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Annual Report 2010

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Financial Calendar

February 24, 2011  Publication of 2010 Year End Results

April 29, 2011  

Publication of 2011 Three Months’ Report

May 19, 2011 

2011 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in Munich

July 29, 2011 

Publication of 2011 Six Months’ Report

October 28, 2011 

Publication of 2011 Nine Months’ Report

Annual Report 2010

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MorphoSys AG

Lena-Christ-Str. 48

82152 Martinsried / Planegg

Germany

Phone: +49-89-899-270

Fax: 

+49-89-8992-7222

www.morphosys.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key Figures (IFRS)

Product Pipeline

M O R P H O S Y S G R O U P  (in € million, if not stated otherwise)

M O R P H O S Y S’ S P R O D U C T  P I P E L I N E A S O F  D E C E M B E R  31,  2010

12 /31/2010

12 /31/2009

12 /31/2008

12 /31/2007

12 /31/2006

Discovery

Preclinic

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Market

RESULTS

Revenues

Cost of Goods Sold

R&D Expenses

S, G&A Expenses

Personnel Expenses (Excluding
Stock-based Compensation) 

Capital Expenditure

Depreciation

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Profi t from Operations

EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,
Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization)

EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)

Net Profi t

BAL ANCE SHEE T

Total Assets

Cash, Cash Equivalents and 
Available-for-sale Financial Assets

Intangible Assets

Total Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity 

Equity Ratio (in %)

THE MORPHOSYS SHARE

Number of Shares Issued 

Earnings per Share, Diluted (in €)

Dividend (in €)

Share Price (in €)

PERSONNEL DATA

Total Group Employees (Number)

Germany (Number)

Other Countries (Number)

87.0 

7.3 

46.9 

23.2 

29.6 

13.8 

2.1 

4.0 

9.8 

 19.2

 13.1

9.2 

81.0

6.7

39.0

23.9

26.1

3.8

1.6

3.8

11.4

18.1

12.8

9.0

71.6

7.1

27.6

20.5

21.5

3.8

1.5

4.8

16.4

21.9

16.5

13.2

 212.6

206.1

203.3

108.4 

69.2 

26.6 

185.9 

87 % 

135.1

17.4

32.2

173.9

84 %

137.9

19.7

41.3

162.0

80 %

62.0

7.9

22.2

24.8

18.8

12.0

1.5

3.7

7.0

13.3

8.3

11.5

184.7

106.9

22.3

39.2

145.5

79 %

53.0

8.0

17.5

21.4

18.1

4.0

1.5

3.4

6.2

10.3

5.4

6.0

127.8

66.0

14.8

27.8

100.1

78 %

22,890,252 

22,660,557

22,478,787

22,160,259

20,145,966

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370 

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0.40

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17.04

404

301

103

0.59

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18.75

334

236

98

0.53

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16.10

295

192

103

0.31

–

18.12

279

183

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BHQ880, Novartis

Novartis

CNTO 888, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

CNTO 888, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

Gantenerumab, Roche

CNTO 1959, Centocor Ortho Biotech

CNTO 3157, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

Centocor Ortho Biotech 

BAY79-4620, Bayer Schering

Boehringer Ingelheim

OMP-59R5, OncoMed

20 Partnered Programs

30 Partnered Programs

Novartis

Novartis

Novartis

Pfi zer

MOR103

MOR208

MOR202

Early-stage Cancer Programs

Early-stage Anti-infl ammatory Programs

65 Partnered Programs

8 Own Programs

MorphoSys/Novartis

2 Pre-development Programs

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Antibodies for Life  

Human antibodies patrol the human body searching specifically for 
pathogens tagging these for a “natural therapy” through the immune 
system. Human evolution has constantly optimized antibodies over 
millions of years to serve one key purpose: to protect life. MorphoSys 
is committed to tapping the potential of antibodies and to further ex-
panding the spectrum of possible applications for the sake of patients. 
With currently some 80 distinct drugs in research and development, 
MorphoSys has one of the broadest antibody pipelines in the biotech-
nology industry. Seventeen compounds are already being evaluated 
in clinical development and being tested as options for treatment of 
severe and, in many cases, life-threatening diseases.

Modern diagnostics offer additional fields of application for MorphoSys’s technologies and products. Beyond 
the conventional disease diagnosis, diagnostic tools also play an increasingly important role in the devel-
opment of new drugs and in many therapy decisions. MorphoSys’s technologies are ideally positioned at the 
nexus of these areas and the Company expects a number of new opportunities for collaboration with the 
diagnostics industry. The medical and commercial potential of antibodies in modern research, diagnostics and 
medicine continues to be enormous. MorphoSys has developed industry-leading technological solutions for 
the generation of antibodies and continues to refine these methods in order to bring the best-possible anti-
body products into clinical application. Therapeutic antibodies developed by MorphoSys promise to consider-
ably improve the quality of patients’ lives in the years ahead.

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Contents

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 t h e   c o m pa n y

 04	 m a n a g e m e n t 	b o a r d 	o f 	m o r p h o s y s 	a g

 05	 l e t t e r	t o	t h e	s h a r e h o l d e r s

 08	 t h e	m o r p h o s y s 	s h a r e

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 G r o u p   m a n a G e m e n t   r e p o r t

 12	 b u s i n e s s	e n v i r o n m e n t 	a n d	a c t i v i t i e s

 15	 s t r at e g y	a n d 	p e r f o r m a n c e 	m a n a g e m e n t

 17	 h u m a n 	r e s o u r c e s

 19	 r e s e a r c h 	a n d	d e v e l o p m e n t

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i n t e l l e c t u a l 	p r o p e r t y

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	c o m m e r c i a l 	d e v e l o p m e n t

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	s u s ta i n a b i l i t y	a n d	c o r p o r at e 	s o c i a l	r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

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	r e s u lt s 	o f	o p e r at i o n s , 	f i n a n c i a l 	s i t u at i o n ,	

a s s e t s 	a n d	l i a b i l i t i e s

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	c o m pa r i s o n 	o f	t h e	a c t u a l	b u s i n e s s	r e s u lt s	

w i t h	f o r e c a s t s

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	t h e	m a n a g e m e n t ’s	g e n e r a l 	a s s e s s m e n t 	o f	

b u s i n e s s	p e r f o r m a n c e

 28	 c o r p o r at e 	g o v e r n a n c e	r e p o r t

 36	 r i s k s 	a n d	o p p o r t u n i t i e s

 41	 s u b s e q u e n t 	e v e n t s

 41	 o u t l o o k	a n d 	f o r e c a s t

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 F i n a n c i a l   S tat e m e n t S

 45	 c o n t e n t s	c o n s o l i d at e d 	f i n a n c i a l 	s tat e m e n t s

 46	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	o p e r at i o n s 	(i f r s)

 47	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	c o m p r e h e n s i v e 	i n c o m e 	(i f r s)

 48	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	b a l a n c e 	s h e e t 	(i f r s)

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	c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	c h a n g e s	i n	

s t o c k h o l d e r s ’	e q u i t y	(i f r s)

 52	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t	o f 	c a s h	f l o w s	(i f r s)	

 54	 n o t e s	t o 	t h e	c o n s o l i d at e d 	f i n a n c i a l 	s tat e m e n t s	

 88	 r e s p o n s i b i l i t y 	s tat e m e n t

 90	 a u d i t o r ’s	r e p o r t

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 a d d i t i o n a l   i n F o r m at i o n

 91	 s u p e r v i s o r y 	b o a r d 	r e p o r t

 94	 s u p e r v i s o r y 	b o a r d 	o f 	m o r p h o s y s 	a g

 96	 s e n i o r 	m a n a g e m e n t 	g r o u p 	o f 	m o r p h o s y s 	a g

 98	 g l o s s a r y

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Killer T-Lymphocyte Attacking a Cancer Cell 

The human immune system uses various strategies to fight diseases. This year’s cover of our annual report depicts 
a killer t-lymphocyte (lower left) attacking a larger cancer cell, which as a consequence triggers the programmed 
cell death of the target cell. Initiating, directing and controlling this and many other processes is the goal of many 
biotechnology companies. MorphoSys’s approach in this regard is to identify the right disease-relevant target 
molecules and specific antibodies for a therapeutic intervention. 

