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Merck KGaA 18.07.2013 14:19 Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA informed us on July 12, 2013 pursuant to sec. 27a(1) WpHG thereby making reference to the exceedance of the threshold of 10% from July 03, 2013, as follows: * The investment is used to realize trading profits. * The reporting person does intend to obtain further voting rights by acquisition or any other way. * The reporting person does not intend to influence the composition of the issuers' administration, management or supervisory board. * The reporting person does not intend to change the capital structure of the company, especially with regards to the ratio of internal/outside financing and the dividend policy. No further information was given. 18.07.2013 DGAP's 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------