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accession: "0001628280-24-025800"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRK"
cik: "0000310158"
company_name: "Merck & Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T07:30:17.936676+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Merck subsidiary MSD Netherlands closes €3.4B offering of senior notes across four tranches

## Summary
- €850M each of 3.250% notes due 2032, 3.500% notes due 2037, 3.700% notes due 2044, 3.750% notes due 2054.
- Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by Merck & Co., Inc.
- All 12 director nominees elected with 84.78%-99.49% of votes cast; advisory say-on-pay approved at 93.50%.
- Shareholder proposals on written consent, censorship, and workforce civil liberties all defeated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-025800
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRK
- cik: 0000310158
- company_name: Merck & Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000162828024025800/0001628280-24-025800-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310158/000162828024025800/mrk-20240528.htm

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