Annual Document for 2009

Publication pursuant to Art. 10 of the German Securities Prospectus Act (WpPG)
Pursuant to Section 10 of the German Securities Prospectus Act (WpPG), every year publicly listed companies must provide to the public a document that contains the information which the company has published or made available to the public to comply with certain regulations under German company and capital market law. In fiscal 2009 and until the date of this notice, Merck KGaA has published the following information* (Information contained in or referred to by this Annual Document may possibly no longer be up-to-date ):
Ad hoc announcements (Section 15 of the German Securities Trading Act)Directors' dealings (Section 15a German Securities Trading Act)Announcements concerning investment holdings in Merck KGaA (Section 26 German Securities Trading Act)Announcements according to section 30b, para. 1 sentence 1 No. 2 German Securities Trading ActConsolidated Financial Statements (Annual Reports)Annual Financial Statements of Merck KGaA
pdf Fiscal year 2009 (2.1 MB) (only German version)
pdf Fiscal year 2008 (1.9 MB) (only German version)
Quarterly financial reportsHalf-Year financial reportInvitation to the Annual General MeetingDividend announcement
pdf Dividend announcement (25 kb) 
for fiscal year 2008 (only German version)
Financial calendar
 Fiscal Year 2010
Date Title
02/23/2010 Publication of business results for Q4/FY 2009
- Press Conference and Analyst Meeting in Darmstadt
04/09/2010 Annual General Meeting 2010
04/28/2010 Publication of business results for Q1 2010 (Conference Call)
07/29/2010 Publication of business results for Q2 2010 (Conference Call)
10/26/2010 Publication of business results for Q3 2010 (Conference Call)
 Fiscal Year 2009
Date Title
02/18/2009 Publication of business results for Q4/FY 2008 -
Press Conference and Analyst Meeting in Darmstadt
04/03/2009 Annual General Meeting 2009
04/27/2009 Publication of business results for Q1 2009 (Conference Call)
07/24/2009 Publication of business results for Q2 2009 (Conference Call)
10/26/2009 Publication of business results for Q3 2009 (Conference Call)
Darmstadt, March 2010

CORP. GOVERNANCE REPRESENTATIVE

Dr. Tina Sandmann

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

Annual Report 2009