
    5,386     888 Holdings Plc     21,140  
    734     Antofagasta Plc     8,726  
    700     AstraZeneca Plc Sponsored ADR     23,233  
    3,236     AstraZeneca Plc     211,803  
    2,982     Aviva Plc     20,657  
    1,356     Babcock International Group Plc     12,106  
    2,068     Barratt Developments Plc     15,283  
    152     BHP Billiton Plc     3,086  
    12,658     BP Plc     82,274  
    20,261     British American Tobacco Plc     1,195,854  
    8,101     Chemring Group Plc     21,252  
    9,151     Cobham Plc *     14,206  
    3,080     Direct Line Insurance Group Plc     16,198  
    852     easyJet Plc     19,562  
    4,185     Electrocomponents Plc     36,116  
    962     Fenner Plc     6,280  
    12,309     Ferrexpo Plc     52,609  
    654     Galliford Try Plc     8,218  
    3,000     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     108,930  
    1,026     Hammerson Plc (REIT)     6,289  
    57,977     HSBC Holdings Plc     570,162  
    494     Inmarsat Plc     3,176  
    5,037     Intu Properties Plc (REIT)     13,967  
    1,662     Investec Plc     14,489  
    1,346     Investec Plc     11,675  
    2,400     Land Securities Group Plc (REIT)     30,498  
    72,600     Legal & General Group Plc     261,537  
    546,089     Lloyds Banking Group Plc     515,962  
    1,544     Meggitt Plc     9,569  
    614     Mondi Plc     15,972  
    2,990     Northgate Plc     13,459  
    7,673     Persimmon Plc     274,298  
    5,520     QinetiQ Group Plc     15,522  
    19,488     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     1,546,887  
    6,672     Royal Dutch Shell Plc A Shares (London)     210,709  
    3,765     Royal Dutch Shell Plc B Shares (London)     119,423  
    439     Severn Trent Plc     10,281  
    143     Spectris Plc     5,344  
    292     Travis Perkins Plc     5,153  
    1,680     UBM Plc     21,179  
    49,415     Unilever Plc          2,540,827  
    1,767     Vedanta Resources Plc     17,752  
    1,032     Vesuvius Plc     8,341  
    1,296     WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc     4,020  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     8,349,050  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 44.8%  
    4,011     3M Co.     944,631  
    39,071     Abbott Laboratories     2,357,153  
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    23,500     Accenture Plc – Class A     3,783,735  
    1,328     Alphabet, Inc. – Class A *     1,466,006  
    6,200     Alphabet, Inc. – Class C *     6,849,326  
    30,829     American Express Co.     3,006,136  
    7,800     Amphenol Corp. – Class A     712,842  
    5,659     Analog Devices, Inc.     510,159  
    8,069     Anthem, Inc.     1,899,281  
    40,600     Apple, Inc.     7,231,672  
    5,279     Becton Dickinson and Co.     1,172,044  
    75,051     Cisco Systems, Inc.     3,360,784  
    36,867     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     1,593,392  
    38,966     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A     3,195,991  
    14,314     Costco Wholesale Corp.     2,732,543  
    10,300     CVS Health Corp.     697,619  
    7,700     Eli Lilly & Co.     593,054  
    14,841     Emerson Electric Co.     1,054,601  
    7,700     Honeywell International, Inc.     1,163,547  
    4,754     Humana, Inc.     1,292,232  
    42,500     Johnson & Johnson     5,519,900  
    9,963     Mastercard, Inc. – Class A     1,751,097  
    40,167     Medtronic Plc     3,208,942  
    89,351     Microsoft Corp.     8,378,443  
    11,221     Monsanto Co.     1,384,335  
    145,682     Oracle Corp.     7,381,707  
    4,366     PepsiCo, Inc.     479,081  
    27,800     Pfizer, Inc.     1,009,418  
    26,984     Philip Morris International, Inc.     2,794,193  
    49,209     QUALCOMM, Inc.     3,198,585  
    16,494     Schlumberger Ltd.     1,082,666  
    9,926     Stryker Corp.     1,609,600  
    20,300     Teradata Corp. *     747,446  
    18,181     Texas Instruments, Inc.     1,969,911  
    32,116     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     2,655,351  
    24,792     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     5,606,959  
    16,889     United Technologies Corp.     2,275,624  
    52,753     US Bancorp     2,867,653  
    11,112     VF Corp.     828,622  
    48,228     Wells Fargo & Co.     2,816,997  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States       103,183,278  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $161,273,922)
    196,054,979  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (b) — 1.5%  
    Brazil — 1.0%  
    47,608     Banco Bradesco SA     568,469  
    12,100     Braskem SA – Class A     173,065  
    8,300     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA – Class B     71,320  
    4,800     Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao     101,251  
    17,640     Itau Unibanco Holding SA     273,708  
    26,300     Itau Unibanco Holding SA Sponsored ADR     409,491  
 

 

12   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    Brazil — continued  
    145,104     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA     586,333  
    49,000     Metalurgica Gerdau SA     118,920  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     2,302,557  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.0%  
    37,891     Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA     16,397  
    1,758     Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA     21,805  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     38,202  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 0.1%  
    136     Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA     13,912  
    1,131     Volkswagen AG     220,023  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     233,935  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.0%  
    27,445     Surgutneftegas OJSC     14,318  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 0.4%  
    1,338     Hyundai Motor Co     110,529  
    1,708     Hyundai Motor Co 2nd Preference     153,277  
    127     LG Chem Ltd     25,084  
    254     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     466,596  
    148     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd GDR (Registered)     134,273  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     889,759  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $2,471,970)
    3,478,771  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.0%  
    Brazil — 0.0%  
    3,410     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA Rights, Expires 4/05/18 * (a)     5,671  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $0)
    5,671  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 6.0%  
    United States — 6.0%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 6.0%  
    554,604     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund        13,848,473  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $13,849,266)
    13,848,473  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.4%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.2%  
    533,644     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (c)     533,644  
     

 

 

 
     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — 5.2%  
    3,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.58%, due 05/17/18 (d) (e)     2,989,886  
    3,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.64%, due 05/31/18 (d) (e)     3,485,601  
    1,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.77%, due 07/19/18 (d) (e)     1,489,806  
    4,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.78%, due 07/26/18 (d) (e)     3,971,376  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     11,936,669  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $12,476,310)
    12,470,313  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.1%
(Cost $190,071,468)
    225,858,207  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 1.9%     4,473,190  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $230,331,397  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
03/13/2018   GS     AUD       919,581       USD       691,773     $ (22,470
03/12/2018   JPM     CHF       660,889       USD       671,345       (29,019
03/20/2018   JPM     EUR       5,982,642       USD       7,480,959       172,338  
03/20/2018   MSCI     GBP       2,153,184       USD       3,033,632       66,988  
03/16/2018   GS     JPY       546,625,877       USD       5,105,537       (22,465
03/12/2018   BOA     NOK       2,917,200       USD       353,630       (15,875
03/12/2018   DB     SEK       7,485,600       USD       892,203       (11,693
           

 

 

 
            $ 137,804  
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

   Type    Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
     Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Sales            
1,503    S&P 500 E-Mini    March 2018    $ 203,987,160      $ (5,317,837
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
     Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   13


GMO Alpha Only Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(b) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(d) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(e) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

14   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any securities index or securities benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) is included for comparative purposes only.

Class III shares of GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund returned +10.28% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +2.11% for the CPI.

The Fund’s exposure to equities, particularly in emerging markets, was the primary driver of the strong performance. The Fund’s exposure to alternative strategies also contributed as all of the strategies enjoyed positive performance, with Special Opportunities being particularly strong. Fixed income strategies were mildly additive to performance, with the high yield / distressed debt portfolio having the largest positive impact, although the exposure to TIPS had a small negative return for the period. The cash and short duration bond holdings had a marginal positive impact on performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

16


GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund Class III Shares, the Consumer Price Index, MSCI ACWI and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes: 1-10 Year Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .20% on the purchase and .20% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

Prior to January 1, 2012, the Fund served as a principal component of a broader GMO real return strategy that also included a pooled investment vehicle with a cash-like benchmark. The returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2012 are for Class III shares of the Fund under the Fund’s prior fee arrangement. Under the Fund’s current fee arrangement, the returns for periods prior to January 1, 2012 would have been lower.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

17


GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    50.1

Debt Obligations

    35.4  

Short-Term Investments

    13.2  

Preferred Stocks

    1.2  

Mutual Funds

    0.6  

Swap Contracts

    0.1  

Investment Funds

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Loan Participations

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Exchange-Traded Funds

    (0.0 )^ 

Written/Credit Linked Options

    (0.1

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.1

Securities Sold Short

    (1.6

Other

    1.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Debt Obligations as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    13.3

Other Emerging

    2.0 † 

Euro Region

    0.0 ^± 

Other Developed

    (0.6 )‡ 

Japan

    (1.2

United Kingdom

    (6.5
 

 

 

 
    7.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Equity Investments as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    11.8

China

    5.5  

Taiwan

    4.8  

Other Developed

    4.7 ‡ 

South Korea

    3.5  

Japan

    2.8  

United Kingdom

    2.2  

Russia

    1.9  

Thailand

    1.9  

Germany

    1.9  

Other Emerging

    1.8 † 

South Africa

    1.7  

India

    1.6  

France

    1.3  

Brazil

    1.2  

Netherlands

    1.1  

Turkey

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    50.7 % 
 

 

 

 
& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The tables are not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the tables may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

± “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

18


GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 99.9%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 99.9%  
    11,842,598     GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     338,343,014  
    778,780,409     GMO Implementation Fund     10,973,015,970  
    20,535,481     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     542,342,069  
    31,969,116     GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI     1,015,978,511  
    26,478,015     GMO Special Opportunities Fund, Class VI     669,099,430  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $12,615,693,767)
    13,538,778,994  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.1%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    6,838,048     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.32% (a)     6,838,048  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $6,838,048)     6,838,048  
     

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%

(Cost $12,622,531,815)

    13,545,617,042  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (5,437,090
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $13,540,179,952  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   19


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) is included for comparative purposes only.

GMO Benchmark-Free Fund returned +13.59% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +2.11% for the CPI.

The Fund’s exposure to equities, particularly in emerging markets, was the primary driver of the strong performance. The Fund’s exposure to alternative strategies also contributed as both SGM and Special Opportunities enjoyed positive performance, with Special Opportunities being particularly strong. Fixed income strategies were mildly additive to performance, although the exposure to TIPS had a small negative return for the period. The cash and short duration bond holdings had a marginal positive impact on performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

20


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Benchmark-Free Fund Class III Shares, the Consumer Price Index, MSCI ACWI and

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes: 1-10 Year Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .25% on the purchase and .25% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

21


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    54.7

Debt Obligations

    32.8  

Short-Term Investments

    11.5  

Preferred Stocks

    1.7  

Investment Funds

    0.2  

Swap Contracts

    0.1  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Loan Participations

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Written/Credit Linked Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Securities Sold Short

    (0.3

Other

    (0.7
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤  

Debt Obligations as a

% of Total Net Assets

 

United States

    15.2

Other Emerging

    2.3 † 

Euro Region

    0.0 ^# 

Other Developed

    (0.7 )‡ 
 

 

 

 
    16.8 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤  

Equity Investments as a

% of Total Net Assets

 

United States

    9.9

China

    7.6  

Other Developed

    6.2 ‡ 

Taiwan

    5.5  

South Korea

    3.8  

Japan

    3.7  

United Kingdom

    2.7  

Other Emerging

    2.3 † 

India

    2.2  

Germany

    2.2  

Russia

    2.1  

Thailand

    2.1  

South Africa

    2.0  

Brazil

    1.8  

France

    1.6  
 

 

 

 
    55.7 % 
 

 

 

 
& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through the use of certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The tables are not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the tables may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

# “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

22


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 37.5%  
    Australia — 0.5%  
    15,166     Adelaide Brighton Ltd     77,020  
    1,434     ASX Ltd     64,517  
    134,693     Caltex Australia Ltd     3,651,145  
    83,953     Charter Hall Group (REIT)     379,065  
    14,205     CIMIC Group Ltd     512,376  
    40,010     Codan Ltd     74,896  
    112,161     Costa Group Holdings Ltd     630,575  
    41,522     Credit Corp Group Ltd     676,606  
    385,581     CSR Ltd     1,534,163  
    735,327     Downer EDI Ltd     3,922,482  
    253,594     Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd     493,208  
    177,322     Goodman Group (REIT)     1,121,272  
    9,446     Macquarie Group Ltd     752,599  
    379,812     Metcash Ltd     949,790  
    186,433     Mineral Resources Ltd     2,716,854  
    50,306     Myer Holdings Ltd     17,521  
    3,444     Navitas Ltd     12,819  
    224,830     OZ Minerals Ltd     1,663,526  
    169,874     Pact Group Holdings Ltd     734,493  
    27,413     Resolute Mining Ltd     23,577  
    58,493     Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group (REIT)     101,285  
    75,159     Sigma Healthcare Ltd     51,792  
    3,762     Virtus Health Ltd     16,753  
    49,237     WorleyParsons Ltd     578,298  
    34,707     WPP AUNZ Ltd     26,906  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     20,783,538  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 0.2%  
    7,647     Oesterreichische Post AG     368,181  
    94,528     OMV AG     5,374,697  
    4,441     POLYTEC Holding AG     94,720  
    44,429     voestalpine AG     2,563,027  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     8,400,625  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.0%  
    17,705     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     86,823  
    2,692     Barco NV     328,491  
    6,404     D’ieteren SA/NV     275,418  
    420     Orange Belgium SA     7,776  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     698,508  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 0.7%  
    111,500     AES Tiete Energia SA     389,764  
    47,500     Banco BTG Pactual SA     337,060  
    200,000     Banco do Brasil SA     2,574,764  
    166,700     Banco Santander Brasil SA     1,887,819  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Brazil — continued  
    561,800     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA *     4,285,868  
    334,600     Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo     3,879,913  
    11,500     EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA     35,595  
    21,800     EDP – Energias do Brasil SA     89,297  
    21,400     Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA     115,341  
    48,700     Engie Brasil Energia SA     587,208  
    124,500     Estacio Participacoes SA     1,299,871  
    82,000     Grendene SA     717,491  
    1,326,700     JBS SA     4,049,277  
    42,800     LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA *     71,050  
    8,900     Multiplus SA     94,375  
    224,600     Oi SA *     279,462  
    26,500     Qualicorp SA     234,647  
    215,700     Rumo SA *     946,000  
    15,900     Tim Participacoes SA ADR     338,352  
    23,000     Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA     145,215  
    619,935     Vale SA     8,601,457  
    106,400     Via Varejo SA     897,563  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     31,857,389  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 0.8%  
    28,600     AGF Management Ltd – Class B     153,342  
    102,100     Air Canada *     2,153,075  
    61,000     Bank of Nova Scotia (The)     3,779,224  
    42,700     Baytex Energy Corp *     108,885  
    26,637     BRP Inc Sub Voting     933,914  
    8,100     Canfor Corp *     191,390  
    33,800     Cascades Inc     418,549  
    7,400     Celestica Inc *     80,512  
    2,600     Celestica Inc *     28,306  
    30,300     CI Financial Corp     673,911  
    700     Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust     7,561  
    2,700     Corus Entertainment Inc – B Shares     16,917  
    5,040     Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust     36,842  
    22,300     Empire Co Ltd – Class A     412,911  
    10,300     IAMGOLD Corp *     54,181  
    1,800     IGM Financial Inc     54,973  
    11,800     Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc     500,157  
    45,100     Just Energy Group Inc     217,557  
    17,300     Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp     339,340  
    900     Laurentian Bank of Canada     35,637  
    23,000     Magna International Inc     1,265,430  
    21,100     Medical Facilities Corp     248,951  
    145,000     Metro Inc     4,574,190  
    17,000     North West Co Inc (The)     363,131  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   23


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Canada — continued  
    13,600     Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (REIT)     85,000  
    37,800     Rogers Sugar Inc     182,343  
    154,400     Royal Bank of Canada     12,163,572  
    36,500     Russel Metals Inc     838,260  
    10,100     Toromont Industries Ltd     453,445  
    71,400     Transcontinental Inc – Class A     1,343,758  
    14,200     Valener Inc     227,076  
    11,200     Wajax Corp     196,559  
    47,200     West Fraser Timber Co Ltd     3,287,668  
    6,530     WestJet Airlines Ltd     131,546  
    2,900     Westshore Terminals Investment Corp     56,364  
    26,000     ZCL Composites Inc     222,475  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     35,836,952  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.0%  
    536,531     Enel Chile SA     66,388  
    3,516     Inversiones La Construccion SA     70,536  
     

 

 

 
    Total Chile     136,924  
     

 

 

 
    China — 5.1%  
    88,000     361 Degrees International Ltd     32,065  
    1,648,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd     2,810,348  
    34,198,000     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     18,790,105  
    7,800     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Sponsored ADR *     1,451,892  
    944,000     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     5,015,506  
    36,000     Anhui Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     28,197  
    1,452,500     BAIC Motor Corp Ltd – Class H     1,827,406  
    11,096,000     Bank of China Ltd – Class H     5,967,113  
    4,550,000     Bank of Communications Co Ltd – Class H     3,617,275  
    44,000     Baoye Group Co Ltd – Class H *     28,491  
    82,000     Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd – Class H     120,950  
    14,075     Changyou.com Ltd ADR *     398,322  
    60,000     Chaowei Power Holdings Ltd     36,753  
    1,484,000     China BlueChemical Ltd – Class H     445,359  
    2,730,000     China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd – Class H     1,974,122  
    6,432,000     China Communications Services Corp Ltd – Class H     3,802,334  
    3,544,000     China Construction Bank Corp – Class H     3,633,707  
    1,081,000     China Everbright Bank Co Ltd – Class H     553,211  
    2,154,000     China Greenfresh Group Co Ltd     365,456  
    2,136,000     China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd – Class H     963,944  
    60,000     China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd     36,272  
    2,688,000     China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd     1,762,634  
    2,850,000     China Machinery Engineering Corp – Class H     1,719,149  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    China — continued  
    302,500     China Mobile Ltd     2,817,191  
    8,292,000     China National Building Material Co Ltd – Class H     8,135,360  
    3,274,000     China National Materials Co Ltd – Class H     2,718,959  
    16,000     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd     55,593  
    12,900     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp ADR     1,020,390  
    20,392,000     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp – Class H     16,184,534  
    7,991,000     China Railway Construction Corp Ltd – Class H     8,551,711  
    1,327,000     China Railway Group Ltd – Class H     958,966  
    10,000     China Resources Land Ltd     35,328  
    1,970,000     China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd – Class H     5,575,693  
    31,006,000     China Telecom Corp Ltd – Class H     13,519,074  
    168,600     China Vanke Co Ltd – Class H     748,035  
    18,300     China Yuchai International Ltd     410,103  
    1,630,000     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd – Class H     1,312,674  
    447,000     Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd     793,860  
    10,464,000     Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd – Class H     13,149,730  
    138,000     Guangdong Investment Ltd     210,403  
    214,000     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd – Class H     578,732  
    3,417,600     Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd – Class H     7,936,461  
    2,133,000     Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd *     7,265,986  
    176,000     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     539,146  
    1,544,000     Harbin Electric Co Ltd – Class H     623,432  
    513,000     Hi Sun Technology China Ltd *     105,919  
    774,000     Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co Ltd – Class H     946,980  
    379,000     Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd     725,902  
    3,542,000     Huabao International Holdings Ltd     2,655,717  
    59,000     IGG Inc     74,396  
    3,255,000     Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd – Class H     2,775,016  
    306,000     Jiangnan Group Ltd     19,430  
    1,082,000     Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     1,675,598  
    12,893     Jumei International Holding Ltd ADR *     36,745  
    1,303,000     Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd     6,548,357  
    1,562,000     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd     2,713,240  
    837,000     Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd     945,732  
    107,100     Legend Holdings Corp – Class H     365,237  
    213,900     Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc – Class H     1,590,101  
    600,000     Longfor Properties Co Ltd     1,722,816  
    7,480,000     Lonking Holdings Ltd     3,097,938  
    200     NetEase Inc ADR     58,670  
    576,000     Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd *     1,271,433  
    514,000     Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd     914,579  
 

 

24   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    China — continued  
    23,000     PAX Global Technology Ltd     11,405  
    642,000     PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd – Class H     1,259,203  
    1,659,000     Postal Savings Bank of China Co Ltd – Class H     1,018,262  
    1,235,000     Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd     615,694  
    102,000     Qingling Motors Co Ltd – Class H     32,699  
    278,000     Road King Infrastructure Ltd     503,177  
    1,048,000     Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd – Class H     714,613  
    769,000     Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd     2,140,503  
    1,457,100     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd – Class H     3,646,755  
    88,000     Shenzhen Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     88,499  
    2,314,500     Shimao Property Holdings Ltd     5,703,571  
    79,500     SINA Corp *     9,295,935  
    690,000     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd     1,292,858  
    1,649,500     Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd     1,162,062  
    959,500     Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd – Class H     929,822  
    12,000     Sinotrans Ltd – Class H     6,645  
    1,807,500     Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd     2,292,696  
    4,000     SOHO China Ltd     2,289  
    127,000     Spring Real Estate Investment Trust     53,831  
    40,400     Tencent Holdings Ltd     2,210,224  
    267,500     Texhong Textile Group Ltd     348,548  
    706,000     Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd *     102,374  
    42,000     Tianneng Power International Ltd     41,506  
    2,283,000     TravelSky Technology Ltd – Class H     7,217,921  
    8,000     Truly International Holdings Ltd     2,651  
    895,000     Want Want China Holdings Ltd     751,405  
    3,495,000     Weichai Power Co Ltd – Class H     3,896,213  
    733,000     Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co Ltd – Class H     562,843  
    1,809,500     Xtep International Holdings Ltd     800,156  
    496,000     Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd     371,702  
    6,832,000     Yuzhou Properties Co Ltd     4,175,383  
    1,976,000     Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     2,148,329  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     230,165,552  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.1%  
    144,314     Almacenes Exito SA     845,106  
    239,100     Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR     4,186,641  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     5,031,747  
     

 

 

 
    Cyprus — 0.0%  
    2,277     TCS Group Holding Plc GDR     52,414  
     

 

 

 
    Czech Republic — 0.0%  
    23,799     CEZ AS     575,731  
    42,490     Moneta Money Bank AS     171,419  
    558     Philip Morris CR AS     452,874  
     

 

 

 
    Total Czech Republic     1,200,024  
     

 

 

 
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Denmark — 0.1%  
    12     AP Moeller – Maersk A/S – Class B     19,492  
    1,010     Dfds A/S     55,623  
    37,000     Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR     1,904,760  
    4,494     Schouw & Co AB     468,498  
     

 

 

 
    Total Denmark     2,448,373  
     

 

 

 
    Egypt — 0.0%  
    43,450     Alexandria Mineral Oils Co     22,090  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 0.1%  
    9,043     Cramo Oyj     211,562  
    1,330     Kesko Oyj – B Shares     77,390  
    102,498     UPM-Kymmene Oyj     3,506,847  
     

 

 

 
    Total Finland     3,795,799  
     

 

 

 
    France — 1.6%  
    266,881     Air France-KLM *     3,149,361  
    8,227     Alten SA     790,930  
    15,434     Amundi SA     1,258,120  
    481,425     AXA SA     15,077,775  
    119,723     BNP Paribas SA     9,466,557  
    176     Capgemini SE     21,938  
    3,879     Casino Guichard Perrachon SA     210,126  
    15,922     Christian Dior SE     5,913,728  
    103,139     CNP Assurances     2,499,421  
    257,744     Credit Agricole SA     4,416,494  
    11,982     Derichebourg SA     107,422  
    9,969     IPSOS     382,090  
    2,872     Jacquet Metal Service     103,972  
    8,238     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     2,463,962  
    3,147     MGI Coutier     120,495  
    2,513     Neopost SA     73,025  
    7,417     Rallye SA     135,684  
    17,428     Sanofi     1,375,938  
    62,526     SCOR SE     2,650,887  
    172,360     Societe Generale SA     9,793,430  
    287,000     STMicroelectronics NV – NY Shares     6,543,600  
    218,501     STMicroelectronics NV     4,969,211  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     71,524,166  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 1.8%  
    73,541     Allianz SE (Registered)     17,082,929  
    50,315     BASF SE     5,256,385  
    9,627     Bayer AG (Registered)     1,123,433  
    133,506     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     14,026,794  
    4,253     Cewe Stiftung & Co KGAA     433,609  
    19,670     Covestro AG     2,218,979  
    209,361     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     17,876,633  
    371,602     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     12,407,817  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   25


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Germany — continued  
    161     Duerr AG     19,691  
    1,010     Isra Vision AG     244,787  
    2,694     Koenig & Bauer AG     236,405  
    5,272     Leoni AG     358,510  
    223,009     RWE AG *     4,432,589  
    28,317     SAP AG     2,955,145  
    9,573     Software AG     502,531  
    5,859     STADA Arzneimittel AG     611,388  
    24,767     Talanx AG     1,094,779  
    9,434     Volkswagen AG     1,874,068  
    2,422     Washtec AG     200,501  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     82,956,973  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 0.0%  
    142,457     Alpha Bank AE *     338,230  
    333,287     Eurobank Ergasias SA *     334,384  
    12,055     FF Group *     256,522  
    31,012     Mytilineos Holdings SA *     364,493  
    865,949     National Bank of Greece SA *     317,720  
    75,408     Piraeus Bank SA *     329,268  
     

 

 

 
    Total Greece     1,940,617  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 0.8%  
    1,186,900     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     5,964,747  
    833,400     Champion (REIT)     591,773  
    41,700     Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd     92,677  
    4,000     Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd     25,898  
    308,000     Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust     366,210  
    40,000     HKT Trust & HKT Ltd – Class SS     50,956  
    147,100     Hysan Development Co Ltd     850,124  
    831,638     I-CABLE Communications Ltd *     20,816  
    169,800     Kerry Properties Ltd     767,539  
    374,400     Link (REIT)     3,182,771  
    71,800     Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd     247,245  
    162,000     Man Wah Holdings Ltd     148,866  
    10,000     Minth Group Ltd     58,684  
    29,700     New World Development Co Ltd     44,918  
    60,000     Shenzhen Investment Ltd     24,883  
    2,402,900     SJM Holdings Ltd     2,288,880  
    14,300     SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd     15,537  
    566,000     SSY Group Ltd.     427,944  
    2,000     Swire Pacific Ltd – Class A     20,104  
    1,400     Television Broadcasts Ltd     4,612  
    7,017,500     WH Group Ltd     8,642,785  
    750,100     Wharf Holdings Ltd (The)     2,786,854  
    750,100     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     5,099,135  
    365,500     Wheelock & Co Ltd     2,649,459  
    55,425     Xinyi Automobile Glass Hong Kong Enterprises Ltd *     15,065  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Hong Kong — continued  
    63,400     Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd     98,008  
    164,900     Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd     704,799  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     35,191,289  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.1%  
    733,294     Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Plc     1,293,732  
    95,834     Richter Gedeon Nyrt     2,108,948  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hungary     3,402,680  
     

 

 

 
    India — 1.7%  
    510,282     Andhra Bank *     356,819  
    118,116     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd     1,106,856  
    14,333     Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd     50,519  
    1,002,244     Bharat Electronics Ltd     2,359,021  
    70,904     Cadila Healthcare Ltd     437,504  
    245,039     Canara Bank     1,111,965  
    122,894     Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd     315,788  
    55,041     Claris Lifesciences Ltd     330,337  
    2,766     Coal India Ltd     13,134  
    12,475     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd     195,765  
    172,521     Firstsource Solutions Ltd *     135,090  
    58,094     Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd     99,217  
    675,908     HCL Technologies Ltd     9,748,613  
    30,965     Hero MotoCorp Ltd     1,698,878  
    390,379     Hexaware Technologies Ltd     2,060,461  
    319,690     Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd     1,859,081  
    54,456     Hindustan Unilever Ltd     1,096,029  
    3,854     Hindustan Zinc Ltd     19,126  
    949,209     IFCI Ltd *     327,372  
    131,083     Indian Bank     664,299  
    510,545     Indian Oil Corp Ltd     2,946,826  
    52,257     Infosys Ltd     930,999  
    128,948     Jaypee Infratech Ltd *     24,711  
    525,920     Karnataka Bank Ltd (The)     1,076,472  
    82,528     Maruti Suzuki India Ltd     11,161,644  
    3,290     Merck Ltd     78,662  
    6,880     MOIL Ltd     23,726  
    32,012     Mphasis Ltd     421,582  
    156,365     NIIT Technologies Ltd     1,991,261  
    869,526     NMDC Ltd     1,711,362  
    1,514,258     Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd     4,318,024  
    669     Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd     40,716  
    9,941     Piramal Enterprises Ltd     392,092  
    432     Piramal Enterprises Ltd *     17,095  
    3,070,823     Power Finance Corp Ltd     4,917,123  
    859,667     PTC India Ltd     1,344,049  
    195,449     Reliance Capital Ltd     1,400,758  
    3,418,367     Rural Electrification Corp Ltd     7,518,681  
    159,138     Sonata Software Ltd     773,506  
 

 

26   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    India — continued  
    337,888     Syndicate Bank *     311,768  
    17,906     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd     830,893  
    658,403     Tata Steel Ltd     6,754,486  
    2,789     Tech Mahindra Ltd     26,186  
    44,755     Uflex Ltd     252,476  
    797,285     Wipro Ltd     3,565,250  
    7,700     Wipro Ltd ADR     42,427  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     76,858,649  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 0.1%  
    262,100     Adaro Energy Tbk PT     44,561  
    50,700     Astra International Tbk PT     29,655  
    119,900     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT     201,787  
    422,900     Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT     254,392  
    166,000     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     117,224  
    868,800     Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk PT     46,672  
    1,627,000     Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     447,954  
    107,800     Bukit Asam Persero Tbk PT     24,769  
    618,300     Harum Energy Tbk PT *     152,279  
    913,600     Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT     2,042,305  
    39,500     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT     21,726  
    29,100     Matahari Department Store Tbk PT     22,416  
    6,154,600     Panin Financial Tbk PT *     122,964  
    866,600     Ramayana Lestari Sentosa Tbk PT     73,904  
    1,124,000     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     325,490  
    3,300     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT Sponsored ADR     95,799  
    18,100     United Tractors Tbk PT     46,617  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     4,070,514  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.0%  
    5,100     ICON Plc *     577,881  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.0%  
    168     B Communications Ltd *     2,933  
    32,209     Discount Investment Corp Ltd (Registered)     120,095  
    566     Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd     10,433  
    11,216     Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd *     308,966  
    1,900     SodaStream International Ltd *     153,748  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     596,175  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 0.7%  
    34,038     A2A SPA     60,183  
    38,149     ACEA SPA     661,904  
    3,586     ASTM SPA     86,782  
    127,818     Cofide SPA     82,896  
    6,272     El.En. SPA     196,871  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Italy — continued  
    131,216     Enel SPA     761,678  
    3,475     Eni SPA     57,702  
    86,058     EXOR NV     6,244,692  
    7,248     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     152,991  
    665,000     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV     14,091,350  
    139,571     Fincantieri SPA *     221,601  
    302,992     Iren SPA     898,054  
    15,426     MARR SPA     409,644  
    2,326     Prima Industrie SPA     97,907  
    97,124     Recordati SPA     3,472,107  
    169,716     Saras SPA     355,743  
    187,140     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     2,226,526  
    11,076     Vittoria Assicurazioni SPA     176,157  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     30,254,788  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 3.7%  
    9,700     Aisin Seiki Co Ltd     564,511  
    23,000     AOKI Holdings Inc     368,016  
    514,700     Asahi Kasei Corp     6,595,874  
    50,800     Astellas Pharma Inc     746,301  
    2,000     Autobacs Seven Co Ltd     38,937  
    209,200     Brother Industries Ltd     5,202,683  
    151,000     Canon Inc     5,754,427  
    13,700     Cawachi Ltd     335,628  
    500     Central Japan Railway Co     92,869  
    30,000     CKD Corp     750,604  
    24,100     Cosmo Energy Holdings Co Ltd     835,510  
    400     Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd     14,165  
    5,100     Daiwabo Holdings Co Ltd     210,846  
    108,400     DCM Holdings Co Ltd     1,067,327  
    18,360     Denka Co Ltd     671,624  
    9,000     Denso Corp     525,310  
    28,800     DIC Corp     1,027,501  
    9,400     Doutor Nichires Holdings Co Ltd     218,052  
    12,700     DTS Corp     456,409  
    8,200     Ehime Bank Ltd (The)     101,730  
    11,800     Elecom Co Ltd     264,194  
    7,800     Exedy Corp     252,776  
    14,700     Fancl Corp     527,509  
    6,600     Fujicco Co Ltd     145,792  
    5,100     Fujitsu General Ltd     97,274  
    1,069,000     Fujitsu Ltd     6,379,361  
    20,000     Furukawa Electric Co Ltd     1,089,764  
    3,600     Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd     239,949  
    34,460     Hanwa Co Ltd     1,555,063  
    4,300     Heiwado Co Ltd     99,396  
    24,700     Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd     548,589  
    1,423,000     Hitachi Ltd     10,760,870  
    1,500     Hitachi Transport System Ltd     37,032  
    1,700     Hosokawa Micron Corp     128,670  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   27


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    23,000     House Foods Group Inc     769,888  
    872,100     ITOCHU Corp     16,763,979  
    13,400     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp     547,121  
    7,400     Kaneka Corp     74,919  
    90,400     Kanematsu Corp     1,217,449  
    1,400     Kasai Kogyo Co Ltd     19,289  
    1,110     Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd *     26,751  
    2,100     Keihin Corp     43,667  
    15,000     Kitz Corp     122,609  
    1,400     Kokuyo Co Ltd     26,233  
    17,300     Kyowa Exeo Corp     459,605  
    800     Kyudenko Corp     37,004  
    334,900     Marubeni Corp     2,551,694  
    33,000     MCJ Co Ltd     442,637  
    1,320,900     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     13,326,409  
    58,600     Mitsubishi Corp     1,641,691  
    319,600     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     5,390,849  
    102,700     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     2,540,098  
    187,800     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     4,000,192  
    149,900     Mitsui & Co Ltd     2,716,776  
    65,100     Mitsui Chemicals Inc     1,975,413  
    3,100     Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd     55,813  
    6,000     Mitsui Sugar Co Ltd     244,282  
    12,100     NET One Systems Co Ltd     185,969  
    1,200     NHK Spring Co Ltd     12,593  
    37,000     Nichias Corp     491,288  
    22,200     Nichiha Corp     871,857  
    19,000     Nichirei Corp     483,148  
    41,000     Nippo Corp     966,707  
    311,200     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     14,454,183  
    2,500     Nippon Signal Co Ltd     24,413  
    4,700     Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc     57,719  
    3,900     Nissin Electric Co Ltd     38,094  
    14,200     Noritsu Koki Co Ltd     318,964  
    2,600     Okamura Corp     35,964  
    21,100     Open House Co Ltd     1,265,387  
    5,700     Osaka Gas Co Ltd     112,422  
    27,000     Osaki Electric Co Ltd     202,503  
    59,200     Pola Orbis Holdings Inc     2,481,909  
    2,200     Press Kogyo Co Ltd     13,550  
    203,000     Prima Meat Packers Ltd     1,219,948  
    900     Rock Field Co Ltd     17,969  
    17,800     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     492,763  
    6,600     Roland DG Corp     169,192  
    5,100     Sakata INX Corp     66,892  
    34,200     Seiko Epson Corp     652,652  
    4,700     Seiko Holdings Corp     127,828  
    3,800     Seiren Co Ltd     73,707  
    217,500     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     4,074,940  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    34,000     Showa Denko KK     1,659,156  
    1,348,100     Sojitz Corp     4,399,048  
    17,000     Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd     147,747  
    905,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     5,579,934  
    59,700     Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd     995,306  
    31,840     Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd     1,240,359  
    33,200     Suzuki Motor Corp     1,893,922  
    1,900     T RAD Co Ltd     71,772  
    25,200     T-Gaia Corp     723,043  
    1,600     Takasago International Corp     47,350  
    20,800     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd     1,179,375  
    11,200     Tocalo Co Ltd     151,878  
    3,000     Token Corp     337,588  
    26,600     Tokyo Electron Ltd     5,197,713  
    270,500     Tosoh Corp     5,592,020  
    1,900     Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd     46,002  
    75,800     Toyota Tsusho Corp     2,806,510  
    11,700     TPR Co Ltd     331,699  
    20,700     TS Tech Co Ltd     836,765  
    7,200     TSI Holdings Co Ltd     51,925  
    3,000     TV Asahi Holdings Corp     60,868  
    11,800     UKC Holdings Corp     258,740  
    4,800     Unipres Corp     116,669  
    4,100     UT Group Co Ltd *     144,478  
    12,500     Wacoal Holdings Corp     369,871  
    700     Yellow Hat Ltd     20,883  
    12,300     Yuasa Trading Co Ltd     428,428  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     166,300,541  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 0.0%  
    84,600     Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad     48,538  
    232,700     DRB-Hicom Berhad     154,616  
    156,500     KSL Holdings Berhad *     40,681  
    132,600     Malayan Flour Mills Berhad     69,191  
    32,900     Malaysian Pacific Industries Berhad     76,626  
    86,900     Oldtown Berhad     70,173  
    193,600     Padini Holdings Berhad     245,569  
    164,600     Top Glove Corp Berhad     407,763  
    77,600     UOA Development Berhad     51,447  
     

 

 

 
    Total Malaysia     1,164,604  
     

 

 

 
    Mexico — 0.6%  
    766,300     Arca Continental SAB de CV     5,324,483  
    18,000     Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand ADR     127,260  
    42,105     Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand – Class B     59,436  
    308,529     Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SAB de CV     572,682  
 

 

28   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Mexico — continued  
    961,700     Cemex SAB de CV CPO *     634,649  
    7,000     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Sponsored ADR     471,940  
    35,000     Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV     48,126  
    1,245,100     Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CV – Class B *     1,346,115  
    74,000     Gentera SAB de CV     60,493  
    2,600     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV     12,717  
    200     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV ADR     7,832  
    4,300     Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV – Class B     41,516  
    87,000     Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA de CV – Class O     405,355  
    171,042     Grupo Herdez SAB de CV     417,201  
    7,900     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV – Class A     14,358  
    148,900     Megacable Holdings SAB de CV CPO     653,953  
    1,655     Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV     16,914  
    6,418,338     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV     15,022,138  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico     25,237,168  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 0.6%  
    8,421     ASR Nederland NV     378,772  
    26,100     Constellium NV – Class A *     302,760  
    19,868     Heineken Holding NV     1,976,296  
    865,014     ING Groep NV     15,179,249  
    41,446     Philips Lighting NV     1,641,883  
    16,279     Unilever NV CVA     851,980  
    17,600     VEON Ltd ADR     50,864  
    90,992     Wolters Kluwer NV     4,609,099  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     24,990,903  
     

 

 

 
    New Zealand — 0.0%  
    640,296     Air New Zealand Ltd     1,514,945  
    9,932     Fletcher Building Ltd     46,581  
    19,898     Fletcher Building Ltd     92,656  
     

 

 

 
    Total New Zealand     1,654,182  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 0.3%  
    8,812     Austevoll Seafood ASA     78,996  
    25,729     Bakkafrost P/F     1,299,075  
    76,856     BW LPG Ltd *     335,297  
    255,782     DNB ASA     5,017,248  
    1,716     Salmar ASA     61,007  
    19,206     SpareBank 1 Nord Norge     166,157  
    10,671     SpareBank 1 SR Bank ASA     125,147  
    82,815     Statoil ASA     1,884,994  
    140,241     Storebrand ASA     1,219,909  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Norway — continued  
    250,952     Subsea 7 SA     3,726,466  
    20,147     Telenor ASA     452,128  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     14,366,424  
     

 

 

 
    Pakistan — 0.0%  
    5,700     Engro Corp Ltd     15,522  
    10,100     Oil & Gas Development Co Ltd     14,898  
     

 

 

 
    Total Pakistan     30,420  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 0.0%  
    3,200     Credicorp Ltd     692,640  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 0.0%  
    107,500     First Gen Corp     29,919  
    269,200     Lopez Holding Corp     27,780  
    20,720     Manila Electric Co     133,874  
    169,800     Manila Water Co Inc     84,681  
    379,000     Megaworld Corp     35,243  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     311,497  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.2%  
    108,611     Asseco Poland SA     1,488,773  
    329,756     Enea SA     970,838  
    386,963     Energa SA     1,170,849  
    66,040     Impexmetal SA *     84,623  
    2,975     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     90,284  
    396,000     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA *     1,169,193  
    1,135     Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA     31,734  
    7,773     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA     13,697  
    5,706     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     70,793  
    2,229,868     Tauron Polska Energia SA*     1,651,703  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     6,742,487  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.0%  
    63,731     CTT-Correios de Portugal SA     263,839  
     

 

 

 
    Qatar — 0.0%  
    17,586     Barwa Real Estate Co     162,426  
    6,084     Doha Bank QPSC     54,398  
    1,272     Industries Qatar QSC     35,871  
    8,271     Masraf Al Rayan QSC     85,506  
    797     Ooredoo QPSC     18,980  
    584     Qatar Electricity & Water Co QSC     27,514  
    1,341     Qatar Insurance Co SAQ     14,272  
    797     Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC     13,100  
    2,043     Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ     53,935  
    4,110     Qatar National Bank QPSC     134,712  
    1,678     Qatar Navigation QSC     28,681  
    3,178     United Development Co QSC     14,367  
     

 

 

 
    Total Qatar     643,762  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   29


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Russia — 0.4%  
    119,100     Aeroflot PJSC     298,242  
    405,000     Alrosa PJSC     616,457  
    9,472,000     ENEL RUSSIA PJSC     260,577  
    12,930     Gazprom Neft PJSC     64,891  
    423,588     Gazprom PJSC Sponsored ADR     2,092,276  
    14,545     Globaltrans Investment Plc Sponsored GDR (Registered)     159,966  
    1,151,000     Inter RAO UES PJSC     75,380  
    21,601     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     1,431,351  
    12,080     M.Video PJSC *     88,352  
    9,710     Magnit PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     200,131  
    62,300     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel OJSC     52,458  
    4,588     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC Sponsored GDR     49,528  
    63,450     MegaFon PJSC GDR (Registered)     672,834  
    85,308     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC ADR     1,693,219  
    195,100     Mobile TeleSystems PJSC Sponsored ADR     2,333,396  
    271,710     Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC     535,486  
    6,217     Novatek PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     844,102  
    18,300     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC     47,135  
    17,109     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC GDR     444,755  
    1,625     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)     24,687  
    633     Polyus PJSC     51,944  
    3,480     Polyus PJSC GDR (Registered)     139,131  
    12,882     QIWI Plc Sponsored ADR     216,675  
    188,280     Rostelecom PJSC     226,252  
    1,611     Rostelecom PJSC ADR     11,464  
    237,717     Sberbank of Russia Sponsored ADR     4,813,788  
    15,508     Severstal PJSC GDR (Registered)     251,215  
    36,637     Sistema PJSC FC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     157,111  
    134,700     Surgutneftegas OJSC     67,970  
    77,157     Surgutneftegas OJSC Sponsored ADR     381,327  
    1,240     Tatneft PAO     12,958  
    7,382     Tatneft PJSC Sponsored ADR     461,890  
    30,600     Yandex NV – Class A *     1,257,354  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     20,034,302  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.2%  
    71,700     CapitaLand Commercial Trust (REIT)     93,113  
    19,100     China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp Ltd     22,640  
    152,200     Frasers Centrepoint Trust (REIT)     254,330  
    120,300     Japfa Ltd     42,399  
    543,900     Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (REIT)     487,272  
    308,100     Mapletree Industrial Trust (REIT)     455,455  
    63,910     Mapletree Logistics Trust (REIT)     57,854  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Singapore — continued  
    107,400     Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust     228,257  
    800     SATS Ltd     3,129  
    196,400     Venture Corp Ltd     4,049,420  
    741,300     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd     836,548  
    266,000     Yanlord Land Group Ltd     331,030  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     6,861,447  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 1.7%  
    11,816     AECI Ltd     113,658  
    53,391     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd     544,349  
    74,735     Astral Foods Ltd     1,797,332  
    498,052     Aveng Ltd *     63,395  
    48,320     AVI Ltd     496,325  
    679,409     Barclays Africa Group Ltd     11,303,217  
    296,092     Barloworld Ltd     4,426,631  
    100,038     Bidvest Group Ltd (The)     1,894,388  
    1,417,033     Blue Label Telecoms Ltd     1,568,491  
    6,332     Brait SE *     24,076  
    4,765     Clicks Group Ltd     67,839  
    43,011     DataTec Ltd     90,796  
    254,239     Emira Property Fund Ltd (REIT)     339,729  
    88,289     FirstRand Ltd     548,093  
    7,015     Hyprop Investments Ltd (REIT)     64,147  
    16,386     KAP Industrial Holdings Ltd     12,073  
    163,616     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd     4,810,748  
    31,694     Lewis Group Ltd     108,271  
    338,574     Liberty Holdings Ltd     3,852,908  
    1,565,404     Merafe Resources Ltd     214,055  
    821,115     MMI Holdings Ltd     1,503,934  
    204,985     Mondi Ltd     5,337,660  
    17,674     Mr Price Group Ltd     421,327  
    689,813     Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd     657,739  
    524,740     Nedbank Group Ltd     12,731,782  
    140,492     Raubex Group Ltd     269,587  
    239,623     Reunert Ltd     1,527,458  
    5,891     RMB Holdings Ltd     43,231  
    8,141     Sanlam Ltd     62,082  
    22,259     Santam Ltd     578,131  
    40,525     Shoprite Holdings Ltd     887,780  
    955,198     Standard Bank Group Ltd     17,516,791  
    37,251     Sun International Ltd *     210,495  
    31,272     Telkom SA SOC Ltd     136,203  
    20,217     Truworths International Ltd     172,059  
    27,884     Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd     60,269  
    10,473     Vodacom Group Ltd     143,820  
    78,125     Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Ltd     1,138,247  
    13,681     Woolworths Holdings Ltd     75,399  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     75,814,515  
     

 

 

 
 

 

30   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    South Korea — 1.8%  
    2,119     Aekyung Petrochemical Co Ltd     35,345  
    245     Amorepacific Group     28,426  
    68,408     BNK Financial Group Inc     705,361  
    4,067     CJ O Shopping Co Ltd     790,769  
    824     Com2uSCorp     123,526  
    475     Coway Co Ltd     37,807  
    97     Cuckoo Homesys Co Ltd *     15,944  
    22,126     Daishin Securities Co Ltd     298,435  
    22,144     Daou Data Corp     268,464  
    14,070     Daou Technology Inc     301,376  
    11,381     DB Insurance Co Ltd     727,403  
    14,738     DGB Financial Group Inc     168,226  
    983     Dongsuh Cos Inc     25,258  
    24,043     Dongwon Development Co Ltd     103,992  
    1,456     Douzone Bizon Co Ltd     74,333  
    9,817     E-MART Inc     2,759,720  
    27,607     Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd     590,639  
    4,733     GS Home Shopping Inc     880,686  
    1,485     GS Retail Co Ltd     49,382  
    58,348     Hana Financial Group Inc     2,643,517  
    32     Hankook Shell Oil Co Ltd     10,684  
    21,796     Hankook Tire Co Ltd     1,190,357  
    16,201     Hankook Tire Worldwide Co Ltd     297,475  
    9,177     Hanon Systems     106,013  
    1,110     Hansol Paper Co Ltd     17,017  
    17,377     Hanwha Corp     709,543  
    300,789     Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd     1,859,731  
    9,775     Hyundai Corp     169,931  
    6,758     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd     240,353  
    414     Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd     54,610  
    4,436     Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp     451,884  
    10,462     Hyundai Hy Communications & Network Co Ltd     43,954  
    60,350     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co Ltd     2,297,871  
    3,842     Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd     808,494  
    24,748     Hyundai Motor Co     3,684,030  
    1,280     iMarketKorea Inc     12,152  
    364,687     Industrial Bank of Korea     5,769,614  
    2,479     Innocean Worldwide Inc     148,348  
    95,986     JB Financial Group Co Ltd     560,434  
    16,503     Kangwon Land Inc     440,045  
    112,779     KB Financial Group Inc     6,654,678  
    1,060     KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co Ltd     39,556  
    219,362     Kia Motors Corp     6,964,926  
    1,563     KISCO Corp     53,251  
    208     KIWOOM Securities Co Ltd     18,979  
    15,538     Korea Asset In Trust Co Ltd     97,586  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    South Korea — continued  
    7,679     Korea Real Estate Investment & Trust Co Ltd     20,924  
    766     Korea Zinc Co Ltd     361,488  
    18,338     Korean Reinsurance Co     201,184  
    2,000     KT Corp Sponsored ADR *     26,560  
    8,335     KT Hitel Co Ltd *     47,107  
    6,301     KT Skylife Co Ltd     75,687  
    12,646     KT&G Corp     1,166,200  
    27,927     Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     260,822  
    14,392     Kwangju Bank     164,364  
    4,218     Kyobo Securities Co Ltd     40,600  
    26,550     LF Corp     714,377  
    21,303     LG Corp     1,697,826  
    55,474     LG Electronics Inc     5,101,580  
    30,912     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     1,999,343  
    3,922     LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd     202,534  
    6,289     Meritz Financial Group Inc     91,070  
    6,194     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     130,467  
    24,359     Meritz Securities Co Ltd     109,415  
    297     Namyang Dairy Products Co Ltd     188,184  
    20,839     NHN Entertainment Corp *     1,510,110  
    40     Ottogi Corp     26,179  
    2,127     Posco Daewoo Corp     39,571  
    1,145     S&T Motiv Co Ltd     46,895  
    2,181     Samjin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     83,225  
    5,593     Samsung Card Co Ltd     187,818  
    945     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     2,053,550  
    1,514     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     404,204  
    421     Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd     47,307  
    4,618     Samsung SDS Co Ltd     1,009,423  
    1,946     Samsung Securities Co Ltd     70,848  
    3,901     Seah Besteel Corp     102,631  
    4,977     SeAH Steel Corp     399,176  
    11,764     Seoyon E-Hwa Co Ltd     108,507  
    56,847     Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd     2,470,661  
    899     Shinsegae Inc     284,023  
    818     Sindoh Co Ltd     50,249  
    505     SK Gas Ltd     43,748  
    5,023     SK Holdings Co Ltd     1,318,613  
    94,336     SK Hynix Inc     6,652,893  
    906     SK Innovation Co Ltd     170,560  
    2,733     SK Telecom Co Ltd     603,236  
    93,700     SK Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     2,281,595  
    17,498     SL Corp     387,983  
    1,272     Spigen Korea Co Ltd     57,688  
    39,258     Tongyang Life Insurance Co Ltd     260,592  
    2,651     Unid Co Ltd     112,876  
    250,423     Woori Bank     3,821,873  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     80,535,891  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   31


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Spain — 0.3%  
    18,912     Ebro Foods SA     475,181  
    41,217     Endesa SA     865,250  
    667,511     Repsol SA     11,859,966  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     13,200,397  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 0.6%  
    33,973     Acando AB     121,049  
    4,587     Alfa Laval AB     110,186  
    3,173     Axfood AB     58,452  
    23,926     Bilia AB – A Shares     245,113  
    11,765     Bufab AB     160,761  
    24,301     Electrolux AB – Series B     797,801  
    1,768     Evolution Gaming Group AB     117,446  
    11,522     KappAhl AB     45,261  
    4,438     KNOW IT AB     90,671  
    1,025     NCC AB – B Shares     19,546  
    25,268     Nobina AB     167,931  
    7,609     Ratos AB – B Shares     30,748  
    480,081     Sandvik AB     8,887,491  
    56,935     SAS AB *     145,584  
    1,216     Securitas AB – B Shares     20,892  
    105,696     Svenska Cellulosa AB – Class B     1,047,448  
    10,437     Volvo AB – A Shares     196,577  
    738,306     Volvo AB – B Shares     13,881,569  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     26,144,526  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 0.9%  
    3,840     ALSO Holding AG (Registered) *     541,375  
    719     Autoneum Holding AG     228,740  
    340     Bell Food Group AG (Registered)     142,665  
    6,969     BKW AG     398,854  
    4,224     Bobst Group SA (Registered)     525,384  
    1,782     Bossard Holding AG (Registered) – A Shares     431,963  
    1,192     Bucher Industries AG (Registered)     500,568  
    640     Coltene Holding AG (Registered)     64,452  
    1,395     Comet Holding AG (Registered) *     205,415  
    44     Emmi AG (Registered) *     33,198  
    16,208     GAM Holding AG *     291,213  
    2,161     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     3,163,376  
    108     Gurit Holding AG *     108,157  
    708     Inficon Holding AG (Registered) *     418,189  
    23     Intershop Holding AG     11,635  
    3,348     Kardex AG (Registered)     432,655  
    525     Kuehne & Nagel International AG (Registered)     85,661  
    50,274     Logitech International SA (Registered)     1,973,153  
    2,263     Lonza Group AG (Registered) *     573,352  
    3,000     Luxoft Holding Inc *     129,450  
    56,261     Nestle SA (Registered)     4,469,993  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Switzerland — continued  
    47,602     Novartis AG (Registered)     3,971,043  
    2,116     Orior AG     169,523  
    29,269     Roche Holding AG     6,760,553  
    2,028     Roche Holding AG     477,907  
    744     Sika AG     6,101,057  
    9,696     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     3,501,449  
    27,814     Swiss Re AG     2,829,923  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     38,540,903  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 2.6%  
    298,000     AcBel Polytech Inc     217,314  
    32,000     Actron Technology Corp     116,099  
    35,000     Advantech Co Ltd     257,375  
    23,000     Alpha Networks Inc     19,344  
    123,000     AmTRAN Technology Co Ltd     71,118  
    296,000     Ardentec Corp     352,156  
    502,000     Asia Vital Components Co Ltd     501,124  
    46,000     ASROCK Inc     124,919  
    254,000     Asustek Computer Inc     2,399,397  
    8,400     Aurora Corp     26,313  
    16,625     Casetek Holdings Ltd     54,005  
    106,000     Catcher Technology Co Ltd     1,257,709  
    266,000     Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd     486,830  
    221,000     Chailease Holding Co Ltd     731,458  
    50,000     Channel Well Technology Co Ltd     54,842  
    211,000     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co Ltd     361,627  
    9,105     Chicony Electronics Co Ltd     22,250  
    131,110     Chicony Power Technology Co Ltd     265,641  
    110,000     Chin-Poon Industrial Co Ltd     204,743  
    322,000     China Motor Corp     294,880  
    209,600     China Synthetic Rubber Corp     351,944  
    6,000     Chlitina Holding Ltd     30,020  
    10,000     Chong Hong Construction Co Ltd     28,273  
    320,000     Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd     1,197,972  
    5,000     Cleanaway Co Ltd     30,162  
    852,000     Compal Electronics Inc     578,512  
    499,000     Coretronic Corp     761,940  
    1,127,000     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd     814,600  
    60,000     CTCI Corp     92,063  
    96,000     Cyberlink Corp     209,594  
    146,000     Darfon Electronics Corp     145,915  
    5,000     Delta Electronics Inc     23,342  
    58,000     Dynapack International Technology Corp     83,335  
    4,040     Eclat Textile Co Ltd     42,361  
    721,000     Elan Microelectronics Corp     1,102,781  
    357,000     Elitegroup Computer Systems Co Ltd *     223,087  
    12,000     Everlight Electronics Co Ltd     18,794  
    210,000     Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd     531,734  
 

 

32   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — continued  
    285,000     Farglory Land Development Co Ltd     315,259  
    62,000     Formosa Advanced Technologies Co Ltd     63,487  
    9,000     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp     32,975  
    9,000     Formosa Petrochemical Corp     35,474  
    60,000     Formosa Plastics Corp     210,153  
    84,600     Formosan Rubber Group Inc     44,464  
    428,000     Foxconn Technology Co Ltd     1,142,504  
    4,233,000     Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd     7,450,168  
    129,000     Gemtek Technology Corp     121,353  
    1,170,000     Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd     2,733,464  
    1,160,000     Grand Pacific Petrochemical     1,142,428  
    2,000     Grape King Bio Ltd     14,655  
    1,456,000     Great Wall Enterprise Co Ltd     1,681,732  
    79,000     Greatek Electronics Inc     151,551  
    43,000     Green Seal Holding Ltd     85,437  
    236,000     Highwealth Construction Corp     353,455  
    500,000     Holtek Semiconductor Inc     1,360,923  
    6,239,300     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd     18,384,813  
    59,000     Huaku Development Co Ltd     144,656  
    83,000     IEI Integration Corp     115,268  
    3,078,000     Inventec Corp     2,424,154  
    18,000     ITEQ Corp     46,216  
    16,000     King’s Town Bank Co Ltd     21,508  
    2,000     Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co Ltd     9,730  
    989,000     Lite-On Semiconductor Corp     1,325,759  
    869,000     Lite-On Technology Corp     1,228,062  
    205,000     Lotes Co Ltd     1,379,009  
    29,000     Makalot Industrial Co Ltd     134,593  
    886,005     Mercuries Life Insurance Co Ltd     478,636  
    8,000     Merida Industry Co Ltd     34,805  
    33,600     MIN AIK Technology Co Ltd     27,485  
    1,524,000     Mitac Holdings Corp     1,679,425  
    807,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp     2,202,598  
    3,000     Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd     29,230  
    236,000     Novatek Microelectronics Corp     1,016,270  
    406,000     Nuvoton Technology Corp     991,913  
    3,000     On-Bright Electronics, Inc.     26,915  
    901,105     OptoTech Corp     706,936  
    4,019,000     Pegatron Corp     10,104,353  
    420,000     Phison Electronics Corp     4,058,110  
    2,540,000     Pou Chen Corp     3,165,174  
    5,000     President Chain Store Corp     49,881  
    424,000     Quanta Computer Inc     859,415  
    21,000     Quanta Storage Inc     20,255  
    2,188,000     Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp     6,071,852  
    150,000     Realtek Semiconductor Corp     583,514  
    27,000     Rechi Precision Co Ltd     27,564  
    111,000     Ruentex Development Co Ltd *     120,542  
    307,000     Ruentex Industries Ltd *     534,715  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Taiwan — continued  
    31,000     Sercomm Corp     89,095  
    173,000     Sheng Yu Steel Co Ltd     166,676  
    60,000     Shinkong Insurance Co Ltd     61,352  
    17,000     ShunSin Technology Holding Ltd     76,763  
    497,000     Sigurd Microelectronics Corp     615,621  
    114,800     Simplo Technology Co Ltd     719,742  
    9,000     Sinbon Electronics Co Ltd     24,517  
    30,000     Sinmag Equipment Corp     164,220  
    53,000     Sitronix Technology Corp     151,040  
    214,000     Soft-World International Corp     477,463  
    1,000     St Shine Optical Co Ltd     30,477  
    519,000     Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd     885,484  
    1,936,000     Sunplus Technology Co Ltd     1,052,838  
    291,000     Syncmold Enterprise Corp     634,103  
    14,700     TaiDoc Technology Corp     47,744  
    245,000     Taiflex Scientific Co Ltd     402,262  
    26,000     Taiwan Fertilizer Co Ltd     34,414  
    8,000     Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd     29,307  
    13,000     Taiwan PCB Techvest Co Ltd     13,254  
    653,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd     1,566,777  
    281,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd     2,333,310  
    200,142     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     8,676,156  
    269,000     Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp     268,978  
    7,000     Teco Electric and Machinery Co Ltd     6,280  
    21,000     Test Research Inc     39,588  
    32,000     Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd     122,726  
    60,470     TOPBI International Holdings Ltd     214,942  
    299,485     Topco Scientific Co Ltd     839,858  
    24,000     Transcend Information Inc     69,113  
    576,000     Tripod Technology Corp     1,885,550  
    22,000     TXC Corp     29,530  
    733,000     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     1,716,171  
    112,000     United Integrated Services Co Ltd     220,544  
    73,000     Well Shin Technology Co Ltd     136,508  
    6,062,312     Winbond Electronics Corp     4,046,695  
    17,505     Wistron NeWeb Corp     48,442  
    160,000     WPG Holdings Ltd     203,767  
    15,000     Xxentria Technology Materials Corp     32,248  
    56,000     Yuanta Financial Holding Co Ltd     24,841  
    102,000     Yungtay Engineering Co Ltd     206,435  
    6,000     Zeng Hsing Industrial Co Ltd     25,861  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan     117,419,103  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 1.0%  
    229,200     Advanced Info Service Pcl NVDR     1,442,172  
    97,700     Airports of Thailand Pcl NVDR     219,017  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   33


