ETF Risk Report: ESPO Buyer beware: Every ETF holds the full risk of its underlying equities Disclosures in the best interest of investors

VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF Gray Swan Event Risks exist for every equity held by ESPO. Gray swan events include accounting fraud, management failures, failed internal controls, M&A problems, restatements, etc. These risks occur Gray Swan Event Factor for ESPO 1.47% infrequently, but consistently for all equities. Equities account for 92.27% of ESPO’s assets. Most investors ignore these risks until after they are disclosed; whereupon a stock’s price drops precipitously. Just as insurance companies can predict likely costs for a driver’s future car accidents based on the driver’s history, Watchdog Research contacts each ETF asking how they notify investors about we predict the likely cost (price drop) for ESPO following accounting governance risks in equities in their fund. We will publish their response gray swan disclosures within its holdings. The expected when received. price decrease across the ESPO equity portfolio is 1.47%. However, individual equity risks vary signicantly. This report helps investors know their risk exposure.

Inception Date: 10/16/2020 Year-to-Date Return: -2.37% The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF tracks the investment results of the MVIS Global Video Net Assets: $804m 1-Year Return: 76.05% Gaming and eSports Index, designed to track the performance of global small- and mid-capitalization Price: $68.35 3-Year Return: NA companies involved in video game development and Net Asset Value (NAV): $68.17 5-Year Return: NA related hardware and software; and streaming services, league operators, teams, distributors and platforms for Net Expense Ratio: 0.55% Yield: 0.12% eSports (electronic sports) events. The fund is managed passively, and tries to replicate the performance of the As of: 03/31/2021 Index by investing in the stocks of the Index. The Index rebalances quarterly. Sector funds are by denition non- diversied.

Company Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value Top Holdings by Value

Nvidia Corp. NVDA Long 0.98% Low $74.4m This table shows Gray Swan Event Factors for the top ten equity holdings by dollar-value, as of Sep 24, 2021. AMD Long 1.08% Low $66.4m Investors should invest in ETFs only when they adequately 700 Long - NA $62.5m understand an ETF’s risks. Buyer beware. ETF prospectuses generally acknowledge that ETF managers Sea Ltd. SE Long 0.63% Low $54.8m do NO traditional risk analysis on equities in their fund. Nintendo Co Ltd 7974 Long - NA $45.6m Our Gray Swan Event Factors are meant to inform investors of signicant traditional accounting and ... ATVI Long 1.24% Low $43.9m managerial risks for the equities in each ETF.

Netease, Inc. NTES Long 2.50% Mid $42.2m ETF Risk Reports are published quarterly on dedicated Inc. BILI Long 2.55% Mid $41.3m platforms like Factset, Renitiv, Capital IQ etc. Weekly updates are available for a paid subscription. Unity Software Inc. U Long 0.50% Low $40.4m For more details contact: [email protected] Roblox Corp RBLX Long - NA $35.9m

Company Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value Riskiest Holdings

Take Two Interactiv... TTWO Long 2.70% Mid $35m This table shows the individual Gray Swan Event Factors for this ETF’s most at-risk equities as of Sep 24, 2021. Zynga Inc. ZNGA Long 2.62% Mid $23.1m The average equity GSEF across 6,500 public equities is Bilibili Inc. BILI Long 2.55% Mid $41.3m 1.25%. Equities with a GSEF between 5% and 10% are considered high risk. Equities with a GSEF above 10% are Netease, Inc. NTES Long 2.50% Mid $42.2m extreme risks. Gray Swan Event Factors are derived from skilled analysts Activision Blizzard... ATVI Long 1.24% Low $43.9m charting 15 years of negative gray swan event disclosures Advanced Micro Devices AMD Long 1.08% Low $66.4m against stock price declines following such disclosures. A Gray Swan Event Factor is an assessment of the Corp. NVDA Long 0.98% Low $74.4m likelihood of, and 12-month price risk for, gray swan Sea Ltd. SE Long 0.63% Low $54.8m events for each equity.

Unity Software Inc. U Long 0.50% Low $40.4m

Tencent 700 Long - NA $62.5m

Watchdog Research, Inc. • www.watchdogresearch.com • [email protected] • (855) 820-6272 This table lists the equity holdings for VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF ranked by highest GSE Factor (riskiest rst). We list all equities (US and foreign) for this ETF. However, some foreign listings only show via a ticker.

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Company Access Details Ticker Held Current GSEF Category Value

Take Two Interactive Software Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$TTWO TTWO Long 2.70% Mid $35m

Zynga Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$ZNGA ZNGA Long 2.62% Mid $23.1m

Bilibili Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$BILI BILI Long 2.55% Mid $41.3m

Netease, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NTES NTES Long 2.50% Mid $42.2m

Activision Blizzard, Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$ATVI ATVI Long 1.24% Low $43.9m

Advanced Micro Devices Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$AMD AMD Long 1.08% Low $66.4m

Nvidia Corp. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$NVDA NVDA Long 0.98% Low $74.4m

Sea Ltd. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$SE SE Long 0.63% Low $54.8m

Unity Software Inc. Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$U U Long 0.50% Low $40.4m

Tencent - 700 Long - NA $62.5m

Nintendo Co Ltd - 7974 Long - NA $45.6m

Roblox Corp Watchdogresearch.com/watchdog/$RBLX RBLX Long - NA $35.9m

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc - 7832 Long - NA $34.5m

Nexon Co Ltd - 3659 Long - NA $31.2m

Ncsoft Corp - 036570 Long - NA $30m

Konami Holdings Corp - 9766 Long - NA $15.9m

Capcom Co Ltd - 9697 Long - NA $14.4m

Ubisoft Entertainment Sa - UBI Long - NA $14.4m

Kingsoft Corp Ltd - 3888 Long - NA $13.7m

Micro Star International Co - 2377 Long - NA $13.6m

Cd Projekt Sa - CDR Long - NA $10.4m

Netmarble Games Corp Common Stock - 251270 Long - NA $7.74m Krw100.0

Square Enix Hd - 9684 Long - NA $6.23m

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