N-CSR 1 d30683dncsr.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)

 

 

Tara Pari, 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: 02/28/21

Date of reporting period: 02/28/21

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The annual reports for each series of the registrant for the period ended February 28, 2021 are filed herewith.


GMO Trust

Annual Report

February 28, 2021

Asset Allocation Bond Fund

Emerging Country Debt Fund

High Yield Fund

Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

Opportunistic Income Fund

U.S. Treasury Fund


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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.

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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  

Emerging Country Debt Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     6  

Performance Graph

     7  

Investment Concentration Summary

     8  

Schedule of Investments

     9  

High Yield Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     22  

Performance Graph

     23  

Investment Concentration Summary

     24  

Schedule of Investments

     25  

Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     30  

Performance Graph

     31  

Investment Concentration Summary

     32  

Schedule of Investments

     33  

Opportunistic Income Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     38  

Performance Graph

     39  

Investment Concentration Summary

     40  

Schedule of Investments

     41  

U.S. Treasury Fund

  

Management Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

     52  

Performance Graph

     53  

Investment Concentration Summary

     54  

Schedule of Investments

     55  

Portfolio, Counterparty and Currency Abbreviations

     56  

Fund Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     57  

Statements of Operations

     61  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     63  

Financial Highlights

     66  

Notes to Financial Statements

     72  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     118  

Fund Expenses

     119  

Tax Information

     120  

Trustees and Officers

     121  

 

              1


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 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 +6.33% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, as compared with +0.33% for the FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index.

The Fund’s position in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities drove the vast majority of gains during the fiscal year, as real 10-year yields plummeted from -0.28% at the start of the period to an incredible -0.71% at the end of the period.

The Fund also had a modest exposure to short-dated U.S. Treasuries, and these made a small positive contribution to 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. All information is unaudited.

 

2              


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $5,000,000 Investment in

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

As of February 28, 2021

 

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, 2021. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

For Class III and VI the gross expense ratio of 0.46% and 0.37%, respectively, is equal to the Fund’s Total Annual Operating Expenses set forth in the Fund’s most recent prospectus dated June 30, 2020. For the Classes listed above, the corresponding net expense ratio of 0.40% and 0.31% reflects the reduction of expenses from fee reimbursements. The fee reimbursements will continue until at least June 30, 2021. Elimination of this reimbursement will result in higher fees and lower performance.

 

3


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    95.5

Mutual Funds

    4.2  

Short-Term Investments

    0.3  

Other

    0.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

&

In the table, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives, except for forward currency contracts which are based on unrealized appreciation/(depreciation).

^

Rounds to 0.0%.

 

 

4              


GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

     Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 95.5%

 

          U.S. Government — 95.5%  
    8,178,071     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.38%, due 01/15/27 (a)     9,066,158  
    10,410,878     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.50%, due 01/15/28 (a)     11,678,891  
    15,054,030     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28 (a)     18,250,659  
    6,282,486     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.75%, due 07/15/28 (a)     7,214,675  
    11,370,925     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.88%, due 01/15/29 (a)     13,158,959  
    17,015,873     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.50%, due 01/15/29 (a)     21,981,384  
    16,399,260     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 01/15/30 (a)     17,906,583  
    14,424,644     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/30 (a)     15,800,056  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     115,057,365  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(COST $105,455,986)
      115,057,365  
     

 

 

 
     Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 4.2%

 

          United States — 4.2%  
          Affiliated Issuers — 4.2%  
    992,229     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     5,000,835  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(COST $5,000,835)
    5,000,835  
     

 

 

 
          SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.3%  
          Money Market Funds — 0.3%  
    416,065     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund-Premier Class, 0.01% (b)     416,065  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(COST $416,065)
    416,065  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $110,872,886)
    120,474,265  
     

 

 

 
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.0%)     (18,193
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $120,456,072  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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, 2021.

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 56.

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   5


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 +2.67% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, as compared with +0.91% for the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified + (EMBIGD). As of March 1, 2020, the Fund changed its benchmark so that the Fund now seeks total return in excess of that of the EMBIGD, which GMO believes to be a more appropriate benchmark in light of the Fund’s investment strategy. The Fund formerly sought to outperform the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBIG).

EMBIGD’s spread over U.S. Treasuries tightened by 15 basis points to 359 basis points during the fiscal year, while the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond rose by 26 basis points to 1.40%.

The Fund had positive alpha from country selection during the fiscal year, driven by gains from overweights in Turkey, Oman, and Ukraine, and underweights in Angola, and Lebanon. While only partly offsetting these gains, the Fund’s overweights in Argentina, Belize, and Ecuador, and underweight in Qatar detracted alpha during the fiscal year.

In terms of security selection, gains from the choice of holdings in Ecuador, Argentina, and Qatar drove positive alpha, followed by smaller contributions from security selection in Brazil and Mexico. Negative alpha from security selection in Tunisia, Turkey, and Egypt only partly offsets these gains. The Fund had negative alpha from holding of bonds in off-benchmark countries, which we consider security selection. The most notable country in this category was Venezuela, followed by Israel and Grenada.

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. All information is unaudited.

 

6              


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $5,000,000 Investment in

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund Class III Shares, the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified +*

and the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global

As of February 28, 2021

 

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 1.00% on the purchase and 1.00% 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 https://www.gmo.com/north-america/benchmark-disclaimers/

 

  *

As of March 1, 2020, the Emerging Country Debt Fund changed its benchmark so that the Fund now seeks total return in excess of that of the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified. The Fund formerly sought to outperform the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global. In order to present a performance comparison that tracks changes in the Fund’s benchmark over time, the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified + (composite index) is shown in the graph above and reflects the performance of the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global through 2/29/2020 and the J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified thereafter.

For Class III and IV the gross expense ratio of 0.54% and 0.49%, respectively, is equal to the Fund’s Total Annual Operating Expenses set forth in the Fund’s most recent prospectus dated June 30, 2020. For the Classes listed above, the corresponding net expense ratio of 0.54% and 0.49% reflects the reduction of expenses from fee reimbursements. The fee reimbursements will continue until at least June 30, 2021. Elimination of this reimbursement will result in higher fees and lower performance.

 

7


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary†   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    92.7

Short-Term Investments

    3.5  

Loan Participations

    0.9  

Loan Assignments

    0.6  

Rights/Warrants

    0.4  

Swap Contracts

    0.3  

Written Options/Credit Linked Options

    0.0

Forward Currency Contracts

    (0.0 )^ 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

    (0.2

Other

    1.8  
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary‡   % of Investments  

Other Emerging

    17.9 %* 

Mexico

    7.2  

Turkey

    5.4  

Saudi Arabia

    4.6  

South Africa

    4.5  

Indonesia

    4.1  

Oman

    4.0  

Egypt

    3.5  

Ukraine

    3.3  

Bahrain

    3.1  

Brazil

    2.7  

Dominican Republic

    2.7  

Russia

    2.7  

Argentina

    2.6  

Chile

    2.6  

Tunisia

    2.6  

United Arab Emirates

    2.5  

Qatar

    2.2  

Peru

    2.1  

Ecuador

    1.9  

Jordan

    1.9  

Panama

    1.7  

Sri Lanka

    1.6  

Colombia

    1.5  

Kenya

    1.5  

Ivory Coast

    1.5  

Kazakhstan

    1.4  

Costa Rica

    1.2  

India

    1.1  

Philippines

    1.1  

El Salvador

    1.0  

Nigeria

    1.0  

Romania

    1.0  

United States

    0.3  
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

The table 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, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives, except for forward currency contracts which are based on unrealized appreciation/(depreciation).

 

The table 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. 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.

 

^

Rounds to 0.0%.

 

 

8              


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
  DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 92.7%

 

      Albania — 1.1%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    49,649,849     Republic of Albania Par Bond, Zero Coupon, due 08/31/25 (a) (b)     45,258,659  
     

 

 

 
      Angola — 0.3%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    7,900,000     Angolan Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.38%, due 05/08/48     7,759,281  
    5,500,000     Angolan Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.13%, due 11/26/49     5,290,313  
     

 

 

 
  Total Angola     13,049,594  
     

 

 

 
      Argentina — 2.8%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    11,490,713     Republic of Argentina, 1.00%, due 07/09/29     4,522,212  
    23,333,493     Republic of Argentina, Step Up, 0.13%, due 07/09/30     8,487,558  

JPY

    407,485,276     Republic of Argentina, Variable Rate, 4.33%, due 12/31/33 (c) (d)     910,404  
    56,547,942     Republic of Argentina, Step Up, 0.13%, due 07/09/35     18,095,341  
    72,008,994     Republic of Argentina, Step Up, 0.13%, due 01/09/38     26,462,749  

JPY

    323,575,000     Republic of Argentina,
0.67%, due 12/31/38 (c) (d)
    605,214  
    142,761,240     Republic of Argentina, Step Up, 0.13%, due 07/09/41     49,155,294  
    34,047,000     Republic of Argentina, Step Up, 0.13%, due 07/09/46     10,873,761  
     

 

 

 
  Total Argentina     119,112,533  
     

 

 

 
      Armenia — 0.7%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.5%  
    20,000,000     Ardshinbank CJSC Via Dilijan Finance BV, Reg S, 6.50%, due 01/28/25     19,700,000  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    2,195,000     Republic of Armenia, Reg S,
7.15%, due 03/26/25
    2,444,681  
    7,900,000     Republic of Armenia, 144A,
3.60%, due 02/02/31
    7,260,594  
     

 

 

 
    9,705,275  
     

 

 

 
  Total Armenia     29,405,275  
     

 

 

 
      Azerbaijan — 1.3%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.7%  
    11,388,000     International Bank of Azerbaijan OJSC, Reg S, 3.50%, due 09/01/24     11,103,300  
    18,950,000     Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS, Reg S, 5.88%, due 01/26/23     19,400,062  
     

 

 

 
    30,503,362  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
  Azerbaijan — continued

 

      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.6%  
    20,300,000     Republic of Azerbaijan International Bond, Reg S, 5.13%, due 09/01/29     22,624,350  
     

 

 

 
  Total Azerbaijan     53,127,712  
     

 

 

 
      Bahamas — 0.8%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,069,000     Bahamas Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.00%, due 11/21/28     13,383,136  
    6,163,000     Bahamas Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.95%, due 11/20/29     6,066,703  
    13,300,000     Bahamas Government International Bond, 144A, 8.95%, due 10/15/32     14,156,188  
     

