| Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | Price $ | Shares After | Date | Ownership | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Options Exercise | $0 | +567K | +80.29% | $0.00 | 1.27M | Oct 28, 2022 | Direct | |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Sale | -$7.48M | -75.5K | -5.93% | $99.15 | 1.2M | Oct 28, 2022 | Direct | F1 |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Sale | -$31.4M | -313K | -26.15% | $100.25 | 885K | Oct 28, 2022 | Direct | F2 |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Sale | -$18M | -178K | -20.16% | $100.80 | 706K | Oct 28, 2022 | Direct | F3 |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Options Exercise | $0 | +300K | +42.48% | $0.00 | 1.01M | Oct 31, 2022 | Direct | |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Sale | -$7.06M | -70.7K | -7.03% | $99.82 | 936K | Oct 31, 2022 | Direct | F4 |
| transaction | MRK | Common Stock | Sale | -$23.2M | -229K | -24.51% | $101.03 | 706K | Oct 31, 2022 | Direct | F5, F6 |
| holding | MRK | Common Stock - 401(k) Plan | 4.48K | Oct 28, 2022 | By 401(k) | F7 |
| Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | Price $ | Shares After | Date | Underlying Class | Amount | Exercise Price | Ownership | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transaction | MRK | Stock Option (Right to Buy) | Options Exercise | $0 | -567K | -100% | $0.00 | 0 | Oct 28, 2022 | Common Stock | 567K | $56.49 | Direct | F8, F9 |
| transaction | MRK | Stock Option (Right to Buy) | Options Exercise | $0 | -300K | -39.17% | $0.00 | 466K | Oct 31, 2022 | Common Stock | 300K | $58.08 | Direct | F8, F10 |
| Id | Content |
|---|---|
| F1 | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $98.6100 to $99.6000, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., anysecurity holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote. |
| F2 | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $99.6400 to $100.6400, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., any security holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote. |
| F3 | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $100.6500 to $100.9725, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., any security holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote. |
| F4 | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $99.3300 to $100.3200, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., any security holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote. |
| F5 | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $100.3600 to $101.3100, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Merck & Co., Inc., any security holder of Merck & Co., Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above in this footnote. |
| F6 | Holdings include shares acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions. |
| F7 | Includes shares acquired and dividends earned through October 7, 2022 in the Merck U.S. Savings Plan, a 401(k) plan. |
| F8 | Exercise price and holdings reflect the adjustments that occurred as of June 2, 2021 in connection with the Organon & Co. ("Organon") spin-off as described in the registration statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC by Organon (the "Form 10"). As reported in the Form 10, all Merck stock option awards outstanding as of immediately prior to the distribution date were converted on the distribution date into adjusted Merck awards for Merck employees to preserve the same intrinsic value and general terms and conditions (including vesting) as were in place immediately prior to the adjustments. |
| F9 | The option became exercisable in equal installments on 5/9/2015, 5/9/2016 and 5/9/2017. |
| F10 | The option became exercisable in equal installments on 5/1/2016, 5/1/2017 and 5/1/2018. |