VanEck Merk Gold ETF
For the period ended Jan 31, 2025. Filed Mar 28, 2025.
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FY2025 · Filed Mar 28, 2025
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)(1) Financial Statements
See Index to Financial Statements on Page F-1 for a list of the financial statements being filed herein.
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information has otherwise been included.
(a)(3) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description |
| 4.1(a) | Form of Depositary Trust Agreement between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-180868 on April 15, 2014) |
| 4.1(b) | First Amendment To Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2015, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Current Report on Form 8-K on October 26, 2015) |
| 4.1(c) | Second Amendment to the Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) filed with Annual Report on Form 10-K/A on April 29, 2016) |
| 4.1(d) | Third Amendment to the Depository Trust Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2024, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K on August 20, 2024). |
| 4.2 | Form of Authorized Participant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-180868 on March 20, 2014) |
| 4.3 | Form of Certificate of Shares of the Trust (included as Exhibit A to the Depositary Trust Agreement) |
| 4.4 | Form of First Amendment to Authorized Participant Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2017, adopted by Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2017 on September 6, 2017) |
| 4.5 | Description of the Registrant’s Securities Registered Under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| 10.1 | Allocated Account Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as custodian, and The Bank of New York Mellon, solely in its capacity as trustee of the Merk Gold Trust, dated May 6, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-180868 on May 7, 2014) |
| 10.2 | Unallocated Account Agreement between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as custodian, and The Bank of New York Mellon, solely in its capacity as trustee of the Merk Gold Trust, dated May 6, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-180868 on May 7, 2014) |
| 10.3 | Transaction and Shipping Agreement by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Merk Gold Trust, and Coins ‘N Things Inc., dated May 2, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-180868 on May 7, 2014) |
| 10.4 | Marketing Agent Agreement between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and Van Eck Securities Corporation, dated October 22, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Current Report on Form 8-K on October 26, 2015) |
| 10.4.1 | Amendment to Marketing Agent Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2020, by and between Merk Investments LLC and Van Eck Securities Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4.1 filed with Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending July 31, 2020 on September 4, 2020) |
| 23.1 | Consent of Cohen & Company, Ltd., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
| 31.1 | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 32.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 97.1 | Incentive-Based Compensation Recovery Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Registrant on March 29, 2024) |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
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