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MorphoSys AG (FRA:MOR) MorphoSys AG / Voting rights: Publication by MorphoSys AG pursuant to § 26 para. 1 WpHG regarding the release of a voting rights announcement pursuant to § 21 para. 1 WpHG with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution Publication pursuant to §26 sect.1 WpHG (the German Securities Trading Act) processed and transmitted by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1295 State Street, USA-01111-0001 Springfield, Massachusetts, has informed us on November 19, 2008 in accordance with § 21 Abs. 1 WpHG regarding its shareholding in MorphoSys AG, Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany that on November 14, 2008 its voting share in MorphoSys AG, Martinsried/Planegg, Germany, (ISIN: DE0006632003, WKN; 663200) amounted to 3,04 % (226,858 voting rights) and has exceeded the threshold of 3%.
All of these voting rights, are attributable to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company through its subsidiaries pursuant to sec. 22 para. 1 sentence 1 No. 1 WpHG.
Martinsried, November 24, 2008
The Management Board
Contact: MorphoSys AG Dr. Claudia Gutjahr-Löser Head of Corporate Communications Tel.: +49 89 899 27 122 investors@morphosys.com
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MorphoSys AG Lena-Christ-Str. 48 Martinsried / München Germany
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