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Thailand — continued  
    306,400     Amata Corp Pcl NVDR     245,300  
    285,500     AP Thailand Pcl NVDR     76,127  
    330,200     Bangchak Petroleum Pcl NVDR     424,277  
    16,200     Bangkok Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered) (a)     118,175  
    33,000     Bangkok Bank Pcl NVDR     220,849  
    87,200     Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Pcl NVDR     61,271  
    179,300     Banpu Pcl NVDR     133,505  
    8,700     Bumrungrad Hospital Pcl NVDR     56,972  
    111,800     Central Pattana Pcl NVDR     299,587  
    164,900     GFPT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     68,468  
    272,700     GFPT Pcl NVDR     113,228  
    91,200     Glow Energy Pcl NVDR     245,402  
    57,900     Hana Microelectronics Pcl NVDR     75,851  
    1,933,100     Indorama Ventures Pcl NVDR     3,310,195  
    183,800     Intouch Holdings Pcl NVDR     332,777  
    83,600     Kasikornbank Pcl NVDR     614,415  
    28,700     KCE Electronics Pcl NVDR     63,852  
    203,200     Kiatnakin Bank Pcl NVDR     503,070  
    545,100     Krung Thai Bank Pcl NVDR     350,973  
    1,144,900     Land & Houses Pcl NVDR     401,380  
    310,900     LPN Development Pcl NVDR     101,924  
    37,200     Malee Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     27,239  
    86,200     MC Group Pcl NVDR     35,288  
    99,700     Mega Lifesciences Pcl (Foreign Registered)     140,949  
    304,700     Mega Lifesciences Pcl NVDR     430,763  
    35,000     Minor International Pcl NVDR     44,950  
    125,900     Pruksa Holding Pcl NVDR     94,408  
    1,485,000     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl NVDR     5,408,932  
    782,200     PTT Global Chemical Pcl NVDR     2,458,640  
    167,500     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     3,004,787  
    310,300     PTT Pcl NVDR     5,566,481  
    1,422,700     Quality Houses Pcl NVDR     134,896  
    71,000     Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl NVDR     120,293  
    8,721,100     Sansiri Pcl NVDR     535,876  
    84,600     Siam Cement Pcl (The) (Foreign Registered)     1,317,577  
    80,300     Siam Cement Pcl (The) NVDR     1,250,608  
    131,100     Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (The) NVDR     618,915  
    122,900     Siamgas & Petrochemicals Pcl NVDR     120,658  
    32,900     Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction Pcl NVDR     20,900  
    241,800     Sri Trang Agro-Industry Pcl NVDR     86,697  
    1,722,400     Star Petroleum Refining Pcl NVDR     966,768  
    169,300     STP & I Pcl NVDR     27,139  
    369,300     Supalai Pcl NVDR     270,730  
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Thailand — continued  
    12,127,500     Thai Beverage Pcl     7,635,633  
    213,700     Thai Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     698,676  
    121,200     Thai Oil Pcl NVDR     396,254  
    52,600     Thai Vegetable Oil Pcl NVDR     52,655  
    835,700     Thanachart Capital Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,479,329  
    310,900     Thanachart Capital Pcl NVDR     550,345  
    62,600     Tipco Asphalt Pcl NVDR     39,572  
    14,800     Tisco Financial Group Pcl NVDR     41,549  
    15,400     Total Access Communication Pcl NVDR     22,301  
    283,100     TTW Pcl NVDR     119,903  
    502,900     WHA Corp Pcl NVDR     65,817  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     43,264,315  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 0.7%  
    96,423     Adana Cimento Sanayii TAS – Class C     26,316  
    66,217     Akbank Turk AS     183,940  
    2,683     Arcelik AS     13,348  
    11,566     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS     227,805  
    37,572     EIS Eczacibasi Ilac ve Sinai ve Finansal Yatirimlar Sanayi ve Ticaret AS     41,126  
    1,862,002     Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (REIT)*     1,287,617  
    80,307     Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS     115,918  
    2,215,667     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     6,590,157  
    15,428     Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS     253,613  
    84,686     Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS     238,282  
    66,057     Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma Ve Uretim AS *     86,656  
    815,656     KOC Holding AS     3,856,270  
    2,088     Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS *     17,917  
    3,678     Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi AS     114,450  
    90,907     Selcuk Ecza Deposu Ticaret ve Sanayi AS     89,362  
    313,612     Soda Sanayii AS     416,880  
    3,050     TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS     18,535  
    34,112     Tekfen Holding AS     162,169  
    3,312     Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafineriler AS     101,649  
    342,688     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS     1,052,919  
    214,990     Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS     542,582  
    5,901,420     Turkiye Is Bankasi – Class C     11,711,536  
    210,684     Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS     93,599  
    2,604,168     Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO – Class D     5,008,557  
    62,134     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS *     77,421  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     32,328,624  
     

 

 

 
    United Arab Emirates — 0.0%  
    114,502     Aldar Properties PJSC     67,150  
 

 

34   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    United Arab Emirates — continued  
    310,129     DAMAC Properties Dubai Co PJSC     252,825  
    10,269     Emaar Properties PJSC     17,217  
    10,445     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co PJSC     48,852  
    204,758     RAK Properties PJSC     45,284  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Arab Emirates     431,328  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 2.1%  
    306,078     3i Group Plc     3,937,086  
    242,823     AstraZeneca Plc     15,893,306  
    3,900     AstraZeneca Plc     129,441  
    53,738     Barratt Developments Plc     397,144  
    9,934     Bellway Plc     423,456  
    103,302     Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (The)     5,466,933  
    984,056     BP Plc     6,396,125  
    281,142     British American Tobacco Plc     16,593,693  
    7,368     Centrica Plc     14,456  
    117,590     Coca-Cola HBC AG *     3,844,265  
    31,985     Computacenter Plc     483,806  
    8,500     Diageo Plc Sponsored ADR     1,152,940  
    155,337     Electrocomponents Plc     1,340,521  
    450,251     Ferrexpo Plc     1,924,392  
    256,156     Firstgroup Plc *     286,991  
    41,762     Galliford Try Plc     524,738  
    185,647     GlaxoSmithKline Plc     3,329,343  
    127,800     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     4,640,418  
    747     HSBC Holdings Plc     7,346  
    22,379     Hunting Plc *     185,544  
    19,845     IG Group Holdings Plc     220,189  
    113,383     Inchcape Plc     1,056,228  
    366,489     Indivior Plc *     1,903,116  
    15,182     Intermediate Capital Group Plc     219,621  
    31,721     Jupiter Fund Management Plc     222,121  
    6,529     Legal & General Group Plc     23,520  
    29,290     Lookers Plc     35,911  
    13,100     Mitie Group Plc     28,266  
    6,302     Morgan Sindall Group Plc     107,374  
    26,400     Nomad Foods Ltd *     432,696  
    281,757     Persimmon Plc     10,072,393  
    22,313     Plus500 Ltd     364,516  
    112,366     QinetiQ Group Plc     315,964  
    55,180     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     4,379,988  
    47,397     RPS Group Plc     147,952  
    100,154     Sage Group Plc (The)     949,667  
    18,842     Spectris Plc     704,130  
    20,712     SSP Group Plc     171,231  
    10,166     TUI AG     214,689  
    126,373     Unilever Plc     6,497,865  
    2,197     WH Smith Plc     61,194  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     95,100,575  
     

 

 

 
    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — 5.4%  
    6,173     3M Co.     1,453,803  
    73,474     Abbott Laboratories     4,432,686  
    59,782     Accenture Plc – Class A     9,625,500  
    17,425     Alphabet, Inc. – Class C *     19,249,920  
    71,694     American Express Co.     6,990,882  
    19,804     Amphenol Corp. – Class A     1,809,888  
    14,081     Analog Devices, Inc.     1,269,402  
    24,569     Anthem, Inc.     5,783,051  
    97,685     Apple, Inc.     17,399,652  
    13,534     Becton Dickinson and Co.     3,004,819  
    161,484     Cisco Systems, Inc.     7,231,253  
    94,475     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     4,083,209  
    98,717     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A     8,096,768  
    34,867     Costco Wholesale Corp.     6,656,110  
    28,095     CVS Health Corp.     1,902,874  
    19,485     Eli Lilly & Co.     1,500,735  
    38,816     Emerson Electric Co.     2,758,265  
    19,510     Honeywell International, Inc.     2,948,156  
    7,297     Humana, Inc.     1,983,471  
    107,926     Johnson & Johnson     14,017,429  
    13,823     Mastercard, Inc. – Class A     2,429,530  
    105,411     Medtronic Plc     8,421,285  
    201,199     Microsoft Corp.     18,866,430  
    32,442     Monsanto Co.     4,002,370  
    1,300     Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. *     13,325  
    339,159     Oracle Corp.     17,185,187  
    11,337     PepsiCo, Inc.     1,244,009  
    70,760     Pfizer, Inc.     2,569,296  
    37,036     Philip Morris International, Inc.     3,835,078  
    111,984     QUALCOMM, Inc.     7,278,960  
    41,784     Schlumberger Ltd.     2,742,702  
    18,370     Stryker Corp.     2,978,879  
    39,836     Teradata Corp. *     1,466,762  
    45,702     Texas Instruments, Inc.     4,951,812  
    94,474     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     7,811,110  
    61,614     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     13,934,622  
    41,169     United Technologies Corp.     5,547,111  
    127,784     US Bancorp     6,946,338  
    26,273     VF Corp.     1,959,178  
    119,785     Wells Fargo & Co.     6,996,642  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     243,378,499  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $1,422,561,607)
    1,683,256,559  
     

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   35


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 24.4%  
    United States — 24.4%  
          Asset-Backed Securities — 3.5%  
    536,389     AccessLex Institute, Series 05-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.18%, 2.08%, due 11/22/24     536,397  
    2,152,879     Acis CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.87%, 2.60%, due 04/18/24     2,153,996  
    413,060     AMMC CLO 21 Ltd., Series 17-21A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.63%, due 11/02/30     413,702  
    1,258,746     AMMC CLO XII Ltd., Series 13-12A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.46%, due 11/10/30     1,258,746  
    519,233     AMMC CLO XIII Ltd., Series 13-13A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.69%, due 07/24/29     520,910  
    966,822     AMMC CLO XIV Ltd., Series 14-14A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.70%, due 07/25/29     969,277  
    222,563     Anchorage Capital CLO 6 Ltd., Series 15-6A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.62%, due 07/15/30     222,949  
    260,880     Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 14-5RA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 01/15/30     260,878  
    580,186     Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/13/30     580,181  
    482,577     Apidos CLO X, Series 12-10A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.42%, 3.19%, due 10/30/22     482,905  
    956,560     Apidos CLO XII, Series 13-12A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.64%, due 04/15/31     958,846  
    6,119,175     Apidos CLO XV, Series 13-15A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.84%, due 10/20/25     6,127,840  
    737,223     Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.48%, due 11/17/27     737,221  
    309,225     Atlas Senior Loan Fund X Ltd., Series 18-10A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.36%, due 01/15/31     309,224  
    5,146,517     Atrium X, Series 10A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.67%, due 07/16/25     5,150,979  
    392,407     Avery Point III CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.85%, due 01/18/25     393,542  
    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    412,300     Babson CLO Ltd., Series 15-IA, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.55%, 2.28%, due 01/20/31     412,299  
    516,325     Bain Capital Credit CLO, Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     516,320  
    1,174,885     Ballyrock CLO LLC, Series 13-1A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.18%, 3.06%, due 05/20/25     1,177,415  
    402,734     Benefit Street Partners CLO III Ltd., Series 13-IIIA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.59%, due 07/20/29     403,192  
    232,500     Black Diamond CLO Ltd., Series 17-IA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.36%, due 04/24/29     233,037  
    1,450,475     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.89%, 2.65%, due 10/29/25     1,451,841  
    431,830     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.26%, 3.03%, due 04/30/26     432,470  
    946,596     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/22/30     946,587  
    456,460     Brookside Mill CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.30%, due 01/17/28     456,456  
    1,649,200     Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class YR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.50%, 2.23%, due 01/18/29     1,649,193  
    441,750     Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/31     442,084  
    180,042     Catamaran CLO Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.19%, 2.82%, due 12/20/23     180,537  
    413,060     Catamaran CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.34%, due 04/22/30     413,056  
    1,342,445     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.70%, 2.07%, due 10/17/29     1,342,410  
    1,032,650     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     1,033,047  
    2,065,300     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.19%, due 01/15/31     2,065,205  
    178,575     Cent CLO, Series 12-16A, Class A1AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.25%, 3.02%, due 08/01/24     178,918  
    662,862     Cent CLO, Series 13-17A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.30%, 3.07%, due 01/30/25     663,470  
 

 

36   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    1,084,282     CIFC Funding II Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.38%, due 10/18/30     1,084,273  
    520,800     CIFC Funding III Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     521,194  
    1,392,447     CIFC Funding IV Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.13%, due 10/24/30     1,393,026  
    543,500     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.39%, due 01/18/31     543,495  
    204,699     Citigroup Global Markets Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Series 01-MMA, Class F4, 144A, 6.50%, due 02/18/34     205,663  
    732,375     Crown Point CLO Ltd., Series 18-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.88%, due 04/20/31     732,375  
    347,840     CVP Cascade CLO-1 Ltd., Series 13-CLO1, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.87%, due 01/16/26     347,976  
    1,008,192     Dryden 30 Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-30A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.44%, due 11/15/28     1,008,188  
    883,190     Dryden 31 Senior Loan Fund, Series 14-31A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.08%, 2.81%, due 04/18/26     884,064  
    3,338,173     Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-26A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.82%, due 07/15/25     3,340,453  
    309,795     Dryden XXVIII Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-28A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.59%, due 08/15/30     309,865  
    619,590     Elevation CLO Ltd., Series 14-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.00%, due 10/15/29     619,584  
    415,642     Galaxy XV CLO Ltd., Series 13-15A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/15/30     417,304  
    1,167,460     Galaxy XX CLO Ltd., Series 15-20A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.34%, due 04/20/31     1,167,460  
    6,403,380     GCO Education Loan Funding Master Trust-II, Series 07-1A, Class A6L, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .11%, 2.05%, due 11/25/26     6,360,001  
    1,054,390     Goldentree Loan Management US CLO 2 Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.17%, due 11/28/30     1,054,371  
    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    115,634     GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 13-7A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.90%, due 04/25/25     115,657  
    760,900     Goldentree Loan Opportunities XI Ltd., Series 15-11A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.33%, due 01/18/31     760,893  
    722,855     Greywolf CLO V Ltd., Series 15-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.40%, due 01/27/31     722,849  
    489,757     Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.87%, due 04/15/25     490,011  
    742,140     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 6A-2015, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.49%, due 02/05/31     742,140  
    309,795     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 3A-2014, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.53%, due 07/18/29     310,026  
    361,428     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/20/29     361,425  
    3,412,979     Higher Education Funding I, Series 05-1, Class A5, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.16%, 2.10%, due 02/25/32     3,403,544  
    859,320     ICG US CLO Ltd., Series 14-2A, Class XRR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .55%, 2.77%, due 01/15/31     859,320  
    722,855     Jamestown CLO X Ltd., Series 17-10A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.37%, due 07/17/29     724,200  
    354,340     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 00-A, Class A2, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.32%, 2.26%, due 05/25/29     352,459  
    536,834     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.31%, 1.98%, due 09/27/35     536,322  
    1,572,760     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 99-B, Class CTFS, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.84%, due 11/25/36     1,574,097  
    585,353     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 05-A, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.34%, 2.01%, due 06/27/38     585,230  
    677,706     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 04-A, Class 2B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.53%, 2.29%, due 01/27/42     677,774  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   37


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    618,450     Kingsland VIII Ltd., Series 18-8A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.70%, 2.53%, due 04/20/31     618,450  
    489,150     KKR CLO Ltd., Series 9, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.67%, due 07/15/30     490,061  
    2,544     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-C1, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.28%, due 02/15/41     2,545  
    528,282     LCM XXV Ltd., Series 25A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.69%, due 07/20/30     529,852  
    5,888,931     Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corp., Series 05-1, Class B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.12%, 1.45%, due 06/20/30     5,870,146  
    619,590     Mountain View CLO LLC, Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.52%, due 01/16/31     619,661  
    761,117     Mountain View CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.46%, due 10/12/30     761,110  
    326,100     MP CLO III Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/20/30     326,097  
    1,460,885     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-1, Class A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 03/27/28     1,451,849  
    138,979     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-2, Class A2, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.13%, 1.75%, due 06/26/28     138,842  
    6,510,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.23%, 1.85%, due 03/26/29     6,356,558  
    1,690,576     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-1, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 1.86%, due 07/25/30     1,649,461  
    361,428     Neuberger Berman CLO XV, Series 13-15A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/15/29     361,424  
    553,757     Neuberger Berman CLO XVII Ltd., Series 14-17A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.74%, due 04/22/29     555,027  
    637,735     Newcastle CDO V Ltd., Series 04-5A, Class 3, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.20%, due 12/24/39     636,624  
    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    4,372,469     NewMark Capital Funding CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.94%, 2.43%, due 06/02/25     4,373,344  
    1,318,936     NewMark Capital Funding CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A2, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.61%, due 06/02/25     1,319,731  
    81,375     Oaktree CLO, Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.72%, due 05/13/29     81,408  
    2,293,546     Ocean Trails CLO IV, Series 13-4A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.72%, due 08/13/25     2,293,938  
    412,300     Octagon Investment Partners XIV Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.88%, 2.60%, due 07/15/19     412,761  
    344,579     Octagon Investment Partners XV Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/19/30     344,912  
    759,500     Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.58%, due 01/25/31     759,500  
    1,059,595     OFSI Fund V Ltd., Series 13-5A, Class A1LA, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.93%, 2.66%, due 04/17/25     1,059,917  
    309,795     OFSI Fund V Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.57%, due 08/16/29     310,198  
    3,255,000     OFSI Fund VI Ltd., Series 14-6A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.38%, due 03/20/25     3,255,000  
    3,170,116     OFSI Fund VI Ltd., Series 14-6A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.03%, 2.75%, due 03/20/25     3,175,185  
    1,147,384     OHA Credit Partners Ltd., Series 13-8A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.86%, due 04/20/25     1,149,463  
    380,450     OHA Credit Partners XIV Ltd., Series 17-14A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.18%, due 01/21/30     380,443  
    795,141     OZLM Funding Ltd., Series 13-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/22/30     795,133  
    394,581     OZLM XI Ltd., Series 15-11A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.52%, due 10/30/30     394,733  
    3,513,230     Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Series 18-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.88%, due 04/15/26     3,513,230  
 

 

38   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    1,017,730     Seneca Park CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.85%, due 07/17/26     1,018,966  
    516,325     Shackleton CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 07/15/30     516,312  
    5,789,336     SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 08-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .65%, 2.24%, due 09/15/18     5,789,346  
    4,857,561     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 07-A, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.17%, 1.76%, due 12/15/26     4,853,327  
    1,148,767     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 14-A, Class A2B, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.74%, due 01/15/26     1,155,737  
    566,151     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-A, Class A2, 144A, 4.37%, due 04/17/28     572,532  
    2,219,654     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-A, Class A3, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%, 4.09%, due 01/15/43     2,293,021  
    3,011,907     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 10-A, Class 2A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 4.84%, due 05/16/44     3,094,485  
    1,034,090     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-C, Class A2B, 144A, 4.54%, due 10/17/44     1,054,284  
    501,214     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 12-C, Class A2, 144A, 3.31%, due 10/15/46     501,554  
    4,844,588     SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 07-6, Class A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.38%, 2.13%, due 10/25/24     4,848,347  
    1,770,540     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 17-A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.45%, 2.04%, due 06/17/24     1,772,639  
    124,731     South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 08-1, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.23%, due 03/02/20     124,824  
    1,399,715     South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 05, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.14%, 1.62%, due 12/01/23     1,394,928  
    1,433,140     Symphony CLO V Ltd., Series 07-5A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.47%, due 01/15/24     1,433,639  
    62,630     Symphony CLO VIII LP, Series 12-8A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.80%, due 01/09/23     62,692  
    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    513,608     TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.52%, due 07/15/30     514,050  
    309,795     Telos CLO, Series 13-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.73%, due 07/17/26     310,265  
    867,426     Telos CLO Ltd., Series 13-4A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.48%, due 01/17/30     867,417  
    180,381     THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.64%, due 07/20/30     180,700  
    743,508     THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .60%, 2.48%, due 11/20/30     743,505  
    783,832     Tryon Park CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.84%, due 07/15/25     785,400  
    706,686     Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 15-1, Class AFL, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.43%, 4.05%, due 06/25/45     714,927  
    2,299,005     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.05%, 2.78%, due 01/18/26     2,299,695  
    542,141     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     542,141  
    1,239,180     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 10/15/30     1,239,169  
    330,448     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 16-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 01/20/31     330,446  
    155,684     WhiteHorse VI Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.20%, 2.98%, due 02/03/25     155,926  
    5,141,510     WhiteHorse VIII Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.28%, due 05/01/26     5,146,549  
    225,476     Ziggurat CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.63%, due 04/17/29     225,759  
     

 

 

 
    Total Asset-Backed Securities     155,809,554  
     

 

 

 
    Mortgage Backed Securities — 0.1%  
    1,262,494     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 14-CBM, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.49%, due 10/15/29     1,262,493  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   39


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          Mortgage Backed Securities — continued  
    652,625     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 14-FL6, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.40%, 2.99%, due 11/15/31     652,966  
    392,308     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-1A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 02/25/30     383,816  
    146,487     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-2A, Class 1A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 09/25/30     146,174  
    139,131     Nationslink Funding Corp. Commercial Loan Pass Through Certificate, Series 99-LTL1, Class D, 144A, 6.45%, due 01/22/26     142,289  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mortgage Backed Securities     2,587,738  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 20.2%  
    10,416,592     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/25 (b)     10,224,306  
    100,604,096     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, due 01/15/26 (b)     100,023,013  
    101,250,771     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/26 (b)     96,666,134  
    149,734,969     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 01/15/27 (b)     144,984,544  
    65,722,313     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/27 (b)     63,688,953  
    100,100,763     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28 (b)     109,535,233  
    50,818,100     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.50%, due 01/15/29 (b)     59,965,011  
    51,057,500     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 09/30/19     50,389,365  
    55,958,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 10/31/19     55,297,870  
    7,900,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.05%, 1.70%, due 10/31/19     7,904,952  
    45,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 11/30/19     44,623,828  
    45,500,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 12/31/19 (c)     45,197,852  
    61,591,500     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 01/31/20     61,305,196  
    55,500,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, due 02/29/20     55,489,160  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     905,295,417  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 0.6%  
    10,500,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – 0.22%, 1.58%, due 11/09/18     10,499,530  

Par Value† /

Shares

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
          U.S. Government Agency — continued  
    3,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – 0.24%, 1.27%, due 03/06/19     2,998,748  
    10,500,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – 0.16%, 1.63%, due 02/07/20     10,495,271  
    181,563     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 12-H15, Class FA, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.45%, 2.01%, due 05/20/62     181,801  
    2,923,480     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-H12, Class FE, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.20%, 1.76%, due 06/20/66     2,922,183  
    1,149,833     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-H05, Class FJ, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.27%, 1.83%, due 01/20/67     1,150,000  
    1,437,167     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-H13, Class FJ, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.20%, 1.76%, due 05/20/67     1,437,555  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     29,685,088  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     1,093,377,797  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $1,105,552,879)
    1,093,377,797  
     

 

 

 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (d) — 1.3%  
    Brazil — 0.7%  
    62,500     Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA – Class B     349,372  
    447,400     Braskem SA – Class A     6,399,106  
    283,300     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA – Class B     2,434,343  
    2,700     Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao     56,954  
    14,200     Cia de Saneamento do Parana     45,177  
    302,460     Itau Unibanco Holding SA     4,693,072  
    264,700     Itau Unibanco Holding SA Sponsored ADR     4,121,379  
    2,907,097     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA     11,746,932  
    556,000     Metalurgica Gerdau SA     1,349,373  
    268,500     Oi SA *     314,238  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     31,509,946  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.0%  
    4,600     Bancolombia SA Sponsored ADR     194,028  
    53,372     Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA     23,097  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     217,125  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 0.1%  
    13,184     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     1,190,530  
    2,217     Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA     226,786  
 

 

40   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    Germany — continued  
    1,256     Jungheinrich AG     61,138  
    7,690     Volkswagen AG     1,496,001  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     2,974,455  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.0%  
    1,793     Bashneft PJSC     51,233  
    398,800     Sberbank of Russia PJSC     1,591,029  
    37     Transneft PJSC     120,922  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     1,763,184  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 0.5%  
    1,665     Hyundai Motor Co     137,542  
    25,809     Hyundai Motor Co 2nd Preference     2,316,109  
    34,862     LG Electronics Inc     1,324,255  
    8,258     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     15,169,878  
    1,854     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd GDR (Registered)     1,682,043  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     20,629,827  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 0.0%  
    14,463     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd *     30,119  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $38,973,985)
    57,124,656  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.0%  
    Brazil — 0.0%  
    68,320     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA Rights, Expires 4/05/18 (e) *     113,625  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.0%  
    79,108     Enel Chile SA, Expires 3/19/18 *     1  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.0%  
    48,800     Supalai Pcl Rights, Expires 10/19/18 *     29,868  
    74,250     Supalai Public Co Rights, Expires 10/19/18 *     45,652  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     75,520  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $60,200)
    189,146  
     

 

 

 
    INVESTMENT FUNDS — 0.0%  
    United States — 0.0%  
    13,504     iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF     648,462  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS
(COST $661,208)
    648,462  
     

 

 

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 31.8%  
    United States — 31.8%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 31.8%      
    4,661,724     GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     133,185,460  
    15,754,451     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     569,680,947  
    8,239,477     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     217,604,583  
    5,803,937     GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI     184,449,116  
    12,805,496     GMO Special Opportunities Fund, Class VI     323,594,896  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,214,411,315)
    1,428,515,002  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.8%  
    Foreign Government Obligation — 1.9%  

JPY

    1,445,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/23/18     13,545,770  

JPY

    2,840,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/14/18     26,626,128  

JPY

    1,900,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/19/18     17,808,607  

JPY

    560,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/26/18     5,248,952  

JPY

    1,465,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/09/18     13,732,334  

JPY

    800,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/21/18     7,500,670  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION
(COST $81,239,493)
    84,462,461  
     

 

 

 
    Money Market Funds — 0.1%  
    7,380,562     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (f)     7,380,562  
     

 

 

 
    Repurchase Agreements — 2.7%  
    119,737,426     Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. Repurchase Agreement, dated 02/28/18, maturing on 03/01/18 with a maturity value of $119,742,082 and an effective yield of 1.40%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note with maturity date 02/15/20 and a market value of $122,216,205.     119,737,426  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 1.0%  
    11,725,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.80%, due 08/23/18 (g)     11,622,976  
    24,630,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 10/31/18 (c)     24,430,843  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   41


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    9,775,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 11/30/18     9,728,798  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     45,782,617  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 0.1%  
    3,000,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, Zero Coupon, due 07/02/18     2,981,550  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $257,225,069)
    260,344,616  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.8%
(Cost $4,039,446,263)
    4,523,456,238  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.8%)     (36,967,303
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $4,486,488,935  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
03/19/2018   MSCI     JPY       1,900,000,000       USD       16,836,061     $ (992,500
03/26/2018   CITI     JPY       560,000,000       USD       5,021,031       (236,660
04/09/2018   GS     JPY       1,465,000,000       USD       12,995,377       (773,141
04/23/2018   MSCI     JPY       1,445,000,000       USD       13,061,116       (531,839
05/14/2018   MSCI     JPY       2,840,000,000       USD       26,045,010       (706,912
05/21/2018   MSCI     JPY       800,000,000       USD       7,493,695       (45,457
           

 

 

 
  $ (3,286,509
           

 

 

 
 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Average balance outstanding

   $ (62,942,589

Average interest rate

     (0.24 )% 

Maximum balance outstanding

   $ (74,914,958

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund had no reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number

of

Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buys        
120   Mini MSCI Emerging
Markets
  March 2018   $ 7,098,000     $ 401,740  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
Sales        
1,887   S&P 500 E-Mini   March 2018   $ 256,103,640     $ 2,898,576  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.

 

 

42   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Security valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount since holding exceeds foreign ownership limits.

 

(b) Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the price of a specific instrument or financial statistic (Note 2).

 

(c) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on securities sold short, OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(d) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(e) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(f) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(g) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   43


GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund returned +12.04% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +12.15% for the Fund’s benchmark, the GMO Global Asset Allocation Index (65% MSCI ACWI and 35% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index).

The Fund’s underweight in equities, compared to the benchmark, detracted from relative performance. Within equities, the overweighting to emerging markets and the underweighting to the U.S. helped relative performance. Stock selection within equities was additive for developed ex-U.S. markets and was also positive in the U.S., due to our allocation to Quality. Stock selection in emerging markets was challenging as it was a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing. The Fund’s exposure to alternative strategies detracted from relative performance, as they significantly underperformed the very strong returns generated by equity markets. The underweighting to fixed income was beneficial to performance as the asset class did relatively poorly, and the Fund also enjoyed decent outperformance within fixed income, driven primarily by emerging market debt and asset backed securities. Our exposure to cash/cash plus detracted from relative performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

44


GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund Class III Shares, the GMO Global Asset Allocation Index,

MSCI ACWI and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .15% on the purchase and .15% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

  * The GMO Global Asset Allocation Index is comprised of 48.75% S&P 500 Index, 16.25% MSCI ACWI ex USA and 35% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index through 3/31/2007, and 65% MSCI ACWI (All CountryWorld Index) and 35% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index thereafter.

 

    MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

    For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

45


GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    56.3

Debt Obligations

    29.7  

Short-Term Investments

    15.3  

Mutual Funds

    1.6  

Preferred Stocks

    0.8  

Investment Funds

    0.3  

Loan Participations

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Written/Credit Linked Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Futures Contracts

    (0.1

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.1

Securities Sold Short

    (0.3

Other

    (3.5
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Debt Obligations as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    17.9

Other Emerging

    2.2 † 

Euro Region

    0.0 ^# 

Other Developed

    (0.5 )‡ 
 

 

 

 
    19.6 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Equity Investments as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    14.9

Other Emerging

    8.1 † 

Japan

    5.8  

Other Developed

    5.0 ‡ 

Taiwan

    4.5  

United Kingdom

    3.4  

Germany

    2.7  

France

    2.7  

Russia

    2.4  

South Korea

    2.4  

Thailand

    1.7  

Switzerland

    1.3  

Hong Kong

    1.0  

Euro Region

    0.0 ^# 
 

 

 

 
    55.9 % 
 

 

 

 
& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”), except for GMO Alpha Only Fund. Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The tables are not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the tables may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

# “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

46


GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares /
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 100.0%  
    3,436,356     GMO Alpha Only Fund, Class IV     74,946,917  
    18,127,944     GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund, Class VI     399,177,319  
    11,897,741     GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, Class IV     249,614,612  
    1,943,671     GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     55,530,671  
    12,934,678     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     467,717,958  
    21,750,478     GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     519,183,914  
    1,848,284     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     48,813,182  
    7,097,791     GMO Quality Fund, Class VI     178,367,480  
    2,319,581     GMO Risk Premium Fund, Class VI     62,350,340  
    2,314,886     GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI     73,567,091  
    11,685,746     GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI     178,908,774  
    6,689,893     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     167,046,625  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $2,388,255,464)
    2,475,224,883  
     

 

 

 
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 0.0%  
    Asset-Backed Securities — 0.0%  
    32,873     ACE Securities Corp., Series 06-ASL1, Class A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .28%, 1.84%, due 02/25/36 ◆     18,460  
    27,548     GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 04-HE3, Class A3, FSA, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .50%, 2.06%, due 10/25/34 ◆     25,742  
    22,899     Mellon Residential Funding Corp., Series 04-TBC1, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.88%, due 02/26/34     21,777  
     

 

 

 
    Total Asset-Backed Securities     65,979  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $58,083)
    65,979  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    353,500     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     353,500  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $353,500)     353,500  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $2,388,667,047)
    2,475,644,362  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (39,805
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $2,475,604,557  
     

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

These securities are primarily backed by subprime mortgages.

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   47


GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund returned +20.39% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +17.36% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI World Index.

The Fund’s exposure to emerging markets was the largest positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark. The Fund also benefitted from being underweight the U.S. and Canada. The Fund’s modest cash holdings were a drag on relative performance given the strong returns generated by equities. Stock selection detracted from relative performance in the U.K., Japan, and emerging markets (where it was a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing), but this was more than compensated by excellent stock selection results in the U.S. and Germany.

Allocation between sectors proved additive, driven primarily by an overweight position in Information Technology. Stock selection within sectors also added value, with a positive outcome in every sector except Information Technology. Top stock detractors included having no exposure to (the strongly performing) Amazon and Boeing, as well as an overweight position in GlaxoSmithKline. Top stock contributors included having no exposure to General Electric Company, as well as overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa and Fiat Chrysler.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments. Specific securities referenced were either held directly or indirectly through underlying funds.

 

 

48


GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund Class III Shares and the MSCI World Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .08% on the purchase and .08% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

49


GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    97.3

Short-Term Investments

    1.5  

Preferred Stocks

    0.6  

Investment Funds

    0.2  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Other

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   % of Investments  

United States

    40.4

Japan

    12.8  

United Kingdom

    7.6  

Germany

    6.0  

France

    6.0  

Other Emerging

    3.4 † 

Switzerland

    2.9  

Taiwan

    2.9  

Italy

    2.4  

Hong Kong

    2.3  

China

    2.1  

Other Developed

    2.0 ‡ 

Australia

    1.8  

Sweden

    1.6  

Norway

    1.6  

Netherlands

    1.5  

South Korea

    1.4  

Russia

    1.3  
 

 

 

 
    100 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments and includes exposure through the use of derivative financial instruments, if any. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

50


GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 100.0%  
    1,299,530     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     46,991,022  
    9,106,820     GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     217,379,783  
    4,090,196     GMO Quality Fund, Class VI     102,786,624  
    6,661,313     GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI     101,984,701  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $412,488,926)
    469,142,130  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    201,846     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     201,846  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $201,846)
    201,846  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $412,690,772)
    469,343,976  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (61,154
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $469,282,822  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   51


GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund returned +21.06% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +18.79% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index (“ACWI”).

The Fund’s exposure to emerging markets was the largest positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark. The Fund also benefitted from being underweight the U.S. and Canada. The Fund’s very modest cash holdings were a marginal drag on relative performance, given the strong returns generated by equities. Stock selection detracted from relative performance in the UK, Japan, and emerging markets (where it was a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing), but this was compensated by excellent stock selection results in the U.S. and Germany.

Allocation between sectors proved additive, driven primarily by an overweight position in Information Technology and also helped by underweight positions in Energy and Consumer Staples. Stock selection within sectors also added value, with a positive outcome in every sector except Information Technology. Top stock detractors included having no exposure to (the strongly performing) Amazon and Boeing, as well as an overweight position in GlaxoSmithKline. Top stock contributors included having no exposure to General Electric Company, as well as overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa and Fiat Chrysler.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments. Specific securities referenced were either held directly or indirectly through underlying funds.

 

52


GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund Class III Shares, the MSCI ACWI + and the MSCI ACWI

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .18% on the purchase and .18% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

  * The MSCI ACWI + represents 75% S&P 500 Index and 25% MSCI ACWI ex-USA prior to May 30, 2008 and MSCI ACWI thereafter.

 

    MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

    For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

53


GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    96.4

Short-Term Investments

    1.6  

Preferred Stocks

    1.1  

Investment Funds

    0.4  

Futures Contracts

    0.1  

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Other

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   % of Investments  

United States

    32.6

Japan

    10.5  

Taiwan

    6.6  

United Kingdom

    6.3  

China

    5.5  

Germany

    5.0  

France

    4.9  

Other Emerging

    4.0 † 

South Korea

    3.5  

Russia

    3.4  

Switzerland

    2.4  

Thailand

    2.3  

Italy

    2.0  

Hong Kong

    1.9  

Other Developed

    1.6 ‡ 

Australia

    1.5  

Sweden

    1.3  

Norway

    1.3  

Netherlands

    1.2  

India

    1.1  

Turkey

    1.1  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments and includes exposure through the use of derivative financial instruments, if any. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

54


GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares   Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 100.0%  
  16,830,027   GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     608,573,770  
  37,571,486   GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     896,831,372  
  16,426,866   GMO Quality Fund, Class VI     412,807,154  
  26,779,462   GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI     409,993,568  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $2,148,942,887)
    2,328,205,864  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
  807,905   State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     807,905  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $807,905)
    807,905  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $2,149,750,792)
    2,329,013,769  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (93,139
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $2,328,920,630  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   55


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC. Allocations among asset classes are made by the Asset Allocation team and specific security selection is primarily handled by other GMO investment teams in collaboration with the Asset Allocation team. For example, the Global Equity team selects equity securities within GMO Implementation Fund.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any securities index or securities benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) is included for comparative purposes only.

GMO Implementation Fund returned +11.12% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +2.11% for the CPI.

The Fund’s exposure to equities, particularly in emerging markets, was the primary driver of the strong performance. Despite U.S. TIPS delivering a negative return, the Fund’s exposure to fixed income also contributed to performance — with distressed debt being most noteworthy. Alternative strategies had a minimal positive impact on performance, as did cash and short duration bond holdings.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

56


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Implementation Fund, the Consumer Price Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes: 1-10 Year Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, please call (617) 330-7500. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .20% on the purchase and .20% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

57


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Investment Concentration Summary (a)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    57.2

Debt Obligations

    33.8  

Short-Term Investments

    7.2  

Preferred Stocks

    1.5  

Mutual Funds

    0.7  

Futures Contracts

    0.2  

Investment Funds

    0.1  

Purchased Options

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Repurchase Agreements

    0.0

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Written Options

    (0.1

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.2

Securities Sold Short

    (1.6

Other

    1.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Debt Obligations as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    15.3

Other Emerging

    0.0 ^† 

Euro Region

    0.0 ^§ 

Other Developed

    (0.1 )‡ 

Australia

    (1.7

United Kingdom

    (3.7
 

 

 

 
    9.8 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Equity Investments
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    11.0

China

    6.8  

Taiwan

    6.0  

Other Developed

    4.8 ‡ 

South Korea

    4.3  

Japan

    3.5  

Russia

    2.4  

Thailand

    2.4  

United Kingdom

    2.2  

Germany

    2.1  

Other Emerging

    2.0 † 

India

    2.0  

South Africa

    2.0  

France

    1.6  

Brazil

    1.4  

Turkey

    1.3  

Netherlands

    1.2  

Switzerland

    1.0  
 

 

 

 
    58.0
 

 

 

 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Banks

    14.1

Technology Hardware & Equipment

    9.3  

Materials

    8.5  

Software & Services

    7.9  

Capital Goods

    6.7  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    6.2  

Energy

    5.8  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    4.6  

Automobiles & Components

    4.4  

Telecommunication Services

    4.3  

Health Care Equipment & Services

    3.5  

Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences

    3.5  

Real Estate

    3.2  

Insurance

    3.0  

Diversified Financials

    2.7  

Consumer Durables & Apparel

    2.7  

Utilities

    2.3  

Transportation

    1.8  

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.4  

Retailing

    1.3  

Household & Personal Products

    1.2  

Media

    0.7  

Commercial & Professional Services

    0.5  

Consumer Services

    0.4  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

(a) GMO Implementation SPC Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO Implementation Fund. As such, the holdings of GMO Implementation SPC Ltd. have been included with GMO Implementation Fund.

 

& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The table is not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the table may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

§ “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.

 

 
^ Rounds to 0.0%.

 

58


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    COMMON STOCKS — 57.2%  
    Australia — 0.7%  
    137,358     Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd     162,037  
    51,024     BWP Trust (REIT)     114,495  
    445,105     Caltex Australia Ltd     12,065,535  
    102,628     Charter Hall Group (REIT)     463,387  
    13,841     CIMIC Group Ltd     499,246  
    112,691     Codan Ltd     210,951  
    411,365     Costa Group Holdings Ltd     2,312,715  
    72,352     Credit Corp Group Ltd     1,178,984  
    265,437     CSR Ltd     1,056,130  
    10,133     Dexus (REIT)     72,730  
    2,000,446     Downer EDI Ltd     10,671,053  
    41,300     Elders Ltd     221,014  
    165,829     GDI Property Group     160,529  
    573,610     Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd     1,115,598  
    553,329     Goodman Group (REIT)     3,498,903  
    27,911     Investa Office Fund (REIT)     91,204  
    34,706     Macquarie Group Ltd (REIT)     2,765,160  
    11,979     McMillan Shakespeare Ltd     162,500  
    408,287     Metcash Ltd     1,020,997  
    374,373     Mineral Resources Ltd     5,455,668  
    15,020     Monadelphous Group Ltd     190,497  
    128,794     Monash IVF Group Ltd     121,329  
    922,165     Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd     1,627,641  
    170,289     NRW Holdings Ltd *     226,868  
    548,392     OZ Minerals Ltd     4,057,574  
    13,711     Sims Metal Management Ltd     183,216  
    298,897     Tassal Group Ltd     878,694  
    5,788     Virtus Health Ltd     25,775  
    3,664,900     Westfield Corp (REIT)     24,843,902  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     75,454,332  
     

 

 

 
    Austria — 0.2%  
    43,489     FACC AG *     1,130,536  
    306,283     OMV AG     17,414,717  
    23,033     POLYTEC Holding AG     491,258  
    112,327     voestalpine AG     6,479,937  
     

 

 

 
    Total Austria     25,516,448  
     

 

 

 
    Belgium — 0.0%  
    231,456     AGFA-Gevaert NV *     1,135,030  
    3,659     Barco NV     446,490  
    385     Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA     43,957  
    11,671     UCB SA     964,098  
     

 

 

 
    Total Belgium     2,589,575  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 0.8%  
    1,673,600     AES Tiete Energia SA     5,850,306  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Brazil — continued  
    115,673     Banco Bradesco SA     1,312,094  
    118,600     Banco BTG Pactual SA     841,585  
    651,400     Banco do Brasil SA     8,386,005  
    317,200     Banco Santander Brasil SA     3,592,178  
    2,377,300     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA *     18,135,982  
    738,000     Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo     8,557,609  
    334,800     EDP – Energias do Brasil SA     1,371,413  
    744,300     Engie Brasil Energia SA     8,974,513  
    311,300     Estacio Participacoes SA     3,250,199  
    177,300     Grendene SA     1,551,355  
    4,389,800     JBS SA     13,398,293  
    402,900     LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA *     668,832  
    61,400     Multiplus SA     651,083  
    3,110,700     Rumo SA *     13,642,665  
    542,900     Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA     3,427,716  
    265,300     Via Varejo SA     2,238,001  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     95,849,829  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 0.8%  
    139,500     AGF Management Ltd – Class B     747,943  
    251,100     Air Canada *     5,295,173  
    899,200     Alignvest Acquisition II Corp *     6,860,324  
    111,300     Bank of Nova Scotia (The)     6,895,535  
    23,100     Baytex Energy Corp *     58,905  
    97,100     Bird Construction Inc     671,951  
    56,248     BRP Inc Sub Voting     1,972,099  
    51,800     Canfor Corp *     1,223,953  
    11,800     Cogeco Inc     659,336  
    67,600     Empire Co Ltd     1,251,696  
    4,400     Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc     186,499  
    19,400     Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp     380,531  
    80,300     Magna International Inc     4,418,002  
    81,300     Manulife Financial Corp     1,547,952  
    388,700     Metro Inc     12,261,982  
    13,500     Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust     139,713  
    15,100     Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc     145,446  
    194,400     Rogers Sugar Inc     937,762  
    330,300     Royal Bank of Canada     26,020,906  
    32,900     Russel Metals Inc     755,582  
    5,600     Sierra Wireless Inc *     89,320  
    2,300     TMX Group Ltd     137,495  
    18,000     Toromont Industries Ltd     808,120  
    107,600     Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)     6,205,112  
    26,000     Transat AT Inc *     215,789  
    198,920     Transcontinental Inc – Class A     3,743,702  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   59


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Canada — continued  
    9,100     Wajax Corp     159,704  
    148,100     West Fraser Timber Co Ltd     10,315,756  
    37,160     WestJet Airlines Ltd     748,586  
    7,600     Westshore Terminals Investment Corp     147,712  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     95,002,586  
     

 

 

 
    Chile — 0.0%  
    96,048     Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA     1,115,318  
    11,212,040     Enel Chile SA     1,387,332  
     

 

 

 
    Total Chile     2,502,650  
     

 

 

 
    China — 7.3%  
    5,503,000     361 Degrees International Ltd     2,005,184  
    5,772,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd     9,843,040  
    119,758,000     Agricultural Bank of China Ltd – Class H     65,801,083  
    119,900     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Sponsored ADR *     22,318,186  
    4,603,500     Anhui Conch Cement Co Ltd – Class H     24,458,560  
    69,822,000     Bank of China Ltd – Class H     37,548,282  
    11,382,000     Bank of Communications Co Ltd – Class H     9,048,752  
    209,300     Changyou.com Ltd ADR *     5,923,190  
    6,811,000     China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd – Class H     4,925,182  
    3,000     China Communications Construction Co Ltd – Class H     3,335  
    22,028,000     China Communications Services Corp Ltd – Class H     13,022,047  
    57,024,000     China Construction Bank – Class H     58,467,412  
    2,697,000     China Everbright Bank Co Ltd – Class H     1,380,213  
    8,997,000     China Greenfresh Group Co Ltd     1,526,468  
    3,509,000     China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd – Class H     1,583,559  
    176,000     China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd     106,397  
    8,388,000     China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd     5,500,361  
    11,297,000     China Machinery Engineering Corp – Class H     6,814,466  
    4,681,000     China Mobile Ltd     43,594,282  
    21,322,000     China National Building Material Co Ltd – Class H     20,919,217  
    5,716,000     China National Materials Co Ltd – Class H     4,746,968  
    276,000     China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd     958,977  
    17,400     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp ADR     1,376,340  
    52,516,000     China Petroleum & Chemical Corp – Class H     41,680,414  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    China — continued  
    19,940,700     China Railway Construction Corp Ltd – Class H     21,339,895  
    4,128,000     China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd     3,161,363  
    158,000     China Resources Land Ltd     558,180  
    5,782,500     China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd – Class H     16,366,215  
    194,000     China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd     272,087  
    77,112,000     China Telecom Corp Ltd – Class H     33,621,971  
    9,400     China Yuchai International Ltd     210,654  
    2,708,000     Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd – Class H     2,180,810  
    144,570     CKH Food & Health Ltd *     112,279  
    416,000     Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd     205,205  
    133,000     Digital China Holdings Ltd *     74,949  
    26,000,000     Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd – Class H     32,673,258  
    4,050,000     Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd     12,994,697  
    2,904,000     Guangdong Investment Ltd     4,427,609  
    382,000     Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd – Class H     1,033,063  
    9,697,200     Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd – Class H     22,519,151  
    4,645,000     Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd *     15,823,021  
    2,205,100     Haitian International Holdings Ltd     6,754,946  
    4,353,700     Harbin Electric Co Ltd – Class H     1,757,924  
    996,000     Hi Sun Technology China Ltd *     205,644  
    1,593,000     Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co Ltd – Class H     1,949,016  
    72,000     Hopson Development Holdings Ltd     67,914  
    746,000     Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd     1,428,820  
    14,796,000     Huabao International Holdings Ltd     11,093,727  
    43,032,000     Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd – Class H     36,686,486  
    4,344,000     Jiangsu Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     6,727,170  
    888,000     Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd     251,670  
    472,300     Jumei International Holding Ltd ADR *     1,346,055  
    3,953,500     Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd     19,868,709  
    3,357,000     Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd     5,831,208  
    2,755,000     Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd     3,112,893  
    107,000     Legend Holdings Corp – Class H     364,896  
    575,800     Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc – Class H     4,280,411  
    3,303,000     Longfor Properties Co Ltd     9,484,102  
    16,459,000     Lonking Holdings Ltd     6,816,706  
    700     Momo Inc Sponsored ADR *     23,135  
    2,500     NetEase Inc ADR     733,375  
    979,000     Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd *     2,160,995  
 

 

60   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    China — continued  
    1,515,000     PAX Global Technology Ltd     751,234  
    8,762,000     PICC Property & Casualty Co Ltd – Class H     17,185,572  
    4,334,000     Postal Savings Bank of China Co Ltd – Class H     2,660,125  
    2,234,000     Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd     1,113,733  
    94,000     Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd – Class H     159,491  
    1,536,000     Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co Ltd – Class H     1,047,372  
    2,595,000     Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd     7,223,155  
    4,689,000     Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co Ltd – Class H     11,735,387  
    1,912,000     Shenzhen Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     1,922,845  
    6,429,000     Shimao Property Holdings Ltd     15,842,843  
    14,400     SINA Corp *     1,683,792  
    791,000     Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd     1,482,102  
    346,000     Sinofert Holdings Ltd *     48,700  
    1,058,000     Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd     745,354  
    1,874,000     Sinopec Engineering Group Co Ltd – Class H     1,816,037  
    3,205,500     Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd     4,065,967  
    47,250     Sohu.com, Inc. *     1,589,963  
    1,340,000     SSY Group Ltd.     1,013,153  
    617,300     Tencent Holdings Ltd     33,771,567  
    1,631,000     Texhong Textile Group Ltd     2,125,167  
    708,000     Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd     321,367  
    988,000     Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd *     143,266  
    1,512,000     Tianneng Power International Ltd     1,494,229  
    6,153,000     TravelSky Technology Ltd – Class H     19,453,293  
    14,010,000     Want Want China Holdings Ltd     11,762,213  
    9,794,000     Weichai Power Co Ltd – Class H     10,918,316  
    4,354,500     XTEP International Holdings Ltd     1,925,548  
    2,986,000     Yadea Group Holdings Ltd     1,026,172  
    12,014,000     Yuzhou Properties Co Ltd     7,342,367  
    7,344,000     Zhejiang Expressway Co Ltd – Class H     7,984,477  
     

 

 

 
    Total China     842,426,931  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.1%  
    525,117     Almacenes Exito SA     3,075,098  
    707,100     Ecopetrol SA Sponsored ADR     12,381,321  
     

 

 

 
    Total Colombia     15,456,419  
     

 

 

 
    Cyprus — 0.0%  
    37,103     TCS Group Holding Plc GDR (Registered)     854,063  
     

 

 

 
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Czech Republic — 0.1%  
    341,705     CEZ AS     8,266,313  
    1,344,257     Moneta Money Bank AS     5,423,191  
     

 

 

 
    Total Czech Republic     13,689,504  
     

 

 

 
    Denmark — 0.0%  
    90,200     Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR     4,643,496  
    2,726     Schouw & Co AB     284,184  
     

 

 

 
    Total Denmark     4,927,680  
     

 

 

 
    Egypt — 0.0%  
    78,776     Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE     343,841  
     

 

 

 
    Finland — 0.1%  
    34,438     Finnair Oyj     510,975  
    12,803     Sanoma Oyj     154,289  
    205,991     UPM-Kymmene Oyj     7,047,738  
     

 

 

 
    Total Finland     7,713,002  
     

 

 

 
    France — 1.7%  
    683,319     Air France-KLM *     8,063,588  
    29,555     Amundi SA     2,409,209  
    1,139,605     AXA SA     35,691,350  
    384,306     BNP Paribas SA     30,387,265  
    42,840     Christian Dior SE     15,911,575  
    226,153     CNP Assurances     5,480,484  
    692,754     Credit Agricole SA     11,870,477  
    54,477     Derichebourg SA     488,403  
    4,649     Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA     296,717  
    31,623     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE     9,458,347  
    4,146     Mersen SA     202,378  
    14,179     Metropole Television SA     403,177  
    7,721     Neopost SA     224,365  
    18,334     Rallye SA     335,397  
    5,647     Rexel SA     99,178  
    43,897     Sanofi     3,465,661  
    147,011     SCOR SE     6,232,759  
    533,912     Societe Generale SA     30,336,679  
    706,342     STMicroelectronics NV     16,063,827  
    673,800     STMicroelectronics NV – NY Shares     15,362,640  
    3,168     Vilmorin & Cie SA     287,739  
     

 

 

 
    Total France     193,071,215  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 2.1%  
    188,381     Allianz SE (Registered)     43,759,254  
    212,980     BASF SE     22,249,922  
    12,091     Bauer AG     319,094  
    320,538     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     33,677,292  
    2,053     Cewe Stiftung & Co KGAA     209,311  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   61


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Germany — continued  
    31,249     Covestro AG     3,525,210  
    502,014     Daimler AG (Registered Shares)     42,865,291  
    929,897     Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)     31,049,327  
    46,863     Deutsche Post AG (Registered)     2,137,947  
    4,362     Eckert & Ziegler AG     188,748  
    12,736     Elmos Semiconductor AG     421,779  
    3,906     Gesco AG     143,574  
    969     Isra Vision AG     234,850  
    18,582     Leoni AG     1,263,624  
    135,926     Linde AG *     30,161,830  
    4,074     OHB SE     199,722  
    1,031     Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG     183,482  
    3,476     ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE     137,474  
    280,086     RWE AG *     5,567,067  
    108,611     SAP SE     11,334,579  
    2,219     Software AG     116,486  
    7,926     STADA Arzneimittel AG     827,080  
    46,950     Talanx AG     2,075,337  
    30,089     Uniper SE     913,707  
    13,717     Volkswagen AG     2,724,888  
    27,833     Wacker Neuson SE     990,963  
    18,109     Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische AG     505,807  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     237,783,645  
     

 

 

 
    Greece — 0.2%  
    2,241,634     Alpha Bank AE *     5,322,221  
    5,244,465     Eurobank Ergasias SA *     5,261,727  
    118,862     Intralot SA *     194,074  
    38,915     Mytilineos Holdings SA *     457,380  
    8,980,949     National Bank of Greece SA *     3,295,147  
    1,199,968     Piraeus Bank SA *     5,239,642  
    134,542     Public Power Corp SA *     456,785  
     

 

 

 
    Total Greece     20,226,976  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 0.8%  
    2,580,000     BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd     12,965,750  
    179,500     CK Asset Holdings Ltd.     1,542,315  
    520,000     Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd     1,155,680  
    319,200     Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd     2,066,651  
    22,000     Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust     26,158  
    193,000     Hysan Development Co Ltd     1,115,391  
    2,310,213     I-CABLE Communications Ltd *     57,825  
    225,500     Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd     889,823  
    888,000     Kerry Properties Ltd     4,013,986  
    1,112,500     Link (REIT)     9,457,352  
    170,000     Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd     585,398  
    404,000     Man Wah Holdings Ltd     371,245  
    772,000     Singamas Container Holdings Ltd     151,748  
    5,635,000     SJM Holdings Ltd     5,367,613  
    3,000     Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd     49,767  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Hong Kong — continued  
    14,072,000     WH Group Ltd     17,331,139  
    1,831,000     Wharf Holdings Ltd (The)     6,802,734  
    2,032,000     Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd *     13,813,414  
    961,000     Wheelock & Co Ltd     6,966,156  
    232,500     Xinyi Automobile Glass Hong Kong Enterprises Ltd *     63,197  
    376,000     Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd     1,607,061  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hong Kong     86,400,403  
     

 

 

 
    Hungary — 0.1%  
    2,257,270     Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Plc     3,982,444  
    177,069     Richter Gedeon Nyrt     3,896,627  
     

 

 

 
    Total Hungary     7,879,071  
     

 

 