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a d d i t i o n a l 	i n f o r m at i o n 	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e 	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Management Board of MorphoSys AG

Dr. Simon E. Moroney – Chief Executive Officer 

Dave Lemus – Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Marlies Sproll – Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Arndt Schottelius – Chief Development Officer

Letter to the Shareholders

05

Letter to the Shareholders

The year 2010 was one of great achievement for MorphoSys. We made extraordinary progress in our pipe-
line, expanded our technology platform and, in addition to these strategic advances, the Company delivered 
very good financial results from operations. Our success clearly illustrates the attractiveness of our busi-
ness model. 

Nowhere was the Company’s progress more evident than in our pipeline of therapeutic antibodies. The num-
ber of compounds in clinical development more than doubled during 2010, from eight at the beginning of 
the year to 17 by the end. Well over 1,000 patients and volunteers will have been administered HuCAL anti-
bodies by the time the ongoing trials are completed. This is not only a compelling indicator of the success  
of our strategy in commercializing our technology, but a reminder of the contribution we will make to human 
healthcare. Among these programs are a number of potential blockbusters in indications as diverse as cancer, 
asthma and Alzheimer’s disease, to name just a few.

In our Proprietary Development segment, we now have two programs in the clinic. The first patient was 
dosed in the phase 1b/2a rheumatoid arthritis trial of our lead compound MOR103 in January 2010. We’re 
very excited about this program, and look forward to completion of the trial in 2011. MOR103’s commercial 
potential was boosted during the year when we achieved encouraging preclinical data in multiple sclerosis, 
which will become the second indication for clinical development of MOR103 when we start a phase 1b 
safety study in the second half of 2011.

In June 2010, we added a second clinical candidate to our proprietary portfolio by in-licensing the antibody 
MOR208 from Xencor. This program is now in clinical development in the United States, the initial focus 
being on chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This highly promising addition to our portfolio of drugs incorporates 
a proprietary Xencor modification that makes it an exciting potential new treatment for cancer.

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We expect MOR202 to become our third fully-owned antibody in the clinic during 2011, following the filing 
of a clinical trial application in December 2010. Rounding off the Proprietary Development segment are  
several discovery-stage programs, our co-development alliance with Galapagos and two active co-develop-
ment programs with Novartis. 

We also had a year of substantial achievement within the Partnered Discovery segment. No fewer than 
eight INDs were filed, by five different partners, during 2010. In addition, two partnered programs pro-
gressed from phase 1 to phase 2, bringing the number of partnered programs in phase 2 clinical trials to 
five. We eagerly look forward to clinical data from these programs, which we hope should provide the  
clearest evidence that HuCAL antibodies are destined to become successful drugs. Altogether, 15 partner 
programs are in clinical trials, a number that we expect to grow given the abundance of preclinical and 
discovery programs currently ongoing.

MorphoSys’s success has a lot to do with our unique antibody technology platform, at the heart of which is 
HuCAL. Our commitment to maintaining our technological leadership was illustrated during 2010 by our 
acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH. Sloning’s world-leading technology for building protein libraries 
was quickly turned into a new antibody optimization platform called arYla. We expect arYla to transform 
the way antibodies are optimized, increasing both speed and success rates. The Sloning acquisition promises 
to open up a new world of partnering opportunities, as was evidenced by the agreement we entered into 
with Pfizer just weeks after the Sloning transaction.

The AbD Serotec unit felt the effects of the financial slowdown, especially in its European home market. 
Although revenues did not grow as originally expected, the structural improvements that we have imple-
mented were reflected in an improved operating profit margin of 6 %. The AbD Serotec segment is well posi-
tioned for an attractive future in the diagnostic segment where our antibody platform has the potential to 
deliver clearly differentiated diagnostic products. Collaborations are ongoing with over 20 diagnostic com-
panies, and the first diagnostic kit based on a HuCAL antibody should reach the market in 2011.

Our Group operating profit of € 10 million exceeded expectations. The result is impressive, especially 
considering that it includes a 37 % increase in proprietary R&D investment to approximately € 27 million. 
In 2011, we expect revenue growth above 20 % and will remain profitable while continuing to invest 
strongly in proprietary R&D. Our ability to continue to expand our partnered product pipeline, develop  

Letter to the Shareholders

07

“Nowhere was the Company’s progress more evi-
dent than in our pipeline of therapeutic antibodies. 
The number of compounds in clinical development 
more than doubled during 2010, from eight at the 
beginning of the year to 17 by the end.”

an exciting portfolio of proprietary products and still achieve consistently good financial results makes 
MorphoSys almost unique in our industry. Cash is also an important strategic strength of MorphoSys. As  
illustrated by both the Xencor in-licensing agreement and the Sloning acquisition, our strong balance sheet 
enabled us to move quickly to acquire valuable assets. 

MorphoSys enters 2011 stronger than ever before. I look forward to continued progress in our pipeline of 
proprietary and partnered antibody drugs, and to a year where our revenues will exceed € 100 million for 
the first time in the Company’s history. Our progress would not be possible without the hard work, dedica-
tion and creativity of our employees, to whom I am extremely grateful.

Thanks also to you, our shareholders, for your continued support. I am sure you will join me in wishing  
the Company a successful 2011.

Dr. Simon E. Moroney 
Chief Executive Officer

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The MorphoSys Share

During the 2010 fiscal year, MorphoSys’s stock price increased by 9 %, outperforming  
the TecDAX index, which showed only a moderate annual growth of 4 %. The NASDAQ 
biotechnology index rose by 14 % in 2010.

K E Y  D ATA F O R  T H E  M O R P H O S Y S   S H A R E   

(as of December 31 of each year)

Total Stockholders’ Equity  

In € million

2010

185.9

2009

2008

2007

2006

173.9 

162.0 

145.5 

100.1 

Number of Shares Issued (Total) 

22,890,252

22,660,557 

22,478,787 

22,160,259 

20,145,996 

Market Capitalization  

Closing Price (Xetra)  

Average Daily Trading Volume  

In € million

€

In € million

424

18.53

1.1

386 

17.04 

1.3 

421 

18.75 

1.9 

357 

16.10 

2.5 

365 

18.12 

1.9 

The stock’s performance benefited in particular from the acquisition 
of Sloning, the agreement with Pfizer and the multiple milestones that 
were reached in the final month of the year. Overall, the MorphoSys 
share price is beginning to reflect the Company’s solid progress in 
building one of the most extensive antibody pipelines in the industry, 
together with a profitable and convincing business model.

liQuidit y and inde X memBerShip
The average daily trading volume of MorphoSys’s stock was € 1.1 mil-
lion per day, compared to an average trading volume of € 1.3 million 
per day in the previous year. MorphoSys consolidated its strong  
position in the TecDAX* index, which includes the 30 largest tech-

nology stocks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. At the end of 2010, 
the Company was able to improve its position based on market capi-
talization* to place 16 (year-end 2009: 17th place) and occupied 23rd 
position based on trading volume (year-end 2009: 19th position).

