{"url_path":"/sec/ounz/10-q/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 Exhibits","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-06-04","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/0001213900-26-065148-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-065148","cik":"0001546652","ticker":"OUNZ","issuer_name":"VanEck Merk Gold ETF","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/0001213900-26-065148-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001546652","primary_entity_name":"VanEck Merk Gold ETF"},"word_count":480,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 6. Exhibits\n\n \n\nExhibits No.\n \nDescription\n\n4.1(a)\n \n[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)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/000089843214000583/ex4-1.htm)\n\n4.1(b)\n \n[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)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/000089843215001277/exh4-1.htm)\n\n4.1(c)\n \n[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)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/000089843216002191/exh4-1c.htm)\n\n4.1(d)\n \n[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)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1546652/000121390024071168/ea021195901ex4-1_vaneck.htm).\n\n31.1\n \n[Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002](ea029340401ex31-1.htm)\n\n32.1#\n \n[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](ea029340401ex32-1.htm)\n\n101.INS\n \nInline XBRL Instance Document\n\n101.SCH\n \nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document\n\n101.CAL\n \nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document\n\n101.DEF\n \nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document\n\n101.LAB\n \nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document\n\n101.PRE\n \nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document\n\n104\n \nCover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).\n\n \n\n#\nThe information in Exhibit 32 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act (including this report), unless the Company specifically incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.\n\n \n\n20\n\n \n\n \n\nSIGNATURES\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in its capacities* thereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\n \nMERK INVESTMENTS LLC\n\n \nSponsor of the VanEck Merk Gold ETF\n\n \n \n\nDate: June 4, 2026\n/s/ Axel Merk\n\n \nAxel Merk\n\n \nPresident and Chief Investment Officer\n\n \n(Principal Executive Officer,\n\nPrincipal Financial Officer, and\n\nPrincipal Accounting Officer)\n\n \n\n*\nThe Registrant is a trust and the person is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.\n\n \n\n \n\n21"}