 
    India — 2.0%  
    1,241,778     Andhra Bank *     868,324  
    395,015     Aurobindo Pharma Ltd     3,701,656  
    1,313,008     Bharat Electronics Ltd     3,090,478  
    669,709     Canara Bank     3,039,080  
    507,101     Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd     1,303,046  
    90,659     Coal India Ltd     430,491  
    33,227     DCM Shriram Ltd     287,294  
    211,718     Divi’s Laboratories Ltd     3,322,400  
    141,156     Firstsource Solutions Ltd *     110,530  
    1,949,385     HCL Technologies Ltd     28,115,956  
    131,205     Hero MotoCorp Ltd     7,198,489  
    1,068,246     Hexaware Technologies Ltd     5,638,312  
    988,233     Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd     5,746,834  
    61,370     Hindustan Zinc Ltd     304,553  
    45,502     IDBI Bank Ltd *     51,590  
    641,376     IFCI Ltd *     221,204  
    882,107     Indian Oil Corp Ltd     5,091,453  
    94,525     Infosys Ltd     1,684,035  
    658,600     Infosys Ltd Sponsored ADR     11,630,876  
    1,644,357     Jaypee Infratech Ltd *     315,121  
    1,292,603     Karnataka Bank Ltd (The)     2,645,747  
    16,547     KPIT Technologies Ltd     54,545  
    49,247     Maruti Suzuki India Ltd     6,660,497  
    8,130     Merck Ltd     194,382  
    327,929     MOIL Ltd     1,130,880  
    261,273     Mphasis Ltd     3,440,831  
    589,365     NIIT Technologies Ltd     7,505,385  
    1,969,727     NMDC Ltd     3,876,728  
    20,862     Nucleus Software Exports Ltd     145,768  
    5,318,710     Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd     15,166,713  
    11,532     Oil India Ltd     61,346  
    250,793     Oriental Bank of Commerce *     384,566  
    7,639,150     Power Finance Corp Ltd     12,232,110  
 

 

62   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    India — continued  
    2,086,433     PTC India Ltd     3,262,041  
    487,722     Reliance Capital Ltd     3,495,441  
    8,430,860     Rural Electrification Corp Ltd     18,543,633  
    296,824     Sonata Software Ltd     1,442,743  
    140,819     Steel Authority of India Ltd *     178,148  
    842,120     Syndicate Bank *     777,021  
    415,229     Tata Consultancy Services Ltd     19,267,903  
    382,842     Tata Global Beverages Ltd     1,602,041  
    1,958,917     Tata Steel Ltd     20,096,321  
    88,360     Tech Mahindra Ltd     829,616  
    31,075     Unichem Laboratories Ltd     158,119  
    1,687,323     Union Bank of India *     2,698,691  
    2,797,474     Unitech Ltd *     300,345  
    3,286,047     Wipro Ltd     14,694,342  
    96,300     Wipro Ltd ADR     530,613  
    18,009     Zensar Technologies Ltd     246,795  
    74,402     Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd     598,885  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     224,373,918  
     

 

 

 
    Indonesia — 0.3%  
    2,666,400     Adaro Energy Tbk PT     453,327  
    306,500     Astra International Tbk PT     179,273  
    1,967,600     Bank Central Asia Tbk PT     3,311,392  
    6,707,400     Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT     4,034,780  
    2,840,800     Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     2,006,088  
    12,179,600     Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk PT     654,291  
    27,730,900     Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     7,635,021  
    2,742,500     Gajah Tunggal Tbk PT     165,811  
    3,773,200     Harum Energy Tbk PT *     929,291  
    4,274,200     Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT     9,554,752  
    1,931,400     Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT     1,062,300  
    628,000     Matahari Department Store Tbk PT     483,763  
    21,753,500     Panin Financial Tbk PT *     434,616  
    5,603,800     Summarecon Agung Tbk PT     450,811  
    15,052,400     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT     4,358,897  
    68,700     Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT Sponsored ADR     1,994,361  
    376,300     United Tractors Tbk PT     969,173  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     38,677,947  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.0%  
    14,800     ICON Plc *     1,676,988  
    1,854     Smurfit Kappa Group Plc     64,507  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ireland     1,741,495  
     

 

 

 
    Israel — 0.0%  
    48,676     Discount Investment Corp Ltd (Registered)     181,494  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Israel — continued  
    29,471     Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd *     811,834  
    200     Orbotech Ltd *     10,992  
    10,000     SodaStream International Ltd *     809,200  
    9,196     SodaStream International Ltd *     745,470  
    5,531     Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd     103,725  
     

 

 

 
    Total Israel     2,662,715  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 0.7%  
    845     ACEA SPA     14,661  
    178,721     Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SPA *     416,335  
    13,606     ASTM SPA     329,269  
    35,971     Carraro SpA *     149,430  
    5,328     El.En. SPA     167,240  
    2,366,841     Enel SPA     13,738,949  
    210,452     EXOR NV     15,271,189  
    96,202     Falck Renewables SPA     243,237  
    26,768     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV *     565,021  
    1,609,924     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV     34,114,290  
    139,651     Fincantieri SPA *     221,728  
    221,943     IMMSI SPA *     187,572  
    636,537     Iren SPA     1,886,665  
    20,889     La Doria SPA     339,694  
    13,622     Prima Industrie SPA     573,382  
    193,999     Recordati SPA     6,935,312  
    4,804     Reply SPA     288,096  
    6,037     Sabaf SPA     126,719  
    977,423     Saras SPA     2,048,781  
    365,112     Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni SC     4,343,975  
    16,483     Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi SPA     283,532  
     

 

 

 
    Total Italy     82,245,077  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 3.5%  
    25,300     Aisin Seiki Co Ltd     1,472,383  
    65,000     AOKI Holdings Inc     1,040,045  
    2,800     Aoyama Trading Co Ltd     116,500  
    783,800     Asahi Kasei Corp     10,044,387  
    7,100     Autobacs Seven Co Ltd     138,227  
    14,900     Belluna Co Ltd     179,736  
    506,200     Brother Industries Ltd     12,588,901  
    526,600     Canon Inc     20,068,088  
    16,000     Chiba Bank Ltd (The)     131,326  
    64,200     CKD Corp     1,606,293  
    3,800     Daicel Corp     43,295  
    9,500     Dai-ichi Seiko Co Ltd     256,799  
    86,800     Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd     3,215,789  
    4,800     Daiwabo Holdings Co Ltd     198,443  
    118,000     DCM Holdings Co Ltd     1,161,851  
    48,000     Denka Co Ltd     1,755,879  
    6,200     Duskin Co Ltd     153,118  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   63


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Japan — continued  
    52,300     Fancl Corp     1,876,783  
    4,800     Fuji Pharma Co Ltd     193,857  
    39,300     Fujikura Ltd     286,774  
    5,000     Fujitsu General Ltd     95,367  
    3,053,000     Fujitsu Ltd     18,219,074  
    36,200     Furukawa Electric Co Ltd     1,972,474  
    2,500     Fuyo General Lease Co Ltd     166,631  
    5,600     Hamakyorex Co Ltd     186,997  
    4,500     Hanwa Co Ltd     203,070  
    8,900     Hazama Ando Corp     64,001  
    8,600     Heiwado Co Ltd     198,793  
    1,100     Hitachi High-Technologies Corp     53,381  
    3,534,000     Hitachi Ltd     26,724,466  
    9,900     Hochiki Corp     186,844  
    4,200     Hosokawa Micron Corp     317,890  
    51,100     House Foods Group Inc     1,710,491  
    4,700     Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd     178,489  
    2,111,100     ITOCHU Corp     40,580,710  
    19,700     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp     804,350  
    4,800     JSP Corp     152,016  
    10,100     Juki Corp     159,229  
    11,200     Kamei Corp     167,473  
    18,000     Kaneka Corp     182,235  
    234,600     Kanematsu Corp     3,159,442  
    4,400     Kato Sangyo Co Ltd     148,771  
    28,900     Keihin Corp     600,935  
    42,700     Kitz Corp     349,027  
    3,800     Kose Corp     706,899  
    30,000     Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd     214,320  
    6,000     Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd     60,370  
    9,000     Mandom Corp     316,236  
    2,117,700     Marubeni Corp     16,135,334  
    41,100     MCJ Co Ltd     551,284  
    3,304     Medipal Holdings Corp     67,203  
    3,216,900     Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp     32,454,936  
    71,800     Mitsubishi Corp     2,011,492  
    641,200     Mitsubishi Electric Corp     10,815,434  
    260,900     Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc     6,452,889  
    480,900     Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp     10,243,303  
    163,700     Mitsui Chemicals Inc     4,967,361  
    415,774     Mitsui & Co Ltd     7,535,454  
    31,800     Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co Ltd     1,581,427  
    42,900     Modec Inc     1,070,868  
    4,400     Morinaga & Co Ltd     200,533  
    62,000     Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp     385,717  
    99,400     NET One Systems Co Ltd     1,527,709  
    56,000     Nichias Corp     743,571  
    16,500     Nichiha Corp     648,002  
    107,000     Nippo Corp     2,522,869  
    5,200     Nippon Chemi-Con Corp     139,337  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Japan — continued  
    11,000     Nippon Flour Mills Co Ltd     169,227  
    4,000     Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd     78,692  
    759,000     Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp     35,252,972  
    6,900     Nippon Valqua Industries Ltd     209,067  
    16,700     Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd (The)     454,056  
    3,500     Noritake Co Ltd     176,796  
    121,000     Onward Holdings Co Ltd     1,030,512  
    17,000     Osaki Electric Co Ltd     127,502  
    4,200     Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd     210,618  
    21,300     Pola Orbis Holdings Inc     892,984  
    308,000     Prima Meat Packers Ltd     1,850,956  
    28,400     Rohm Co Ltd     2,982,950  
    24,600     Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     681,010  
    9,000     Sakata INX Corp     118,045  
    3,400     Sanyo Special Steel Co Ltd     74,952  
    12,500     Seiko Epson Corp     238,543  
    555,800     Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd     10,413,110  
    900     Shimamura Co Ltd     107,006  
    15,200     Shin-Etsu Polymer Co Ltd     178,859  
    12,100     Shionogi & Co Ltd     629,845  
    14,700     Showa Corp     231,682  
    88,500     Showa Denko KK     4,318,685  
    1,700     SMC Corp     708,520  
    4,159,200     Sojitz Corp     13,572,080  
    1,700     Sugi Holdings Co Ltd     93,099  
    114,000     Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd     990,773  
    2,195,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd     13,533,651  
    79,300     Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd     1,322,073  
    300     Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co Ltd     15,303  
    2,900     Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd     134,561  
    169,100     Suzuki Motor Corp     9,646,453  
    153,800     Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     8,720,569  
    48,600     Tatsuta Electric Wire and Cable Co Ltd     330,162  
    15,600     T-Gaia Corp     447,598  
    3,737     TIS Inc     137,244  
    15,200     Tocalo Co Ltd     206,120  
    21,500     Token Corp     2,419,382  
    900     Tokyo Century Corp     50,812  
    40,600     Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings Inc *     155,320  
    58,600     Tokyo Electron Ltd     11,450,600  
    550,000     Tosoh Corp     11,370,096  
    28,000     Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co Ltd     175,138  
    270,300     Toyota Tsusho Corp     10,007,912  
    54,000     TS Tech Co Ltd     2,182,866  
    15,000     Tsubakimoto Chain Co     127,262  
    5,600     Ube Industries Ltd     173,819  
    24,500     Unipres Corp     595,496  
    19,700     Wacoal Holdings Corp     582,917  
 

 

64   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Japan — continued  
    29,700     Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings Co Ltd     706,514  
    2,000     Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc     24,142  
    6,400     Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (The)     157,178  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     404,928,907  
     

 

 

 
    Malaysia — 0.0%  
    289,300     DRB-Hicom Berhad     192,224  
    1,915,800     KSL Holdings Berhad *     498,005  
    166,700     Padini Holdings Berhad     211,448  
    125,500     Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad     258,523  
    593,000     Ta Ann Holdings Berhad     519,154  
    488,100     Top Glove Corp Berhad     1,209,167  
     

 

 

 
    Total Malaysia     2,888,521  
     

 

 

 
    Mexico — 0.6%  
    2,028,662     Arca Continental SAB de CV     14,095,755  
    661,080     Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand     933,195  
    20,600     Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand ADR     145,642  
    1,460,246     Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SAB de CV     2,710,464  
    1,432,800     Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored ADR *     9,384,840  
    16,100     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV Sponsored ADR     1,085,462  
    936,500     Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV     1,287,705  
    126,400     Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER     175,948  
    35,700     El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV     244,020  
    2,283,300     Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CV – Class B *     2,468,544  
    1,106,900     Gentera SAB de CV     904,867  
    41,500     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV     202,980  
    4,000     Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV ADR     156,640  
    700     Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV ADR     124,096  
    35,900     Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV – Class O     215,221  
    97,691     Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA de CV – Class O     455,167  
    267,213     Grupo Herdez SAB de CV     651,779  
    173,100     Grupo Lala SAB de CV     252,984  
    126,600     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV – Class A     230,088  
    253,100     Megacable Holdings SAB de CV CPO     1,111,588  
    26,330     Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV     269,088  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Mexico — continued  
    13,172,400     Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV     30,830,040  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico     67,936,113  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 1.2%  
    21,145     ASR Nederland NV     951,092  
    36,700     Constellium NV – Class A *     425,720  
    28,058     ForFarmers NV     308,361  
    410,970     Gemalto NV     24,686,046  
    42,621     Heineken Holding NV     4,239,567  
    1,909,127     ING Groep NV     33,501,323  
    417,928     NXP Semiconductors NV * (a)     52,098,905  
    50,334     Philips Lighting NV     1,993,981  
    91,823     Unilever NV CVA     4,805,661  
    70,778     Unilever NV – NY Shares (a)     3,701,689  
    159,300     VEON Ltd ADR     460,377  
    211,539     Wolters Kluwer NV     10,715,273  
     

 

 

 
    Total Netherlands     137,887,995  
     

 

 

 
    New Zealand — 0.0%  
    1,108,332     Air New Zealand Ltd     2,622,321  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 0.3%  
    18,917     Austevoll Seafood ASA     169,583  
    62,063     Bakkafrost P/F     3,133,603  
    233,681     BW LPG Ltd *     1,019,471  
    111,152     DNB ASA     2,180,283  
    384,556     Kongsberg Automotive ASA *     482,810  
    112,598     Kvaerner ASA *     208,781  
    295     Salmar ASA     10,488  
    45,694     SpareBank 1 SR Bank ASA     535,889  
    509,905     Statoil ASA     11,606,206  
    434,008     Storebrand ASA     3,775,288  
    459,553     Subsea 7 SA     6,824,049  
    65,566     Telenor ASA     1,471,397  
     

 

 

 
    Total Norway     31,417,848  
     

 

 

 
    Peru — 0.1%  
    49,700     Credicorp Ltd     10,757,565  
     

 

 

 
    Philippines — 0.0%  
    403,900     Manila Electric Co     2,609,640  
    1,084,600     Manila Water Co Inc     540,902  
    11,920,000     Megaworld Corp     1,108,421  
     

 

 

 
    Total Philippines     4,258,963  
     

 

 

 
    Poland — 0.3%  
    339,150     Asseco Poland SA     4,648,861  
    855,868     Enea SA     2,519,769  
    1,346,657     Energa SA     4,074,632  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   65


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Poland — continued  
    340,577     KGHM Polska Miedz SA     10,335,644  
    1,206,353     PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA *     3,561,768  
    18,203     Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA     508,951  
    123,750     Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA     218,056  
    90,532     Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     1,123,214  
    7,597,542     Tauron Polska Energia SA *     5,627,635  
     

 

 

 
    Total Poland     32,618,530  
     

 

 

 
    Portugal — 0.0%  
    117,909     CTT – Correios de Portugal SA     488,129  
    46,874     Navigator Co SA (The)     254,026  
    196,302     Sonae SGPS SA     287,171  
     

 

 

 
    Total Portugal     1,029,326  
     

 

 

 
    Qatar — 0.1%  
    284,285     Barwa Real Estate Co     2,625,686  
    98,356     Doha Bank QPSC     879,420  
    14,502     Industries Qatar QSC     408,959  
    120,887     Masraf Al Rayan QSC     1,249,732  
    19,929     Ooredoo QPSC     474,596  
    14,270     Qatar Electricity & Water Co QSC     672,314  
    21,589     Qatar Insurance Co SAQ     229,765  
    33,033     Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ     872,073  
    105,468     Qatar National Bank QPSC     3,456,883  
    25,487     Qatar Navigation QSC     435,635  
     

 

 

 
    Total Qatar     11,305,063  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 2.3%  
    1,826,800     Aeroflot PJSC     4,574,548  
    5,533,700     Alrosa PJSC     8,422,936  
    1,885,860     Gazprom PJSC     4,739,258  
    5,546,301     Gazprom PJSC Sponsored ADR     27,395,471  
    245,684     Globaltrans Investment Plc Sponsored GDR (Registered)     2,702,037  
    9,916,000     Inter RAO UES PJSC     649,405  
    354,157     LUKOIL PJSC Sponsored ADR     23,467,574  
    196,420     M.Video PJSC *     1,436,601  
    152,168     Magnit PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     3,136,305  
    942,100     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel OJSC     793,266  
    16,193     Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC Sponsored GDR (Registered)     174,804  
    39,000     MegaFon PJSC     389,635  
    1,028,810     MegaFon PJSC GDR (Registered)     10,909,664  
    1,218,688     MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC ADR     24,188,892  
    3,286,000     Mobile TeleSystems PJSC Sponsored ADR     39,300,560  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Russia — continued  
    4,253,900     Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC     8,383,587  
    94,574     Novatek PJSC Sponsered GDR (Registered)     12,840,622  
    590,750     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC     1,521,595  
    201,189     Novolipetsk Steel PJSC GDR     5,229,989  
    58,818     PhosAgro PJSC GDR (Registered)     893,565  
    12,682     Polyus PJSC     1,040,688  
    60,270     Polyus PJSC GDR (Registered)     2,409,603  
    179,127     QIWI Plc Sponsored ADR     3,012,916  
    7,939     Rostelecom PJSC ADR     56,496  
    3,165,815     Rostelecom PJSC     3,804,287  
    845,180     Sberbank of Russia PJSC     4,046,094  
    1,974,049     Sberbank of Russia Sponsored ADR     39,974,650  
    189,378     Severstal PJSC GDR (Registered)     3,067,745  
    250,551     Sistema PJSC Sponsered GDR (Registered)     1,074,443  
    1,966,434     Surgutneftegas OJSC Sponsored ADR     9,718,540  
    112,510     Tatneft PJSC Sponsored ADR     7,039,719  
    295,800     Yandex NV – Class A *     12,154,422  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     268,549,917  
     

 

 

 
    Singapore — 0.1%  
    605,200     Sino Grandness Food Industry Group Ltd *     89,209  
    246,600     Venture Corp Ltd     5,084,455  
    3,761,200     Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd     4,244,468  
    530,200     Yanlord Land Group Ltd     659,820  
     

 

 

 
    Total Singapore     10,077,952  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 2.0%  
    139,365     AECI Ltd     1,340,551  
    1,613,256     African Phoenix Investments Ltd *     87,739  
    71,740     African Rainbow Minerals Ltd     731,427  
    68,183     Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd     1,551,927  
    115,721     Astral Foods Ltd     2,783,020  
    267,639     AVI Ltd     2,749,087  
    2,196,854     Barclays Africa Group Ltd     36,548,703  
    1,136,579     Barloworld Ltd     16,992,069  
    296,910     Bidvest Group Ltd (The)     5,622,492  
    1,829,303     Blue Label Telecoms Ltd     2,024,826  
    211,266     Brait SE *     803,298  
    183,481     DataTec Ltd     387,329  
    1,955     Distell Group Ltd     23,176  
    1,134,942     Emira Property Fund Ltd (REIT)     1,516,573  
    1,459,378     FirstRand Ltd     9,059,729  
    188,949     Hyprop Investments Ltd (REIT)     1,727,797  
    455,037     Imperial Holdings Ltd     9,535,202  
    8,285     JSE Ltd     142,970  
 

 

66   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    South Africa — continued  
    615,068     Kumba Iron Ore Ltd     18,084,642  
    645,600     Lewis Group Ltd     2,205,457  
    688,556     Liberty Holdings Ltd     7,835,637  
    1,463,257     MMI Holdings Ltd     2,680,065  
    363,208     Mondi Ltd     9,457,672  
    244,402     Mr Price Group Ltd     5,826,246  
    1,603,801     Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd     1,529,229  
    1,184,708     Nedbank Group Ltd     28,744,605  
    71,709     Omnia Holdings Ltd     929,522  
    381,909     Reunert Ltd     2,434,448  
    332,681     RMB Holdings Ltd     2,441,381  
    2,665,658     SA Corporate Real Estate Ltd (REIT)     1,048,884  
    129,752     Sanlam Ltd     989,473  
    42,279     Santam Ltd     1,098,108  
    2,268,787     Standard Bank Group Ltd     41,605,896  
    294,646     Truworths International Ltd     2,507,610  
    682,649     Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd     1,475,499  
    111,978     Vodacom Group Ltd     1,537,737  
    16,716     Vukile Property Fund Ltd (REIT)     29,794  
    248,387     Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Ltd     3,618,889  
    188,946     Woolworths Holdings Ltd     1,041,323  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Africa     230,750,032  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 3.6%  
    30,602     Able C&C Co Ltd *     548,557  
    66,640     Aekyung Petrochemical Co Ltd     1,111,547  
    3,286     Amorepacific Group     381,262  
    1,084,366     BNK Financial Group Inc     11,181,001  
    73,237     Cheil Worldwide Inc     1,259,461  
    7,057     CJ O Shopping Co Ltd     1,372,131  
    17,356     Com2uSCorp     2,601,851  
    4,164     Coway Co Ltd     331,428  
    2,881     Crown Confectionery Co Ltd     36,956  
    2,237     Crown Haitai Holdings Co Ltd     30,147  
    2,441     Cuckoo Electronics Co Ltd     220,147  
    376     Dae Han Flour Mills Co Ltd     59,427  
    55,697     Daeduck Electronics Co     460,201  
    4,487     Daihan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     176,826  
    72,104     Daishin Securities Co Ltd      972,536  
    153,839     Daou Data Corp     1,865,073  
    228,814     Daou Technology Inc     4,901,135  
    180,110     DB Insurance Co Ltd     11,511,517  
    14,252     DGB Financial Group Inc     162,679  
    3,011     DongKook Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     187,184  
    33,956     Dongsuh Cos Inc     872,509  
    18,472     Dongwha Pharm Co Ltd     194,195  
    463,180     Dongwon Development Co Ltd     2,003,378  
    31,913     E-MART Inc     8,971,270  
    17,097     F&F Co Ltd     652,873  
    2,517     GOLFZON Co Ltd      107,728  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    South Korea — continued  
    437,311     Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd     9,356,063  
    17,512     Green Cross Holdings Corp     665,466  
    30,205     GS Home Shopping Inc     5,620,351  
    27,363     GS Retail Co Ltd     909,932  
    159,738     Hana Financial Group Inc     7,237,098  
    215,787     Hankook Tire Co Ltd     11,784,893  
    166,816     Hankook Tire WorldwideCo Ltd     3,062,997  
    101,958     Hanon Systems     1,177,820  
    6,393     Hansol Paper Co Ltd     98,008  
    53,578     Hanwha Corp     2,187,715  
    469,343     Hanwha Life Insurance Co Ltd     2,901,873  
    35,303     Harim Holdings Co Ltd     124,990  
    15,635     Hyundai Corp     271,804  
    105,232     Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd     3,742,649  
    3,609     Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd     476,054  
    49,036     Hyundai Greenfood Co Ltd     666,126  
    51,474     Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp     5,243,521  
    197,617     Hyundai Hy Communications & Network Co Ltd     830,253  
    233,018     Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co Ltd     8,872,334  
    60,281     Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd     12,685,271  
    94,755     Hyundai Motor Co     14,105,392  
    709,362     Industrial Bank of Korea     11,222,623  
    28,052     Innocean Worldwide Inc     1,678,679  
    516,274     JB Financial Group Co Ltd     3,014,371  
    2,176     Kangnam Jevisco Co Ltd     69,442  
    264,133     Kangwon Land Inc      7,042,981  
    283,708     KB Financial Group Inc     16,740,576  
    23,283     KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co Ltd      868,859  
    911,103     Kia Motors Corp     28,928,278  
    173,333     Korea Asset In Trust Co Ltd     1,088,613  
    12,352     Korea Zinc Co Ltd      5,829,108  
    116,009     Korean Reinsurance Co     1,272,722  
    72,725     KT Hitel Co Ltd *     411,025  
    68,705     KT Skylife Co Ltd     825,283  
    202,116     KT&G Corp     18,638,920  
    113     Kukdo Chemical Co Ltd     6,415  
    69,767     Kwang Dong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     651,584  
    82,575     Kyobo Securities Co Ltd     794,815  
    18,818     Kyungdong Pharm Co Ltd     405,675  
    134,417     LF Corp     3,616,739  
    57,839     LG Corp     4,609,705  
    197,450     LG Electronics Inc     18,158,182  
    131,620     LOTTE Himart Co Ltd     8,512,989  
    10,369     LS Industrial Systems Co Ltd     535,460  
    42,410     Maeil Holdings Co Ltd      584,892  
    26,729     Meritz Financial Group Inc     387,059  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   67


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    South Korea — continued  
    97,431     Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     2,052,228  
    328,232     Meritz Securities Co Ltd     1,474,336  
    36,209     NHN Entertainment Corp *     2,623,905  
    33,422     NHN KCP Corp *     567,610  
    1,774     Ottogi Corp     1,161,054  
    31,145     Poongsan Corp     1,233,439  
    20,403     S&T Motiv Co Ltd     835,628  
    24,451     Samjin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     933,025  
    86,669     Samsung Card Co Ltd     2,910,417  
    13,978     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     30,375,159  
    8     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd GDR     8,590  
    20,262     Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd     5,409,501  
    10,555     Samsung SDS Co Ltd     2,307,158  
    28,380     Samsung Securities Co Ltd     1,033,236  
    23,455     SeAH Steel Corp     1,881,188  
    80,641     Seohan Co Ltd     188,568  
    122,640     Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd     5,330,129  
    18,938     Sindoh Co Ltd     1,163,341  
    20,471     SK Holdings Co Ltd     5,373,945  
    338,424     SK Hynix Inc     23,866,804  
    12,802     SK Innovation Co Ltd     2,410,048  
    46,931     SK Telecom Co Ltd     10,358,756  
    309,000     SK Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     7,524,150  
    86,355     SL Corp     1,914,751  
    20,732     Spigen Korea Co Ltd     940,245  
    195     Taekwang Industrial Co Ltd     239,013  
    19,149     Tongyang Life Insurance Co Ltd     127,110  
    2,642     Unid Co Ltd     112,493  
    963,421     Woori Bank     14,703,412  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     409,147,863  
     

 

 

 
    Spain — 0.6%  
    971,337     Abertis Infraestructuras SA     23,179,184  
    1,221,384     Atlantica Yield Plc     23,975,768  
    6,097     Ebro Foods SA     153,193  
    38,860     Ence Energia y Celulosa SA     253,646  
    1,486,245     Repsol SA     26,406,780  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     73,968,571  
     

 

 

 
    Sweden — 0.5%  
    25,581     Alfa Laval AB     614,488  
    14,861     Bufab AB     203,066  
    5,321     Fastighets AB Balder – B Shares *     131,517  
    103     JM AB     2,244  
    25,704     Mr. Green & Co AB *     158,683  
    3,807     NCC AB – B Shares     72,596  
    6,265     Nolato AB – B Shares     443,124  
    13,680     Nordea Bank AB     155,237  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Sweden — continued  
    991,572     Sandvik AB     18,356,460  
    191,169     SAS AB *     488,823  
    180,031     Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA – Class B     1,784,108  
    45,227     Volvo AB – A Shares     851,832  
    1,789,932     Volvo AB – B Shares     33,654,155  
     

 

 

 
    Total Sweden     56,916,333  
     

 

 

 
    Switzerland — 1.0%  
    12,612     ALSO Holding AG (Registered) *     1,778,078  
    6,514     Ascom Holding AG (Registered)     164,340  
    189     Barry Callebaut AG (Registered)     372,963  
    13,995     BKW AG     800,970  
    9,609     Bobst Group SA (Registered)     1,195,175  
    1,705     Bossard Holding AG (Registered) – A Shares     413,298  
    2,349     Bucher Industries AG (Registered)     986,438  
    51     Comet Holding AG (Registered) *     7,510  
    638     EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Registered)     406,689  
    19,588     GAM Holding AG *     351,942  
    5,789     Georg Fischer AG (Registered)     8,474,217  
    390     Gurit Holding AG *     390,568  
    1,106     Inficon Holding AG (Registered) *     653,272  
    9,168     Kardex AG (Registered) *     1,184,762  
    146     Komax Holding AG (Registered)     46,599  
    63,394     Logitech International SA (Registered)     2,488,086  
    7,583     Lonza Group AG (Registered)     1,921,224  
    38,300     Luxoft Holding Inc *     1,652,645  
    207,836     Nestle SA (Registered)     16,512,780  
    117,006     Novartis AG (Registered)     9,760,847  
    6,613     Orior AG     529,801  
    82,952     Roche Holding AG     19,160,251  
    10,171     Roche Holding AG     2,396,840  
    2,447     Sika AG     20,066,246  
    1,678     Straumann Holding AG (Registered)     1,130,359  
    8,724     Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) *     3,150,437  
    134,001     Swiss Re AG     13,633,872  
    9,109     UBS Group AG (Registered) *     172,614  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     109,802,823  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 5.9%  
    327,000     Ability Enterprise Co Ltd     227,041  
    983,000     AcBel Polytech Inc     716,846  
    157,000     Actron Technology Corp     569,610  
    454,000     Advantech Co Ltd     3,338,518  
    2,029,000     Alpha Networks Inc     1,706,515  
    1,516,000     AmTRAN Technology Co Ltd     876,543  
    442,000     Arcadyan Technology Corp     773,112  
 

 

68   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Taiwan — continued  
    1,242,000     Asia Vital Components Co Ltd     1,239,832  
    4,270,000     Asustek Computer Inc     40,336,317  
    61,753     Casetek Holdings Ltd     200,599  
    1,677,000     Catcher Technology Co Ltd     19,897,908  
    4,240,000     Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd     7,759,992  
    3,510,000     Chailease Holding Co Ltd     11,617,279  
    256,000     Chaun-Choung Technology Corp     810,541  
    3,205,000     Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co Ltd     5,492,965  
    102,000     Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co Ltd     144,164  
    351,000     Chicony Electronics Co Ltd     857,736  
    484,000     Chicony Power Technology Co Ltd     980,627  
    326,410     China Life Insurance Co Ltd     324,675  
    612,000     China Motor Corp     560,456  
    912,000     China Synthetic Rubber Corp     1,531,358  
    1,081,000     Chin-Poon Industrial Co Ltd     2,012,064  
    350,000     Chipbond Technology Corp     803,667  
    181,000     Chlitina Holding Ltd     905,614  
    263,000     Chong Hong Construction Co Ltd     743,578  
    4,941,470     Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd     18,499,193  
    52,100     Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     1,928,221  
    87,000     Cleanaway Co Ltd     524,820  
    13,527,000     Compal Electronics Inc     9,184,889  
    1,329,000     Coretronic Corp     2,029,295  
    17,157,000     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd     12,401,144  
    763,000     CTCI Corp     1,170,729  
    55,000     Cyberlink Corp     120,080  
    313,000     Darfon Electronics Corp     312,818  
    112,000     Delta Electronics Inc     522,854  
    66,000     Depo Auto Parts Ind Co Ltd     197,673  
    111,000     Dynapack International Technology Corp     159,485  
    41,000     E Ink Holdings Inc     64,862  
    22,000     Eclat Textile Co Ltd     230,680  
    2,335,000     Elan Microelectronics Corp     3,571,419  
    85,000     Elite Advanced Laser Corp     349,975  
    693,000     Elitegroup Computer Systems Co Ltd *     433,052  
    655,000     Everlight Electronics Co Ltd     1,025,823  
    3,504,000     Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd     8,872,354  
    843,000     Faraday Technology Corp     1,907,076  
    461,000     Farglory Land Development Co Ltd     509,945  
    199,000     Feng TAY Enterprise Co Ltd     938,016  
    335,000     Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp     1,227,414  
    39,000     Formosa Petrochemical Corp     153,723  
    915,000     Formosa Plastics Corp     3,204,834  
    7,023,000     Foxconn Technology Co Ltd     18,747,207  
    9,747,000     Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd     17,154,923  
    1,132,000     Gemtek Technology Corp     1,064,894  
    5,364,000     Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd     12,531,882  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Taiwan — continued  
    4,638,000     Grand Pacific Petrochemical     4,567,743  
    22,000     Grape King Bio Ltd     161,201  
    2,795,000     Great Wall Enterprise Co Ltd     3,228,326  
    432,000     Greatek Electronics Inc     828,733  
    690,000     Green Seal Holding Ltd     1,370,972  
    235,000     Hannstar Board Corp     149,413  
    3,489,000     Highwealth Construction Corp     5,225,451  
    160,000     Hiroca Holdings Ltd     591,190  
    1,194,000     Holtek Semiconductor Inc     3,249,883  
    21,445,663     Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd     63,192,105  
    587,000     Huaku Development Co Ltd     1,439,207  
    617,000     IEI Integration Corp     856,875  
    7,763,000     Inventec Corp     6,113,941  
    107,000     Iron Force Industrial Co Ltd     364,511  
    1,031,000     ITEQ Corp     2,647,160  
    54,000     King Slide Works Co Ltd     783,821  
    450,000     Kinik Co     1,223,846  
    119,000     Kung Long Batteries Industrial Co Ltd     578,933  
    81,000     Lion Travel Service Co Ltd     352,246  
    2,690,000     Lite-On Semiconductor Corp     3,605,957  
    13,257,000     Lite-On Technology Corp     18,734,658  
    561,000     Lotes Co Ltd     3,773,775  
    370,000     Makalot Industrial Co Ltd     1,717,222  
    346,000     MediaTek Inc     3,475,142  
    3,514,994     Mercuries Life Insurance Co Ltd      1,898,866  
    180,000     Merida Industry Co Ltd     783,111  
    2,659,000     Mitac Holdings Corp     2,930,178  
    778,000     Nan Ya Plastics Corp     2,123,446  
    23,000     Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd     224,095  
    2,677,000     Novatek Microelectronics Corp     11,527,777  
    995,000     Nuvoton Technology Corp     2,430,921  
    175,000     On-Bright Electronics, Inc.     1,570,062  
    2,916,445     OptoTech Corp     2,288,012  
    15,123,000     Pegatron Corp     38,021,430  
    1,031,000     Phison Electronics Corp     9,961,695  
    11,670,000     Pou Chen Corp     14,542,355  
    1,798,808     Powertech Technology Inc     5,533,680  
    21,000     President Chain Store Corp     209,499  
    273,000     Primax Electronics Ltd     689,647  
    6,030,000     Quanta Computer Inc     12,222,343  
    656,000     Quanta Storage Inc     632,717  
    9,155,020     Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp     25,405,815  
    2,568,000     Realtek Semiconductor Corp     9,989,755  
    615,000     Rechi Precision Co Ltd     627,836  
    998,400     Ruentex Development Co Ltd *     1,084,224  
    4,374,000     Ruentex Industries Ltd *     7,618,386  
    425,000     Sercomm Corp     1,221,461  
    726,000     Sheng Yu Steel Co Ltd     699,461  
    299,000     Shin Zu Shing Co Ltd     917,210  
    441,000     ShunSin Technology Holding Ltd     1,991,315  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   69


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Taiwan — continued  
    910,000     Sigurd Microelectronics Corp     1,127,194  
    924,400     Simplo Technology Co Ltd     5,795,550  
    392,000     Sinbon Electronics Co Ltd     1,067,869  
    557,000     Sitronix Technology Corp     1,587,344  
    434,000     Soft-World International Corp     968,312  
    153,000     Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd     170,736  
    1,192,000     Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co Ltd     2,033,714  
    3,314,000     Sunplus Technology Co Ltd     1,802,225  
    765,000     Syncmold Enterprise Corp     1,666,972  
    149,000     Taiflex Scientific Co Ltd     244,641  
    275,575     Taishin Financial Holding Co Ltd     132,567  
    582,412     Taiwan Business Bank     171,734  
    223,000     Taiwan Cement Corp     280,414  
    217,360     Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co Ltd     125,596  
    415,000     Taiwan Fertilizer Co Ltd     549,296  
    182,000     Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd     666,735  
    2,451,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd     5,880,814  
    4,394,000     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd     36,485,993  
    1,445,373     Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd Sponsored ADR     62,656,920  
    560,000     Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp     559,954  
    874,000     Teco Electric and Machinery Co Ltd     784,113  
    359,000     Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd     1,376,834  
    111,000     TOPBI International Holdings Ltd     394,551  
    1,293,188     Topco Scientific Co Ltd     3,626,540  
    533,000     Transcend Information Inc     1,534,888  
    2,220,000     Tripod Technology Corp     7,267,225  
    652,000     TXC Corp     875,158  
    2,952,000     Uni-President Enterprises Corp     6,911,508  
    1,861,000     United Integrated Services Co Ltd     3,664,568  
    13,678,000     United Microelectronics Corp     6,558,065  
    222,000     Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co Ltd     840,502  
    191,000     Wah Lee Industrial Corp     367,268  
    9,394,860     Winbond Electronics Corp     6,271,227  
    2,425,908     Wistron Corp     1,997,460  
    394,763     Wistron NeWeb Corp     1,092,428  
    613,000     WPG Holdings Ltd     780,681  
    499,000     Youngtek Electronics Corp     948,375  
    1,156,000     Yuanta Financial Holding Co Ltd     512,797  
    481,000     Yulon Motor Co Ltd     382,802  
     

 

 

 
    Total Taiwan     679,006,015  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 2.4%  
    3,633,300     Advanced Info Service Pcl (Foreign Registered)     22,861,458  
    49,900     Advanced Info Service Pcl NVDR     313,981  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Thailand — continued  
    2,339,300     Amata Corp Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,872,819  
    2,557,000     Amata Corp Pcl NVDR     2,047,106  
    3,281,100     AP Thailand Pcl (Foreign Registered)     874,883  
    3,826,000     AP Thailand Pcl NVDR     1,020,176  
    364,100     Bangchak Petroleum Pcl NVDR     467,835  
    244,900     Bangkok Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered) (b)     1,786,489  
    516,200     Bangkok Bank Pcl NVDR     3,454,608  
    333,100     Banpu Pcl NVDR     248,023  
    2,307,400     Central Pattana Pcl (Foreign Registered)     6,183,084  
    765,900     Central Pattana Pcl NVDR     2,052,362  
    616,000     Delta Electronics Thailand Pcl (Foreign Registered) *     1,331,428  
    103,800     Delta Electronics Thailand Pcl NVDR *     224,339  
    759,800     Glow Energy Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,044,477  
    566,000     Glow Energy Pcl NVDR     1,522,998  
    1,322,600     Hana Microelectronics Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,732,654  
    155,100     Hana Microelectronics Pcl NVDR     203,186  
    4,729,500     Indorama Ventures Pcl NVDR     8,098,684  
    4,170,000     Intouch Holdings Pcl NVDR     7,549,940  
    2,154,300     Jasmine International Pcl (Foreign Registered)     472,062  
    1,227,400     Kasikornbank Pcl NVDR     9,020,731  
    128,000     KCE Electronics Pcl (Foreign Registered)     284,778  
    1,005,600     Kiatnakin Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,489,603  
    843,200     Kiatnakin Bank Pcl NVDR     2,087,543  
    2,402,100     Krung Thai Bank Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,546,640  
    6,192,100     Krung Thai Bank Pcl NVDR     3,986,905  
    10,271,000     Land & Houses Pcl NVDR     3,600,811  
    5,220,500     LPN Development Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,711,464  
    1,162,500     LPN Development Pcl NVDR     381,108  
    464,800     MC Group Pcl (Foreign Registered)     190,276  
    1,079,600     MC Group Pcl NVDR     441,959  
    432,400     Mega Lifesciences Pcl (Foreign Registered)     611,297  
    583,500     Mega Lifesciences Pcl NVDR     824,911  
    418,800     Pruksa Holding Pcl (Foreign Registered)     314,045  
    1,663,800     Pruksa Holding Pcl NVDR     1,247,632  
    1,176,700     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl (Foreign Registered)     4,285,989  
    5,106,200     PTT Exploration & Production Pcl NVDR     18,598,713  
    3,365,300     PTT Global Chemical Pcl (Foreign Registered)     10,577,936  
 

 

70   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Thailand — continued  
    1,852,300     PTT Global Chemical Pcl NVDR     5,822,218  
    1,433,000     PTT Pcl (Foreign Registered)     25,706,628  
    1,216,500     PTT Pcl NVDR     21,822,828  
    8,215,100     Quality Houses Pcl (Foreign Registered)     778,932  
    14,716,500     Quality Houses Pcl NVDR     1,395,375  
    804,400     Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,362,863  
    739,700     Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Pcl NVDR     1,253,245  
    33,841,100     Sansiri Pcl (Foreign Registered)     2,079,400  
    18,475,700     Sansiri Pcl NVDR     1,135,257  
    5,650,400     SC Asset Corp Pcl (Foreign Registered)     676,859  
    381,900     SC Asset Corp Pcl NVDR     45,748  
    1,197,700     Siam Cement Pcl (The) (Foreign Registered)     18,653,217  
    474,000     Siam Cement Pcl (The) NVDR     7,382,168  
    527,200     Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (The) (Foreign Registered)     2,488,878  
    1,429,100     Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (The) NVDR     6,746,690  
    638,600     Siamgas & Petrochemicals Pcl NVDR     626,949  
    4,734,300     Star Petroleum Refining Pcl     2,657,321  
    2,530,300     Star Petroleum Refining Pcl (Foreign Registered)     1,420,236  
    1,266,100     STP & I Pcl (Foreign Registered)     202,958  
    1,016,600     STP & I Pcl NVDR     162,962  
    1,326,900     Supalai Pcl (Foreign Registered)     972,736  
    2,257,000     Supalai Pcl NVDR     1,654,580  
    31,935,300     Thai Beverage Pcl     20,106,884  
    286,700     Thai Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     937,345  
    746,000     Thai Oil Pcl NVDR     2,438,991  
    532,100     Thai Vegetable Oil Pcl (Foreign Registered)     532,658  
    478,300     Thai Vegetable Oil Pcl NVDR     478,801  
    4,515,500     Thanachart Capital Pcl (Foreign Registered)     7,993,190  
    574,500     Thanachart Capital Pcl NVDR     1,016,961  
    1,118,100     Tipco Asphalt Pcl NVDR     706,790  
    667,300     Total Access Communication Pcl (Foreign Registered)     966,342  
    1,638,600     TTW Pcl (Foreign Registered)     694,008  
    2,286,600     TTW Pcl NVDR     968,459  
    8,671,500     WHA Corp Pcl NVDR     1,134,875  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     271,588,285  
     

 

 

 
    Turkey — 1.3%  
    1,014,619     Adana Cimento Sanayii TAS – Class C     276,914  
    700,749     Akbank Turk AS     1,946,567  
    40,889     Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii AS     164,957  
    116,288     BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS     2,290,417  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    Turkey — continued  
    376,309     EIS Eczacibasi Ilac ve Sinai ve Finansal Yatirimlar Sanayi ve Ticaret AS     411,908  
    30,570,615     Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (REIT) *     21,140,278  
    197,698     Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS     285,365  
    4,851,087     Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS     14,428,804  
    47,866     Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS     786,843  
    1,411,366     Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS     3,971,179  
    1,044,639     Ipek Dogal Enerji Kaynaklari Arastirma Ve Uretim AS *     1,370,390  
    2,594,415     KOC Holding AS     12,265,910  
    34,773     Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS *     298,389  
    4,714,590     Soda Sanayii AS     6,267,036  
    48,462     TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS     294,498  
    52,639     Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafineriler AS     1,615,551  
    5,199,416     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS     15,975,354  
    3,272,314     Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS     8,258,523  
    17,211,072     Turkiye Is Bankasi – Class C     34,155,863  
    4,588,779     Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi AS     2,038,618  
    1,528,298     Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS     1,911,610  
    8,221,143     Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO – Class D     15,811,601  
    927,037     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS *     1,155,123  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     147,121,698  
     

 

 

 
    United Arab Emirates — 0.0%  
    1,430,912     Aldar Properties PJSC     839,153  
    1,822,269     DAMAC Properties Dubai Co PJSC     1,485,561  
    192,376     Emirates Telecommunications Group Co PJSC     899,759  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Arab Emirates     3,224,473  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 2.2%  
    720,962     3i Group Plc     9,273,745  
    45,345     888 Holdings Plc     177,977  
    620,983     AstraZeneca Plc     40,644,719  
    24,193     Bellway Plc     1,031,273  
    267,478     Berkeley Group Holdings Plc (The)     14,155,430  
    756,962     British American Tobacco Plc     44,677,760  
    61,720     Carillion Plc (c)      
    83,699     Cobham Plc *     129,935  
    327,961     Coca-Cola HBC AG *     10,721,736  
    33,717     Computacenter Plc     510,004  
    8,662     Crest Nicholson Holdings Plc     56,652  
    249,740     Debenhams Plc     98,087  
    20,800     Diageo Plc Sponsored ADR     2,821,312  
    89,362     EI Group Plc *     153,503  
    394,276     Electrocomponents Plc     3,402,508  
    38,966     Fenner Plc     254,355  
    1,031,672     Ferrexpo Plc     4,409,409  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   71


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    United Kingdom — continued  
    41,063     Galliford Try Plc     515,956  
    8,328     Games Workshop Group Plc     273,056  
    6,619     GlaxoSmithKline Plc     118,703  
    501,500     GlaxoSmithKline Plc Sponsored ADR     18,209,465  
    420,017     Inchcape Plc     3,912,699  
    256,494     Indivior Plc *     1,331,930  
    5,430     Intermediate Capital Group Plc     78,550  
    140,585     Jupiter Fund Management Plc     984,423  
    520     Land Securities Group Plc (REIT)     6,608  
    138,383     McBride Plc *     298,541  
    39,226     Mondi Plc     1,020,401  
    43,294     Morgan Sindall Group Plc     737,649  
    61,230     N Brown Group Plc     160,828  
    96,900     Nomad Foods Ltd *     1,588,191  
    784,232     Persimmon Plc     28,035,124  
    45,433     Plus500 Ltd     742,216  
    92,011     QinetiQ Group Plc     258,728  
    322,695     Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc     25,614,359  
    71,503     RPS Group Plc     223,201  
    274,917     Sage Group Plc (The)     2,606,782  
    69,307     Spectris Plc     2,590,020  
    168,180     Stock Spirits Group Plc     634,965  
    483,078     Unilever Plc     24,838,972  
    4,804     Vedanta Resources Plc     48,264  
    136,895     Vesuvius Plc     1,106,468  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     248,454,504  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 11.2%  
    15,740     3M Co.     3,706,927  
    279,257     Abbott Laboratories     16,847,575  
    228,455     Accenture Plc – Class A     36,783,540  
    253,075     Aetna, Inc.     44,809,459  
    66,657     Alphabet, Inc. – Class C *     73,637,988  
    274,232     American Express Co.     26,740,362  
    75,877     Amphenol Corp. – Class A     6,934,399  
    53,930     Analog Devices, Inc.     4,861,790  
    94,166     Anthem, Inc.     22,164,793  
    373,043     Apple, Inc.     66,446,419  
    27,388     Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (a)     3,158,384  
    51,681     Becton Dickinson and Co.     11,474,216  
    100,000     Bunge Ltd. (a)     7,543,000  
    274,100     Cars.com, Inc. *     7,507,599  
    289,939     Cavium, Inc. *     25,816,169  
    173     CenturyLink, Inc.     3,057  
    615,771     Cisco Systems, Inc.     27,574,225  
    360,754     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     15,591,788  
    377,131     Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A     30,932,285  
    57,428     Colgate-Palmolive Co. (a)     3,960,809  
    133,222     Costco Wholesale Corp.     25,432,080  
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    United States — continued  
    107,652     CVS Health Corp. (a)     7,291,270  
    175,000     Dell Technologies, Inc. – Class V * (a)     13,000,750  
    303,300     Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.     35,258,625  
    74,236     Eli Lilly & Co.     5,717,657  
    148,599     Emerson Electric Co.     10,559,445  
    74,698     Honeywell International, Inc.     11,287,615  
    1,721,190     HRG Group, Inc. *     27,177,590  
    18,360     Humana, Inc.     4,990,615  
    412,835     Johnson & Johnson     53,619,010  
    2     Lennar Corp. – Class A     113  
    83,200     Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.     3,369,600  
    38,524     Mastercard, Inc. – Class A     6,770,978  
    403,073     Medtronic Plc     32,201,502  
    768,108     Microsoft Corp.     72,025,487  
    50,816     Mondelez International, Inc. – Class A (a)     2,230,822  
    550,071     Monsanto Co.     67,862,259  
    66,840     Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. *     685,110  
    681,128     NxStage Medical, Inc. *     15,856,660  
    1,296,561     Oracle Corp.     65,696,746  
    42,910     PepsiCo, Inc.     4,708,514  
    270,944     Pfizer, Inc.     9,837,977  
    134,089     Philip Morris International, Inc.     13,884,916  
    75,431     Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. *     2,275,753  
    76,605     Pinnacle Foods, Inc. (a)     4,133,606  
    450,129     QUALCOMM, Inc. (a)     29,258,385  
    423,997     Rockwell Collins, Inc.     58,392,867  
    159,207     Schlumberger Ltd.     10,450,347  
    27,722     Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.     2,736,439  
    69,823     Stryker Corp.     11,322,498  
    146,261     Tenet Healthcare Corp. *     3,012,977  
    151,742     Teradata Corp. *     5,587,140  
    174,872     Texas Instruments, Inc.     18,947,381  
    362,005     TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     29,930,573  
    45,917     T-Mobile US, Inc. * (a)     2,783,029  
    434,611     Tribune Media Co. – Class A     18,110,240  
    275,000     Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. – Class A (a)     10,125,500  
    24,886     Twitter, Inc. * (a)     792,868  
    157,627     United Technologies Corp. (a)     21,238,662  
    235,449     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     53,249,146  
    488,291     US Bancorp     26,543,499  
    99,802     VF Corp.     7,442,235  
    200,000     Viacom, Inc. – Class B (a)     6,668,000  
    37,500     VMware, Inc. – Class A (a) *     4,940,625  
    34,634     Walt Disney Co. (The) (a)     3,572,843  
    457,916     Wells Fargo & Co.     26,746,874  
    153,008     Williams Cos , Inc. (The) (a)     4,247,502  
    20     Worldpay, Inc. *     1,600  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     1,288,470,714  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $5,861,666,017)
    6,582,119,654  
     

 

 

 
 

 

72   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    PREFERRED STOCKS (d) — 1.5%  
    Brazil — 0.6%  
    518,122     Banco Bradesco SA     6,186,698  
    305,900     Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA – Class B     1,709,965  
    264,850     Bradespar SA     2,787,251  
    978,600     Braskem SA – Class A     13,996,792  
    1,308,475     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA – Class B     11,243,479  
    5,439     Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais Sponsored ADR     13,597  
    770,560     Itau Unibanco Holding SA     11,956,270  
    5,212,676     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA     21,063,263  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     68,957,315  
     

 

 

 
    Colombia — 0.0%  
    74,600     Bancolombia SA Sponsored ADR     3,146,628  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 0.0%  
    34,296     Bayerische Motoren Werke AG     3,096,968  
    3,025     Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA     309,440  
    913     Henkel AG & Co KGaA     121,124  
    18,472     Porsche Automobil Holding SE     1,538,710  
    21,599     RWE AG     382,880  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     5,449,122  
     

 

 

 
    Russia — 0.1%  
    39,581     Bashneft PJSC     1,130,976  
    1,161,600     Sberbank of Russia PJSC     4,634,252  
    676     Transneft PJSC     2,209,274  
     

 

 

 
    Total Russia     7,974,502  
     

 

 

 
    South Korea — 0.8%  
    31,125     Hyundai Motor Co     2,571,170  
    48,099     Hyundai Motor Co 2nd Preference     4,316,422  
    60,533     LG Electronics Inc     2,299,383  
    40,104     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd     73,670,716  
    6,084     Samsung Electronics Co Ltd GDR     5,519,714  
     

 

 

 
    Total South Korea     88,377,405  
     

 

 

 
    Taiwan — 0.0%  
    220,277     CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd *     458,730  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $127,886,279)
    174,363,702  
     

 

 

 
    RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.0%  
    Brazil — 0.0%  
    122,505     Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA Rights, Expires 4/05/18 * (e)     203,741  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 0.0%  
    449,600     Alignvest Acquisition II Corp * (e)     217,232  
     

 

 

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Chile — 0.0%  
    2,209,151     Enel Chile SA *     37  
     

 

 

 
    Thailand — 0.0%  
    174,750     Supalai Pcl *     106,956  
    753,450     Supalai Public Co Rights *     463,255  
     

 

 

 
    Total Thailand     570,211  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 0.0%  
    2,616,810     Media General, Inc. CVR * (e)     26,168  
    2,279,800     Safeway PDC, LLC CVR * (e)     22,798  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     48,966  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS
(COST $627,774)
    1,040,187  
     

 

 

 
    INVESTMENT FUNDS — 0.1%  
    United States — 0.1%  
    126,246     iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF     6,062,333  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS
(COST $6,184,912)
    6,062,333  
     

 

 

 
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 33.8%  
    Australia — 0.0%  
          Corporate Debt — 0.0%      
    1,791,000     Crest Nicholsotd / BlueScope Steel Finance USA LLC, 144A, 6.50%, due 05/15/21     1,858,162  
    750,000     Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd, 144A, 8.50%, due 11/15/19     779,610  
     

 

 

 
    Total Australia     2,637,772  
     

 

 

 
    Bermuda — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    750,000     Teekay Corp, 8.50%, due 01/15/20     781,875  
     

 

 

 
    Brazil — 0.3%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.3%  
    7,544,000     Oi Brasil Holdings Cooperatief UA, Reg. S, 5.75%, due 02/10/22 (e) (f)     3,394,800  

EUR

    20,750,000     Portugal Telecom International Finance BV, Reg. S, 5.88%, due 04/17/18 (e) (f)     11,391,752  

EUR

    3,032,000     Portugal Telecom International Finance BV, Reg. S, 4.63%, due 05/08/20 (e) (f)     1,664,568  

EUR

    3,714,000     Portugal Telecom International Finance BV, Reg. S, 4.50%, due 06/16/25 (e) (f)     2,038,986  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   73


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Brazil — continued  
      Corporate Debt — continued  
    26,156,000     Telemar Norte Leste SA, Reg. S, 5.50%, due 10/23/20 (e) (f)     11,770,200  
     

 

 

 
    Total Brazil     30,260,306  
     

 

 

 
    Canada — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    500,000     Bellatrix Exploration Ltd, 144A, 8.50%, due 05/15/20     409,375  
    500,000     Canbriam Energy Inc, 144A, 9.75%, due 11/15/19     510,000  
    750,000     Eldorado Gold Corp, 144A, 6.13%, due 12/15/20     729,375  
    1,400,000     Teck Resources Ltd, 6.13%, due 10/01/35     1,522,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     3,171,250  
     

 

 

 
    France — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,250,000     Credit Agricole SA, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 6.98%, 8.38%     1,345,313  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,708,000     Deutsche Bank AG, 4.50%, due 04/01/25     1,673,277  
     

 

 

 
    Hong Kong — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    750,000     Studio City Co Ltd, 144A, 5.88%, due 11/30/19     768,750  
     

 

 

 
    Ireland — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,130,000     Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd, 144A, 5.50%, due 02/15/24     1,135,650  
     

 

 

 
    Italy — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,100,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SPA, 144A, 5.02%, due 06/26/24     1,097,797  
     

 

 

 
    Japan — 4.3%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,700,000     SoftBank Group Corp, 144A, 4.50%, due 04/15/20     1,714,875  
     

 

 

 
    Foreign Government Obligations — 4.3%  

JPY

    11,100,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/05/18     104,045,269  

JPY

    4,437,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/23/18     41,593,480  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Japan — continued  
    Foreign Government Obligations — continued  

JPY

    10,350,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/14/18     97,035,361  

JPY

    2,040,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 05/21/18     19,126,709  

JPY

    6,775,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/19/18     63,501,743  

JPY

    13,140,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 03/26/18     123,162,915  

JPY

    3,937,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/09/18     36,903,891  
     

 

 

 
    Total Foreign Government Obligations     485,369,368  
     

 

 

 
    Total Japan     487,084,243  
     

 

 

 
    Luxembourg — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    750,000     Coveris Holdings SA, 144A, 7.88%, due 11/01/19     744,075  
    500,000     Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, due 10/15/20     465,625  
     

 

 

 
    Total Luxembourg     1,209,700  
     

 

 

 
    Norway — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    750,000     Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, 144A, 7.38%, due 12/15/20     738,750  
     

 

 

 
    Puerto Rico — 0.1%  
          Municipal Obligations — 0.1%      
    1,000,000     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 5.25%, due 07/01/16 (f)     310,000  
    1,000,000     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 8.00%, due 07/01/35 (f)     307,500  
    1,000,000     Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, 5.00%, due 07/01/32 (f)     312,500  
    1,500,000     Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority, 5.25%, due 07/01/33 (f)     468,750  
    3,197,940     Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, (Senior Lien), 6.00%, due 07/01/44     2,350,486  
    12,056,000     Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority, (Senior Lien), 6.00%, due 07/01/47     8,635,110  
     

 

 

 
    Total Puerto Rico     12,384,346  
     

 

 

 
    South Africa — 0.0%  
          Corporate Debt — 0.0%      

EUR

    2,400,000     Steinhoff Finance Holding GmbH, Reg. S, 144A, 1.25%, due 08/11/22     2,203,320  
     

 

 

 
 

 

74   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Spain — 0.1%  
      Bank Loans — 0.1%  
    4,541,570     Abengoa S.A., NM Term Loan A, 7.00%, due 03/31/21 (e)     4,791,357  
    729,660     Abengoa S.A., Term Loan Escrow, 7.00%, due 03/31/21 (e)     762,494  
    867,948     ABG Orphan Holdco S.a r.l., USD Facility 1A Escrow Tranche, 14.00%, due 03/31/21 (e)     907,006  
     

 

 

 
        6,460,857  
     

 

 

 
    Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,955,984     ABG Orphan Holdco S.a r.l., 144A, 14.00%, due 02/28/21 (e)     2,073,343  
    674,719     ABG Orphan Holdco S.a r.l., 144A, 14.00%, due 02/28/21 (e)     715,202  
     

 

 

 
        2,788,545  
     

 

 

