Merck KGaA 13.01.2012 10:22 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 January 11, 2012 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para 1 in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of Capital Research and Management Company, Los Angeles, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on January 06, 2012 and at that time amounted to 2.99% (1,937,632 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to Capital Research and Management Company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 13.01.2012 DGAP's 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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