# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001137360-26-000482

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VanEck ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001137360

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

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- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-123257
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26920945

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
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- **CITY:** NEW YORK
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- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-293-2000

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**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VanEck Vectors ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20160427

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070312

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MARKET VECTORS TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050516

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### VanEck CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF (Series ID: S000079372)

| Class ID   | Class Name                         | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000240390 | VanEck CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF | CMCI            |

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| May 1, 2026<br>**CMCI** | <br>![ve_logoxnotagxkxrgb505050.jpg](ve_logoxnotagxkxrgb505050.jpg) |
| **VanEck**<sup>®</sup> **CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF** |  |

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**Summary Prospectus**

**Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.**

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/etf-mutual-fund-finder/etfs/documents/. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800.826.2333, or by sending an email request to info@vaneck.com. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated May 1, 2026, as may be supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.<br>

**INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**

VanEck<sup>®</sup> CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF (the "Fund") seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the UBS Constant Maturity Commodity Total Return Index (the "Index").

**FUND FEES AND EXPENSES**

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares").

**You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.**

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| Shareholder Fees *(fees paid directly from your investment)*  | **None** |

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**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** 

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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| Management Fee | 0.65% |
| Other Expenses | 4.30% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses<sup>(a)</sup> | 4.95% |
| Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement<sup>(a)</sup> | -4.28% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement<sup>(a)</sup> | 0.67% |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation (the "Adviser") has agreed to waive fees and reimburse Fund expenses (inclusive of any Subsidiary expenses), excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses, to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund and the Subsidiary from exceeding 0.65% of the Fund's average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2027.

**EXPENSE EXAMPLE**

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell or hold all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same (except that the example incorporates the fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement arrangement for only the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;Year | Expenses |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1 | $68 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;3 | $1102 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;5 | $2136 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;10 | $4727 |

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**PORTFOLIO TURNOVER**

The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it purchases and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, may affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. However, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to transactions involving certain short-term instruments or derivatives. If such transactions were included in the calculation, the Fund would have a higher portfolio turnover rate.

**PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES**

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its total assets in instruments that derive their value from the performance of the Index, as described below. For purposes of this policy, the term "assets" means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. In seeking to replicate the Index, the Fund invests in (i) commodity-linked derivative instruments, including commodity index-linked notes, swap agreements, commodity futures contracts and options on futures contracts that provide economic exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets, as represented by the Index and its constituents, and in (ii) bonds, debt securities and other fixed income instruments ("Fixed Income Instruments") issued by various U.S. public- or private-sector entities.

The Fund seeks to track the returns of the Index by entering into swap contracts, which contracts will rise and fall in value in response to changes in the value of the Index. **As of the date of this prospectus, UBS AG, London ("UBS") was the only available counterparty with which the Fund may enter into such swap contracts on the Index.** Additionally, the Fund may enter into commodity index linked notes and may also seek to gain exposure to the individual commodity components of the Index by investing in futures contracts that comprise the Index.

Commodities are assets that have tangible properties, such as oil, metals, and agricultural products. A commodity-linked derivative is a derivative instrument whose value is linked to the movement of a commodity, commodity index, commodity option or futures contract. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by overall market movements and other factors affecting the value of a particular industry or commodity, such as weather, disease, embargoes, or political and regulatory developments.

The Index is a rules-based, composite benchmark index which represents a basket of commodity futures contracts with 29 commodity components, as of February 28, 2026, from the following five sectors: energy, precious metals, industrial metals, agriculture and livestock. The Index includes multiple futures contracts for each of the 29 commodity components with maturities ranging from three months up to a maximum of about three years, assuming there is sufficient liquidity for each futures contract at each maturity. To be included in the Index, the commodity futures contracts must meet liquidity requirements and trade on exchanges in eligible countries. In terms of liquidity, the Index requires that eligible futures contracts generally be available for trading by market participants and daily settlement prices be publicly available. The Index considers various liquidity metrics such as open interest, which represents the total value of contracts held by market participants, and market volumes, which measure the total value traded for each futures contract. Eligible exchanges generally consist of those in countries that are deemed by the Index provider to have an adequate system of law and regulation and trading in the country is conducted in a manner that is consistent with the general requirements for inclusion in the Index.