 
    Total Spain     9,249,402  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 0.0%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    1,000,000     Avon Products, Inc., 7.00%, due 03/15/23     917,500  
    1,130,000     Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 5.13%, due 05/28/24     1,157,743  
    1,510,000     Virgin Media Secured Finance Plc, 144A, 5.25%, due 01/15/26     1,479,800  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     3,555,043  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 29.0%  
      Asset-Backed Securities — 3.7%  
    1,473,215     AccessLex Institute, Series 05-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.18%, 2.08%, due 11/22/24     1,473,238  
    6,099,006     Acis CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.87%, 2.60%, due 04/18/24     6,102,171  
    1,131,640     AMMC CLO 21 Ltd., Series 17-21A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.63%, due 11/02/30     1,133,399  
    3,448,524     AMMC CLO XII Ltd., Series 13-12A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.46%, due 11/10/30     3,448,524  
    1,422,516     AMMC CLO XIII Ltd., Series 13-13A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.69%, due 07/24/29     1,427,111  
    2,648,752     AMMC CLO XIV Ltd., Series 14-14A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.70%, due 07/25/29     2,655,480  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    609,746     Anchorage Capital CLO 6 Ltd., Series 15-6A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.62%, due 07/15/30     610,802  
    714,720     Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 14-5RA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 01/15/30     714,714  
    1,589,507     Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/13/30     1,589,493  
    1,322,709     Apidos CLO X, Series 12-10A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.42%, 3.19%, due 10/30/22     1,323,607  
    2,620,640     Apidos CLO XII, Series 13-12A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.64%, due 04/15/31     2,626,903  
    16,764,401     Apidos CLO XV, Series 13-15A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.84%, due 10/20/25     16,788,140  
    2,019,734     Atlas Senior Loan Fund III Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.02%, due 11/17/27     2,019,728  
    849,300     Atlas Senior Loan Fund X Ltd., Series 18-10A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.36%, due 01/15/31     849,297  
    14,121,449     Atrium X, Series ATRM-10A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .95%, 2.67%, due 07/16/25     14,133,693  
    1,075,058     Avery Point III CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.85%, due 01/18/25     1,078,167  
    1,132,400     Babson CLO Ltd., Series 15-IA, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.55%, 2.28%, due 01/20/31     1,132,398  
    1,414,550     Bain Capital Credit CLO, Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     1,414,536  
    3,226,872     Ballyrock CLO LLC, Series 13-1A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.18%, 3.06%, due 05/20/25     3,233,822  
    1,103,349     Benefit Street Partners CLO III Ltd., Series 13-IIIA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.59%, due 07/20/29     1,104,606  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   75


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    638,571     Black Diamond CLO Ltd., Series 17-IA, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.36%, due 04/24/29     640,046  
    3,973,793     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.89%, 2.65%, due 10/29/25     3,977,537  
    1,186,040     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.26%, 3.03%, due 04/30/26     1,187,799  
    2,593,342     BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/22/30     2,593,318  
    1,250,840     Brookside Mill CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.30%, due 01/17/28     1,250,830  
    4,529,600     Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class YR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.50%, 2.23%, due 01/18/29     4,529,582  
    1,213,286     Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/31     1,214,203  
    494,495     Catamaran CLO Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.19%, 2.82%, due 12/20/23     495,853  
    1,131,640     Catamaran CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 1.96%, due 04/22/30     1,131,630  
    3,677,830     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.70%, 2.07%, due 10/17/29     3,677,734  
    2,829,100     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     2,830,186  
    5,658,200     CBAM Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.19%, due 01/15/31     5,657,940  
    490,007     Cent CLO, Series 12-16A, Class A1AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.25%, 3.02%, due 08/01/24     490,947  
    1,787,314     Cent CLO, Series 13-17A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.30%, 3.07%, due 01/30/25     1,788,953  
    2,970,555     CIFC Funding II Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.38%, due 10/18/30     2,970,528  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    1,430,400     CIFC Funding III Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     1,431,481  
    3,814,818     CIFC Funding IV Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.13%, due 10/24/30     3,816,405  
    1,489,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.39%, due 01/18/31     1,488,987  
    560,803     Citigroup Global Markets Mortgage Securities VII, Inc., Series 01-MMA, Class F4, 144A, Variable Rate, 6.50%, due 02/18/34     563,445  
    2,011,500     Crown Point CLO Ltd., Series 18-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.88%, due 04/20/31     2,011,500  
    952,960     CVP Cascade CLO-1 Ltd., Series 13-CLO1, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.87%, due 01/16/26     953,333  
    2,762,095     Dryden 30 Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-30A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.44%, due 11/15/28     2,762,081  
    2,425,720     Dryden 31 Senior Loan Fund, Series 14-31A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.08%, 2.81%, due 04/18/26     2,428,121  
    9,145,428     Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-26A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.82%, due 07/15/25     9,151,674  
    848,730     Dryden XXVIII Senior Loan Fund, Series 13-28A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.59%, due 08/15/30     848,921  
    1,697,460     Elevation CLO Ltd., Series 14-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.00%, due 10/15/29     1,697,445  
    1,138,713     Galaxy XV CLO Ltd., Series 13-15A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/15/30     1,143,268  
    3,206,480     Galaxy XX CLO Ltd., Series 15-20A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.34%, due 04/20/31     3,206,480  
    17,561,692     GCO Education Loan Funding Master Trust-II, Series 07-1A, Class A6L, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .11%, 2.05%, due 11/25/26     17,442,721  
 

 

76   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    2,888,660     Goldentree Loan Management US CLO 2 Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.17%, due 11/28/30     2,888,608  
    317,593     GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 13-7A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.90%, due 04/25/25     317,658  
    2,084,600     Goldentree Loan Opportunities XI Ltd., Series 15-11A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.33%, due 01/18/31     2,084,581  
    1,980,370     Greywolf CLO V Ltd., Series 15-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.40%, due 01/27/31     1,980,352  
    1,341,763     Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.87%, due 04/15/25     1,342,460  
    2,038,320     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 6A-2015, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.49%, due 02/05/31     2,038,320  
    848,730     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 3A-2014, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.53%, due 07/18/29     849,364  
    990,185     Highbridge Loan Management Ltd., Series 13-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/20/29     990,177  
    9,373,896     Higher Education Funding I, Series 05-1, Class A5, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .16%, 2.10%, due 02/25/32     9,347,983  
    2,360,160     ICG US CLO Ltd., Series 14-2A, Class XRR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .55%, 2.77%, due 01/15/31     2,360,160  
    1,980,370     Jamestown CLO X Ltd., Series 17-10A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.37%, due 07/17/29     1,984,055  
    970,768     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 00-A, Class A2, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.32%, 2.26%, due 05/25/29     965,613  
    1,470,737     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 06-A, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.31%, 1.98%, due 09/27/35     1,469,334  
    4,308,814     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 99-B, Class CTFS, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.84%, due 11/25/36     4,312,476  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    1,603,663     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 05-A, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.34%, 2.01%, due 06/27/38     1,603,326  
    1,856,678     KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 04-A, Class 2B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.53%, 2.29%, due 01/27/42     1,856,864  
    1,698,600     Kingsland VIII Ltd., Series 18-8A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.70%, 2.53%, due 04/20/31     1,698,600  
    1,340,100     KKR CLO Ltd., Series 9, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.67%, due 07/15/30     1,342,597  
    6,970     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 06-C1, Class AJ, Variable Rate, 5.28%, due 02/15/41     6,971  
    1,447,308     LCM XXV Ltd., Series 25A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.95%, 2.69%, due 07/20/30     1,451,609  
    16,133,613     Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corp., Series 05-1, Class B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.12%, 1.75%, due 06/20/30     16,082,147  
    1,697,460     Mountain View CLO LLC, Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.52%, due 01/16/31     1,697,655  
    2,085,196     Mountain View CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.46%, due 10/12/30     2,085,175  
    893,400     MP CLO III Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/20/30     893,393  
    4,014,262     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 06-1, Class A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 03/27/28     3,989,433  
    380,754     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-2, Class A2, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.13%, 1.75%, due 06/26/28     380,378  
    17,880,000     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.23%, 1.85%, due 03/26/29     17,458,565  
    4,640,608     National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 07-1, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 1.86%, due 07/25/30     4,527,747  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   77


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    990,185     Neuberger Berman CLO XV, Series 13-15A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.37%, due 10/15/29     990,176  
    1,520,917     Neuberger Berman CLO XVII Ltd., Series 14-17A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.74%, due 04/22/29     1,524,408  
    1,751,568     Newcastle CDO V Ltd., Series 04-5A, Class 3, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.20%, due 12/24/39     1,748,516  
    11,996,085     NewMark Capital Funding CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.94%, 2.43%, due 06/02/25     11,998,484  
    3,622,515     NewMark Capital Funding CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A2, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.61%, due 06/02/25     3,624,699  
    223,500     Oaktree CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.72%, due 05/13/29     223,591  
    6,292,993     Ocean Trails CLO IV, Series 13-4A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.72%, due 08/13/25     6,294,069  
    1,132,400     Octagon Investment Partners XII Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .88%, 2.60%, due 07/15/19     1,133,667  
    944,026     Octagon Investment Partners XV Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/19/30     944,938  
    2,086,000     Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.58%, due 01/25/31     2,086,000  
    2,835,089     OFSI Fund V Ltd., Series 13-5A, Class A1LA, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.93%, 2.66%, due 04/17/25     2,835,951  
    848,730     OFSI Fund V Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.85%, 2.57%, due 08/16/29     849,833  
    8,940,000     OFSI Fund VI Ltd., Series 14-6A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.38%, due 03/20/25     8,940,000  
    8,685,981     OFSI Fund VI Ltd., Series 14-6A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.03%, 2.75%, due 03/20/25     8,699,870  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    3,143,430     OHA Credit Partners Ltd., Series 13-8A, Class A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.86%, due 04/20/25     3,149,126  
    1,042,300     OHA Credit Partners XIV Ltd., Series 17-14A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.18%, due 01/21/30     1,042,281  
    2,178,407     OZLM Funding Ltd., Series 13-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.65%, 2.39%, due 10/22/30     2,178,387  
    1,081,014     OZLM XI Ltd., Series 15-11A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.52%, due 10/30/30     1,081,431  
    9,649,240     Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Series 18-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.82%, due 04/15/26     9,649,240  
    2,795,240     Seneca Park CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.85%, due 07/17/26     2,798,633  
    1,414,550     Shackleton CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 07/15/30     1,414,515  
    15,863,678     SLC Student Loan Trust, Series 08-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .65%, 2.24%, due 09/15/18     15,863,706  
    13,152,939     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 07-A, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .17%, 1.76%, due 12/15/26     13,141,473  
    3,151,395     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 14-A, Class A2B, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.15%, 2.74%, due 01/15/26     3,170,513  
    1,552,087     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-A, Class A2, 144A, 4.37%, due 04/17/28     1,569,579  
    6,081,076     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-A, Class A3, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%, 4.09%, due 01/15/43     6,282,077  
    8,269,397     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 10-A, Class 2A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%, 4.84%, due 05/16/44     8,496,119  
    2,840,174     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 11-C, Class A2B, 144A, 4.54%, due 10/17/44     2,895,637  
    1,374,645     SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 12-C, Class A2, 144A, 3.31%, due 10/15/46     1,375,577  
 

 

78   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    13,299,456     SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 07-6, Class A4, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .38%, 2.13%, due 10/25/24     13,309,775  
    4,862,866     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 17-A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.45%, 2.04%, due 06/17/24     4,868,630  
    342,578     South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 08-1, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.23%, due 03/02/20     342,835  
    3,843,958     South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 2005, Class A3, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .14%, 1.62%, due 12/01/23     3,830,812  
    3,933,374     Symphony CLO V Ltd., Series 07-5A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.47%, due 01/15/24     3,934,743  
    172,015     Symphony CLO VIII LP, Series 12-8A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.10%, 2.80%, due 01/09/23     172,186  
    1,407,105     TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., Series 17-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.52%, due 07/15/30     1,408,318  
    848,730     Telos CLO, Series 13-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.00%, 2.73%, due 07/17/26     850,017  
    2,376,444     Telos CLO Ltd., Series 13-4A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.75%, 2.48%, due 01/17/30     2,376,420  
    495,425     THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., Series 17-2A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.64%, due 07/20/30     496,300  
    2,036,952     THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., Series 17-4A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + .60%, 2.48%, due 11/20/30     2,036,944  
    2,150,399     Tryon Park CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class A1, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.12%, 2.84%, due 07/15/25     2,154,700  
    1,936,072     Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 15-1, Class AFL, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.43%, 4.05%, due 06/25/45     1,958,650  
    6,298,470     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 13-3A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.05%, 2.78%, due 01/18/26     6,300,360  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
      Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    1,485,277     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 17-3A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.80%, 2.54%, due 07/20/30     1,485,277  
    3,394,920     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 13-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 10/15/30     3,394,889  
    905,312     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 16-1A, Class XR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.60%, 2.32%, due 01/20/31     905,307  
    427,592     WhiteHorse VI Ltd., Series 12-1A, Class A1R, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.20%, 2.98%, due 02/03/25     428,259  
    14,085,940     WhiteHorse VIII Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class AR, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.28%, due 05/01/26     14,099,744  
    619,281     Ziggurat CLO Ltd., Series 14-1A, Class X, 144A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.90%, 2.63%, due 04/17/29     620,057  
     

 

 

 
        427,225,097  
     

 

 

 
    Bank Loans — 0.2%  
    14,600,000     21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc., Exit Term Loan, 3 mo. LIBOR + 6.13%, 7.86%, due 01/16/23 (e)     14,125,500  
    10,435,389     Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp., Extended ABL TL, 3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%, 6.05%, due 01/20/19 (e)     10,409,300  
     

 

 

 
        24,534,800  
     

 

 

 
    Corporate Debt — 0.8%  
    750,000     ADT Corp. (The), 144A, 4.88%, due 07/15/32     682,500  
    900,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 5.95%, due 01/15/21     916,875  
    500,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 8.00%, due 11/01/31     617,500  
    642,000     APX Group, Inc., 6.38%, due 12/01/19     651,630  
    150,000     Arconic, Inc., 6.15%, due 08/15/20     158,787  
    750,000     Arconic, Inc., 6.75%, due 01/15/28     855,000  
    251,000     Boxer Parent Co., Inc., 144A, 9.00%, due 10/15/19     251,314  
    500,000     Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, due 04/15/20     531,350  
    510,000     Calpine Corp., 144A, 6.00%, due 01/15/22     524,663  
    2,270,000     CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.25%, due 09/30/22     2,311,144  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   79


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    Corporate Debt — continued  
    900,000     CenturyLink, Inc., 5.80%, due 03/15/22     887,625  
    750,000     CF Industries, Inc., 4.95%, due 06/01/43     682,500  
    1,890,000     Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.13%, due 06/30/27     1,911,262  
    1,000,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 8.00%, due 11/15/19     935,000  
    380,000     Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.13%, due 06/01/21     382,375  
    1,500,000     CNO Financial Group, Inc., 4.50%, due 05/30/20     1,515,000  
    1,130,000     CommScope Technologies LLC, 144A, 5.00%, due 03/15/27     1,101,750  
    1,000,000     Comstock Resources, Inc., 10.00%, due 03/15/20     1,035,000  
    375,000     Continental Resources, Inc., 5.00%, due 09/15/22     380,625  
    900,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP, 144A, 6.75%, due 09/15/37     1,003,500  
    750,000     Dynegy, Inc., 6.75%, due 11/01/19     766,125  
    1,000,000     Embarq Corp., 8.00%, due 06/01/36     946,250  
    2,750,000     EMC Corp., 3.38%, due 06/01/23     2,532,939  
    1,500,000     Energy Transfer Equity LP, 5.50%, due 06/01/27     1,552,500  
    1,250,000     Ensco Plc, 5.75%, due 10/01/44     864,062  
    250,000     Equinix, Inc., REIT, 5.38%, due 01/01/22     259,063  
    880,000     Equinix, Inc., REIT, 5.75%, due 01/01/25     919,600  
    750,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.88%, due 03/15/23     727,500  
    6,540,000     Frontier Communications Corp., 8.50%, due 04/15/20     6,417,375  
    4,243,000     Frontier Communications Corp., 6.88%, due 01/15/25     2,588,230  
    3,348,000     Frontier Communications Corp., 11.00%, due 09/15/25     2,623,995  
    2,658,000     GenOn Energy, Inc., 9.50%, due 10/15/18 (f)     2,212,785  
    1,899,000     GenOn Energy, Inc., 9.88%, due 10/15/20 (f)     1,580,917  
    5,697,000     GenOn Energy, Inc., 7.88%, due 06/15/17 (f)     4,885,177  
    750,000     Genworth Holdings, Inc., 7.70%, due 06/15/20     748,125  
    3,419,000     Gibson Brands, Inc., 144A, 8.88%, due 08/01/18     2,683,915  
    1,130,000     HCA, Inc., 4.50%, due 02/15/27     1,103,162  
    500,000     Hexion, Inc., 6.63%, due 04/15/20     465,000  
    4,802,588     iHeartCommunications, Inc., 14.00%, due 02/01/21 (f)     600,324  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    Corporate Debt — continued  
    2,686,800     iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.00%, due 09/15/22 (f)     2,122,572  
    250,000     Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.00%, due 01/15/20     267,188  
    1,130,000     Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.63%, due 02/01/23     1,141,300  
    1,510,000     Levi Strauss & Co., 5.00%, due 05/01/25     1,544,005  
    500,000     Lexmark International, Inc., 7.13%, due 03/15/20     508,125  
    1,510,000     LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.88%, due 12/01/23     1,513,775  
    500,000     Mallinckrodt International Finance SA / Mallinckrodt CB LLC, 144A, 4.88%, due 04/15/20     483,750  
    450,000     McClatchy Co. (The), 6.88%, due 03/15/29     474,750  
    1,899,000     Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 4.69%, due 04/24/22     1,989,202  
    600,000     Murphy Oil Corp., 4.45%, due 12/01/22     592,500  
    5,773,000     Murray Energy Corp., 144A, 11.25%, due 04/15/21     2,540,120  
    750,000     Navient Corp., 5.50%, due 01/25/23     742,500  
    1,140,000     Nuance Communications, Inc., 144A, 5.38%, due 08/15/20     1,149,975  
    250,000     NuStar Logistics LP, 5.63%, due 04/28/27     247,500  
    750,000     Shearer’s Foods LLC / Chip Finance Corp., 144A, 9.00%, due 11/01/19     762,188  
    380,000     Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, due 07/15/25     391,400  
    1,000,000     Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.25%, due 12/15/19     1,021,250  
    750,000     Sprint Capital Corp., 6.90%, due 05/01/19     776,505  
    1,125,000     Sprint Capital Corp., 8.75%, due 03/15/32     1,220,625  
    500,000     Sprint Communications, Inc., 144A, 7.00%, due 03/01/20     528,185  
    1,510,000     Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 5.38%, due 11/15/24     1,543,975  
    760,000     Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.25%, due 04/15/23     776,150  
    900,000     Talen Energy Supply LLC, 4.60%, due 12/15/21     821,250  
    4,861,000     Tapstone Energy LLC / Tapstone Energy Finance Corp., 144A, 9.75%, due 06/01/22     4,058,935  
    380,000     Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.75%, due 03/15/24     403,275  
    500,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5.50%, due 03/01/19     506,956  
    750,000     Transocean, Inc., 6.80%, due 03/15/38     603,750  
 

 

80   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    Corporate Debt — continued  
    1,209,000     TRU Taj LLC / TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 144A, 11.00%, due 01/22/19 (e)     1,269,450  
    9,084,000     TRU Taj LLC / TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 144A, 12.00%, due 08/15/21     8,130,180  
    760,000     Ultra Resources, Inc., 144A, 6.88%, due 04/15/22     684,000  
    500,000     Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 7.63%, due 08/15/20     505,000  
    380,000     USG Corp., 144A, 4.88%, due 06/01/27     374,300  
    750,000     William Lyon Homes, Inc., 5.75%, due 04/15/19     751,875  
    1,100,000     Williams Cos., Inc. (The), 8.75%, due 03/15/32     1,446,500  
    900,000     Yum! Brands, Inc., 5.35%, due 11/01/43     819,000  
    750,000     Zachry Holdings, Inc., 144A, 7.50%, due 02/01/20     757,500  
     

 

 

 
        95,281,955  
     

 

 

 
    Mortgage Backed Securities — 0.1%  
    3,461,036     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 14-CBM, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .90%, 2.49%, due 10/15/29     3,461,033  
    1,792,470     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 14-FL6, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.40%, 2.99%, due 11/15/31     1,793,408  
    1,077,427     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-1A, Class A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .25%, 1.87%, due 02/25/30     1,054,106  
    401,323     Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 05-2A, Class 1A, 144A, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.87%, due 09/25/30     400,466  
    381,170     Nationslink Funding Corp. Commercial Loan Pass Through Certificate, Series 99-LTL1, Class D, 144A, 6.45%, due 01/22/26     389,821  
     

 

 

 
        7,098,834  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 22.2%  
    31,298,635     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/25 (g)     30,720,877  
    259,924,091     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, due 01/15/26 (g)     258,422,785  
    275,942,212     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/26 (g)     263,447,544  
    405,262,224     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 01/15/27 (g)     392,405,057  
    104,753,787     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/27 (g)     101,512,844  

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    259,434,245     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28 (g)     283,885,852  
    134,297,023     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.50%, due 01/15/29 (g)     158,469,569  
    127,950,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 10/31/18 (h)     126,915,404  
    45,650,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 11/30/18 (h)     45,434,232  
    137,216,200     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 09/30/19(h)     135,420,597  
    169,441,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 10/31/19     167,442,125  
    43,050,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.05%, 1.70%, due 10/31/19     43,076,987  
    112,500,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 11/30/19 (h)     111,559,570  
    115,800,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 12/31/19 (h)     115,031,016  
    170,367,500     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 01/31/20     169,575,557  
    147,750,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, due 02/29/20     147,721,143  
     

 

 

 
        2,551,041,159  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 2.0%  
    1,400,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, due 05/02/18     1,395,974  
    9,200,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, due 08/03/18     9,126,326  
    28,000,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – .22%, 1.58%, due 11/09/18     27,998,745  
    64,000,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – .22%, 1.55%, due 02/01/19     63,987,724  
    3,300,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.11%, 1.54%, due 05/28/19     3,298,348  
    62,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.14%, 1.54%, due 12/26/19     62,002,388  
    17,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.28%, 1.54%, due 12/26/19     17,008,280  
    28,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.16%, 1.63%, due 02/07/20     27,987,390  
    498,670     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 12-H15, Class FA, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.45%, 2.01%, due 05/20/62     499,325  
    8,029,467     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-12H, Class FE, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + .20%, 1.76%, due 06/20/66     8,025,904  
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   81


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares /

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    United States — continued  
    U.S. Government Agency — continued  
    3,158,067     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-H05, Class FJ, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.27%, 1.83%, due 01/20/67     3,158,526  
    3,937,336     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 17-H13, Class FJ, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.20%, 1.76%, due 05/20/67     3,938,397  
     

 

 

 
        228,427,327  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     3,333,609,172  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $3,900,632,823)
    3,892,905,966  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.7%  
    United States — 0.7%  
    1,066,783     Altaba, Inc. *     79,848,708  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $60,794,682)
    79,848,708  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 7.2%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.2%  
    17,960,855     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (i) (k)     17,960,855  
     

 

 

 

Par Value†

    Description   Value ($)  
    Repurchase Agreements — 5.7%  
    380,342,411     Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. Repurchase Agreement, dated 2/28/18, maturing on 3/01/18 with a maturity value of $380,357,201 and an effective yield of 1.40%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note with maturity date 02/15/20 and a market value of $388,216,181.     380,342,411  
    269,999,219     Nomura Securities International Inc. Repurchase Agreement, dated 2/28/18, maturing on 3/01/18 with a maturity value of $270,009,419 and an effective yield of 1.36%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note with maturity date 05/15/25 and a market value of $276,008,612.     269,999,219  
     

 

 

 
        650,341,630  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 1.2%  
    49,900,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 05/03/18 (j) (k)     49,766,610  
    8,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, due 06/21/18 (j)     7,959,058  
    80,750,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, due 08/23/18 (j)     80,047,363  
     

 

 

 
        137,773,031  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 0.1%  
    12,500,000     Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, Zero Coupon, due 07/02/18     12,423,125  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $818,527,461)
    818,498,641  
     

 

 

 
 

PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.0%

 

Description    Exercise
Price
   Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
  Value ($)  

Equity Options — Puts — 0.0%

 

Mondelez International, Inc. (a)

  

42.00

4,727,250

     06/15/18        1,700        USD     7,463,000     188,700  

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. (a)

   52.50      06/15/18        2,000        USD     10,792,000     600,000  

QUALCOMM, Inc. (a)

   65.00      06/15/18        500        USD     3,250,000     204,000  

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   23.00      06/15/18        2,800        USD     8,920,800     114,800  

United Technologies Corp. (a)

   105.00      06/15/18        710        USD     9,566,540     50,410  

PepsiCo, Inc.

   115.00      07/20/18        200        USD     2,194,600     161,000  

Walt Disney Co. (The) (a)

   105.00      07/20/18        700        USD     7,221,200     441,000  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (a)

   115.00      08/17/18        600        USD     6,919,200     378,000  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

   45.00      08/17/18        600        USD     2,593,200     186,000  

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (a)

   75.00      08/17/18        800        USD     5,517,600     568,000  

CVS Health Corp. (a)

   67.50      08/17/18        1,046        USD     7,084,558     481,160  

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

   60.00      08/17/18        1,100        USD     6,667,100     451,000  

Unilever NV (a)

   55.00      08/17/18        1,100        USD    

5,753,000

    473,000  

Williams Cos , Inc. (The) (a)

   31.00      08/17/18        2,000        USD     5,552,000     820,000  
               

 

 

 
   

Total Equity Options — Puts

                  5,117,070  
                   

 

 

 
    TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (COST $4,224,922)                   5,117,070  
                   

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.5%
(Cost $10,780,544,870)
                  11,559,956,261  
                   

 

 

 

 

82   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
    SECURITIES SOLD SHORT — (1.6)%  
    Common Stocks — (1.6)%  
          China — (0.6)%  
    (344,151   Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Sponsored ADR *     (64,060,267
     

 

 

 
    France — (0.1)%  
    (67,371   Unibail-Rodamco SE     (15,675,457
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 0.0%  
    (26,228   HOCHTIEF AG     (4,405,630
     

 

 

 
    Japan — (0.1)%  
    (1,885,615   Yahoo Japan Corp     (8,702,589
     

 

 

 
    United States — (0.8)%  
    (107,388   CVS Health Corp.     (7,273,388
    (30   Lennar Corp. B Shares     (1,361
    (630,777   Marvell Technology Group Ltd.     (14,816,952
    (31,634   Penn National Gaming, Inc.*     (841,781
    (209,368   Praxair, Inc.     (31,352,858
    (100,075   Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. – Class A     (3,382,535
    (200,014   Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.     (19,743,382
Shares     Description       
Value ($)
 
          United States — continued  
    (126,018   United Technologies Corp.     (16,979,665
    (15,168   WGL Holdings, Inc.     (1,262,888
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     (95,654,810
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (PROCEEDS $179,581,421)     (188,498,753
     

 

 

 
    EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.0%  
    Mutual Fund — 0.0%  
          United States — 0.0%  
    (52,464   Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund     (2,802,102
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(PROCEEDS $2,851,903)
    (2,802,102
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(PROCEEDS $182,433,324)
    (191,300,855
     

 

 

 
    Other Assets and Liabilities
(net) — 1.1%
    137,043,946  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $11,505,699,352  
     

 

 

 
 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
05/03/2018   JPM     AUD       106,700,000       USD       85,196,615       2,311,772  
03/02/2018   BCLY     BRL       210,209,040       USD       65,480,937       739,479  
04/03/2018   BCLY     BRL       97,969,452       USD       30,138,419       64,238  
03/08/2018   SSB     CAD       8,992,000       USD       7,025,544       17,462  
03/12/2018   JPM     CHF       110,761,228       USD       112,969,787       (4,407,232
03/20/2018   GS     EUR       21,540,000       USD       26,865,494       551,417  
03/20/2018   JPM     EUR       46,272,755       USD       57,861,489       1,332,946  
03/14/2018   BOA     GBP       24,690,000       USD       33,092,007       (914,887
03/14/2018   GS     GBP       3,450,000       USD       4,672,865       (79,010
03/07/2018   GS     JPY       2,193,402,255       USD       20,410,000       (153,027
03/19/2018   MSCI     JPY       6,775,000,000       USD       60,033,849       (3,539,046
03/26/2018   CITI     JPY       1,540,000,000       USD       13,807,834       (650,816
03/26/2018   DB     JPY       11,600,000,000       USD       103,481,806       (5,427,504
04/05/2018   DB     JPY       11,100,000,000       USD       98,627,654       (5,666,351
04/09/2018   GS     JPY       3,337,000,000       USD       29,601,073       (1,761,074
04/09/2018   JPM     JPY       600,000,000       USD       5,362,563       (276,421
04/23/2018   MSCI     JPY       4,437,000,000       USD       40,105,310       (1,633,059
05/14/2018   MSCI     JPY       10,350,000,000       USD       94,917,555       (2,576,247
05/21/2018   MSCI     JPY       2,040,000,000       USD       19,108,923       (115,915
05/03/2018   JPM     NZD       5,650,000       USD       4,120,697       47,684  
05/03/2018   BCLY     SEK       33,564,114       USD       4,260,000       190,591  

 

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
03/02/2018   BCLY     USD       64,816,166       BRL       210,209,040       (74,708
03/05/2018   BCLY     USD       61,608,476       NOK       473,405,692       (1,658,175
03/07/2018   GS     USD       40,073,734       JPY         4,491,556,324       2,034,362  
03/12/2018   JPM     USD       13,870,000       CHF       13,381,875       311,178  
03/20/2018   GS     USD       5,907,710       EUR       4,832,897       (3,661
03/20/2018   MSCI     USD       1,334,777       EUR       1,078,648       (17,060
03/20/2018   SSB     USD       5,481,697       EUR       4,432,936       (66,255
05/02/2018   BOA     USD       5,500,000       CAD       6,739,645       (241,553
05/02/2018   GS     USD              38,690,684       CAD       47,549,303       (1,591,474
05/03/2018   BCLY     USD       13,910,000       SEK       111,685,680       (368,908
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       8,129,802       NZD       11,070,000       (149,580
05/03/2018   JPM     USD       19,368,309       SEK       151,671,017       (979,280
           

 

 

 
            $ (24,750,114
           

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   83


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Average balance outstanding

   $ (40,354,777

Average interest rate

     (0.64 )% 

Maximum balance outstanding

   $ (350,686,829

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund had no reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +
 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Buys        
1,900   Mini MSCI Emerging Markets   March 2018     112,385,000       6,365,255  
99   U.S. Treasury Note 10 Yr. (CBT)   June 2018     11,884,641       19,185  
100   U.S. Treasury Note 2 Yr. (CBT)   June 2018     21,246,875       (11,406
415   U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr. (CBT)   June 2018     47,280,820       (19,194
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 192,797,336     $ 6,353,840  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Number
of
Contracts +
 

Type

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Sales        
7,088   S&P 500 E-Mini   March 2018     961,983,360       14,390,024  
45   U.S. Long Bond (CBT)   June 2018     6,454,687       (58,781
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 968,438,047     $ 14,331,243  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

Written Options

Equity Options

 

Description

    

 

     Exercise
Price
       Expiration
Date
       Number of
Contracts
       Notional
Amount
       Value ($)  

Equity Options — Calls

                               

Viacom, Inc. (a)

            35.00          06/15/18          (4,000)          USD       13,336,000          (480,000

Dell Technologies Ltd., Inc. (a)

            75.00          07/20/18          (3,500)          USD       26,001,500          (2,800,000

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (a)

            38.00          07/20/18          (5,500)          USD       20,251,000          (1,155,000

VMware, Inc. (a)

            135.00          07/20/18          (750)          USD       9,881,250          (825,000

Bunge Ltd. (a)

            80.00          07/20/18          (2,000)          USD       15,086,000          (800,000
                               

 

 

 
                
TOTAL WRITTEN EQUITY
OPTIONS – CALLS

 
         (6,060,000
    

 

                          

 

 

 

Equity Options — Puts

                               

Viacom, Inc. (a)

            30.00          06/15/18          (4,000)          USD       13,336,000          (840,000

Bunge Ltd. (a)

            75.00          07/20/18          (2,000)          USD       15,086,000          (1,000,000

Dell Technologies Ltd., Inc. (a)

            65.00          07/20/18          (3,500)          USD       26,001,500          (1,176,000

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

            115.00          07/20/18          (4,500)          USD       56,097,000          (1,395,000

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (a)

            36.00          07/20/18          (5,500)          USD       20,251,000          (1,155,000

VMware, Inc. (a)

            120.00          07/20/18          (750)          USD       9,881,250          (525,000
                               

 

 

 
                
TOTAL WRITTEN EQUITY
OPTIONS – PUTS

 
         (6,091,000
    

 

                          

 

 

 
      
TOTAL WRITTEN EQUITY OPTIONS
(Premiums $12,838,496)

 
     $ (12,151,000
    

 

                          

 

 

 

 

84   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Written Options — continued

Credit Default Swap Options

 

Description

   Counterparty   

Exercise
Rate

   Expiration
Date
     Principal/
Notional
Amount
    Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
    

Value ($)

Written Options on Credit Default Swaps — Puts

 

  

CDX.NA.HYS29.V1-5Y

   BOA    106.00%      04/18/18        USD       50,000,000       Pay      (370,938)
                  

 

   TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS ON CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS — PUTS
(Premiums $385,000)
     $(370,938)
                  

 

Swap Contracts

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

 

 

Notional
Amount

    Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments
by the
Fund
Under the
Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

                     

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

    USD     25,005,000       5.00%       3.34%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       (1,667,920     (1,692,264     (24,344

Sell Protection^:

                     

CDX.NA.HYS.29.V1-5Y

    USD     81,470,000       5.00%       3.34%       81,470,000       12/20/2022       Quarterly       6,111,738       5,513,646       (598,092
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                  $ 4,443,818     $ 3,821,382     $ (622,436
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps

 

Reference Entity

 

Counterparty

 

Notional
Amount

    Annual
Premium
    Implied
Credit
Spread (1)
    Maximum
Potential
Amount of
Future
Payments
by the
Fund
Under the
Contract (2)
    Expiration
Date
    Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Buy Protection^:

                     

Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.

  GS   USD     7,948,000       5.00%       39.55%       N/A       12/20/2018       Quarterly       2,028,948       1,747,713       (281,235

Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.

  GS   USD     2,730,000       0.00%       39.08%       N/A       12/20/2018       At Maturity             (62,117     (62,117

Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.

  MSCI   USD     1,370,000       0.00%       41.13%       N/A       06/20/2021       At Maturity             (64,935     (64,935

Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.

  MSCI   USD     1,370,000       0.00%       40.42%       N/A       12/20/2021       At Maturity             (66,415     (66,415

Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp.

  GS   USD     360,000       5.00%       40.95%       N/A       06/20/2022       Quarterly       183,600       176,033       (7,567
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                  $ 2,212,548     $ 1,730,279     $ (482,269
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Buy Protection - Fund pays a premium and buys credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
   Sell Protection - Fund receives a premium and sells credit protection. If a credit event occurs the Fund will, depending on the terms of the particular swap contract, either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.
(1)  As of February 28, 2018, implied credit spreads in absolute terms, calculated using a model, and utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap contracts on the reference security, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and reflect the likelihood or risk of default for the reference entity. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection. Wider (i.e., higher) credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the contract.
(2)  The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap contract.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   85


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

   Fund Receives     

Notional
Amount

     Expiration
Date
    

Periodic
Payment
Frequency

   Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

     2.72%      NZD     328,158,000        03/21/2023      Semi-Annual            (172,744     (172,744

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

     2.70%      NZD     151,864,000        03/21/2023      Semi-Annual            (196,084     (196,084

1.71%

     6 Month GBP LIBOR      GBP     67,238,000        12/15/2027      Semi-Annual            504,553       504,553  

2.53%

     3 Month CAD LIBOR      CAD     30,839,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            161,381       161,381  

3 Month CAD LIBOR

     2.74%      CAD     29,224,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            267,480       267,480  

2.66%

     3 Month CAD LIBOR      CAD     17,367,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (63,144     (63,144

2.69%

     3 Month CAD LIBOR      CAD     28,076,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (162,861     (162,861

6 Month EURIBOR

     1.17%      EUR     95,321,000        03/15/2028      Annual      (28,797     749,121       777,918  

1.69%

     6 Month GBP LIBOR      GBP     273,811,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual      88,266       (3,065,057     (3,153,323

3 Month SEK STIBOR

     1.41%      SEK     1,001,048,000        03/15/2028      Annual      (13,363     960,774       974,137  

3 Month SEK STIBOR

     1.17%      SEK     318,964,000        03/15/2028      Annual            (568,208     (568,208

1.50%

     3 Month SEK STIBOR      SEK     174,966,000        03/15/2028      Annual            (348,913     (348,913

3 Month USD LIBOR

     2.90%      USD     11,280,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            9,017       9,017  

3 Month USD LIBOR

     2.71%      USD     18,068,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (291,081     (291,081

3 Month USD LIBOR

     2.88%      USD     11,280,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (5,885     (5,885

3 Month USD LIBOR

     2.88%      USD     22,560,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (12,764     (12,764

2.89%

     3 Month USD LIBOR      USD     13,988,000        03/15/2028      Semi-Annual            (1,326     (1,326

3.08%

     6 Month AUD BBSW      AUD     287,407,000        03/21/2028      Semi-Annual      (307,625     (2,281,953     (1,974,328

3 Month NZD Bank Bill Rate

     3.31%      NZD     99,308,000        06/20/2028      Semi-Annual            72,581       72,581  

6 Month CHF LIBOR

     0.55%      CHF     21,594,000        06/21/2028      Annual            6,368       6,368  
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 $ (261,519   $ (4,438,745   $ (4,177,226
                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Fund Pays

 

Fund Receives

  

Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Periodic
Payment
Frequency
    Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 1.80%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    CITI      USD       3,785,392     03/01/2018     At Maturity             (6,794     (6,794

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 1.25%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    GS      USD       3,522,880     03/01/2018     At Maturity             (30,414     (30,414

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 2.00%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    GS      USD       493,113     03/08/2018     At Maturity             5,279       5,279  

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 2.00%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    CITI      USD       3,047,124     03/08/2018     At Maturity             (1,958     (1,958

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 2.50%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    GS      USD       36,893,402     03/08/2018     At Maturity             (49,170     (49,170

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 2.50%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    BOA      USD       3,279,593     03/15/2018     At Maturity             35,807       35,807  

Depreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF + (1 month USD LIBOR rate minus 2.25%)

  Appreciation of Total Return on High Yield Growth ETF    GS      USD       397,479     03/15/2018     At Maturity             7,446       7,446  
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                $     $ (39,804   $ (39,804
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

86   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Implementation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) All or a portion of this investment is held in connection with one or more holdings within the Fund.

 

(b) Security valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount since holding exceeds foreign ownership limits.

 

(c) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by the Trustees of GMO Trust or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(d) Preferred dividend rates are disclosed to the extent that a stated rate exists.

 

(e) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(f) Security is in default.

 

(g) Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the price of a specific instrument or financial statistic (Note 2).

 

(h) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on securities sold short, OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(i) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(j) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(k) All or a portion of this security or derivative is owned by GMO Implementation SPC Ltd., which is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO Implementation Fund.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   87


GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund returned +21.41% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +20.13% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index.

The Fund’s exposure to emerging markets was the largest positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark. Stock selection within countries was also helpful to performance with positive results in Europe, particularly Germany, more than offsetting negative relative results in the U.K., Japan, and emerging markets (which endured a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing). The Fund’s modest cash holdings were a drag on relative performance given the strong returns generated by equities.

Allocation between sectors added value, helped by underweight positions in Healthcare and Consumer Staples and overweight positions in Information Technology and Materials. Stock selection within sectors also proved beneficial with strong results in Industrials, Real Estate, Energy, Consumer Discretionary, and Financials more than compensating for lesser results in Information Technology, Telecommunication Services, and Healthcare.

Top stock detractors included overweight positions in GlaxoSmithKline, WPP, and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa, Fiat Chrysler, and Christian Dior.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments. Specific securities referenced were either held directly or indirectly through underlying funds.

 

88


GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund Class III Shares and the MSCI EAFE Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .08% on the purchase and .08% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

89


GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    96.9

Short-Term Investments

    1.4  

Preferred Stocks

    0.9  

Investment Funds

    0.2  

Futures Contracts

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Swap Contracts

    (0.0 )^ 

Other

    0.6  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    24.6

United Kingdom

    12.4  

Germany

    11.3  

France

    11.2  

Italy

    4.6  

Switzerland

    4.5  

Hong Kong

    4.4  

Other Emerging

    3.6 † 

Australia

    3.5  

Sweden

    3.1  

Norway

    3.0  

Netherlands

    2.9  

Taiwan

    2.4  

China

    2.1  

South Korea

    1.4  

Austria

    1.3  

Russia

    1.3  

Spain

    1.3  

Other Developed

    1.1 ‡ 
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments and includes exposure through the use of derivative financial instruments, if any. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

90


GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 100.0%  
    1,863,350     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     67,378,736  
    25,017,694     GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     597,172,345  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $630,296,579)
    664,551,081  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    262,880     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     262,880  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $262,880)
    262,880  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $630,559,459)
    664,813,961  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.00%     52,956  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $664,866,917  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   91


GMO International Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO International Equity Allocation Fund returned +22.38% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +21.63% for the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA.

The Fund’s exposure to emerging markets was the largest positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark, while the underweight position in Canada also proved to be a significant relative benefit. Stock selection within countries was detrimental to performance, with positive security selection results in Europe, particularly Germany, not able to compensate for negative relative security selection results in the U.K., Japan, and emerging markets (which endured a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing).

Allocation between sectors added value, helped by underweight positions in Healthcare and Consumer Staples and overweight positions in Information Technology and Materials. Stock selection within sectors also proved beneficial with strong results in Financials, Energy, and Industrials more than compensating for lesser results in Information Technology, Telecommunication Services, and Healthcare.

Top stock detractors included overweight positions in GlaxoSmithKline and WPP, as well as an underweight position in Tencent Holdings. Top stock contributors included overweight positions in Deutsche Lufthansa, Fiat Chrysler, and Christian Dior.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments. Specific securities referenced were either held directly or indirectly through underlying funds.

 

92


GMO International Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO International Equity Allocation Fund Class III Shares and the MSCI ACWI ex USA

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .25% on the purchase and .25% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

93


GMO International Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    95.6

Preferred Stocks

    1.6  

Short-Term Investments

    1.6  

Investment Funds

    0.6  

Futures Contracts

    0.1  

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Swap Contracts

    0.0

Other

    0.5  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   % of Investments  

Japan

    17.6

United Kingdom

    8.8  

Taiwan

    8.2  

Germany

    8.1  

France

    8.0  

China

    7.3  

South Korea

    4.6  

Russia

    4.5  

Other Emerging

    4.3 † 

Italy

    3.3  

Switzerland

    3.3  

Hong Kong

    3.1  

Thailand

    3.1  

Other Developed

    2.7 ‡ 

Australia

    2.5  

Sweden

    2.2  

Norway

    2.1  

Netherlands

    2.1  

India

    1.5  

Turkey

    1.5  

Brazil

    1.2  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments and includes exposure through the use of derivative financial instruments, if any. The table excludes exposure through forward currency contracts, if any.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Investments.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

94


GMO International Equity Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares     Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 100.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 100.0%  
    11,118,682     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     402,051,540  
    31,375,359     GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     748,929,812  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,067,098,190)
    1,150,981,352  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    410,902     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (a)     410,902  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $410,902)
    410,902  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $1,067,509,092)
    1,151,392,254  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (64,769
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,151,327,485  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   95


GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Systematic Global Macro team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo  & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any index or benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is included for comparative purposes.

Class III shares of GMO SGM Major Markets Fund returned +1.44% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +0.98% for the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index.

The Fund added value from equity and commodity market positions. The Fund’s long equity markets positions added the most value over the year, particularly from emerging markets. A net short bond position also contributed positive returns as 10-year bond yields moved higher. Our commodity positions had a positive impact on performance, mostly from a long position in oil and short positions among grains. Currency positions lost value as short positions in the British pound and Australian dollar appreciated against the Japanese yen, held long.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Management as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

96


GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO SGM Major Markets Fund Class III Shares, the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill +++ Index,

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index and S&P 500 Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. The performance information shown above only includes purchase premiums and/or redemption fees in effect as of February 28, 2018. All information is unaudited.

 

  * The Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill +++ Index is a composite benchmark computed by GMO and comprised of 50% Bloomberg Commodity Total Return Index (formerly the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index) and 50% J.P. Morgan U.S. 3 Month Cash Index through October 3, 2011 and the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index thereafter.

 

     For S&P disclaimers please visit http://www.gmo.com/America/_Disclaimers/_BenchmarkDisclaimers.htm.

 

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GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Investment Concentration Summary (a)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Short-Term Investments

    81.3

Debt Obligations

    18.7  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.6  

Futures Contracts

    (1.5 )# 

Other

    0.9  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

(a) GMO Alternative Asset SPC Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO SGM Major Markets Fund. As such, the holdings of GMO Alternative Asset SPC Ltd. have been included with GMO SGM Major Markets Fund.

 

& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts. The exposure the Fund has to futures contracts based on notional amounts is (3.4)% of net assets.

 

# Some or all is comprised of commodity exposure. See Consolidated Schedule of Investments.
 

 

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GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 18.7%  
    U.S. Government — 10.1%  
    33,750,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 08/31/18     33,554,882  
    67,600,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 09/30/18 (a)     67,372,906  
    33,100,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 01/31/19     32,851,750  
    55,850,000     U.S. Treasury Note, USBM + 0.07%, 1.72%, due 04/30/19 (a)     55,912,942  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     189,692,480  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 8.6%  
    29,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.25%, 1.49%, due 10/18/18     28,994,921  
    9,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 0.23%, 1.59%, due 02/13/19     8,997,176  
    19,500,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR – 0.19%, 1.63%, due 05/10/19     19,499,321  
    15,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 3 mo. US LIBOR – 0.16%, 1.39%, due 06/12/19     14,995,376  
    75,000,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR – 0.09%, 1.49%, due 07/12/19     74,966,416  
    15,500,000     Federal Home Loan Banks, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR – 0.07%, 1.54%, due 01/23/20     15,495,749  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government Agency     162,948,959  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $353,026,656)
    352,641,439  
     

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 57.0%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 57.0%  
    42,939,732     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     1,072,205,111  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,073,411,341)
    1,072,205,111  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 23.8%  
    Money Market Funds — 1.9%  
    6,463,887     SSgA USD Liquidity Fund – Class S2 Shares (b)     6,463,887  
    28,297,965     State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.32% (c)     28,297,965  
     

 

 

 
    Total Money Market Funds     34,761,852  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 21.9%  
    4,700,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.50%, due 04/12/18 (b) (d)     4,691,734  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/19/18 (b) (d)     9,979,141  
    57,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/26/18 (b) (d)     56,864,562  
    67,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.56%, due 05/10/18 (b) (d)     67,295,250  
    57,475,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.68%, due 06/28/18 (b) (d)     57,159,622  
    74,400,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.72%, due 07/05/18 (b) (d)     73,956,669  
    11,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.78%, due 07/26/18 (b) (d)     10,921,284  
     Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    23,300,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 03/31/18     23,287,064  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 09/15/18 (a) (b)     40,798,203  
    68,100,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 10/31/18 (a)     67,549,347  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     412,502,876  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $447,750,851)     447,264,728  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5%
(Cost $1,874,188,848)
    1,872,111,278  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.5%     10,170,373  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,882,281,651  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
03/16/2018   DB     AUD       4,872,107       USD       3,828,755     $ 44,547  
03/16/2018   MSCI     AUD       184,502,774       USD       145,188,725       1,883,828  
03/08/2018   MSCI     CAD       2,750,000       USD       2,178,054       34,791  
03/23/2018   MSCI     CHF       61,500,000       USD       64,666,050       (576,719
04/23/2018   MSCI     CHF       67,627,215       USD       71,283,105       (654,750
05/23/2018   MSCI     CHF       1,123,415       USD       1,203,561       5,580  
05/23/2018   MSCI     CHF       61,341,126       USD       65,876,032       463,448  
03/23/2018   JPM     EUR       2,937,768       USD       3,651,653       61,876  
03/26/2018   MSCI     GBP       18,224,889       USD       25,326,936       208,788  
03/16/2018   DB     NZD       3,727,549       USD       2,735,738       47,826  
03/16/2018   JPM     NZD       3,607,196       USD       2,651,823       50,698  
03/16/2018   MSCI     NZD       8,901,791       USD       6,467,080       48,056  
03/16/2018   SSB     NZD       24,564,595       USD       17,788,329       74,958  
03/08/2018   JPM     USD       3,995,632       CAD       4,922,639       (159,082
03/08/2018   MSCI     USD       6,159,683       CAD       7,733,609       (132,351
03/12/2018   JPM     USD       27,109,893       JPY       3,036,134,388       1,363,518  
03/12/2018   MSCI     USD       104,540,432       JPY       11,743,737,581       5,594,438  
03/16/2018   DB     USD       509,293       NZD       700,000       (4,528
03/23/2018   MSCI     USD       3,615,805       EUR       2,937,768       (26,028
03/30/2018   JPM     USD       41,617,621       JPY       4,511,579,015       754,018  
04/05/2018   DB     USD       5,304,014       JPY       577,591,770       122,955  
04/05/2018   SSB     USD       6,088,015       JPY       664,826,907       158,603  
04/16/2018   MSCI     USD       127,899,805       JPY       13,843,290,179       2,263,056  
           

 

 

 
            $ 11,627,526  
           

 

 

 
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   99


GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number
of
Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buys        
3,269   Australian
Government
Bond 10 Yr.
  March 2018   $ 325,535,217     $ (4,255,601
1,354   Crude Oil (b)   March 2018     83,460,560       838,553  
7,348   Euro STOXX 50   March 2018     308,113,129       (13,141,130
3,609   FTSE 100 Index   March 2018     359,324,459       (10,969,847
128   Gold 100 OZ (b)   April 2018     16,869,120       (266,613
146   Hang Seng   March 2018     28,669,003       (369,407
4,337   Mini MSCI
Emerging
Markets
  March 2018     256,533,550       11,843,928  
367   MSCI Singapore   March 2018     11,115,285       (6,804
823   MSCI Taiwan   March 2018     32,763,630       21,132  
364   SPI 200   March 2018     42,554,141       (167,768
23   TOPIX   March 2018     3,810,867       (187,798
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 1,468,748,961     $ (16,661,355
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Number
of
Contracts +

  Type   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Sales        
4,305   Corn (b)   May 2018   $ 82,225,500     $ (1,954,227
909   FTSE/JSE TOP 40   March 2018     39,518,908       679,413  
268   Japanese Government
Bond 10 Yr. (OSE)
  March 2018     379,074,098       (399,495
3,017   S&P 500 E-Mini   March 2018     409,467,240       (8,560,092
3,736   UK Gilt Long Bond   June 2018     623,277,171       (1,549,807
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $ 1,533,562,917     $ (11,784,208
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

The rates shown on variable rate notes are the current interest rates at February 28, 2018, which are subject to change based on the terms of the security.

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

 

(b) All or a portion of this security or derivative is owned by GMO Alternative Asset SPC Ltd., which is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO SGM Major Markets Fund.

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(d) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty

abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the

Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any,

please refer to page 112.

 

 

100   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Special Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Although GMO does not manage the Fund to, or control the Fund’s risk relative to, any securities index or securities benchmark, a discussion of the Fund’s performance relative to the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) is included for comparative purposes only.

Class VI shares of GMO Special Opportunities Fund returned +32.60% (net) for the fiscal period ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +2.11% for the CPI.

The Fund’s exposure to individually selected equities (predominantly, but not exclusively, in the U.S.) was the key driver of performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

102


GMO Special Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $300,000,000 Investment in

GMO Special Opportunities Fund Class VI Shares, the Consumer Price Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes: 1-10 Year Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .50% on the purchase and .50% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

103


GMO Special Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Investment Concentration Summary (a)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    76.6

Short-Term Investments

    22.7  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.0

Futures Contracts

    (0.1 )+ 

Other

    0.8  
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Debt Obligations as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    1.4
 

 

 

 
    1.4 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Equity Investments
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    59.3

United Kingdom

    8.1  

Germany

    3.6  

Netherlands

    3.5  

Romania

    2.1  

Other Developed

    0.0 ‡ 
 

 

 

 
    76.6 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary   % of Equity Investments#  

Diversified Financials

    25.2

Retailing

    15.8  

Commercial & Professional Services

    11.5  

Banks

    10.6  

Automobiles & Components

    9.1  

Software & Services

    9.0  

Media

    5.9  

Capital Goods

    4.8  

Consumer Services

    4.4  

Utilities

    2.7  

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

    1.0  

Energy

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 

 

(a) GMO Special Opportunities SPC Ltd. is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO Special Opportunities Fund. As such, the holdings of GMO Special Opportunities SPC Ltd. have been included with GMO Special Opportunities Fund.
& In the table above, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

+ Some or all is comprised of commodity exposure. See Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

¤ The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The tables are not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the tables may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.

 

# Equity investments may consist of common stocks and other stock-related securities, such as preferred stocks, if any. This table excludes exposure to derivative contracts, short-term investments, mutual funds and investment funds, if any. For a summary of these exposures, if any, see the Schedule of Investments.
 

 

104


GMO Special Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

     Shares /
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    COMMON STOCKS — 76.6%  
    Canada — 0.0%  
    6,000,000     Jagercor Energy Corp * (a) (b)     70,137  
     

 

 

 
    Germany — 3.6%  
    605,000     Brenntag AG     37,713,971  
     

 

 

 
    Netherlands — 3.5%  
    650,000     InterXion Holding NV *     36,595,000  
     

 

 

 
    Romania — 2.1%  
    7,200,000     Societatea Energetica Electrica SA     21,647,127  
     

 

 

 
    United Kingdom — 8.1%  
    1,550,000     Metro Bank Plc *     83,960,123  
     

 

 

 
    United States — 59.3%  
    1,520,000     Ally Financial, Inc.     42,408,000  
    240,000     Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. – Class B *     49,728,000  
    560,000     Cimpress NV *     91,140,000  
    530,000     CommerceHub, Inc. – Series A *     10,504,600  
    1,270,000     CommerceHub, Inc. – Series C *     24,193,500  
    93,000     Credit Acceptance Corp. *     29,266,170  
    1,840,000     General Motors Co.     72,404,000  
    1,137,544     Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. – Class A     78,945,554  
    750,000     Liberty Latin America Ltd. – Class A *     15,525,000  
    1,550,000     Liberty Latin America Ltd. – Class C *     31,697,500  
    80,000     National Beverage Corp.     7,835,200  
    900,000     Shake Shack, Inc. – Class A *     35,091,000  
    1,620,000     Wayfair, Inc. – Class A *     125,420,400  
     

 

 

 
  Total United States     614,158,924  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $551,440,212)
    794,145,282  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 22.7%  
    Money Market Funds — 1.0%  
    9,905,159     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (c) (d)     9,905,159  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 21.7%  
    5,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.45%, due 04/05/18 (e)     4,992,878  
    20,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 04/19/18 (e)     19,958,282  
    27,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.53%, due 05/03/18 (e) (f)     26,927,826  
    23,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.50%, due 05/10/18 (e)     22,930,233  
    9,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.64%, due 05/31/18 (d) (e) (f)     8,962,974  
    2,500,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.66%, due 06/21/18 (d) (e)     2,487,206  
    41,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.68%, due 06/28/18 (e)     40,775,024  
    35,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.72%, due 07/05/18 (e)     34,791,444  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.74%, due 07/12/18 (e)     9,936,640  
         
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    U.S. Government — continued  
    26,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.78%, due 07/26/18 (e)     25,813,943  
    28,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.80%, due 08/09/18 (e)     27,778,357  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     225,354,807  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $235,348,520)
    235,259,966  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3%
(Cost $786,788,732)
    1,029,405,248  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.7%     6,839,474  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,036,244,722  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
   

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
04/26/2018   BOA     RON       88,600,000       USD       23,241,173     $ 4,181  
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (d)

 

Number of
Contracts +

   Type    Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
     Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Buys            
25    Natural Gas    December 2019    $ 187,812      $ (73,125
25    Natural Gas    January 2020      186,437        (74,500
25    Natural Gas    February 2020      180,875        (80,062
25    Natural Gas    March 2020      164,000        (96,938
25    Natural Gas    April 2020      162,875        (98,063
25    Natural Gas    May 2020      164,500        (96,438
25    Natural Gas    June 2020      166,250        (94,687
25    Natural Gas    July 2020      166,375        (94,562
25    Natural Gas    August 2020      165,938        (95,000
25    Natural Gas    September 2020      167,688        (93,250
25    Natural Gas    October 2020      171,063        (89,875
25    Natural Gas    November 2020      180,437        (80,500
        

 

 

    

 

 

 
         $ 2,064,250      $ (1,067,000
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

+ Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.
   Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.
 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   105


GMO Special Opportunities Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Consolidated Schedule of Investments (continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

As of February 28, 2018, for the above contracts and/or agreements, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments or collateral requirements, if any, of the relevant broker or exchange.

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) Affiliated Company (Note 10).

 

(b) Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(c) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

 

(d) All or a portion of this security is owned by GMO Special Opportunities SPC Ltd., which is a 100% owned subsidiary of GMO Special Opportunities Fund.

 

(e) The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(f) All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover margin requirements on futures and/or cleared swap contracts, collateral on OTC swap contracts, forward currency contracts, and/or written options, if any (Note 4).

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty

abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the

Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any,

please refer to page 112.

 

 

106   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


 

 

 

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GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Portfolio Management

Day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio is the responsibility of the Asset Allocation team at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC.

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund returned +15.10% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, as compared with +12.98% for the GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Index (75% MSCI World Index (MSCI Standard Index Series) and 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index).