 

 

 
  Total Bahamas     33,606,027  
     

 

 

 
      Bahrain — 1.7%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    65,290,000     Bahrain Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.50%, due 09/20/47     70,717,231  
     

 

 

 
      Barbados — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,400,000     Barbados Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.50%, due 10/01/29     14,652,000  
    7,600,000     Barbados Government International Bond, 144A, 6.50%, due 10/01/29     7,733,000  
     

 

 

 
  Total Barbados     22,385,000  
     

 

 

 
      Belarus — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.2%  
    8,304,000     Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus JSC, Reg S, 6.75%, due 05/02/24     8,410,748  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    7,500,000     Republic of Belarus International Bond, Reg S, 6.20%, due 02/28/30     7,321,875  
     

 

 

 
  Total Belarus     15,732,623  
     

 

 

 
      Belize — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    53,485,866     Republic of Belize, Reg S, Step Up, 4.94%, due 02/20/34     21,728,633  
     

 

 

 
      Benin — 0.1%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    3,000,000     Benin Government International Bond, 144A, 6.88%, due 01/19/52     3,746,340  
     

 

 

 
      Bermuda — 0.2%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    6,990,000     Bermuda Government International Bond, Reg S, 4.75%, due 02/15/29     8,350,866  
     

 

 

 
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   9


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Bolivia — 0.2%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    9,200,000     Bolivia Government International Bond, Reg S, 4.50%, due 03/20/28 (e)     8,205,250  
     

 

 

 
      Brazil — 2.1%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.6%  
    2,600,000     Guara Norte Sarl, 144A, 5.20%, due 06/15/34     2,644,720  
    21,992,477     MV24 Capital BV, Reg S, 6.75%, due 06/01/34     23,923,416  
     

 

 

 
    26,568,136  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.0%  
    40,039,000     Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.85%, due 06/05/2115     43,542,412  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.5%  
    19,800,000     Republic of Brazil, 4.75%, due 01/14/50     18,543,938  
     

 

 

 
  Total Brazil     88,654,486  
     

 

 

 
      Cameroon — 0.3%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,300,000     Republic of Cameroon International Bond, Reg S, 9.50%, due 11/19/25     11,120,781  
     

 

 

 
      Chile — 2.3%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.6%  
    20,411,000     Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA, 8.13%, due 02/01/97 (a)     27,230,315  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.7%  
    8,700,000     Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 144A, 3.70%, due 01/30/50     8,599,406  
    24,100,000     Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA, Reg S, 4.70%, due 05/07/50     28,498,250  
    8,100,000     Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, Reg S, 5.25%, due 11/06/29     9,396,000  
    23,750,000     Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, Reg S, 4.50%, due 09/14/47     25,390,235  
     

 

 

 
    71,883,891  
     

 

 

 
  Total Chile     99,114,206  
     

 

 

 
      China — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    14,200,000     Lamar Funding Ltd., Reg S, 3.96%, due 05/07/25     14,146,750  
    7,300,000     Oryx Funding Ltd., 144A, 5.80%, due 02/03/31     7,600,614  
     

 

 

 
  Total China     21,747,364  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Colombia — 1.8%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.6%  
    45,411,000     Ecopetrol SA, 7.38%, due 09/18/43     56,343,698  
    2,800,000     Ecopetrol SA, 5.88%, due 05/28/45     3,008,824  

COP

    30,200,000,000     Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, Reg S, 8.38%, due 11/08/27     8,663,765  
     

 

 

 
    68,016,287  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    647,000     Colombia Government International Bond, 8.38%, due 02/15/27     767,504  
    3,800,000     Colombia Government International Bond, 11.85%, due 03/09/28 (c)     5,458,776  
     

 

 

 
    6,226,280  
     

 

 

 
  Total Colombia     74,242,567  
     

 

 

 
      Congo Republic (Brazzaville) — 1.1%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    63,057,932     Republic of Congo, Reg S, Step Up, 6.00%, due 06/30/29 (c)     48,022,556  
     

 

 

 
      Costa Rica — 1.2%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.1%  
    3,798,000     Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, Reg S, 6.38%, due 05/15/43     3,184,386  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 1.1%  
    10,200,000     Costa Rica Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.20%, due 08/26/26     11,433,562  
    34,731,000     Costa Rica Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.16%, due 03/12/45     34,079,794  
     

 

 

 
    45,513,356  
     

 

 

 
  Total Costa Rica     48,697,742  
     

 

 

 
      Czech Republic — 0.1%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    5,458,000     CEZ AS, Reg S, 5.63%, due 04/03/42     6,234,690  
     

 

 

 
      Dominican Republic — 3.0%  
      Asset-Backed Securities — 0.3%  
    10,544,944     Autopistas Del Nordeste Ltd., Reg S, 9.39%, due 04/15/24     10,871,179  
      Foreign Government Obligations — 2.7%  
    16,587,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, Reg S, 8.63%, due 04/20/27     20,075,453  

DOP

    1,500,000,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, 144A, 10.38%, due 01/11/30     29,037,324  
    12,100,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, 144A, 5.30%, due 01/21/41     11,873,125  
    56,000,000     Dominican Republic International Bond, 144A, 5.88%, due 01/30/60     54,197,500  
     

 

 

 
    115,183,402  
     

 

 

 
  Total Dominican Republic     126,054,581  
     

 

 

 
 

 

10   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, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Ecuador — 2.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    1,000,000     Ecuador Government International Bond, 5.00%, due 02/28/25 (c)     900,000  
    8,246,892     Ecuador Government International Bond, Zero Coupon, 144A, due 07/31/30     3,422,460  
    36,476,250     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 0.50%, due 07/31/30     21,429,797  
    101,887,125     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 0.50%, due 07/31/35     46,358,642  
    36,603,750     Ecuador Government International Bond, 144A, 0.50%, due 07/31/40     15,373,575  
    19,150,729     Ecuador Social Bond Sarl, Zero Coupon, 144A, due 01/30/35     13,417,479  
     

 

 

 
  Total Ecuador     100,901,953  
     

 

 

 
      Egypt — 2.7%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    11,000,000     Egypt Government International Bond, 144A, 5.88%, due 02/16/31     10,587,500  
    26,800,000     Egypt Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.90%, due 02/21/48     26,414,750  
    23,500,000     Egypt Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.70%, due 03/01/49     24,704,375  
    21,400,000     Egypt Government International Bond, 144A, 8.88%, due 05/29/50     22,750,875  
    14,814,000     Egypt Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.15%, due 11/20/59     14,675,119  
    15,100,000     Egypt Government International Bond, 144A, 7.50%, due 02/16/61     14,118,500  
     

 

 

 
  Total Egypt     113,251,119  
     

 

 

 
      El Salvador — 0.9%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    17,175,000     El Salvador Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.65%, due 06/15/35     16,917,375  
    21,300,000     El Salvador Government International Bond, 144A, 7.12%, due 01/20/50     19,702,500  
     

 

 

 
  Total El Salvador     36,619,875  
     

 

 

 
      Ethiopia — 0.1%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    4,090,000     Ethiopia International Bond, Reg S, 6.63%, due 12/11/24     3,792,197  
     

 

 

 
          Gabon — 0.3%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,000,000     Gabonese Republic, 144A, 6.63%, due 02/06/31     13,706,875  
     

 

 

 
          Ghana — 0.9%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.3%  
    11,986,441     Saderea, Ltd., Reg S, 12.50%, due 11/30/26     12,589,509  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          Ghana — continued  
          Foreign Government Obligations — 0.6%  
    13,000,000     Republic of Ghana, Reg S, 8.95%, due 03/26/51     12,703,438  
    14,300,000     Republic of Ghana, 144A, 8.75%, due 03/11/61     13,687,781  
     

 

 

 
        26,391,219  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ghana     38,980,728  
     

 

 

 
          Grenada — 0.2%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,926,188     Grenada Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.00%, due 05/12/30     8,085,379  
     

 

 

 
          Guatemala — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    1,965,000     Republic of Guatemala, Reg S, 8.13%, due 10/06/34     2,765,737  
    13,500,000     Republic of Guatemala, 144A, 6.13%, due 06/01/50     16,288,594  
     

 

 

 
    Total Guatemala     19,054,331  
     

 

 

 
          Honduras — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    3,200,000     Honduras Government International Bond, 144A, 5.63%, due 06/24/30     3,508,000  
     

 

 

 
          India — 1.2%  
          Corporate Debt  
    1,000,000     GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, 144A, 4.75%, due 02/02/26     1,002,188  
    21,140,000     GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, Reg S, 4.25%, due 10/27/27     20,413,312  
    29,700,000     Delhi International Airport Ltd., Reg S, 6.45%, due 06/04/29     30,099,094  
     

 

 

 
    Total India     51,514,594  
     

 

 

 
          Indonesia — 4.1%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 3.1%  
    9,200,000     Hutama Karya Persero PT, Reg S, 3.75%, due 05/11/30     9,846,875  
    3,700,000     Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT, 144A, 5.45%, due 05/15/30     4,236,500  
    15,000,000     Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT, 144A, 5.80%, due 05/15/50     17,418,750  
    13,300,000     Pertamina Persero PT, Reg S, 6.50%, due 05/27/41     16,882,687  
    8,100,000     Pertamina Persero PT, Reg S, 5.63%, due 05/20/43     9,352,969  
    8,200,000     Pertamina Persero PT, Reg S, 4.15%, due 02/25/60     7,877,125  
    4,100,000     Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, Reg S, 6.15%, due 05/21/48     5,008,406  
    14,200,000     Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, Reg S, 6.25%, due 01/25/49     17,608,000  
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   11


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          Indonesia — continued  
          Foreign Government Agency — continued  
    5,300,000     Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III, 144A, 3.80%, due 06/23/50     5,283,438  
    41,500,000     Saka Energi Indonesia PT, Reg S, 4.45%, due 05/05/24     37,414,844  
     

 

 

 
        130,929,594  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Obligations — 1.0%  
    23,091,000     Indonesia Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.63%, due 02/17/37     31,050,179  
    7,900,000     Indonesia Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.25%, due 01/08/47     9,559,000  
     

 

 

 
        40,609,179  
     

 

 

 
    Total Indonesia     171,538,773  
     

 

 

 
          Israel — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Agency  
    12,323,000     Israel Electric Corp., Ltd., Reg S, 8.10%, due 12/15/96     17,868,350  
     

