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File Nos. 002-98772 and 811-04347

 

GMO TRUST

 

Supplement dated November 4, 2026 to the
GMO Trust Prospectus relating to GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund and GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund,
dated June 30, 2026, as revised October 20, 2026 (“Prospectus”)

 

GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund

 

The sections appearing on page 102 of the Prospectus captioned “Shareholder Fees” and “Example” are replaced in their entirety with the following:

 

Shareholder fees1
(fees paid directly from your investment)

 

   Class
III
   Class
IV
   Class
VI
 
Purchase premium (as a percentage of amount invested)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%

 

1 For additional information, see “Purchase Premiums and Redemption Fees” on page 202 of this Prospectus.

 

Example

 

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same as those shown in the table. The one year amounts shown reflect the expense waiver noted in the expense table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

   If you sell your shares   If you do not sell your shares 
    1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years     1 Year     3 Years     5 Years     10 Years  
Class III  $165   $304   $456   $897   $113   $248   $394   $820 
Class IV  $160   $288   $428   $837   $108   $232   $367   $760 
Class VI  $156   $276   $407   $789   $104   $219   $345   $712 

 

GMO Emerging Country Debt Shares Fund

 

The sections appearing on page 107 of the Prospectus captioned “Shareholder Fees” and “Example” are replaced in their entirety with the following:

 

Shareholder fees

 

   Fees paid directly
from your investment
   Fees paid
by the Fund
 
Purchase premium (as a percentage of amount invested)   0.00%   0.50%1
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed)   0.00%   0.50%1

 

1 These amounts are paid to and retained by GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund (“ECDF”), the underlying fund in which the Fund invests, to help offset estimated portfolio transaction and other related costs. The purchase premiums and redemption fees paid by the Fund to ECDF are indirectly borne pro rata by each Fund shareholder in connection with the Fund’s investments in, and redemptions from, ECDF (including investments or redemptions made in connection with another Fund shareholder’s purchase or redemption of Fund shares).

 

 

 

 

Example

 

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same as those shown in the table. The one year amounts shown reflect the expense reimbursement and waiver noted in the expense table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

   If you sell your shares   If you do not sell your shares 
    1 Year     3 Years     1 Year     3 Years  
Class R6  $170   $586   $118   $531 
Class I  $183   $626   $131   $571 

 

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