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

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

This is a correction of the announcement from 16:00 02.04.2013 CEST. Reason for the correction: Changing of "reaching threshold" to "exceeding threshold"

We have received the following corrections of notifications of voting rights pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG on 7 August 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):

Joseph Edelman, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acquisition/Disposal of shares to which voting rights are attached

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

5 April 2011

6. Voting rights:

ISIN of shares: DE0006632003

Total amount of voting rights of last notification in %:

3.05 %

Amount of voting rights on day of triggering threshold:

Amount of voting rights indirect: 1,147,205

Amount of voting rights in % indirect: 5.00 %

Attribution pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sent. 1 no. 6 in connection with sent. 2 WpHG

Total amount of voting rights: 1,147,205

Total amount of voting rights in %: 5.00 %

8. Name of shareholder holding directly 3 % voting rights or more which are attributed to the notifier: Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd.

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):

Perceptive Life Sciences Master Fund, Ltd., New York, NY, USA

3.1 Reason for notification:

Acquisition/Disposal of shares to which voting rights are attached

3.2 Triggering event:

Exceeding threshold

4. Threshold(s) crossed or reached:

5 %

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

5 April 2011

6. Voting rights:

ISIN of shares: DE0006632003

Total amount of voting rights of last notification in %:

3.05 %

Amount of voting rights on day of triggering threshold:

Amount of voting rights direct: 1,147,205

Amount of voting rights in % direct: 5.00 %

Total amount of voting rights: 1,147,205

Total amount of voting rights in %: 5.00 %

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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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