(1) Company information
These consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, were prepared for MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Frankfurter Strasse 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany, entered in the commercial register of the Darmstadt Local Court under HRB 6164. The ultimate parent company of the Group is the parent company of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, E. Merck Kommanditgesellschaft (E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany), Darmstadt, Germany. The consolidated financial statements of E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany, can be accessed at www.bundesanzeiger.de. Shares in Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, are traded on the regulated market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and other exchanges.