Merck KGaA 18.12.2014 13:12 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On December 15, 2014 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock International Holdings Inc., New York, NY, USA in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on December 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.997% (3,873,462 voting rights). 1.53% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,982,643 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 0.01% of these voting rights (that corresponds 7,672 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 2 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 1.79% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,315,191 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on December 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.997% (3,873,462 voting rights). 1.53% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,982,643 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 0.01% of these voting rights (that corresponds 7,672 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 2 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 1.79% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,315,191 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, NY, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on December 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.997% (3,873,462 voting rights). 1.53% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,982,643 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 0.01% of these voting rights (that corresponds 7,672 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 2 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 1.79% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,315,191 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure. 18.12.2014 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250 64293 Darmstadt Germany Internet: www.merck.de End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-PVR: Merck KGaA: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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