StocKholder BaSe
The free float according to Deutsche Börse AG, which is generally 
taken into account in the weighting of MorphoSys’s stock in stock 
indices, was 88 % of the share capital at year-end 2010.

Please visit our website* for the most recent information on investor 
relations.

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The MorphoSys Share

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T H E  M O R P H O S Y S S H A R E 

(January 4, 2010 = 100 %)

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110

100

90

80

70

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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S H A R E H O L D E R  S T R U C T U R E   

Shareholdings by Investor Type 

Geographic Split of Institutional Holdings 

(in %)

Institutional Investors

Retail Investors

Novartis

Management & Supervisory Boards

Treasury Stock

Unidentified Investors

27.9

6.4

1.9

0.4

17.1

(in %)

46.3

47

11

9

7

6

USA

Germany

UK

Switzerland

Belgium

19

Other European Countries

Armed Antibodies to Treat Cancer
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are standard treat-
ments in the battle against cancer. However, substances 
that help to destroy proliferating tumor cells can also dam-
age healthy tissue. Immunoconjugates, antibodies carry-
ing a highly effective toxic or radioactive payload, are in-
tended to transport the cytotoxin directly to the cancer 
cell.

MorphoSys’s partner Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals 
is currently evaluating the HuCAL-derived cancer anti-
body as a conjugate BAY 79-4620 (CA9-ADC) in a phase 1 
clinical trial against various solid tumors such as lung 
cancer.

Antibodies linked to a cytotoxin bind to the tumor marker carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) on the surface of 
the cancer cell. The cell membrane invaginates, transporting both antibody and cytotoxin into the cell, 
where specific enzymes should cleave the link between antibody and cytotoxin and release the active 
ingredient. The cytotoxin attaches itself to the tubulins and blocks them, thus preventing cell division. 
This should trigger the self-destruction of the cancer cell.

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Group Management Report

In 2010, MorphoSys showed solid financial performance and was able to increase the value 
of its proprietary product portfolio through significant R&D investments. MorphoSys’s 
Partnered Discovery segment continued to perform very well with eight clinical milestones 
met during the course of the year. As a result, total Group revenues were up by 7 % from 
the prior year to € 87 million. Because of the significant increase in proprietary R&D invest-
ment, operating profit decreased as expected by 14 % to € 9.8 million. Regarding the re-
search and diagnostic antibodies segment AbD Serotec, the segment’s performance im-
proved compared to the previous year in a challenging market environment.

Business Environment and Activities

ec onomic de velopme nt
In 2010, global recovery following the downturn from the financial 
crisis continued. The US economy grew by 2.4 % in 2010. However, 
the lack of employment growth was seen as the “weakest link” of 
the economic recovery.

In the euro zone, several countries faced significant debt difficulties, 
most notably Greece and Ireland. In total, the economy of the nations 
sharing the euro grew only slightly by 1.7 % in 2010, according to 
OECD estimates. The German economy grew by approximately 3.7 % 
in 2010.

According to current estimates, global GDP grew by 3.6 % in 2010, 
compared with a decrease of 1.4 % in the prior year.

de velopment within the pharmaceutical and   

Biotechnolo Gy Sec tor
The global pharma growth rate in 2010 amounted to approximately 
4 % to 6 %, according to IMS Health. Emerging markets like China 
and India showed substantially higher growth rates of approximately 
14 % to 17 %.

Se e   
Glo S Sary p. 98

Antibody-related transactions remained high on the agenda of phar-
maceutical companies. Significant technology licensing deals included 
two agreements struck by MacroGenics with Boehringer Ingelheim 
and Pfizer respectively, covering bispecific antibodies and Immuno-
Gen’s collaboration with Novartis covering immunoconjugates.

Noteworthy product licensing deals included two alliances in the 
area of inflammatory diseases between Eli Lilly and Incyte Corpo-
ration and AstraZeneca and Rigel Pharmaceuticals respectively. 
Both deals covered mid-stage clinical compounds to treat inflamma-
tory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and featured sig-
nificant upfront payments of over € 10 million to the respective bio-
tech partner. 

With regard to antibodies in clinical development, Roche and Biogen 
Idec’s decision to suspend development of Ocrelizumab® for use in 
arthritis stood out. The decision came after an independent monitor-
ing board evaluated safety risks as outweighing benefits observed in 
patients. Danish antibody company Genmab published its results with 
Zalutumumab®, an antibody targeting an epidermal growth factor 
receptor, which failed to reach the primary endpoint in a phase 3 trial 
in head and neck cancer.

At the end of 2010, the number of therapeutic antibodies on the mar-
ket increased to 27. During the course of the year, the FDA* approved 
Actemra®, an IL-6 receptor-blocking rheumatoid arthritis treatment, 
in the USA and Amgen’s Prolia™ (Denosumab), a monoclonal antibody 

Business Environment and Activities

13

to treat osteoporosis. Mylotarg®, a monoclonal anti-CD33 antibody 
used to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML), was withdrawn from the 
market in 2010. Total revenues generated by monoclonal antibody 
sales in 2010 amounted to approximately US$ 37 billion. 

development process, for example, to what extent clinical studies  
are required or what kind of post-marketing analysis should be con-
ducted. The entry barriers for biosimilar monoclonal antibodies in 
Europe are therefore likely to remain quite high.

With regard to mergers and acquisitions and consolidation, 2010 was 
another very active year for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
sector. Most noteworthily, Johnson & Johnson acquired Crucell and 
Sanofi-Aventis announced its plans to acquire Genzyme during 
2010. Other transactions such as Abbott’s acquisition of Facet Biotech 
or Cephalon’s move to acquire Ception Therapeutics were in part 
motivated by mid-stage therapeutic antibody candidates developed 
by the target companies. In the research antibody market, German 
Merck KGaA acquired Millipore, one of the largest providers of re-
search tools including antibody-based reagents, for about € 5 billion.

During 2010, the pharmaceutical sector underperformed the overall 
stock market. The FTSE Global Pharma index was up by 7.6 %, while 
the FTSE All World was up by 10.4 %. The DAXsubsector biotechnology 
index, currently comprising 14 publicly listed German biotechnol-
ogy companies, fell by 5.2 %, while the NASDAQ biotechnology index 
increased by 14 %. Against that backdrop, MorphoSys’s stock showed 
solid performance. The MorphoSys share price gained 9 % during the 
year, while the TecDAX gained only 4 %.

reGul atory environment
The healthcare sector in which MorphoSys is operating is highly 
regulated. Both therapeutic and diagnostic products require com-
plex approval from regulatory authorities such as Europe’s EMA* 
(European Medicines Agency) or the US FDA (Food and Drug Ad-
ministration) before being able to enter the market. The number  
of approved drugs decreased in 2010 compared to the year before. 
While MorphoSys’s partners are solely responsible for regulatory  
affairs within the partnered development programs, MorphoSys is 
in charge of all regulatory requirements related to its proprietary 
development programs.

