SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

Certain information contained in this President’s Letter represents the opinion of the investment adviser which may change at any time. This information is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Current market conditions may not continue. Also, unless otherwise specifically noted, any discussion of the Fund’s holdings, the Fund’s performance, and the views of the investment adviser are as of June 30, 2023.

VANECK BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Our outlook for financial markets in 2023 was “sideways.” The three major forces—monetary policy, government spending and economic growth—are negative or muted. This remains my view despite events in the last few months, discussed at the end of this letter.

Discussion

To recap this cycle: stocks and bonds historically do not perform well when the Fed tightens monetary conditions, and that’s just what the Fed announced it would be doing at the end of 2021. This would include raising rates and changing its balance sheet actions, which doesn’t create a great environment for financial assets.

There are three things investors continue to face, none of which is particularly positive for financial assets.

Money supply exploded during the COVID–19 pandemic, but it started shrinking in late 2022. This withdrawal of money supply is bad for stock and bond returns.

A second, modern component to monetary policy is the Fed balance sheet. After buying bonds during the pandemic, the Fed has now started shrinking the balance sheet—from a high of almost $9 trillion in early 2022, assets dropped to just short of $8.4 trillion by the end of June.¹ The Fed has only shrunk its balance sheet once before, so we are facing an unknown.

As we’ve been saying since the summer of 2022, when wage inflation was confirmed, what the Fed is fighting is wage inflation. That is the kind of inflation that is endemic and hard to manage once it takes hold, not least because it creates a spiraling effect. And this is the battle that is at full pitch—the labor market has remained strong.

While headline inflation is falling, we are still in the “higher for longer” camp. The Fed seems likely to continue holding, or even raising, interest rates and will probably continue to shrink its balance sheet. This is not supportive of stock or bond markets.

A second bearish factor is that government spending is unlikely to increase next year. The Republicans, who won control of the House of Representatives, are looking to slow government spending. And even Democrats like Larry Summers believe that stimulus spending during the pandemic led to inflation. The debt ceiling compromise and the Supreme Court rejection of student debt relief continue this trend.

Both Chinese and European growth, for different reasons, were slow in 2022. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. and China have been the two main pillars of global growth. In China, the post-COVID-19 growth has been more domestic and consumer-led, not enough to overcome the property sector malaise.

China growth estimates range from low (1% to 3%) to “high” (4% to 5%). Many “bulls” point to China as a potential catalyst for a better-than-expected economic outlook. I don’t see it. In coming years, we will likely have to look to India, Indonesia and Africa to take up the baton as pillars of higher percentage global growth.

I don’t believe that we will escape these three dampeners on stock and bond returns in 2023—higher interest rates, no government spending growth and tepid global growth. We will need upside corporate profitability surprises or high Chinese growth to substantially boost markets this year, in our view.

However, after the 2022 losses, bond investments are now offering attractive yields, so this has been our favorite asset class to buy and remains our preference. (See What to Buy? Bonds. When? Now.²) Because of higher interest rates, bonds can offer adequate returns, as they did in the 1970s even though that decade was the worst for interest rates in the last 100 years.

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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Outlook

My basic outlook favoring bonds hasn’t changed. But I should address two events of the first half of this year—monetary stimuli and AI (artificial intelligence).

There were two unexpected monetary stimuli in early 2023, but I think both are temporary. The first was the wave of money from Asia at year-end: Japanese bond buying of approximately $600 billion and Chinese money supply growth post-COVID-19. The second monetary stimulus was the credit the Fed provided to banks during the mini-bank crisis of March. While I believe this crisis will prove to be idiosyncratic in nature, I’m worried that it could lead to a contraction of credit, but this may be offset by China reopening. Also, I think it is important to note that substantially less credit flows to the real economy from banks (through loans they continue to hold) and much more through alternative credit funds. These funds typically don’t offer daily liquidity, so any credit crunch is likely to be extenuated over several quarters. So, I don’t see these two events as significantly changing the “sideways” trajectory of 2023.

AI and the instant success of ChatGPT have driven another wave of enthusiasm for tech stocks, but the valuations seem stretched to me. And large-cap earnings are still on a downward or flat trajectory, so I’m not chasing this rally.

My final thought is that, while I think the Fed won’t stimulate for a while, this is a good time to get positioned in assets that would benefit from that stimulus, namely gold and BTC (bitcoin).

We thank you for investing with VanEck. On the following pages, you will find financial statements for the fund for the six month period ended June 30, 2023. As always, we value your continued confidence in us and look forward to helping you meet your investment goals in the future.

