Merck KGaA 06.02.2014 17:53 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On February 4, 2014 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Group Limited, London, U.K. in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on January 31, 2014 and at that time amounted to 4.89% (3,162,366 voting rights). All voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Group Limited pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 06.02.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------