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 25, 2021.
(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                                    1,590,394,355              190,291,257             19,229,671            310,721,741
Mary Ellen Coe                                    1,780,912,796              14,941,089               4,061,398            310,721,741
Pamela J. Craig                                   1,772,378,262              23,197,822               4,339,199            310,721,741
Kenneth C. Frazier                                1,702,484,196              81,564,423              15,866,664            310,721,741
Thomas H. Glocer                                  1,726,728,827              68,473,293               4,713,163            310,721,741
Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D.                      1,775,837,642              19,646,973               4,430,668            310,721,741
Stephen L. Mayo, Ph.D.                            1,787,595,469               7,962,199               4,357,615            310,721,741
Paul B. Rothman, M.D.                             1,780,754,217              14,832,061               4,329,005            310,721,741
Patricia F. Russo                                 1,567,172,478              228,468,615              4,274,190            310,721,741
Christine E. Seidman, M.D.                        1,780,853,223              15,020,183               4,041,877            310,721,741
Inge G. Thulin                                    1,774,105,658              21,594,126               4,215,499            310,721,741
Kathy J. Warden                                   1,777,972,634              17,872,978               4,069,671            310,721,741
Peter C. Wendell                                  1,738,529,655              56,892,934               4,492,694            310,721,741

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:             1,619,442,173
Votes Against:          156,048,261
Abstentions:            24,424,849
Broker Non-Votes:       310,721,741



3.The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2021 was approved
based on the following number of votes:

Votes For:         2,058,306,500
Votes Against:      46,907,020
Abstentions:         5,423,504

4.The shareholder proposal concerning shareholders right to act by written consent was not approved based on the following number of votes:



Votes For:             710,597,243
Votes Against:        1,076,028,332
Abstentions:           13,289,708
Broker Non-Votes:      310,721,741






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5.The shareholder proposal regarding access to COVID-19 products was not approved based on the following number of votes:



Votes For:             593,421,332
Votes Against:        1,174,542,871
Abstentions:           31,951,080
Broker Non-Votes:      310,721,741

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

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