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 Morningstar US SMID Moat UCITS ETF (the "Fund") a sub-fund of VanEck UCITS ETFs plc (the "Company") Share Class: USD A ISIN: IE000SBU19F7 This Fund is managed by VanEck Asset Management B.V., a subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation.

Objectives and Investment Policy

The Fund may not invest more than 10% of its Net Asset Value in open-ended The Fund’s investment objective is to track, before fees and expenses, the price collective investment schemes. and yield performance of the Morningstar® US Small-Mid Cap Moat FocusFurthermore, the Fund may not invest less than 51% of its Net Asset Value in Index™ (the “Index”). In order to seek to achieve its investment objective, the

equity securities which constitute "equity participation" within the meaning of Manager will normally use a replication strategy by investing directly in thesection 2, Article 8 of the German Investment Tax Act. underlying equity securities of the Index being the equity stocks, American depository receipts (ADRs), and global depository receipts (GDRs) that consists

The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to of the component securities of the Index.approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of The Fund may also (or alternatively) invest in financial derivative instruments

securities that generally replicates the Index. The Investment Manager will (FDIs) which relate to the Index or constituents of the Index. The FDIs which theregularly monitor the Fund’s tracking accuracy. Fund may use are futures, options (puts and calls), swaps (including equity

Recommendation: This Fund may not be appropriate for investors who plan to swaps and swaps on the Index), currency forwards and non-deliverable forwardswithdraw their money within 5 years. (a forward contract that does not require settlement on maturity) (NDFs).• Fund’s base currency: U.S. Dollar Where it is not practical or cost efficient for the Fund to fully replicate the Index,

• Distribution policy: Income accumulated the Manager may utilise an optimised sampling methodology. The Fund may

The shares are admitted for trading on various stock exchanges and can be also invest in ancillary liquid assets and money market instruments which maytraded on the secondary market. The price of the shares offered on the include bank deposits, depositary receipts, certificates of deposit, fixed orsecondary market may deviate from the net asset value of the shares. The return floating rate instruments (treasury bills), commercial paper, floating rate notesof the Fund is directly related to the return of the underlying assets minus the and freely transferable promissory notes. The ancillary liquid assets, money costs associated with the Fund. If the performance of the underlying assets market instruments and FDI (other than permitted unlisted investments) will be

decreases, the performance of the Fund will also decrease. There is no capital listed or traded on the Markets referred to in Appendix II of the Prospectus.protection against Market Risk.

Risk and Reward Profile Lower riskHigher riskcaptured by the synthetic risk indicator and may cause additional loss: Typically lower reward Typically higher reward Equity Market Risk: The prices of the securities in the Fund are subject to the risks associated with investing in the securities market, including

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7general economic conditions and sudden and unpredictable drops in value. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

The risk and reward indicator is calculated using historical and simulated

Risk of investing in smaller companies: The securities of smaller historical data. Historical data may not be a reliable indication for the future.

companies may be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of Therefore, the risk classification may change over time.large companies. Smaller companies, when compared with larger companies, may have a shorter history of operations, fewer financial Even if the Fund is in the lowest risk category, it does not mean it is risk free orresources, less competitive strength, may have a less diversified product that capital is guaranteed or protected.line, may be more susceptible to market pressure and may have a smaller market for their securities. This Fund is ranked at 7 because funds of this type have experienced very high rises and falls in value in the past.

For more information on risks, please see the “Risk Factors” section of the The following risks can be materially relevant but are not necessarily adequately

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 charges0.49%

Charges taken from the Fund under certain specific conditions Performance fee

None

Past Performance There is insufficient data to provide a useful indication of past performance to investors. The Fund was launched on 12 January 2024. 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 thethe 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 comprising investment 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 areindexes.morningstar.com 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, VanEck Fund’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.