Company overview

Merck KGaA (or 'the group') is a global healthcare and chemicals company. The group offers branded prescription drugs, and chemicals for high-tech applications. The Merck family holds an approximately 70% interest in the group and shareholders own the remaining approximately 30%. The group operates in 67 countries across the world. It is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany and employed 40,676 people as of December 31, 2011.

The group recorded revenues of E10,276.4 million ($14,308.9 million*) during the financial year ended December 2011 (FY2011), an increase of 10.6% over FY2010. The operating profit of the group was E1,136.9 million ($1,583 million*) in FY2011, an increase of 2.2% over FY2010. The net profit was E617.5 million ($859.8 million*) in FY2011, a decrease of 2.3% over FY2010.

*Calculated using a constant conversion rate of E1 = $1.3924 for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Key facts

Frankfurt ticker: MRK

No. employees: 40676

Turnover: 10,276,400,000 (EUR)

Financial year end: December

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