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On March 12, 2012, Heisse Kursawe Eversheds, Munich, Germany, has informed us in the name and on behalf of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, in accordance with §§ 21 para. 1, 22 para. 1, 24 of the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG) regarding the shareholding in MorphoSys AG, Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), about the following:
On March 14, 2011, the voting rights of OppenheimerFunds Inc., Centennial, Colorado, USA, in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), have exceeded the threshold of 5 %. On that date its voting share amounted 5.14 % (or 1,179,164 voting rights). All of these voting rights are attributable to OppenheimerFunds Inc. according to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Of these voting rights 4.36 % (1,000,000 voting rights) are attributable to the Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund, Centennial, Colorado, USA.
On March 14, 2011,the voting rights of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., Centennial, Colorado, USA, in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), have exceeded the threshold of 5 %. On that date its voting share amounted 5.14 % (or 1,179,164 voting rights). All of these voting rights are attributable to Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. according to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 sentence 2 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Of these voting rights 4.36 % (1,000,000 voting rights) are attributable to the Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund, Centennial, Colorado, USA.
On March 14, 2011,the voting rights of MassMutual Holding LLC, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), have exceeded the threshold of 5 %. On that date its voting share amounted 5.14 % (or 1,179,164 voting rights). All of these voting rights are attributable to MassMutual Holding LLC according to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 sentence 2 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Of these voting rights 4.36 % (1,000,000 voting rights) are attributable to the Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund, Centennial, Colorado, USA.
On March 14, 2011,the voting rights of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Massachusetts, USA, in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), have exceeded the threshold of 5 %. On that date its voting share amounted 5.14 % (or 1,179,164 voting rights). All of these voting rights are attributable to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company according to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 sentence 2 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Of these voting rights 4.36 % (1,000,000 voting rights) are attributable to the Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund, Centennial, Colorado, USA.
On February 29, 2012,the voting rights of MM Asset Management Holding LLC, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Straße 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany (ISIN: DE0006632003, German Security Code: 663200), have exceeded the threshold of 3 % and 5 %. On that date its voting share amounted 7.27 % (or 1,680,864 voting rights). All of these voting rights are attributable to MM Asset Management Holding LLC according to § 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 6 sentence 2 German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz - WpHG). Of these voting rights 4.32 % (1,000,000 voting rights) are attributable to the Oppenheimer Global Opportunities Fund, Centennial, Colorado, USA.
Martinsried, March 14, 2012
The Management Board
Contact:
MorphoSys AG
Dr. Claudia Gutjahr-Löser
Head of Corporate Communications & IR
Tel.: +49 89 899 27 122
investors@morphosys.com
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