Merck KGaA 30.04.2015 10:33 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notification of voting rights pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG We received the following notification pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG on April 27, 2015: 1. Listed company: Merck KGaA Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany 2. Notifier: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, United States 3. Triggering event: Falling below threshold 4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached: 5% 5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached: 21.04.2015 6. Total amount of voting rights: 4.49% (equals 5805257 voting rights) calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 129242252 7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG: 1.31% (equals 1693039 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.31% (equals 1693039 voting rights) Voting rights proportion based on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25 WpHG: 1.78% (equals 2295122 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 1.78% (equals 2295122 voting rights) Voting rights pursuant to Art. 21, 22 WpHG: 1.41% (equals 1817096 voting rights) 8. Detailed information on financial/other instruments pursuant to Art. 25a, Sec. 1 WpHG: Chain of controlled undertakings: GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL IS CONTROLLED BY GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP UK LIMITED WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY GOLDMAN SACHS (UK) L.L.C., WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. WERTPAPIER GMBH IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. LLC., WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 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