Merck KGaA 07.02.2014 17:06 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 05, 2014 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc., New York, NY, USA, in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on February 03, 2014 and at that time amounted to 4.94% (3,190,293 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Advisors Holdings, Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock International Holdings Inc., New York, NY, USA in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on February 03, 2014 and at that time amounted to 4.86% (3,137,523 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BlackRock International Holdings Inc. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. The proportion of voting rights via shares of BR Jersey International Holdings L.P., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on February 03, 2014 and at that time amounted to 4.86% (3,137,523 voting rights). These voting rights were attributed to BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 07.02.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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