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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Merck KGaA 

25.07.2011 16:02

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On July 21, 2011, Credit Suisse Group AG, Zürich, Switzerland, notified us
pursuant to § 21 para 1 in conjunction with § 24 WpHG of the following:

On July 18, 2011 the proportion of voting rights of Credit Suisse
Securities (Europe) Limited, London, UK, via shares in Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% and at that time amounted
to 3.019% (1,950,894 voting rights).

Through the excess of the 3% threshold as mentioned above by Credit Suisse
Securities (Europe) Limited, the proportion of voting rights via shares of
its affiliated companies, these are Credit Suisse Investment Holdings (UK),
London, UK, and Credit Suisse Investments (UK), London, UK also exceeded
the threshold of 3% on July 18, 2011 and at that time amounted to 3.019%
(1,950,894 voting rights). Pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG
these voting rights in total were attributed to each of the companies
mentioned in this paragraph.

On July 18, 2011 the proportion of voting rights of Credit Suisse AG,
Zürich, Switzerland, via shares in Merck KGaA exceeded the threshold of 3%
and at that time amounted to 3.059% (1,976,537 voting rights). 3.023% of
these voting rights (1,953,823 voting rights) were attributed to Credit
Suisse AG pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 0.035% of the
votings rights (22,714 voting rights) were attributed to Credit Suisse AG
pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with § 22 para 1
sentence 2 WpHG.

On July 18, 2011 the proportion of voting rights of Credit Suisse Group AG,
Zürich, Switzerland, via shares in Merck KGaA exceeded the threshold of 3%
and at that time amounted to 3.065% (1,980,422 voting rights). 3.029% of
these voting rights (1,957,608 voting rights) were attributed to Credit
Suisse Group AG pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 0.035% of
the votings rights (22,814 voting rights) were attributed to Credit Suisse
Group AG pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in conjunction with § 22
para 1 sentence 2 WpHG.

The chain of the controlling companies, starting with the 'lowest' company
(the company directly holding the voting rights), is as follows: Credit
Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd., Credit Suisse Investment Holdings (UK),
Credit Suisse Investments (UK), Credit Suisse AG and Credit Suisse Group
AG.



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Language:     English
Company:      Merck KGaA
              Frankfurter Str. 250
              64293 Darmstadt
              Germany
Internet:     www.merck.de
 
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