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 Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF (the "Fund") a sub-fund of VanEck UCITS ETFs plc (the "Company") Share Class: USD A ISIN: IE00BMDH1538 This Fund is managed by VanEck Asset Management B.V., a subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation. Objectives and Investment Policy The Fund’s investment objective is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the Fund may use are futures, options (puts and calls), swaps (including equity price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Hydrogen Economy ESG Index swaps and swaps on the Index), currency forwards and non-deliverable forwards (the “Index”). (a forward contract that does not require settlement on maturity) (NDFs). The In order to seek to achieve its investment objective, the Manager will normallyFund may also invest in ancillary liquid assets and money market instruments use a replication strategy by investing directly in the underlying equity securities which may include bank deposits, depositary receipts, certificates of deposit, of the Index being the stock, American depository receipts (ADRs), and global fixed or floating rate instruments (treasury bills), commercial paper, floating rate depository receipts (GDRs). Such equity securities must be issued by notes and freely transferable promissory notes. The ancillary liquid assets, companies who generate at least 50% of their revenues from the global hydrogen money market instruments and FDI (other than permitted unlisted investments) segment, fuel cell companies or industrial gases companies listed or traded on will be listed or traded on the Markets referred to in Appendix II of the the Markets referred to in Appendix II of the Prospectus. For the avoidance of Prospectus. Investment in ancillary liquid assets and money market instruments doubt, where the Index already holds such equity securities, the Index will seek may be utilised in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to, to remove the security when the percentage of revenue generated from the globalsituations such as managing total exposure to cash and borrowing on a short hydrogen segment, fuel cell companies or industrial gases drops below 25% of term basis and in anticipation of participation in a rights offering. the relevant companies revenues. The Fund may not invest more than 10% of its Net Asset Value in open-ended The Manager has categorised the Product as meeting the provisions set out in collective investment schemes. Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on sustainability related disclosures in Furthermore, the Fund may not invest less than 51% of its Net Asset Value in the financial services sector ("SFDR") for products, which have sustainableequity securities which constitute "equity participation" within the meaning of investment as their objective and where an index has been designated as a section 2, Article 8 of the German Investment Tax Act. reference benchmark. The Index considers ESG factors as further detailed in theThe Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to Index methodology available on the Index Provider’s website and in the approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of Prospectus.securities that generally replicates the Index. The Investment Manager will Where it is not practical or cost efficient for the Fund to fully replicate the Index, regularly monitor the Fund’s tracking accuracy. the Manager may utilise an optimised sampling methodology. Recommendation: This Fund may not be appropriate for investors who plan to Where it is not practical or cost efficient for the Fund to fully replicate the Index, withdraw their money within 5 years. the Fund will not avail of the increased limits as set out in Regulation 71 of the • Fund’s base currency: U.S. Dollar CBI UCITS Regulations. • Distribution policy: Income accumulated The Fund may invest up to 15% of its Net Asset Value directly in shares issued The shares are admitted for trading on various stock exchanges and can be by companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock traded on the secondary market. The price of the shares offered on the Exchange, traded in foreign currencies and available for investment by domesticsecondary market may deviate from the net asset value of the shares. The return (Chinese) investors and foreign investors. The Fund may invest more than 20% ofof the Fund is directly related to the return of the underlying assets minus the its Net Asset Value in emerging markets. costs associated with the Fund. If the performance of the underlying assets The Fund may also (or alternatively) invest in financial derivative instrumentsdecreases, the performance of the Fund will also decrease. There is no capital (FDIs) which relate to the Index or constituents of the Index. The FDIs which the protection against Market Risk. Risk and Reward Profile Lower risk Higher risk initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous or Typically lower reward Typically higher reward reasonable price, or at all.Limited Diversification Risk: The Fund may invest a relatively high 1 2 3 45 67percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund's The risk and reward indicator is calculated using historical and simulatedNet Asset Value and may make the Fund more volatile than more historical data. Historical data may not be a reliable indication for the future. diversified funds. Therefore, the risk classification may change over time. Risk of investing in smaller companies: The securities of smaller Even if the Fund is in the lowest risk category, it does not mean it is risk free or companies may be more volatile and less liquid than the securities of that capital is guaranteed or protected. large companies. Smaller companies, when compared with larger companies, may have a shorter history of operations, fewer financial This Fund is ranked at 7 because funds of this type have experienced very high resources, less competitive strength, may have a less diversified product rises and falls in value in the past. line, may be more susceptible to market pressure and may have a smaller The following risks can be materially relevant but are not necessarily adequately market for their securities. captured by the synthetic risk indicator and may cause additional loss: Liquidity Risks: Exists when a particular financial instrument is difficult toFor more information on risks, please see the “Risk Factors” section of the purchase or sell. If the relevant market is illiquid, it may not be possible to 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 theshares 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’sprospectus and/or supplement. This is available at www.vaneck.com. Exit charge None*The ongoing charges figure is based on expenses for the 12-month period ending These are the maximum charges that could be taken from your money before it31 December 2024. This figure may vary from year to year. It excludes portfolio is invested or before we pay out the sale proceeds of your investment. transaction costs. Charges taken from the Fund over a year Ongoing charges 0.55% Charges taken from the Fund under certain specific conditions Performance fee None Past Performance Until 18 March 2022, the performance was achieved with a different investment policy. Prior to 18 March 2022 the Fund used a different Index, the MVIS® Global Hydrogen Economy Index, which is reflected in the performance data of the Index. 0 % -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 ​-24.6% -24.6% ​-24.5% -24.5% -30 ​-29.6% -29.6% ​-29.8%-29.8% -35 -40 ​-38.8% -38.8% ​-38.6% -38.6% -45 20202021 2022 2023 2024Fund 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 26 March 2021. 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 prospectuswww.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 ofat 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 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 are www.marketvector.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 sharesinconsistent 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 forheld 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.