The selection and relative weightings of the components of the Index are designed to reflect the economic significance and market liquidity of each commodity. The Index considers various economic indicators (including, but not limited to, GDP and consumer and producer price indexes) and global consumption data, as well as liquidity considerations, to determine the commodity sectors' weights.

The maturity of each commodity component in the Index remains fixed at a predefined time interval at all times by means of a continuous rolling process, in which a weighted percentage of shorter dated contracts for each commodity are swapped for longer dated contracts on a daily basis. In summary, the Index is a total return index which reflects not only the returns on the futures contracts comprising the Index as described above, but also the returns of a fixed income portfolio that is intended to represent the collateral for the Index's commodity components. The return of this fixed income component of the Index is based on the Secured Overnight Fund Rate ("SOFR") as published by the New York Federal Reserve Bank every business day.

The Index is currently rebalanced monthly back to the target weightings of the commodity components of the Index and the target weightings of all commodity components are revised once per year.

The Fund will invest in certain commodity-linked derivative instruments through a subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"), an exempted limited company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary is wholly owned and controlled by the Fund and is advised by the Adviser. The Fund intends to invest no more than 25% of the Fund's total assets in the Subsidiary at each quarter end of the Fund's tax year. The Fund's investment in the Subsidiary generally provides the Fund with exposure to commodity-linked derivative instruments within the limits of the federal tax laws, which limit the ability of investment companies like the Fund to invest directly in such instruments. The Subsidiary has the same investment objective as the Fund and will follow the same general investment policies and restrictions except that, unlike the Fund, it may invest without limit in commodity-linked derivative instruments.

Consistent with its stated investment objective, the derivative instruments in which the Fund and the Subsidiary primarily intend to invest are instruments linked to commodity indices, such as the Index, and instruments linked to the value of a particular commodity or commodity futures contract, or a subset of commodities or commodity futures contracts. These

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instruments may specify exposure to commodity futures with different roll dates, reset dates or contract months than those specified by a particular commodity index. As a result, the commodity-linked derivatives component of the Fund's portfolio may deviate from the returns of any particular commodity index. The Fund or the Subsidiary may over-weight or under-weight its exposure to a particular commodity index, or a subset of commodities, such that the Fund has greater or lesser exposure to that index than the value of the Fund's net assets, or greater or lesser exposure to a subset of commodities than is represented by a particular commodity index.

Assets not invested in commodity-linked derivative instruments or the Subsidiary may be invested in Fixed Income Instruments.

The Fund expects to invest its assets in any one or more of the following Fixed Income Instruments to provide liquidity, serve as margin or otherwise collateralize the Fund's investments in certain commodity-linked derivative instruments: U.S. Treasuries, other U.S. government obligations, money market funds and funds that invest in short-term bonds, cash and cash-like equivalents (e.g., high quality commercial paper and similar instruments that are rated investment grade or, if unrated, of comparable quality, as the Adviser determines), mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises of the U.S. government (whether or not the securities are U.S. government securities), municipal debt securities, Treasury inflation-protected securities, and repurchase agreements.

Except as noted, for purposes of this Prospectus, references to the Fund's investment strategies and risks include those of its Subsidiary. The Fund complies with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, governing investment policies (Section 8) and capital structure and leverage (Section 18) on an aggregate basis with the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940 provisions governing affiliated transactions and custody of assets.

The Fund is classified as a non-diversified fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer. As further described in the Statement of Additional Information, the Fund may not purchase any security if, as a result of that purchase, 25% or more of its total assets would be invested in securities of issuers having their principal business activities in the same industry, except that the Fund may invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in securities of issuers in any one industry or group of industries if the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries.

**PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND** 

**Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Fund's Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund, each of which could significantly and adversely affect the value of an investment in the Fund.**

**Agricultural Commodity Sector Risk.** The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of certain agricultural commodities, including corn, soybeans, sugar and wheat. Investments in the agriculture sector may be highly volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably due to a number of factors, including the supply of and demand of each commodity, legislative or regulatory developments relating to food safety, political, legal, financial, accounting and tax matters and other events that the Fund cannot control. In addition, increased competition caused by economic recession, labor difficulties and changing consumer tastes and spending can affect the demand for agricultural products, and consequently the value of investments in that sector. As a result, the price of an agricultural commodity could decline, which would adversely affect an investment in the Fund if it held that commodity.

**Commodities and Commodity-Linked Instruments Risk.** Commodities include, among other things, energy products, agricultural products, industrial metals, precious metals and livestock. The commodities markets may fluctuate widely based on a variety of factors, including overall market movements, economic events and policies, changes in interest rates or inflation rates, changes in monetary and exchange control programs, geopolitical conflicts and war, acts of terrorism, natural disasters and technological developments. Variables such as disease, drought, floods, weather, trade, embargoes, tariffs and other political events, in particular, may have a larger impact on commodity prices than on traditional securities. These additional variables may create additional investment risks that subject the Fund's investments to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The prices of commodities can also fluctuate widely due to supply and demand disruptions in major producing or consuming regions. Because certain commodities may be produced in a limited number of countries and may be controlled by a small number of producers, political, economic and supply-related events in such countries could have a disproportionate impact on the prices of such commodities. These factors may affect the value of the Fund's investments in varying ways, and different factors may cause the values and the volatility of the Fund's investments to move in inconsistent directions at inconsistent rates. Because the value of a commodity-linked derivative instrument and structured note typically are based upon the price movements of physical commodities, the value of these securities will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying commodities or related index of investment.

**Commodities and Commodity-Linked Instruments Tax Risk.** The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of the Fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives were treated as non-qualifying income, the Fund might fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and/or be subject to federal income tax at the Fund level. The uncertainty surrounding the treatment of certain derivative instruments under the qualification tests for a regulated investment company may limit the Fund's use of such derivative instruments.

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The Fund may be required, for federal income tax purposes, to mark-to-market and recognize as income for each taxable year any net unrealized gains and losses on certain futures contracts and option contracts as of the end of the year as well as those actually realized during the year. Gain or loss from futures contracts required to be marked-to-market will be 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss if held directly by the Fund, but if held by the Subsidiary, as is expected, such gains will be recognized as ordinary income by the Fund to the extent of the Subsidiary's annual net earnings if any. Application of this rule may alter the timing and character of distributions to shareholders. The Fund may be required to defer the recognition of losses on futures contracts or certain option contracts to the extent of any unrecognized gains on related positions held by the Fund.

**Derivatives Counterparty Risk.** A loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of another party to a contract (usually referred to as a "counterparty") to make required payments, fulfill its contractual obligations or otherwise comply with a contract's terms because of the financial condition of the counterparty (i.e., financial difficulties or insolvency), market activities and developments, the counterparty being unable or unwilling to perform under the contract or other reasons. In a swap agreement, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under the agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a counterparty. These risks are heightened and may materially impact the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective given that the Fund may enter into swap agreements with one or a limited number of counterparties, and **as of the date of this prospectus, UBS was the only available counterparty with which the Fund may enter into such swap contracts on the Index.** The Fund may also invest in commodity-linked structured notes issued by a limited number of issuers that will act as counterparties. The Fund's use of one or a limited number of counterparties and its investments in commodity-linked structured notes issued by only a limited number of issuers increases the Fund's exposure to counterparty credit risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the counterparty will be unable and/or unwilling to honor its obligations and/or default completely on the derivative transaction. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties are willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.

