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MOO

- VANECK AGRIBUSINESS ETF

Key Information

Earliest date2007-09-05

About MOO

The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Fund’s benchmark index. The Agribusiness Index includes equity securities of companies in the agribusiness segment. For purposes of this policy, the term “assets” means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. To be initially eligible for the Agribusiness Index, companies must generate at least 50% of their revenues from agri-chemicals, animal health and fertilizers, seeds and traits, from farm/irrigation equipment and farm machinery, aquaculture and fishing, livestock, cultivation and plantations (including grain, oil palms, sugar cane, tobacco leafs, grapevines, etc.) and trading of agricultural products. Such companies may include small- and medium-capitalization companies and foreign market issuers. As of December 31, 2024, the Agribusiness Index included 47 securities of companies with a market capitalization range of between approximately $977 million and $115.9 billion and a weighted average market capitalization of $27.1 billion. These amounts are subject to change. The Fund’s 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Agribusiness Index by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Agribusiness Index. Unlike many investment companies that try to “beat” the performance of a benchmark index, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Agribusiness Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its investment objective of seeking to replicate the Agribusiness Index. The Fund is classified as a non-diversified fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act of 1940”), and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer. The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Agribusiness Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of December 31, 2024, each of the consumer staples, health care, industrials and basic materials sectors represented a significant portion of the Fund.