Merck KGaA
04.05.2015 11:05
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On April 28, 2015 we have been notified pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG of
the following:
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life Financial Inc.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded
the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on April 24, 2015 and at that time
amounted to 5.76% (7,441,343 voting rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
0.003% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 4,460 voting rights)
were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1
WpHG.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life Global Investments
Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has
exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights on April 24, 2015 and at
that time amounted to 5.75% (7,436,883 voting rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life Assurance Company of
Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts,
USA in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of
the voting rights on April 24, 2015 and at that time amounted to 5.75%
(7,436,883 voting rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life Financial (U.S.)
Holdings, Inc., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA in Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights
on April 24, 2015 and at that time amounted to 5.75% (7,436,883 voting
rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life Financial (U.S.)
Investments LLC, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA in Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights
on April 24, 2015 and at that time amounted to 5.75% (7,436,883 voting
rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)
Financial Services Holdings, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA in Merck
KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting
rights on April 24, 2015 and at that time amounted to 5.75% (7,436,883
voting rights).
5.75% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 7,436,883 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.
The proportion of voting rights via shares of Massachusetts Financial
Services Company (MFS), Boston, Massachusetts, USA in Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany, has exceeded the threshold of 5% of the voting rights
on April 24, 2015 and at that time amounted to 5.75% (7,436,883 voting
rights).
3.56% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 4,600,132 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.
2.19% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 2,836,751 voting rights)
were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 6
WpHG.
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Language: English
Company: Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Str. 250
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
Internet: www.merck.de
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