Merck KGaA 14.09.2015 11:05 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 September 09, 2015, Allianz Global Investors GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, have exceeded the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on September 04, 2015 and on that day amounted to 3.01% (this corresponds to 3895492 Voting Rights). 1.48% of Voting Rights (this corresponds to 1918297 Voting Rights) are attributed to the company in accordance with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG (German Securities Trading Act). 14.09.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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