EX-99.(H)(6)(V) 9 tm2223638d1_ex99-h6v.htm AMENDMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

 

Exhibit (h)(6)(v)

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to the Administration Agreement (the “Amendment”) is dated as of September 12, 2022 by and between Grantham, Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“GMO”), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (“State Street”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, GMO Trust is a business trust established under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Trusts”), is registered as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consisting of certain of the separate portfolios as listed on Schedule A attached hereto (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”);

 

WHEREAS, GMO and Investors Bank & Trust Company (“IBT”) entered into an Administration Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, IBT merged with and into State Street, effective July 2, 2007, with the result that State Street now serves as Administrator under the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, GMO and State Street desire to amend the Agreement as set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the revised Schedule A attached hereto.

 

2.Annex I to Schedule B6 of the Administration Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Annex I in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the attached Annex I.

 

3.Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

 

4.Except as specifically amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Counterparts may be executed in either original or electronically transmitted form (e.g., faxes or emailed portable document format (PDF) form), and the parties hereby adopt as original any signatures received via electronically transmitted form.

  

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their officers designated below as of the date first written above.

 

 

GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC

 

By:   /s/ Douglas Y. Charton__ 

Name: Douglas Y. Charton 

Title:      Counsel

 

 

 

 

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

By:   /s/ Jason Becker         

Name: Jason Becker 

Title: Senior Vice president

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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              Information Classification: Confidential

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Listing of Trusts and Funds

 

(Updated as of September 12, 2022)

 

GMO Trust

 

GMO Alternative Allocation Fund GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund GMO International Equity Allocation Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund GMO International Equity Fund
GMO Benchmark-Free Fund GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund
GMO Climate Change Fund GMO Opportunistic Income Fund
GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund GMO Quality Cyclicals Fund
GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund* GMO Quality Fund
GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund GMO Resources Fund
GMO Emerging Markets ex-China Fund GMO SGM Major Markets Fund
GMO Emerging Markets Fund GMO Small Cap Quality Fund*
GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund
GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund
GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund GMO U.S. Equity Fund
GMO High Yield Fund GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
GMO Implementation Fund GMO U.S. Treasury Fund
  GMO-Usonian Japan Value Creation Fund
   

 

  *GMO will provide State Street with at least (5) business days’ prior notice to the commencement of operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX I

 

GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC (“GMO”) 

Updated as of September 12, 2022

 

Further to the Amendment dated as of September 12, 2022, to the Administration Agreement dated as of June 30, 2003 (as amended), between Grantham, Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC (“GMO”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Administrator”), GMO and the Administrator mutually agree to update this Annex 1 by adding/removing Portfolios as applicable:

 

 

 

 

Form N-PORT Services

and Quarterly Portfolio of Investments Services

 

Service Type:

GMO TRUST Standard N-PORT
Reporting Solution
(Data and Filing)
and Quarterly
Portfolio of
Investments Services

 

GMO Alternative Allocation Fund

GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund

GMO Benchmark-Free Fund

GMO Climate Change Fund

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund

GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund

GMO Emerging Markets ex-China Fund

GMO Emerging Markets Fund

GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund

GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund

GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund

GMO High Yield Fund GMO Implementation Fund

GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund

GMO International Equity Allocation Fund

GMO International Equity Fund

GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

GMO Quality Cyclicals Fund

GMO Quality Fund

GMO Resources Fund

GMO SGM Major Markets Fund

GMO Small Cap Quality Fund

GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund

GMO Tax-Managed International Equities Fund

GMO U. S. Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

 

 

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GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
GMO U.S. Treasury Fund
 
GMO-Usonian Japan Value Creation Fund  

   
Form N-CEN Services  
GMO Trust  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Classification: Limited Access

              Information Classification: Confidential