DGAP-PVR: Merck KGaA: Release according to Article

Merck KGaA 17.02.2015 17:05 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 February 17, 2015 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 February 13, 2015 and at that time amounted to 2.99% (3,859,906 voting rights). 1.06% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,369,495 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 1.93% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,490,411 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. 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 February 13, 2015 and at that time amounted to 2.99% (3,859,906 voting rights). 1.06% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,369,495 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 1.93% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,490,411 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. 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 February 13, 2015 and at that time amounted to 2.99% (3,859,906 voting rights). 1.06% of these voting rights (that corresponds to 1,369,495 voting rights) were attributed to the company pursuant to § 22 para 1 sentence 1 no. 1 WpHG. 1.93% of these voting rights (that corresponds 2,490,411 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. 17.02.2015 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------