 

 

 
          Ivory Coast — 0.9%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    29,000,000     Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.63%, due 03/22/48     36,969,088  
     

 

 

 
          Jamaica — 0.8%  
          Corporate Debt — 0.1%  
    6,251,000     TransJamaican Highway Ltd, Reg S, 5.75%, due 10/10/36     6,243,186  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.3%  
    11,400,000     National Road Operating & Construction Co., Ltd., Reg S, 9.38%, due 11/10/24 (c)     12,768,000  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Obligations — 0.4%  
    11,375,000     Jamaica Government International Bond, 7.88%, due 07/28/45     15,754,375  
     

 

 

 
  Total Jamaica     34,765,561  
     

 

 

 
      Jordan — 1.2%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    47,395,000     Jordan Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.38%, due 10/10/47     51,393,953  
     

 

 

 
      Kazakhstan — 1.0%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    9,000,000     Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV, Reg S, 6.95%, due 07/10/42     12,386,250  
    3,800,000     KazMunayGas National Co JSC, Reg S, 5.75%, due 04/19/47     4,489,700  
    19,900,000     KazMunayGas National Co JSC, Reg S, 6.38%, due 10/24/48     25,440,906  
     

 

 

 
  Total Kazakhstan     42,316,856  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Kenya — 0.9%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    32,600,000     Kenya Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.25%, due 02/28/48     36,002,625  
     

 

 

 
      Kuwait — 0.3%  
      Corporate Debt  
    2,300,000     Equate Petrochemical BV, Reg S, 4.25%, due 11/03/26     2,496,219  
    9,200,000     MEGlobal Canada ULC, 144A, 5.88%, due 05/18/30     11,129,125  
     

 

 

 
  Total Kuwait     13,625,344  
     

 

 

 
      Lebanon — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    15,000,000     Lebanon Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.85%, due 03/23/27 (d)     1,916,625  
    41,605,000     Lebanon Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.15%, due 11/20/31 (d)     5,304,638  
    18,800,000     Lebanon Government International Bond, 8.20%, due 05/17/33 (d)     2,385,250  
    42,944,000     Lebanon Government International Bond, 8.25%, due 05/17/34 (d)     5,421,680  
     

 

 

 
  Total Lebanon     15,028,193  
     

 

 

 
      Malaysia — 0.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    10,700,000     1MDB Global Investments Ltd, Reg S, 4.40%, due 03/09/23     10,742,800  
    11,700,000     Petronas Capital Ltd., 144A, 4.80%, due 04/21/60     14,847,323  
     

 

 

 
  Total Malaysia     25,590,123  
     

 

 

 
      Mexico — 6.2%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 4.1%  
    27,884,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.35%, due 02/12/48     23,439,988  
    6,400,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, Reg S, 6.63%, due 09/29/49     5,472,000  
    131,800,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 7.69%, due 01/23/50     125,196,820  
    22,986,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.95%, due 01/28/60     20,112,750  
     

 

 

 
    174,221,558  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Obligations — 2.1%  

GBP

    56,796,000     United Mexican States, 5.63%, due 03/19/2114     87,832,292  
     

 

 

 
    Total Mexico     262,053,850  
     

 

 

 
          Mongolia — 0.1%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    2,400,000     Mongolia Government International Bond, 144A, 5.13%, due 04/07/26     2,616,000  
     

 

 

 
 

 

12   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, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          Montenegro — 0.2%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    9,100,000     Montenegro Government International Bond, 144A, 2.88%, due 12/16/27     10,585,031  
     

 

 

 
          Morocco — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Agency  
    14,500,000     Office Cherifien des Phosphates SA, Reg S, 6.88%, due 04/25/44     17,767,031  
     

 

 

 
      Mozambique — 0.2%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    9,276,000     Mozambique International Bond, Reg S, Step Up, 5.00%, due 09/15/31     8,015,044  
     

 

 

 
          Nigeria — 0.8%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,700,000     Nigeria Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.70%, due 02/23/38     10,960,812  
    15,550,000     Nigeria Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.63%, due 11/28/47     15,831,844  
    7,600,000     Nigeria Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.25%, due 01/21/49     8,668,750  
     

 

 

 
    Total Nigeria     35,461,406  
     

 

 

 
          Oman — 2.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    10,000,000     Oman Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.50%, due 03/08/47     9,437,500  
    86,900,000     Oman Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.75%, due 01/17/48     83,451,156  
    9,800,000     Oman Government International Bond, 144A, 7.00%, due 01/25/51     9,677,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total Oman     102,566,156  
     

 

 

 
          Pakistan — 0.4%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    17,262,000     Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Reg S, 7.88%, due 03/31/36     18,405,608  
     

 

 

 
          Panama — 1.6%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 0.7%  
    24,379,199     Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA, Reg S, 6.00%, due 11/18/48     27,883,709  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Obligations — 0.9%  
    7,951,000     Panama Government International Bond, 8.13%, due 04/28/34     11,176,124  
    9,000,000     Panama Government International Bond, 4.30%, due 04/29/53     9,714,375  
    16,800,000     Panama Government International Bond, 4.50%, due 04/01/56     18,543,000  
     

 

 

 
        39,433,499  
     

 

 

 
    Total Panama     67,317,208  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Papua New Guinea — 0.0%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    1,400,000     Papua New Guinea Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.38%, due 10/04/28     1,453,375  
     

 

 

 
      Peru — 1.8%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.3%  
    11,300,000     Petroleos del Peru SA, 144A, 5.63%, due 06/19/47     12,444,125  
    37,295,000     Petroleos del Peru SA, Reg S, 5.63%, due 06/19/47     41,071,119  
     

 

 

 
    53,515,244  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.5%  
    26,700,000     Peruvian Government International Bond, 3.23%, due 07/28/2121     22,127,625  
     

 

 

 
  Total Peru     75,642,869  
     

 

 

 
      Philippines — 1.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency  
    4,700,000     Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Bond, 8.60%, due 06/15/97 (c)     8,695,000  
    40,012,000     National Power Corp., Global Bond, 9.63%, due 05/15/28     59,942,977  
     

 

 

 
  Total Philippines     68,637,977  
     

 

 

 
      Qatar — 2.1%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.4%  
    13,378,000     QNB Finansbank AS, Reg S, 6.88%, due 09/07/24     14,573,659  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 1.7%  
    12,000,000     Qatar Government International Bond, 144A, 3.75%, due 04/16/30     13,552,500  
    11,000,000     Qatar Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.10%, due 04/23/48     13,987,187  
    38,200,000     Qatar Government International Bond, 144A, 4.40%, due 04/16/50     44,741,750  
     

 

 

 
    72,281,437  
     

 

 

 
  Total Qatar     86,855,096  
     

 

 

 
      Romania — 0.7%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  

EUR

    4,000,000     Romanian Government International Bond, 144A, 2.63%, due 12/02/40     4,759,842  

EUR

    10,900,000     Romanian Government International Bond, 144A, 3.38%, due 01/28/50     13,981,584  
    10,800,000     Romanian Government International Bond, 144A, 4.00%, due 02/14/51     10,428,750  
     

 

 

 
  Total Romania     29,170,176  
     

 

 

 
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   13


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Russia — 2.3%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.5%  
    21,870,000     GTLK Europe Capital DAC, Reg S, 4.65%, due 03/10/27     22,860,984  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 1.8%  
    34,000,000     Russian Foreign Bond, 144A, 5.10%, due 03/28/35     40,003,125  
    3,800,000     Russian Foreign Bond, Reg S, 5.10%, due 03/28/35     4,470,938  
    4,400,000     Russian Foreign Bond, Reg S, 5.88%, due 09/16/43     5,762,625  
    20,800,000     Russian Foreign Bond, Reg S, 5.25%, due 06/23/47     25,863,500  
     

 

 

 
    76,100,188  
     

 

 

 
  Total Russia     98,961,172  
     

 

 

 
      Saudi Arabia — 2.9%  
      Corporate Debt — 0.7%  
    26,550,000     ACWA Power Management And Investments One Ltd, Reg S, 5.95%, due 12/15/39     31,262,625  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.5%  
    21,400,000     Saudi Arabian Oil Co., 144A, 3.50%, due 11/24/70     19,206,500  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 1.7%  
    10,600,000     Saudi Government International Bond, Reg S, 3.75%, due 01/21/55     10,477,438  
    67,500,000     Saudi Government International Bond, 144A, 3.45%, due 02/02/61     62,648,437  
     

 

 

 
    73,125,875  
     

 

 

 
  Total Saudi Arabia     123,595,000  
     

 

 

 
      Senegal — 0.3%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,000,000     Senegal Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.75%, due 03/13/48     14,275,625  
     

 

 

 
      South Africa — 3.9%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.8%  
    13,600,000     Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., Reg S, 7.13%, due 02/11/25     14,256,880  
    13,600,000     Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., Reg S, 8.45%, due 08/10/28     15,225,200  

ZAR

    163,000,000     Eskom Holdings SOC, Ltd., Zero Coupon, due 12/31/32     1,874,183  

ZAR

    27,300,000     Transnet, Ltd., 13.50%, due 04/18/28     2,136,297  
     

 

 

 
    33,492,560  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 3.1%  

ZAR

    543,600,000     Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 6.50%, due 02/28/41     23,542,528  
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      South Africa — continued  
      Foreign Government Obligations — continued  
    13,700,000     Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 5.65%, due 09/27/47     12,599,719  
    12,600,000     Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 6.30%, due 06/22/48     12,332,250  
    90,400,000     Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 5.75%, due 09/30/49     82,942,000  
     

 

 

 
    131,416,497  
     

 

 

 
  Total South Africa     164,909,057  
     

 

 

 
      Sri Lanka — 1.3%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    7,280,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.83%, due 07/18/26     4,170,075  
    13,644,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.20%, due 05/11/27     7,802,662  
    34,500,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.75%, due 04/18/28     19,611,094  
    8,800,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.85%, due 03/14/29     5,016,000  
    35,300,000     Sri Lanka Government International Bond, 144A, 7.55%, due 03/28/30     20,165,125  
     

 

 

 
  Total Sri Lanka     56,764,956  
     

 

 

 
      SupraNational — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Agency  

TRY

    263,000,000     International Finance Corp., Zero Coupon, Reg S, due 02/15/29     13,123,883  

BRL

    225,000,000     International Finance Corp., Zero Coupon, due 02/25/41     9,291,960  
     

