Merck KGaA 22.12.2014 11:08 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1 WpHG on December 18, 2014: 1. Listed company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany 2. Notifier: BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 16.12.2014 6. Total amount of voting rights: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 129242252 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 5.80% (equals 7493130 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: - 22.12.2014 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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