Increasingly, generic competition is challenging the biotechnology 
landscape since several drug patents are going to expire in the com-
ing years. In 2010, the EMA published draft guidance on biosimilar 
antibody drugs*, while regulatory preparations in the USA are still 
ongoing. These guidelines, which will be formally adopted after 
May 2011, generally demand regulatory control for biosimilar mono-
clonal antibodies in the development process. They propose that  
regulatory authorities make case-by-case decisions relating to the 

orGaniz ational Struc ture and BuSineS S ac tivitieS

orGaniz ation and GloBal preSence oF the morphoSyS Group
MorphoSys’s business is split into three operating segments. The 
Partnered Discovery segment develops drug candidates for commer-
cial partners. This segment is the foundation of the Company’s suc-
cess and manages partnerships with several renowned biotechnology 
and pharmaceutical companies involving 65 distinct therapeutic 
programs. The Proprietary Development segment is focused on devel-
oping proprietary therapeutic antibody candidates, mainly targeting 
cancer and inflammation. The goal of this segment is to take innova-
tive antibody drugs to clinical proof of concept before partnering, 
thereby creating additional value for the Company. MorphoSys’s third 
operating segment, AbD Serotec, delivers high-quality antibodies to 
the research and diagnostic markets.

BuSineS S ac tivitieS oF the morphoSyS Group
MorphoSys’s headquarters are located in Martinsried near Munich, 
Germany. The Group’s corporate functions are centralized at this  
facility. In addition to that, the Company has a facility in Puchheim 
near Munich and a sales office in Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as  
offices in Oxford, England, and Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

leGal Struc ture oF the morphoSyS Group

Group manaGement and SuperviSion
MorphoSys AG is a German stock corporation listed on the Frank-
furt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard segment and heads the 
MorphoSys Group.

MorphoSys AG has a dual-board structure in accordance with the 
German Stock Corporation Act. The Company is managed by a four-
member Management Board. The Management Board members are 
appointed and directed by the Supervisory Board. For more informa-
tion regarding management and supervision as well as corporate 
governance in general, please see the Corporate Governance Report* 
on page 28. 

The Senior Management group, composed of 14 people, represents 
the different MorphoSys departments and completes the MorphoSys 
management team.

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B U S i n E S S   A C T i v i T i E S   O F   T H E   M O R P H O S Y S   g R O U P

MorphoSys AG

Segments

Partnered Discovery

Proprietary Development

AbD Serotec

Fields of use

Therapeutic Antibodies

Research and Diagnostics

BuSineS S ac tivitieS and marKe tS By SeGment

par tnered diSc overy
The partnered business is a key driver of MorphoSys’s commercial 
success and contributes significantly to the Company’s product pipe-
line, which is one of the broadest pipelines in the industry. Morpho-
Sys’s series of industry-leading technologies for the research and op-
timization of therapeutic antibody drug candidates forms the basis 
of the Company’s Partnered Discovery segment. The healthcare mar-
ket is constantly looking for innovative products and MorphoSys 
successfully applies its technologies in extensive partnerships with 
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Each development 
program is fully financed by the respective partner; MorphoSys prof-
its from successful development in the form of milestone payments 
and stands to earn royalties on product sales. The Company’s alliance 
with Novartis dating from 2007 is one of the largest agreements in 
the industry, securing revenues for MorphoSys through funded re-
search and license fees in the amount of approximately € 40 million 

per year until 2017, plus potential milestone payments and royalties 
on marketed products deriving from this alliance.

There are only a small number of established providers in the sector 
for therapeutic antibody technologies. MorphoSys remains one of the 
most renowned providers of highly validated antibody technologies 
and, in 2010, further strengthened its technological leadership in the 
industry by acquiring Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, a German bio-
technology company developing new methods of synthetic biology. 
Just a few weeks after this acquisition, MorphoSys demonstrated  
its partnering abilities when the Company’s new subsidiary signed 
a non-exclusive license and technology transfer agreement with 
Pfizer relating to Sloning’s Slonomics® technology platform for the 
fabrication of highly diverse gene and protein libraries.

This successful development is reflected by the revenue increase of 
the Partnered Discovery segment over the last three years:

S T R O n g  R E v E n U E g R O w T H  F R O M T H E  P A R T n E R E D D i S C O v E R Y S E g M E n T

in € million 

2010

66.3

2009

61.7

2008

54.3

 
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proprie tary de velopme nt 
Over the last two years, MorphoSys has built a highly competitive 
development team with the aim of developing innovative antibody 
products. With these capabilities and this experience in-house,  
the Company is able to generate even more value, adding to the stan-
dard fee-for-service business of the Partnered Discovery segment. 
The focuses of internal know-how and expertise and thus key target 
areas for MorphoSys’s researchers and developers are inflammatory 
and autoimmune diseases as well as oncology.

inFl ammatory and autoimmune diSe aSeS
Chronic inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 
multiple sclerosis (MS) or psoriasis* are a substantial burden in social 
and economic terms. However, despite the significance of these dis-
eases and intensive global research, there have been relatively few 
innovative breakthroughs in their cause, treatment or cure thus far. 

A promising therapeutic target for the treatment of various inflamma-
tory disorders is GM-CSF*. MorphoSys’s lead compound MOR103 is 
a fully human HuCAL-derived antibody directed against this target. 
The program is currently undergoing a clinical phase 1b/2a trial in 
rheumatoid arthritis, the largest single market in the area of inflam-
matory diseases. Additionally, MorphoSys expects to start a phase 
1b trial in a second indication, namely multiple sclerosis, in the sec-
ond half of 2011.

onc oloGy
The oncology market includes a large number of heterogeneous indi-
cations demonstrating a wide range of unmet medical needs and  
incidence rates. Today, there are more products in the oncology devel-
opment pipeline than in any other, with a huge number of new on-
cology products set to launch within the next few years. While new 
players are entering the market, established pharmaceutical compa-
nies are re-engineering their organizations in order to tap emerging 
opportunities.

MorphoSys is currently developing two proprietary compounds 
against cancer. One is MOR202, a fully human HuCAL-based antibody 
against CD38*, a therapeutic target for the treatment of multiple my-
eloma and potentially certain leukemias. MorphoSys expects to start 
a phase 1/2a trial with MOR202 in patients with relapsed/refractory 
myeloma in the first half of 2011.

The second proprietary development program MorphoSys is pursuing 
in this area is MOR208 (XmAb®5574), which MorphoSys in-licensed 
from Xencor in June 2010. The program is currently in a phase 1 trial 
in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

aBd Serotec – reSe arch and diaGnoStic antiBodieS
MorphoSys’s third operating segment is AbD Serotec, providing anti-
bodies for scientific research and modern clinical diagnostics. AbD 
Serotec is one of the top 20 antibody providers in the field of research 
and diagnostics, allowing the immediate online purchase of more 
than 14,000 products via its catalog business. The HuCAL*-based 
generation of new antibodies made to order is significantly faster 
than the current market standard, even when producing antibodies 
in larger quantities on behalf of diagnostic customers. AbD Sero-
tec’s custom services facility is able to serve customers with specific 
antibody development challenges. The business unit currently has 
relationships with more than 20 diagnostic companies and its anti-
bodies are trusted by many thousands of researchers.

According to a study by BCC Research, the worldwide diagnostic 
market for monoclonal antibodies has a compound annual growth 
rate of 7 % and is expected to be worth US$ 9 billion by the end of 
2012.

Strategy and Performance  
Management

Str ateGy
The Company’s unique HuCAL (Human Combinatorial Antibody 
Library) technology comprises several billion different fully human 
antibodies. Through the successful commercialization of this and 
other proprietary technologies, MorphoSys has become a leader in 
the field of antibodies. Technology development remains a central 
part of the Company’s strategy, as illustrated by the acquisition of 
Sloning BioTechnology GmbH in October 2010.