**Energy Commodity Sector Risk.** The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of certain energy-related commodities such as crude oil. The market values of such commodities are strongly affected by the supply of, and demand for, those commodities, as well as, among other factors, capital expenditures on exploration and production, energy conservation efforts, government regulation and subsidization, world events, technological advances and general economic conditions. Therefore, energy commodities are subject to swift price fluctuations, and investments in such commodities can be cyclical and/or highly volatile. Additionally, significant declines in the price of oil may contribute to significant market volatility, which may materially adversely affect the Fund's performance.

**Metals Commodity Sector Risk.** The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of certain industrial and precious metals, including aluminum, copper, gold, silver and zinc. Investments in metals may be highly volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably due to a number of factors, including the supply and demand of each metal, increased competition, environmental or labor costs, restrictions on trade, political, legal, financial, accounting and tax matters and other events that the Fund cannot control. In addition, changes in international monetary policies or economic and political conditions can affect the supply of metals, and consequently the value of metal investments. The United States or foreign governments may pass laws or regulations limiting metal investments for strategic or other policy reasons. Further, the principal supplies of metal industries may be concentrated in a small number of countries and regions. Consequently, the price of a metal held by the Fund could decline, which would adversely affect the Fund's performance.

**Risk of U.S. Treasury Bills.** Direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury have historically involved little risk of loss of principal if held to maturity. However, due to fluctuations in interest rates, the market value of such securities may vary.

**Subsidiary Investment Risk.** Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund to operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not subject to the investor protections of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Thus, the Fund, as an investor in the Subsidiary, will not have all the protections offered to investors in registered investment companies.

**Commodity Regulatory Risk (with respect to investments in the Subsidiary).** Changes in the laws or regulations of the United States or the Cayman Islands, 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 or the Subsidiary. Based on the Fund's and the Subsidiary's current investment strategies, the Fund and the Subsidiary are each a "commodity pool" and the Adviser is considered a "commodity pool operator" with respect to the Fund and the Subsidiary under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, the Fund and the Adviser are subject to dual regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pursuant to certain Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations, the Fund and the Adviser have elected to meet the requirements of certain Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations by complying with specific Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations relating to disclosure and reporting requirements. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission could deem the Fund or the Adviser in violation of an applicable Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulation if the Fund or the Adviser failed to comply with a related Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory requirement. In addition, the Fund and the Adviser will remain subject to certain Commodity Futures Trading Commission-mandated disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping regulations with respect to the Fund and the Subsidiary. Compliance with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations could increase the Fund's expenses, adversely affecting the Fund's total return. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and various exchanges have rules limiting the maximum net long or short positions which any person or group may own, hold or

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control in any given futures contract or option on such futures contract. In addition, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in October 2020 adopted amendments to its position limits rules that establish certain new and amended position limits for 25 specified physical commodity futures and related options contracts traded on exchanges, other futures contracts and related options directly or indirectly linked to such 25 specified contracts, and any OTC transactions that are economically equivalent to the 25 specified contracts. The Adviser will need to consider whether the exposure created under these contracts might exceed the applicable limits in managing the Fund, and the limits may constrain the ability of the Fund to use such contracts.

**Tax Risk (with respect to investments in the Subsidiary).** The Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income from certain qualifying sources of income in order to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Internal Revenue Service issued a revenue ruling in December 2005, which concluded that income and gains from certain commodity-linked derivatives are not qualifying income under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. As a result, the Fund's ability to invest directly in commodity-linked futures contracts or swaps or in certain exchange-traded trusts that hold commodities as part of its investment strategy is limited by the requirement that it receive no more than ten percent (10%) of its gross income from such investments. The Fund expects to invest its assets in the Subsidiary, consistent with applicable law and the advice of counsel, in a manner that should permit the Fund to treat income allocable from the Subsidiary as qualifying income. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued regulations that treat a fund's income inclusion with respect to an investment in a non-U.S. company generating investment income as qualifying income if there is a current-year distribution out of the earnings and profits of the non-U.S. company that are attributable to such income inclusion or if the income from the Subsidiary is related to the Fund's business of investing. The Fund intends to treat its income from the Subsidiary as qualifying income. There can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will not change its position with respect to some or all of these issues or if the Internal Revenue Service did so, that a court would not sustain the Internal Revenue Service's position. Furthermore, the tax treatment of the Fund's investments in the Subsidiary may be adversely affected by future legislation, court decisions, future Internal Revenue Service guidance or Treasury regulations.