 

 

 
  Total SupraNational     22,415,843  
     

 

 

 
      Suriname — 0.5%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    14,000,000     Republic of Suriname, 144A, 12.88%, due 12/30/23 (d)     9,655,625  
    17,559,000     Republic of Suriname, Reg S, 9.25%, due 10/26/26 (d)     11,649,299  
     

 

 

 
  Total Suriname     21,304,924  
     

 

 

 
      Tajikistan — 0.3%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    13,874,000     Republic of Tajikistan International Bond, Reg S, 7.13%, due 09/14/27     11,463,393  
     

 

 

 
      Trinidad And Tobago — 1.1%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 1.0%  
    9,800,000     Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd, 144A, 8.88%, due 10/18/29     10,299,187  
    4,027,000     Trinidad Generation UnLtd, Reg S, 5.25%, due 11/04/27     4,181,788  
    24,388,000     Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd, Reg S, 9.75%, due 06/15/26     27,558,440  
     

 

 

 
    42,039,415  
     

 

 

 
 

 

14   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, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Trinidad And Tobago — continued  
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.1%  
    3,800,000     Trinidad & Tobago Government International Bond, Reg S, 4.50%, due 06/26/30     3,980,500  
     

 

 

 
    Total Trinidad And Tobago     46,019,915  
     

 

 

 
      Tunisia — 1.5%  
      Foreign Government Agency  

JPY

    900,000,000     Banque Centrale de Tunisie International Bond, 3.50%, due 02/03/33     4,728,177  

JPY

    7,340,000,000     Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA, 4.30%, due 08/02/30 (c)     44,124,609  

JPY

    2,500,000,000     Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA, 4.20%, due 03/17/31 (c)     14,560,511  
     

 

 

 
    Total Tunisia     63,413,297  
     

 

 

 
      Turkey — 3.7%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.2%  
    9,000,000     Export Credit Bank of Turkey, Reg S, 6.13%, due 05/03/24     9,225,000  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 3.5%  
    9,500,000     Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, 144A, 6.38%, due 12/09/25     9,749,280  
    10,002,000     Republic of Turkey, 6.00%, due 01/14/41     9,133,076  
    18,200,000     Republic of Turkey, 4.88%, due 04/16/43     14,707,875  
    23,600,000     Republic of Turkey, 6.63%, due 02/17/45     22,633,875  
    102,413,000     Republic of Turkey, 5.75%, due 05/11/47     89,547,367  
     

 

 

 
    145,771,473  
     

 

 

 
    Total Turkey     154,996,473  
     

 

 

 
      Ukraine — 2.6%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.5%  

EUR

    3,800,000     NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Kondor Finance Plc, Reg S, 7.13%, due 07/19/24     4,719,574  
    15,500,000     NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Kondor Finance Plc, 144A, 7.63%, due 11/08/26     15,790,625  
    1,052,550     Oschadbank Via SSB #1 Plc, Reg S, Step Up, 9.63%, due 03/20/25     1,126,228  
    1,000,500     Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance Plc, Reg S, 9.75%, due 01/22/25     1,083,041  
     

 

 

 
    22,719,468  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Ukraine — continued  
      Foreign Government Obligations — 2.1%  
    1,585,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/24     1,711,305  
    6,585,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/25     7,134,848  
    15,019,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/26     16,201,746  
    3,869,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 09/01/27     4,180,938  
    30,200,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.38%, due 09/25/32     31,058,812  
    26,500,000     Ukraine Government International Bond, 144A, 7.25%, due 03/15/33     26,897,500  
     

 

 

 
    87,185,149  
     

 

 

 
    Total Ukraine     109,904,617  
     

 

 

 
          United Arab Emirates — 1.6%  
          Foreign Government Agency — 1.1%  
    6,000,000     DAE Funding LLC, 144A, 3.38%, due 03/20/28     6,082,500  
    3,100,000     DAE Sukuk Difc Ltd., 144A, 3.75%, due 02/15/26     3,212,375  
    14,000,000     DP World Plc, Reg S, 4.70%, due 09/30/49     14,910,000  
    22,700,000     Finance Department Government of Sharjah, 144A, 4.00%, due 07/28/50     20,770,500  
     

 

 

 
    44,975,375  
     

 

 

 
          Foreign Government Obligations — 0.5%  
    15,700,000     Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, 144A, 3.13%, due 09/30/49     15,135,781  
    9,100,000     Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Reg S, 2.70%, due 09/02/70     7,845,906  
     

 

 

 
        22,981,687  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Arab Emirates     67,957,062  
     

 

 

 
          United States — 5.4%  
          Asset-Backed Securities — 0.4%  
    1,788,981     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 05-F, Class 2A, AMBAC, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 0.35%, due 12/15/35     1,718,974  
    783,621     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 05-H, Class 2A, FGIC, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.24%, 0.35%, due 12/15/35     770,761  
    1,284,189     Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 06-D, Class 2A, XLCA, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.20%, 0.31%, due 05/15/36     1,216,789  
    9,133,076     Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, Series 06-2, Class A3, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.15%, 0.27%, due 11/25/36     4,220,058  
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   15


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          United States — continued  
          Asset-Backed Securities — continued  
    9,254,850     Morgan Stanley IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, Series 06-2, Class A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.22%, 0.34%, due 11/25/36     4,320,374  
    4,747,937     Wamu Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 07-HE2, Class 2A4, Variable Rate, 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.36%, 0.48%, due 04/25/37     2,405,745  
     

 

 

 
        14,652,701  
     

 

 

 
      Corporate Debt — 0.0%  
    385,402     AMBAC Assurance Corp., 144A, 5.10%, due 06/07/2169     533,782  
    1,411,548     AMBAC LSNI LLC, 3 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%, 6.00%, due 02/12/23     1,416,841  
     

 

 

 
        1,950,623  
     

 

 

 
      U.S. Government — 5.0%  
    10,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 02/28/22 (f)     10,166,406  
    84,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, due 05/31/22     84,013,125  
    90,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.13%, due 11/30/22     90,000,000  
    6,225,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.63%, due 11/15/50     5,535,387  
    20,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, Variable Rate, USBM + 0.06%, 0.09%, due 07/31/22     20,005,082  
     

 

 

 
        209,720,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     226,323,324  
     

 

 

 
          Uruguay — 0.8%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    27,918,000     Uruguay Government International Bond, 5.10%, due 06/18/50     34,400,211  
     

 

 

 
          Uzbekistan — 0.5%  
          Foreign Government Obligations  
    11,700,000     Republic of Uzbekistan Bond, Reg S, 5.38%, due 02/20/29     13,127,400  
    7,600,000     Republic of Uzbekistan Bond, 144A, 3.70%, due 11/25/30     7,600,000  
     

 

 

 
  Total Uzbekistan     20,727,400  
     

 

 

 
      Venezuela — 1.0%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.3%  
    111,465,000     Electricidad de Caracas Finance BV, Reg S, 8.50%, due 04/10/18 (c) (d)     1,671,975  
    176,000,000     Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Reg S, 6.00%, due 05/16/24 (c) (d)     7,040,000  
    61,967,000     Petroleos de Venezuela SA, Reg S, 6.00%, due 11/15/26 (c) (d)     2,478,680  
     

 

 

 
    11,190,655  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
      Venezuela — continued  
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.7%  
    19,028,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 7.75%, due 10/13/19 (c) (d)     1,807,660  
    36,600,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 6.00%, due 12/09/20 (c) (d)     3,477,000  
    23,750,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 12.75%, due 08/23/22 (c) (d)     2,256,250  
    172,793,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 9.00%, due 05/07/23 (c) (d)     16,415,335  
    68,700,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, Reg S, 11.95%, due 08/05/31 (c) (d)     6,526,500  
    7,000,000     Venezuela Government International Bond, 9.38%, due 01/13/34 (c) (d)     665,000  
     

 

 

 
    31,147,745  
     

 

 

 
  Total Venezuela     42,338,400  
     

 

 

 
      Vietnam — 0.8%  
      Foreign Government Agency — 0.6%  
    28,058,000     Debt and Asset Trading Corp., Reg S, 1.00%, due 10/10/25     24,349,083  
     

 

 

 
      Foreign Government Obligations — 0.2%  
    9,918,000     Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Series 30 Yr, Variable Rate, 6 mo. LIBOR + 0.81%, 1.13%, due 03/13/28 (c)     8,975,790  
     

 

 

 
  Total Vietnam     33,324,873  
     

 

 

 
      Zambia — 0.4%  
      Foreign Government Obligations  
    3,600,000     Zambia Government International Bond, Reg S, 5.38%, due 09/20/22 (d)     2,010,375  
    27,572,000     Zambia Government International Bond, Reg S, 8.97%, due 07/30/27 (d)     15,698,808  
     

 

 

 
  Total Zambia     17,709,183  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $4,198,772,499)     3,920,180,185  
     

 

 

 
      LOAN ASSIGNMENTS — 0.6%  
      Chad — 0.4%  
    7,415,303     Glencore UK (Chad) Loan Agreement, Tranche A, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.00%, 2.19%, due 09/30/25 (c)     5,561,478  
    20,774,455     Glencore UK (Chad) Loan Agreement, Tranche B, Variable Rate, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.25%, 2.44%, due 12/31/27 (c)     12,049,184  
     

 

 

 
  Total Chad     17,610,662  
     

 

 

 
      Indonesia — 0.0%  

EUR

    101,262     Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia Paris Club Debt, 5.10%, due 06/01/21 (a)     121,010  
     

 

 

 
      Kenya — 0.2%  
    5,475,000     Republic of Kenya Loan Agreement, 9.17%, due 04/10/25 (a)     5,640,218  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL LOAN ASSIGNMENTS (COST $23,964,736)     23,371,890  
     

 

 

 
 

 

16   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, 2021

 

Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
      LOAN PARTICIPATIONS — 0.9%  
      Angola — 0.7%  
    702,000     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation via Avenir II BV), Reg S, 6 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%, 4.76%, due 12/07/23 (c)     660,099  
    10,912,500     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation with Development Bank of Southern Africa), 6 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 6.45%, due 12/13/23 (c)     10,094,062  
    6,243,341     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation with Development Bank of Southern Africa), 6 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 6.45%, due 12/20/23 (c)     5,775,091  
    12,666,667     Republic of Angola Loan Agreement (Participation with GE Capital EFS Financing, Inc), 7.50%, due 08/30/24 (c)     12,666,667  
     