Increasingly, the Company’s comprehensive pipeline is taking cen-
ter stage. By maximizing the number of programs based on its tech-
nologies, MorphoSys increases its future upside potential and re-
duces the risk which always accompanies the development of new 
medicines. End of 2010, the list of product candidates developed by 
the Company’s partners comprised 65 programs, forming one of the 
broadest antibody pipelines in the industry.

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D E v E L O P M E n T   O F  F i n A n C i A L P E R F O R M A n C E i n D i C AT O R S 

in € million

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

MoRphoSyS G Roup

Group revenues

Group profit from operations

paRTneRed diSC oveRy*

Segment revenues

Segment result

pRopRie TaRy de velopMenT*

Segment revenues

Segment result

abd SeRoTeC

Segment revenues

Segment result

87.0

9.8

66.3

42.7

1.8

(24.5)

20.2

1.2

81.0

11.4

61.7

39.6

1.0

(18.3)

19.3

1.0

71.6

16.4

54.3

34.4

0

(8.9)

18.2

0.4

62.0

7.0

–

–

–

–

19.6

(0.6)

53.0

6.2

–

–

–

–

18.3

(3.4)

* The Partnered Discovery and Proprietary Development segments were introduced in 2009

n U M B E R  O F  P A R T n E R E D A n D P R O P R i E TA R Y  C L i n i C A L P R O g R A M S AT Y E A R - E n D

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

2

2

4

1

5

4

4

4

4

8

11

6

17

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

  p h a s e ₁

  p h a s e 2

MorphoSys receives secured payments from its partners in the form 
of technology license fees, R&D funding, success-based milestones 
and, dependent on product sales after product approval, royalties*. 
The cash flows generated by the Partnered Discovery segment are 
predominantly reinvested in proprietary drug development activities, 
which have a much greater financial upside than programs initiated 
by partners. The goal of the Proprietary Development segment is to 

take proprietary compounds to clinical proof of concept before out-
licensing to a pharmaceutical company for late-stage development 
and marketing. Although proprietary development requires in-
creased investments, MorphoSys adheres to its intention of remain-
ing profitable and thus independent from the capital markets as a 
source of financing.

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17

AbD Serotec’s growing penetration of the diagnostics market puts 
MorphoSys in a strong position to benefit from the growing impor-
tance of diagnostics during the development of drugs and in conjunc-
tion with their use in the market. An array of alliances with pharma 
and diagnostic companies is of strategic importance for MorphoSys, 
with its technologies at the nexus of these two industries.

partment and two trainees as future biology laboratory techni-
cians. Three technical assistants were submitted for and success-
fully passed trainer qualification examinations run by the German 
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) as part of MorphoSys’s 
commitment to ensuring that trainees consistently receive the level 
of support and motivation they need.

perFormance manaGe ment
Financial and non-financial performance indicators and appropriate 
measures to enhance sustainable value are the key elements of 
MorphoSys’s management system.

Moreover, MorphoSys invests in its employees through demand- 
oriented and tailor-made internal and external advanced training 
and development programs. The Company especially offers devel-
opment opportunities to employees in the research and product de-
velopment areas as well as those in various management positions. 

Financial perFormance indicatorS
MorphoSys measures its operational business performance mainly 
on the basis of two financial indicators, namely revenues and profit 
from operations. For all segments, the performance is measured on  
a monthly basis; budget planning for the current fiscal year is re-
viewed and updated quarterly. Once a year, a long-term plan cover-
ing the next five years is prepared.

c ompenSation
For MorphoSys, an appropriate compensation of its workforce is  
essential, in order to attract and retain the best employees and  
executives. The Company seeks to offer highly competitive salaries; 
therefore, all salaries are benchmarked within the biotechnology 
sector and with other industries on a yearly basis.

mid -term and lonG -term perFormance SchemeS
Each employee has the chance to contribute to and at the same time 
to participate in the success of MorphoSys. The Company’s employees 
share in the operational and financial development of the Company 
through a performance-based bonus system which is based on the 
achievement of personal, departmental and Company goals. In  
addition to this performance-related compensation, the employees 
share in the Company’s success through equity-based and profit 
participation programs.

non - Financial perFormance indicatorS
The non-financial performance indicators such as progress in re-
search and development and human resources are described in de-
tail in the following chapters. The most obvious benchmark for the 
successful development of MorphoSys is its expanding and matur-
ing clinical pipeline.

Human Resources

The people working at MorphoSys are the Company’s most important 
asset. In 2010, MorphoSys expanded its scientific workforce. Follow-
ing the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, MorphoSys de-
cided to keep the skills and know-how of 25 Sloning employees and 
to integrate them into the Company’s workforce.

numBer oF employeeS
The number of employees increased by 15 % in 2010. On December 31, 
2010, the MorphoSys Group employed 464 people worldwide (De-
cember 31, 2009: 404), of which 148 held a PhD (December 31, 2009: 
121). On average, the MorphoSys Group employed 435 people in 
2010 (2009: 375).

QualiFication , tr aininG and education
MorphoSys attaches great importance to the training and personal 
development of its employees. Therefore, the Company contributes  
to the education of interested young people by offering vocational 
training in-house. In 2010, MorphoSys hired a trainee for the IT de-

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g R O U P  H E A D C O U n T D E v E L O P M E n T

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

279

295

334

404

464

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

E M P L O Y E E S   B Y   R E g i O n

16

78

USA (Previous Year: 20)

United Kingdom (Previous Year: 83)

Germany (Previous Year: 301)

370

E M P L O Y E E S   B Y   S E g M E n T *  A n D F U n C T i O n

ToTal eMployeeS

Proprietary Development segment

Partnered Discovery segment

AbD Serotec segment

Employees in R&D

Employees in S, G&A

* Remainder of total headcount is not allocated to a specific operating segment.

2010

2009

464

100

183

142

309

155

404

71

144

148

248

156

 
 
 
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Research and Development

proprie tary de velopme nt – thre e proGr amS in clinical   

trial S in 2011
In 2010, MorphoSys substantially broadened and advanced its pro-
prietary product portfolio in cancer and inflammatory diseases. 
With MOR103, MOR208 and MOR202, three proprietary compounds 
will be evaluated in clinical trials in 2011. In total, the Company 
had eight internally developed drug candidates at the end of 2010, 
supplemented by two co-development programs with Novartis.  
Additionally, as part of the alliances with Galapagos and Absynth 
Biologics, several novel disease-related target molecules in bone  
and joint diseases and infectious diseases are currently in validation 
studies and could result in additional therapeutic programs in 2011.

MorphoSys’s lead development program, MOR103, a fully human 
HuCAL antibody targeting GM-CSF, is currently being tested in a 
phase 1b/2a clinical study in patients with active rheumatoid ar-
thritis (RA). Enrollment of patients in the phase 1b/2a clinical trial 
started in January 2010. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-
controlled, dose-escalation trial is being conducted at multiple clini-
cal centers in four European countries, namely Germany, the  
Netherlands, Bulgaria and Poland. Patients with active RA, despite 
having undergone previous therapy, will each receive four infu-
sions of either the HuCAL-derived antibody MOR103 or a placebo in 
three ascending-dose cohorts. The primary endpoint of the trial  
is to determine the safety and tolerability of multiple doses of up to 
1.5 mg/kg of MOR103 in these patients. Secondary outcome mea-
sures will evaluate pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity and the drug’s 
potential to improve clinical signs and symptoms of RA as mea-
sured by the reduction of synovitis and bone edema as well as Ameri-
can College of Rheumatology (ACR) and European League Against 
Rheumatism (EULAR28) response criteria and patient-reported out-
comes. MorphoSys expects to have final data from this trial in the 
first half of 2012.

