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Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) 

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347 

 

GMO TRUST

 

Supplement dated February 22, 2023 to the 

GMO Trust Prospectus dated June 30, 2022, as supplemented (“Prospectus”)

 

Rachna Ramachandran serves as a portfolio manager of GMO High Yield Fund, and Ben Nabet serves as a portfolio manager of GMO Opportunistic Income Fund.

 

GMO High Yield Fund

 

The section appearing on page 94 of the Prospectus captioned “Management of the Fund” is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

Management of the Fund 

Investment Adviser: Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 

Investment Team and Senior Members of GMO primarily responsible for portfolio management of the Fund:

 

Investment Team  Senior Member (Length of Service with Fund)  Title
Structured Products  Joe Auth (since the Fund’s inception in 2018)  Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.
Structured Products  Rachna Ramachandran (since February 2023)  Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.

 

GMO Opportunistic Income Fund

 

The section appearing on page 116 of the Prospectus captioned “Management of the Fund” is replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

Management of the Fund 

Investment Adviser: Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 

Investment Team and Senior Members of GMO primarily responsible for portfolio management of the Fund:

 

Investment Team  Senior Member (Length of Service with Fund)  Title
Structured Products  Joe Auth (since 2015)  Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.
Structured Products  Ben Nabet (since February 2023)  Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.

 

 

 

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) 

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347 

 

The following replaces the portions of the table beginning on page 175 of the Prospectus in the section captioned “Management of the Trust” that identify the senior members of the Investment Team with primary responsibility for managing the investments of GMO High Yield Fund and GMO Opportunistic Income Fund:

 

High Yield Fund Joe Auth Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team and Head of Developed Fixed Income, GMO. Mr. Auth has been responsible for providing portfolio management services to GMO’s structured credit portfolios since 2014 and high yield credit portfolios since 2017. Previously, Mr. Auth was a portfolio manager at Harvard Management Company.
Rachna Ramachandran Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.  Ms. Ramachandran has been responsible for providing portfolio management services to GMO’s structured credit portfolios since 2019.  Prior to joining GMO, Ms. Ramachandran was a Director of Credit Trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Opportunistic Income Fund Joe Auth See above.
Ben Nabet Portfolio Manager, Structured Products Team, GMO.  Mr. Nabet has been responsible for providing portfolio management services to GMO’s structured credit portfolios since 2015.  

 

 

 

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) 

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347 

 

GMO TRUST

 

Supplement dated February  22, 2023 to the
GMO Trust Statement of Additional Information dated June 30, 2022, as supplemented (the “SAI”)

 

The SAI is amended to reflect that Rachna Ramachandran serves as a senior member of the Investment Team with primary responsibility for managing the investments of GMO High Yield Fund and that Ben Nabet serves as a senior member of the Investment Team with primary responsibility for managing the investments of GMO Opportunistic Income Fund.

 

Portfolio Management

 

In the section captioned “Portfolio Management,” the tables appearing on page 102 of the SAI that set forth information about the accounts overseen or managed by the senior members are supplemented with respect to Ms. Ramachandran and Mr. Nabet as follows:

 

Senior Member   Registered investment
companies managed
(including non-GMO
mutual fund subadvisory
relationships)
    Other pooled investment
vehicles managed
(world-wide)
    Separate accounts
managed
(world-wide)
 
    Number of
accounts1
    Total
assets1
    Number of
accounts
    Total
assets
    Number of
accounts
    Total
assets
 
Ben Nabet2   1     $ 1,092,446,285     0     $ 0     0     $ 0  
Rachna Ramachandran2   1     $ 261,741,796     0     $ 0     0     $ 0  

 

Senior Member   Registered investment
companies managed for
which GMO receives a
performance-based fee
(including non-GMO
mutual fund subadvisory
relationships)
    Other pooled investment
vehicles managed
(world-wide) for which
GMO receives a
performance-based fee
    Separate accounts
managed (world-wide) for
which GMO receives a
performance-based fee
 
    Number of
accounts1
    Total
assets1
    Number of
accounts
    Total
assets
    Number of
accounts
    Total
assets
 
Ben Nabet2   0     $ 0     0     $ 0     0     $ 0  
Rachna Ramachandran2   0     $ 0     0     $ 0     0     $ 0  

 

1 For some senior members, “Total assets” includes assets invested by other Funds.

 

2 Information for Mr. Nabet and Ms. Ramachandran is provided as of January 31, 2023.

 

 

 

 

Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) 

File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347 

 

In the sub-section captioned “Senior Member Fund Ownership” in the section captioned “Portfolio Management,” the table appearing on pages 103-104 of the SAI that sets forth the dollar range of each senior member’s direct beneficial share ownership is supplemented with respect to Ms. Ramachandran and Mr. Nabet as follows:

 

Name of Senior Member   Dollar Range of Shares Directly Owned in the Fund  
Ben Nabet1   Opportunistic Income Fund     None  
Rachna Ramachandran1   High Yield Fund     None  

 

1 Information for Mr. Nabet and Ms. Ramachandran is provided as of January 31, 2023.

 

In the sub-section captioned “Senior Member Fund Ownership” in the section captioned “Portfolio Management,” the table appearing on pages 105-106 of the SAI that sets forth the dollar range of each senior member’s indirect beneficial share ownership is supplemented with respect to Ms. Ramachandran and Mr. Nabet as follows:

 

Name of Senior Member   Dollar Range of Shares Indirectly Owned in the Fund  
Ben Nabet1   Opportunistic Income Fund     None  
Rachna Ramachandran1   High Yield Fund     None  

 

1 Information for Mr. Nabet and Ms. Ramachandran is provided as of January 31, 2023.