As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2025
1933 Act File No. 333-123257
1940 Act File No. 811-10325
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
 
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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 Post Effective Amendment No. 2,912ý
 
and/or
 
 
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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 Amendment No. 2,916ý
VANECK ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(212) 293-2000
Registrant’s Telephone Number
 
Jonathan R. Simon, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Allison M. Fumai, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
  
 Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  
XOn November 7, 2025 pursuant to paragraph (b)
  
 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  
 On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  
 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  
 On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485
  
IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
  
XThis post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,904 to its Registration Statement until November 7, 2025. Parts A, B, and C of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 2,908 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on July 30, 2025, are incorporated by reference herein.


 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Juan in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the 10th day of October, 2025.

VANECK ETF TRUST
By:/s/ Laura I. Martinez
Name: Laura I. Martinez
Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated. 
/s/ David H. Chow*
TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
David H. Chow  
/s/ Laurie A. Hesslein*
TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
Laurie A. Hesslein
/s/ R. Alastair Short*
TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
R. Alastair Short  
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom*
TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
Peter J. Sidebottom  
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*
TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
Richard D. Stamberger  
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*
President, Chief Executive Officer and TrusteeOctober 10, 2025
Jan F. van Eck  
 
/s/ John J. Crimmins*
 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
October 10, 2025
John J. Crimmins  
 
*By:/s/ Laura I. Martinez
Laura I. Martinez
Attorney-in-Fact
October 10, 2025