Share Buy-Back

Share Buy-Back April 2012

By resolution of the Annual General Meeting on May 19, 2011, MorphoSys AG is authorized to acquire treasury stock in accordance with Sec. 71 Par. 1 No. 8 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) up to a total of 10% of the capital stock.

The authorization may be exercised in whole or in part, once or several times, in pursuit of one or several purposes by the Company or by third parties for the account of the Company. At the discretion of the Board of Management, the buyback may be effected on the stock-market or by means of a public offer or a public invitation to tender.

On April 1, 2012 the Executive Board of MorphoSys AG, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, has resolved that up to 100,000 company shares are to be bought back via the stock exchange. On the basis of the XETRA closing share price as of March 30, 2012, this would amount to around € 1.76 million or up to 0.4 % of the share capital.

Treasury shares can be used for all purposes stated in the authorization of the Annual General Meeting of May 19, 2011, in particular for current and future employee stock ownership plans and / or as an acquisition currency, but may also be cancelled.

The buy-back is to be handled independently of and uninfluenced by the Company through an appointed bank in compliance with the safe-harbor provisions. 

as of April 01, 2012

 

 

Overview Share Buy-Back Program April 2012

DateNumber of SharesAverage Price in €Purchased Volume in €
 April 02, 2012 - April 05, 2012 34,241 19.74 675,917.84
 April 10, 2012 - April 13, 2012 42,333 20.06 849,186.46
 April 16, 2012 - April 17, 2012 14,926 20.93 312,447.99

The share buy-back program for the Company's long-term incentive program 2012 is completed.