Joe Foster

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corp. (VEARA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1955 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corp. VEARA provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies, private funds, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Market Vectors Commodity Trust is a series of the trust that will issue common units of beneficial interest, or shares, which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the fund. The Fund will seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the performance of the Morningstar Long/Flat Commodity Index over time. Market Vectors Commodity Trust was founded on February 1, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.