Merck KGaA 14.08.2014 17:58 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On August 13, 2014 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG of the following: The proportion of voting rights via shares of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE, U.S.A. in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.97% (3,843,782 voting rights). All voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Delaware 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 Holdco 4, LLC, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A. in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.97% (3,843,782 voting rights). All voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC 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 Holdco 6, LLC, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A. in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on August 11, 2014 and at that time amounted to 2.97% (3,843,782 voting rights). All voting rights were attributed to BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC pursuant to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG in conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG. 14.08.2014 The DGAP 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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