MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

(the “Registrant”)

 

Supplement dated March 14, 2016 to the

Prospectuses, Summary Prospectuses, and Statements of Additional Information

dated May 1, 2015 (as supplemented), August 18, 2015, September 1, 2015 (as supplemented),

January 12, 2016, February 1, 2016 and February 22, 2016

for each series of the above named Registrant

(each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)

 

Effective May 1, 2016, Van Eck Global and all of its businesses and investment offerings will operate under the single global brand VanEck. Accordingly, the Registrant and each Fund will be renamed as follows:

 

Current Registrant Name /
Current Fund Name
New Registrant Name /
New Fund Name, effective May 1, 2016
Market Vectors ETF Trust VanEck Vectors ETF Trust
Market Vectors Africa Index ETF VanEck Vectors Africa Index ETF
Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF
Market Vectors AMT-Free Intermediate Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors AMT-Free Intermediate Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors AMT-Free Short Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors AMT-Free Short Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors BDC Income ETF VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF
Market Vectors Biotech ETF VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF
Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF VanEck Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF
Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF VanEck Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF
Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF
Market Vectors ChinaAMC China Bond ETF VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC China Bond ETF
Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF
Market Vectors Coal ETF VanEck Vectors Coal ETF
Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF VanEck Vectors Egypt Index ETF
Market Vectors Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF
Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF
Market Vectors Environmental Services ETF VanEck Vectors Environmental Services ETF
Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF
Market Vectors Gaming ETF VanEck Vectors Gaming ETF
Market Vectors Generic Drugs ETF VanEck Vectors Generic Drugs ETF

 
 
Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF VanEck Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF
Market Vectors Global Spin-Off ETF VanEck Vectors Global Spin-Off ETF
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF
Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF VanEck Vectors Gulf States Index ETF
Market Vectors High Income MLP ETF VanEck Vectors High Income MLP ETF
Market Vectors High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF VanEck Vectors High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF
Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF VanEck Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF
Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF VanEck Vectors Indonesia Index ETF
Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF VanEck Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF
Market Vectors International High Yield Bond ETF VanEck Vectors International High Yield Bond ETF
Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF VanEck Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
Market Vectors Israel ETF VanEck Vectors Israel ETF
Market Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
Market Vectors Morningstar International Moat ETF VanEck Vectors Morningstar International Moat ETF
Market Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF
Market Vectors Natural Resources ETF VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF
Market Vectors Oil Refiners ETF VanEck Vectors Oil Refiners ETF
Market Vectors Oil Services ETF VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF
Market Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF
Market Vectors Poland ETF VanEck Vectors Poland ETF
Market Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF
Market Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF
Market Vectors Retail ETF VanEck Vectors Retail ETF
Market Vectors Russia ETF VanEck Vectors Russia ETF
Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF VanEck Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF
Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF
Market Vectors Short High-Yield Municipal Index ETF VanEck Vectors Short High-Yield Municipal Index ETF
Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF VanEck Vectors Solar Energy ETF

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Market Vectors Steel ETF VanEck Vectors Steel ETF
Market Vectors Treasury- Hedged High Yield Bond ETF VanEck Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF
Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF VanEck Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF
Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF VanEck Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF
Market Vectors Vietnam ETF VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF

 

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