EX-99.(M)(3)(II) 20 tm2016319d4_ex-m3ii.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT

Exhibit (m)(3)(ii) 

 

AMENDMENT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to the Operating Agreement is made as of December 30, 2019, between Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), a California corporation, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“Fund Affiliate”), and each registered investment company (“Fund Company”) executing this Amendment on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its series or classes of shares (“Fund(s)”) listed on Schedule I to the Operating Agreement, made as of April 19, 2000, as amended thereafter (“Operating Agreement”). This Amendment amends the Operating Agreement. All capitalized terms used in the Amendment and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Operating Agreement. Fund Company and Fund Affiliate are collectively referred to herein as (“Fund Parties”).

 

WHEREAS, Schwab and Fund Company wish to insert terms to the Operating Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises set forth below, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.            Section 4 of the Operating Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following Section 4. shall be inserted in lieu thereof:

 

“4 . Account Establishment and Maintenance Fees. Fund Parties shall pay to

 

Schwab such fees as are set forth on Schedule II to this Agreement in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the Account(s) for each Fund. The parties acknowledge and agree that any services provided by Schwab under the Agreement are administrative and related services only and are not the services of an underwriter, principal underwriter, or distributor of any Fund within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the 1940 Act, as applicable.”

 

2.            Except as specifically set forth herein, all other provisions of the Operating Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit (m)(3)(ii) 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized representative of the parties hereto.

 

  FUND COMPANY
SCHWAB Required Signature
Required Signature GMO TRUST, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund listed on Schedule I hereto
   
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. By: /s/ Kevin M. O’Brien
   
By: /s/ Kyle Schmiegel Name: Kevin M. O’Brien
   
  Kyle Schmiegel as     Vice President    of
  Vice President (Title)
  Brokerage Product Services each Fund Company on behalf of each Fund
  Company and on behalf of each Fund
   
Date: 1/10/2020 Date: 1/2/2020
   
  GMO SERIES TRUST, on its own behalf and on behalf of each Fund listed on Schedule I hereto
   
  By: /s/ Megan Bunting
   
  Name: Megan Bunting
   
  Title: VP and Asst. Clerk
   
  Date: 1/2/2020
   
 

FUND AFFILIATE

Required Signature

  GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC
   
  By: Megan Bunting
   
  Name: Megan Bunting
   
  Title: Legal Counsel
   
  Date: 1/2/2020