Merck KGaA 27.04.2012 16:35 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG on April 24, 2012: 1. Listed company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Deutschland 2. Notifier: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Stockholm, Schweden 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 19.04.2012 6. Total amount of voting rights: 3.36% (equals 2171511 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 64621126 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG: 1.55% (equals 1003494 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.55% (equals 1000000 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: 1.80% (equals 1165031 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.07% (equals 45500 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.005% (equals 2986 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG: Chain of controlled undertakings: SEB AG ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: DE000AOMEQ06 Maturity: 18.05.2012 Expiration date: ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash Settled CFD Maturity: Expiration date: 20.04.2012 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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