**Gap Risk.** The Fund and the Subsidiary are subject to the risk that a commodity price will fluctuate even during periods when there is no trading. Usually, such movements occur when there are adverse news announcements, which can cause a commodity price to drop substantially from the previous day's closing price.

**Cash Transactions Risk.** Unlike other ETFs, the Fund expects to effect its creations and redemptions at least partially for cash, rather than wholly for in-kind securities. Therefore, it may be required to sell portfolio securities and subsequently incur brokerage costs and/or recognize gains or losses on such sales that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in kind. As such, investments in Shares may be less tax-efficient than an investment in a conventional ETF. Transaction costs, including brokerage costs, will decrease the Fund's net asset value to the extent not offset by the transaction fee payable by an Authorized Participant.

**Credit Risk.** Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer or guarantor of a security will be unable and/or unwilling to honor its payment obligations and/or default completely on securities. The Fund's securities are subject to varying degrees of credit risk, depending on the issuer's financial condition and on the terms of the securities, which may be reflected in credit ratings. There is a possibility that the credit rating of a security may be downgraded after purchase or the perception of an issuer's creditworthiness may decline, which may adversely affect the value of the security. Lower credit quality may also affect liquidity and make it difficult for the Fund to sell the security.

**Debt Securities Risk.** Debt securities are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a debt security will be unable to make interest payments or repay principal when it becomes due. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a debt security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. Debt securities with longer durations have higher risk and volatility. For example, if a bond has a duration of five years and interest rates increase by 1%, the bond's price will decline by approximately 5%.

**Interest Rate Risk.** Debt securities and preferred securities are subject to interest rate risk. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most debt securities and certain preferred securities go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most debt securities go up, but the yield or income from new issuances of debt securities generally decreases. Fluctuations in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of and income generated by debt securities held by the Fund. Many factors can cause interest rates to rise, including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates and general economic conditions. Debt securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making them more volatile than debt securities, such as bonds, with shorter durations. Factors including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates, and changes in general economic conditions may cause interest rates to rise, which could cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline. A substantial investment by the Fund in debt securities with longer-term maturities during periods of rising interest rates may cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline significantly. Changing interest rates may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from Fund performance to the extent the Fund is exposed to such interest rates and/or volatility. It is difficult to predict the magnitude, timing or direction of interest rate changes and the impact these changes will have on the markets in which the Fund invests.

**Derivatives Risk.** Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are based on the value of one or more reference assets or indicators, such as a security, currency, interest rate, or index. The Fund's use of derivatives involves risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other more traditional investments.

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Moreover, although the value of a derivative is based on an underlying asset or indicator, a derivative typically does not carry the same rights as would be the case if the Fund invested directly in the underlying securities, currencies or other assets.

Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, such as potential changes in value in response to market developments or, in the case of "over-the-counter" derivatives, as a result of a counterparty's credit quality and the risk that a derivative transaction may not have the effect the Adviser anticipated. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of a derivative may not achieve the desired correlation with the underlying asset or indicator. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile, and the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests. The use of derivatives may increase the amount and affect the timing and character of taxes payable by shareholders of the Fund.