The Fund’s underweight in equities, compared to the benchmark, detracted from relative performance. Within equities, the overweighting to emerging markets and the underweighting to the U.S. helped relative performance. Stock selection within equities was additive for developed ex-U.S. markets and was also positive in the U.S. thanks to our allocation to Quality. Stock selection in emerging markets was challenging as it was a particularly difficult year for valuation-driven investing. The underweighting to fixed income was beneficial to performance as the asset class did relatively poorly, and the Fund also enjoyed decent outperformance within fixed income, driven primarily by emerging market debt and asset backed securities. Our exposure to cash/cash plus detracted from relative performance.

The views expressed herein are exclusively those of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC as of the date of this report and are subject to change. GMO disclaims any responsibility to update such views. They are not meant as investment advice. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities and may not be representative of any GMO portfolio’s current or future investments.

 

108


GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $10,000,000 Investment in

GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund Class III Shares, the

GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Index, MSCI World Index and

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index

As of February 28, 2018

 

LOGO

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is not indicative of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance data may be lower or higher than the performance data provided herein. To obtain performance information up to the most recent month-end, visit www.gmo.com. Performance shown is net of all fees after reimbursement from GMO. Each performance figure assumes a purchase at the beginning and redemption at the end of the stated period and reflects a transaction fee of .20% on the purchase and .20% on the redemption. Transaction fees are retained by the Fund to cover trading costs. Returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed during the periods shown and do not include the effect of taxes on distributions and redemptions. All information is unaudited.

 

  * The GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Index is a composite benchmark computed by GMO and comprised of 75% MSCI World Index and 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index.

 

     MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

 

109


GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Common Stocks

    67.5

Debt Obligations

    14.1  

Short-Term Investments

    9.3  

Mutual Funds

    7.6  

Preferred Stocks

    0.9  

Investment Funds

    0.4  

Futures Contracts

    0.1  

Swap Contracts

    0.1  

Loan Participations

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Written Options/Credit Linked Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Securities Sold Short

    (0.2 )^ 

Other

    0.2
 

 

 

 
    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Debt Obligations as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    14.3

Other Emerging

    2.8 † 

Euro Region

    0.0 ^# 

Other Developed

    (0.1 )‡ 
 

 

 

 
    17.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary¤   Equity Investments as a
% of Total Net Assets
 

United States

    18.9

Japan

    7.3  

Taiwan

    5.4  

China

    4.4  

United Kingdom

    4.2  

Other Emerging

    3.9 † 

Other Developed

    3.9 ‡ 

Germany

    3.4  

France

    3.4  

Russia

    3.0  

South Korea

    2.9  

Thailand

    2.0  

Switzerland

    1.6  

Italy

    1.4  

Hong Kong

    1.3  

Australia

    1.0  

Turkey

    1.0  

Euro Region

    0.0 ^# 
 

 

 

 
    69.0 % 
 

 

 

 
& The table above incorporates aggregate indirect asset class exposure associated with investments in other funds of GMO Trust (“underlying funds”). Derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/depreciation, in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than notional amounts.

 

¤ The table above incorporates aggregate indirect country exposure associated with investments in the underlying funds. The table excludes short-term investments. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposure through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts and currency options. The table is based on duration adjusted net exposures (both investments and derivatives), taking into account the market value of securities and the notional amounts of swaps and other derivative financial instruments. For example, U.S. asset-backed securities may represent a relatively small percentage due to their short duration, even though they represent a large percentage of market value (direct and indirect). Duration is based on GMO’s models. The greater the duration of a bond, the greater its contribution to the concentration percentage. Credit default swap exposures are factored into the duration-adjusted exposure using the reference security and applying the same methodology to that security. The tables are not normalized, thus, due to the exclusions listed above and negative exposures, which may be attributable to derivatives or short sales, if any, the tables may not total to 100%.

 

“Other Emerging” is comprised of emerging countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

“Other Developed” is comprised of developed countries that each represent between (1.0)% and 1.0% of Total Net Assets.

 

# “Euro Region” is comprised of derivative financial instruments attributed to the Eurozone and not a particular country.

 

^ Rounds to 0.0%.
 

 

110


GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2018

 

Shares /
Par Value†
    Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 91.8%  
    Affiliated Issuers — 91.8%  
    4,725,211     GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, Class IV     99,134,920  
    1,399,812     GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     39,992,630  
    8,437,074     GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI     305,084,580  
    14,655,147     GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV     349,818,348  
    1,741,201     GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     45,985,113  
    5,233,937     GMO Quality Fund, Class VI     131,528,842  
    8,496,583     GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI     130,082,686  
    3,760,585     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     93,901,813  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $1,080,388,201)
    1,195,528,932  
     

 

 

 
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 8.2%  
    U.S. Government — 8.2%  
    2,874,439     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/25 (a)     2,821,378  
    2,710,028     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.63%, due 01/15/26 (a)     2,694,375  
    3,099,839     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/26 (a)     2,959,478  
    28,477,985     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 01/15/27 (a)     27,574,506  
    12,537,156     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 07/15/27 (a)     12,149,273  
    24,372,083     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28 (a)     26,669,146  
    26,909,239     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.50%, due 01/15/29 (a)     31,752,718  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $107,638,506)
    106,620,874  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%  
    Money Market Funds — 0.0%  
    212,984     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 1.33% (b)     212,984  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $212,984)
    212,984  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $1,188,239,691)
    1,302,362,790  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.00%     78,167  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $1,302,440,957  
     

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

Denominated in U.S. Dollar, unless otherwise indicated.

 

(a) Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the price of a specific instrument or financial statistic (Note 2).

 

(b) The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2018.

For a listing of definitions of acronyms, counterparty abbreviations and currency abbreviations used throughout the Schedule of Investments as well as the derivative tables, if any, please refer to page 112.

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   111


GMO Trust Funds

 

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations:

144A - Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act

of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration,

normally to qualified institutional investors.

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

AUD BBSW - Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate denominated in Australian Dollar.

CAD LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Canadian Dollar.

CDO - Collateralized Debt Obligation

CHF LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Swiss Franc.

CLO - Collateralized Loan Obligation

CPO - Ordinary Participation Certificate (Certificado de Participacion Ordinares), representing a bundle of shares of the multiple series of one issuer that trade together as a unit.

CVA - Certificaaten van aandelen (Share Certificates)

CVR - Contingent Value Right

ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund

EURIBOR - Euro Interbank Offered Rate

Foreign Registered - Shares issued to foreign investors in markets that have foreign ownership limits.

FSA - Insured as to the payment of principal and interest by Financial Security Assurance.

GBP LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in British Pounds.

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

NVDR - Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

NZD Bank Bill Rate - Bank Bill Rate denominated in New Zealand Dollar.

OJSC - Open Joint-Stock Company

PJSC - Private Joint-Stock Company

QPSC - Qatar Private Stock Company

Reg S - Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

SEK STIBOR - Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate denominated in Swedish Krona

USBM - U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield

USD LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in United States Dollars.

XL - Insured as to the payment of principal and interest by XL Capital Assurance.

The rates shown on variable rate notes are the current interest rates at February 28, 2018, which are subject to change based on the terms of the security.

Counterparty Abbreviations:

 

BCLY - Barclays Bank PLC

BOA - Bank of America, N.A.

CITI - Citibank N.A.

DB - Deutsche Bank AG

GS - Goldman Sachs International

JPM - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

MSCI - Morgan Stanley & Co.

International PLC

SSB - State Street Bank and Trust

Company

 

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD - Australian Dollar

BRL - Brazilian Real

CAD - Canadian Dollar

CHF - Swiss Franc

EUR - Euro

GBP - British Pound

JPY - Japanese Yen

NOK - Norwegian Krone

NZD - New Zealand Dollar

RON - Romanian Leu

SEK - Swedish Krona

USD - United States Dollar

 
 

 

112   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018

 

 

     Alpha Only
Fund
     Benchmark-Free
Allocation Fund
     Benchmark-Free
Fund
     Global Asset
Allocation Fund
 

Assets:

 

        

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $ 13,848,473      $ 13,538,778,994      $ 1,428,515,002      $ 2,475,224,883  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     212,009,734        6,838,048        3,094,941,236        419,479  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

     15,969               229,593         

Cash

                   43,479        5  

Receivable for investments sold

     80,587               36,025,443         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,499,875        18,584,664        2,400,000        35,600,000  

Dividend withholding tax receivable

     180,144               677,558         

Dividends and interest receivable

     541,614        3,674        6,592,538        200,266  

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

     239,326                       

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

     2,487,465               3,029,385         

Due from broker (Note 2)

                   36         

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     29,508        1,629,022        89,549        4,546  

Miscellaneous receivable

            23,375                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     230,932,695        13,565,857,777        4,572,543,819        2,511,449,179  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Payable for investments purchased

     185,153        10,517,522        54,996,086        24,244,720  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

            6,920,885        26,950,386        11,489,012  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax payable (Note 2)

     2,118                       

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

           

Management fee

     88,152        6,775,326                

Supplemental support fee – Class MF

            433,819                

Shareholder service fee

     17,931        794,882                

Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

     101,522               3,286,509         

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     47        2,205        719        392  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     518        30,053        10,368        5,662  

Accrued expenses

     205,857        203,133        810,816        104,836  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     601,298        25,677,825        86,054,884        35,844,622  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 230,331,397      $ 13,540,179,952      $ 4,486,488,935      $ 2,475,604,557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $ 13,849,266      $ 12,615,693,767      $ 1,214,411,315      $ 2,388,255,464  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 176,222,202      $ 6,838,048      $ 2,825,034,948      $ 411,583  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $ 16,038      $      $ 231,237      $  

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   113


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Alpha Only
Fund
    Benchmark-Free
Allocation Fund
    Benchmark-Free
Fund
    Global Asset
Allocation Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 592,637,211     $ 13,020,773,777     $ 4,439,378,500     $ 2,642,088,298  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     (1,289,057     (3,577,793     4,316,315       1,933,430  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (391,611,190     (400,101,259     (441,273,444     (255,394,486

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     30,594,433       923,085,227       484,067,564       86,977,315  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 230,331,397     $ 13,540,179,952     $ 4,486,488,935     $ 2,475,604,557  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

        

Class III

   $ 7,828,686     $ 5,162,083,940     $ 4,486,488,935     $ 2,475,604,557  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $ 222,502,711     $ 2,756,005,352     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class MF

   $     $ 5,622,090,660     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

        

Class III

     359,097       185,983,633       214,557,862       74,309,207  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

     10,201,650       99,304,755              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class MF

           202,424,394              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

        

Class III

   $ 21.80     $ 27.76     $ 20.91     $ 33.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $ 21.81     $ 27.75     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class MF

   $     $ 27.77     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

114   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Global
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
     Global Equity
Allocation Fund
     Consolidated
Implementation
Fund
     International
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
 

Assets:

 

        

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $ 469,142,130      $ 2,328,205,864      $      $ 664,551,081  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     201,846        807,905        11,559,956,261        262,880  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

                   1,639,685         

Cash

                   6,405,694         

Receivable for investments sold

                   220,104,546         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

                          126,778  

Receivable for closed swap contracts (Note 4)

                   515,502         

Dividend withholding tax receivable

                   2,462,757         

Dividends and interest receivable

     227        757        23,393,601        236  

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

                   7,601,129         

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

                   10,272,921         

Receivable for variation margin on open cleared swap contracts (Note 4)

                   20,470         

Due from broker (Note 2)

                   214,328,577         

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   1,972,278         

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     6,639        6,308        315,815        5,426  

Miscellaneous receivable

                   5,121        89  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     469,350,842        2,329,020,834        12,048,994,357        664,946,490  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Investments sold short, at value (Note 2)(d)

                   191,300,855         

Payable for investments purchased

                   302,917,707         

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

                          15,557  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax payable (Note 2)

                   646,673         

Payable for variation margin on open cleared swap contracts (Note 4)

                   1,026,106         

Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

                   32,351,243         

Interest payable for open OTC swap contracts

                   81,926         

Interest and dividend payable for short sales

                   151,933         

Payable for open OTC swap contracts (Note 4)

                   281,803         

Written options outstanding, at value (Note 4)(e)

                   12,521,938         

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     84        363        1,878        141  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     967        5,894        26,167        1,563  

Accrued expenses

     66,969        93,947        1,986,776        62,312  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     68,020        100,204        543,295,005        79,573  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 469,282,822      $ 2,328,920,630      $ 11,505,699,352      $ 664,866,917  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $ 412,488,926      $ 2,148,942,887      $      $ 630,296,579  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 201,846      $ 807,905      $ 10,780,544,870      $ 262,880  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $      $      $ 1,643,135      $  

(d)  Proceeds from securities sold short:

   $      $      $ 182,433,324      $  

(e)  Premiums on written options:

   $      $      $ 13,223,496      $  

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   115


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Global
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    Global Equity
Allocation Fund
    Consolidated
Implementation
Fund
    International
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 510,650,822     $ 2,419,828,840     $ 11,489,631,649     $ 786,018,917  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     1,393,219       1,319,053       4,569,723       101,971  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (99,414,423     (271,490,240     (749,921,242     (155,508,473

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     56,653,204       179,262,977       761,419,222       34,254,502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 469,282,822     $ 2,328,920,630     $ 11,505,699,352     $ 664,866,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

        

Core Class

   $     $     $ 11,505,699,352     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 469,282,822     $ 2,328,920,630     $     $ 664,866,917  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

        

Core Class

                 816,620,653        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

     20,512,002       86,689,776             38,387,203  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

        

Core Class

   $     $     $ 14.09     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class III

   $ 22.88     $ 26.86     $     $ 17.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

116   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity
Allocation Fund
     Consolidated
SGM Major
Markets Fund
     Consolidated
Special
Opportunities
Fund
     Strategic
Opportunities
Allocation Fund
 

Assets:

           

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Notes 2 and 10)(a)

   $ 1,150,981,352      $ 1,072,205,111      $ 70,137      $ 1,195,528,932  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)(b)

     410,902        799,906,167        1,029,335,111        106,833,858  

Foreign currency, at value (Note 2)(c)

            173,909                

Cash

            8,500,185        614,930         

Receivable for investments sold

                          6,804,614  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

            2,741,012        7,258,951         

Dividend withholding tax receivable

                   92,529         

Dividends and interest receivable

     387        2,452,187        119,578        272,364  

Unrealized appreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

            13,180,984        4,181         

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

            1,610,275                

Receivable for expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     5,629        29,226               5,164  

Miscellaneous receivable

                   36,477         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     1,151,398,270        1,900,799,056        1,037,531,894        1,309,444,932  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Payable for investments purchased

            1,287,114               112,527  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

            127,134               6,804,266  

Payable to affiliate for (Note 5):

 

Management fee

            1,226,429        888,924         

Shareholder service fee

            81,691        44,446         

Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts (Note 4)

            14,000,721        15,063         

Unrealized depreciation on open forward currency contracts (Note 4)

            1,553,458                

Payable to agents unaffiliated with GMO

     187        262        197        156  

Payable to Trustees and related expenses

     2,422        3,420        2,341        2,368  

Accrued expenses

     68,176        237,176        336,201        84,658  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     70,785        18,517,405        1,287,172        7,003,975  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 1,151,327,485      $ 1,882,281,651      $ 1,036,244,722      $ 1,302,440,957  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a)  Cost of investments – affiliated issuers:

   $ 1,067,098,190      $ 1,073,411,341      $ 317,181      $ 1,080,388,201  

(b)  Cost of investments – unaffiliated issuers:

   $ 410,902      $ 800,777,507      $ 786,471,551      $ 107,851,490  

(c)  Cost of foreign currency:

   $      $ 40      $      $  

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   117


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity
Allocation Fund
    Consolidated
SGM Major
Markets Fund
    Consolidated
Special
Opportunities
Fund
    Strategic
Opportunities
Allocation Fund
 

Net assets consist of:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,173,340,375     $ 1,919,833,908     $ 762,067,635     $ 1,161,779,359  

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     1,641,877       (2,314,280     (1,795,158     322,995  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (107,537,929     (16,516,239     34,410,842       26,215,504  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     83,883,162       (18,721,738     241,561,403       114,123,099  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 1,151,327,485     $ 1,882,281,651     $ 1,036,244,722     $ 1,302,440,957  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to:

        

Class III

   $ 1,151,327,485     $ 26,629,956     $     $ 1,302,440,957  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 11,903,494     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $ 1,843,748,201     $ 1,036,244,722     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding:

        

Class III

     35,299,757       835,673             58,984,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

           374,821              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

           58,009,413       41,009,040        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value per share:

        

Class III

   $ 32.62     $ 31.87     $     $ 22.08  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV

   $     $ 31.76     $     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI

   $     $ 31.78     $ 25.27     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

118   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018

 

 

     Alpha Only
Fund
    Benchmark-Free
Allocation Fund
    Benchmark-Free
Fund
    Global Asset
Allocation Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

     

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

   $ 148,213     $ 360,573,321     $ 30,899,770     $ 54,635,579  

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

     5,381,217       53,520       44,908,596       3,088  

Interest

     112,873       3,017       23,797,653       8,757  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     5,642,303       360,629,858       99,606,019       54,647,424  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

     

Management fee (Note 5)

     1,161,316       88,822,886              

Shareholder service fee – Class III (Note 5)

     13,338       7,497,455              

Shareholder service fee – Class IV (Note 5)

     223,371       2,976,880              

Supplemental support fee – Class MF (Note 5)

           5,689,876              

Audit and tax fees

     129,060       29,040       116,369       42,181  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     371,755       105,634       1,618,773       62,307  

Legal fees

     6,405       105,869       68,091       18,815  

Registration fees

     5,157       1,400             4,174  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     4,840       318,187       101,093       56,646  

Interest expense (Note 2)

                 30,730        

Miscellaneous

     71,589       43,349       90,744       13,510  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     1,986,831       105,590,576       2,025,800       197,633  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (536,151     (251,779     (1,193,078     (134,557

Indirectly incurred management fees waived or borne by GMO (Note 5)

           (19,880,639            

Indirectly incurred shareholder service fee waived or borne by GMO (Note 5)

           (1,658,359            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     1,450,680       83,799,799       832,722       63,076  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     4,191,623       276,830,059       98,773,297       54,584,348  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

     

Net realized gain (loss) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(b)

     28,143,991             134,133,286       (37,729

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (14,336     165,718,784       14,468,070       (5,348,621

Realized gain distributions from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

           83,992,891       27,153,748       41,278,276  

Futures contracts

     (31,036,798           313,291        

Swap contracts

                 2,357        

Forward currency contracts

     (727,582           (3,511,900      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     (2,510,985           (341,353      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (6,145,710     249,711,675       172,217,499       35,891,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(c)

     10,641,165             126,713,497       58,956  

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (793     808,309,413       152,107,006       184,290,109  

Futures contracts

     3,065,307             3,300,316        

Forward currency contracts

     137,804             (3,286,509      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

     50,165             (63,762      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     13,893,648       808,309,413       278,770,548       184,349,065  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     7,747,938       1,058,021,088       450,988,047       220,240,991  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 11,939,561     $ 1,334,851,147     $ 549,761,344     $ 274,825,339  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Withholding tax:

   $ 393,660     $     $ 4,792,141     $  

(b)  Foreign capital gains tax on net realized gain (loss):

   $ 3,986     $     $ 317,287     $  

(c)  Foreign capital gains tax on change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):

   $ (2,832   $     $ (551,073   $  

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   119


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     Global
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    Global Equity
Allocation Fund
    Consolidated
Implementation
Fund
    International
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

     

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

   $ 394     $ 1,360     $ 185,362,269     $ 428  

Interest

     495       666       99,572,989       299  

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

     13,492,766       63,053,905             20,870,835  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     13,493,655       63,055,931       284,935,258       20,871,562  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

     

Audit and tax fees

     23,451       23,506       306,993       23,470  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     54,271       55,318       4,530,376       55,293  

Dividend expense on short sales

                 3,969,253        

Legal fees

     10,304       31,000       125,767       8,992  

Registration fees

     3,197       3,194             1,115  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     15,829       55,309       268,040       15,151  

Interest expense (Note 2)

                 256,949        

Miscellaneous

     6,699       20,704       268,818       8,217
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     113,751       189,031       9,726,196       112,238  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (96,375     (129,131     (4,868,134     (95,745
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     17,376       59,900       4,858,062       16,493  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     13,476,279       62,996,031       280,077,196       20,855,069  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

     

Net realized gain (loss) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(b)

                 693,761,737        

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (31,735,375     (3,589,780           (4,311,611

Realized gain distributions from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

     19,105,946       65,078,205              

Investments in securities sold short

                 (91,051,717      

Futures contracts

                 3,966,597        

Written options

                 826,088        

Swap contracts

                 12,713,355        

Forward currency contracts

                 (17,712,549      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

                 (1,689,761      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (12,629,429     61,488,425       600,813,750       (4,311,611
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(c)

                 311,706,489        

Investments in affiliated issuers

     128,701,084       331,592,435             108,212,184  

Investments in securities sold short

                 6,830,978        

Futures contracts

                 20,628,148        

Written options

                 2,318,545        

Swap contracts

                 10,972,364        

Forwards currency contracts

                 (23,886,314      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

                 755,587        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     128,701,084       331,592,435       329,325,797       108,212,184  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     116,071,655       393,080,860       930,139,547       103,900,573  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 129,547,934     $ 456,076,891     $ 1,210,216,743     $ 124,755,642  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Withholding tax:

   $     $     $ 19,919,675     $  

(b)  Foreign capital gains tax on net realized gain (loss):

   $     $     $ 515,501     $  

(c)  Foreign capital gains tax on change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):

   $     $     $ (694,688   $  

*   Includes $6,583 of printing expenses.

        

 

120   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Operations — Year Ended February 28, 2018 — (Continued)

 

 

     International
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    Consolidated
SGM Major
Markets
Fund
    Consolidated
Special
Opportunities
Fund
    Strategic
Opportunities
Allocation
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

     

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

   $ 32,728,305     $ 9,061,525     $     $ 47,680,237  

Interest

     365       7,275,856       4,619,439       3,404,566  

Dividends from unaffiliated issuers (Net of withholding tax) (Note 2)(a)

     653       248,966       6,432,406       2,969  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     32,729,323       16,586,347       11,051,845       51,087,772  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

     

Management fee (Note 5)

           13,184,838       11,161,308        

Shareholder service fee – Class III (Note 5)

           13,365              

Shareholder service fee – Class IV (Note 5)

           33,103              

Shareholder service fee – Class VI (Note 5)

           830,030       558,065        

Audit and tax fees

     23,454       88,269       113,357       37,018  

Custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent fees

     53,537       257,944       163,116       53,141  

Legal fees

     14,862       40,425       246,616       22,337  

Registration fees

     5,454       31,003       1,735       3,436  

Trustees’ fees and related expenses (Note 5)

     25,129       35,226       23,560       43,353  

Miscellaneous

     9,834     39,116       26,744       13,222  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     132,270       14,553,319       12,294,501       172,507  

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO (Note 5)

     (104,932     (429,934           (125,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     27,338       14,123,385       12,294,501       47,125  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     32,701,985       2,462,962       (1,242,656     51,040,647  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

     

Net realized gain (loss) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)(b)

           (242,459     95,586,680       386,684  

Investments in affiliated issuers

     (2,354,468     (131,885           35,937,588  

Realized gain distributions from affiliated issuers (Note 10)

                       30,514,278  

Futures contracts

           98,004,625       (2,213,953      

Written options

                 3,321,520        

Forward currency contracts

           (31,687,655     (2,402,408      

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

           (5,872,023     5,552        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (2,354,468     60,070,603       94,297,391       66,838,550  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign capital gains tax) (Note 2)

           (791,161     191,583,089       (3,517,964

Investments in affiliated issuers

     185,788,303       (941,321     (20,211     157,115,588  

Futures contracts

           (53,851,162     1,962,447        

Written options

                 (1,213,466      

Forwards currency contracts

           8,639,854       13,424        

Foreign currency and foreign currency related transactions

           174,615       9,384        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     185,788,303       (46,769,175     192,334,667       153,597,624  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     183,433,835       13,301,428       286,632,058       220,436,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 216,135,820     $ 15,764,390     $ 285,389,402     $ 271,476,821  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)  Withholding tax:

   $     $     $ 177,593     $  

(b)  Foreign capital gains tax on net realized gain (loss):

   $     $     $ (801,696   $  

*   Includes $7,007 of printing expenses.

        

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   121


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Alpha Only Fund     Benchmark-Free
Allocation Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 4,191,623     $ 4,532,594     $ 276,830,059     $ 220,401,847  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (6,145,710     (39,021,157     249,711,675       153,420,465  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     13,893,648       29,019,238       808,309,413       1,325,782,244  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     11,939,561       (5,469,325     1,334,851,147       1,699,604,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (104,020     (226,478     (113,187,765     (80,269,673

Class IV

     (2,679,412     (7,404,091     (73,419,032     (42,073,207

Class MF

                 (136,226,196     (99,711,857
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (2,783,432     (7,630,569     (322,832,993     (222,054,737
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (387,767     517,480       (463,077,586     (1,155,147,216

Class IV

     (12,270,377     (47,601,802     (125,243,907     (94,499,738

Class MF

                 (658,879,382     (2,872,966,238
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (12,658,144     (47,084,322     (1,247,200,875     (4,122,613,192
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

                 1,805,688       3,463,441  

Class IV

                 1,055,758       1,691,330  

Class MF

                 2,043,593       4,522,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

                 4,905,039       9,677,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (12,658,144     (47,084,322     (1,242,295,836     (4,112,935,476
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (3,502,015     (60,184,216     (230,277,682     (2,635,385,657
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     233,833,412       294,017,628       13,770,457,634       16,405,843,291  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 230,331,397     $ 233,833,412     $ 13,540,179,952     $ 13,770,457,634  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (1,289,057   $ 67,491     $ (3,577,793   $ 4,355,144  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

122   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Benchmark-Free Fund     Global Asset
Allocation Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 98,773,297     $ 105,049,984     $ 54,584,348     $ 58,281,786  

Net realized gain (loss)

     172,217,499       45,167,642       35,891,926       (163,024,800

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     278,770,548       451,920,797       184,349,065       468,278,212  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     549,761,344       602,138,423       274,825,339       363,535,198  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (126,068,577     (116,700,824     (61,208,240     (62,220,291
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (126,068,577     (116,700,824     (61,208,240     (62,220,291
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (332,857,369     (397,485,238     (162,848,213     (1,197,015,061
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (332,857,369     (397,485,238     (162,848,213     (1,197,015,061
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

     1,394,003       1,188,794       890,639       1,853,433  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     1,394,003       1,188,794       890,639       1,853,433  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (331,463,366     (396,296,444     (161,957,574     (1,195,161,628
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     92,229,401       89,141,155       51,659,525       (893,846,721
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     4,394,259,534       4,305,118,379       2,423,945,032       3,317,791,753  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 4,486,488,935     $ 4,394,259,534     $ 2,475,604,557     $ 2,423,945,032  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 4,316,315     $ 12,141,708     $ 1,933,430     $ 1,907,347  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   123


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Global Developed Equity
Allocation Fund
    Global Equity
Allocation Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 13,476,279     $ 33,369,552     $ 62,996,031     $ 69,282,296  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (12,629,429     (57,989,311     61,488,425       (274,880,007

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     128,701,084       255,753,023       331,592,435       729,023,158  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     129,547,934       231,133,264       456,076,891       523,425,447  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (18,007,301     (30,222,114     (70,822,350     (68,744,144
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (18,007,301     (30,222,114     (70,822,350     (68,744,144
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

        

Class III

           (39,709,256           (55,809,080
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

           (39,709,256           (55,809,080
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (635,039,526     (602,267,298     (264,039,968     (1,073,431,102
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (635,039,526     (602,267,298     (264,039,968     (1,073,431,102
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

     522,102       549,011       887,839       2,209,585  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from redemption fees

     522,102       549,011       887,839       2,209,585  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions and redemption fees

     (634,517,424     (601,718,287     (263,152,129     (1,071,221,517
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (522,976,791     (440,516,393     122,102,412       (672,349,294
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     992,259,613       1,432,776,006       2,206,818,218       2,879,167,512  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 469,282,822     $ 992,259,613     $ 2,328,920,630     $ 2,206,818,218  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 1,393,219     $ 4,106,980     $ 1,319,053     $ 3,028,905  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

124   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Consolidated Implementation
Fund
    International Developed
Equity Allocation Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 280,077,196     $ 264,569,572     $ 20,855,069     $ 27,679,519  

Net realized gain (loss)

     600,813,750       (42,789,124     (4,311,611     (23,893,115

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     329,325,797       1,314,797,007       108,212,184       142,706,231  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,210,216,743       1,536,577,455       124,755,642       146,492,635  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Core Class

     (335,144,868     (218,046,347            

Class III

                 (20,807,945     (27,805,230
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (335,144,868     (218,046,347     (20,807,945     (27,805,230
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Core Class

     (600,296,581     (3,756,011,512            

Class III

                 (40,941,783     (460,198,898
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (600,296,581     (3,756,011,512     (40,941,783     (460,198,898
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Core Class

     4,240,205       8,960,910              

Class III

                 68,771       480,788  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     4,240,205       8,960,910       68,771       480,788  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (596,056,376     (3,747,050,602     (40,873,012     (459,718,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     279,015,499       (2,428,519,494     63,074,685       (341,030,705
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     11,226,683,853       13,655,203,347       601,792,232       942,822,937  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 11,505,699,352     $ 11,226,683,853     $ 664,866,917     $ 601,792,232  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 4,569,723     $ 13,863,806     $ 101,971     $ 54,847  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   125


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     International Equity
Allocation Fund
    Consolidated SGM Major
Markets Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 32,701,985     $ 36,335,910     $ 2,462,962     $ (6,611,180

Net realized gain (loss)

     (2,354,468     (37,280,749     60,070,603       48,794,708  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     185,788,303       226,072,718       (46,769,175     13,986,113  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     216,135,820       225,127,879       15,764,390       56,169,641  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

     (33,024,114     (35,103,258           (338,003

Class IV

                       (1,340,200

Class VI

                       (47,180,108
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (33,024,114     (35,103,258           (48,858,311
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

        

Class III

                 (180,594     (214,673

Class IV

                 (953,492     (1,979,745

Class VI

                 (56,853,796     (52,825,200
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

                 (57,987,882     (55,019,618
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

     (118,301,310     (239,862,091     20,704,296       (18,796,751

Class IV

                 (42,897,635     58,957,014  

Class VI

                 439,311,501       193,889,925  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (118,301,310     (239,862,091     417,118,162       234,050,188  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

     713,905       841,053              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     713,905       841,053              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (117,587,405     (239,021,038     417,118,162       234,050,188  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     65,524,301       (48,996,417     374,894,670       186,341,900  
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     1,085,803,184       1,134,799,601       1,507,386,981       1,321,045,081  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,151,327,485     $ 1,085,803,184     $ 1,882,281,651     $ 1,507,386,981  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ 1,641,877     $ 1,964,006     $ (2,314,280   $ (30,076,100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

126   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — (Continued)

 

 

     Consolidated Special
Opportunities Fund
    Strategic Opportunities
Allocation Fund
 
     Year Ended
February 28,
    Year Ended
February 28,
 
     2018     2017     2018     2017  

Increase (decrease) in net assets:

        

Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,242,656   $ 11,252,050     $ 51,040,647     $ 54,982,571  

Net realized gain (loss)

     94,297,391       15,757,081       66,838,550       (21,722,828

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     192,334,667       110,243,332       153,597,624       277,374,456  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     285,389,402       137,252,463       271,476,821       310,634,199  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

        

Net investment income

        

Class III

                 (55,183,123     (54,767,504

Class VI

     (680,089     (16,240,542            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net investment income

     (680,089     (16,240,542     (55,183,123     (54,767,504
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gains

        

Class III

                 (1,947,705     (1,162,716

Class VI

     (67,496,961     (20,678,991            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions from net realized gains

     (67,496,961     (20,678,991     (1,947,705     (1,162,716
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net share transactions (Note 9):

        

Class III

                 (930,852,849     (206,111,527

Class VI

     (175,366,785     (247,683,492            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions

     (175,366,785     (247,683,492     (930,852,849     (206,111,527
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (Notes 2 and 9):

        

Class III

                 1,948,317       491,456  

Class VI

     1,580,217       1,434,047              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase in net assets resulting from purchase premiums and redemption fees

     1,580,217       1,434,047       1,948,317       491,456  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from net share transactions, purchase premiums and redemption fees

     (173,786,568     (246,249,445     (928,904,532     (205,620,071
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     43,425,784       (145,916,515     (714,558,539     49,083,908  
Net assets:      

Beginning of period

     992,818,938       1,138,735,453       2,016,999,496       1,967,915,588  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,036,244,722     $ 992,818,938     $ 1,302,440,957     $ 2,016,999,496  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (1,795,158   $ (1,169,260   $ 322,995     $ 1,595,492  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   127


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

ALPHA ONLY FUND

 

     Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014   2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 20.96     $ 22.04     $ 22.93     $ 23.98     $ 24.22     $ 20.97     $ 22.05     $ 22.95     $ 23.99     $ 24.24
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                        

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.41       0.35       0.37       0.34       0.53       0.39       0.37       0.39       0.35       0.58

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.68       (0.80 )       (0.40 )       (0.96 )       (0.76 )       0.71       (0.81 )       (0.41 )       (0.95 )       (0.80 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.09       (0.45 )       (0.03 )       (0.62 )       (0.23 )       1.10       (0.44 )       (0.02 )       (0.60 )       (0.22 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                        

From net investment income

       (0.25 )       (0.63 )       (0.86 )       (0.43 )       (0.01 )       (0.26 )       (0.64 )       (0.88 )       (0.44 )       (0.03 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.25 )       (0.63 )       (0.86 )       (0.43 )       (0.01 )       (0.26 )       (0.64 )       (0.88 )       (0.44 )       (0.03 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 21.80     $ 20.96     $ 22.04     $ 22.93     $ 23.98     $ 21.81     $ 20.97     $ 22.05     $ 22.95     $ 23.99
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       5.22 %       (2.02 )%       (0.06 )%       (2.60 )%       (0.94 )%       5.27 %       (1.98 )%       (0.03 )%       (2.51 )%       (0.93 )%

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                        

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 7,829     $ 7,852     $ 7,712     $ 26,695     $ 35,392     $ 222,503     $ 225,982     $ 286,305     $ 3,333,388     $ 3,523,518

Net expenses to average daily net assets

       0.67 %(c)       0.68 %(c)       0.66 %(c)       0.65 %       0.30 %(c)(d)       0.62 %(c)       0.62 %(c)       0.60 %(c)       0.60 %       0.26 %(c)(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       1.91 %       1.62 %       1.66 %       1.44 %       2.19 %       1.80 %       1.69 %       1.76 %       1.46 %       2.42 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       67 %(e)       22 %(e)       85 %       123 %       66 %       67 %(e)       22 %(e)       85 %       123 %       66 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.22 %       0.20 %       0.06 %       0.04 %       0.37 %(f)       0.23 %       0.20 %       0.05 %       0.04 %       0.36 %(f)

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 135% and 80%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(f)  Ratios include indirect fees waived or borne by the Fund.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

128   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

BENCHMARK-FREE ALLOCATION FUND

 

    Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
    Year Ended February 28/29,   Year Ended February 28/29,
    2018   2017   2016(a)   2015(b)   2014(b)   2018   2017   2016(a)   2015(b)   2014(b)

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 25.78     $ 23.46     $ 27.04     $ 27.07     $ 25.77     $ 25.78     $ 23.46     $ 27.03     $ 27.06     $ 25.75
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income (loss)(c)

      0.52       0.37       0.19       0.38       0.48       0.58       0.40       0.20       0.36       0.46

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      2.12       2.35       (3.26 )       0.86       1.57       2.06       2.33       (3.26 )       0.89       1.61
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

      2.64       2.72       (3.07 )       1.24       2.05       2.64       2.73       (3.06 )       1.25       2.07
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                                       

From net investment income

      (0.66 )       (0.40 )       (0.34 )       (0.52 )       (0.39 )       (0.67 )       (0.41 )       (0.34 )       (0.53 )       (0.40 )

From net realized gains

                  (0.17 )       (0.75 )       (0.36 )                   (0.17 )       (0.75 )       (0.36 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.66 )       (0.40 )       (0.51 )       (1.27 )       (0.75 )       (0.67 )       (0.41 )       (0.51 )       (1.28 )       (0.76 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 27.76     $ 25.78     $ 23.46     $ 27.04     $ 27.07     $ 27.75     $ 25.78     $ 23.46     $ 27.03     $ 27.06
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

      10.28 %       11.66 %       (11.51 )%       4.71 %       8.03 %       10.30 %       11.71 %       (11.46 )%       4.75 %       8.12 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

    $ 5,162,084     $ 5,248,863     $ 5,872,663     $ 6,040,891     $ 3,109,509     $ 2,756,005     $ 2,663,418     $ 2,508,115     $ 3,363,711     $ 2,511,906

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets(e)

      0.65 %       0.65 %       0.66 %       0.64 %       0.59 %(f)       0.60 %       0.60 %       0.61 %       0.59 %       0.54 %(f)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(g)

                  0.02 %       0.05 %                         0.02 %       0.05 %      

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(e)

      0.65 %       0.65 %       0.68 %       0.69 %       0.59 %       0.60 %       0.60 %       0.63 %       0.64 %       0.54 %

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(c)

      1.93 %       1.46 %       0.73 %       1.41 %       1.79 %       2.13 %       1.61 %       0.80 %       1.32 %       1.73 %

Portfolio turnover rate

      9 %       7 %       53 %(h)       84 %       52 %       9 %       7 %       53 %(h)       84 %       52 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:(i)

      0.16 %       0.15 %       0.16 %       0.20 %       0.27 %       0.16 %       0.15 %       0.16 %       0.20 %       0.27 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

    $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.03     $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.03

 

(a)  The amounts shown, where applicable, are consolidated through the period ended July 31, 2015 (Note 2 — Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation).
(b)  Consolidated financial highlights (Note 2 — Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation).
(c)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(d)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(e)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(g)  Interest and dividend expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, securities sold short and/or cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses.
(h)  Had the Fund not been consolidated for the year ended February 29, 2016, the portfolio turnover would have been 23%.
(i)  Ratios include indirect fees waived or borne by GMO.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   129


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

BENCHMARK-FREE ALLOCATION FUND (continued)

 

     Class MF Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016(a)   2015(b)   2014(b)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 25.80     $ 23.47     $ 27.04     $ 27.07     $ 25.76
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(c)

       0.56       0.35       0.19       0.37       0.49

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.08       2.39       (3.24 )       0.88       1.58
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.64       2.74       (3.05 )       1.25       2.07
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.67 )       (0.41 )       (0.35 )       (0.53 )       (0.40 )

From net realized gains

                   (0.17 )       (0.75 )       (0.36 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.67 )       (0.41 )       (0.52 )       (1.28 )       (0.76 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 27.77     $ 25.80     $ 23.47     $ 27.04     $ 27.07
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

       10.29 %       11.76 %       (11.45 )%       4.78 %       8.11 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 5,622,091     $ 5,858,177     $ 8,025,066     $ 12,255,179     $ 9,103,523

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets(e)

       0.60 %       0.60 %(f)       0.58 %(f)       0.55 %(f)       0.53 %(g)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(h)

                   0.02 %       0.05 %      

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(e)

       0.60 %       0.60 %(f)       0.60 %(f)       0.60 %(f)       0.53 %

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(c)

       2.06 %       1.38 %       0.77 %       1.37 %       1.83 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       9 %       7 %       53 %(i)       84 %       52 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:(j)

       0.16 %       0.16 %       0.19 %       0.23 %       0.27 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.03

 

(a)  The amounts shown, where applicable, are consolidated through the period ended July 31, 2015 (Note 2 — Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation).
(b)  Consolidated financial highlights (Note 2 — Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation).
(c)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(d)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(e)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(f)  Class MF net expenses include a supplemental support fee reduction (Note 5).
(g)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(h)  Interest and dividend expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, securities sold short and/or cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses.
(i)  Had the Fund not been consolidated for the year ended February 29, 2016, the portfolio turnover would have been 23%.
(j)  Ratios include indirect fees waived or borne by GMO.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

130   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout the period)

 

 

BENCHMARK-FREE FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 18.95     $ 17.00     $ 20.30     $ 22.09     $ 21.33
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.46       0.43       0.58       0.61       0.59

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.10       2.01       (2.70 )       0.61       1.45
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.56       2.44       (2.12 )       1.22       2.04
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.60 )       (0.49 )       (0.60 )       (0.79 )       (0.74 )

From net realized gains

                   (0.58 )       (2.22 )       (0.54 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.60 )       (0.49 )       (1.18 )       (3.01 )       (1.28 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 20.91     $ 18.95     $ 17.00     $ 20.30     $ 22.09
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       13.59 %       14.52 %       (10.82 )%       5.76 %       9.66 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 4,486,489     $ 4,394,260     $ 4,305,118     $ 5,052,362     $ 4,367,658

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)(e)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(f)

       0.00 %(g)       0.00 %(g)                  

Total net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.02 %       0.01 %       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)       0.00 %(d)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       2.29 %       2.37 %       3.09 %       2.90 %       2.67 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       78 %(h)       83 %(h)       101 %       60 %       51 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.03 %       0.04 %       0.01 %       0.00 %(i)       0.00 %(i)

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.01     $ 0.00 (j)     $ 0.00 (j)     $ 0.00 (j)     $ 0.00 (j)

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(f)  Interest and dividend expense incurred as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, securities sold short and/or cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
(g)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(h)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 81% and 86%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(i)  Fees and expenses reimbursed by GMO were less than 0.01%.
(j)  Purchase premiums and redemption fees were less than $0.01 per share.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   131


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 30.48     $ 27.60     $ 33.81     $ 35.40     $ 32.70
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.73       0.61       1.02       0.96       0.81

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.93       3.00       (4.53 )       0.60       2.73
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.66       3.61       (3.51 )       1.56       3.54
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.83 )       (0.73 )       (1.14 )       (1.29 )       (0.84 )

From net realized gains

                   (1.56 )       (1.86 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.83 )       (0.73 )       (2.70 )       (3.15 )       (0.84 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 33.31     $ 30.48     $ 27.60     $ 33.81     $ 35.40
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       12.04 %       13.21 %       (10.98 )%       4.55 %       10.88 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 2,475,605     $ 2,423,945     $ 3,317,792     $ 4,868,922     $ 5,362,913

Net expenses to average daily net assets(d)(e)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       2.24 %       2.06 %       3.33 %       2.75 %       2.33 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       20 %(g)       19 %(g)       20 %       38 %       46 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.01

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(g)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the years ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 22% and 18%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

132   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

GLOBAL DEVELOPED EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 19.60     $ 17.40     $ 22.84     $ 25.00     $ 21.13
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.42       0.52       0.51       0.80       0.61

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       3.55       2.87       (3.64 )       0.02 (b)       3.96
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.97       3.39       (3.13 )       0.82       4.57
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.69 )       (0.55 )       (0.52 )       (0.82 )       (0.70 )

From net realized gains

             (0.64 )       (1.79 )       (2.16 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.69 )       (1.19 )       (2.31 )       (2.98 )       (0.70 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 22.88     $ 19.60     $ 17.40     $ 22.84     $ 25.00
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       20.39 %       20.03 %       (14.81 )%       3.32 %       21.68 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 469,283     $ 992,260     $ 1,432,776     $ 1,770,455     $ 1,591,060

Net expenses to average daily net assets(d)(e)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       1.99 %       2.78 %       2.49 %       3.34 %       2.62 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       5 %       29 %       14 %       16 %       36 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.00 (g)     $ 0.00 (g)      

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(g)  Purchase premiums and redemption fees were less than $0.01 per share.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   133


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

GLOBAL EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 22.84     $ 19.71     $ 26.22     $ 28.29     $ 25.80
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.68       0.57       0.60       0.96       0.84

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       4.11       3.67       (4.47 )       (0.03 )(c)       3.63
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       4.79       4.24       (3.87 )       0.93       4.47
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.77 )       (0.70 )       (0.60 )       (0.90 )       (0.87 )

From net realized gains

             (0.41 )       (2.04 )       (2.10 )       (1.11 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.77 )       (1.11 )       (2.64 )       (3.00 )       (1.98 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 26.86     $ 22.84     $ 19.71     $ 26.22     $ 28.29
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

       21.06 %       21.93 %       (15.96 )%       3.37 %       17.60 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 2,328,921     $ 2,206,818     $ 2,879,168     $ 3,800,256     $ 2,948,319

Net expenses to average daily net assets(f)(g)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       2.67 %       2.63 %       2.58 %       3.54 %       3.02 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       14 %       27 %       15 %       21 %       51 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.01     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.01

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
(d)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(f)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(g)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

134   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

CONSOLIDATED IMPLEMENTATION FUND

 

     Core Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 13.06     $ 11.80     $ 13.59     $ 12.71     $ 11.30
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)†

       0.33       0.27       0.21       0.25       0.32

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       1.11       1.24       (2.00 )       0.63       1.09
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       1.44       1.51       (1.79 )       0.88       1.41
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.41 )       (0.25 )                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.41 )       (0.25 )                  
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 14.09     $ 13.06     $ 11.80     $ 13.59     $ 12.71
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(a)

       11.12 %       12.88 %       (13.17 )%       6.92 %       12.48 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 11,505,699     $ 11,226,684     $ 13,655,203     $ 15,915,866     $ 10,160,905

Net operating expenses to average daily net assets

       0.00 %(b)       0.00 %(b)       0.00 %(b)       0.00 %(b)       0.00 %(b)(c)

Interest and/or dividend expenses to average daily net assets(d)

       0.04 %       0.05 %       0.07 %       0.07 %      

Total net expenses to average daily net assets

       0.04 %       0.05 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.00 %

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets

       2.44 %       2.11 %       1.62 %       1.89 %       2.61 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       146 %       142 %       127 %       115 %       65 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.04 %       0.05 %       0.05 %       0.04 %       0.08 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.01            

 

(a)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(b)  Ratio is less than 0.01%.
(c)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(d)  Interest expense and dividend expense incurred as a result of entering into repurchase agreements, securities sold short and/or margin on cleared swap contracts, if any, is included in the Fund’s net expenses. Income earned on investing proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements, if any, is included in interest income.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   135


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 14.72     $ 13.05     $ 16.88     $ 17.99     $ 14.86
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.53       0.45       0.48       0.74       0.54

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.61       1.79       (3.83 )       (1.11 )       3.16
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       3.14       2.24       (3.35 )       (0.37 )       3.70
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.54 )       (0.57 )       (0.48 )       (0.74 )       (0.57 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.54 )       (0.57 )       (0.48 )       (0.74 )       (0.57 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 17.32     $ 14.72     $ 13.05     $ 16.88     $ 17.99
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       21.41 %       17.37 %       (20.09 )%       (1.86 )%       25.02 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 664,867     $ 601,792     $ 942,823     $ 1,180,493     $ 1,150,492

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)(d)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       3.20 %       3.14 %       3.07 %       4.24 %       3.28 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       5 %       10 %       14 %       7 %       52 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.00 (f)     $ 0.01     $ 0.00 (f)     $ 0.00 (f)      

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(f)  Purchase premiums and redemption fees were less than $0.01 per share.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

136   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017(a)   2016(a)   2015(a)   2014(a)

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 27.49     $ 23.40     $ 31.71     $ 34.11     $ 31.29
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(b)

       0.93       0.84       0.84       1.32       1.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       5.19       4.15       (7.11 )       (1.83 )       3.96
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       6.12       4.99       (6.27 )       (0.51 )       5.01
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.99 )       (0.90 )       (0.87 )       (1.35 )       (1.02 )

From net realized gains

                   (1.17 )       (0.54 )       (1.17 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.99 )       (0.90 )       (2.04 )       (1.89 )       (2.19 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 32.62     $ 27.49     $ 23.40     $ 31.71     $ 34.11
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       22.38 %       21.57 %       (20.70 )%       (1.30 )%       16.22 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,151,327     $ 1,085,803     $ 1,134,800     $ 1,595,039     $ 1,790,318

Net expenses to average daily net assets(d)(e)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(f)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(b)

       3.00 %       3.20 %       2.92 %       3.94 %       3.15 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       12 %       7 %       14 %       18 %       40 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.02     $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.01     $ 0.02

 

(a)  Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.
(b)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(f)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   137


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

CONSOLIDATED SGM MAJOR MARKETS FUND

 

     Class III Shares   Class IV Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Year
Ended
February 28,
2018
  Period from
October 26, 2016
(commencement
of operations)
through
February 28,
2017
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014    

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 32.68     $ 33.25     $ 33.80     $ 32.18     $ 30.47     $ 32.56     $ 35.27
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                            

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.24       (0.21 )       (0.26 )       (0.25 )       (0.22 )       (0.09 )       (0.05 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.23       1.87       (0.29 )       1.87 (b)       1.93       0.57       (0.62 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.47       1.66       (0.55 )       1.62       1.71       0.48       (0.67 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                            

From net investment income

             (1.01 )                               (0.82 )

From net realized gains

       (1.28 )       (1.22 )                         (1.28 )       (1.22 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (1.28 )       (2.23 )                         (1.28 )       (2.04 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 31.87     $ 32.68     $ 33.25     $ 33.80     $ 32.18     $ 31.76     $ 32.56
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

       1.44 %       5.12 %       (1.63 )%       5.03 %       5.61 %       1.47 %       (1.79 )%**

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                            

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 26,630     $ 6,117     $ 24,020     $ 1,499,443     $ 1,662,189     $ 11,903     $ 54,825

Net expenses to average daily net assets(d)

       1.00 %       1.00 %       0.85 %       0.80 %       0.75 %       0.95 %       0.95 %*

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       0.75 %       (0.61 )%       (0.79 )%       (0.76 )%       (0.70 )%       (0.27 )%       (0.41 )%*

Portfolio turnover rate

       106 %(e)       15 %(e)       29 %       45 %       97 %       106 %(e)       15 %**(e)

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.03 %       0.04 %       0.03 %       0.08 %       0.13 %       0.03 %       0.05 %*

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
(c)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(d)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(e)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the year ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 51% and 47%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

138   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

CONSOLIDATED SGM MAJOR MARKETS FUND (continued)

 

     Class VI Shares
     Year Ended
February 28,
  Period from
December 1, 2015

(commencement
of operations)

through
February 28,

2016
     2018   2017  

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 32.57     $ 33.26     $ 33.07
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.05       (0.16 )       (0.05 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       0.44       1.85       0.24
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       0.49       1.69       0.19
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

            

From net investment income

             (1.16 )      

From net realized gains

       (1.28 )       (1.22 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (1.28 )       (2.38 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 31.78     $ 32.57     $ 33.26
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       1.50 %       5.22 %       0.57 %**

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,843,748     $ 1,446,445     $ 1,297,025

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)

       0.91 %       0.91 %       0.91 %*

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       0.16 %       (0.47 )%       (0.59 )%*

Portfolio turnover rate

       106 %(d)       15 %(d)       29 %**

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.03 %       0.04 %       0.13 %

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the year ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 51% and 47%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   139


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

     Class VI Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,   Period from
July 28, 2014
(commencement
of operations)
through
February 28, 2015
     2018   2017   2016  

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 20.39     $ 18.65     $ 19.81     $ 20.00
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                

Net investment income (loss)†

       (0.03 )       0.21       0.16       (0.03 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       6.57       2.23       (0.85 )       (0.15 )(a)
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       6.54       2.44       (0.69 )       (0.18 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                

From net investment income

       (0.02 )       (0.32 )       (0.21 )       (0.01 )

From net realized gains

       (1.64 )       (0.38 )       (0.26 )      
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (1.66 )       (0.70 )       (0.47 )       (0.01 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 25.27     $ 20.39     $ 18.65     $ 19.81
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       32.60 %       13.21 %       (3.64 )%       (0.89 )%**

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,036,245     $ 992,819     $ 1,138,735     $ 843,864

Net expenses to average daily net assets

       1.21 %       1.23 %       1.29 %       1.36 %*

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets

       (0.12 )%       1.05 %       0.80 %       (0.25 )%*

Portfolio turnover rate

       10 %       87 %       69 %       64 %**

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

                         0.02 %*

Purchase premiums and redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts (Note 2):†

     $ 0.04     $ 0.03     $ 0.07     $ 0.13

 

(a)  The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments due to the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
* Annualized.
** Not annualized.

 

140   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.  


GMO Trust Funds

 

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES ALLOCATION FUND

 

     Class III Shares
     Year Ended February 28/29,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 19.76     $ 17.43     $ 21.89     $ 23.43     $ 21.47
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

       0.58       0.51       0.75       0.76       0.68

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       2.39       2.36       (3.47 )       0.44       2.96
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

       2.97       2.87       (2.72 )       1.20       3.64
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Less distributions to shareholders:

                    

From net investment income

       (0.63 )       (0.53 )       (0.80 )       (0.87 )       (0.78 )

From net realized gains

       (0.02 )       (0.01 )       (0.94 )       (1.87 )       (0.90 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total distributions

       (0.65 )       (0.54 )       (1.74 )       (2.74 )       (1.68 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

     $ 22.08     $ 19.76     $ 17.43     $ 21.89     $ 23.43
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       15.10 %       16.60 %       (13.00 )%       5.36 %       17.24 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                    

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

     $ 1,302,441     $ 2,016,999     $ 1,967,916     $ 2,449,194     $ 2,455,863

Net expenses to average daily net assets(c)(d)

       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %       0.00 %(e)

Net investment income (loss) to average daily net assets(a)

       2.73 %       2.69 %       3.80 %       3.31 %       2.99 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       20 %(f)       28 %(f)       65 %       30 %       53 %

Fees and expenses reimbursed and/or waived by GMO to average daily net assets:

       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %       0.01 %

Redemption fees consisted of the following per share amounts:†

     $ 0.02     $ 0.00 (g)     $ 0.00 (g)     $ 0.00 (g)     $ 0.00 (g)

 

(a)  Net investment income is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests, if any.
(b)  The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reimbursed and/or waived during the periods shown, if applicable, and assumes the effect of reinvested distributions, if any. Calculation excludes purchase premiums and redemption fees which are borne by the shareholder purchasing or redeeming Fund shares, if any.
(c)  Net expenses exclude expenses incurred indirectly through investment in the underlying funds (Note 5).
(d)  Net expenses to average daily net assets were less than 0.01%.
(e)  The net expense ratio does not include the effect of expense reductions (Note 2).
(f)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes investments in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund (“USTF”) which is used as a short-term investment vehicle for cash management. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate during the year ended February 28, 2018 and February 28, 2017, including transactions in USTF, was 25% and 39%, respectively, of the average value of its portfolio.
(g)  Purchase premiums and redemption fees were less than $0.01 per share.
Calculated using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

 

  See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   141


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements

February 28, 2018

 

 

1. Organization

Each of Alpha Only Fund, Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, Benchmark-Free Fund, Global Asset Allocation Fund, Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund, Global Equity Allocation Fund, Implementation Fund, International Developed Equity Allocation Fund, International Equity Allocation Fund, SGM Major Markets Fund, Special Opportunities Fund and Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund, (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) is a series of GMO Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 24, 1985. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees of the Trust (“Trustees”) to create an unlimited number of series of shares (Funds) and to subdivide Funds into classes. The Funds are advised and managed by Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”).

The Funds may invest in GMO U.S. Treasury Fund and in money market funds unaffiliated with GMO.

Many of the Funds may invest primarily in other GMO Funds and Implementation Fund, Special Opportunities Fund, and SGM Major Markets Fund may also invest in their wholly-owned subsidiaries, GMO Implementation SPC Ltd., GMO Special Opportunities SPC Ltd. and GMO Alternative Asset SPC Ltd., respectively. These GMO Funds and wholly-owned subsidiaries are referenced herein as “underlying funds.” As a result, the Funds are exposed to all of the risks of the underlying funds in which they invest. Several of the underlying funds themselves invest a substantial portion of their assets in other GMO Funds. The financial statements of the underlying funds should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements. The financial statements are available without charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov or on GMO’s website at www.gmo.com.

The following table provides information about the Funds’ principal investment objectives and benchmarks (if any):

 

     
Fund Name   Benchmark   Investment Objective
Alpha Only Fund   Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index   Total return greater than benchmark
Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund   Not Applicable   Positive total return, not “relative” return
Benchmark-Free Fund   Not Applicable   Positive total return
Global Asset Allocation Fund  

GMO Global Asset Allocation Index

(65% MSCI ACWI, 35% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index)

  Total return greater than benchmark
Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund   MSCI World Index   Total return greater than benchmark
Global Equity Allocation Fund   MSCI ACWI   Total return greater than benchmark
Implementation Fund   Not Applicable   Positive total return, not “relative” return
International Developed Equity Allocation Fund   MSCI EAFE Index   Total return greater than benchmark
International Equity Allocation Fund   MSCI ACWI ex USA   Total return greater than benchmark
SGM Major Markets Fund   Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index   Long-term total return
Special Opportunities Fund   Not Applicable   Positive total return
Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund   GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Index (75% MSCI World Index (MSCI Standard Index Series), 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index)   Total return greater than benchmark

Alpha Only Fund, Benchmark-Free Fund, Implementation Fund, Special Opportunities Fund and Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund currently limit subscriptions.

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund is currently distributed in Switzerland. The distribution of shares in Switzerland will be exclusively made to, and directed at, qualified investors as defined in the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act of 23 June 2006, as amended, and its implementing ordinance.

 

142


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

 

2. Significant accounting policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and have been consistently followed by the Funds in preparing these financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars.

Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation: Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, Implementation Fund, Special Opportunities Fund and SGM Major Markets Fund

Implementation Fund, Special Opportunities Fund and SGM Major Markets Fund include the accounts of their wholly-owned subsidiaries Implementation SPC Ltd., Special Opportunities SPC Ltd. and Alternative Asset SPC Ltd. (each a “wholly-owned subsidiary”), respectively, and the accompanying financial statements have been consolidated for those accounts. The consolidated financial statements include all of the assets and liabilities of each wholly-owned subsidiary. Prior to August 1, 2015, Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund (“BFAF”) included the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Implementation Fund. Effective August 1, 2015, BFAF was no longer the sole shareholder of Implementation Fund, thus consolidation was no longer required. The accompanying Financial Highlights for BFAF include the accounts of Implementation Fund through July 31, 2015. All interfund accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Portfolio valuation

Shares of the underlying funds and other open-end registered investment companies are valued at their most recent net asset value. Direct investments held by the Funds and underlying funds are valued as follows: Exchange-traded securities (other than exchange-traded options) for which market quotations are readily available are valued at (i) the last sale price or (ii) official closing price or (iii) most recent quoted price published by the exchange (if no reported last sale or official closing price) or (iv) the quoted price provided by a pricing source (in the event GMO deems the private market to be a more reliable indicator of market value than the exchange). Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions. Cleared derivatives are valued using the price quoted (which may be based on a model) by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared derivative is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that derivative will generally be valued using an industry standard model, which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives are generally valued at the price determined by an industry standard model. Unlisted securities for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued at the most recent quoted price. If quotations are not readily available or circumstances make an existing valuation methodology or procedure unreliable, derivatives and other securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustees or persons acting at their direction pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees. Because of the uncertainty inherent in pricing, and in particular fair value pricing, the value determined for a particular security may be materially different from the value realized upon its sale. See the table below for information about securities and derivatives, if any, that were fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. The Funds and/or the underlying funds classify such securities as Level 3 (levels defined below). For the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not reduce the value of any of their OTC derivatives contracts, if any, based on the creditworthiness of their counterparties. See Note 4 “Derivative financial instruments” for a further discussion on valuation of derivatives.

The foregoing valuation methodologies are modified for equities that trade in non-U.S. securities markets which close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) due to time zone differences, including the value of equities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for those derivatives closes prior to the close of the NYSE). In those cases, the price will generally be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees that are intended to reflect valuation changes through the NYSE close. The table below shows the percentage of the net assets of the Funds, held either directly or through investments in the underlying funds, if any, that were valued using fair value inputs obtained from that independent pricing service as of February 28, 2018. These securities listed on foreign exchanges (including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE)) are classified as Level 2 (levels defined below) in the table below and are described in the disclosures of the underlying funds.

 

143


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

Typically, the Funds and the underlying funds value fixed income securities at the most recent price supplied by a specific relevant pricing source determined by GMO. Although GMO normally does not evaluate pricing sources on a day-to-day basis, it does evaluate pricing sources on an ongoing basis and may change a pricing source at any time. GMO monitors erratic or unusual movements (including unusual inactivity) in the prices supplied for a security and has discretion to override a price supplied by a source (e.g., by taking a price supplied by another source) when it believes that the price supplied is not reliable. Alternative pricing sources are often but not always available for securities held by the Funds and the underlying funds. See the table below for information about securities for which no alternative pricing source was available.

“Quoted price” typically means the bid price for securities held long and the ask price for securities sold short. If a market quotation for a security does not involve a bid or an ask, the “quoted price” may be the price provided by a market participant or other third-party pricing source in accordance with the market practice for that security. If an updated quoted price for a security is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, the Fund will generally use the last quoted price so long as GMO believes that the last quoted price continues to represent that security’s fair value.

In the case of derivatives, prices determined by a model may reflect an estimate of the average of bid and ask prices, regardless of whether a Fund has a long position or a short position.

As discussed above, certain of the Funds and underlying funds invest in securities and/or derivatives which may have been fair valued using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees, fair valued using inputs obtained from an independent pricing service, or valued using prices for which no alternative pricing source was available. The table below presents securities and/or derivatives on a net basis, based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation), which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure. The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to these valuation methodologies (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 is as follows:

Securities and derivatives

 

       
Fund Name   Fair valued using
methods determined in
good faith by or at the
direction of the  Trustees
    Fair valued using
inputs obtained
from an
independent
pricing service (Net)
    Single source;
No alternative
pricing source
was available
 

Alpha Only Fund

          39%        

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    < 1%       35%       2%  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    < 1%       42%       2%  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    < 1%       38%       < 1%  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%       55%        

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%       61%        

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    0% §      43%       2%  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%       93%        

International Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%       91%        

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

          (1)%        

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

          14%        

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    < 1%       47%       < 1%  

U.S. GAAP requires the Funds to disclose the fair value of their investments in a three-level hierarchy (Levels 1, 2 and 3). The valuation hierarchy is based upon the relative observability of inputs to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. In addition, in periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to the liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between levels.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

U.S. GAAP requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements for material Level 3 securities and derivatives, if any (determined by each category of asset or liability as compared to a Fund’s total net assets separately identified in the table below). Other than Funds with investments valued using unadjusted prices supplied by a third-party pricing source (e.g., broker quotes) or as disclosed in the Asset and Liability Valuation Inputs table below, there were no other Funds with classes of investments or derivatives with direct material Level 3 holdings at February 28, 2018.

The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 1 generally include actively traded domestic and certain foreign equity securities; certain U.S. government obligations; derivatives actively traded on a national securities exchange (such as some futures and options); and shares of open-end mutual funds (even if their investments are valued using Level 2 or Level 3 inputs).

Level 2 – Valuations determined using other significant direct or indirect observable inputs.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 2 generally include certain U.S. government agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, certain sovereign debt obligations, and corporate bonds valued using vendor prices or broker quotes; cleared derivatives and certain OTC derivatives such as swaps, options, swaptions, and forward currency contracts valued using industry standard models; certain restricted securities valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; certain securities that are valued at the local price and adjusted by applying a premium or discount when the holdings exceed foreign ownership limitations; certain debt obligations, such as collateralized loan obligations, that have yet to begin trading that are valued at cost; and certain foreign equity securities that are adjusted based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees, including the value of equity securities that underlie futures, options and other derivatives (to the extent the market for such instruments closes prior to the close of the NYSE) to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close.

Level 3 – Valuations based primarily on inputs that are unobservable and significant.

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 3 generally include, but are not limited to, certain debt securities (such as asset-backed, mortgage-backed, loans and sovereign debt) and derivatives even though they are valued using broker quotes; certain debt securities and derivatives adjusted by a specified discount for liquidity or other considerations; securities whose trading has been suspended or that have been de-listed from their current primary trading exchange valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; securities in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation valued at the most recent available market or quoted price; potential litigation recoveries and interests related to bankruptcy proceedings; third-party investment funds where valuations are provided by fund sponsors and which are adjusted for liquidity considerations as well as the timing of the receipt of information; certain equity securities valued based on the last traded exchange price adjusted for the movement in a relevant index; certain securities that are valued using a price from a comparable security related to the same issuer; and certain recently acquired equity securities that have yet to begin trading that are valued at cost.

The following is a summary of the respective levels assigned to the Funds’ direct securities and derivatives, if any, as of February 28, 2018:

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Alpha Only Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 657,780     $               —     $ 657,780  

Austria

          337,931             337,931  

Belgium

          43,469             43,469  

Brazil

          2,311,893             2,311,893  

Chile

          94,802             94,802  

China

    52,915       20,967,748             21,020,663  

Colombia

    116,362                   116,362  

Czech Republic

          128,588             128,588  

Denmark

          24,125             24,125  
                                 

 

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Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Alpha Only Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Common Stocks (continued)

         

Egypt

  $     $ 8,795     $     $ 8,795  

Finland

          64,114             64,114  

France

          3,046,571             3,046,571  

Germany

          3,200,969             3,200,969  

Greece

          34,664             34,664  

Hong Kong

          542,384             542,384  

Hungary

          95,678             95,678  

India

          6,824,192             6,824,192  

Indonesia

          282,999             282,999  

Ireland

          7,661             7,661  

Israel

    7,488       57,467             64,955  

Italy

          944,542             944,542  

Japan

          5,202,062             5,202,062  

Malaysia

          675,567       0 §      675,567  

Mexico

    2,205,471                   2,205,471  

Netherlands

    14,883       625,052             639,935  

New Zealand

          34,436             34,436  

Norway

          440,809             440,809  

Peru

    344,890                   344,890  

Philippines

          176,611             176,611  

Poland

          1,057,760             1,057,760  

Qatar

          64,144             64,144  

Russia

          164,517             164,517  

Singapore

          98,598             98,598  

South Africa

          5,825,821             5,825,821  

South Korea

    148,535       6,736,391             6,884,926  

Spain

          368,696             368,696  

Sweden

          832,496             832,496  

Switzerland

          3,632,107             3,632,107  

Taiwan

    2,485,299       9,313,608             11,798,907  

Thailand

          1,376,438             1,376,438  

Turkey

          2,740,180             2,740,180  

United Arab Emirates

          105,143             105,143  

United Kingdom

    132,163       8,216,887             8,349,050  

United States

    103,183,278                   103,183,278  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    108,691,284       87,363,695       0 §      196,054,979  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

    409,491       1,893,066                     —       2,302,557  

Colombia

    38,202                   38,202  

Germany

          233,935             233,935  

Russia

          14,318             14,318  

South Korea

          889,759             889,759  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    447,693       3,031,078             3,478,771  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

Brazil

                5,671       5,671  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

                5,671       5,671  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    13,848,473                   13,848,473  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    13,848,473                   13,848,473  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    12,470,313                   12,470,313  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    135,457,763       90,394,773       5,671       225,858,207  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Alpha Only Fund (continued)

         

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ 239,326     $     $ 239,326  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 135,457,763     $ 90,634,099     $ 5,671     $ 226,097,533  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (101,522   $     $ (101,522

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    (5,317,837                 (5,317,837
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (5,317,837   $ (101,522   $     $ (5,419,359
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 13,538,778,994     $     $     $ 13,538,778,994  

Short-Term Investments

    6,838,048                   6,838,048  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    13,545,617,042                   13,545,617,042  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 13,545,617,042     $     $     $ 13,545,617,042  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 20,783,538     $     $ 20,783,538  

Austria

          8,400,625             8,400,625  

Belgium

          698,508             698,508  

Brazil

    338,352       31,519,037             31,857,389  

Canada

    35,836,952                   35,836,952  

Chile

          136,924             136,924  

China

    12,672,057       217,493,495             230,165,552  

Colombia

    5,031,747                   5,031,747  

Cyprus

          52,414             52,414  

Czech Republic

          1,200,024             1,200,024  

Denmark

    1,904,760       543,613                     —       2,448,373  

Egypt

          22,090             22,090  

Finland

          3,795,799             3,795,799  

France

    6,543,600       64,980,566             71,524,166  

Germany

          82,956,973             82,956,973  

Greece

          1,940,617             1,940,617  

Hong Kong

          35,191,289             35,191,289  

Hungary

          3,402,680             3,402,680  

India

    42,427       76,816,222             76,858,649  

Indonesia

    95,799       3,974,715             4,070,514  

Ireland

    577,881                   577,881  

Israel

    153,748       442,427             596,175  

Italy

    14,091,350       16,163,438             30,254,788  

Japan

          166,300,541             166,300,541  

Malaysia

          1,164,604             1,164,604  

Mexico

    25,237,168                   25,237,168  

Netherlands

    353,624       24,637,279             24,990,903  

New Zealand

          1,654,182             1,654,182  
                                 

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Benchmark-Free Fund (continued)

 

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Common Stocks (continued)

         

Norway

  $     $ 14,366,424     $     $ 14,366,424  

Pakistan

          30,420             30,420  

Peru

    692,640                   692,640  

Philippines

          311,497             311,497  

Poland

          6,742,487             6,742,487  

Portugal

          263,839             263,839  

Qatar

          643,762             643,762  

Russia

    3,807,425       16,226,877             20,034,302  

Singapore

          6,861,447             6,861,447  

South Africa

          75,814,515             75,814,515  

South Korea

    2,308,155       78,227,736             80,535,891  

Spain

          13,200,397             13,200,397  

Sweden

          26,144,526             26,144,526  

Switzerland

    129,450       38,411,453             38,540,903  

Taiwan

    8,676,156       108,742,947             117,419,103  

Thailand

          43,264,315             43,264,315  

Turkey

          32,328,624             32,328,624  

United Arab Emirates

          431,328             431,328  

United Kingdom

    6,355,495       88,745,080             95,100,575  

United States

    243,378,499                   243,378,499  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    368,227,285       1,315,029,274             1,683,256,559  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Debt Obligations

         

United States

    344,201,772       749,176,025             1,093,377,797  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    344,201,772       749,176,025             1,093,377,797  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

    4,121,379       27,388,567             31,509,946  

Colombia

    217,125                   217,125  

Germany

          2,974,455             2,974,455  

Russia

          1,763,184             1,763,184  

South Korea

          20,629,827             20,629,827  

Taiwan

          30,119             30,119  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    4,338,504       52,786,152             57,124,656  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

Brazil

                113,625       113,625  

Chile

    1                   1  

Thailand

    75,520                   75,520  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

    75,521             113,625       189,146  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment Funds

         

United States

    648,462                   648,462  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS

    648,462                   648,462  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    1,428,515,002                   1,428,515,002  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    1,428,515,002                   1,428,515,002  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    56,144,729       204,199,887             260,344,616  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    2,202,151,275       2,321,191,338       113,625       4,523,456,238  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    3,300,316                   3,300,316  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,205,451,591     $ 2,321,191,338     $ 113,625     $ 4,526,756,554  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Benchmark-Free Fund (continued)

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (3,286,509   $     $ (3,286,509
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Global Asset Allocation Fund

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 2,475,224,883     $     $     $ 2,475,224,883  

Debt Obligations

         

Asset-Backed Securities

          65,979             65,979  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

          65,979             65,979  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    353,500                   353,500  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    2,475,578,383       65,979             2,475,644,362  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,475,578,383     $ 65,979     $     $ 2,475,644,362  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 469,142,130     $     $     $ 469,142,130  

Short-Term Investments

    201,846                   201,846  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    469,343,976                   469,343,976  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 469,343,976     $     $     $ 469,343,976  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Global Equity Allocation Fund

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 2,328,205,864     $     $     $ 2,328,205,864  

Short-Term Investments

    807,905                   807,905  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    2,329,013,769                   2,329,013,769  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,329,013,769     $     $     $ 2,329,013,769  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated Implementation Fund

 

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Australia

  $     $ 75,454,332     $     $ 75,454,332  

Austria

          25,516,448             25,516,448  

Belgium

          2,589,575             2,589,575  

Brazil

          95,849,829             95,849,829  

Canada

    95,002,586                   95,002,586  

Chile

          2,502,650             2,502,650  

China

    35,204,690       807,222,241             842,426,931  

Colombia

    15,456,419                   15,456,419  

Cyprus

          854,063             854,063  

Czech Republic

          13,689,504             13,689,504  

Denmark

    4,643,496       284,184             4,927,680  

Egypt

          343,841             343,841  

Finland

          7,713,002             7,713,002  

France

    15,362,640       177,708,575             193,071,215  

Germany

          237,783,645             237,783,645  

Greece

          20,226,976             20,226,976  

Hong Kong

          86,400,403             86,400,403  
                                 

 

149


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Consolidated Implementation Fund (continued)

 

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Common Stocks (continued)

         

Hungary

  $     $ 7,879,071     $     $ 7,879,071  

India

    12,161,489       212,212,429             224,373,918  

Indonesia

    1,994,361       36,683,586             38,677,947  

Ireland

    1,676,988       64,507             1,741,495  

Israel

    820,192       1,842,523             2,662,715  

Italy

    34,114,290       48,130,787             82,245,077  

Japan

          404,928,907             404,928,907  

Malaysia

          2,888,521             2,888,521  

Mexico

    67,936,113                   67,936,113  

Netherlands

    56,686,691       81,201,304             137,887,995  

New Zealand

          2,622,321             2,622,321  

Norway

          31,417,848             31,417,848  

Peru

    10,757,565                   10,757,565  

Philippines

          4,258,963             4,258,963  

Poland

          32,618,530             32,618,530  

Portugal

          1,029,326             1,029,326  

Qatar

          11,305,063             11,305,063  

Russia

    54,467,898       214,082,019             268,549,917  

Singapore

          10,077,952             10,077,952  

South Africa

          230,750,032             230,750,032  

South Korea

    7,524,150       401,623,713             409,147,863  

Spain

    23,975,768       49,992,803             73,968,571  

Sweden

          56,916,333             56,916,333  

Switzerland

    1,652,645       108,150,178             109,802,823  

Taiwan

    64,585,141       614,420,874             679,006,015  

Thailand

          271,588,285             271,588,285  

Turkey

          147,121,698             147,121,698  

United Arab Emirates

          3,224,473             3,224,473  

United Kingdom

    22,618,968       225,835,536       0 §      248,454,504  

United States

    1,288,469,114       1,600             1,288,470,714  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    1,815,111,204       4,767,008,450       0 §      6,582,119,654  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

         

Brazil

    13,597       68,943,718             68,957,315  

Colombia

    3,146,628                   3,146,628  

Germany

          5,449,122             5,449,122  

Russia

          7,974,502             7,974,502  

South Korea

          88,377,405             88,377,405  

Taiwan

          458,730             458,730  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

    3,160,225       171,203,477             174,363,702  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Rights/Warrants

         

Brazil

                203,741       203,741  

Canada

                217,232       217,232  

Chile

    37                   37  

Thailand

    570,211                   570,211  

United States

                48,966       48,966  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS

    570,248             469,939       1,040,187  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment Funds

         

United States

    6,062,333                   6,062,333  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS

    6,062,333                   6,062,333  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

150


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Consolidated Implementation Fund (continued)

 

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Debt Obligations

         

Australia

  $     $ 2,637,772     $     $ 2,637,772  

Bermuda

          781,875             781,875  

Brazil

                30,260,306       30,260,306  

Canada

          3,171,250             3,171,250  

France

          1,345,313             1,345,313  

Germany

          1,673,277             1,673,277  

Hong Kong

          768,750             768,750  

Ireland

          1,135,650             1,135,650  

Italy

          1,097,797             1,097,797  

Japan

          487,084,243             487,084,243  

Luxembourg

          1,209,700             1,209,700  

Norway

          738,750             738,750  

Puerto Rico

    781,250       11,603,096             12,384,346  

South Africa

          2,203,320             2,203,320  

Spain

                9,249,402       9,249,402  

United Kingdom

          3,555,043             3,555,043  

United States

    1,274,981,806       2,032,823,116       25,804,250       3,333,609,172  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    1,275,673,056       2,551,828,952       65,313,958       3,892,905,966  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

         

United States

    79,848,708                   79,848,708  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS

    79,848,708                   79,848,708  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    168,157,011       650,341,630             818,498,641  

Purchased Options

    5,117,070                   5,117,070  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    3,353,789,855       8,140,382,509       65,783,897       11,559,956,261  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          7,601,129             7,601,129  

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    20,755,279                   20,755,279  

Interest Rate Risk

    19,185                   19,185  

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          7,437,392             7,437,392  

Equity Risk

          48,532             48,532  

Interest Rate Risk

          2,731,275             2,731,275  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,374,564,319     $ 8,158,200,837     $ 65,783,897     $ 11,598,549,053  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

China

  $ (64,060,267   $     $     $ (64,060,267

France

          (15,675,457           (15,675,457

Germany

          (4,405,630           (4,405,630

Japan

          (8,702,589           (8,702,589

United States

    (95,654,810                 (95,654,810
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

    (159,715,077     (28,783,676           (188,498,753
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds

         

United States

    (2,802,102                 (2,802,102
                                 

 

151


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Consolidated Implementation Fund (continued)

 

Liability Valuation Inputs (continued)

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (32,351,243   $     $ (32,351,243

Futures Contracts

         

Interest Rate Risk

    (89,381                 (89,381

Written Options

         

Credit Risk

          (370,938           (370,938

Equity Risk

    (12,151,000                 (12,151,000

Swap Contracts

         

Credit Risk

          (1,885,731           (1,885,731

Equity Risk

          (88,336           (88,336

Interest Rate Risk

          (7,170,020           (7,170,020
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (174,757,560   $ (70,649,944   $     $ (245,407,504
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 664,551,081     $     $     $ 664,551,081  

Short-Term Investments

    262,880                   262,880  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    664,813,961                   664,813,961  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 664,813,961     $     $     $ 664,813,961  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Equity Allocation Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 1,150,981,352     $     $     $ 1,150,981,352  

Short-Term Investments

    410,902                   410,902  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    1,151,392,254                   1,151,392,254  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,151,392,254     $     $     $ 1,151,392,254  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Debt Obligations

         

U.S. Government

  $ 189,692,480     $     $     $ 189,692,480  

U.S. Government Agency

    162,948,959                   162,948,959  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

    352,641,439                   352,641,439  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

    1,072,205,111                   1,072,205,111  

Short-Term Investments

    447,264,728                   447,264,728  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    1,872,111,278                   1,872,111,278  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          13,180,984             13,180,984  

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    11,843,928       700,545             12,544,473  

Physical Commodity Contract Risk

    838,553                   838,553  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,884,793,759     $ 13,881,529     $     $ 1,898,675,288  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

152


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

         
Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund (continued)

         

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

  $     $ (1,553,458   $     $ (1,553,458

Futures Contracts

         

Equity Risk

    (8,560,092     (24,842,754           (33,402,846

Interest Rate Risk

    (6,204,903                 (6,204,903

Physical Commodity Contract Risk

    (2,220,840                 (2,220,840
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (16,985,835   $ (26,396,212   $     $ (43,382,047
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Common Stocks

         

Canada

  $     $     $ 70,137     $ 70,137  

Germany

          37,713,971             37,713,971  

Netherlands

    36,595,000                   36,595,000  

Romania

          21,647,127             21,647,127  

United Kingdom

          83,960,123             83,960,123  

United States

    614,158,924                   614,158,924  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    650,753,924       143,321,221       70,137       794,145,282  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    235,259,966                   235,259,966  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    886,013,890       143,321,221       70,137       1,029,405,248  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives^

         

Forward Currency Contracts

         

Foreign Currency Risk

          4,181             4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 886,013,890     $ 143,325,402     $ 70,137     $ 1,029,409,429  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           

Liability Valuation Inputs

         

Derivatives^

         

Futures Contracts

         

Physical Commodity Contract Risk

  $ (1,067,000   $     $     $ (1,067,000
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

         

Asset Valuation Inputs

         

Mutual Funds

  $ 1,195,528,932     $     $     $ 1,195,528,932  

Debt Obligations

         

U.S. Government

          106,620,874             106,620,874  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS

          106,620,874             106,620,874  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

    212,984                   212,984  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

    1,195,741,916       106,620,874             1,302,362,790  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,195,741,916     $ 106,620,874     $     $ 1,302,362,790  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

The risks referenced in the tables above are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Derivative financial instruments” sections below for a further discussion of risks.

 

  ^ The tables above are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation), in the case of forward currency contracts, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. The uncertainties surrounding the valuation inputs for a derivative are likely to be more significant to the Funds’ net asset values than the uncertainties surrounding inputs for a non-derivative security with the same market value. Excludes purchased options and rights/warrants, if any, which are included in investments.
  § Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at February 28, 2018.

 

153


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

The underlying funds held at year end are classified above as Level 1. For the summary of valuation inputs of the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ Notes to Financial Statements.

For all Funds for the year ended February 28, 2018, there were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

The following is a reconciliation of securities and derivatives, if any, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

                     
     Balances
as of
February 28,
2017
    Purchases     Sales     Accrued
Discounts/
Premiums
    Total
Realized
Gain/(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Transfer
into
Level 3†
    Transfer
out of
Level 3†
   

Balances

as of
February 28,
2018

    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held as
of February 28,
2018
 

Alpha Only Fund

 

               

Rights/Warrants

                     

Brazil

  $ 1,259     $     $     $     $     $ 4,412     $     $     $ 5,671     $ 5,671  

Malaysia

    1,065             0                   (1,065                        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,324     $     $     $     $     $ 3,347     $     $     $ 5,671     $ 5,671  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

               

Rights/Warrants

                     

Brazil

  $ 86,276     $     $     $     $     $ 27,349     $     $     $ 113,625     $ 27,349  

India

    41,572             (27,638           27,638       (41,572                        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 127,848     $     $ (27,638   $     $ 27,638     $ (14,223   $     $     $ 113,625     $ 27,349  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Consolidated Implementation Fund

 

               

Common Stocks

                     

South Korea

  $ 165,612     $     $ (205,990   $     $ (9,797   $ 80,322     $     $ (30,147 )‡    $     $  

Sweden

    15,364,011             (16,185,724           80,550       741,163                          

Rights/Warrants

                     

Brazil

    302,934                               (99,193                 203,741       203,741  

Canada

          66,093                         151,139                   217,232       151,139  

India

    232,428             (154,523           154,523       (232,428                        

Singapore

    2,520,800             (3,160,784           690,400       (50,416                        

United States

    4,609,155             (2,129,333           (184,436     (2,246,420                 48,966       (3,921,845

Debt Obligations

                     

Bank Loans

                     

Denmark

    28,915,608             (27,288,547           (1,919,138     292,077                          

Spain

          16,691,903       (10,537,259     (69,734     206,741       169,206                   6,460,857       169,206  

United States

    54,888,786       36,662,681       (67,523,353     113,087       (33,252     426,851                   24,534,800       83,112  

Corporate Debt

                     

Brazil

          25,078,820             14,039,033             (8,857,547                 30,260,306       (8,857,547

Spain

          2,692,527             (12,136           108,154                   2,788,545       108,154  

United States

          2,370,620       (1,244,788     6,484       58,732       78,402                   1,269,450       78,402  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 106,999,334     $ 83,562,644     $ (128,430,301   $ 14,076,734     $ (955,677   $ (9,438,690   $     $ (30,147   $ 65,783,897     $ (11,985,638
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

 

               

Common Stock

                     

Canada

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 70,137 ‡    $     $ 70,137     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 70,137     $     $ 70,137     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                                 

 

  The Funds account for securities and derivatives, if any, transferred into and out of Level 3 at the value at the end of the year.
  Financial assets transferred between levels were due to a change in observable and/or unobservable inputs.

 

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The net aggregate direct and indirect exposure to investments in securities and/or derivatives using Level 3 inputs and presented on a net basis, which will tend to understate the Funds’ exposure, (based on each Fund’s net assets) as of February 28, 2018 were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name   Level 3 securities
and derivatives
 

Alpha Only Fund

    < 1%  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    1%  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    < 1%  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    1%  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

International Equity Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

     

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    < 1%  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    < 1%  

Cash

Cash and foreign currency, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities consist of cash balances held with the custodian.

Due to/from broker

Due to/from broker in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities includes collateral on swap contracts, futures contracts, option contracts and forward currency contracts, if any, and may include marked-to-market amounts related to foreign currency or cash owed.

Foreign currency translation

The market values of foreign securities, currency holdings and related assets and liabilities are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE, generally at 4:00 pm Eastern time. Income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are typically translated into U.S. dollars at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Fluctuations in the value of currency holdings and other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investment securities and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not separated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.

Loan assignments and participations

Certain Funds may invest in direct debt instruments, which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates, to suppliers of goods or services, or to other parties by corporate, governmental or other borrower. Such “loans” may include bank loans, promissory notes, and loan participations, or in the case of suppliers of goods or services, trade claims or other receivables. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. Unless, under the terms of the loan or other indebtedness a Fund has direct recourse against the borrower, it may have to rely on the agent to enforce its rights against the borrower. When investing in a loan participation, (i) a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the party from whom the Fund has purchased the participation and only upon receipt by that party of payments from the borrower and (ii) a Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement or to vote on matters arising under the loan agreement. Thus, a Fund may be subject to credit risk both of the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower and that Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. Loan assignments and participations outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

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Repurchase agreements

The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and brokers. Under a repurchase agreement a Fund acquires a security for a relatively short period for cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and date. The Fund, through its custodian, takes possession of securities it acquired under the repurchase agreement. The value of the securities acquired may be less than the amount owed to the Fund by the seller. If the seller in a repurchase agreement transaction defaults or enters into insolvency proceedings and the value of the securities subject to the repurchase agreement is insufficient, the Fund’s recovery of cash from the seller may be delayed and, even if the Fund is able to dispose of the securities, the Fund may incur a loss equal to the difference between the cash it paid and the value of the securities. As of February 28, 2018, the Funds list below had entered into repurchase agreements. The value of related collateral for each broker listed below exceeds the value of the repurchase agreements at year end. Repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

       
Fund Name   Counterparty     Gross Value    

Weighted Average

Maturity (days)

 

Benchmark-Free Fund

    Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.       $119,737,426       1.0  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.       $380,342,411       0.6  
      Nomura Securities International Inc.       $269,999,219       0.4  

Reverse repurchase agreements

The Funds may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with banks and brokers to enhance return. Under a reverse repurchase agreement a Fund sells portfolio assets subject to an agreement by that Fund to repurchase the same assets at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund can use the proceeds received from entering into a reverse repurchase agreement to make additional investments, which generally causes the Fund’s portfolio to behave as if it were leveraged. If the buyer in a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund may be unable to recover the securities it sold and as a result may realize a loss on the transaction if the securities it sold are worth more than the purchase price it originally received from the buyer. Reverse repurchase agreements outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Inflation-indexed bonds

Certain Funds may invest in inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed income securities whose principal value is adjusted periodically according to the rate of inflation/deflation. Two structures are common. The U.S. Treasury and some other issuers use a structure that accrues inflation/deflation into the principal value of the bond. Many other issuers adjust the coupon accruals for inflation related changes. Most other issuers pay out any inflation related accruals as part of a semiannual coupon.

The market price of inflation-indexed bonds normally changes when real interest rates change. Real interest rates, in turn, are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates (i.e., stated interest rates) and the rate of inflation. Therefore, if the rate of inflation rises at a faster rate than nominal interest rates, real interest rates (i.e., nominal interest rate minus inflation) might decline, leading to an increase in value of inflation-indexed bonds. In contrast, if nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in value of inflation-indexed bonds. Coupon payments received by a Fund from inflation-indexed bonds are generally included in the Fund’s gross income for the period in which they accrue. In addition, any increase/decrease in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond is generally included in the Fund’s gross income even though principal is not paid until maturity. Inflation-indexed bonds outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Short sales

Certain Funds may enter into short sales transactions. A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells securities it may not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair market value of the securities. Securities sold in short sale transactions and the interest payable on such securities, if any, are reflected as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. A Fund is obligated to deliver securities at the trade price at the time the short position is closed. Possible losses from short sales may be unlimited, whereas losses from purchases cannot exceed the total amount invested. Short sales outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Municipal obligations

Municipal obligations are issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the United States and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities and the District of Columbia to obtain funds for various public purposes. Municipal notes

 

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are generally used to provide for short-term capital needs, such as to finance working capital needs of municipalities or to provide various interim or construction financing, and generally have maturities of one year or less. Municipal bonds, which meet longer-term capital needs and generally have maturities of more than one year when issued, have two principal classifications: “general obligation” bonds and “revenue” bonds. Issuers of general obligation bonds include states, counties, cities, towns and regional districts. The basic security behind general obligation bonds is the issuer’s pledge of its full faith, credit, and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds have been issued to fund a wide variety of capital projects. The principal security for a revenue bond is generally the net revenues derived from a particular facility or group of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source. Although the principal security behind these bonds varies widely, many provide additional security in the form of a debt service reserve fund whose monies also may be used to make principal and interest payments on the issuer’s obligations. Municipal obligations at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Trade claims

Certain Funds may purchase trade claims against companies, including companies in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. Trade claims generally include claims of suppliers for goods delivered and not paid, claims for unpaid services rendered, claims for contract rejection damages and claims related to litigation. Trade claims are illiquid instruments which generally do not pay interest and there can be no guarantee that the debtor will ever be able to satisfy the obligation on the trade claim. Such claims are typically unsecured and may be subordinated to other unsecured obligations of a debtor, and generally are subject to defenses of the debtor with respect to the underlying transaction giving rise to the trade claim. Trade claims outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Taxes and distributions

Each Fund has elected to be treated or intends to elect to be treated and intends to qualify each tax year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Fund intends to distribute its net investment income, if any, and its net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, after giving effect to any available capital loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, each Fund makes no provision for U.S. federal income or excise taxes.

Alternative Asset SPC Ltd., Implementation SPC Ltd. and Special Opportunities SPC Ltd. are wholly-owned subsidiaries of SGM Major Markets Fund, Implementation Fund and Special Opportunities Fund, respectively, and each has elected to be treated as a (non-U.S.) corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The policy of each Fund is to declare and pay dividends of its net investment income, if any, at least annually, although the Funds are permitted to, and will from time to time, declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, more frequently. Each Fund also intends to distribute net realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, at least annually. In addition, each Fund may, from time to time at their discretion, make unscheduled distributions in advance of large redemptions by shareholders or as otherwise deemed appropriate by a Fund. Typically, all distributions are reinvested in additional shares of each Fund, at net asset value, unless GMO or its agents receive and process a shareholder election to receive cash distributions. Distributions to shareholders are recorded by each Fund on the ex-dividend date.

Taxes on foreign interest and dividend income are generally withheld in accordance with the applicable country’s tax treaty with the United States. The foreign withholding rates applicable to a Fund’s investments in certain jurisdictions may be higher if a significant portion of the Fund is held by non-U.S. shareholders and/or if certain investments are made by a Fund’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Each Fund may be subject to taxation on realized capital gains, repatriation proceeds and other transaction-based charges imposed by certain countries in which it invests. Transaction-based charges are generally calculated as a percentage of the transaction amount. Taxes related to capital gains realized during the year ended February 28, 2018, if any, are reflected as part of Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations. Changes in tax liabilities related to capital gain taxes on unrealized investment gains, if any, are reflected as part of Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statements of Operations.

Certain Funds have previously filed for and/or may file for additional tax refunds with respect to certain taxes withheld by certain countries. Generally, the amount of such refunds that a Fund reasonably determines are collectible and free from significant contingencies are reflected in a Fund’s net asset value and are reflected as Dividends from unaffiliated issuers in the Statements of Operations. In certain circumstances, a Fund’s receipt of such refunds may cause the Fund and/or its shareholders to be liable for U.S. federal income taxes and interest charges.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Foreign taxes paid by each Fund may be treated, to the extent permissible by the Code (and other applicable U.S. federal tax guidance) and if that Fund so elects, as if paid by U.S. shareholders of that Fund.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences that arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will likely reverse at some time in the future. Distributions in excess of net investment income or net realized gains are temporary over-distributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes.

U.S. GAAP and tax accounting differences for each Fund primarily relate to reasons described in the following table:

 

                         
Differences related to:   Alpha Only Fund   Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund   Benchmark-Free Fund   Global Asset Allocation Fund   Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund   Global Equity Allocation Fund   Consolidated Implementation Fund   International Developed Equity Allocation Fund   International Equity Allocation Fund   Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund   Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund   Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund
Accretion and amortization                           X               X    
Capital loss carry forwards   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X            
Controlled foreign corporation transactions                                       X   X    
Derivative contract transactions   X       X               X           X        
Dividend income and withholding tax reclaim reserves   X                                            
Dividends received from underlying investments   X                                            
Foreign capital gains taxes                                           X    
Foreign currency transactions   X       X               X           X   X    

Gain/losses on underlying fund shares

      X   X   X                                
Late year ordinary losses   X   X                               X   X    
Losses on wash sale transactions   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X       X   X
Mutual fund distributions received       X   X   X   X   X                       X
Passive foreign investment company transactions   X       X               X                    
Post-October capital losses   X       X   X               X   X   X   X    
Net operating losses                                       X   X    

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

The tax character of distributions declared by each Fund to shareholders is as follows:

 

     
     Tax year ended February 28, 2018     Tax year ended February 28, 2017  
             
Fund Name   Ordinary
Income
(including
any net
short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Net Long-Term
Capital Gain ($)
    Total
Distributions ($)
    Ordinary
Income
(including
any net
short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Net Long-Term
Capital Gain ($)
    Total
Distributions ($)
 
Alpha Only Fund     2,783,432             2,783,432       7,630,569             7,630,569  
Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund     322,832,993             322,832,993       222,054,737             222,054,737  
Benchmark-Free Fund     126,068,577             126,068,577       116,700,824             116,700,824  
Global Asset Allocation Fund     61,208,240             61,208,240       62,220,291             62,220,291  
Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund     18,007,301             18,007,301       30,222,611       39,708,759       69,931,370  
Global Equity Allocation Fund     70,822,350             70,822,350       68,753,269       55,799,955       124,553,224  
Consolidated Implementation Fund     335,144,868             335,144,868       218,046,347             218,046,347  
International Developed Equity Allocation Fund     20,807,945             20,807,945       27,805,230             27,805,230  
International Equity Allocation Fund     33,024,114             33,024,114       35,103,258             35,103,258  
Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund     848,834       57,139,048       57,987,882       68,935,774       34,942,155       103,877,929  
Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund     56,976,778       11,200,272       68,177,050       30,825,271       6,094,262       36,919,533  
Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund     57,130,828             57,130,828       54,767,596       1,162,624       55,930,220  

Distributions in excess of a Fund’s tax basis earnings and profits, if significant, are reported in the Funds’ financial statements as a return of capital.

As of February 28, 2018, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and certain tax attributes for the Funds consisted of the following:

 

           
Fund Name   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
(including any
net short-term
capital gain) ($)
    Undistributed
Net Long-Term
Capital Gain ($)
    Late-Year
Ordinary Loss
Deferral ($)
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards ($)
    Post-October
Capital Losses ($)
 

Alpha Only Fund

                (498,528)       (394,515,774)       (432,765)  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    10,521,679             (14,099,472)       (239,513,225)        

Benchmark-Free Fund

    9,941,088                   (415,885,235)        

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    1,961,986                   (189,439,171)        

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    1,394,483             (1,264)       (79,826,540)        

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    1,331,391             (12,338)       (191,565,767)        

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    32,213,269                   (704,778,936)        

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    105,027             (3,056)       (88,870,697)        

International Equity Allocation Fund

    1,646,969             (5,092)       (54,500,044)        

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

                (2,314,280)             (21,486,920)  

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    175,988       41,557,607       (1,795,158)             (4,297)  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    1,007,455       45,844,121                    

 

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As of February 28, 2018, certain Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code. Net capital losses recognized in taxable years beginning on or after March 1, 2011 are carried forward without expiration and generally retain their short-term and/or long-term tax character, as applicable. In addition, such losses should be utilized prior to losses scheduled to expire on or before February 28, 2019. As a result of this ordering rule, losses that are subject to expiration may expire unused. Utilization of the capital loss carryforwards, post-October capital losses, late-year ordinary losses, and losses realized subsequent to February 28, 2018, if any, could be subject to further limitations imposed by the Code related to share ownership activity. The Funds’ capital loss carryforwards are as follows:

 

       
     Short-Term ($)           Long-Term ($)  
         
Fund Name   Expiration
Date
2/28/2019
    No
Expiration
Date
    Total
Short-Term ($)
    No
Expiration
Date
 
Alpha Only Fund           (222,208,680)       (222,208,680)       (172,307,094)  
Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund     (10,499,416)       (20,273,725)       (30,773,141)       (208,740,084)  
Benchmark-Free Fund           (27,643,271)       (27,643,271)       (388,241,964)  
Global Asset Allocation Fund                       (189,439,171)  
Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund                       (79,826,540)  
Global Equity Allocation Fund                       (191,565,767)  
Consolidated Implementation Fund           (704,778,936)       (704,778,936)        
International Developed Equity Allocation Fund     (22,515,333)             (22,515,333)       (66,355,364)  
International Equity Allocation Fund                       (54,500,044)  
Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund                        
Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund                        
Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund                        

As of February 28, 2018, the approximate total cost, aggregate investment-level gross/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of total investments (including total securities sold short, if any), and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of outstanding financial instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     
     Total Investments     Outstanding
Financial
Instruments
 
           
Fund Name   Aggregate
Cost ($)
    Gross Unrealized
Appreciation ($)
    Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Alpha Only Fund     192,138,911       36,360,297       (2,641,001)       33,719,296         
Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund     12,747,408,353       869,464,451       (71,255,762)       798,208,689         
Benchmark-Free Fund     4,066,812,371       497,784,357       (41,140,490)       456,643,867        (3,223,454)  
Global Asset Allocation Fund     2,454,568,518       80,195,839       (59,119,995)       21,075,844         
Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund     432,278,653       37,065,323             37,065,323         
Global Equity Allocation Fund     2,229,675,265       104,583,590       (5,245,086)       99,338,504         
Consolidated Implementation Fund     10,647,429,190       909,718,931       (188,492,715)       721,226,216       (26,266,608)  
International Developed Equity Allocation Fund     697,197,236             (32,383,275)       (32,383,275)        
International Equity Allocation Fund     1,120,546,975       30,845,279             30,845,279         
Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund     1,879,965,169       55,654,493       (63,508,384)       (7,853,891)       (4,688,748)  
Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund     794,107,188       271,617,918       (36,319,858)       235,298,060       4,181  
Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund     1,208,552,768       97,481,826       (3,671,804)       93,810,022         

 

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The Funds are subject to authoritative guidance related to the accounting and disclosure of uncertain tax positions under U.S. GAAP. This guidance sets forth a minimum threshold for the financial statement recognition of tax positions taken based on the technical merits of such positions. United States and non-U.S. tax rules (including the interpretation and application of tax laws) are subject to change. The Funds file tax returns and/or adopt certain tax positions in various jurisdictions. Non-U.S. taxes are provided for based on the Funds’ understanding of the prevailing tax rules of the non-U.S. markets in which they invest. Recently enacted tax rules, including interpretations of tax laws (e.g., guidance pertaining to the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and tax legislation/initiatives currently under consideration in various jurisdictions, including the U.S., might affect the way the Funds and their investors are taxed prospectively and/or retroactively. Prior to the expiration of the relevant statutes of limitations, if any, the Funds are subject to examination by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. jurisdictions with respect to the tax returns they have filed and the tax positions they have adopted. The Funds’ U.S. federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed. State, local and/or non-U.S. tax returns and/or other filings may be subject to examination for different periods, depending upon the tax rules of each applicable jurisdiction.

Security transactions and related investment income

Security transactions are accounted for in the financial statements on trade date. For purposes of daily net asset value calculations, the Funds’ policy is that security transactions are generally accounted for on the following business day. GMO may override that policy and a Fund may account for security transactions on trade date if it experiences significant purchases or redemptions or engages in significant portfolio transactions. Dividend income, net of applicable foreign withholding taxes, if any, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, if later, when a Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions from the underlying funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and is adjusted for the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Principal on inflation-indexed securities is adjusted for inflation and any increase or decrease is recorded as interest income or investment loss. Coupon income is not recognized on securities for which collection is not expected. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities, if any, are recorded as components of interest income in the Statements of Operations. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the asset received. In determining the net gain or loss on securities sold, the Funds use the identified cost basis.

Expenses and class allocations

Most of the expenses of the Trust are directly attributable to an individual Fund. Generally, common expenses are allocated among the Funds based on, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the Funds. Investment income, common expenses, purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any, and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the classes of shares of the Funds, if applicable, based on the relative net assets of each class. Shareholder service fees and supplemental support fees, if any, which are directly attributable to a class of shares, are charged to that class’s operations. In addition, the Funds may incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. Because the underlying funds have different expense and fee levels and the Funds may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times, the amount of fees and expenses indirectly incurred by a Fund will vary (see Note 5).

State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the Funds’ custodian, fund accounting agent and transfer agent. Prior to November 3, 2017, Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”) served as Alpha Only Fund’s custodian and fund accounting agent. Prior to December 31, 2013, State Street’s transfer agent fees may have been reduced by an earnings allowance calculated on the average daily cash balances each Fund maintained in a State Street transfer agent account. Earnings allowances were reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statements of Operations. Effective January 1, 2014, any cash balances maintained at the transfer agent are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations. Any cash balances maintained at the custodian are held in a Demand Deposit Account and interest income earned, if any, is shown as interest income in the Statements of Operations.

Purchases and redemptions of Fund shares

Purchase premiums and redemption fees (if applicable) are paid to and retained by a Fund to help offset estimated portfolio transaction costs and other related costs (e.g., bid to ask spreads, stamp duties, and transfer fees) incurred by the Fund (directly or indirectly through investments in underlying funds or a wholly-owned subsidiary) as a result of an investor’s purchase or redemption by allocating estimated transaction costs to the purchasing or redeeming shareholder. Such fees are recorded as a component of the Funds’ net share transactions. A Fund may impose a new purchase premium and redemption fee or modify an existing fee at any time.

Each of the Funds may charge purchase premiums and redemption fees. Purchase premiums and redemption fees for the Funds are typically reassessed periodically by GMO.

 

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Purchase premiums are not charged on reinvestments of dividends or other distributions. Redemption fees apply to all shares of a Fund regardless of how the shares were acquired (e.g., by direct purchase or by reinvestment of dividends or other distributions).

If GMO determines that any portion of a cash purchase or redemption, as applicable, is offset by a corresponding cash redemption or purchase occurring on the same day, it ordinarily will waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee with respect to that portion.

GMO also may waive or reduce the purchase premium or redemption fee for a cash purchase or redemption of a Fund’s shares if the Fund will not incur transaction costs or will incur reduced transaction costs.

GMO also may reduce the purchase premium to the extent that securities are used to purchase a Fund’s shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees). GMO may reduce redemption fees to the extent a Fund uses portfolio securities to redeem its shares (taking into account transaction costs, stamp duties or transfer fees).

Purchase premiums or redemption fees generally will not be waived for purchases and redemptions of Fund shares executed through brokers or agents, including, without limitation, intermediary platforms that are allowed pursuant to agreements with the Trust to transmit orders for purchases and redemptions the day after those orders are received.

GMO may consider known cash flows out of or into underlying funds when placing orders for the cash purchases or redemptions of underlying fund shares by accounts over which it has investment discretion, including the Funds and other pooled investment vehicles. Consequently, participants in those vehicles will tend to benefit more than other Fund shareholders from the waivers of purchase premiums and redemption fees that may occur when purchases and redemptions occur on the same day.

As of February 28, 2018, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were as follows:

 

                         
     Alpha Only Fund   Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund(a)   Benchmark-Free Fund(b)   Global Asset Allocation Fund(c)   Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund(d)   Global Equity Allocation Fund(e)   Implementation Fund(f)   International Developed Equity Allocation Fund(g)   International Equity Allocation Fund(h)   SGM Major Markets Fund   Special Opportunities Fund   Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund(i)
Purchase Premium     0.20%   0.25%   0.15%   0.08%   0.18%   0.20%   0.08%   0.25%     0.50%   0.20%
Redemption Fee     0.20%   0.25%   0.15%   0.08%   0.18%   0.20%   0.08%   0.25%     0.50%   0.20%

 

  (a)  For the periods from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016, June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.18%, 0.13% and 0.11%, respectively, of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 30, 2013, these same fees were each 0.12% of the amount invested or redeemed.
  (b)  For the periods from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016, June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.18%, 0.13% and 0.14%, respectively, of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 30, 2013, these same fees were each 0.13% of the amount invested or redeemed.
  (c)  For the period from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2015, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.14% and 0.11%, respectively, of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 30, 2013, these same fees were each 0.10% of the amount invested or redeemed.
  (d)  Prior to March 10, 2014, there was no premium on cash purchases or fee on cash redemptions.
  (e)  For the period from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2015, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.19% and 0.11%, respectively, of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 30, 2013, these same fees were each 0.12% of the amount invested or redeemed.

 

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  (f)  Prior to June 30, 2015, there was no premium on cash purchases or fee on cash redemptions.
  (g)  Prior to March 10, 2014, there was no premium on cash purchases or fees on cash redemptions.
  (h)  For the period from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2015, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.27% and 0.20%, respectively, of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 20, 2013, the same fees were each 0.21% of the amount invested or redeemed.
  (i)  For the period from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2015, the premium on cash purchases and the fee on cash redemptions were each 0.14% and 0.06% of the amount invested or redeemed. Prior to June 30, 2013, these same fees were each 0.07% of the amount invested or redeemed.

 

3. Investment and other risks

The following chart identifies selected risks associated with each Fund. Risks not marked for a particular Fund may, however, still apply to some extent to that Fund at various times.

 

                         
     Alpha Only Fund   Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund   Benchmark-Free Fund   Global Asset Allocation Fund   Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund   Global Equity Allocation Fund   Implementation Fund   International Developed Equity Allocation Fund   International Equity Allocation Fund   SGM Major Markets Fund   Special Opportunities Fund   Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund
Commodities Risk       X   X   X           X           X   X   X
Counterparty Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Credit Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Currency Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Derivatives and Short Sales Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Focused Investment Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Fund of Funds Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Futures Contracts Risk       X   X   X                       X       X
Illiquidity Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Large Shareholder Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Leveraging Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Management and Operational Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Risk – Asset-Backed Securities       X   X   X           X           X   X   X
Market Risk – Equities   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Market Risk – Fixed Income   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Merger Arbitrage Risk       X   X   X           X               X   X
Non-Diversified Funds   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Non-U.S. Investment Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X
Small Company Risk   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X       X   X

 

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Investing in mutual funds involves many risks. The risks of investing in a particular Fund depend on the types of investments in its portfolio and the investment strategies GMO employs on its behalf. This section does not describe every potential risk of investing in the Funds. Funds could be subject to additional risks because of the types of investments they make and market conditions, which may change over time.

Each Fund that invests in other GMO Funds, other investment companies or in a wholly-owned subsidiary (collectively, “Underlying Funds”) is exposed to the risks to which the Underlying Funds in which it invests are exposed, as well as the risk that the Underlying Funds will not perform as expected. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, the selected risks summarized below include both direct and indirect risks, and references in this section to investments made by a Fund include those made both directly by the Fund and indirectly by the Fund through Underlying Funds.

An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and, therefore, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

• COMMODITIES RISK. Commodity prices can be extremely volatile and are affected by many factors. Exposure to commodities can cause the net asset value of a Fund’s shares to decline or fluctuate in a rapid and unpredictable manner. The value of commodity-related derivatives or indirect investments in commodities may fluctuate more than the commodity, commodities or commodity index to which they relate. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for a discussion of specific risks of a Fund’s derivatives investments, including commodity-related derivatives.

• COUNTERPARTY RISK. Funds that enter into contracts with counterparties, such as repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements or OTC derivatives contracts, or that lend their securities run the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Fund could miss investment opportunities or otherwise be forced to hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Fund. In addition, a Fund may suffer losses if a counterparty fails to comply with applicable laws or other requirements. The Funds are not subject to any limits on their exposure to any one counterparty nor to a requirement that counterparties with whom they enter into contracts maintain a specific rating by a nationally recognized rating organization. Counterparty risk is pronounced during unusually adverse market conditions and is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions.

Participants in OTC derivatives markets typically are not subject to the same level of credit evaluation and regulatory oversight as are members of exchange-based markets, and, therefore, OTC derivatives generally expose a Fund to greater counterparty risk than exchange-traded derivatives. A Fund is subject to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a derivative in accordance with its terms because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem. If a counterparty’s obligation to a Fund is not collateralized, then the Fund is essentially an unsecured creditor of the counterparty. If a counterparty defaults, the Fund will have contractual remedies (whether or not the obligation is collateralized), but the Fund may be unable to enforce them, thus causing the Fund to suffer a loss. Counterparty risk is greater for derivatives with longer maturities because of the longer time during which events may occur that prevent settlement. Counterparty risk also is greater when a Fund has entered into derivatives contracts with a single or small group of counterparties as it sometimes does as a result of its use of swaps and other OTC derivatives. Funds that use swap contracts are subject, in particular, to the creditworthiness of the counterparties because some types of swap contracts have terms longer than six months (and, in some cases, decades). The creditworthiness of a counterparty may be adversely affected by greater than average volatility in the markets, even if the counterparty’s net market exposure is small relative to its capital. Counterparty risk still exists even if a counterparty’s obligations are secured by collateral because the Fund’s interest in the collateral may not be perfected or additional collateral may not be promptly posted as required. GMO’s view with respect to a particular counterparty is subject to change. The fact, however, that it changes adversely (whether due to external events or otherwise) does not mean that a Fund’s existing transactions with that counterparty will necessarily be terminated or modified. In addition, a Fund may enter into new transactions with a counterparty that GMO no longer considers a desirable counterparty if the transaction is primarily designed to reduce the Fund’s overall risk of potential exposure to that counterparty (for example, re-establishing the transaction with a lower notional amount or entering into a countervailing trade with the same counterparty). Counterparty risk also will be greater if a counterparty’s obligations exceed the value of collateral held by the Fund (if any).

The Funds also are subject to counterparty risk because they execute their securities transactions through brokers and dealers. If a broker or dealer fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Funds

 

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could miss investment opportunities or be unable to dispose of investments they would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the Funds. Counterparty risk with respect to derivatives has been and will continue to be affected by new rules and regulations relating to the derivatives market. As described under “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk,” some derivatives transactions are required to be centrally cleared, and a party to a cleared derivatives transaction is subject to the credit risk of the clearing house and the clearing member through which it holds its cleared position. Credit risk of market participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is concentrated in a few clearing houses, and it is not clear how an insolvency proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency of a clearing house would have on the financial system. Also, in the event of a counterparty’s (or its affiliate’s) insolvency, the possibility exists that the Funds’ ability to exercise remedies, such as the termination of transactions, netting of obligations or realization on collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under new special resolution regimes adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other jurisdictions. Such regimes provide governmental authorities with broad authority to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty. In particular, in the European Union, governmental authorities could reduce, eliminate, or convert to equity the liabilities to the Funds of a counterparty experiencing financial difficulties (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).

• CREDIT RISK. This is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income investment or the obligor of an obligation underlying an asset-backed security will be unable or unwilling to satisfy its obligation to pay principal and interest or otherwise to honor its obligations in a timely manner. The market price of a fixed income investment will normally decline as a result of the issuer’s, guarantor’s, or obligor’s failure to meet its payment obligations, or in anticipation of such failure, or a downgrading of the credit rating of the investment. This risk is particularly acute in environments in which financial services firms are exposed (as they were in 2008) to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions. Fixed income investments are also subject to illiquidity risk. See “Illiquidity Risk.”

All fixed income investments are subject to credit risk. Financial strength and solvency of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. The risk varies depending upon whether the issuer is a corporation, a government or government entity, whether the particular security has a priority over other obligations of the issuer in payment of principal and interest and whether it has any collateral backing or credit enhancement. Credit risk may change over the term of a fixed income investment. U.S. government securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk depending upon whether the securities are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States, supported by the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, supported only by the credit of the issuing U.S. government agency, instrumentality, or corporation, or otherwise supported by the United States. For example, issuers of many types of U.S. government securities (e.g., the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), and Federal Home Loan Banks), although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by Congressional appropriations and their fixed income securities, including mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, are neither guaranteed nor insured by the U.S. government. These securities are subject to more credit risk than U.S. government securities that are supported by the full faith and credit of the United States (e.g., U.S. Treasury bonds). Investments in sovereign or quasi-sovereign debt involve the risk that the governmental entities responsible for repayment may be unable or unwilling to pay interest and repay principal when due. A governmental entity’s ability and willingness to pay interest and repay principal in a timely manner may be affected by a variety of factors, including its cash flow, the size of its reserves, its access to foreign exchange, the relative size of its debt service burden to its economy as a whole, and political constraints. Investments in quasi-sovereign issuers are subject to the additional risk that the issuer may default independently of its sovereign. Sovereign debt risk is greater for fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by emerging countries.

In many cases, the credit risk and market price of a fixed income investment are reflected in its credit ratings, and a Fund holding a rated investment is subject to the risk that the investment’s rating will be downgraded, resulting in a decrease in the market price of the fixed income investment.

Securities issued by the U.S. government historically have presented minimal credit risk. However, events in 2011 led to a downgrade in the long-term credit rating of U.S. bonds by several major rating agencies and introduced greater uncertainty about the repayment by the United States of its obligations. A further credit rating downgrade could decrease, and a default in the payment of principal or interest on U.S. government securities would decrease the market price of a Fund’s investments and increase the volatility of a Fund’s portfolio.

As described under “Market Risk — Asset-Backed Securities,” asset-backed securities may be backed by many types of assets and their payment of interest and repayment of principal largely depend on the cash flows generated by the assets backing them. The

 

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credit risk of a particular asset-backed security depends on many factors, as described under “Market Risk — Asset-Backed Securities.” The obligations of issuers also may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors.

A Fund also is exposed to credit risk on a reference security to the extent it writes protection under credit default swaps. See “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk” for more information regarding risks associated with the use of credit default swaps.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes in response to a credit event depends on many factors and can be difficult to predict. For example, even though the effective duration of a long-term floating rate security is very short, an adverse credit event or change in the perceived creditworthiness of its issuer could cause its market price to decline much more than its effective duration would suggest.

Credit risk is particularly pronounced for below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”). The sovereign debt of many non-U.S. governments, including their sub-divisions and instrumentalities, is below investment grade. Many asset-backed securities also are below investment grade. Below investment grade investments have speculative characteristics, often are less liquid than higher quality investments, present a greater risk of default and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse industry conditions. Investments in distressed or defaulted or other low quality debt investments generally are considered speculative and may involve substantial risks not normally associated with investments in higher quality investments, including adverse business, financial or economic conditions that lead to payment defaults and insolvency proceedings on the part of their issuers. In particular, distressed or defaulted obligations might be repaid, if at all, only after lengthy workout or bankruptcy proceedings, during which the issuer does not make any interest or other payments and a Fund incurs additional expenses in seeking recovery. If GMO’s assessment of the eventual recovery value of a distressed or defaulted debt investment proves incorrect, a Fund may lose a substantial portion or all of its investment or may be required to accept cash or instruments worth less than its original investment. In the event of default of sovereign debt, the Funds may be unable to pursue legal action against the issuer.

• CURRENCY RISK. Currency risk is the risk that fluctuations in exchange rates will adversely affect the market value of a Fund’s investments. Currency risk includes the risk that the currencies in which a Fund’s investments are traded, in which a Fund receives income, or in which a Fund has taken a position will decline in value. Currency risk also includes the risk that the currency to which the Fund has obtained exposure through hedging declines in value relative to the currency being hedged, in which event the Fund may realize a loss on both the hedging instrument and the currency being hedged. Currency exchange rates can fluctuate significantly for many reasons. See “Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risk.”

Many of the Funds use derivatives to take currency positions that are under- or over-weighted (in some cases significantly) relative to the currency exposure of their portfolios and their benchmarks. If the exchange rates of the currencies involved do not move as expected, a Fund could lose money on both its holdings of a particular currency and the derivative. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk.”