In November 2010, MorphoSys disclosed multiple sclerosis as the 
second indication for MOR103. The decision is based on a compelling 
scientific rationale and promising preclinical data. MorphoSys ex-
pects to start a phase 1b trial in multiple sclerosis with MOR103 in 
the second half of 2011.

In line with the strategy of expanding its proprietary drug devel-
opment activities, MorphoSys in-licensed a therapeutic antibody 
program from Xencor, Inc., a California-based biotechnology com-
pany focused on high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity 
(ADCC*) cancer therapies using antibodies with a proprietary modi-
fication to the Fc portion of the antibody. MorphoSys has secured a 

worldwide, exclusive license for the anti-CD19* therapeutic antibody 
XmAb®5574, which now carries the internal code MOR208. The 
compound is currently being evaluated in a phase 1 clinical trial in 
the USA. The trial is designed to assess the drug’s safety, tolera-
bility, pharmacokinetic profile and preliminary anti-tumor activity 
in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients. The open-label, 
multi-dose, single-arm, dose-escalation study is expected to enroll 
30 patients suffering from relapsed or refractory CLL*.

With regard to the MOR202 cancer program, MorphoSys contin-
ued preclinical evaluation and toxicology studies to prepare the 
clinical development of this anti-CD38* antibody. In November 2010, 
MorphoSys filed a clinical trial application (CTA) to initiate a phase 
1/2a trial with MOR202 in patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma 
in Europe and the Company expects to dose the first patient in the 
first half of 2011.

Additionally, MorphoSys formed a research collaboration with Klini-
kum rechts der Isar, the university hospital of Munich Technical Uni-
versity. The collaboration receives public funding of approximately 
€ 1 million from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Re-
search (BMBF). As part of the program, the Company plans to ex-
plore relevant biomarkers for the anti-CD38 approach. The program 
is part of Munich’s “m4 - Personalized Medicine and Targeted Thera-
pies - a New Dimension in Drug Development in the Munich Region” 
biotechnology initiative, which received high-tech cluster status in a 
German government funding competition in 2010.

par tnered diSc overy – FiF teen clinical proGr amS
MorphoSys’s partnered pipeline significantly matured during 2010, 
with several programs moving into and advancing through clinical 
development. In 2010, eight new partnered programs within the alli-
ances with Novartis (three programs), Centocor Ortho Biotech (two 
programs), Boehringer Ingelheim, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and 
Pfizer advanced into phase 1 clinical trials*. Additionally, Novartis 
achieved clinical proof of concept with an undisclosed HuCAL-based 
antibody in a phase 1/2 study. Patients treated with the antibody 
showed clear improvement of disease parameters. At the end of 2010, 
Roche started a phase 2 clinical trial with Gantenerumab, a HuCAL 
antibody against amyloid-beta* for the treatment of Alzheimer’s 
disease.

At year-end 2010, MorphoSys’s partnered therapeutic antibody pipe-
line consisted of 65 active antibody development programs (un-
changed from 65 at the beginning of the year), of which five were in 
phase 2 clinical trials, ten in phase 1, 20 in preclinical development 
and 30 in discovery stage.

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par tnered diSc overy – technoloGy de velopment
In 2010, MorphoSys made significant progress in strengthening  
its proprietary technology platform. In October 2010, MorphoSys an-
nounced the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, a German 
biotechnology company developing new methods of synthetic biology. 
The transaction made MorphoSys the sole source of Sloning’s state-
of-the-art Slonomics® technology, which dramatically improves the 
assembly and quality of protein libraries. The acquisition directly 
resulted in a new technology platform called arYla, which was un-
veiled in November. The Company plans to use arYla to accelerate 
antibody optimization, with the goal of generating superior thera-
peutic and diagnostic candidates faster and more cost-effectively 
than is currently possible. arYla will be used to optimize a range of 
properties critical to the successful development of a therapeutic or 
diagnostic antibody. MorphoSys thereby expects to improve the gen-
eration of drug candidates such that one in every two projects 
started will reach clinical development.

aBd Serotec
In 2010, AbD Serotec demonstrated significant progress using the 
HuCAL-based technology platform to generate custom-made mono-
clonal antibodies for research and diagnostic use. Over the course of 
the last four years, AbD Serotec has gradually improved technical 
success rates year-on-year, from 80 % in 2006 to 98 % in 2009. This 
was mainly achieved through a high degree of automation in many 
aspects of the antibody generation process, by optimizing protocols 
and finally through the implementation of HuCAL PLATINUM, the 
latest and most powerful version of MorphoSys’s antibody libraries. 
The success rates achieved by AbD Serotec are significantly higher 
than the average success rate usually seen in the industry with ani-
mal-based methods of around 75 %.

Intellectual Property

In 2010, the Company continuously consolidated and extended the 
patent position for its development programs, including the lead pro-
gram MOR103 and the in-licensed antibody MOR208 (XmAb5574) 
from Xencor, and its expanding technology portfolio, representing 
essential value-drivers for MorphoSys.

The strong intellectual property portfolio around HuCAL and other 
technologies in key pharmaceutical markets around the world has 
been complemented by a growing patent estate in Asia and the USA. 
Several antibody-technology-related patent applications covering 
various aspects of MorphoSys’s core technologies were filed and 
granted throughout the world. To be more precise, in 2010, ex-

tended HuCAL-related patent protection has been granted in Japan, 
and the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a new patent pro-
viding extended protection for the Company’s CysDisplay technology.

In October 2010, MorphoSys acquired German biotechnology com-
pany Sloning BioTechnology GmbH and became the sole supplier  
of their technologies. These technologies as well are covered by sev-
eral patent families. The key patents do not expire before late 2023.

Currently, the Company is prosecuting more than 40 different pro-
prietary patent families worldwide, in addition to numerous patent 
families the Company is pursuing in cooperation with its partners.

Commercial Development

par tnered diSc overy – ne w technoloGy pl atForm FormS   

BaSiS For additional par tnerShip S
In October 2010, MorphoSys announced the acquisition of Sloning 
BioTechnology GmbH, a private German biotechnology company  
developing new methods of synthetic biology. Sloning’s shareholders 
received a onetime € 19 million cash payment upon signing. 

Based on the Sloning platform, MorphoSys was able to secure a 
long-term alliance with Pfizer in December 2010. The non-exclusive 
license and technology transfer agreement covers the installation 
and use of Sloning’s technology platform Slonomics at Pfizer’s sub-
sidiary Rinat in South San Francisco as well as technical support.  
In return, the MorphoSys subsidiary receives an upfront payment 
and stands to receive annual license fees over the patent lifetime  
of the Slonomics technology platform. The new collaboration with 
Pfizer brought an immediate return on investment from the acqui-
sition of Sloning for MorphoSys’s shareholders.

