Merck KGaA 08.05.2013 16:12 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 May 07, 2013: 1. Listed company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Deutschland 2. Notifier: Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc, London, UK 3. Triggering event: Exceeding Threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 24.04.2013 6. Total amount of voting rights: 8.11% (equals 5243270 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: 2.85% (equals 1839444 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.65% (equals 419093 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: 4.66% (equals 3010869 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.61% (equals 392957 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG: Chain of controlled undertakings: Morgan Stanley Turnberry Limited, Morgan Stanley Montgomerie Investments Ltd, Morgan Stanley Equity Derivative Services (Lux) Sarl ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Call Options Maturity: Expiration date: 18.12.2015 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 03.05.2013 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 07.05.2013 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 30.04.2013 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 13.08.2013 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 22.12.2014 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash-Settled Swaps Maturity: Expiration date: 13.04.2015 ISIN or name/description of the financial/other instrument: Cash settled Futures Maturity: Expiration date: 17.05.2013 08.05.2013 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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