Many derivative transactions are entered into "over-the-counter" without a central clearinghouse; as a result, the value of such a derivative transaction will depend on, among other factors, the ability and the willingness of the Fund's counterparty to perform its obligations under the transaction. If a counterparty were to default on its obligations, the Fund's contractual remedies against such counterparty may be subject to bankruptcy and insolvency laws, which could affect the Fund's rights as a creditor (*e.g.*, the Fund may not receive the net amount of payments that it is contractually entitled to receive). Counterparty risk also refers to the related risks of having concentrated exposure to such a counterparty. A liquid secondary market may not always exist for the Fund's derivative positions at any time, and the Fund may not be able to initiate or liquidate a swap position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses. The Fund may also face the risk that it may not be able to meet margin and payment requirements to maintain a derivatives position.

Derivatives are also subject to operational and legal risks. Operational risk generally refers to risk related to potential operational issues, including documentation issues, settlement issues, system failures, inadequate controls, and human errors. Legal risk generally refers to insufficient documentation, insufficient capacity or authority of counterparty, or legality or enforceability of a contract.

**Commodity Index Tracking Risk.** The Fund's return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses, including taxes, not applicable to the Index and incurs costs associated with buying and selling securities and entering into derivatives transactions (if applicable), especially when rebalancing the Fund's securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the Index or (if applicable) raising cash to meet redemptions or deploying cash in connection with inflows into the Fund. The Fund's inability to replicate the returns of the hypothetical fixed income portfolio component of the Index and/or transaction costs, including brokerage costs, may decrease the Fund's net asset value.

Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the Fund's ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. Errors in the Index data, the Index computations and/or the construction of the Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index provider, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. Shareholders should understand that any gains from the Index provider's or others' errors will be kept by the Fund and its shareholders and any losses or costs resulting from the Index provider's or others' errors will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders. Additionally, when the Index is rebalanced and the Fund in turn rebalances its portfolio to attempt to increase the correlation between the Fund's portfolio and the Index, any transaction costs and market exposure arising from such portfolio rebalancing will be borne directly by the Fund and its shareholders. Apart from scheduled rebalances, the Index provider or its agents may carry out additional ad hoc rebalances to the Index. Therefore, errors and additional ad hoc rebalances carried out by the Index provider or its agents to the Index may increase the costs to and the tracking error risk of the Fund.

The Fund may not be fully invested at times either as a result of cash flows into the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to pay expenses or to meet redemptions. In addition, the Fund may not invest in certain securities included in the Index, or invest in them in the exact proportions in which they are represented in the Index. The Fund's performance may also deviate from the return of the Index for various reasons, including legal restrictions or limitations imposed by the governments of certain countries, certain exchange listing standards (where applicable), a lack of liquidity in markets in which such securities trade, potential adverse tax consequences or other regulatory reasons (such as diversification requirements). To the extent the Fund utilizes depositary receipts, the purchase of depositary receipts may negatively affect the Fund's ability to track the performance of the Index and increase tracking error, which may be exacerbated if the issuer of the depositary receipt discontinues issuing new depositary receipts or withdraws existing depositary receipts.

The Fund may value certain of its investments, underlying currencies and/or other assets based on fair value prices. To the extent the Fund calculates its net asset value based on fair value prices and the value of the Index is based on securities' closing prices on local foreign markets (*i.e.*, the value of the Index is not based on fair value prices), the Fund's ability to track the Index may be adversely affected. The Fund's performance may also deviate from the performance of the Index due to the impact of withholding taxes, late announcements relating to changes to the Index and high turnover of the Index. When markets are volatile, the ability to sell securities at fair value prices may be adversely impacted and may result in additional trading costs and/or increase the index tracking risk. The Fund may also need to rely on borrowings to meet redemptions, which may lead to increased expenses. For tax efficiency purposes, the Fund may sell certain securities, and such sale may cause the Fund to realize a loss and deviate from the performance of the Index. In light of the factors discussed above, the Fund's return may deviate significantly from the return of the Index. Changes to the composition of the Index in connection with a rebalancing or reconstitution of the Index may cause the Fund to experience increased volatility, during which time the Fund's index tracking risk may be heightened.