Jan F. van Eck
CEO and President
VanEck ETF Trust

July 7, 2023

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1 U.S. Federal Reserve: FEDERAL RESERVE Statistical Release, June 22, 2023, https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/20230629/

2 What to Buy? Bonds. When? Now, https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/investment-outlook/jan-van-eck-what-to-buy-bonds-when-now/.

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EXPLANATION OF EXPENSES

(unaudited)

Hypothetical $1,000 investment at beginning of period

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur operating expenses, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This disclosure is intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The disclosure is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table below provides information about account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

Futures Contracts

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2023 is as follows:

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

See Notes to Financial Statements

VANECK BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

Note 1—Fund Organization—VanEck ETF Trust (the “Trust”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was incorporated in Delaware as a statutory trust on March 15, 2001. The Trust operates as a series fund, and offers multiple investment portfolios, each of which represents a separate series of the Trust.

These financial statements relate to the Bitcoin Strategy ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in standardized, cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts (“Bitcoin Futures”) traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Fund is classified as “non-diversified”. This means that the Fund may invest more of its assets in securities of a single issuer than that of a diversified fund. Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation (the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser for the Fund and is subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).

Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following summarizes the Fund’s significant accounting policies.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Note 3—Investment Management and Other Agreements— The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Fund. The Adviser receives a management fee, calculated daily and payable monthly based on an annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has agreed to pay all expenses incurred by the Fund except for the advisory fee, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses (except that the Adviser will pay any net account or similar fees charged by futures commission merchants), taxes, extraordinary expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adviser has agreed to pay the offering costs and trading expenses that are net account or similar fees charged by futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) until at least May 1, 2024.

Van Eck Securities Corporation, an affiliate of the Adviser, acts as the Fund’s distributor. Certain officers and a Trustee of the Trust are officers, directors or stockholders of the Adviser and distributor.

At June 30, 2023, the Adviser owned approximately 23% of the Fund.

Note 4— Capital Share Transactions — As of June 30, 2023, there were an unlimited number of capital shares of beneficial interest authorized by the Trust with no par value. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed at their net asset value per share only through certain authorized broker-dealers (“Authorized Participants”) in blocks of shares (“Creation Units”). Due to various legal and operational constraints, Creation Units of the Fund are issued principally for cash.

Authorized Participants purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay transaction fees directly to the transfer agent. In addition, the Fund may impose variable fees on the purchase or redemption of Creation Units for cash, or on transactions effected outside the clearing process, to defray certain transaction costs. These variable fees, if any, are reflected in share transactions in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 5—Investments—During the year ended June 30, 2023, the Fund had no purchases and sales of investments, other than U.S. government securities and short-term obligations.

Note 6—Income Taxes— The income tax expense/(benefit) for the respective categories on the Statement of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2023 are as follows:

The Fund is currently using an estimated 22.15% tax rate for federal, state and local tax which is composed of a 21% federal tax rate and an assumed 1.15% rate attributable to state taxes (net of federal benefit). The Fund’s federal and state income tax expense / (benefit) consists of the following:

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting and tax purposes.

Total income tax expense/(benefit) (current and deferred) differs from the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to net investment income/(loss) and realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments before taxes as follows:

Components of the Fund’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

The Fund reviews the recoverability of its deferred tax asset based upon the weight of the available evidence. When assessing the recoverability of its deferred tax assets, management considers available carrybacks, reversing temporary taxable differences, projections of future taxable income and tax planning (if any). The Fund has recorded a valuation allowance of $2,149,334 against its net deferred tax asset at June 30, 2023 as the Fund believes it is more-likely-than-not the asset will not be realized within the relevant carryforward

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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periods. The Fund may be required to modify the estimates or assumptions it uses regarding the deferred tax asset or liability as new information becomes available. Since the Fund will be subject to taxation on its taxable income, the NAV of the Fund’s shares will also be reduced by the accrual of any deferred tax liabilities.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain positions only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on U.S. and State tax returns filed or expected to be filed since inception of the Fund. The Fund’s tax years are open for examination by U.S. and state tax authorities for all applicable periods. The Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following estimated capital loss carryforwards:

For corporations, capital losses can only be used to offset capital gains and cannot be used to offset ordinary income. Therefore, the use of this capital loss carryforward is dependent upon the Fund generating sufficient net capital gains prior to the expiration of the loss carryforward.

During the period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund utilized $16,946,045 of its capital loss carryforward available from the prior year.

There are no differences between the book and tax unrealized appreciation / depreciation on the Fund’s investments.

