PRESS RELEASE: MorphoSys AG : Publication pursuant to --26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) with the aim of pan-European distribution

MorphoSys AG / MorphoSys AG : Publication pursuant to --26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) with the aim of pan-European distribution . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

We have received the following notification of voting rights pursuant to section 25a WpHG on 13 June 2013:

1. Details of listed company:

MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany

2. Details of the company subject to the notification obligation (notifier):

Société Générale SA, Paris, France

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acquisition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Falling below threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:

7 June 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

Voting rights proportion: 1.34 % (equals: 312,561 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,358,228

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 (Financial/other) instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG: 1.28 % (equals: 299,094 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 0.65 % (equals: 152,100 voting rights)

7.2 (Financial/other) instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

7.3 Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.06 % (equals: 13,467 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25a WpHG:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings: Société Générale Effekten GmbH

8.2 ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument and maturity:

Structured call option, maturity: 3 January 2025

Listed call warrant DE000SG3Y8X7, maturity: 3 January 2025

Listed call warrant DE000SG3Y8Y5, maturity: 3 January 2025

Listed call warrant DE000SG053S4, maturity: 3 January 2025

1. Details of listed company:

MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany

2. Details of the company subject to the notification obligation (notifier):

Société Générale Effekten GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acquisition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Falling below threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

5. Date at which the threshold is crossed or reached:

7 June 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

Voting rights proportion: 0.65 % (equals: 152,100 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,358,228

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 (Financial/other) instruments pursuant to sec. 25a WpHG: 0.65 % (equals: 152,100 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

7.2 (Financial/other) instruments pursuant to sec. 25 WpHG: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights); thereof held indirectly: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

7.3 Voting rights pursuant to sec. 21, 22 WpHG: 0.00 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments purs. to sec. 25a WpHG:

8.2 ISIN or name/description of the (financial/other) instrument and maturity:

Structured call option, maturity: 3 January 2025

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MorphoSys AG

Lena-Christ-Str. 48 Martinsried / München Germany

WKN: 663200;ISIN: DE0006632003;Index:TecDAX,CDAX,Prime All Share,TECH All Share,HDAX,MIDCAP;

Listed: Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart,

Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg,

Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin,

Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf,

Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München,

Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover,

Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse,

Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;

http://www.morphosys.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires

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