 

 

 
  Total Angola     29,195,919  
     

 

 

 
      Egypt — 0.0%  

CHF

    686     Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Standard Chartered Bank), Zero Coupon, due 01/03/24 (a)     630  
     

 

 

 
      Iraq — 0.2%  

EUR

    783,548     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Credit Suisse), 4.50%, due 12/30/27 (a)     618,716  

JPY

    112,663,119     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     471,839  

JPY

    2,028,627,070     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     8,472,641  

JPY

    265,058,341     Republic of Iraq Paris Club Loan Agreement (Participation with Deutsche Bank), 2.57%, due 01/01/28 (c)     1,107,092  
     

 

 

 
  Total Iraq     10,670,288  
     

 

 

 
      Russia — 0.0%  

EUR

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

 

 

 
  TOTAL LOAN PARTICIPATIONS (COST $62,221,378)     39,866,840  
     

 

 

 
      MUTUAL FUNDS — 1.8%  
      United States — 1.8%  
      Affiliated Issuers — 1.8%  
    14,838,144     GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     74,784,247  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $74,296,430)     74,784,247  
     

 

 

 
Par Value† /
Shares
    Description   Value ($)  
      RIGHTS/WARRANTS — 0.4%  
      Argentina — 0.0%  

EUR

    335,089,675     Republic of Argentina GDP Linked, Variable Rate, Expires 12/15/35 (g)     1,263,446  

JPY

    740,189,000     Republic of Argentina GDP Linked, Variable Rate, Expires 12/15/35 (c) (g)     34,800  
     

 

 

 
  Total Argentina     1,298,246  
     

 

 

 
      Ukraine — 0.4%  
    14,446,000     Government of Ukraine GDP Linked, Reg S, Variable Rate, Expires 05/31/40 (g)     15,786,769  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL RIGHTS/WARRANTS (COST $49,378,719)     17,085,015  
     

 

 

 
          SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.7%  
          Money Market Funds — 0.3%  
    13,552,268     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund – Premier Class, 0.01% (h)     13,552,268  
     

 

 

 
          U.S. Government — 1.4%  
    60,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.07%, due 01/27/22 (i)     59,959,883  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $73,513,534)     73,512,151  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.1%
(Cost $4,482,147,296)
    4,148,800,328  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 1.9%     79,421,056  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $4,228,221,384  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2021 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

 

Counter-
party

 

Currency
Sold

   

Currency
Purchased

    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
03/19/2021   BOA   EUR     67,025,600     USD     80,762,195       (139,268
03/19/2021   MSCI   GBP     66,311,000     USD     91,848,759       (544,777
05/19/2021   SSB   JPY     8,000,000,000     USD     75,455,838       339,034  
           

 

 

 
            $ (345,011
           

 

 

 
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   17


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements(j)

 

Face Value

    

Description

   Value ($)  
USD     6,685,232      J.P. Morgan Securities plc, (0.50)%, dated 01/06/21, (collateral: Bolivia Government International Bond, Reg S, 4.50%, due 03/20/28), to be repurchased on demand at face value plus accrued interest.    $ (6,685,232
       

 

 

 
     Average balance outstanding    $ (7,687,893
     Average interest rate (net)      0.49
     Maximum balance outstanding    $ (15,287,742

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. Average interest rate was calculated based on interest received and/or paid during the period that the Fund had entered into the reverse repurchase agreements.

Credit Linked Options

 

Principal /
Notional Amount

    Expiration
Date
 

Description

  Premiums
Paid/
(Received) ($)
    Value ($)  
Put Sold   USD     46,000,000     04/13/2021   Lebanon Gap Credit Linked Put Option, Fund receives premium of 0.50% (OTC) (CP-DB) (a)     (947,472     (64,608
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) (a)     (92,858     73,886  
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) (a)     (1,094,693     286,483  
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) (a)     (3,715,556     94,758  
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (5,850,579   $ 390,519  
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

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-EMS.31.V1-5Y

   USD     140,060,000        1.00%        1.10%        N/A        06/20/2024        Quarterly        4,376,875        468,501        (3,908,374

CDX-EMS.34.V1-5Y

   USD     75,000,000        1.00%        1.92%        N/A        12/20/2025        Quarterly        2,096,250        3,127,650        1,031,400  
                      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                       $ 6,473,125      $ 3,596,151      $ (2,876,974
                      

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

18   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.       


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

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^:

 

Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA

  JPM   USD     19,500,000       1.00%       6.43%       N/A       06/20/2022       Quarterly       2,109,320       1,332,634       (776,686

Republic of South Africa

  GS   USD     9,700,000       1.00%       1.20%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       152,652       35,936       (116,716

Republic of South Africa

  CITI   USD     26,200,000       1.00%       1.20%       N/A       12/20/2022       Quarterly       659,930       97,065       (562,865

Petrobras Global Finance BV

  CITI   USD     37,000,000       1.00%       1.66%       N/A       06/20/2024       Quarterly       1,923,458       795,597       (1,127,861

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   EUR     37,970,815       1.00%       4.49%       N/A       06/20/2025       Quarterly       5,153,296       3,955,465       (1,197,831

Republic of South Africa

  GS   USD     41,800,000       1.00%       2.38%       N/A       12/20/2025       Quarterly       4,006,975       2,627,964       (1,379,011

Republic of Turkey

  CITI   USD     15,000,000       1.00%       3.15%       N/A       12/20/2025       Quarterly       2,748,570       1,426,661       (1,321,909

Republic of Turkey

  GS   USD     12,000,000       1.00%       3.15%       N/A       12/20/2025       Quarterly       2,223,997       1,141,328       (1,082,669

Republic of Turkey

  GS   USD     5,000,000       1.00%       3.15%       N/A       12/20/2025       Quarterly       947,400       475,554       (471,846

United States of Mexico

  GS   USD     20,000,000       1.00%       1.65%       N/A       06/20/2029       Quarterly       1,589,641       989,976       (599,665

United States of Mexico

  GS   USD     20,000,000       1.00%       1.82%       N/A       09/20/2031       Quarterly       2,640,655       1,508,030       (1,132,625

Sell Protection^:

                     

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     3,487,000       1.00%       4.36%       3,487,000 USD       06/20/2023       Quarterly       (641,463     (256,124     385,339  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     6,975,000       1.00%       4.36%       6,975,000 USD       06/20/2023       Quarterly       (1,263,915     (512,321     751,594  

Commonwealth of Bahamas

  DB   USD     50,827,085       1.00%       4.48%       50,827,085 USD       06/20/2025       Quarterly       (5,838,385     (4,323,758     1,514,627  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 16,412,131     $ 9,294,007     $ (7,118,124
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^

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 the 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, 2021, 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.

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Fund Pays

       

Fund Receives

   Notional
Amount
    

Expiration
Date

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

0.53%

      6 Month EURIBOR    EUR      30,000,000      01/24/2050      Semi-Annual        (29,167     (1,511,124     (1,481,957

0.82%

      GBP - SONIA - COMPOUND    GBP      10,600,000      02/18/2051      Annually        (41,304     365,522       406,826  
                    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (70,471   $ (1,145,602   $ (1,075,131
                    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   19


GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

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 J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core IG Index Short Swap

    

3 Month USD LIBOR

minus a spread of 0.45%


 

   JPM      USD        19,000,001      04/13/2021      At Maturity      $      $ 691,966      $ 691,966  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of February 28, 2021, 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 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 is backed by U.S. Treasury Bonds.

 

(c)

Investment valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 2).

 

(d)

Security is in default.

 

(e)

All or a portion of this security has been pledged to cover collateral requirements on reverse repurchase agreements (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)

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

 

(h)

The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of February 28, 2021.

 

(i)

The rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(j)

Reverse repurchase agreements have an open maturity date and can be closed by either party on demand.

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 56.

 

 

20   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.       


 

 

 

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GMO High Yield 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

Class VI shares of GMO High Yield Fund returned +7.21% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, as compared with +7.09% for the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index.

The Fund was invested in a mix of index portfolio products as well as cash high yield bonds. During the fiscal year, the Fund moved exposures between different products based on changes in the model’s alpha signals as well as other factors. Absolute performance was driven by high yield-based ETFs and fallen angel bonds (bonds originally issued as investment grade that have since been downgraded to below investment grade), which were top contributors for the period. Credit default swaps and short-dated B–CCC bonds also contributed positively during the period, while BB-rated bonds 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. All information is unaudited.

 

22              


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

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

GMO High Yield Fund Class VI Shares and the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index

As of February 28, 2021

 

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, 2021. All information is unaudited.

For Class VI the gross expense ratio of 0.56% is equal to the Fund’s Total Annual Operating Expenses set forth in the Fund’s most recent prospectus dated June 30, 2020. For the Class listed above, the net expense ratio of 0.56% reflects the reduction of expenses from fee reimbursements. The fee reimbursements will continue until at least June 30, 2021. Elimination of this reimbursement will result in higher fees and lower performance.

 

23


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary&   % of Total Net Assets  

Short-Term Investments

    57.9

Debt Obligations

    35.9  

Investment Funds

    3.1  

Swap Contracts

    2.1  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.3  

Futures Contracts

    (0.1

Other

    0.8  
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 
 
Industry Group Summary¤   % of Investments  

Consumer Cyclical

    25.6

Communications

    13.7  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

    12.8  

Energy

    9.4  

Basic Industry

    7.3  

Capital Goods

    6.1  

Finance Companies

    4.5  

Technology

    4.4  

Other Industrial

    3.9  

REITS

    2.4  

Transportation

    2.2  

Other Utility

    1.8  

Banking

    1.7  

Insurance

    1.3  

Electric

    0.8  

Other Financial

    0.3  

Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges

    0.1  
 

 

 

 
    98.3
 

 

 

 

 

&

In the table, derivative financial instruments, if any, are based on market values, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives, except for forward currency contracts which are based on unrealized appreciation/(depreciation).

 

¤

The table excludes short-term investments and mutual funds, if any. The table includes exposure through the use of certain derivative financial instruments and excludes exposures through certain currency linked derivatives such as forward currency contracts. The table takes in account the market values of securities and the notional amounts of swaps. The table is not normalized, thus the table may not total to 100%.

