Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Merck & Co., Inc. (the "Company") was

held on May 26, 2020.

(b) Shareholders voted on the matters set forth below:

1. The following nominees were elected to the Company's Board of Directors to


    hold office until the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
    received the number of votes set forth opposite their names:




Names                        Votes For   Votes Against Abstentions   Broker
                                                                   Non-Votes
Leslie A. Brun             1,638,899,625   143,125,868  22,470,278 324,790,039
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.      1,791,093,006     9,865,227   3,537,538 324,790,039
Mary Ellen Coe             1,795,954,335     5,204,004   3,337,432 324,790,039
Pamela J. Craig            1,795,263,407     5,918,815   3,313,549 324,790,039
Kenneth C. Frazier         1,689,376,591   102,340,173  12,779,007 324,790,039
Thomas H. Glocer           1,762,224,798    38,520,924   3,750,049 324,790,039

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. 1,777,230,315 23,686,367 3,579,089 324,790,039 Paul B. Rothman, M.D. 1,795,353,782 5,520,143 3,621,846 324,790,039 Patricia F. Russo 1,617,695,485 183,360,080 3,440,206 324,790,039 Christine E. Seidman, M.D. 1,795,987,205 5,194,306 3,314,260 324,790,039 Inge G. Thulin

             1,773,169,228    27,786,368   3,540,175 324,790,039
Kathy J. Warden            1,791,779,903     9,324,847   3,391,021 324,790,039
Peter C. Wendell           1,767,738,087    33,135,175   3,622,509 324,790,039

2. The proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of our


    Named Executive Officers was approved based on the following number of votes:




Votes For:        1,651,406,353
Votes Against:      143,762,709
Abstentions:          9,326,709
Broker Non-Votes:   324,790,039

3. The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the


    Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 was approved
    based on the following number of votes:




Votes For:     2,079,864,011
Votes Against:    44,206,604
Abstentions:       5,215,195

4. The shareholder proposal concerning shareholders right to act by written


    consent was not approved based on the following number of votes:




Votes For:          754,393,495
Votes Against:    1,036,904,324
Abstentions:         13,197,952
Broker Non-Votes:   324,790,039

5. The shareholder proposal regarding allocation of corporate tax savings was not


    approved based on the following number of votes:




Votes For:           58,722,824
Votes Against:    1,733,021,775
Abstentions:         12,751,172
Broker Non-Votes:   324,790,039

A majority of the votes cast was required for all five proposals to be approved.

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