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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001127602-21-024278
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210816
FILED AS OF DATE: 20210825
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210825
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Downing Cristal N
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001879216
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06571
FILM NUMBER: 211204792
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2000 GALLOPING HILL RD
CITY: KENILWORTH
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07033
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Merck & Co., Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310158
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
IRS NUMBER: 221918501
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD
CITY: KENILWORTH
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07033
BUSINESS PHONE: 908-740-4000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD
CITY: KENILWORTH
STATE: NJ
ZIP: 07033
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Merck & Co. Inc.
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20091103
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCHERING PLOUGH CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
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Merck & Co., Inc.
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Downing Cristal N
MERCK & CO., INC.
2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD
KENILWORTH
NJ
07033
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Chief Comm. & Public Afrs Ofcr
See Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.
/s/ Kelly E. W. Grez as Attorney-in-Fact for Cristal N. Downing
2021-08-25
EX-24
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doc1.txt
POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jennifer Zachary,
Jon Filderman, and Kelly Grez, signing singly, the undersigned?s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer or director of Merck & Co., Inc. (the ?Company?),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms
3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact?s discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This
Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect
to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 13th day of August 2021.
/s/ Cristal N. Downing
Cristal N. Downing