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Merck News Release Your Contacts Media Relations andreas.cezanne@merckgroup.com Phone : +49 151 1454 2702 Investor Relations investor.relations@merckgroup.com Phone : +49 6151 72-3321 November 11 , 2021 Q3 2021 : " Big 3 " Again Deliver Efficient , Double- Digit Growth Key facts at a glance : • Group net sales rise by 11.8 % to € 5.0 billion • EBITDA pre down -8.7 % to € 1.6 billion due to the reversal of a provision in the year - earlier quarter ; excluding this effect , EBITDA pre would have increased by 16.2 % • The " Big 3 " • • - Process Solutions , new Healthcare products and - Semiconductor Solutions – once again key growth drivers Operating cash flow increases by 25.3 % to € 1.5 billion ; net financial debt lowered to € 9.3 billion Merck plans to join the Science Based Targets initiative Forecast : Company raises forecast for fiscal 2021 • Group net sales between € 19.3 billion and € 19.85 billion now expected • Forecast for EBITDA pre raised to € 6.0 billion to € 6.3 billion Darmstadt , Germany , November 11 , 2021 - Merck again grew strongly in the third quarter of 2021. Group net sales amounted to € 5.0 billion . EBITDA pre , the most important financial indicator to steer operating business , reached € 1.6 billion . Compared with the year - earlier quarter , Group net sales increased by 11.8 % . EBITDA pre decreased by -8.7 % compared with the third quarter of 2020 owing to M Frankfurter Strasse 250 64293 Darmstadt Germany Hotline +49 6151 72-5000 www.merckgroup.com Page 1 of 8 Head of Corporate Media Relations : +49 151 1454 2702 Spokespersons : +49 6151 72 -9591 / -45946 / -55707