Some currencies are illiquid (e.g., some emerging country currencies), and a Fund may not be able to convert them into U.S. dollars, in which case a Fund may have to purchase U.S. dollars at an unfavorable exchange rate. Exchange rates for many currencies (e.g., some emerging country currencies) are affected by exchange control regulations.

Derivative transactions in foreign currencies (such as futures, forwards, options and swaps) may involve leveraging risk in addition to currency risk, as described under “Leveraging Risk.” In addition, the obligations of counterparties in currency derivative transactions are often not secured by collateral, which increases counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”).

• DERIVATIVES AND SHORT SALES RISK. All of the Funds may invest in derivatives, which are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, such as securities, commodities or currencies, reference rates, such as interest rates, currency exchange rates, or inflation rates, or indices. Derivatives involve the risk that their value may not change as expected relative to changes in the value of the assets, rates, or indices they are designed to track. Derivatives include futures contracts, forward contracts, foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, contracts for differences, options on securities and indices, options on futures contracts, options on swap contracts, interest rate caps, floors and collars, reverse repurchase agreements, and other OTC contracts.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. In particular, a Fund’s use of OTC derivatives exposes it to the risk that the counterparties will be unable

 

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or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor their obligations. An OTC derivatives contract typically can be closed, or the position transferred, only with the consent of the other party to the contract. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund will still have contractual remedies but may not be able to enforce them. Because the contract for each OTC derivative is individually negotiated, the counterparty may interpret contractual terms (e.g., the definition of default) differently than the Fund, and if it does, the Fund may decide not to pursue its claims against the counterparty to avoid the cost and unpredictability of legal proceedings. The Fund, therefore, may be unable to obtain payments GMO believes are owed to it under OTC derivatives contracts, or those payments may be delayed or made only after the Fund has incurred the cost of litigation.

A Fund may invest in derivatives that (i) do not require the counterparty to post collateral (e.g., foreign currency forwards), (ii) require collateral but that do not provide for the Fund’s security interest in it to be perfected, (iii) require a significant upfront deposit by the Fund unrelated to the derivative’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, or (iv) do not require that collateral be regularly marked-to-market. When a counterparty’s obligations are not fully secured by collateral, a Fund runs a greater risk of not being able to recover what it is owed if the counterparty defaults. Even when derivatives are required by contract to be collateralized, a Fund typically will not receive the collateral for one or more days after the exposure arises.

Derivatives also present other risks described in this section, including market risk, illiquidity risk, currency risk, credit risk, and counterparty risk.

Many derivatives, in particular OTC derivatives, are complex and their valuation often requires modeling and judgment, which increases the risk of mispricing or improper valuation. The pricing models used may not produce valuations that are consistent with the values a Fund realizes when it closes or sells an OTC derivative. Valuation risk is more pronounced when a Fund enters into OTC derivatives with specialized terms because the value of those derivatives in some cases is determined only by reference to similar derivatives with more standardized terms. As a result, incorrect valuations may result in increased cash payments to counterparties, under-collateralization and/or errors in the calculation of a Fund’s net asset value.

A Fund’s use of derivatives may not be effective or have the desired results. Moreover, suitable derivatives will not be available in all circumstances. For example, the cost of taking some derivative positions may be prohibitive, and if a counterparty or its affiliate is deemed to be an affiliate of a Fund, the Funds will not be permitted to trade with that counterparty.

Swap contracts and other OTC derivatives are highly susceptible to illiquidity risk (see “Illiquidity Risk”) and counterparty risk (see “Counterparty Risk”). These derivatives are also subject to documentation risk, which is the risk that ambiguities, inconsistencies or errors in the documentation relating to a derivative transaction may lead to a dispute with the counterparty or unintended investment results. In addition, see “Commodities Risk” for a discussion of risks specific to commodity-related derivatives. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish and/or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. See “Leveraging Risk.”

A Fund’s use of derivatives may be subject to special tax rules and could generate additional taxable income for shareholders. In addition, the tax treatment of a Fund’s use of derivatives will sometimes be unclear. In addition, the SEC has proposed a rule under the 1940 Act, regulating the use by registered investment companies of derivatives and many related instruments. That rule, if adopted as proposed, would, among other things, restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions or so increase the cost of derivatives transactions that a Fund would be unable to implement its investment strategy.

Derivatives Regulation. The U.S. government has enacted legislation that provides for new regulation of the derivatives market, including clearing, margin, reporting, and registration requirements. The European Union (and some other countries) have adopted similar requirements, which affect a Fund when it enters into a derivatives transaction with a counterparty subject to those requirements. Because these requirements are new and evolving (and some of the rules are not yet final), their impact on the Funds remains unclear.

Transactions in some types of swaps (including interest rate swaps and credit default swaps on North American and European indices) are required to be centrally cleared. In a transaction involving those swaps (“cleared derivatives”), a Fund’s counterparty is a clearing house, rather than a bank or broker. Since the Funds are not members of clearing houses and only members of a clearing house (“clearing members”) can participate directly in the clearing house, the Funds hold cleared derivatives through accounts at clearing members. In cleared derivatives positions, the Funds make payments (including margin payments) to and receive payments from a

 

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clearing house through their accounts at clearing members. Clearing members guarantee performance of their clients’ obligations to the clearing house.

In some ways, cleared derivative arrangements are less favorable to mutual funds than bilateral arrangements, for example, by requiring that funds provide more margin for their cleared derivatives positions. Also, as a general matter, in contrast to a bilateral derivatives position, following a period of notice to a Fund, a clearing member at any time can require termination of an existing cleared derivatives position or an increase in the margin required at the outset of a transaction. Clearing houses also have broad rights to increase the margin required for existing positions or to terminate those positions at any time. Any increase in margin requirements or termination of existing cleared derivatives positions by the clearing member or the clearing house could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Further, any increase in margin requirements by a clearing member could expose a Fund to greater credit risk to its clearing member because margin for cleared derivatives positions in excess of a clearing house’s margin requirements typically is held by the clearing member (see “Counterparty Risk”). Also, a Fund is subject to risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. While the documentation in place between the Funds and their clearing members generally provides that the clearing members will accept for clearing all cleared derivatives transactions that are within credit limits (specified in advance) for each Fund, the Funds are still subject to the risk that no clearing member will be willing or able to clear a transaction. In those cases, the position might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of the position, including loss of an increase in the value of the position and loss of hedging protection. In addition, the documentation governing the relationship between the Funds and clearing members is drafted by the clearing members and generally is less favorable to the Funds than the documentation for typical bilateral derivatives. For example, documentation relating to cleared derivatives generally includes a one-way indemnity by the Funds in favor of the clearing member for losses the clearing member incurs as the Funds’ clearing member. Also, such documentation typically does not provide the Funds any remedies if the clearing member defaults or becomes insolvent. While futures contracts entail similar risks, the risks may be more pronounced for cleared derivatives due to their more limited liquidity and market history.

Some types of cleared derivatives are required to be executed on an exchange or on a swap execution facility. A swap execution facility is a trading platform where multiple market participants can execute derivatives by accepting bids and offers made by multiple other participants in the platform. While this execution requirement is designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the cleared derivatives market, trading on a swap execution facility can create additional costs and risks for the Funds. For example, swap execution facilities typically charge fees, and if a Fund executes derivatives on a swap execution facility through a broker intermediary, the intermediary may impose fees as well. Also, a Fund may be required to indemnify a swap execution facility, or a broker intermediary who executes cleared derivatives on a swap execution facility on the Fund’s behalf, against any losses or costs that may be incurred as a result of the Fund’s transactions on the swap execution facility.

If a Fund wishes to execute a package of transactions that include a swap that is required to be executed on a swap execution facility as well as other transactions (for example, a transaction that includes both a security and an interest rate swap that hedges interest rate exposure with respect to such security), the Fund may be unable to execute all components of the package on the swap execution facility. In that case, the Fund would need to trade some components of the package on the swap execution facility and other components in another manner, which could subject the Fund to the risk that some components would be executed successfully and others would not, or that the components would be executed at different times, leaving the Fund with an unhedged position for a period of time.

The U.S. government and the European Union have adopted mandatory minimum margin requirements for bilateral derivatives. New variation margin requirements became effective in March 2017 and new initial margin requirements will become effective in 2020. Such requirements could increase the amount of margin a Fund needs to provide in connection with its derivatives transactions and, therefore, make derivatives transactions more expensive.

These and other new rules and regulations could, among other things, further restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in, or increase the cost to the Fund of, derivatives transactions, for example, by making some types of derivatives no longer available to the Fund or otherwise limiting liquidity. The implementation of the clearing requirement has increased the cost of derivatives transactions for the Funds, since the Funds have to pay fees to their clearing members and are typically required to post more margin for cleared derivatives than they historically posted for bilateral derivatives. The cost of derivatives transactions is expected to increase further as clearing members raise their fees to cover the cost of additional capital requirements and other regulatory changes applicable to the

 

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clearing members. These rules and regulations are new and evolving, and, therefore, their potential impact on the Funds and the financial system are not yet known. While the new rules and regulations and central clearing of some derivatives transactions are designed to reduce systemic risk (i.e., the risk that the interdependence of large derivatives dealers could cause them to suffer liquidity, solvency or other challenges simultaneously), there is no assurance that they will achieve that result, and in the meantime, as noted above, central clearing and related requirements expose the Funds to new kinds of costs and risks.

Options. Some Funds are permitted to write options. The market price of an option is affected by many factors, including changes in the market prices or dividend rates of underlying securities (or in the case of indices, the securities in such indices); the time remaining before expiration; changes in interest rates or exchange rates; and changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the relevant stock market and underlying securities. The market price of an option also may be adversely affected if the market for the option becomes less liquid. In addition, since an American-style option allows the holder to exercise its rights any time before the option’s expiration, the writer of an American-style option has no control over when it will be required to fulfill its obligations as a writer of the option. (The writer of a European-style option is not subject to this risk because the holder may only exercise the option on its expiration date.) If a Fund writes a call option and does not hold the underlying security or instrument, the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited.

National securities exchanges generally have established limits on the maximum number of options an investor or group of investors acting in concert may write. A Fund, GMO, and other funds advised by GMO likely constitute such a group. When applicable, these limits restrict a Fund’s ability to purchase or write options on a particular security.

Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options (i.e., options not traded on exchanges) generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. While a Fund has greater flexibility to tailor an OTC option, OTC options generally expose a Fund to greater credit risk than exchange-traded options, which are guaranteed by the clearing organization of the exchanges where they are traded. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary market risks.

Special tax rules apply to a Fund’s transactions in options, which could increase the taxes payable by shareholders subject to U.S. income taxation. In particular, a Fund’s options transactions potentially could cause a substantial portion of the Fund’s distributions to be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. See the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for more information.

Short Investment Exposure. Some Funds may sell securities or currencies short as part of their investment programs in an attempt to increase their returns or for hedging purposes. Short sales expose a Fund to the risk that it will be required to acquire, convert, or exchange a security or currency to replace the borrowed security or currency when the security or currency sold short has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. Purchasing a security or currency to close out a short position can itself cause the price of the security or currency to rise further, thereby exacerbating any losses. A Fund that sells short a security or currency it does not own typically pays borrowing fees to a broker and is required to pay the broker any dividends or interest it receives on a borrowed security.

A Fund also may create short investment exposure by taking a derivative position in which the value of the derivative moves in the opposite direction from the price of an underlying investment, pool of investments, index or currency.

Short sales of securities or currencies a Fund does not own and “short” derivative positions involve forms of investment leverage, and the amount of the Fund’s potential loss is theoretically unlimited. A Fund is subject to increased leveraging risk and other investment risks described in this “Investment and other risks” section to the extent it sells short securities or currencies it does not own or takes “short” derivative positions.

• FOCUSED INVESTMENT RISK. Funds with investments that are focused in particular countries, regions, sectors, industries or issuers that are subject to the same or similar risk factors and funds with investments whose prices are closely correlated are subject to greater overall risk than funds with investments that are more diversified or whose prices are not as closely correlated.

A Fund that invests in the securities of a small number of issuers has greater exposure to adverse developments affecting those issuers and to a decline in the market price of those issuers’ securities than Funds investing in the securities of a larger number of issuers. Securities, sectors, or companies that share common characteristics are often subject to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and often react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments.

 

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Similarly, Funds having a significant portion of their assets in investments tied economically (or related) to a particular geographic region, country (e.g., Taiwan or Japan), or market (e.g., emerging markets), or to sectors within a region, country, or market (e.g., Russian oil) have more exposure to regional and country economic risks than funds making investments throughout the world. The political and economic prospects of one country or group of countries within the same geographic region may affect other countries in that region, and a recession, debt crisis or decline in the value of the currency of one country can spread to other countries. Furthermore, companies in a particular geographic region or country are vulnerable to events affecting other companies in that region or country because they often share common characteristics, are exposed to similar business risks and regulatory burdens, and react similarly to specific economic, market, political or other developments. See also “Non-U.S. Investment Risk”.

• FUND OF FUNDS RISK. Funds that invest in Underlying Funds (including underlying GMO Funds) or in a wholly-owned subsidiary are exposed to the risk that the Underlying Funds or wholly-owned subsidiary will not perform as expected. The Funds also are indirectly exposed to all of the risks to which the Underlying Funds or a wholly-owned subsidiary are exposed.

Absent reimbursement, a Fund bears the fees and expenses of an Underlying Fund (including purchase premiums and redemption fees, if any) and the expenses of a wholly-owned subsidiary in which it invests, and the Fund will incur additional expenses when investing in an Underlying Fund or wholly-owned subsidiary. In addition, total Fund expenses will increase if a Fund makes a new or further investment in Underlying Funds with higher fees or expenses than the average fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds then in the Fund’s portfolio.

Because some underlying GMO Funds invest a substantial portion of their assets in other GMO Funds (pursuant to an exemptive order obtained from the SEC), the Asset Allocation Funds have more tiers of investments than funds in many other mutual fund groups and therefore may be subject to greater fund of funds risk. In addition, to the extent a Fund invests in shares of underlying GMO Funds, it is indirectly subject to Large Shareholder Risk because those underlying GMO Funds are more likely to have large shareholders (e.g., other GMO Funds). See “Large Shareholder Risk.”

At any particular time, one Underlying Fund may be purchasing securities of an issuer whose securities are being sold by another Underlying Fund, resulting in a Fund that holds each Underlying Fund indirectly incurring the costs associated with the two transactions without changing its exposure to those securities.

Investments in ETFs involve the risk that an ETF’s performance may not track the performance of the index it is designed to track. In addition, ETFs often use derivatives to track the performance of an index, and, therefore, investments in those ETFs are subject to the same derivatives risks discussed in “Derivatives and Short Sales Risk.”

A Fund’s investments in one or more Underlying Funds or a wholly-owned subsidiary could affect the amount, timing and character of its distributions and could cause the Fund to recognize taxable income in excess of the cash generated by such investments, requiring the Fund in turn to liquidate investments at disadvantageous times to generate cash needed to make required distributions.

• FUTURES CONTRACTS RISK. The risk of loss to a Fund resulting from its use of futures contracts is potentially unlimited. Futures markets are highly volatile, and the use of futures contracts may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value. A Fund’s ability to establish and close out positions in futures contracts is subject to the development and maintenance of a liquid secondary market. A liquid secondary market may not exist for any particular futures contract at any particular time, and a Fund might be unable to effect closing transactions to terminate its exposure to the contract. In using futures contracts, a Fund relies on GMO’s ability to predict market and price movements correctly. The skills needed to use futures contracts successfully are different from those needed for traditional portfolio management. If a Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it runs the risk that changes in the prices of the contracts may not correlate perfectly with changes in the securities, index, or other asset underlying the contracts or movements in the prices of the Fund’s investments that are the subject of the hedge.

A Fund typically will be required to post margin with its futures commission merchant in connection with its positions in futures contracts. If the Fund has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the Fund may have to sell other investments at disadvantageous times. A Fund may be delayed or prevented from recovering margin or other amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant or futures clearinghouse. For example, should the futures commission merchant become insolvent, a Fund may be unable to recover all (or any) of the margin it has posted with the futures commission merchant or realize the value of any increase in the price of its positions.

 

 

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) and the various exchanges have established limits (referred to as “speculative position limits”) on the maximum net long or net short positions that any person and certain affiliated entities may hold or control in a particular futures contract. In addition, an exchange may impose trading limits on the number of contracts that any person may trade on a particular day. An exchange may order the liquidation of positions found to be in violation of these limits, and it may impose sanctions or restrictions. In addition, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires the CFTC to establish speculative position limits on listed futures and economically equivalent OTC derivatives, which may adversely affect the market liquidity of the futures contracts, options, and economically equivalent derivatives in which a Fund invests. As a result of such limits, positions held by other GMO clients or by GMO or its affiliates may prevent GMO from taking positions on behalf of a Fund in a particular futures contract or OTC derivative.

Futures contracts traded on markets outside the United States generally are not subject to regulation by the CFTC or other U.S. regulators. U.S. regulators neither regulate the activities of a foreign exchange nor have the power to compel enforcement of the rules of the foreign exchange or the laws of the country in which the exchange is located. Margin and other payments made by a Fund in foreign countries may not have the same protections as payments in the United States. In addition, foreign futures contracts may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. contracts.

• ILLIQUIDITY RISK. Illiquidity risk is the risk that low trading volume, lack of a market maker, large position size, or legal restrictions (including daily price fluctuation limits or “circuit breakers”) limits, delays or prevents a Fund from selling particular securities or closing derivative positions at desirable prices. In addition to these risks, a Fund is exposed to illiquidity risk when it has an obligation to purchase particular securities (e.g., as a result of entering into reverse repurchase agreements, writing a put, or closing a short position). To the extent a Fund’s investments include asset-backed securities, distressed, defaulted or other low quality debt securities, emerging country debt securities, securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations or smaller total float adjusted market capitalizations, or emerging market securities, it is subject to increased illiquidity risk. These types of investments can be difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. Illiquidity risk also may be greater in times of financial stress. For example, Inflation-Protected Securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (“TIPS”) have experienced periods of greatly reduced liquidity during disruptions in fixed income markets, such as the events surrounding the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. Less liquid securities are more susceptible than other securities to price declines when market prices decline generally.

A Fund may buy securities that are less liquid than those in its benchmark. The degree to which a Fund’s securities are illiquid may affect the likelihood of its paying redemption proceeds in-kind.

In recent years, the credit markets have experienced periods characterized by a significant lack of liquidity, and they may experience similar periods in the future. A lack of liquidity could require a Fund to sell securities to satisfy collateral posting requirements and meet redemptions, which could, in turn, create downward price pressure on the securities being sold.

A Fund’s, and particularly Risk Premium Fund’s, ability to use options as part of its investment program depends on the liquidity of the options market. That market may not be liquid when a Fund seeks to close out an option position, and the hours of trading for options on an exchange may not conform to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities, significant price and rate movements can take place in the markets for those securities that are not immediately reflected in the options markets. If a Fund receives a redemption request and is unable to close out an option it has sold, the Fund may temporarily be leveraged in relation to its assets.

• LARGE SHAREHOLDER RISK. To the extent a large number of shares of a Fund is held by a single shareholder (e.g., an institutional investor or another GMO Fund) or a group of shareholders with a common investment strategy (e.g., GMO asset allocation accounts), the Fund is subject to the risk that a redemption by those shareholders of all or a large portion of their Fund shares will adversely affect the Fund’s performance by forcing the Fund to sell portfolio securities, potentially at disadvantageous prices, to raise the cash needed to satisfy the redemption request. In addition, the Funds and other accounts over which GMO has investment discretion that invest in the Funds are not limited in how often they may sell Fund shares. The Asset Allocation Funds and separate accounts managed by GMO for its clients hold substantial percentages of the outstanding shares of many Funds, and asset allocation decisions by GMO may result in substantial redemptions from (or investments in) those Funds. These transactions may adversely affect the Fund’s performance to the extent that the Fund is required to sell investments when it would not otherwise do so. Redemptions of a large number of shares also may increase transaction costs or, by necessitating a sale of portfolio securities, have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders. Further, from time to time a Fund may trade in anticipation of a purchase or

 

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redemption order that is not ultimately received or differs in size from the actual order, leading to temporary underexposure or overexposure to the Fund’s intended investment program. Additionally, redemptions and purchases of shares by a large shareholder or group of shareholders potentially limit the use of any capital loss carryforwards to offset future realized capital gains (if any) and other losses that would otherwise reduce distributable net investment income. In addition, large shareholders may limit or prevent a Fund’s use of equalization for U.S. federal tax purposes.

To the extent a Fund invests in other GMO Funds subject to large shareholder risk, the Fund is indirectly subject to this risk.

• LEVERAGING RISK. The use of traditional borrowing (including to meet redemption requests), reverse repurchase agreements and other derivatives and securities lending creates leverage (i.e., a Fund’s investment exposures exceed its net asset value). Leverage increases a Fund’s losses when the value of its investments (including derivatives) declines. Because many derivatives have a leverage component (i.e., a notional value in excess of the assets needed to establish or maintain the derivative position), adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, rate or index may result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. In the case of swaps, the risk of loss generally is related to a notional principal amount, even if the parties have not made any initial investment. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Similarly, a Fund’s portfolio also will be leveraged if it exercises its right to delay payment on a redemption and can result in losses if the value of the Fund’s assets changes between the time a redemption request is received or deemed to be received by a Fund (which in some cases may be the business day prior to actual receipt of the transaction activity by the Fund) and the time at which the Fund liquidates assets to meet redemption requests. Such a change in the value of a Fund’s assets is more likely in the case of Funds managed from GMO’s non-U.S. offices for which the time period between the NAV determination and corresponding liquidation of assets could be longer due to time zone differences and market schedules. In the case of redemptions representing a significant portion of a Fund’s portfolio, the leverage effects described above can be significant and could expose a Fund and non-redeeming shareholders to material losses.

A Fund may manage some of its derivative positions by offsetting derivative positions against one another or against other assets. To the extent offsetting positions do not behave in relation to one another as expected, a Fund may perform as if it were leveraged.

Some Funds are permitted to purchase securities on margin or to sell securities short, either of which creates leverage. To the extent the market prices of securities pledged to counterparties to secure a Fund’s margin account or short sale decline, the Fund may be required to deposit additional funds with the counterparty or have the pledged securities liquidated to compensate for the decline.

• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL RISK. Each Fund is subject to management risk because it relies on GMO to achieve its investment objective. Each Fund runs the risk that GMO’s investment techniques will fail to produce desired results and may cause the Fund to incur significant losses. GMO also may fail to use derivatives effectively, choosing to hedge or not to hedge positions at disadvantageous times.

For many Funds, GMO uses quantitative models as part of its investment process. GMO’s models may not accurately predict future market events. In addition, they use assumptions that can limit their effectiveness, and they rely on data that is subject to limitations (e.g., inaccuracies, staleness) that could adversely affect their predictive value. The Funds also run the risk that GMO’s assessment of an investment (including a company’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value) is wrong.

GMO relies heavily on quantitative models in making investment decisions for SGM Major Markets Fund. The usefulness of GMO’s models may be diminished by the faulty incorporation of mathematical models into computer code, by reliance on proprietary and third-party technology that includes errors, omissions, bugs, or viruses, and by the retrieval of limited or imperfect data for processing by the model. These risks are present in the ordinary course of business and are more likely to occur when GMO is making changes to its models. Any of these risks could adversely affect a Fund’s performance.

There can be no assurance that key GMO personnel will continue to be employed by GMO. The loss of their services could have an adverse impact on GMO’s ability to achieve the Funds’ investment objectives.

The Funds also are subject to a risk of loss resulting from other services provided by GMO and other service providers, including pricing, administrative, accounting, tax, legal, custody, transfer agency, and other services. Operational risk includes the possibility of loss caused by inadequate procedures and controls, human error, and system failures by a service provider. For example, trading delays or errors could prevent a Fund from benefiting from potential investment gains or avoiding losses. In addition, a service

 

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provider may be unable to provide a net asset value (“NAV”) for a Fund or share class on a timely basis. GMO is not contractually liable to the Funds for losses associated with operational risk absent its willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of its contractual obligations to provide services to the Funds. Other Fund service providers also have contractual limitations on their liability to the Funds for losses resulting from their errors.

The Funds and their service providers (including GMO) are susceptible to cyber-attacks and to technological malfunctions that may have effects similar to those of a cyber-attack. Cyber-attacks include, among others, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, preventing legitimate users from accessing information or services on a website, releasing confidential information without authorization, and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, a Fund, GMO, a sub-adviser, or a custodian, transfer agent, or other service provider may adversely affect the Fund or its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, affect a Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, cause the release or misappropriation of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and additional compliance costs. While GMO has established business continuity plans and systems designed to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks, such plans and systems are subject to inherent limitations. Similar types of cyber security risks also are present for issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and a decline in the market price of their securities. Furthermore, as a result of cyber-attacks, technological disruptions, malfunctions, or failures, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or the entire market, which may result in the Funds being unable, among other things, to buy or sell securities or accurately price their investments. The Funds cannot directly control cyber security plans and systems put in place by their service providers, the Funds’ counterparties, issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, or securities markets and exchanges.

• MARKET DISRUPTION AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK. The Funds are subject to the risk that geopolitical and other events (e.g., wars and terrorism) will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets, thereby decreasing the value of the Funds’ investments. Sudden or significant changes in the supply or prices of commodities or other economic inputs (e.g., the marked decline in oil prices that began in late 2014) may have material and unexpected effects on both global securities markets and individual countries, regions, sectors, companies, or industries, which could significantly reduce the value of a Fund’s investments. Terrorism in the United States and around the world has increased geopolitical risk. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 resulted in the closure of some U.S. securities markets for four days, and similar attacks are possible in the future. Securities markets may be susceptible to market manipulation or other fraudulent trading practices, which could disrupt their orderly functioning or reduce the prices of securities traded on them, including securities held by the Funds. Fraud and other deceptive practices committed by a company whose securities are held by a Fund undermine GMO’s due diligence efforts and, when discovered, will likely cause a steep decline in the market price of those securities and thus negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments. In addition, when discovered, financial fraud may contribute to overall market volatility, which can negatively affect a Fund’s investment program as well as the rates or indices underlying a Fund’s investments.

While the U.S. government has always honored its credit obligations, a default by the U.S. government (as has been threatened in recent years) would be highly disruptive to the U.S. and global securities markets and could significantly reduce the value of the Funds’ investments. Similarly, political events within the United States at times have resulted, and may in the future result, in a shutdown of government services, which could adversely affect the U.S. economy, decrease the value of many Fund investments, and increase uncertainty in or impair the operation of the U.S. or other securities markets. Uncertainty surrounding the sovereign debt of several European Union countries, as well as the continued existence of the European Union itself, has disrupted and may continue to disrupt markets in the United States and around the world. If a country changes its currency or if the European Union dissolves, the world’s securities markets likely will be significantly disrupted. In June 2016, the United Kingdom approved a referendum to leave the European Union (commonly known as “Brexit”). A significant degree of uncertainty exists about the time frame for Brexit and whether it will have a negative impact on the United Kingdom, the European Union and/or the broader global economy.

War, terrorism, economic uncertainty, and related geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. Likewise, natural and environmental disasters, such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in early 2011, and systemic market dislocations of the kind surrounding the insolvency of Lehman Brothers in 2008, if repeated, would be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely affecting individual companies and industries, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Funds’ investments. During such market disruptions, the Funds’ exposure to the risks described

 

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elsewhere in this “Investment and other risks” section will likely increase. Market disruptions, including sudden government interventions, can also prevent the Funds from implementing their investment programs and achieving their investment objectives. For example, a market disruption may adversely affect the orderly functioning of the securities markets and may cause the Funds’ derivatives counterparties to discontinue offering derivatives on some underlying commodities, securities, reference rates, or indices, or to offer them on a more limited basis. To the extent a Fund has focused its investments in the stock index of a particular region, adverse geopolitical and other events in that region could have a disproportionate impact on the Fund.

• MARKET RISK. All of the Funds are subject to market risk, which is the risk that the market price of their holdings will decline. Market risks include:

Asset-Backed Securities — Investments in asset-backed securities not only are subject to all of the market risks described under “Market Risk – Fixed Income,” but to other market risks as well.

Asset-backed securities are often exposed to greater risk of severe credit downgrades, illiquidity, and defaults than many other types of fixed income investments. These risks are particularly acute during periods of adverse market conditions, such as those that occurred in 2008.

As described under “Market Risk — Fixed Income” the market price of fixed income investments with complex structures, such as asset-backed securities, can decline due to a variety of factors, including market uncertainty about their credit quality and the reliability of their payment streams. Payment of interest on asset-backed securities and repayment of principal largely depend on the cash flow generated by the assets backing the securities, as well as the deal structure (e.g., the amount of underlying assets or other support available to produce the cash flows necessary to service interest and make principal payments), the quality of the underlying assets, the level of credit support and the credit quality of the credit-support provider, if any, and the reliability of various other service providers with access to the payment stream. A problem in any one of these factors can lead to a reduction in the payment stream GMO expected a Fund to receive at the time the Fund purchased the asset-backed security. Asset-backed securities involve risk of loss of principal if obligors of the underlying obligations default and the value of the defaulted obligations exceeds whatever credit support the securities have. Asset-backed securities backed by sub-prime mortgage loans, in particular, expose a Fund to potentially greater declines in value due to defaults because sub-prime mortgage loans are typically made to less creditworthy borrowers and thus have a higher risk of default than conventional mortgage loans. The obligations of issuers (and obligors of asset-backed securities) also are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors. As of the date of this report, many asset-backed securities owned by the Funds that were once rated investment grade are now rated below investment grade. See “Credit Risk” for more information about credit risk.

With the deterioration of worldwide economic and liquidity conditions that became acute in 2008, the markets for asset-backed securities became fractured, and uncertainty about the creditworthiness of those securities (and underlying assets) caused credit spreads (the difference between yields on asset-backed securities and U.S. Government securities) to widen dramatically. Concurrently, systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and subsequent market disruptions reduced the ability of financial institutions to make markets in many fixed income securities. These events reduced liquidity and contributed to substantial declines in the market prices of asset-backed and other fixed income securities and may occur again. Also, government actions and proposals affecting the terms of underlying home and consumer loans, changes in demand for products (e.g., automobiles) financed by those loans, and the inability of borrowers to refinance existing loans (e.g., sub-prime mortgages) have had, and may continue to have, adverse valuation and liquidity effects on asset-backed securities.

The market price of an asset-backed security depends in part on the servicing of its underlying assets and is, therefore, subject to risks associated with the negligence or defalcation of its servicer. In some circumstances, the mishandling of documentation for underlying assets also will affect the rights of holders of those underlying assets. The insolvency of a servicer is likely to result in a decline in the market price of the securities it is servicing, as well as costs and delays. The obligations underlying asset-backed securities, in particular securities backed by pools of residential and commercial mortgages, also are subject to unscheduled prepayment, and a Fund may be unable to invest prepayments at as high a yield as was provided by the asset-backed security. When interest rates rise, the obligations underlying asset-backed securities may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and the market price of those securities may decrease.

The existence of insurance on an asset-backed security does not guarantee that the principal and interest will be paid because the insurer could default on its obligations.

 

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The risk of investing in asset-backed securities has increased since the deterioration in worldwide economic and liquidity conditions referred to above because performance of the various sectors in which the assets underlying asset-backed securities are concentrated (e.g., auto loans, student loans, sub-prime mortgages, and credit card receivables) has become more highly correlated. See “Focused Investment Risk” for more information about risks of investing in correlated sectors. A single financial institution may serve as a servicer for many asset-backed securities. As a result, a disruption in that institution’s business may have a material impact on many investments.

Equities — Funds that invest in equities run the risk that the market price of an equity will decline. That decline may be attributable to factors affecting the issuer, such as poor performance by the issuer’s management or reduced demand for its goods or services, or to factors affecting a particular industry, such as a decline in demand, labor or raw material shortages, or increased production costs. A decline also may result from general market conditions not specifically related to a company or industry, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment generally. Equities generally have significant price volatility, and their market prices can decline in a rapid or unpredictable manner. If a Fund purchases an equity for what GMO believes is less than its fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value, the Fund runs the risk that the market price of the equity will not appreciate or will decline due to GMO’s incorrect assessment of the equity’s fundamental fair (or intrinsic) value. The market prices of equities trading at high multiples of current earnings often are more sensitive to changes in future earnings expectations than the market prices of equities trading at lower multiples.

To the extent a Fund invests in GMO Risk Premium Fund (“Risk Premium Fund”), the Fund is exposed to Risk Premium Fund’s market risk with respect to equities. Because of Risk Premium Fund’s emphasis on selling put options on stock indices, GMO expects its net asset value to decline when those indices decline in value. Also, Risk Premium Fund’s investment strategy of writing put options on stock indices can be expected to cause the Fund to underperform relative to those indices when the markets associated with those indices rise sharply because of the Fund’s lack of exposure to the upside of those markets.

Fixed Income — Funds that invest in fixed income investments (including bonds, notes, bills, synthetic debt instruments, and asset-backed securities) are subject to various market risks. The market price of a fixed income investment can decline due to market-related factors, including rising interest rates and widening credit spreads, or decreased liquidity stemming from the market’s uncertainty about the value of a fixed income investment (or class of fixed income investments). In addition, the market price of fixed income investments with complex structures, such as asset-backed securities, and sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt instruments, can decline due to uncertainty about their credit quality and the reliability of their payment streams. Some fixed income investments also are subject to unscheduled prepayment, and a Fund may be unable to invest prepayments at as high a yield as was provided by the fixed income investment. When interest rates rise, these investments also may be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and the market price of the Fund’s investment may decrease. During periods of economic uncertainty and change, the market price of a Fund’s investments in below investment grade investments (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) may be particularly volatile. Often below investment grade investments are subject to greater sensitivity to interest rate and economic changes than higher rated investments and can be more difficult to value, exposing a Fund to the risk that the price at which it sells them will be less than the price at which they were valued when held by the Fund. See “Credit Risk” and “Illiquidity Risk” for more information about these risks.

A risk run by each Fund with a significant investment in fixed income investments is that an increase in prevailing interest rates will cause the market price of those securities to decline. The risk associated with increases in interest rates (also called “interest rate risk”) is generally greater for Funds investing in fixed income investments with longer durations. In addition, in managing some Funds, GMO may seek to evaluate potential investments in part by considering the volatility of interest rates. The value of a Fund’s investments may be significantly reduced if GMO’s assessment proves incorrect.

The extent to which the market price of a fixed income investment changes with changes in interest rates is referred to as interest rate duration, which can be measured mathematically or empirically. A longer-maturity investment generally has longer interest rate duration because its fixed rate is locked in for a longer period of time. Floating-rate or adjustable-rate investments, however, generally have shorter interest rate durations because their interest rates are not fixed but rather float up and down as interest rates change. Conversely, inverse floating-rate investments have durations that move in the opposite direction from short-term interest rates and thus tend to underperform fixed rate investments when interest rates rise but outperform them when interest rates decline. Fixed income investments paying no interest, such as zero coupon and principal-only securities, are subject to additional interest rate risk.

The market price of inflation-indexed bonds (including TIPS) typically declines during periods of rising real interest rates (i.e., nominal interest rate minus inflation) and increases during periods of declining real interest rates. In some interest rate environments,

 

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such as when real interest rates are rising faster than nominal interest rates, the market price of inflation-indexed bonds may decline more than the price of non-inflation-indexed (or nominal) fixed income bonds with similar maturities.

Generally, when interest rates on short term U.S. Treasury obligations equal or approach zero, a Fund that invests a substantial portion of its assets in U.S. Treasury obligations, such as U.S. Treasury Fund, will have a negative return unless GMO waives or reduces its management fees.

Fixed income securities denominated in foreign currencies also are subject to currency risk. See “Currency Risk.”

In response to government intervention, economic or market developments, or other factors, markets for fixed income investments may experience periods of high volatility, reduced liquidity or both. During those periods, a Fund could have unusually high shareholder redemptions, requiring it to generate cash by selling portfolio assets when it would otherwise not do so, including at unfavorable prices. Fixed income investments may be difficult to value during such periods. In recent years, central banks and governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have kept interest rates historically low by purchasing bonds. Steps to curtail or “taper” such activities (such as recent indications from the U.S. Federal Reserve of its intent to do so) and other actions by central banks or regulators (such as intervention in foreign currency markets or currency controls) could have a material adverse effect on the Funds.

• MERGER ARBITRAGE RISK. Some Funds engage in transactions in which the Fund purchases securities at prices below the value of the consideration GMO expects the Fund to receive upon consummation of a proposed merger, exchange offer, tender offer, or other similar transaction (“merger arbitrage transactions”). The purchase price paid by the Fund may substantially exceed the market price of the securities before the announcement of the transaction.

If a Fund engages in merger arbitrage and the merger later appears unlikely to be consummated or, in fact, is not consummated or is delayed, the market price of the securities purchased by the Fund is likely to decline sharply, resulting in losses to the Fund. The risk/reward payout of merger arbitrage strategies typically is asymmetric, with the losses in failed transactions often far exceeding the gains in successful transactions. A proposed merger can fail to be consummated for many reasons, including regulatory and antitrust restrictions, industry weakness, company specific events, failed financings, and general market declines.

Merger arbitrage strategies are subject to the risk of overall market movements, and a Fund may experience losses even if a transaction is consummated. A Fund’s investments in derivatives or short sales of securities to hedge or otherwise adjust long or short investment exposure in connection with a merger arbitrage may not perform as GMO expected or may otherwise reduce the Fund’s gains or increase its losses. Also, a Fund may be unable to hedge against market fluctuations or other risks. In addition, a Fund may sell securities short when GMO expects the Fund to receive the securities upon consummation of a transaction; if the Fund does not actually receive the securities, the Fund will have an unintended “naked” short position and may be required to cover its short position at a time when the securities sold short have appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss. A Fund’s merger arbitrage transactions could result in tax inefficiencies, including greater distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains than otherwise would be the case.

• NON-DIVERSIFIED FUNDS. Some of the Funds are not “diversified” investment companies within the meaning of the 1940 Act. This means they are allowed to invest in the securities of relatively few issuers. As a result, they may be subject to greater credit, market and other risks, and poor performance by a single issuer may have a greater impact on their performance, than if they were “diversified.”

In addition, each of the Funds may invest a portion of its assets in shares of one or more other GMO Funds that are not diversified investment companies under the 1940 Act. Each of the Funds may invest without limitation in GMO Funds that are not diversified.

• NON-U.S. INVESTMENT RISK. Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities are subject to more risks than Funds that invest only in U.S. securities. Many non-U.S. securities markets include securities of only a small number of companies in a small number of industries. As a result, the market prices of securities traded on those markets often fluctuate more than those of U.S. securities. In addition, issuers of non-U.S. securities often are not subject to as much regulation as U.S. issuers, and the reporting, accounting, custody, and auditing standards to which those issuers are subject differ, in some cases significantly, from U.S. standards. Transactions in non-U.S. securities generally involve higher commission rates, transfer taxes and custodial costs. In addition, some countries limit a Fund’s ability to profit from short-term trading (as defined in that country).

 

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A Fund may be subject to non-U.S. taxation, including potentially on a retroactive basis, on (i) capital gains it realizes or dividends, interest, or other amounts it realizes or accrues in respect of non-U.S. investments; (ii) transactions in those investments; and (iii) repatriation of proceeds generated from the sale or other disposition of those investments. A Fund may seek a refund of taxes paid, but its efforts may not be successful, in which case the Fund will have incurred additional expenses for no benefit. A Fund’s pursuit of such refunds may subject a Fund to various administrative and/or judicial proceedings. A Fund’s decision to seek a refund is in its sole discretion, and, particularly in light of the cost involved, it may decide not to seek a refund, even if it is entitled to one. The outcome of a Fund’s efforts to obtain a refund is inherently unpredictable. Accordingly, a refund is not typically reflected in a Fund’s net asset value until it is received or until GMO is confident that the refund will be received. In some cases, the amount of a refund could be material to a Fund’s net asset value. Absent a determination that a refund is collectible and free from significant contingencies, a refund is not reflected in a Fund’s net asset value. See “Taxes, Non-U.S. Taxes” in the GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information for additional information. For information on possible special Australian tax consequences of an investment in the Funds, see the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Investing in non-U.S. securities also exposes a Fund to the risk of nationalization, expropriation, or confiscatory taxation of assets of their issuers, government involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises), adverse changes in investment regulations, capital requirements or exchange controls (which may include suspension of the ability to transfer currency from a country), and adverse political and diplomatic developments, including the imposition of economic sanctions.

In some non-U.S. securities markets, custody arrangements for securities provide significantly less protection than custody arrangements in U.S. securities markets, and prevailing custody and trade settlement practices (e.g., the requirement to pay for securities prior to receipt) expose a Fund to credit and other risks it does not have in the United States. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates also affect the market prices of a Fund’s non-U.S. securities (see “Currency Risk”).

The Funds need a license to invest directly in many non-U.S. securities markets. These licenses are often subject to limitations, including maximum investment amounts. Once a license is obtained, a Fund’s ability to continue to invest directly is subject to the risk that the license will be terminated or suspended. If a license to invest in a particular market is terminated or suspended, to obtain exposure to that market the Fund will be required to purchase American Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, shares of other funds that are licensed to invest directly, or derivative instruments. The receipt of a non-U.S. license by one of GMO’s clients may preclude other clients, including a Fund, from obtaining a similar license and thus limits the Fund’s investment opportunities. In addition, the activities of a GMO client could cause the suspension or revocation of a Fund’s license and thereby limit the Fund’s investment opportunities.

Funds that invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers tied economically to emerging countries (or investments related to emerging markets) are subject to greater non-U.S. investment risk than Funds investing primarily in more developed non-U.S. countries (or markets). The risks of investing in those securities include: greater fluctuations in currency exchange rates; increased risk of default (by both government and private issuers); greater social, economic, and political uncertainty and instability (including the risk of war or natural disaster); increased risk of nationalization, expropriation, or other confiscation of assets of issuers of securities in a Fund’s portfolio; greater governmental involvement in the economy or in the affairs of specific companies or industries (including wholly or partially state-owned enterprises); less governmental supervision and regulation of securities markets and participants in those markets; controls on investment, capital controls and limitations on repatriation of invested capital, dividends, interest and other income and on a Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; inability to purchase and sell investments or otherwise settle security or derivative transactions (i.e., a market freeze); unavailability of currency hedging techniques; differences in, or lack of, auditing and financial reporting standards and resulting unavailability of material information about issuers; slower clearance and settlement; difficulties in obtaining and enforcing legal judgments; and significantly smaller market capitalizations of issuers. In addition, the economies of emerging countries may depend predominantly on only a few industries or revenues from particular commodities.

• SMALL COMPANY RISK. Companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, lack the competitive strength of larger companies, have inexperienced managers or depend on a smaller group of key employees than larger companies. In addition, their securities often are less widely held and trade less frequently and in lesser quantities, and their market prices often fluctuate more, than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations. Market risk and illiquidity risk are particularly pronounced for securities of these companies.

 

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Temporary Defensive Positions. Temporary defensive positions are positions that are inconsistent with a Fund’s principal investment strategies and are taken in response to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions.

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, Benchmark-Free Fund and Implementation Fund may take temporary defensive positions if deemed prudent by GMO.

To the extent a Fund takes a temporary defensive position, or otherwise holds cash, cash equivalents, or high quality debt investments on a temporary basis, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

 

4. Derivative financial instruments

At February 28, 2018, only Alpha Only Fund, Benchmark-Free Fund, Implementation Fund, SGM Major Markets Fund and Special Opportunities Fund held derivative financial instruments directly. For a listing of derivative financial instruments, if any, held by the underlying funds, please refer to the underlying funds’ Schedule of Investments. The derivative information provided below only pertains to direct investments made by Alpha Only Fund, Benchmark-Free Fund, Implementation Fund, SGM Major Markets Fund and Special Opportunities Fund (or their respective wholly-owned subsidiary, if any).

Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of underlying assets, reference rates, or indices, that are used to increase, decrease or adjust elements of the investment exposures of a Fund’s portfolio. Derivatives may relate to securities, interest rates, currencies, currency exchange rates, inflation rates, commodities and indices, and include foreign currency contracts, swap contracts, reverse repurchase agreements, and other exchange-traded and OTC contracts.

Use of Derivatives by Alpha Only Fund and Special Opportunities Fund

Alpha Only Fund’s investment program involves having both long and short investment exposures. Alpha Only Fund seeks to construct a portfolio in which it has long investment exposure to asset classes and sub-asset classes that GMO expects will outperform relative to the asset classes and sub-asset classes to which it has short investment exposure.

The Funds may use derivatives to gain long investment exposure to securities or other assets. For example, a Fund may use derivatives instead of investing directly in equity securities, including using equity derivatives to maintain equity exposure when it holds cash by “equitizing” its cash balances using futures contracts or other types of derivatives. The Funds also may use currency derivatives (including forward currency contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts, and options) to gain exposure to a given currency. In addition, Special Opportunities Fund may use derivatives to gain investment exposure to commodities, including the use of exchange-traded futures and foreign exchange contracts to gain exposure to a range of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to reduce their investment exposures (which may result in a reduction below zero). A Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to reduce some aspect of the currency exposure in its portfolio. For these purposes, the Fund may use an instrument denominated in a different currency that GMO believes is highly correlated with the relevant currency.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to adjust elements of their investment exposures to various securities, sectors, markets, indices, and currencies (and in the case of Special Opportunities Fund, commodities) without actually having to sell existing investments or make new direct investments. For example, if a Fund holds a large proportion of stocks of companies in a particular sector and GMO believes that stocks of companies in another sector will outperform those stocks, the Fund might use a short futures contract on an appropriate index (to synthetically “sell” a portion of the Fund’s portfolio) in combination with a long futures contract on another index (to synthetically “buy” exposure to that index). In adjusting its investment exposures, a Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to adjust its currency exposure, seeking currency exposure that is different (in some cases, significantly different) from the currencies in which its equities are traded.

The Funds may use derivatives to effect transactions intended as substitutes for securities lending.

Special Opportunities Fund may have investment exposures in excess of its net assets (i.e., it may be leveraged). Alpha Only Fund is not limited in its use of derivatives or in the total notional value of its derivative positions. As a result of its derivative positions, Alpha Only Fund will typically have gross investment exposures in excess of its net assets (i.e., the Fund will be leveraged) and

 

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therefore is subject to heightened risk of loss. Alpha Only Fund’s performance can depend substantially, if not primarily, on the performance of assets or indices underlying its derivatives even though it does not own those assets or indices.

A Fund’s foreign currency exposure may differ significantly from the currencies in which its equities are traded.

Use of Derivatives by Benchmark-Free Fund and Implementation Fund

The Funds may use derivatives to gain long investment exposure to securities, commodities or other assets. For example, a Fund may use derivatives instead of investing directly in equity securities, including using equity derivatives to maintain equity exposure when it holds cash by “equitizing” its cash balances using futures contracts or other types of derivatives. The Funds also may use exchange-traded futures and forward foreign exchange contracts to gain exposure to a range of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets and may use currency derivatives (including forward currency contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts and options) to gain exposure to a given currency.

The Funds may use derivatives such as futures, related options, and swap contracts, in an attempt to reduce their investment exposures (which may result in a reduction below zero). For example, a Fund may use credit default swaps to take a short position with respect to the likelihood of default by an issuer or may use a bond futures contract to short the bond market of a particular country. A Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to reduce (which may result in a reduction below zero) some aspect of the currency exposure in its portfolio. For these purposes, the Funds may use an instrument denominated in a different currency that GMO believes is highly correlated with the relevant currency. Implementation Fund uses exchange-traded futures and forward contracts as an integral part of its investment program.

The Funds may use derivatives in an attempt to adjust elements of their investment exposures to individual commodities, various securities, sectors, markets, indices and currencies without actually having to sell existing investments or make new direct investments. For example, if a Fund holds a large proportion of a certain type of security or commodity and GMO believes that another security or commodity will outperform such security or commodity, the Fund might use a short futures contract on an appropriate index (to synthetically “sell” a portion of those stocks) in combination with a long futures contract on another index (to synthetically “buy” exposure to that index). Long and short swap contracts and contracts for differences also may be used for these purposes. Derivatives used to effect synthetic sales and purchases will generally be unwound as actual portfolio securities are sold and purchased. In adjusting investment exposures, each Fund also may use currency derivatives, seeking currency exposure that is different (in some cases, significantly different) from the currency exposure represented by its portfolio. Each Fund’s foreign currency exposure may differ significantly from the currency exposure represented by its investments.

The Funds may use derivatives to effect transactions intended as substitutes for securities lending.

Each of the Funds is not limited in its use of derivatives or in the total notional value of its derivative positions. As a result of their derivative positions, the Funds may have gross investment exposures in excess of their net assets (i.e., the Funds may be leveraged) and therefore are subject to heightened risk of loss. Each Fund’s performance can depend substantially, if not primarily, on the performance of assets or indices underlying its derivatives even though it does not own those assets or indices.

Use of Derivatives by SGM Major Markets Fund

The Fund invests in a range of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets using exchange traded futures and forward non-U.S. exchange contracts as well as making other investments.

The Fund may use derivatives to gain long and/or short investment exposure to global equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, or other assets. In particular, the Fund may use exchange traded futures and forward foreign exchange contracts to gain exposure to a range of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets. The Fund also may use currency derivatives (including forward currency contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts and options) to gain exposure to a given currency.

The Fund may use derivatives in an attempt to adjust its investment exposures. For example, the Fund may use credit default swaps to take a short position with respect to the likelihood of default by an issuer. The Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to reduce (which may result in a reduction below zero) some aspect of the currency exposure in its portfolio. For these purposes, the Fund may use an instrument denominated in a different currency that GMO believes is highly correlated with the relevant currency.

 

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The Fund may use derivatives, such as futures, related options, and swap contracts, in an attempt to adjust elements of its investment exposures to individual commodities, various securities, sectors, markets, indices and currencies without actually having to sell existing investments or make new direct investments. For example, if the Fund holds a large proportion of a certain type of security or commodity and GMO believes that another security or commodity will outperform such security or commodity, the Fund might use a short futures contract on an appropriate index (to synthetically “sell” a portion of the Fund’s portfolio) in combination with a long futures contract on another index (to synthetically “buy” exposure to that index). Long and short swap contracts and contracts for differences also may be used for these purposes. Derivatives used to effect synthetic sales and purchases will generally be unwound as actual portfolio securities are sold and purchased. In addition, the Fund may alter the interest rate exposure of debt instruments by employing interest rate swaps. Such a strategy is designed to maintain the Fund’s exposure to the credit of an issuer through the debt instrument but adjust the Fund’s interest rate exposure through the swap. With these swaps, the Fund and its counterparties exchange interest rate exposure, such as fixed versus variable rates and shorter duration versus longer duration exposure. In adjusting its investment exposure, the Fund also may use currency derivatives in an attempt to adjust its currency exposure, seeking currency exposure that is different (in some cases, significantly different) from the currencies in which its equities are traded.

The Fund is not limited in its use of derivatives or in the total notional value of its derivative positions. As a result of its derivative positions, the Fund will typically have gross investment exposures in excess of its net assets (i.e., the Fund will be leveraged) and therefore is subject to heightened risk of loss. The Fund’s performance can depend substantially, if not primarily, on the performance of assets or indices underlying its derivatives even though it does not own those assets or indices.

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Certain derivatives transactions that may be used by the Funds, including certain interest rate swaps and certain credit default index swaps, are required to be transacted through a central clearing organization. The Funds hold cleared derivatives transactions, if any, through clearing members, who are members of derivatives clearing houses. Certain other derivatives, including futures and certain options, are transacted on exchanges. The Funds hold exchange-traded derivatives through clearing brokers that are typically members of the exchanges. In contrast to bilateral derivatives transactions, following a period of advance notice to the Fund, clearing brokers generally can require termination of existing cleared or exchange-traded derivatives transactions at any time and increases in margin above the margin that it required at the beginning of a transaction. Clearing houses and exchanges also have broad rights to increase margin requirements for existing transactions and to terminate transactions. Any such increase or termination could interfere with the ability of a Fund to pursue its investment strategy. Also, a Fund is subject to execution risk if it enters into a derivatives transaction that is required to be cleared (or that GMO expects to be cleared), and no clearing member is willing or able to clear the transaction on the Fund’s behalf. In that case, the transaction might have to be terminated, and the Fund could lose some or all of the benefit of any increase in the value of the transaction after the time of the transaction.

The use of derivatives involves risks that are in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional assets. See “Investment and other risks” above for further information.

 

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For Funds that held derivatives during the year ended February 28, 2018, the following table shows how the Fund used these derivatives (marked with an X):

 

           
Type of Derivative and Objective for Use  

Alpha Only

Fund

    Benchmark-
Free Fund
    Consolidated
Implementation
Fund*
    Consolidated
SGM Major
Markets
Fund*
    Consolidated
Special
Opportunities
Fund*
 
Forward currency contracts                                        

Adjust currency exchange rate risk

                            X          

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

    X       X       X       X       X  

Manage against anticipated currency exchange rate changes

                    X                  
Futures contracts                                        

Adjust exposure to certain securities markets

            X       X       X          

Substitute for direct investment

                            X       X  

Adjust interest rate exposure

                    X       X          

Maintain the diversity and liquidity of the portfolio

            X       X       X          

Hedge some or all of the broad market exposure of the underlying funds and/or assets in which the Fund invests

    X                                  
Options (Purchased)                                        

Substitute for direct equity investment

                    X                  

Adjust currency exchange rate risk

                    X                  

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

                    X                  
Options (Written)                                        

Substitute for direct equity investment

                    X               X  

Adjust currency exchange rate risk

                    X                  

Adjust exposure to foreign currencies

                    X                  

Adjust interest rate exposure

                    X                  
Swap contracts                                        

Adjust interest rate exposure

            X       X                  

Substitute for direct investment in securities

                    X                  

Achieve exposure to a reference entity’s credit

                    X                  
Rights and/or warrants                                        

Received as a result of corporate actions

    X       X       X                  

 

  * Certain derivatives may be held by the Fund’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

Forward currency contracts

The Funds may enter into forward currency contracts, including forward cross currency contracts. A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date (or to pay or receive the amount of the change in relative values of the two currencies). The market price of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in forward currency exchange rates. The value of each of the Fund’s forward currency contracts is marked-to-market daily using rates supplied by a quotation service and changes in value are recorded by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Realized gains or losses on the contracts are equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was settled.

These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss. Forward currency contracts expose a Fund to the market risk of unfavorable movements in currency values and the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts. Most forward currency contracts are not collateralized. Forward currency contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

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Futures contracts

The Funds may purchase and sell futures contracts. A futures contract is a contract that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined delivery price at a specified time in the future. Some futures contracts are net (cash) settled. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit cash, U.S. government and agency obligations or other liquid assets with the futures clearing broker in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement price established at the close of business each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded (and if the futures are traded outside the U.S. and the market for such futures is closed prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, the values will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close). The value of each of the Fund’s futures contracts is marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (“variation margin”) is recorded by each Fund. The payable or receivable is settled on the following business day. Gains or losses are recognized but not accounted for as realized until the contracts expire or are closed. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin as recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Under some circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract can vary from the previous day’s settlement price, thereby effectively preventing liquidation of unfavorable positions. Futures contracts expose the Funds to the risk that they may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Futures contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Options

The Funds may purchase call and put options. A call option gives the holder the right to buy an asset; a put option gives the holder the right to sell an asset. “Quanto” options are cash-settled options in which the underlying asset (often an index) is denominated in a currency other than the currency in which the option is settled. By purchasing options a Fund alters its exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, entitling it to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the writer of the option and, in the case of a put option, entitling it to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the writer of the option. A Fund pays a premium for a purchased option. That premium, if any, which is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments, is subsequently reflected in the marked-to-market value of the option. The potential loss associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Purchased option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

The Funds may write (i.e., sell) call and put options on futures, swaps (“swaptions”), securities or currencies they own or in which they may invest. Writing options alters a Fund’s exposure to the underlying asset by, in the case of a call option, obligating that Fund to sell the underlying asset at a set price to the option-holder and, in the case of a put option, obligating that Fund to purchase the underlying asset at a set price from the option-holder. In some cases (e.g., index options), settlement will be in cash, based on a formula price. When a Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently included in the marked-to-market value of the option. As a writer of an option, a Fund has no control over whether it will be required to sell (call) or purchase (put) the underlying asset and as a result bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the asset underlying the option. In the event that a Fund writes call options without an offsetting exposure (e.g., call options on an asset that the Fund does not own), it bears an unlimited risk of loss if the price of the underlying asset increases during the term of the option. OTC options expose a Fund to the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. Written option contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

When an option contract is closed, that Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction in the cost of investments purchased. Gains and losses from the expiration or closing of written option contracts are separately disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

In a credit linked option contract, one party makes payments to another party in exchange for the option to exercise a contract where the buyer has the right to receive a specified return if a credit event (e.g., default or similar event) occurs with respect to a reference entity or entities and a specified decrease in the value of the related collateral occurs. A writer of a credit linked option receives periodic payments in return for its obligation to pay an agreed-upon value to the other party if they exercise their option in the case of a credit event. If no credit event occurs, the seller has no payment obligation and will keep the premiums received.

 

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Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price, provided that price is between the closing bid and ask prices. If the last sale price is not within this range, then they will be valued at the closing bid price for long positions and the closing ask price for short positions (and if the market of the underlying reference security closes or the official closing time of the underlying index occurs prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, the values will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees to reflect estimated valuation changes through the NYSE close). The Funds value OTC options using industry models and inputs provided by primary pricing sources.

Swap contracts

The Funds may directly or indirectly use various swap contracts, including, without limitation, swaps on securities and securities indices, total return swaps, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, variance swaps, commodity swaps, inflation swaps, municipal swaps, dividend swaps, volatility swaps, correlation swaps and other types of available swaps. A swap contract is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one asset for the return generated by another asset. Some swap contracts are net settled. When entering into a swap contract and during the term of the transaction, a Fund and/or the swap counterparty may post or receive cash or securities as collateral.

Initial upfront payments received or made upon entering into a swap contract are included in the fair market value of the swap. The Funds do not amortize upfront payments. Net periodic payments made or received to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap contract and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors) are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap contract is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations.