 

 

24              


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 35.9%

 

          Corporate Debt — 35.7%  
          Australia — 0.1%  
    130,000     North Queensland Export Terminal Pty Ltd., 144A, 4.45%, due 12/15/22     128,556  
     

 

 

 
          Canada — 1.9%  
    825,000     Methanex Corp., 5.25%, due 12/15/29     846,141  
    125,000     Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc., 144A, 8.00%, due 12/15/22     116,562  
    500,000     Quebecor Media, Inc., 5.75%, due 01/15/23     533,125  
    275,000     Taseko Mines Ltd., 144A, 8.75%, due 06/15/22     281,050  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     1,776,878  
     

 

 

 
          Luxembourg — 0.9%  
    500,000     ArcelorMittal SA, 3.60%, due 07/16/24     530,676  
    225,000     ArcelorMittal SA, 7.25%, due 10/15/39     324,000  
     

 

 

 
    Total Luxembourg     854,676  
     

 

 

 
          New Zealand — 0.6%  
    550,000     Trilogy International Partners LLC / Trilogy International Finance, Inc., 144A, 8.88%, due 05/01/22     536,250  
     

 

 

 
          United Kingdom — 1.3%  
    350,000     Avon Products, Inc., 7.00%, due 03/15/23     375,813  
    190,000     Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc, 144A, 5.63%, due 02/01/23     188,575  
    725,000     Rolls-Royce Plc, 144A, 3.63%, due 10/14/25     723,187  
     

 

 

 
    Total United Kingdom     1,287,575  
     

 

 

 
          United States — 30.9%  
    125,000     Albertsons Cos, Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 144A, 3.50%, due 02/15/23     128,464  
    375,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 5.75%, due 11/20/25     429,753  
    373,000     AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp., 5.63%, due 05/20/24     412,747  
    325,000     Apache Corp., 5.35%, due 07/01/49     323,375  
    625,000     Arconic Corp., 144A, 6.00%, due 05/15/25     664,062  
    500,000     Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 144A, 10.50%, due 05/15/25     596,400  
    250,000     Bausch Health Cos Inc, 144A, 5.75%, due 08/15/27     269,375  
    475,000     Carnival Corp., 144A, 11.50%, due 04/01/23     541,595  
    375,000     CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp., 5.50%, due 12/01/24     413,906  
    625,000     Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.13%, due 12/15/22     619,531  
    625,000     CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, due 08/15/22     659,375  
    275,000     Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., 144A, 7.88%, due 03/01/23     270,188  
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          Corporate Debt — continued  
          United States — continued  
    375,000     Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp. IV, 4.50%, due 01/15/23     394,219  
    625,000     CSC Holdings LLC, 6.75%, due 11/15/21     645,313  
    250,000     CSC Holdings LLC, 5.88%, due 09/15/22     262,996  
    500,000     Darling Ingredients, Inc., 144A, 5.25%, due 04/15/27     526,250  
    375,000     Delta Air Lines, Inc., 3.63%, due 03/15/22     380,781  
    425,000     DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, due 07/15/22     443,139  
    125,000     Downstream Development Authority of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma, 144A, 10.50%, due 02/15/23     127,500  
    675,000     Fluor Corp., 3.50%, due 12/15/24     682,958  
    1,050,000     Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.13%, due 08/04/25     1,105,125  
    1,177,000     Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.82%, due 11/02/27     1,215,252  
    375,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.55%, due 03/01/22     380,625  
    250,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.88%, due 03/15/23     260,065  
    375,000     G-III Apparel Group Ltd., 144A, 7.88%, due 08/15/25     404,062  
    500,000     Gap, Inc. (The), 144A, 8.88%, due 05/15/27     585,590  
    400,000     Genworth Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 144A, 6.50%, due 08/15/25     432,252  
    670,000     Hexcel Corp., 4.20%, due 02/15/27     703,275  
    250,000     Hillman Group, Inc. (The), 144A, 6.38%, due 07/15/22     250,788  
    250,000     iStar, Inc., REIT, 5.50%, due 02/15/26     255,625  
    500,000     KB Home, 4.80%, due 11/15/29     537,500  
    625,000     Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.88%, due 05/15/27     683,167  
    250,000     Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 6.75%, due 03/15/32     338,150  
    625,000     Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 144A, REIT, 4.25%, due 02/01/27     603,125  
    394,000     Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC, 2.88%, due 02/15/23     391,132  
    375,000     Netflix, Inc., 4.38%, due 11/15/26     420,941  
    525,000     Newell Brands, Inc., 4.70%, due 04/01/26     582,188  
    250,000     Nordstrom, Inc., 4.00%, due 03/15/27     247,629  
    500,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp., 4.30%, due 08/15/39     443,750  
    775,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp., 4.40%, due 08/15/49     682,484  
    375,000     Olin Corp., 144A, 9.50%, due 06/01/25     464,008  
    375,000     OneMain Finance Corp., 6.63%, due 01/15/28     426,450  
    375,000     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 144A, 5.88%, due 09/30/27     402,319  
    375,000     Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc., 144A, 5.75%, due 04/15/26     404,063  
    875,000     QVC, Inc., 5.45%, due 08/15/34     925,312  
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   25


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          Corporate Debt — continued  
          United States — continued  
    400,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 144A, 10.88%, due 06/01/23     453,130  
    625,000     Sealed Air Corp., 144A, 5.25%, due 04/01/23     659,687  
    250,000     Sensata Technologies BV, 144A, 4.88%, due 10/15/23     266,250  
    250,000     Service Properties Trust, REIT, 4.50%, due 03/15/25     250,000  
    600,000     Service Properties Trust, REIT, 4.38%, due 02/15/30     558,000  
    625,000     Southwestern Energy Co., 6.45%, due 01/23/25     656,250  
    800,000     Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 3.85%, due 06/15/26     840,264  
    600,000     Sprint Corp., 7.88%, due 09/15/23     692,730  
    375,000     United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.88%, due 09/15/26     394,103  
    250,000     Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC, 144A, REIT, 6.00%, due 04/15/23     253,750  
    250,000     Vericast Corp., 144A, 8.38%, due 08/15/22     251,563  
    500,000     Western Midstream Operating LP, 5.30%, due 02/01/30     541,885  
    925,000     Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 144A, 4.25%, due 05/30/23     934,250  
    500,000     XPO Logistics, Inc., 144A, 6.75%, due 08/15/24     525,000  
     

 

 

 
  Total United States       29,213,666  
     

 

 

 
  Total Corporate Debt     33,797,601  
     

 

 

 
          U.S. Government — 0.2%  
    150,000     U.S. Treasury Note, Variable Rate, USBM + 0.15%, 0.18%, due 01/31/22 (a)     150,104  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $32,489,882)     33,947,705  
     

 

 

 
          INVESTMENT FUNDS — 3.1%  
          United States — 3.1%  
    33,614     iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF     2,905,594  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS (COST $2,926,591)     2,905,594  
     

 

 

 
          SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 57.9%  
          Foreign Government Obligations — 9.9%  

JPY

    1,000,000,000     Japan Treasury Discount Bill, zero coupon, due 04/12/21     9,382,404  
     

 

 

 
          Money Market Funds — 0.4%  
    399,285     State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund – Premier Class, 0.01% (b)     399,285  
     

 

 

 
Par Value†     Description   Value ($)  
          U.S. Government — 47.6%  
    700,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.06%, due 11/04/21 (c)     699,723  
    16,600,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.08%, due 12/30/21 (c)     16,589,533  
    27,700,000     U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.07%, due 01/27/22 (c)     27,681,480  
     

 

 

 
    Total U.S. Government     44,970,736  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $54,987,454)     54,752,425  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 96.9%
(Cost $90,403,927)
    91,605,724  
    Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 3.1%     2,939,607  
     

 

 

 
    TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $94,545,331  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2021 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counterparty   Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
04/12/2021   SSB   JPY     1,000,000,000     USD     9,650,211     $ 264,398  
           

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number of
Contracts +
 

Type

  Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Buys  
22   U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       2,727,312       (20,595
22   U.S. Treasury Note 2 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       4,856,844       (1,668
33   U.S. Treasury Note 10 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       4,379,719       (27,864
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 11,963,875     $ (50,127
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
Sales        
3   U.S. Long Bond (CBT)     June 2021       477,656       629  
6   U.S. Treasury Ultra 10 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       1,134,375       (10,559
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,612,031     $ (9,930
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+

Buys - Fund is long the futures contract.

 

Sales - Fund is short the futures contract.

 

 

26   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.       


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

 

Average balance outstanding

   $ (743,429

Average interest rate (net)

     (0.21 )% 

Maximum balance outstanding

   $ (898,268

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily face value balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase agreements. Average interest rate was calculated based on interest received and/or paid during the period that the Fund had entered into the reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund had no reverse repurchase agreements at the end of the period.

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) ($)
 

Sell Protection^:

 

CDX.NA.HYS.35.V1-5Y

   USD     26,029,000        5.00%        3.11%        23,712,000 USD       12/20/2025       Quarterly      $ 1,661,291      $ 2,136,044      $ 474,753  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

^

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 the 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, 2021, 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.

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Fund Pays

 

Fund Receives

 

Counterparty

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

1 Month USD LIBOR minus a spread of 0.60%

  Total Return on iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   GS     USD       8,656,086       03/01/2021       At Maturity             (60,682     (60,682

1 Month USD LIBOR minus a spread of 0.75%

  Total Return on iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   GS     USD       4,722,988       03/01/2021       At Maturity             (36,108     (36,108

1 Month USD LIBOR minus a spread of 0.75%

  Total Return on iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   GS     USD       15,445,872       03/01/2021       At Maturity             (31,116     (31,116
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $     $ (127,906   $ (127,906
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   27


GMO High Yield Fund

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

 

As of February 28, 2021, 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, 2021.

 

(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 56.

 

 

28   See accompanying notes to the financial statements.       


 

 

 

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GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly 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 Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund returned +0.59% (net) for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, as compared with +1.38% for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index.

The Fund’s investment exposure was achieved through global interest rate and currency derivatives, as well as indirect (through ETFs and other GMO Funds, including GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, and GMO U.S. Treasury Fund) and direct fixed income investments.

Developed markets interest rate positioning contributed negatively during the fiscal year. The Fund’s active duration positions in New Zealand, Switzerland, and Canada detracted value, while positions in European and U.K. rates provided some support. Slope positions (2-year vs. 10-year) in New Zealand and Canada compounded losses in rates.

