MorphoSys Nominates Three New Candidates for Supervisory Board

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MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) published today its agenda for the Company's ordinary Annual General Meeting, which will take place on Friday, May 8, 2015. MorphoSys's Supervisory Board nominated Ms. Wendy Johnson, Mr. Klaus Kühn and Dr. Frank Morich as candidates to be elected as new members at the Company's AGM 2015. Ms. Johnson, Mr. Kühn and Dr. Morich will replace Dr. Walter Blättler, Dr. Daniel Camus and Dr. Geoffrey Vernon. Dr. Vernon has been a member of MorphoSys AG's Supervisory Board since 1999, while Dr. Camus and Dr. Blättler joined in 2002 and 2007, respectively.

"We are delighted to be able to present three highly qualified candidates, each with extensive industry expertise, for MorphoSys's Supervisory Board. The three new candidates bring to our Board significant experience in pharmaceutical drug development and commercialization, finance and accounting as well as business development," commented Dr. Gerald Möller, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MorphoSys AG. "On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank Dr. Walter Blättler, Dr. Daniel Camus and Dr. Geoffrey Vernon for their invaluable support over many years in establishing MorphoSys as one of the world's leading therapeutic antibody companies."

Ms. Wendy Johnson currently serves as Managing Director of Gemini Advisors and Interim Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of AmpliPhi BioSciences. Previously, she was a venture partner at ProQuest Investments, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm. She also founded and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aires Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining ProQuest, she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, at Salmedix Inc., where she was involved in the clinical development of the company's oncology portfolio including the cancer drug bendamustine. Before her time at Salmedix she held various senior business and corporate development positions and served as Assistant Director with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Ms. Johnson holds an M.B.A. from Loyola University, an M.S. in clinical microbiology from the Hahnemann Medical School and a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland.