Merck KGaA 14.05.2014 12:02 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 May 12, 2014, UBS AG, Zurich, Switzerland, notified us pursuant to § 21 para 1 WpHG that its proportion of voting rights via shares in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, exceeded the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on May 7, 2014 and at that time amounted to 3.23% (2,087,020 voting rights). Of these, 1.28% (827,585 voting rights) were attributed to UBS AG pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 14.05.2014 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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