Merck KGaA 04.02.2013 16:36 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 31, 2013, Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC, Wilmington, USA, notified us pursuant to § 21 para 1 WpHG that its proportion of voting rights via shares in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on January 30, 2013 and at that time amounted to 4.9864% (3,222,248 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. At that time no individual fund or series fund, managed by Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC held 3.00% or more of the total voting rights in Merck KGaA. 04.02.2013 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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