The Fund’s positions in developed market currencies added value during the fiscal year. Exposure to Swedish krona added to performance, but exposure to New Zealand dollar paired gains. Exposure to emerging market currencies resulted in a net positive contribution to performance. Positioning in South African rand and Brazilian real drove gains.

The Fund’s overweight positioning to securitized products and emerging country debt also added value during the 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. All information is unaudited.

 

30              


GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly GMO Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

  

 

 

Comparison of Change in Value of a $5,000,000 Investment in

GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (Formerly GMO Core Plus Bond Fund) Class III Shares and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index

As of February 28, 2021

 

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, 2021. All information is unaudited. Performance for classes may vary due to different fees.

For Class III and IV the gross expense ratio of 0.61% and 0.56%, respectively, is equal to the Fund’s Total Annual Operating Expenses set forth in the Fund’s most recent prospectus dated June 30, 2020. For the Classes listed above, the corresponding net expense ratio of 0.45% and 0.40% reflects the reduction of expenses from fee reimbursements. The fee reimbursements will continue until at least June 30, 2021. Elimination of this reimbursement will result in higher fees and lower performance.

 

31


GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly GMO Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Investment Concentration Summary

February 28, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary†   % of Total Net Assets  

Debt Obligations

    61.7

Short-Term Investments

    23.4  

Investment Funds

    17.5  

Mutual Funds

    9.2  

Swap Contracts

    0.7  

Forward Currency Contracts

    0.6  

Loan Participations

    0.0

Loan Assignments

    0.0

Rights/Warrants

    0.0

Purchased Options

    0.0

Written Options/Credit Linked Options

    (0.0 )^ 

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

    (0.0 )^ 

Futures Contracts

    (0.1

Other

    (13.0
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 
 
Country/Region Summary‡   % of Investments  

United States

    92.0

Canada

    20.0  

New Zealand

    12.8  

Australia

    7.6  

Other Emerging

    5.7

Other Developed

    1.1 ¤ 

United Kingdom

    (12.5

Euro Region

    (26.7 )§ 
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

The table 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, rather than the notional amounts of derivatives, except for forward currency contracts which are based on unrealized appreciation/(depreciation).

 

The table 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. 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.

 

*

“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%.

 

 

32              


GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

     Par Value†   Description   Value ($)  
    DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 44.5%

 

        Brazil — 0.2%      
        Corporate Debt  
  300,000   Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.75%, due 01/15/31     315,735  
     

 

 

 
        Canada — 0.8%      
        Corporate Debt  
  450,000   Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 0.55%, due 09/15/23     451,891  
  300,000   Cenovus Energy, Inc., 5.38%, due 07/15/25     339,674  
  350,000   Teck Resources Ltd., 6.25%, due 07/15/41     457,337  
     

 

 

 
    Total Canada     1,248,902  
     

 

 

 
        Chile — 0.3%      
        Corporate Debt  
  400,000   Enel Americas SA, 4.00%, due 10/25/26     441,568  
     

 

 

 
        Germany — 1.4%      
        Corporate Debt  
  1,250,000   Deutsche Bank AG, 3.95%, due 02/27/23     1,325,420  
  400,000   Deutsche Bank AG, Variable Rate, 3.96%, due 11/26/25     436,675  
  450,000   Deutsche Bank AG, Variable Rate, 3.55%, due 09/18/31     475,650  
     

 

 

 
    Total Germany     2,237,745  
     

 

 

 
        Japan — 0.2%      
        Corporate Debt  
  400,000   Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., 2.85%, due 01/11/22     408,759  
     

 

 

 
        Switzerland — 0.7%      
        Corporate Debt  
  400,000   Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.75%, due 03/26/25     438,337  
  300,000   Credit Suisse Group AG, 4.88%, due 05/15/45     385,369  
  400,000   Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., 3.80%, due 09/15/22     420,036  
     

 

 

 
    Total Switzerland     1,243,742  
     

 

 

 
        United Kingdom — 0.2%      
        Certificate of Deposit  
  350,000   CNH Industrial NV, 4.50%, due 08/15/23     382,268  
     

 

 

 
        United States — 40.7%      
        Corporate Debt — 25.4%      
  400,000   Abbott Laboratories, 2.55%, due 03/15/22     409,275  
  400,000   Abbott Laboratories, 2.95%, due 03/15/25     431,028  
  350,000   Abbott Laboratories, 3.75%, due 11/30/26     398,760  
  400,000   Ally Financial, Inc., 4.13%, due 02/13/22     413,537  
  450,000   Alphabet, Inc., 0.45%, due 08/15/25     443,607  
  450,000   Alphabet, Inc., 0.80%, due 08/15/27     437,431  
  450,000   Amazon.com, Inc., 0.40%, due 06/03/23     451,119  
     Par Value†   Description   Value ($)  
        United States — continued      
        Corporate Debt — continued      
  450,000   Amazon.com, Inc., 0.80%, due 06/03/25     449,302  
  400,000   Amazon.com, Inc., 3.30%, due 12/05/21     407,328  
  400,000   Apple, Inc., 2.15%, due 02/09/22     407,291  
  400,000   Apple, Inc., 2.50%, due 02/09/22     408,028  
  450,000   Apple, Inc., 0.75%, due 05/11/23     454,077  
  350,000   Ares Capital Corp., 2.15%, due 07/15/26     345,695  
  400,000   Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.88%, due 01/12/28     444,670  
  200,000   AstraZeneca Plc, 2.38%, due 06/12/22     204,809  
  300,000   Bank of America Corp., Variable Rate, 4.33%, due 03/15/50     357,695  
  400,000   Bank of America Corp., Variable Rate, 2.83%, due 10/24/51     381,801  
  200,000   Boeing Co. (The), 5.71%, due 05/01/40     251,993  
  350,000   Boeing Co. (The), 5.04%, due 05/01/27     403,387  
  350,000   Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 3.25%, due 08/15/26     378,782  
  400,000   Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 3.75%, due 09/25/27     447,267  
  400,000   Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 4.35%, due 03/15/24     440,945  
  400,000   Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 1.90%, due 09/06/22     409,828  
  450,000   Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 0.45%, due 09/14/23     450,648  
  300,000   Caterpillar, Inc., 4.75%, due 05/15/64     413,758  
  400,000   Caterpillar, Inc., 3.25%, due 09/19/49     427,645  
  400,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.13%, due 06/30/27     466,961  
  350,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.88%, due 03/31/25     403,271  
  350,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 7.00%, due 06/30/24     406,102  
  400,000   Coca-Cola Co. (The), 2.95%, due 03/25/25     433,582  
  350,000   Conagra Brands, Inc., 5.30%, due 11/01/38     445,034  
  350,000   Corning, Inc., 5.45%, due 11/15/79     454,354  
  400,000   Crown Castle International Corp., REIT, 5.25%, due 01/15/23     433,907  
  350,000   Deere & Co., 3.75%, due 04/15/50     411,180  
  400,000   DH Europe Finance II Sarl, 2.60%, due 11/15/29     417,956  
  400,000   DH Europe Finance II Sarl, 3.25%, due 11/15/39     425,895  
  400,000   DH Europe Finance II Sarl, 3.40%, due 11/15/49     425,117  
  350,000   Diamondback Energy, Inc., 5.38%, due 05/31/25     362,041  
  200,000   Discover Bank, 2.45%, due 09/12/24     211,002  
  350,000   DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 5.32%, due 11/15/38     452,284  
  300,000   DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 5.42%, due 11/15/48     400,170  
  450,000   DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 2.17%, due 05/01/23     452,217  
  450,000   Enable Midstream Partners LP, 4.95%, due 05/15/28     504,804  
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   33


GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

     Par Value†   Description   Value ($)  
        United States — continued      
        Corporate Debt — continued      
  400,000   Estee Lauder Cos, Inc. (The), 2.60%, due 04/15/30     423,826  
  400,000   Expedia Group, Inc., 5.00%, due 02/15/26     452,041  
  450,000   Expedia Group, Inc., 3.80%, due 02/15/28     482,706  
  250,000   Expedia Group, Inc., 3.25%, due 02/15/30     256,323  
  400,000   FedEx Corp., 4.10%, due 04/15/43     447,626  
  350,000   FedEx Corp., 5.10%, due 01/15/44     438,029  
  300,000   FedEx Corp., 5.25%, due 05/15/50     386,373  
  350,000   Fortive Corp., 4.30%, due 06/15/46     410,815  
  300,000   General Electric Co., 4.13%, due 10/09/42     331,059  
  250,000   General Electric Co., 4.50%, due 03/11/44     286,310  
  400,000   GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc., REIT, 4.00%, due 01/15/31     425,836  
  400,000   Halliburton Co., 4.85%, due 11/15/35     461,723  
  300,000   Halliburton Co., 5.00%, due 11/15/45     349,606  
  350,000   International Paper Co., 4.80%, due 06/15/44     434,337  
  400,000   John Deere Capital Corp., 2.65%, due 01/06/22     408,147  
  400,000   John Deere Capital Corp., 3.20%, due 01/10/22     409,981  
  350,000   Johnson & Johnson, 3.63%, due 03/03/37     407,031  
  350,000   Marathon Petroleum Corp., 6.50%, due 03/01/41     472,989  
  400,000   Marathon Petroleum Corp., 4.75%, due 09/15/44     453,183  
  400,000   Marriott International Inc/MD, 5.75%, due 05/01/25     461,867  
  400,000   Marriott International Inc/MD, 4.63%, due 06/15/30     455,552  
  250,000   Marriott International Inc/MD, 3.50%, due 10/15/32     263,407  
  300,000   Morgan Stanley, Variable Rate, 5.60%, due 03/24/51     434,689  
  300,000   Morgan Stanley, 6.38%, due 07/24/42     455,139  
  350,000   Mosaic Co. (The), 5.45%, due 11/15/33     433,385  
  350,000   Mosaic Co. (The), 5.63%, due 11/15/43     451,564  
  400,000   NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Variable Rate, 4.80%, due 12/01/77     432,000  
  350,000   NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., Variable Rate, 5.65%, due 05/01/79     408,969  
  350,000   NIKE, Inc., 3.38%, due 03/27/50     383,165  
  350,000   PacifiCorp, 4.15%, due 02/15/50     414,699  
  400,000   Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 2.30%, due 02/06/22     407,824  
  400,000   Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 3.10%, due 08/15/23     428,843  
  350,000   Starbucks Corp., 4.45%, due 08/15/49     423,656  
  400,000   Starbucks Corp., 3.50%, due 11/15/50     417,527  
  150,000   Synchrony Bank, 3.00%, due 06/15/22     154,454  
  300,000   Synchrony Financial, 4.25%, due 08/15/24     329,378  
  400,000   Synchrony Financial, 4.38%, due 03/19/24     439,030  
  150,000   Synchrony Financial, 5.15%, due 03/19/29     178,099  
  400,000   Synchrony Financial, 2.85%, due 07/25/22     412,049  
  350,000   Sysco Corp., 5.95%, due 04/01/30     448,412  
     Par Value†   Description   Value ($)  
        United States — continued      
        Corporate Debt — continued      
  300,000   Sysco Corp., 6.60%, due 04/01/40     426,962  
  300,000   Sysco Corp., 6.60%, due 04/01/50     444,240  
  300,000   Tapestry, Inc., 4.25%, due 04/01/25     325,675  
  400,000   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 4.13%, due 03/25/25     447,599  
  350,000   Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 4.50%, due 03/25/30     416,528  
  350,000   Union Pacific Corp., 4.38%, due 11/15/65     428,003  
  350,000   Union Pacific Corp., 4.10%, due 09/15/67     402,556  
  400,000   United Parcel Service, Inc., 2.35%, due 05/16/22     409,580  
  300,000   United Parcel Service, Inc., 5.20%, due 04/01/40     398,838  
  400,000   United Parcel Service, Inc., 3.90%, due 04/01/25     445,819  
  400,000   Verizon Communications, Inc., 3.38%, due 02/15/25     436,654  
  350,000   Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.33%, due 09/21/28     407,281  
  350,000   Verizon Communications, Inc., 3.88%, due 02/08/29     398,977  
  400,000   VMware, Inc., 4.50%, due 05/15/25     449,820  
  400,000   Walt Disney Co. (The), 2.65%, due 01/13/31     419,216  
  400,000   Walt Disney Co. (The), 1.75%, due 01/13/26     412,299  
  400,000   Walt Disney Co. (The), 2.20%, due 01/13/28     414,748  
  350,000   Williams Cos, Inc. (The), 5.75%, due 06/24/44     438,262  
  400,000   Williams Cos, Inc. (The), 5.10%, due 09/15/45     474,258  
  400,000   Williams Cos, Inc. (The), 5.40%, due 03/04/44     481,712  
     

