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 Nasdaq OMX Corporate Solutions. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

BlackRock, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us on 31 March 2014 pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), that its percentage of voting rights in our company fell below the threshold of 3% on 27 March 2014 and amounted to 2.99% (783,530 voting rights) as per this date.

Of these voting rights, 2.99% (783,530 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock, Inc., pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA, notified us on 31 March 2014 pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), that its percentage of voting rights in our company fell below the threshold of 3% on 27 March 2014 and amounted to 2.99% (783,434 voting rights) as per this date.

Of these voting rights, 2.99% (783,434 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, NY, USA, notified us on 31 March 2014 pursuant to section 21 para. 1 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG), that its percentage of voting rights in our company fell below the threshold of 3% on 27 March 2014 and amounted to 2.99% (783,434 voting rights) as per this date.

Of these voting rights, 2.99% (783,434 voting rights) are to be attributed to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 in connection with sentence 2 WpHG.

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

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Source: MorphoSys AG via Globenewswire

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MorphoSys AG

Lena-Christ-Str. 48 Martinsried / Munich 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;

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