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


Merck KGaA 

20.10.2014 16:35

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.
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On October 16, 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, United Kingdom in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen below
the threshold of 3% of the voting rights on October 14, 2014 and at that
time amounted to 2.98% (3,853,903 voting rights).

2.02% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 2,612,148 voting rights)
were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1
WpHG.

1.29% of these voting rights (that corresponds 1,667,859 voting rights)
were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6 in
conjunction with § 22 para 1 sentence 2 WpHG.

Please note that the total amount stated above does not necessarily equal
the sum of the detailed attributed holdings. This results from voting
rights having multiple attributions within the BlackRock group structure.



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Language:     English
Company:      Merck KGaA
              Frankfurter Str. 250
              64293 Darmstadt
              Germany
Internet:     www.merck.de
 
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