Merck KGaA 10.02.2014 15:57 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG on February 05, 2014: 1. Listed company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Deutschland 2. Notifier: UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland 3. Triggering event: Exceeding Threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 31.01.2014 6. Total amount of voting rights: 5.01% (equals 3234753 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. 25 WpHG: 1.31% (equals 848764 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.00% (equals 0 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 3.69% (equals 2385989 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: Exercise period at any time - 10.02.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------