Interest rate swap contracts involve an exchange by the parties of their respective commitments to pay or rights to receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate interest payments for fixed rate interest payments with respect to the notional amount of principal). Basis swaps are interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of two floating interest rate payments and may involve the exchange of two different currencies.

Inflation swaps involve the exchange of a floating rate linked to an index for a fixed rate interest payment with respect to a notional amount or principal.

Total return swap contracts involve a commitment by one party to pay interest to the other party in exchange for a payment to it from the other party based on the return of a reference asset (e.g., a security, basket of securities, or futures contract), both based on notional amounts. To the extent the return of the reference asset exceeds or falls short of the interest payments, one party is entitled to receive a payment from or obligated to make a payment to the other party.

In a credit default swap contract, one party makes payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return (or to put a security) if a credit event (e.g., default or similar event) occurs with respect to a reference entity or entities. A seller of credit default protection receives periodic payments in return for its obligation to pay the principal amount of a debt security (or other agreed-upon value) to the other party upon the occurrence of a credit event. If no credit event occurs, the seller has no payment obligations so long as there is no early termination.

For credit default swap contracts on asset-backed securities, a credit event may be triggered by various occurrences, which may include an issuer’s failure to pay interest or principal on a reference security, a breach of a material representation or covenant, an agreement by the holders of an asset-backed security to a maturity extension, or a write-down on the collateral underlying the security. For credit default swap contracts on corporate or sovereign issuers, a credit event may be triggered by such occurrences as the issuer’s bankruptcy, failure to pay interest or principal, repudiation/moratorium and/or restructuring.

Correlation swaps involve receiving a stream of payments based on the actual average correlation between or among the price movements of two or more underlying variables over a period of time, in exchange for making a regular stream of payments based on a fixed “strike” correlation level (or vice versa), where both payment streams are based on a notional amount. The underlying variables may include, without limitation, commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates and stock indices.

Variance swap contracts involve an agreement by two parties to exchange cash flows based on the measured variance (or square of volatility) of a specified underlying asset. One party agrees to exchange a “fixed rate” or strike price payment for the “floating rate” or realized price variance on the underlying asset with respect to the notional amount. At inception, the strike price chosen is generally

 

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fixed at a level such that the fair value of the swap is zero. As a result, no money changes hands at the initiation of the contract. At the expiration date, the amount payable by one party to the other is the difference between the realized price variance of the underlying asset and the strike price multiplied by the notional amount. A receiver of the realized price variance would be entitled to receive a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be obligated to make a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. A payer of the realized price variance would be obligated to make a payment when the realized price variance of the underlying asset is greater than the strike price and would be entitled to receive a payment when that variance is less than the strike price. This type of agreement is essentially a forward contract on the future realized price variance of the underlying asset.

Forward starting dividend swap contracts involve an exchange by the parties of their respective commitments to pay or rights to receive the changes in a dividend index point. A Fund gains exposure by either paying or receiving an amount in respect of an increase or decrease in the change of the relevant dividend index point based on a notional amount. For example, if a Fund took a long position on a dividend index swap, the Fund would receive payments if the relevant index point increased in value and would be obligated to pay if that index point decreased in value.

Future swap contracts involve an exchange by the parties of their respective commitments to pay or rights to receive the changes in an index. The Fund gains exposure by either paying or receiving an amount in respect of an increase or decrease in the change of the index based on a notional amount. For example, if the Fund took a long position on a future swap, the Fund would receive payments if the relevant index increased in value and would be obligated to pay if that index decreased in value.

Generally, the Funds price their OTC swap contracts daily using industry standard models that may incorporate quotations from market makers or pricing vendors and record the change in value, if any, as unrealized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations. Gains or losses are realized upon the termination of the swap contracts or reset dates, as appropriate. Cleared swap contracts are valued using the quote (which may be based on a model) published by the relevant clearing house. If an updated quote for a cleared swap contract is not available by the time that a Fund calculates its net asset value on any business day, then that swap contract will generally be valued using an industry standard model, which may differ from the model used by the relevant clearing house.

The values assigned to swap contracts may differ significantly from the values realized upon termination, and the differences could be material. Entering into swap contracts involves counterparty credit, legal, and documentation risk that is generally not reflected in the value assigned to the swap contract. Such risks include the possibility that the counterparty defaults on its obligations to perform or disagrees as to the meaning of contractual terms, that a Fund has amounts on deposit in excess of amounts owed by that Fund, or that any collateral the other party posts is insufficient or not timely received by a Fund. Credit risk is particularly acute in economic environments in which financial services firms are exposed to systemic risks of the type evidenced by the insolvency of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and subsequent market disruptions. Swap contracts outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Rights and warrants

The Funds may purchase or otherwise receive warrants or rights. Warrants and rights generally give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise, a security of the issuer at a set price. Funds typically use warrants and rights in a manner similar to their use of purchased options on securities, as described in the section entitled “Options” above. Risks associated with the use of warrants and rights are generally similar to risks associated with the use of purchased options. However, warrants and rights often do not have standardized terms, and may have longer maturities and may be less liquid than exchange-traded options. In addition, the terms of warrants or rights may limit a Fund’s ability to exercise the warrants or rights at such times and in such quantities as the Fund would otherwise wish. Rights and/or warrants outstanding at the end of the year, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

As provided by U.S. GAAP, the table below is based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. Changes to market values of reference asset(s) will tend to have a greater impact on the Funds (with correspondingly greater risk) the greater the notional amount. For further information on notional amounts, see the Schedule of Investments.

The following is a summary of the valuations of derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure.

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of February 28, 2018 and the Statements of Operations for the year ended February 28, 2018^:

The risks referenced in the tables below are not intended to be inclusive of all risks. Please see the “Investment and other risks” and “Portfolio valuation” sections for a further discussion of risks.

 

               
     Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Alpha Only Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 5,671     $     $     $         —     $ 5,671  

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

                      239,326                   239,326  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 5,671     $ 239,326     $     $     $ 244,997  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 5,671     $     $     $     $ 5,671  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $ 239,326     $     $     $ 239,326  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

               

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (101,522   $     $     $ (101,522

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

                (5,317,837                       (5,317,837
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ (5,317,837   $ (101,522   $     $     $ (5,419,359
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ (5,317,837   $ (101,522   $     $     $ (5,419,359
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

               

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 21,063     $     $     $     $ 21,063  

Forward Currency Contracts

                      (727,582                 (727,582

Futures Contracts

                (31,036,798                       (31,036,798
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ (31,015,735   $ (727,582   $     $     $ (31,743,317
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

               

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 2,497     $     $     $     $ 2,497  

Forward Currency Contracts

                      137,804                   137,804  

Futures Contracts

                3,065,307                         3,065,307  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 3,067,804     $ 137,804     $     $     $ 3,205,608  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 189,146     $     $     $     $ 189,146  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

                3,300,316                         3,300,316  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 3,489,462     $     $     $     $ 3,489,462  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 189,146     $     $     $     $ 189,146  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 3,300,316     $     $     $     $ 3,300,316  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Benchmark-Free Fund (continued)

 

Liability Derivatives

               

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (3,286,509   $     $         —     $ (3,286,509
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $     $ (3,286,509   $     $     $ (3,286,509
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $ (3,286,509   $     $     $ (3,286,509
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

               

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 29,957     $     $     $     $ 29,957  

Forward Currency Contracts

                      (3,511,900                 (3,511,900

Futures Contracts

                313,291                         313,291  

Swap Contracts

                2,357                         2,357  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 345,605     $ (3,511,900   $     $     $ (3,166,295
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

               

Investments (Rights and/or warrants)

  $     $     $ 1,098     $     $     $     $ 1,098  

Forward Currency Contracts

                      (3,286,509                 (3,286,509

Futures Contracts

                3,300,316                         3,300,316  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $ 3,301,414     $ (3,286,509   $     $     $ 14,905  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Consolidated Implementation Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Investments, at value (purchased options)

  $     $     $ 5,117,070     $     $     $     $ 5,117,070  

Investments, at value (rights and/or warrants)

                1,040,187                         1,040,187  

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

                      7,601,129                   7,601,129  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

                20,755,279             19,185             20,774,464  

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    7,437,392             48,532             2,731,275             10,217,199  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,437,392     $     $ 26,961,068     $ 7,601,129     $ 2,750,460     $     $ 44,750,049  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $ 1,040,187     $     $     $     $ 1,040,187  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ 7,437,392     $     $ 25,920,881     $ 7,601,129     $ 2,750,460     $     $ 43,709,862  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

               

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (32,351,243   $     $     $ (32,351,243

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

                            (89,381           (89,381

Written Options, at value

    (370,938           (12,151,000                       (12,521,938

Swap Contracts, at value¤

    (1,885,731           (88,336           (7,170,020           (9,144,087
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (2,256,669   $     $ (12,239,336   $ (32,351,243   $ (7,259,401   $     $ (54,106,649
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $ (2,256,669   $     $ (12,239,336   $ (32,351,243   $ (7,259,401   $     $ (54,106,649
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Consolidated Implementation Fund (continued)

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

               

Investments (purchased options)

  $     $     $ (8,745,696   $ (2,157,147   $     $     $ (10,902,843

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

                143,792                         143,792  

Futures Contracts

                4,956,051             (989,454           3,966,597  

Swap Contracts

    (4,557,122           2,260,325             15,010,152             12,713,355  

Written Options

                230,463             595,625             826,088  

Forward Currency Contracts

                      (17,712,549                 (17,712,549
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (4,557,122   $     $ (1,155,065   $ (19,869,696   $ 14,616,323     $     $ (10,965,560
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

               

Investments (purchased options)

  $     $     $ 835,942     $ 1,604,082     $     $     $ 2,440,024  

Investments (rights and/or warrants)

                (2,357,497                       (2,357,497

Forward Currency Contracts

                      (23,886,314                 (23,886,314

Futures Contracts

                            20,628,148             20,628,148  

Written Options

    14,062             2,304,483                         2,318,545  

Swap Contracts

    685,330             (612,870           10,899,904             10,972,364  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 699,392     $     $ 170,058     $ (22,282,232   $ 31,528,052     $     $ 10,115,270  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ 13,180,984     $     $     $ 13,180,984  

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts¤

          838,553       12,544,473                         13,383,026  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 838,553     $ 12,544,473     $ 13,180,984     $     $     $ 26,564,010  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ 838,553     $ 12,544,473     $ 13,180,984     $     $     $ 26,564,010  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

               

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (1,553,458   $     $     $ (1,553,458

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

          (2,220,840     (33,402,846           (6,204,903           (41,828,589
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (2,220,840   $ (33,402,846   $ (1,553,458   $ (6,204,903   $     $ (43,382,047
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (2,220,840   $ (33,402,846   $ (1,553,458   $ (6,204,903   $     $ (43,382,047
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

               

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (31,687,655   $     $     $ (31,687,655

Futures Contracts

          (776,571     87,605,669             11,175,527             98,004,625  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (776,571   $ 87,605,669     $ (31,687,655   $ 11,175,527     $     $ 66,316,970  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

               

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ 8,639,854     $     $     $ 8,639,854  

Futures Contracts

          2,065,469       (55,238,077           (678,554           (53,851,162
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 2,065,469     $ (55,238,077   $ 8,639,854     $ (678,554   $     $ (45,211,308
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

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     Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    Interest
Rate
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ 4,181     $     $     $ 4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $     $     $ 4,181     $     $     $ 4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $ 4,181     $     $     $ 4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

               

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts¤

  $     $ (1,067,000   $     $     $     $     $ (1,067,000
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (1,067,000   $     $     $     $     $ (1,067,000
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to Master Agreements

  $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total subject to Master Agreements

  $     $ (1,067,000   $     $     $     $     $ (1,067,000
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on

               

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ (2,402,408   $     $     $ (2,402,408

Futures Contracts

          (2,213,953                             (2,213,953

Written Options

                3,321,520                         3,321,520  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ (2,213,953   $ 3,321,520     $ (2,402,408   $     $     $ (1,294,841
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Net Appreciation (Depreciation) on

               

Forward Currency Contracts

  $     $     $     $ 13,424     $     $     $ 13,424  

Futures Contracts

          1,962,447                               1,962,447  

Written Options

                (1,213,466                       (1,213,466
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 1,962,447     $ (1,213,466   $ 13,424     $     $     $ 762,405  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

  ^ Because the Funds recognize changes in value through the Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these tables.
  ¤ The table includes cumulative unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures and value of cleared swap contracts, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Year end variation margin on open futures and cleared swap contracts, if any, is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Certain Funds are party to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements, Global Master Repurchase Agreements or other similar types of agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) that generally govern the terms of OTC derivative transactions, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements. The Master Agreements may include collateral posting terms and set-off provisions that apply in the event of a default and/or termination event. Upon the occurrence of such an event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, the Master Agreements may permit the non-defaulting party to calculate a single net payment to close out applicable transactions. However, there is no guarantee that the terms of a Master Agreement will be enforceable; for example, when bankruptcy or insolvency laws impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset. Additionally, the set-off and netting provisions of a Master Agreement may not extend to the obligations of the counterparty’s affiliates or across varying types of transactions. Because no such event has occurred, the Funds do not presently have a legally enforceable right of set-off and these amounts have not been offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, but have been presented separately in the table below. Termination events may also include a decline in the net assets of a Fund below a certain level over a specified period of time and may entitle a counterparty to elect an early termination of all the transactions under the Master Agreement with that counterparty. Such an election by one or more of the counterparties could have a material adverse impact on a Fund’s operations. An estimate of the aggregate net payment, if any, that may need to be paid by a Fund (or may be received by a Fund) in such an event is represented by the Net Amounts in the tables below. For more information about other uncertainties and risks, see “Investments and other risks” above.

 

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For financial reporting purposes, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities any cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds is reported as Due from Broker and any cash collateral received from the counterparty is reported as Due to Broker. Any non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds is noted in the Schedules of Investments. The tables below show the potential effect of netting arrangements made available by the Master Agreements on the financial position of the Funds. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities generally show derivative assets and derivative liabilities (regardless of whether they are subject to netting arrangements) on a gross basis, which reflects the full risks and exposures of the Fund prior to netting. See Note 2 for information on repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements held by the Funds at February 28, 2018, if any.

The tables above present the Funds’ derivative assets and liabilities by type of financial instrument. The following tables present the Funds’ OTC and/or exchange-traded derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts that may be available for offset under the Master Agreements by the terms of the agreement and net of the related collateral received or pledged by the Funds as of February 28, 2018:

Alpha Only Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  $ 172,338     $         —     $ (29,019   $ 143,319  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    66,988                   66,988  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 239,326     $     $ (29,019   $ 210,307  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 15,875     $     $     $ 15,875  

Deutsche Bank AG

    11,693                   11,693  

Goldman Sachs International

    44,935                   44,935  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    29,019             29,019        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 101,522     $     $ 29,019     $ 72,503  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Citibank N.A.

  $ 236,660     $ (236,660   $         —     $

Goldman Sachs International

    773,141       (673,497           99,644  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    2,276,708       (1,778,113           498,595  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,286,509     $ (2,688,270   $     $ 598,239  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Consolidated Implementation Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
   

Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)

Available for Offset

    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 35,807     $     $ 35,807     $  

Barclays Bank PLC

    994,308             994,308        

Goldman Sachs International

    4,522,250       (792,303     (3,729,947    

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    4,003,580             4,003,580        

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

    5,117,070             5,117,070        

State Street Bank and Trust Company

    17,462             17,462        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 14,690,477     $ (792,303   $ 6,438,280     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
    Derivative
(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 1,527,378     $ (1,491,571   $ (35,807   $

Barclays Bank PLC

    2,101,791       (545,403     (994,308     562,080  

Citibank N.A.

    659,568       (614,817           44,751  

Deutsche Bank AG

    11,093,855       (9,672,959           1,420,896  

Goldman Sachs International

    3,729,947             3,729,947        

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    5,812,513       (1,808,933     (4,003,580    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    8,012,677       (6,306,837           1,705,840  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

    12,151,000       (7,033,930     (5,117,070    

State Street Bank and Trust Company

    66,255             (17,462     48,793  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 45,154,984     $ (27,474,450   $ (6,438,280   $ 3,782,360  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Deutsche Bank AG

  $ 215,328     $ (70,000   $ (4,528   $ 140,800  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    2,230,110       (1,631,525     (159,082     439,503  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    10,501,985       (5,030,000     (1,389,848     4,082,137  

State Street Bank and Trust Company

    233,561                   233,561  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 13,180,984     $ (6,731,525   $ (1,553,458   $ 4,896,001  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 
   
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
   

Derivative

(Assets)/Liabilities
Available for Offset

    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
 

Deutsche Bank AG

  $ 4,528     $     $ 4,528     $  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    159,082             159,082        

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    1,389,848             1,389,848        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,553,458     $     $ 1,553,458     $  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

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Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

 

         
Counterparty   Gross Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Agreements
    Collateral
Received
    Derivative
Assets/(Liabilities)
Available for Offset
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 4,181     $         —     $         —     $ 4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 4,181     $     $     $ 4,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  * The actual collateral received and/or pledged is more than the amount shown.

The average derivative activity of notional amounts (forward currency contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts), market values (rights and/or warrants), and principal amounts or number of contracts (options) outstanding, based on absolute values, at each month-end, was as follows for the year ended February 28, 2018:

 

             
Fund Name   Forward
Currency
Contracts ($)
    Futures
Contracts ($)
    Swap
Contracts ($)
    Options
(Principal)
    Options
(Contracts)
    Rights and/
or
Warrants ($)
 

Alpha Only Fund

    45,019,996       195,583,415                         8,033  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    171,826,627       25,531,487       904,167                   145,502  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    1,345,128,118       222,614,337       1,767,382,101       54,344,167       61,725       4,918,272  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

    824,013,949       2,458,847,758                          

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    22,471,691       2,730,447                   1,520        

 

5. Fees and other transactions with affiliates

GMO receives a management fee for the services it provides to certain Funds. Management fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below:

 

                         
     Alpha
Only
Fund
    Benchmark-
Free
Allocation
Fund
    Benchmark-
Free Fund
    Global
Asset
Allocation
Fund
    Global
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    Global
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    Implementation
Fund
    International
Developed
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    International
Equity
Allocation
Fund
    SGM
Major
Markets
Fund
    Special
Opportunities
Fund
    Strategic
Opportunities
Allocation
Fund
 

Management Fee

    0.50%       0.65%                                                 0.85%       1.10%        

For certain Funds above, GMO does not charge the Fund a management fee or shareholder service fee, but it receives management and/or shareholder service fees from the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because those fees vary from fund to fund, the levels of indirect net expenses set forth below are affected by GMO’s asset allocation decisions.

 

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

In addition, each class of shares of certain Funds pays GMO directly or indirectly a shareholder service or supplemental support fee. Shareholder service fees are paid to GMO for providing client services and reporting, such as performance information, client account information, personal and electronic access to Fund information, access to analysis and explanations of Fund reports, and assistance in maintaining and correcting client-related information. Class MF shares of Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund are subject to a supplemental support fee payable to GMO for providing supplemental support services to Class MF shareholders and their investment advisers. Those supplemental support services include without limitation, (1) provision and presentation of educational and explanatory information about the Fund and its asset allocation strategy as requested or directed by an investor or its investment adviser, (2) provision and presentation of similar educational and explanatory information about the strategies of the GMO Funds in which the Fund invests, (3) provision and presentation of information for inclusion in the quarterly or other periodic reports of the investor, (4) provision of responses to information requests relating to oversight functions of the investor’s board of directors in areas including pricing, compliance, and taxation, (5) access to and meetings with GMO’s Chief Investment Strategist and Heads of GMO’s Asset Allocation Team and other investment professionals of GMO, (6) assistance with services provided by an investor’s investment adviser, and (7) such other assistance as may be requested from time to time by an investor or its agent, provided that such assistance is not primarily intended to result in the sale of Fund shares.

Shareholder service and/or supplemental support fees are paid monthly at the annual rate equal to the percentage of each applicable Class’s average daily net assets set forth in the table below

 

           
Fund Name   Class III     Class IV     Class V     Class VI     Class MF  

Alpha Only Fund

    0.15%       0.10%                          

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    0.15%       0.10%                       0.10%  

SGM Major Markets Fund

    0.15%       0.10%               0.055%          

Special Opportunities Fund

    0.15%*       0.10%*       0.085%*       0.055%          

 

  * Class is offered but has no shareholders as of February 28, 2018.

For each Fund, other than Special Opportunities Fund, GMO has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for its “Specified Operating Expenses” (as defined below). For Special Opportunities Fund, GMO has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for the portion of its “Specified Operating Expenses” (as defined below) that exceeds 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (“Expense Threshold Amount”). Any such reimbursements are paid to a Fund concurrently with the Fund’s payment of management fees to GMO.

“Specified Operating Expenses” means: audit expenses, fund accounting expenses, pricing service expenses, expenses of non-investment related tax services, transfer agency expenses, expenses of non-investment related legal services provided to the Funds by or at the direction of GMO, organizational and start-up expenses, federal securities law filing expenses, printing expenses, state and federal registration fees and custody expenses. In the case of Benchmark-Free Fund, “Specified Operating Expenses” does not include the Fund’s direct custody expenses attributable to its holdings of emerging market securities.

For Special Opportunities Fund, GMO is permitted to recover from the Fund, on a class-by-class basis, as applicable, the “Specified Operating Expenses” GMO has borne or reimbursed (whether through reduction of its fees or otherwise) to the extent that the Fund’s “Specified Operating Expenses” later fall below the Expense Threshold Amount or the lower expense limit in effect when GMO seeks to recover the expenses. The Fund, however, is not obligated to pay any such amount more than three years after GMO bore or reimbursed an expense. The amount GMO is entitled to recover may not cause a Fund to exceed the Expense Threshold Amount or the lower expense limit in effect when GMO seeks recovery.

For the year ended February 28, 2018, GMO did not recoup any previously recorded waivers and/or reimbursements.

On February 28, 2018, the reimbursements and/or waivers subject to possible future recoupment are as follows:

 

       
     Expiring during
year ending
February 28, 2019
    Expiring during
year ending
February 29, 2020
    Expiring during
year ending
February 28, 2021
 

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund, Class VI

    $—       $—       $—  

 

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

For each Fund, other than Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, that pays GMO a management fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce that fee, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the management fees paid to GMO that are directly or indirectly borne by the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

For each Fund, other than Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, that charges a shareholder service fee, GMO has contractually agreed to waive or reduce the shareholder service fee charged to holders of each class of shares of the Fund, but not below zero, to the extent necessary to offset the shareholder service fees directly or indirectly borne by the class of shares of the Fund as a result of the Fund’s direct or indirect investments in other GMO Funds.

These contractual waivers and reimbursements will continue through at least June 30, 2018 for each Fund unless the Funds’ Board of Trustees authorizes their modification or termination or reduces the fee rates paid to GMO under the Fund’s management contract or servicing and supplemental support agreement.

For Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund only, the fees payable to GMO under its management contract and servicing and supplemental support agreement are reduced by amounts equal to the management fees and shareholder service fees, respectively, that GMO receives as a result of the Fund’s investment in underlying GMO Funds. In addition, effective March 1, 2014, GMO has contractually agreed to reduce the rate of the supplemental support fees charged to the Fund’s Class MF shares to a rate to be charged in any month (starting on the first business day of the month) based on the net assets attributable to Class MF shares as of the last business day of the preceding month based on the following schedule: 0.10% on the first $6 billion of net assets, 0.05% on the next $2 billion, 0.03% on the next $2 billion, and 0.01% thereafter; provided, however, that the effective rate charged at any time will not be reduced to less than 0.06% of Class MF’s average daily net assets. The rate will be calculated before giving effect to any reduction or waiver described above, and any applicable reduction or waiver will serve to further reduce the supplemental support fee paid to GMO. This reduction will continue through at least June 30, 2018, and may not be terminated prior to this date without the action or consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Funds’ portion of the gross fees paid by the Trust to the Trust’s independent Trustees and their legal counsel and any agents unaffiliated with GMO during the year ended February 28, 2018 is shown in the table below and is included in the Statements of Operations.

 

     
Fund Name   Independent Trustees
and their legal counsel ($)
    Agent unaffiliated
with GMO ($)
 

Alpha Only Fund

    4,840       384  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    318,187       27,150  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    101,093       8,594  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    56,646       4,835  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    15,829       1,547  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    55,309       4,593  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    268,040       22,732  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    15,151       1,343  

International Equity Allocation Fund

    25,129       2,209  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

    35,226       2,958  

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    23,560       1,973  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    43,353       3,772  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

Certain Funds incur fees and expenses indirectly as a shareholder in the underlying funds. For the year ended February 28, 2018 these indirect fees and expenses expressed as a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets were as follows:

 

         
Fund Name   Indirect Net Expenses
(excluding shareholder
service fees)
    Indirect Shareholder
Service Fees
    Indirect Interest
Expense
    Total Indirect Expenses  

Alpha Only Fund

    < 0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       < 0.001%  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    0.154%       0.012%       0.030%     0.196%  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    0.241%       0.020%       < 0.001%       0.261%  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    0.421%       0.064%       0.001%       0.486%  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    0.448%       0.071%       0.000%       0.519%  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    0.496%       0.069%       0.000%       0.565%  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    0.000%       0.000%       0.000%       0.000%  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    0.527%       0.086%       0.000%       0.613%  

International Equity Allocation Fund

    0.581%       0.078%       0.000%       0.659%  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

    0.001%       0.000%       0.000%       0.001%  

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    0.000%       0.000%       0.000%       0.000%  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    0.409%       0.060%       < 0.001%       0.469%  

 

  * Includes indirect dividend expenses.

The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other GMO funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effectuated at the current market price. During the year ended February 28, 2018, the Funds did not engage in these transactions.

 

6. Purchases and sales of securities

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments and including GMO U.S. Treasury Fund, if applicable, for the year ended February 28, 2018 are noted in the table below:

 

         
     Purchases ($)     Purchases ($)     Sales ($)     Sales ($)  
         
Fund Name   U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
    U.S. Government
Securities
    Investments (Non-U.S.
Government Securities)
 

Alpha Only Fund

          296,458,470             340,711,421  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

          1,257,059,088             2,462,291,232  

Benchmark-Free Fund

    1,695,520,751       1,628,815,880       1,761,348,933       1,756,872,537  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

          540,196,849             667,742,819  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

          35,551,570             655,341,447  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

          318,951,096             524,904,458  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    5,896,435,883       8,615,233,330       6,645,863,277       8,293,521,560  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

          32,430,394             73,424,474  

International Equity Allocation Fund

          133,697,739             251,707,524  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

    454,585,306       481,561,957       364,585,209       243,000,000  

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

          79,737,369             317,027,064  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    96,412,294       359,768,549       100,285,863       1,262,029,761  

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

 

7. Guarantees

In the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with third-party service providers that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves possible future claims that may or may not be made against the Funds. Based on experience, GMO is of the view that the risk of loss to the Funds in connection with the Funds’ indemnification obligations is remote; however, there can be no assurance that such obligations will not result in material liabilities that adversely affect the Funds.

 

8. Principal shareholders and related parties as of February 28, 2018

 

         
Fund Name   Number of
shareholders that held
more than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of
outstanding shares of
the Fund held by those
shareholders owning
greater than 10% of the
outstanding shares of
the Fund
    Percentage of the
shares of the Fund held
by senior management
of GMO and
GMO Trust officers
    Percentage of the
Fund’s shares held by
accounts for which
GMO has
investment discretion
 

Alpha Only Fund

    3 ‡      88.58%       0.03%       99.43%  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    1       41.50%       0.89%       2.51%  

Benchmark-Free Fund

                      100.00%  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

                0.19%       7.20%  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    2       62.81%       < 0.01%        

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    1       18.05%       0.01%       0.26%  

Implementation Fund

    1 ‡      95.37%             100.00%  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    6       87.73%       < 0.01%       1.91%  

International Equity Allocation Fund

    4 †      69.87%       0.01%       27.51%  

SGM Major Markets Fund

    2 ‡      69.47%       0.09%       76.95%  

Special Opportunities Fund

    2     95.80%       0.09%       99.48%  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    1       10.48%       < 0.01%       99.93%  

 

  One of the shareholders is another fund managed by GMO.
  One of the shareholders is another fund of the Trust.
  # Two of the shareholders are other funds of the Trust.

 

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February 28, 2018

 

 

 

9. Share transactions

The Declaration of Trust permits each Fund to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Transactions in the Funds’ shares were as follows:

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Alpha Only Fund

         

Class III:

         

Shares sold

    207,676     $ 4,479,301       23,049     $ 485,000  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    4,822       104,020       10,799       226,478  

Shares repurchased

    (228,094     (4,971,088     (9,062     (193,998
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (15,596   $ (387,767     24,786     $ 517,480  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

         

Shares sold

    693,110     $ 15,100,002       290,332     $ 6,216,866  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    114,030       2,454,724       323,934       6,805,653  

Shares repurchased

    (1,383,604     (29,825,103     (2,820,045     (60,624,321
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (576,464   $ (12,270,377     (2,205,779   $ (47,601,802
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    28,656,547     $ 784,060,061       11,196,580     $ 282,349,518  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    3,792,767       103,472,036       2,999,733       74,370,066  

Shares repurchased

    (50,073,202     (1,350,609,683     (60,921,352     (1,511,866,800

Purchase premiums

          325,703             239,291  

Redemption fees

          1,479,985             3,224,150  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (17,623,888   $ (461,271,898     (46,725,039   $ (1,151,683,775
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

         

Shares sold

    33,152,599     $ 884,564,391       10,289,818     $ 256,114,599  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,584,989       70,493,151       1,600,299       39,678,337  

Shares repurchased

    (39,749,823     (1,080,301,449     (15,488,463     (390,292,674

Purchase premiums

          191,609             112,306  

Redemption fees

          864,149             1,579,024  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,012,235   $ (124,188,149     (3,598,346   $ (92,808,408
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class MF:

         

Shares sold

    3,559,155     $ 97,318,372       9,091,977     $ 219,971,887  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    4,991,594       136,226,196       4,019,603       99,711,857  

Shares repurchased

    (33,216,277     (892,423,950     (127,883,060     (3,192,649,982

Purchase premiums

          368,062             309,201  

Redemption fees

          1,675,531             4,213,744  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (24,665,528   $ (656,835,789     (114,771,480   $ (2,868,443,293
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    8,166,414     $ 167,857,391       2,964,651     $ 53,692,431  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    6,085,559       124,326,073       6,315,267       114,708,600  

Shares repurchased

    (31,557,062     (625,040,833     (30,712,702     (565,886,269

Purchase premiums

          125,696             2,491  

Redemption fees

          1,268,307             1,186,303  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (17,305,089   $ (331,463,366     (21,432,784   $ (396,296,444
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

196


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

 

Class III:#

         

Shares sold

    7,497,173     $ 245,763,796       617,412     $ 18,044,077  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,625,800       53,486,252       1,753,044       51,432,938  

Shares repurchased

    (14,335,654     (462,098,261     (43,110,243     (1,266,492,076

Purchase premiums

          283,262             19,792  

Redemption fees

          607,377             1,833,641  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (5,212,681   $ (161,957,574     (40,739,787   $ (1,195,161,628
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

        $       378,886     $ 7,197,962  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    803,500       17,587,926       3,760,099       69,595,229  

Shares repurchased

    (30,910,313     (652,627,452     (35,852,275     (679,060,489

Purchase premiums

                      5,763  

Redemption fees

          522,102             543,248  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (30,106,813   $ (634,517,424     (31,713,290   $ (601,718,287
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Global Equity Allocation Fund

 

Class III:#

 

Shares sold

    5,343,410     $ 133,870,494       896,100     $ 19,538,574  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,660,619       69,685,837       5,519,865       118,776,536  

Shares repurchased

    (17,925,341     (467,596,299     (55,808,897     (1,211,746,212

Purchase premiums

          47,316             22,447  

Redemption fees

          840,523             2,187,138  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (9,921,312   $ (263,152,129     (49,392,932   $ (1,071,221,517
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated Implementation Fund

 

Core Class:

 

Shares sold

    50,778,902     $ 682,972,263       20,213,611     $ 252,945,091  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    24,407,827       335,144,868       17,429,764       218,046,347  

Shares repurchased

    (118,308,728     (1,618,413,712     (335,030,566     (4,227,002,950

Purchase premiums

          1,185,847             506,904  

Redemption fees

          3,054,358             8,454,006  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (43,121,999   $ (596,056,376     (297,387,191   $ (3,747,050,602
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    953,876     $ 16,192,699       4,384,487     $ 61,744,274  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,042,628       17,857,292       1,722,551       24,243,085  

Shares repurchased

    (4,482,823     (74,991,774     (37,498,662     (546,186,257

Purchase premiums

          10,870             46,639  

Redemption fees

          57,901             434,149  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (2,486,319   $ (40,873,012     (31,391,624   $ (459,718,110
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

197


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

     
     Year Ended
February 28, 2018
    Year Ended
February 28, 2017
 
   
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

International Equity Allocation Fund

 

Class III:#

         

Shares sold

    2,158,679     $ 70,077,115       1,015,102     $ 25,738,591  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,031,273       32,737,392       1,345,263       34,818,517  

Shares repurchased

    (7,389,534     (221,115,817     (11,358,185     (300,419,199

Purchase premiums

          175,411             68,619  

Redemption fees

          538,494             772,434  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,199,582   $ (117,587,405     (8,997,820   $ (239,021,038
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    706,650     $ 22,622,929       920,661     $ 32,602,984  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    5,601       180,593       16,710       552,675  

Shares repurchased

    (63,722     (2,099,226     (1,472,573     (51,952,410
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    648,529     $ 20,704,296       (535,202   $ (18,796,751
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class IV:

         

Shares sold

    486,556     $ 16,036,518       1,633,992     $ 57,413,784  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    18,456       591,952       104,598       3,319,945  

Shares repurchased

    (1,814,180     (59,526,105     (54,601     (1,776,715
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (1,309,168   $ (42,897,635     1,683,989     $ 58,957,014  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class VI:

         

Shares sold

    15,616,936     $ 506,604,097       11,918,840     $ 421,919,797  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,716,945       55,073,241       3,113,453       99,975,150  

Shares repurchased

    (3,731,302     (122,365,837     (9,620,986     (328,005,022
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    13,602,579     $ 439,311,501       5,411,307     $ 193,889,925  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

 

Class VI:

 

Shares sold

    2,130,296     $ 47,393,583       157,444     $ 3,101,282  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,841,238       68,177,050       1,855,789       36,919,533  

Shares repurchased

    (12,646,455     (290,937,418     (14,372,910     (287,704,307

Purchase premiums

          181,760             5,534  

Redemption fees

          1,398,457             1,428,513  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (7,674,921   $ (173,786,568     (12,359,677   $ (246,249,445
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

 

Class III:

 

Shares sold

    831,215     $ 17,129,720       893,443     $ 16,967,331  

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    2,497,054       54,242,468       2,841,743       53,702,273  

Shares repurchased

    (46,410,191     (1,002,225,037     (14,553,101     (276,781,131

Purchase premiums

                      7,878  

Redemption fees

          1,948,317             483,578  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (43,081,922   $ (928,904,532     (10,817,915   $ (205,620,071
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                 

 

  # Shares were adjusted to reflect a 1:3 reverse stock split effective July 15, 2016.

 

198


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

 

10. Investments in affiliated companies and other Funds of the Trust

An affiliated company for the purposes of this disclosure is a company in which a Fund has or had direct ownership of at least 5% of the issuer’s voting securities or an investment in other funds of GMO Trust. A summary of the Funds’ transactions involving companies that are or were affiliates during the year ended February 28, 2018 is set forth below:

 

                 
Affiliate   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Dividend
Income
    Distributions
of Realized
Gains
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Increase/
Decrease in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Value, end of
period
 

Alpha Only Fund

                 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 10,595,373     $ 158,008,229     $ 154,740,000     $ 148,213     $     $ (14,336   $ (793   $ 13,848,473  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

                 

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV

  $ 621,136,921     $ 35,984,589     $ 319,163,194     $ 25,999,668     $     $ 2,608,864     $ (2,224,166   $ 338,343,014  

GMO Implementation Fund

    10,761,426,169       990,862,318       1,615,359,354       320,024,676             107,743,835       728,343,002       10,973,015,970  

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

    682,798,759       51,687,845       205,382,110       14,081,312             11,351,455       1,886,120       542,342,069  

GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI

    1,030,173,520       91,654,435       81,810,085             39,190,997       4,873,432       (28,912,791     1,015,978,511  

GMO Special Opportunities Fund, Class VI

    674,447,572       86,869,901       240,576,489       467,665       44,801,894       39,141,198       109,217,248       669,099,430  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 13,769,982,941     $ 1,257,059,088     $ 2,462,291,232     $ 360,573,321     $ 83,992,891     $ 165,718,784     $ 808,309,413     $ 13,538,778,994  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Benchmark-Free Fund

                 

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV

  $ 254,330,557     $ 10,229,627     $ 131,486,483     $ 10,229,626     $     $ (1,580,502   $ 1,692,261     $ 133,185,460  

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

    544,118,916       14,728,345       94,097,000       14,728,344             6,309,834       98,620,852       569,680,947  

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

    265,783,934       5,622,498       58,981,954       5,622,499             7,165,883       (1,985,778     217,604,583  

GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI

    190,362,136       7,206,787       8,750,000             7,206,788       716,773       (5,086,580     184,449,116  

GMO Special Opportunities Fund, Class VI

    284,598,267       20,133,663       41,845,000       186,703       19,946,960       1,852,272       58,855,694       323,594,896  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    36,502,880       147,120,412       183,637,659       132,598             3,810       10,557        
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 1,575,696,690     $ 205,041,332     $ 518,798,096     $ 30,899,770     $ 27,153,748     $ 14,468,070     $ 152,107,006     $ 1,428,515,002  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Global Asset Allocation Fund

 

GMO Alpha Only Fund, Class IV

  $ 73,411,864     $ 8,858,883     $ 10,134,952     $ 884,513     $     $ (1,116,479   $ 3,927,601     $ 74,946,917  

GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund, Class VI

    436,734,200       48,674,994       82,595,097       4,234,966             (11,743,608     8,106,830       399,177,319  

GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, Class IV

    122,418,980       152,895,475       21,163,508       5,809,808             417,554       (4,953,889     249,614,612  

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV

    98,805,388       6,697,293       50,132,324       4,326,217             1,446,408       (1,286,094     55,530,671  

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

    363,494,869       118,284,156       94,821,379       12,610,203             7,535,965       73,224,347       467,717,958  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    507,593,996       45,894,009       115,807,707       16,727,657             (13,091,801     94,595,417       519,183,914  

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

    97,727,559       2,429,580       52,918,535       1,400,611             2,641,006       (1,066,428     48,813,182  

GMO Quality Fund, Class VI

    202,013,212       21,321,485       70,261,106       3,099,000       11,322,400       9,178,807       16,115,082       178,367,480  

GMO Risk Premium Fund, Class VI

    64,139,050       13,095,999       8,466,424       196,176       9,834,122       689,565       (7,107,850     62,350,340  
                                                                 

 

199


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

                 
Affiliate   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Dividend
Income
    Distributions
of Realized
Gains
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Increase/
Decrease in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Value, end of
period
 

Global Asset Allocation Fund (continued)

 

GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, Class VI

  $ 73,002,358     $ 8,444,019     $ 6,114,116     $     $ 2,849,634     $ 489,132     $ (2,254,302   $ 73,567,091  

GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI

    201,264,975       30,549,958       56,302,636       3,434,210       17,272,120       (1,713,679     5,110,156       178,908,774  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    183,086,818       83,050,998       98,888,939       1,912,218             (81,491     (120,761     167,046,625  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 2,423,693,269     $ 540,196,849     $ 667,606,723     $ 54,635,579     $ 41,278,276     $ (5,348,621   $ 184,290,109     $ 2,475,224,883  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

  $ 98,541,837     $ 1,461,040     $ 66,869,280     $ 1,461,040     $     $ 3,487,231     $ 10,370,194     $ 46,991,022  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    456,476,089       10,545,755       309,624,931       7,901,531             (47,844,286     107,827,156       217,379,783  

GMO Quality Fund, Class VI

    219,104,022       9,411,053       147,883,553       1,978,402       7,124,017       18,081,637       4,073,465       102,786,624  

GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI

    217,844,350       14,133,722       130,963,683       2,151,793       11,981,929       (5,459,957     6,430,269       101,984,701  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 991,966,298     $ 35,551,570     $ 655,341,447     $ 13,492,766     $ 19,105,946     $ (31,735,375   $ 128,701,084     $ 469,142,130  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Global Equity Allocation Fund

 

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

  $ 504,513,964     $ 110,336,081     $ 118,524,207     $ 17,316,148     $     $ 14,544,479     $ 97,703,453     $ 608,573,770  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    885,286,898       66,641,898       204,929,282       30,646,818             (33,212,531     183,044,389       896,831,372  

GMO Quality Fund, Class VI

    399,709,400       58,200,467       101,081,976       7,123,604       26,154,593       15,887,452       40,091,811       412,807,154  

GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI

    416,646,309       83,772,650       100,368,993       7,967,335       38,923,612       (809,180     10,752,782       409,993,568  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 2,206,156,571     $ 318,951,096     $ 524,904,458     $ 63,053,905     $ 65,078,205     $ (3,589,780   $ 331,592,435     $ 2,328,205,864  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

  $ 59,768,161     $ 6,532,908     $ 11,553,377     $ 1,831,582     $     $ 935,242     $ 11,695,802     $ 67,378,736  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    541,876,427       25,897,486       61,871,097       19,039,253             (5,246,853     96,516,382       597,172,345  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 601,644,588     $ 32,430,394     $ 73,424,474     $ 20,870,835     $     $ (4,311,611   $ 108,212,184     $ 664,551,081  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

International Equity Allocation Fund

 

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

  $ 356,432,437     $ 63,038,562     $ 89,101,168     $ 10,230,275     $     $ 1,680,443     $ 70,001,266     $ 402,051,540  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    729,124,865       70,659,177       162,606,356       22,498,030             (4,034,911     115,787,037       748,929,812  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 1,085,557,302     $ 133,697,739     $ 251,707,524     $ 32,728,305     $     $ (2,354,468   $ 185,788,303     $ 1,150,981,352  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

 

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

  $ 834,716,360     $ 481,561,957     $ 243,000,000     $ 9,061,525     $     $ (131,885   $ (941,321   $ 1,072,205,111  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

 

Jagercor Energy Corp

  $ 90,348     $     $     $     $     $     $ (20,211   $ 70,137  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

 

200


GMO Trust Funds

 

Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

February 28, 2018

 

 

                 
Affiliate   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Dividend
Income
    Distributions
of Realized
Gains
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Increase/
Decrease in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Value, end of
period
 

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

 

GMO Core Plus Bond Fund, Class IV

  $ 56,400,656     $ 104,180,385     $ 59,697,124     $ 3,423,335     $     $ 996,652     $ (2,745,649   $ 99,134,920  

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV

    84,932,626       4,284,447       49,168,796       4,284,447             (633,051     577,404       39,992,630  

GMO Emerging Markets Fund, Class VI

    390,569,250       67,791,379       229,053,196       12,117,487             25,822,374       49,954,773       305,084,580  

GMO International Equity Fund, Class IV

    573,398,898       17,118,746       330,125,130       17,118,746             (8,521,807     97,947,641       349,818,348  

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI

    83,844,202       1,852,646       41,422,951       1,852,646             4,170,206       (2,458,990     45,985,113  

GMO Quality Fund, Class VI

    207,645,291       15,542,474       116,470,690       3,337,036       12,205,439       16,637,155       8,174,612       131,528,842  

GMO U.S. Equity Allocation Fund, Class VI

    204,598,363       21,994,714       99,868,845       3,685,875       18,308,839       (2,245,044     5,603,498       130,082,686  

GMO U.S. Treasury Fund

    303,051,065       127,003,758       335,926,412       1,860,665             (288,897     62,299       93,901,813  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totals

  $ 1,904,440,351     $ 359,768,549     $ 1,261,733,144     $ 47,680,237     $ 30,514,278     $ 35,937,588     $ 157,115,588     $ 1,195,528,932  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                                 

 

201


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of GMO Trust and Shareholders of

GMO Alpha Only Fund, GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, GMO Benchmark-Free Fund, GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund, GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund, GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund, GMO Implementation Fund, GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund, GMO International Equity Allocation Fund, GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, GMO Special Opportunities Fund, and GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of GMO Alpha Only Fund, GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund, GMO Benchmark-Free Fund, GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund, GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund, GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund, GMO Implementation Fund, GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund, GMO International Equity Allocation Fund, GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, GMO Special Opportunities Fund, and GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund (twelve of the funds constituting GMO Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of February 28, 2018, the related statements of operations for the year ended February 28, 2018, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of February 28, 2018, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended February 28, 2018 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2018 by correspondence with the custodians, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 25, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the GMO mutual funds complex since 1985.

 

202


GMO Trust Funds

(A Series of GMO Trust)

 

Fund Expenses

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Expense Examples: The following information is in relation to expenses for the six month period ended February 28, 2018.

As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including purchase premium and redemption fees, if applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including direct and /or indirect management fees, direct and/or indirect shareholder services fees, and distribution (12b-1) and/or administration fees for Funds with Class M shares, if applicable, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, September 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.

Actual Expenses

This section of the table for each class below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $10,000,000 account value divided by $1,000 = 10,000), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

This section of the table for each class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as purchase premium and redemption fees. Therefore, this section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Actual     Hypothetical    

 

 
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Alpha Only Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,000.50       $3.32       $1,000.00       $1,021.47       $3.36       0.67%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,000.50       $3.08       $1,000.00       $1,021.72       $3.11       0.62%  

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,038.60       $4.25       $1,000.00       $1,020.63       $4.21       0.84%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $1,038.60       $3.99       $1,000.00       $1,020.88       $3.96       0.79%  

Class MF

    $1,000.00       $1,038.60       $3.99       $1,000.00       $1,020.88       $3.96       0.79%  

Benchmark-Free Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,047.90       $1.42       $1,000.00       $1,023.41       $1.40       0.28%  

Global Asset Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,044.90       $2.48       $1,000.00       $1,022.36       $2.46       0.49%  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,090.10       $2.69       $1,000.00       $1,022.22       $2.61       0.52%  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,089.60       $2.95       $1,000.00       $1,021.97       $2.86       0.57%  

Implementation Fund

 

       

Core Class

    $1,000.00       $1,042.40       $0.15       $1,000.00       $1,024.65       $0.15       0.03%  

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,072.60       $3.19       $1,000.00       $1,021.72       $3.11       0.62%  

 

203


GMO Trust Funds

(A Series of GMO Trust)

 

Fund Expenses — (Continued)

February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

    Actual     Hypothetical    

 

 
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2018
    Expenses Paid
During the Period*
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

International Equity Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,077.60       $3.40       $1,000.00       $1,021.52       $3.31       0.66%  

SGM Major Markets Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $997.70       $5.00       $1,000.00       $1,019.79       $5.06       1.01%  

Class IV

    $1,000.00       $998.00       $4.76       $1,000.00       $1,020.03       $4.81       0.96%  

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $998.00       $4.51       $1,000.00       $1,020.28       $4.56       0.91%  

Special Opportunities Fund

 

       

Class VI

    $1,000.00       $1,144.80       $6.33       $1,000.00       $1,018.89       $5.96       1.19%  

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

 

       

Class III

    $1,000.00       $1,059.40       $2.40       $1,000.00       $1,022.46       $2.36       0.47%  

 

  * Expenses are calculated using each class’s annualized net expense ratio (including indirect expenses incurred) for the six months ended February 28, 2018, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days in the period, divided by 365 days in the year.

 

204


GMO Trust Funds

 

Tax Information for the Tax Year Ended February 28, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The following information is being provided in order to meet reporting requirements set forth by the Code and/or to meet state-specific requirements. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

With respect to distributions paid, the Funds designate the following amounts (or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable) for the fiscal year-ended February 28, 2018:

 

                 
Fund Name   Dividend
Received
Deduction
(corporate
shareholders)(1)
    Qualified
Dividend
Income
(non-corporate
shareholders)(1)
    U.S.
Government
Obligation
Income(1,2)
   

Interest-
Related
Dividend
Income

($)(3)

    Short-
Term
Capital
Gain
Dividends
($)(3)
    Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
    Foreign
Taxes
Paid
($)(4)
    Foreign
Source
Income
($)(4)
 

Alpha Only Fund

    65.98%       100.00%       7.76%                                

Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

    5.87%       45.24%       17.43%       59,727,283                          

Benchmark-Free Fund

    4.04%       40.02%       15.16%       23,482,769                          

Global Asset Allocation Fund

    12.33%       56.95%       12.10%       9,381,252                   4,153,107       33,488,455  

Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

    25.01%       87.14%                               1,051,893       10,415,955  

Global Equity Allocation Fund

    22.58%       87.51%                               6,442,571       54,399,461  

Consolidated Implementation Fund

    4.95%       44.24%       17.12%       69,024,075                          

International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

          100.00%                               2,195,136       23,003,081  

International Equity Allocation Fund

          91.04%                               4,222,005       37,246,118  

Consolidated SGM Major Markets Fund

                            848,834       57,139,048              

Consolidated Special Opportunities Fund

    8.12%       11.74%       1.19%       453,393       56,296,689       11,200,272              

Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

    13.06%       60.58%       10.16%       8,964,659       1,947,705             4,092,641       33,324,941  

 

  (1)  Presented as a percentage of net investment income and short-term capital gain distributions paid, if any.
  (2)  All or a portion of these amounts may be exempt from taxation at the state level.
  (3)  These amounts are generally exempt from U.S. withholding taxes for non-U.S. shareholders, provided certain conditions are satisfied by both the Funds and the Funds’ shareholders. If applicable, interest related dividend amounts could include short-term capital gain diviends received from underlying funds.
  (4)  The Funds expect to elect to treat foreign taxes attributed to foreign source income from certain of its investments, as if incurred directly by the Funds’ shareholders.

In early 2019, the Funds will notify applicable shareholders of amounts for use in preparing 2018 U.S. federal income tax forms.

 

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

The following tables present information regarding each Trustee and officer of the Trust as of April 25, 2018. Each Trustee’s and officer’s year of birth (“YOB”) is set forth after his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Trustee and officer has engaged in the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five years, although not necessarily in the same capacity, and (ii) the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o GMO Trust, 40 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA 02110. Each Trustee serves in office until the earlier of (a) the election and qualification of a successor at the next meeting of shareholders called to elect Trustees or (b) the Trustee dies, resigns, or is removed as provided in the Trust’s governing documents. Each of the Trustees of the Trust, other than Mr. Harrison, is not an “interested person” of the Trust, as such term is used in the 1940 Act (each, an “Independent Trustee”). Because the Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders, each Trustee will hold office for an indeterminate period. Each officer serves in office until his or her successor is elected and determined to be qualified to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office, or until the officer resigns or is removed from office.

 

Independent Trustees
           

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

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.       29   Director, BeiGene Ltd. (biotech research).

Peter Tufano

YOB: 1957

  Trustee   Since December 2008.   Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Finance, University of Oxford Saïd Business School (as of July 1, 2011).       29  

Trustee of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust

(5 Portfolios).

Paul Braverman

YOB: 1949

  Trustee   Since March 2010.   Director of Leerink Swann Holdings, LLC (investment bank) (October 2013 – present); Director of Aesir Capital Management (investment advisor) (November 2012 – present); Director of Kieger (US) Ltd. (investment advisor) (January 2015 – present).       29   Director of Claren Road Asset Management, LLC (hedge fund); Trustee of HIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (27 Portfolios).
Interested Trustee and Officer        
           

Jason B. Harrison.2

YOB: 1977

  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (2006 – 2015)       44   None.

 

 

1  The Fund Complex includes series of each of GMO Trust and GMO Series Trust. Mr. Harrison also serves as a Trustee of GMO Series Trust.

 

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

 

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Officers            
     

Name and

Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with the Trust

 

Length of
Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years*

Jason B. Harrison

YOB: 1977

  Trustee; President of the Trust   Trustee and President since March 2018.   Product Development, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (2006 – 2015)

Sheppard N. Burnett

YOB: 1968

  Chief Executive Officer   Chief Executive Officer since June 2015; Chief Financial Officer, March 2007 – June 2015; Treasurer, November 2006 – June 2015; Assistant Treasurer, September 2004 – November 2006.   Head of Fund Treasury and Tax, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2006 – present).

Carly Cushman

YOB: 1984

  Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer   Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since June 2015; Chief Accounting Officer since May 2014; Assistant Treasurer, September 2013 – June 2015.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (December 2009 – present); Senior Accountant, Renaissance HealthCare (February 2009 – December 2009); Auditor/Senior Auditor, Deloitte & Touche (September 2006 – February 2009).

John L. Nasrah

YOB: 1977

  Assistant Treasurer and Chief Tax Officer   Since March 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2004 – present).

Betty Maganzini

YOB: 1972

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2010 – present); Assistant Treasurer (June 2009 – July 2010), Manager, Fund Administration and Regulatory Affairs (2006 – 2009), Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC.

Mahmoodur Rahman

YOB: 1967

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2007.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2007 – present).

Cathy Tao

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer   Since September 2016   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (October 2007 – present)

Brian Kadehjian

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer and Treasury Officer   Assistant Treasurer since February 2015; Treasury Officer since September 2013.   Fund Administrator, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (April 2002 – present).

Douglas Y. Charton

YOB: 1982

  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Since August 2015.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (July 2015 – present); Associate, K&L Gates LLP (September 2007 – July 2015).

Megan Bunting

YOB: 1978

  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since September 2013.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (September 2006 – present).

Kevin O’Brien

YOB: 1985

  Vice President and Assistant Clerk   Since March 2016.   Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (February 2015 – present); Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2010 – February 2015).

Gregory L. Pottle

YOB: 1971

  Chief Compliance Officer   Chief Compliance Officer since May 2015; Vice President and Assistant Clerk, November 2006 – November 2015.   Chief Compliance Officer, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (May 2015 – present); Legal Counsel, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (March 2000 – May 2015).

Claire Wilkinson

YOB: 1965

  Anti-Money Laundering Officer   Since February 2016.   Compliance Associate, GMO UK Limited (April 2013 – present); General Counsel, MVision Private Equity Advisers Limited (November 2009 – January 2013).

 

 

* Each officer of the Trust may also serve as an officer and/or director of certain pooled investment vehicles of which GMO or an affiliate of GMO serves as the investment adviser.

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

As of February 28, 2018, the registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Code of Ethics”). During the year ended February 28, 2018 there were no substantive amendments to a provision of the Code of Ethics nor were there any waivers granted from a provision of the Code of Ethics. A copy of the Code of Ethics is filed with this Form N-CSR under item 12 (a).

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant does not have an “audit committee financial expert” (as such term has been defined in Form N-CSR) serving on its audit committee. The registrant’s Board believes that, although none of its members individually meets all required elements of the definition of an “audit committee financial expert”, the members of the registrant’s audit committee collectively possess the knowledge and experience necessary to execute all of the audit committee’s functions, duties and powers.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. *

 

  (a) AUDIT FEES: The aggregate fees billed to the registrant for professional services rendered by its independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements for 2018 and 2017 were $1,531,972 and $2,021,951, respectively.

 

  (b) AUDIT-RELATED FEES: The aggregate fees billed to the registrant in 2018 and 2017 for engagements for audit-related services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $66,635 and $122,935, respectively. The aggregate fees billed in 2018 and 2017 to the registrant’s Investment Advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled, or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the Funds (each, a “Service Affiliate”) for engagements for audit-related services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $443,735 and $514,334, respectively.

 

  (c) TAX FEES: The aggregate fees billed to the registrant in 2018 and 2017 for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning, including the preparation of Form 1120 RIC, Form 8613 and review of excise tax distribution calculations, were $610,435 and $902,160, respectively. The aggregate fees billed in 2018 and 2017 to the registrant’s Service Affiliates for engagements for tax services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

  (d) ALL OTHER FEES: No such fees were billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the registrant or to the registrant’s Service Affiliates that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds in 2018 or 2017.

 

  (e) (1) The Audit Committee has adopted an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services to be performed by the independent auditor are to be preapproved. Under the Policy, the Audit Committee pre-approves, on an annual basis, the following services: (1) the engagement, scope and terms of the annual audit; (2) certain audit-related services; (3) certain tax services that the Committee believes would not impair, and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence; and (4) certain permissible non-audit services that the Committee believes are routine and recurring services and that would not impair, and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence, subject to certain limitations on the projected fees associated with each service. All other types of services not included on the schedule to the policy, or for which the projected fees exceed those provided in the schedule, require the specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee or the Chairperson of the Committee (if timing necessitates that preapproval is required before the Committee’s next regularly scheduled meeting) if they are to be provided by the independent auditor.

 

  (e) (2) None.


  (f) Not applicable.

 

  (g) NON-AUDIT FEES: The aggregate fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 2018 and 2017 for non-audit services rendered to the registrant and the registrant’s Service Affiliates were $1,155,805 and $1,574,429, respectively. For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2018, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above in Item 4(b),(c),(d), plus $35,000 in fees billed to the Funds’ Service Affiliates for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2017, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above in Item 4(b),(c),(d), plus $35,000 in fees billed to the Funds’ Service Affiliates for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

 

  (h) The registrant’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by the registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm to the registrant’s Investment Advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled, or under common control with the Advisor that provided ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant) was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

* Includes information regarding all series of GMO Trust.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to this registrant.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

The complete schedule of investments for each series of the registrant is included as part of the annual reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to this registrant.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to this registrant.    

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to this registrant.    

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that the design and operation of such procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.


  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics described in Item 2 is attached hereto as EX-99.CODEETH.

(a)(2) Certifications by the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.

(a)(3) Not applicable to this registrant.

 

  (b) Certifications by the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the registrant pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)   GMO Trust
By (Signature and Title):  

/s/ Sheppard N. Burnett

  Sheppard N. Burnett, Chief Executive Officer
  Date: May 1, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):  

/s/ Sheppard N. Burnett

  Sheppard N. Burnett, Chief Executive Officer
  Date: May 1, 2018
By (Signature and Title):  

/s/ Carly Cushman

 

Carly Cushman, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: May 1, 2018