Merck KGaA 27.04.2012 14:45 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 April 25, 2012 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the thresholds of 5% and 3% of the voting rights on April 17, 2012 and at that time amounted to 0.36% (232,156 voting rights). 27.04.2012 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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