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**Repurchase Agreements Risk.** A repurchase agreement exposes the Fund to the risk that the party that sells the security may default on its obligation to repurchase it. The Fund may lose money if it cannot sell the security at the agreed-upon time and price or the security loses value before it can be sold.

**Regulatory Risk.** 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. The Adviser is registered as a commodity pool operator under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulation with respect to the Fund. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted rules regarding the disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements that will apply with respect to the Fund as a result of the Adviser's registration as a commodity pool operator. Generally, these rules allow for substituted compliance with Commodity Futures Trading Commission disclosure and shareholder reporting requirements, based on the Adviser's compliance with comparable Securities and Exchange Commission requirements. This means that for most of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's disclosure and shareholder reporting applicable to the Adviser as the Fund's commodity pool operator, the Adviser's compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure and shareholder reporting will be deemed to fulfill the Adviser's Commodity Futures Trading Commission compliance obligations. However, as a result of Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulation with respect to the Fund, the Fund may incur additional compliance and other expenses. The Adviser is also registered as a "commodity trading advisor" ("CTA") but relies on an exemption with respect to the Fund from CTA regulations available for a CTA that also serves as the Fund's commodity pool operator. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has neither reviewed nor approved the Fund, their investment strategies, or this Prospectus.

**Market Risk.** The prices of securities are subject to the risks associated with investing in the securities market, including general economic conditions, sudden and unpredictable drops in value, exchange trading suspensions and closures and public health risks. These risks may be magnified if certain social, political, economic and other conditions and events (such as natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, terrorism, war or other conflicts, social unrest, recessions, inflation, interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers) adversely interrupt the global economy; in these and other circumstances, such events or developments might affect companies world-wide. Overall securities values could decline generally or underperform other investments. An investment may lose money.

**Operational Risk.** The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or system failures.

**Authorized Participant Concentration Risk.** The Fund may have a limited number of Authorized Participants, none of which are obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those Authorized Participants exit the business, or do not process creation and/or redemption orders, there may be a significantly diminished trading market for Shares or Shares may trade like closed-end funds at a discount (or premium) to net asset value and possibly face trading halts and/or de-listing. This can be reflected as a spread between the bid-ask prices for the Fund. The Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened with respect to certain types of assets or in cases where Authorized Participants have limited or diminished access to the capital required to post collateral.

**No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk.** There can be no assurance that an active trading market for the Shares will develop or be maintained, as applicable. Further, secondary markets may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods in times of market stress because market makers and Authorized Participants may step away from making a market in the Shares and in executing creation and redemption orders, which could cause a material deviation in the Fund's market price from its net asset value.

**Trading Issues Risk.** Trading in shares on the exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the exchange, make trading in shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in shares on the exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the relevant exchange's "circuit breaker" rules. If a trading halt or unanticipated early close of the exchange occurs, a shareholder may be unable to purchase or sell Shares of the Fund. There can be no assurance that requirements of the exchange necessary to maintain the listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

**Fund Shares Trading, Premium/Discount Risk and Liquidity of Fund Shares.** The market price of the Shares may fluctuate in response to the Fund's net asset value, the intraday value of the Fund's holdings and supply and demand for Shares. Shares may trade above, below, or at their most recent net asset value. Factors including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares (including through a trading halt), may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to net asset value or to the intraday value of the Fund's holdings. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the net asset value or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the net asset value, the shareholder may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than the underlying value of the Shares. The securities held by the Fund may be traded in markets that close at a different time than the exchange on which the Shares are traded. Liquidity in those securities may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the exchange is open but after the applicable market closing, fixing or settlement times, bid/ask spreads on the exchange and the resulting premium or discount to the Shares' net asset value may widen. Additionally, in stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund's Shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings and a shareholder may be unable to sell his or her Shares.

