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MorphoSys AG / MorphoSys AG : Publication pursuant to --26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) with the aim of pan-European distribution . Ad hoc announcement according to -- 15 WpHG. Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

We have received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to section 25 WpHG on 22 July 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):

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

16 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

5.05 % (equals: 1,182,599 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.82 % (equals: 1,128,255 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

16 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

5.05 % (equals: 1,182,599 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.82 % (equals: 1,128,255 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

16 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

5.05 % (equals: 1,182,599 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.82 % (equals: 1,128,255 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc.

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/Disposal

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

16 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

5.05 % (equals: 1,182,599 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.23 % (equals: 54,344 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.82 % (equals: 1,128,255 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

In addition we received the following notifications of voting rights pursuant to section 25 WpHG on 22 July 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):

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/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:

17 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

4.84 % (equals: 1,133,318 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0 % (equals: 0 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.60 % (equals: 1,077,376 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/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:

17 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

4.84 % (equals: 1,133,318 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.60 % (equals: 1,077,376 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/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:

17 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

4.84 % (equals: 1,133,318 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion:

7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.60 % (equals: 1,077,376 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc.

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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):

Morgan Stanley, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acqusition/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:

17 July 2013

6. Total amount of voting rights:

4.84 % (equals: 1,133,318 voting rights)

Calculated from the following total number of voting rights issued: 23,400,632

7. Detailed information on the voting rights proportion: (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires

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7.1 Financial/other instruments pursuant to section 25 WpHG: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights) thereof held indirectly: 0.24 % (equals: 55,942 voting rights)

7.2 Voting rights pursuant to sections 21, 22 WpHG: 4.60 % (equals: 1,077,376 voting rights)

8. Detailed information on (financial/other) instruments:

8.1 Chain of controlled undertakings:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital Management LLC

8.2 Retransfer claims from various contracts that can be exercised at the lenders discretion

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MorphoSys AG

Lena-Christ-Str. 48 Martinsried / München Germany

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Listed: Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart,

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Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin,

Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf,

Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München,

Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover,

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Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;

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