As another direct result of the transaction, MorphoSys launched a 
novel antibody optimization platform called arYla in November 2010. 
MorphoSys intends to apply the technology in its own programs as 
well as within existing and new partnerships.

proprie tary de velopment – ne w proGr am aGainSt   

druG - reSiStant mrSa inFec tionS
MorphoSys’s proprietary drug development remains focused on the 
indications cancer and inflammatory diseases. However, in Sep-
tember 2010, MorphoSys announced an additional proprietary devel-
opment program against novel infectious disease targets. As part  
of this initiative, MorphoSys has signed a license and collaboration 
agreement with UK-based Absynth Biologics, providing access to 

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novel target molecules associated with Staphylococcus aureus infec-
tions including MRSA* (methicillin-resistant S. aureus). MorphoSys 
will generate antibodies which Absynth will test in relevant disease 
models. MorphoSys is solely responsible for the development and 
partnering of the resulting compounds. Absynth has received an up-
front payment and is eligible for development-dependent milestone 
payments and royalties.

Absynth’s genomics-based approach allows identification of previ-
ously overlooked targets, such as bacterial components which are cru-
cial to the organism, conserved across different bacterial strains  
and accessible for antibodies. Absynth has demonstrated that mono-
clonal antibodies against the targets in-licensed by MorphoSys in-
hibit the growth of S. aureus and recruit the human immune system 
to eliminate bacteria. Absynth has filed patent applications on all 
targets involved in the collaboration.

MorphoSys’s goal is to create a valuable package of proprietary tar-
gets together with high-affinity antibodies, supported by compelling 
data, which will allow the Company to partner the program for  
subsequent development. The targets identified by Absynth provide 
a unique opportunity to generate value rather quickly and create 
out-licensing opportunities much earlier than in the areas of cancer 
and inflammation.

aBd Serotec – e XcluSive produc tS in Ke y are aS
In 2010, AbD Serotec continued to expand its customer relationships 
in key focus areas and signed a number of exclusive license agree-
ments covering key products in their offering. In the diagnostics mar-
ket, AbD Serotec secured an exclusive worldwide license to a key 
diagnostic antibody from University College London. The antibody, 
targeting the parathyroid hormone (PTH), forms the basis of an 
existing relationship between AbD Serotec and a leading diagnostic 
company which markets clinical parathyroid hormone assays. PTH 
is the most important regulator of calcium levels in the human body. 
Measurement of PTH is important in determining the cause of ex-
cessively high or low calcium levels and is a valuable diagnostic tool 
during parathyroid surgery.

On the research side of the business, in September 2010, AbD Serotec 
secured an exclusive worldwide manufacturing license to key re-
search antibodies from VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. 
The deal strengthened AbD Serotec’s position as the primary source 
of reagents for studying the innate immune system. In November 
2010, AbD Serotec secured a similar license agreement with the In-
stitute of Cancer Research, London, strengthening its position as 
source of core reagents to study cell proliferation and cell kinetics.

Se e   
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Sustainability and Corporate Social  
Responsibility

Besides their financial merits, the business activities at MorphoSys 
are measured by their impact on the environment and society.  
While the Company is always acting towards maximising its share-
holders’ value, it also keeps in mind the principles of a sustainable 
corporate development.

MorphoSys aims at improving the treatment of life-threatening  
diseases with the aid of its proprietary technologies as well as own 
and partnered development activities. The demand for innovative 
therapeutics to improve patients’ quality of life is constantly increas-
ing and this in turn allows the Company to expand its business.  
Although novel drugs such as therapeutic antibodies are still expen-
sive medical products today, they have the potential to lower total 
healthcare costs in the long run, an important factor in meeting the 
healthcare needs of an aging population. 

With regard to the development process of antibodies, MorphoSys’s 
fully in-vitro-based technologies represent a genuine, fast and cost-
effective alternative to animal-based methods.

Each year, the Company’s staff supports local charitable nonprofit  
organizations with private donations. In 2010, MorphoSys’s employees 
donated € 1,065 to the Mukoviszidose e.V.

Qualit y manaGement
All pharmaceutical products, including clinical trial materials, must 
be manufactured in compliance with established quality standards 
to ensure the safety of patients. MorphoSys has a continuously im-
proving quality management system in place, not only in order to 
comply with regulatory requirements but also to guarantee a con-
stantly high quality of investigational medicinal products used 
within MorphoSys’s own development programs. MorphoSys is a 
sponsor of clinical trials in humans and holds a manufacturing  
license for the release of clinical trial material, which requires ad-
herence to international and national regulatory standards such  
as cGMP* (current Good Manufacturing Practice) and GCP* (Good 
Clinical Practice).

AbD Serotec’s manufacturing site in the UK, MorphoSys UK Ltd., 
Oxford, is accredited to the quality management standard ISO 
(International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2008 and  
ISO 13485:2003. The US site of AbD Serotec in Raleigh is also 
accredited to ISO 9000:2008. 

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procurement
MorphoSys’s research activities and antibody material production 
require raw materials, mostly standard laboratory material, and 
equipment from external suppliers. Adequate stock prevents delivery 
bottlenecks and eliminates the Company’s dependence on certain 
suppliers. The procurement department at MorphoSys continuously 
monitors the international markets with regard to safe, high-qual-
ity materials at favorable conditions and pools its supplies wherever 
applicable. Preferred contracts for strategic materials are medium 
and long-term in order to avoid a wide price spread. Thanks to this 
precaution, MorphoSys has not experienced any difficulties to date 
regarding the procurement process.

environmental protec tion
Environmental protection, high quality and safety standards are  
key values for MorphoSys. The Company is continuously striving to 
improve its operational efficiency in this regard, by implementing 
energy-saving measures, reviewing the waste disposal system and 
reducing the volume of raw materials used in the production pro-
cess, for example.

MorphoSys is not subject to direct rules other than regulation gener-
ally applicable to businesses of its kind, including laws and guide-
lines applicable to environmental matters, such as the handling and 
disposal of hazardous waste. The Company’s research and develop-
ment activities involve only small amounts of hazardous materials 
and chemicals, and their application and disposal is continuously 
monitored and evaluated.

Furthermore, MorphoSys is exploiting measures to reduce its green-
house gas emissions in the interest of the environment, although  
the biotechnology industry per se is not a carbon-intensive sector. 
MorphoSys’s business unit AbD Serotec has agreed on a carbon- 
offsetting scheme regarding its product shipments with its courier 
services partner. For each product shipment, the carbon footprint  
is calculated and corresponding carbon offsets are purchased from 
ClimateCare on AbD Serotec’s behalf. Those carbon offsets are rein-
vested by ClimateCare in projects related to reforestation, renewable 
energy and energy efficiency projects.

In 2010, MorphoSys again participated in the Carbon Disclosure 
Project to inform investors of its greenhouse gas emissions and cli-
mate change strategies.

he alth and SaFe t y ac tivitieS
Quality at MorphoSys also includes safety and health aspects of the 
Company’s working environment, which is particularly essential  
for the research and development department. All R&D employees 
receive an initial medical checkup, which is repeated every three 
years. In addition, they have the opportunity to be vaccinated against 
hepatitis A and B. All employees are offered regular eye examina-
tions.

Results of Operations, Financial  
Situation, Assets and Liabilities

re venueS
Compared to the same period in the previous year, Group revenues 
increased by 7 % to € 87.0 million (2009: € 81.0 million). This in-
crease is due to a combination of higher levels of funded research 
and licensing fees in the Partnered Discovery segment as well as 
revenues from funded research in the Proprietary Development seg-
ment. A further increase in revenues derived from stronger sales in 
the AbD Serotec segment. Revenues arising from the Partnered Dis-
covery and Proprietary Development segments accounted for 78 %  
or € 68.0 million (2009: 77 % or € 62.7 million) of total segment reve-
nues, while the AbD Serotec segment generated 23 % or € 20.2 mil-
lion of the total segment revenues (2009: 24 % or € 19.3 million).

