Merck KGaA 08.05.2012 17:04 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 23, 2012 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on April 17, 2012 and at that time amounted to 4.15% (2,683,360 voting rights). 4.13% (2,671,250) of these voting rights were held directly by Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft. 0.02% (12,110) of these voting rights were attributed to Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 08.05.2012 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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