Note 7—Principal Risks—The Fund’s assets are concentrated in Bitcoin Futures. By concentrating the Fund’s assets, the Fund is subject to the risk that economic, political or other conditions that have a negative effect on bitcoin or the digital asset industry will negatively impact the Fund to a greater extent than if the Fund’s net assets were invested in a wider variety of sectors or industries.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Futures are relatively new asset classes and therefore the Fund’s investments in Bitcoin Futures are subject to unique and substantial risks, including the risk that the value of the Fund’s investments could decline rapidly, including to zero. Bitcoin and Bitcoin Futures have historically been more volatile than traditional asset classes.

The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation and the rates themselves are constantly under review in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Treasury Department. Changes in tax laws or regulations or future interpretations of such laws or regulations could adversely affect the Fund and/or the Fund’s shareholders. Changes in the laws or regulations of the United States, including any changes to applicable tax laws and regulations, could impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective and could increase the operating expenses of the Fund.

A more complete description of risks is included in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information

Note 8—Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan—The Trust has a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for Trustees under which a Trustee can elect to defer receipt of trustee fees until retirement, disability or termination from the Board. The fees otherwise payable to the participating Trustees are deemed invested in shares of the Fund as directed by the Trustees. The Adviser is responsible for paying the expenses associated with the Plan.

VANECK BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

June 30, 2023 (unaudited)

At a meeting held on June 8, 2023 (the “Renewal Meeting”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of VanEck® ETF Trust (the “Trust”), including all of the Trustees that are not interested persons of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), approved the continuation of the investment management agreement between the Trust and Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation (the “Adviser”) (the “Investment Management Agreement”) with respect to the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (the “Fund”).

The Board’s approval of the Investment Management Agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all of the information available to the Trustees and was not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations and how the Trustees considered those factors are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently, giving different weights to various factors.

In preparation for the Renewal Meeting, the Trustees held a meeting on May 5, 2023. At that meeting, the

Trustees discussed the information the Adviser and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent third party data provider, had provided to them in advance. The information provided to the Trustees included, among other things, information about the performance and expenses of the Fund and the Fund’s peer funds (certain other registered funds), information about the advisory services provided to the Fund and the personnel providing those services, and the profitability (or the absence of profitability) and the benefits enjoyed by the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund. In addition, as noted below, the Trustees reviewed certain performance information for the Fund which was not provided by Broadridge and which did not compare the Fund’s performance to the performance of its peer group. The Trustees noted that the peer group performance information did not necessarily provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Fund.

The Independent Trustees’ consideration of the Investment Management Agreement was based, in part, on their review of information obtained through discussions with the Adviser at the Renewal Meeting and with the Adviser at the May 5, 2023 meeting regarding the management of the Fund and information obtained at other meetings of the Trustees and/or based on their review of the materials provided by the Adviser, including the background and experience of the portfolio manager and others involved in the management and administration of the Fund. The Trustees also considered the terms of, and scope of services that the Adviser provides under, the Investment Management Agreement, including the Adviser’s agreement to pay all of the expenses of the Fund (excluding the fee payment under the Investment Management Agreement, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses).

In evaluating the performance of the Fund, the Trustees reviewed various performance metrics, including various data from Broadridge comparing the Fund’s performance to that of certain other registered funds. The Trustees also considered information from the Adviser regarding the performance of the Fund against its benchmark and against other peer funds that invest in bitcoin futures. The Trustees noted that the Fund had outperformed its benchmark for the one-year period ended December 31, 2022 and for the period since its inception on November 16, 2021 through December 31, 2022. Based on the foregoing, the Trustees concluded that the Adviser and its personnel have the requisite expertise and skill to manage the Fund’s portfolio.

The Trustees also considered information relating to the financial condition of the Adviser and the current status, as they understood it, of the Adviser’s compliance environment.

As noted above, the Trustees were also provided various data from Broadridge comparing the Fund’s expenses and performance to that of certain other registered funds. The Trustees noted that the information provided showed that the Fund had management fees below the average and median of its peer group of funds. The Trustees also noted that the information provided showed that the Fund had a total expense ratio below the average and median of its peer group of funds. The Trustees concluded, in light of this information and the other information available to them, that the management fees paid by the Fund were reasonable in light of the performance of the Fund and the quality of services received.

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

June 30, 2023 (unaudited) (continued)

The Trustees also considered the benefits, other than the fees under the Investment Management Agreement, received by the Adviser from serving as adviser to the Fund.