 

 

 
        42,026,259  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Agency — 15.3%  
  4,100,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 2.50%, due 03/16/36     4,286,960  
  10,900,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.00%, due 03/11/51     11,407,531  
  1,300,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 4.00%, due 03/11/51     1,396,789  
  6,000,000   Federal National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.50%, due 03/11/51     6,361,805  
  1,700,000   Government National Mortgage Association, TBA, 3.50%, due 03/18/51     1,800,918  
     

 

 

 
    25,254,003  
     

 

 

 
    Total United States     67,280,262  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $73,340,640)     73,558,981  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

(showing percentage of total net assets)

February 28, 2021

 

     Par Value†   Description   Value ($)  
  INVESTMENT FUNDS — 17.5%

 

    United States — 17.5%  

USD

  76,000   iShares Core S&P 500 ETF     29,014,520  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENT FUNDS (COST $27,690,600)     29,014,520  
   

 

 

 
    MUTUAL FUNDS — 30.9%  
    United States — 30.9%  
    Affiliated Issuers  
  336,655   GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund, Class IV     8,584,702  
  1,069,719   GMO Opportunistic Income Fund, Class VI     27,641,535  
  2,941,558   GMO U.S. Treasury Fund     14,825,453  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS (COST $52,961,551)     51,051,690  
     

 

 

 
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 20.1%  
    Foreign Government Obligations — 15.5%  

JPY

  2,725,000,000   Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Zero Coupon, due 04/05/21     25,566,527  
    Money Market Funds — 1.0%      
  1,707,995   State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund – Premier Class, 0.01% (a)     1,707,995  
     

 

 

 
    U.S. Government — 3.6%      
  6,000,000   U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.07%, due 12/02/21 (b) (c)     5,996,860  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $34,239,586)     33,271,382  
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 113.0%
(Cost $188,232,377)
    186,896,573  
  Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (13.0%)     (21,432,121
     

 

 

 
  TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $165,464,452  
     

 

 

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at February 28, 2021 is as follows:

Forward Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
05/10/2021   MSCI   AUD     11,491,000       USD       8,758,268       (85,372
04/05/2021   GS   BRL     702,351       USD       130,000       4,820  
04/05/2021   JPM   BRL     1,704,778       USD       316,297       12,456  
04/05/2021   MSCI   BRL     809,790       USD       150,000       5,672  
05/03/2021   BCLY   CAD     1,399,815       USD       1,100,000       (51
05/03/2021   JPM   CAD     681,075       USD       537,227       2,000  

Settlement
Date

  Counter-
party
  Currency
Sold
    Currency
Purchased
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
 
04/13/2021   JPM   CHF     367,817       USD       410,000       5,173  
04/13/2021   MSCI   CHF     10,684,287       USD       12,028,604       269,265  
05/24/2021   JPM   CLP     112,760,000       USD       160,000       4,067  
05/24/2021   MSCI   CLP     64,538,000       USD       91,126       1,878  
03/31/2021   BCLY   EUR     330,000       USD       400,209       1,776  
04/13/2021   BCLY   GBP     580,000       USD       801,800       (6,451
04/13/2021   JPM   GBP     1,790,000       USD       2,439,149       (55,278
04/13/2021   BCLY   HUF     286,971,981       USD       965,460       10,799  
04/13/2021   JPM   HUF     68,490,051       USD       230,000       2,156  
04/30/2021   GS   ILS     487,985       USD       150,000       2,426  
04/19/2021   JPM   INR     8,768,040       USD       120,000       2,231  
03/09/2021   BCLY   JPY     56,700,000       USD       540,000       8,048  
03/09/2021   JPM   JPY     65,312,158       USD       620,000       7,249  
04/05/2021   CITI   JPY     2,725,000,000       USD       26,501,878       927,541  
04/21/2021   DB   MXN     2,977,134       USD       150,000       8,447  
04/19/2021   JPM   NOK     7,649,210       USD       900,000       17,855  
05/05/2021   JPM   NZD     900,000       USD       656,409       6,164  
05/05/2021   MSCI   NZD     4,650,000       USD       3,350,418       (9,183
04/21/2021   JPM   PHP     24,877,090       USD       516,585       10,923  
05/28/2021   BCLY   RON     2,588,388       USD       641,629       3,621  
05/05/2021   JPM   SEK     2,563,582       USD       310,000       6,191  
04/15/2021   MSCI   SGD     730,245       USD       551,232       3,650  
04/16/2021   BOA   THB     4,882,449       USD       162,079       85  
05/03/2021   BCLY   TWD     852,235       USD       30,774       (21
05/03/2021   JPM   TWD     2,763,600       USD       100,000       139  
05/10/2021   JPM   USD     323,855       AUD       410,000       (8,313
04/05/2021   JPM   USD     130,000       BRL       701,878       (4,905
05/03/2021   BCLY   USD     930,000       CAD       1,173,164       (8,063
05/03/2021   MSCI   USD     10,013,259       CAD       12,850,896       85,677  
04/13/2021   JPM   USD     190,000       CHF       170,965       (1,833
04/13/2021   MSCI   USD     690,000       CHF       612,368       (16,016
04/30/2021   MSCI   USD     442,691       COP       1,586,642,700       (8,505
05/17/2021   MSCI   USD     386,201       CZK       8,211,026       (7,586
03/31/2021   MSCI   USD     8,106,483       EUR       6,679,000       (42,426
04/13/2021   MSCI   USD     3,749,010       GBP       2,781,000       126,410  
04/13/2021   CITI   USD     190,000       HUF       55,907,367       (4,015
05/11/2021   JPM   USD     110,000       IDR       1,562,110,000       (2,619
05/11/2021   MSCI   USD     501,821       IDR       7,080,689,000       (15,087
04/19/2021   CITI   USD     110,000       INR       8,128,824       (817
04/19/2021   JPM   USD     633,929       INR       46,927,240       (3,623
03/09/2021   MSCI   USD     8,927,307       JPY       941,082,808       (98,186
04/19/2021   MSCI   USD     246,034       KRW       271,835,720       (4,810
04/21/2021   JPM   USD     692,435       MXN       13,761,109       (38,137
04/19/2021   BCLY   USD     560,000       NOK       4,775,176       (9,303
04/19/2021   JPM   USD     335,467       NOK       2,874,034       (4,019
05/05/2021   BOA   USD     173,461       NZD       241,385       938  
05/05/2021   JPM   USD     3,173,401       NZD       4,408,615       11,801  
05/24/2021   MSCI   USD     285,392       PEN       1,042,336       298  
05/17/2021   CITI   USD     618,181       PLN       2,291,411       (6,354
05/12/2021   MSCI   USD     814,352       RUB       60,545,072       (10,071
05/05/2021   BCLY   USD     5,227,472       SEK       43,944,223       (19,653
05/05/2021   JPM   USD     2,460,000       SEK       20,614,924       (16,930
04/15/2021   DB   USD     210,000       SGD       277,656       (1,796
04/15/2021   GS   USD     280,000       SGD       371,304       (1,573
04/16/2021   MSCI   USD     162,564       THB       4,882,449       (570
05/17/2021   BCLY   USD     696,434       TRY       5,098,382       (33,110
04/30/2021   MSCI   USD     993,736       ZAR       15,342,789       12,823  
           

 

 

 
  $ 1,037,903  
 

 

 

 
 

 

       See accompanying notes to the financial statements.   35


GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund (formerly Core Plus Bond Fund)

(A Series of GMO Trust)

Schedule of Investments — (Continued)

February 28, 2021

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number of
Contracts +
 

Type

  Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount ($)
    Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Buys  
23   U.S. Long Bond (CBT)     June 2021       3,662,031       (855
37   U.S. Treasury Note 10 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       4,910,594       (49,501
82   U.S. Treasury Note 2 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       18,102,781       (10,469
230   U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       28,512,812       (215,308
38   U.S. Treasury Ultra 10 Yr. (CBT)     June 2021       5,599,063       (41,314
62   U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT)     June 2021       11,721,875       137,478  
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 72,509,156     $ (179,969