Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
−Removed: Issuer purchases of equity securities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 were as follows:
+Added: Issuer purchases of equity securities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
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Under the Plans or Programs (1)
−Removed: January 1 - January 31 — — — $5,047
−Removed: February 1 - February 28 328,800 $108.43 328,800 $5,012
−Removed: March 1 - March 31 1,066,937 $106.55 1,066,937 $4,898
+Added: April 1 - April 30 376,898 $110.51 376,898 $4,856
+Added: May 1 - May 31 907,404 $114.76 907,404 $4,752
+Added: June 1 - June 30 1,734,532 $110.72 1,734,532 $4,560
Total 3,018,834 $111.91 3,018,834
(1) Shares purchased during the period were made as part of a plan approved by the Board of Directors in October 2018 to purchase up to $10 billion of Merck’s common stock for its treasury.
−Removed: Number Description
−Removed: 3.1 — Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Merck & Co., Inc.
−Removed: (November 3, 2009) – Incorporated by reference to Merck & Co., Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2009 (No.
−Removed: 3.2 — By-Laws of Merck & Co., Inc.
−Removed: (effective March 22, 2022) – Incorporated by reference to Merck & Co., Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022 (No.
−Removed: 31.1 — Rule 13a – 14(a)/15d – 14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: 31.2 — Rule 13a – 14(a)/15d – 14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: 32.1 — Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: 32.2 — Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: 101.INS — XBRL Instance Document - The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
−Removed: 101.SCH — XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
−Removed: 101.CAL — XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: 101.DEF — XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
−Removed: 101.LAB — XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
−Removed: 101.PRE — XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: 104 — Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: MERCK & CO., INC.
−Removed: May 5, 2023 /s/ Jennifer Zachary
−Removed: JENNIFER ZACHARY
−Removed: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
−Removed: May 5, 2023 /s/ Rita A.
−Removed: Senior Vice President Finance - Global Controller
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