The Trustees also considered information provided by the Adviser about the overall profitability of the Adviser and the fact that the Adviser did not earn any profits from managing the Fund. The Trustees reviewed the Fund’s asset size and expense ratio and noted that the Investment Management Agreement does not include breakpoints in the advisory fee rates as asset levels in the Fund increase. The Trustees considered the potential variability in the net assets of the Fund and the sustainability of any potential economies of scale which may exist given where fees are currently set. The Trustees also evaluated the extent to which management fees for the Fund effectively incorporate the benefits of economies of scale. The Trustees also considered the risks being assumed by the Adviser under the unitary fee structure arrangement and the potential expense stability that may inure to the benefit of shareholders. Based on the foregoing and the other information available to them, the Trustees determined that the advisory fee rate for the Fund is reasonable and appropriate in relation to the current asset size of the Fund and the other factors discussed above and that the advisory fee rate for the Fund currently reflects an appropriate sharing with shareholders of any economies of scale which may exist.

The Independent Trustees were advised by and met in executive session with their independent counsel at the Renewal Meeting and at their May 5, 2023 meeting as part of their consideration of the Investment Management Agreement.

In voting to approve the continuation of the Investment Management Agreement, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the terms of the Investment Management Agreement are reasonable and fair in light of the services to be performed, expenses to be incurred and such other matters as the Trustees considered relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment. The Trustees further concluded that, at the time of their considerations, the Investment Management Agreement is in the best interest of the Fund and the Fund’s shareholders.

VANECK BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF

FUND’S LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

(unaudited)

In accordance with Rule 22e-4 (the “Liquidity Rule”) under the 1940 Act, the Funds have implemented a Liquidity Risk Management Program (the “Program”). The Program outlines certain techniques, tools and arrangements employed for the assessment and management of Fund liquidity risk, and the terms, contents and frequency of reporting of certain issues to the Board. Liquidity is managed taking account of the Funds’ investment strategy, liquidity profile, and, importantly, the fact that for many Funds, redemptions are settled primarily as in-kind redemptions. In this regard, certain of the Funds qualify as “In-Kind ETFs” under the Liquidity Rule because they meet redemptions through in-kind transfers of securities, positions and assets other than a de minimis amount of cash and publish their portfolio holdings daily. In-Kind ETFs are exempt from the Liquidity Rule’s classification and highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”) provisions, discussed below.

Under the Program and in accordance with the Liquidity Rule, each Fund’s liquidity risk is assessed at least annually taking into consideration certain factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule, as applicable. The Liquidity Rule calls for considering certain such factors under both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed market conditions.

With respect to each Fund that does not qualify under the Liquidity Rule as an “In-Kind ETF,” the Liquidity Rule and the Program require that each portfolio holding be classified into one of four liquidity classification categories. The Liquidity Rule requires that such classification determinations be made taking into account relevant market, trading and investment-specific considerations as well as market depth. The relevant Funds utilize data from a third-party vendor to assist with these determinations.

Funds that do not qualify as “In-Kind ETFs” are also required to determine and periodically review an HLIM – a minimum percentage of Fund net assets that are to be invested in Highly Liquid Investments that are assets – and adopt certain related procedures. A Highly Liquid Investment is defined as cash and any investment reasonably expected to be convertible to cash in current market conditions in three business days or less without the conversion to cash significantly changing the market value of the investment.

The Liquidity Rule provides an exemption from the HLIM requirements for Funds that “primarily” hold Highly Liquid Investments, as defined in the Program. For the period January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”), the Funds that were not In-Kind ETFs qualified for an exemption and therefore have not determined an HLIM or adopted the related procedures.

The Board reviewed a report (“Report”) prepared by each Fund’s Adviser regarding the operation and effectiveness of the Program for the Review Period. The Report noted that, during the Review Period, the Funds maintained a high level of liquidity and primarily held assets that are defined under the Liquidity Rule as “Highly Liquid Investments.” The Report also noted the effectiveness of the Funds’ liquidity risk management during such time. Further information on liquidity risks applicable to the Fund can be found in the Fund’s prospectus.

This report is intended for the Fund’s shareholders. It may not be distributed to prospective investors unless it is preceded or accompanied by a VanEck ETF Trust (the “Trust”) prospectus and summary prospectus, which includes more complete information. Investing involves substantial risk and high volatility, including possible loss of principal. An investor should consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus, which contains this and other information, call 800.826.2333 or visit vaneck.com. Please read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing.

Additional information about the Trust’s Board of Trustees/Officers and a description of the policies and procedures the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided in the Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information and information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month period ending June 30 is available, without charge, by calling 800.826.2333, or by visiting vaneck.com, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Trust’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 202.942.8090. The Fund’s complete schedules of portfolio holdings are also available by calling 800.826.2333 or by visiting vaneck.com.