Merck KGaA / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 02.09.2010 16:40 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On August 31, 2010 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 10% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 8.86% (5,731,325 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 10% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 8.72% (5,632,781 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 10% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 8.72% (5,632,781 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 3.00045% (1,938,916 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock International Holdings Inc., New York, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 2.45% (1,584,063 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock International Holdings Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, UK, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 2.45% (1,584,063 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Group Limited, London, UK, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 25, 2010 and at that time amounted to 1.23% (799,005 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Group Limited pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 02.09.2010 16:40 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Press Release distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250 64293 Darmstadt Deutschland Internet: www.merck.de End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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