Exhibit (a)(18)
GMO TRUST
AMENDMENT NO. 18
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
The undersigned, constituting at least a majority of the trustees of GMO Trust, a Massachusetts business trust created and existing under an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated March 9, 2016 (the “Declaration of Trust”), as amended from time to time, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby rescind the establishment and designation of one series of GMO Trust, GMO SGM Major Markets Fund, and having determined that it is desirable, appropriate and consistent with the fair and equitable treatment of all shareholders to establish two new series of GMO Trust, GMO Multi-Asset Credit Fund and GMO MAC Implementation Fund, do hereby direct that this Amendment No. 18 be filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do hereby amend the Declaration of Trust by amending and restating Schedule 3.6 of the Declaration of Trust in its entirety as attached hereto.
The foregoing amendment shall become effective upon its execution by a majority of the Trustees of GMO Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands for ourselves and for our successors and assigns this 5th day of December, 2024.
| /s/ Paul Braverman |
| Paul Braverman |
| Trustee |
| /s/ Dina Santoro |
| Dina Santoro |
| Trustee |
| /s/ Peter Tufano |
| Peter Tufano |
| Trustee |
Schedule 3.6 to Declaration of Trust
Series
| GMO Alternative Allocation Fund |
| GMO Asset Allocation Bond Fund |
| GMO Benchmark-Free Allocation Fund |
| GMO Benchmark-Free Fund |
| GMO Climate Change Fund |
| GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund |
| GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund |
| GMO Emerging Markets ex-China Fund |
| GMO Emerging Markets Fund |
| GMO Emerging Markets Select Equity Fund |
| GMO Global Asset Allocation Fund |
| GMO Global Developed Equity Allocation Fund |
| GMO Global Equity Allocation Fund |
| GMO High Yield Fund |
| GMO Implementation Fund |
| GMO International Developed Equity Allocation Fund |
| GMO International Equity Allocation Fund |
| GMO International Equity Fund |
| GMO International Opportunistic Value Fund |
| GMO MAC Implementation Fund |
| GMO Multi-Asset Credit Fund |
| GMO Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund |
| GMO Opportunistic Income Fund |
| GMO Quality Cyclicals Fund |
| GMO Quality Fund |
| GMO Resources Fund |
| GMO Resource Transition Fund |
| GMO Small Cap Quality Fund |
| GMO Strategic Opportunities Allocation Fund |
| GMO U.S. Opportunistic Value Fund |
| GMO U.S. Equity Fund |
| GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund |
| GMO U.S. Treasury Fund |
| GMO-Usonian Japan Value Creation Fund |