KEY INVESTOR INFORMATION

This document provides you with key investor information about this Fund. It is not marketing material. The information is required by law to help you understand the nature and the risks of investing in this Fund. You are advised to read it so you can make an informed decision about whether to invest.

VanEck US Fallen Angel High Yield Bond UCITS ETF (the "Fund") a sub-fund of VanEck UCITS ETFs plc (the "Company") Share Class: USD A ISIN: IE000J6CHW80 This Fund is managed by VanEck Asset Management B.V., a subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation.

Objectives and Investment Policy

The Fund may also invest in ancillary liquid assets and money market The Product's investment objective is to replicate the price and the performance,instruments which may include bank deposits, depositary receipts, certificates of before fees and expenses, of the ICE US Fallen Angel High Yield 10%

deposit, fixed or floating rate instruments (treasury bills), commercial paper, Constrained Index (the “Index”). floating rate notes and freely transferable promissory notes. The ancillary liquid The Fund will seek to achieve its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of

assets, money market instruments and FDI (other than permitted unlisted fixed income bonds that, as far possible and practicable, consist of the investments) will be listed or traded on the Markets referred to in Appendix II of components of the Index. The Product will invest in a diversified portfolio of USthe Prospectus. dollar denominated below investment grade corporate fixed rate debt instruments

The Fund may not invest more than 10% of its Net Asset Value in open-ended publicly issued and traded in the US domestic market by both U.S. and non-U.S.

collective investment schemes. issuers that were rated investment grade at the time of issuance (a Fallen Angel) and which consist of the component securities that comprise the Index. The

The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to Product may invest more than 30% of its Net Asset Value in securities which are

approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of below investment grade.

securities that generally replicates the Index. The Investment Manager will Due to the practical difficulties and expense of purchasing all of the securitiesregularly monitor the Fund’s tracking accuracy. (debt instruments such as bonds) in the Index, the Investment Manager utilises a Recommendation: This Fund may not be appropriate for investors who plan to “sampling” methodology in seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.withdraw their money within 5 years. As such, the Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the Index in an • Fund’s base currency: U.S. Dollar effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return • Distribution policy: Income accumulated characteristics of the Index.The shares are admitted for trading on various stock exchanges and can be The Fund may also (or alternatively) invest in financial derivative instruments

traded on the secondary market. The price of the shares offered on the (FDIs) which relate to the Index or constituents of the Index. The FDIs which thesecondary market may deviate from the net asset value of the shares. The return Fund may use are futures, options (puts and calls), swaps (including fixed

of the Fund is directly related to the return of the underlying assets minus the income swaps and swaps on the Index), currency forwards Futures and options, costs associated with the Fund. If the performance of the underlying assets currency forwards and non-deliverable forwards (a forward contract that does not decreases, the performance of the Fund will also decrease. There is no capital require settlement on maturity) (NDFs).

protection against Market Risk.

Risk and Reward Profile Lower riskHigher risk

and/or unwilling to make timely interest payments and/or repay the Typically lower reward Typically higher reward

principal on its debt or to otherwise honour its obligations. Bonds are subject to varying degrees of credit risk which may be reflected in credit ratings. There is a possibility that the credit rating of a bond may be

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7downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security. The risk and reward indicator is calculated using historical and simulated

High Yield Securities Risk: The prices of junk bonds are likely to be more historical data. Historical data may not be a reliable indication for the future.

sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual issuer developments Therefore, the risk classification may change over time.than higher rated securities possibly leading to junk bond issuers not being able to service their principal and interest payment obligations. The Even if the Fund is in the lowest risk category, it does not mean it is risk free or secondary market for securities that are junk bonds may be less liquid that capital is guaranteed or protected. than the markets for higher quality securities. This Fund is ranked at 5 because funds of this type have experienced high rises Interest Rate Risk: Bond prices could rise or fall as the result of changes and falls in value in the past. in the interest rates and the interest rate curve. Potential or actual The following risks can be materially relevant but are not necessarily adequately

downgrades in the credit rating can increase the assumed risk level. captured by the synthetic risk indicator and may cause additional loss:

Credit Risk: The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable

For more information on risks, please see the “Risk Factors” section of the

Fund’s prospectus, available on www.vaneck.com.

Charges The charges you pay are used to pay the costs of running the Fund, including *Not applicable to investors on the secondary market. Investors who buy or sell the costs of marketing and distributing it. These charges reduce the potential

shares via a market pay the costs charged by their financial intermediaries. growth of your investment.

Information on these charges can be obtained from the markets where the

shares are listed and traded or from the financial intermediaries. One-off charges taken before or after you invest Entry charge None*

You can find more information on the charges in the cost section of the Fund’s

prospectus and/or supplement. This is available at www.vaneck.com. Exit chargeNone*

These are the maximum charges that could be taken from your money before it is invested or before we pay out the sale proceeds of your investment.

Charges taken from the Fund over a year Ongoing charges0.35%

Charges taken from the Fund under certain specific conditions Performance fee

None Past Performance

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​5.8%

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20232024Fund

Index

Any indication of past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

The chart shows the Fund’s annual performance in USD for each full calendar year over the period displayed in the chart. It is expressed as a percentage change of the Fund’s net asset value at each year-end. The Fund was launched on 01 September 2023.

Performance is shown after deduction of ongoing charges.

Practical Information The Depositary of the Fund is State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited.remuneration committee, where applicable, may be obtained from the website Further information about the Company and the Fund including the prospectus www.vaneck.com and a paper copy is available, free of charge and upon request, and most recent annual reports and semi-annual reports is available free of at the registered office of the management company. The Company is subject to charge online at www.vaneck.com or on request at the registered office of the

the tax laws and regulations of Ireland. Depending on your own country of company. These documents are available in English and certain other languages.

residence, this may have an impact on your investment. Please consult your The Fund is a sub-fund of the Company, an umbrella fund structure comprisinginvestment or tax adviser for advice on your own tax liabilities. different sub-funds. This document is specific to the Fund stated at the beginning

Further details regarding the Index are available on the Index Provider's website: of this document. However, the prospectus, annual and semi-annual reports are

www.theice.com/market-data/indices/fixed-income-indices prepared for the Company rather than separately for the Fund.

VanEck Asset Management B.V. may be held liable solely on the basis of any The net asset value and other information is available online at www.vaneck.com.statement contained in this document that is misleading, inaccurate or Investors can buy or sell shares daily on stock exchange(s) on which the shares inconsistent with the relevant parts of the prospectus of the Fund. are traded. The Fund shares are traded on one or more stock exchanges.

Under Irish law, the Company has segregated liability between its sub-funds. The The details of the remuneration policy of the management company, VanEckFund’s assets will not be used to discharge the liabilities of other sub-funds of Asset Management B.V., including, but not limited to, a description of how

the Company. In addition, the Fund’s assets and liabilities are segregated and remuneration benefits are calculated, the identities of persons responsible for held separately from the assets of other sub-funds. awarding the remuneration and benefits including the composition of the

The Fund is authorized in Ireland and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). VanEck Asset Management B.V. is authorized in the Netherlands and regulated by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The key investor information is accurate as at 06 February 2025.