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**Non-Diversified Risk.** The Fund is classified as a "non-diversified" fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund is subject to the risk that it will be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger proportion of its assets in a single issuer. Moreover, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund's net asset value and may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds. The Fund may be particularly vulnerable to this risk if it is comprised of a limited number of investments.

**Commodity Index-Related Concentration Risk.** The Fund's assets may be concentrated in a particular sector or sectors or industry or group of industries to reflect the Index's allocation to those types of commodities in a particular sector or sectors or industry or group of industries. Many or all of the commodities in the same sector or industry may decline in value due to developments adversely affecting such sector or industry. By concentrating its assets in a particular sector or sectors or industry or group of industries, the Fund is subject to the risk that economic, political or other conditions that have a negative effect on those sectors and/or industries may negatively impact the Fund.

**Passive Management Risk.** Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not "actively" managed. Therefore, unless a specific security/asset is removed from its Index, the Fund generally would not sell such a security/asset because the security's issuer is in financial trouble. If a specific security/asset is removed from the Fund's Index, the Fund may be forced to sell such security/asset at an inopportune time or for prices other than at current market values. An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund that invests in a similar asset class, such as market fluctuations caused by such factors as economic and political developments, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in security/asset prices. The Fund's Index may not contain the appropriate or a diversified mix of securities and/or assets for any particular economic cycle. The timing of changes in the composition of the Fund's portfolio in seeking to track its Index could have a negative effect on the Fund. Unlike with an actively managed fund, the Adviser does not use techniques or defensive strategies designed to lessen the effects of market volatility or to reduce the impact of periods of market decline. Additionally, unusual market conditions may cause the Fund's Index provider to postpone a scheduled rebalance or reconstitution, which could cause the Fund's Index to vary from its normal or expected composition. This means that, based on market and economic conditions, the Fund's performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers.

**PERFORMANCE**

The bar chart that follows shows how the Fund performed for the calendar years shown. The table below the bar chart shows the Fund's average annual returns (before and after taxes). The bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the one year, five year, ten year and/or since inception periods, as applicable, compared with the Fund's benchmark index, a broad-based benchmark index and an additional index. All returns assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at www.vaneck.com.

**Annual Total Returns (%)—Calendar Years**![chart-2c776f7d8b424273a3da.jpg](chart-2c776f7d8b424273a3da.jpg)

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| Best Quarter: | 4.90% | 1Q 2024 |
| Worst Quarter: | -2.03% | 2Q 2025 |

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**Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2025** 

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

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| | Past One Year | Since Inception (08/21/2023) |
| VanEck CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF <br>(return before taxes) | 8.42% | 4.56% |
| VanEck CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF <br>(return after taxes on distributions) | 4.44% | 1.95% |
| VanEck CMCI Commodity Strategy ETF <br>(return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares) | 4.99% | 2.37% |
| UBS CM Commodity Index<br>(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 9.55% | 5.61% |
| S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index <br>(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 17.88% | 22.25% |
| Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return<br>(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 15.77% | 7.14% |

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**PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT**

**Investment Adviser.** Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corporation.

**Portfolio Managers.** The following individuals are primarily and jointly responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio:

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| Name | Title with Adviser | Date Began Managing the Fund |
| Roland Morris, Jr. | Portfolio Manager | July 20, 2023 |
| Chris Mailloux | Deputy Portfolio Manager | May 1, 2024 |

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**PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**

Individual Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through a broker or dealer at a market price. Shares of the Fund are listed on the Exchange, and because Shares trade at market prices rather than net asset value, Shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than net asset value (*i.e.*, a "premium") or less than net asset value (*i.e.*, a "discount").

An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

Recent information, including information about the Fund's net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid/ask spreads, is included on the Fund's website at www.vaneck.com.

**TAX INFORMATION**

The Fund's distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

**PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES** 

The Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of the Fund Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your broker-dealer or other intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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