Form 485BXT VanEck Funds

March 28, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2025
1933 Act File No. 002-97596
1940 Act File No. 811-04297
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. 178
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and/or
 
 
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 179
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VANECK FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
 
(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, NY 10017
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Fabio Battaglia, Esq.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
2005 Market Street
Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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)
  
X
On April 11, 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. 177 to its Registration Statement until April 11, 2025. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 177 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 178 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on January 15, 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 New York and State of New York on the 28th day of March, 2025.
VANECK FUNDS
By:
/s/ Matthew A. Babinsky
Name:
Matthew A. Babinsky
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/ Jan F. van Eck*
Jan F. van Eck
Chief Executive Officer, President and TrusteeMarch 28, 2025
/s/ John J. Crimmins*
John J. Crimmins
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting OfficerMarch 28, 2025
/s/ Jane DiRenzo Pigott*
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
TrusteeMarch 28, 2025
/s/ Jayesh Bhansali*
Jayesh Bhansali
TrusteeMarch 28, 2025
/s/ Jon Lukomnik*
Jon Lukomnik
TrusteeMarch 28, 2025
/s/ R. Alastair Short*
R. Alastair Short
TrusteeMarch 28, 2025
*By:
/s/ Matthew A. Babinsky
Matthew A. Babinsky
Attorney-in-Fact
March 28, 2025




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