Geographically, 19 % or € 16.5 million of MorphoSys’s commercial 
revenues were generated with biotechnology and pharmaceutical 
companies and non-profit organizations located in North America 
and 81 % or € 70.5 million with companies located in Europe and 
Asia. This compares to 18 % and 82 %, respectively, in the same period 
of the prior year.

par tnered diSc overy and proprie tary de velopment SeGmentS
Segment revenues arising from the Partnered Discovery segment 
comprised € 57.2 million in funded research and licensing fees (2009: 
€ 48.6 million) plus € 9.1 million in success-based payments (2009: 
€ 13.1 million), representing 13 % of total Partnered Discovery and 
Proprietary Development revenues. Segment revenues arising  
from the Proprietary Development segment included € 1.8 million in 
funded research (2009: € 1.0 million). Approximately 87 % of Part-
nered Discovery and Proprietary Development revenues and 68 % of 
total revenues arose from the Company’s three largest alliances 
with Novartis, Daiichi Sankyo and Pfizer (2009: Novartis, Daiichi 
Sankyo and Merck & Co., 84 % and 65 %, respectively).

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Assuming constant foreign exchange rates at the average rate of 
2009, segment revenues in the Partnered Discovery and Proprietary 
Development segments would have remained unchanged.

aBd Serotec SeGment
Compared to the same period of the previous year, AbD Serotec seg-
ment’s revenues increased by 5 %, or € 0.9 million, to € 20.2 million 
in 2010 (2009: € 19.3 million). Assuming constant foreign exchange 
rates at the average rate of 2009, revenues in the AbD Serotec seg-
ment would have amounted to € 19.6 million.

As of December 31, 2010, orders in the amount of € 0.7 million were 
classified as back orders in the segment (2009: € 0.5 million).

oper atinG e XpenSeS
Total operating expenses in 2010 increased by approximately 11 % 
over the previous year to € 77.4 million (2009: € 69.6 million). The 
change in operating expenses of € 7.8 million was due to research 
and development (R&D) expenses increasing by 20 % or € 7.9 million 
and COGS increasing from € 6.7 million to € 7.3 million while sales, 
general and administrative (S, G&A) expenses decreased by 3 % to 
€ 23.2 million. Total purchase price allocation (PPA) effects on oper-
ating profit amounted to € 0.8 million (2009: € 0.5 million).

Operating expenses increased by 7 % to € 23.6 million (2009: € 22.1 
million) in the Partnered Discovery segment and by 37 % to € 26.5 mil-
lion (2009: € 19.3 million) in the Proprietary Development segment. 
In the AbD Serotec segment, operating expenses increased by 3 % to 
€ 18.9 million (2009: € 18.4 million) and would have amounted to 
€ 18.4 million under the assumption of constant foreign exchange 
rates at the average rate of 2009.

Stock-based compensation expenses are embedded in COGS, S, G&A 
and R&D expense amounts. Stock-based compensation in 2010 
amounted to € 2.1 million (2009: € 1.7 million) and is a non-cash 
charge.

c oSt oF GoodS Sold
COGS is composed of the AbD Serotec segment’s cost of goods sold 
in 2010 and, compared to the same period of the prior year, increased 
by 9 % from € 6.7 million to € 7.3 million, which was due to an in-
crease in personnel-related costs and material costs as well as foreign 
exchange effects.

reSe arch and de ve lopment e Xpe nSeS
In 2010, expenses for research and development increased by € 7.9 
million to € 46.9 million (2009: € 39.0 million). This was mainly due 
to higher personnel costs (2010: € 17.9 million; 2009: € 14.8 million), 

increased costs for external lab funding (2010: € 13.3 million; 2009: 
€ 10.5 million), as well as higher material costs (2010: € 4.0 million; 
2009: € 2.3 million). In 2010, the Company incurred costs for propri-
etary product development (including allocations for segment pur-
poses) in the amount of € 26.5 million (2009: € 19.3 million). Costs for 
technology development amounted to € 2.1 million (2009: € 0.7 mil-
lion) and were partly allocated to proprietary product development, 
but mainly accounted for in the Partnered Discovery segment.

SaleS , Gener al and adminiStr ative e XpenSeS
Compared to the same period of the previous year, sales, general 
and administrative expenses slightly decreased by 3 % or € 0.7 mil-
lion to € 23.2 million (2009: € 23.9 million).

other oper atinG inc ome
Other operating income increased by € 0.1 million to € 0.2 million in 
2010 and comprised grant income from governmental agencies.

non - oper atinG itemS
In 2010, non-operating items included mainly finance income of € 4.1 
million (2009: € 2.0 million), other expense of € 1.2 million (2009: 
€ 0.7 million) and other income of € 0.5 million (2009: € 0.4 million). 
Finance income mainly comprised realized gains from marketable 
securities.

ta XeS
In 2010, the Company reported income tax expense in the amount  
of € 4.0 million. This line item mainly included current tax expense 
from Group entities.

oper atinG proFit/ne t proFit
Group operating profit in 2010 amounted to € 9.8 million (2009: 
€ 11.4 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted 
to € 13.1 million, compared to an EBIT of € 12.8 million in the pre-
vious year. The Partnered Discovery and Proprietary Development 
segments showed an operating profit of € 42.7 million (2009: € 39.6 
million) and an operating loss of € 24.5 million (2009: operating loss 
of € 18.3 million), respectively. In the AbD Serotec segment, operat-
ing profit increased to € 1.2 million (2009: € 1.0 million) and would 
have remained unchanged under the assumption of constant foreign 
exchange rates using foreign exchange rates of the previous year.

A net profit after taxes of € 9.2 million was achieved in 2010, com-
pared to a net profit after taxes of € 9.0 million in the same period  
of the prior year. The resulting basic net profit per share for 2010 
amounted to € 0.41 (2009: € 0.40).

Antibodies with Enhanced Effector Function
Therapeutic antibodies can be optimized in order to elicit 
an increased immune response through antibody-depen-
dent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, or ADCC for short. This 
process represents a key mechanism in the destruction 
of cancer cells. Small modifications to the antibody’s Fc 
region can result in a much higher tumor cell-killing po-
tency as compared to standard cancer antibodies.

In June 2010, MorphoSys AG and US-based biopharmaceu-
tical company Xencor signed a worldwide exclusive license 
and collaboration agreement for the antibody MOR208. 
The antibody is currently being evaluated in a phase 1 trial 
in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the USA.

B-cell malignancies afflict more than 150,000 patients in the seven major markets each year. MOR208 
has been engineered to possess significantly enhanced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. 
Its target molecule CD19 is expressed more broadly and earlier in B-cell development than CD20, the 
target of the blockbuster cancer drug Rituxan.

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liQuidit y/caSh FlowS
Net cash inflow from operations in 2010 amounted to € 2.5 million 
(2009: cash outflow of € 1.0 million). Investing activities resulted in 
a cash outflow of € 2.0 million (2009: cash inflow of € 0.6 million), 
whereas financing activities resulted in a cash inflow of € 2.3 million 
(2009: cash inflow of € 1.4 million).

As of December 31, 2010, the Company held € 108.4 million in cash, 
cash equivalents and available-for-sale financial assets, compared to 
a year-end 2009 balance of € 135.1 million.

aS Se tS
Total assets increased by € 6.5 million to € 212.6 million as of De-
cember 31, 2010, compared to € 206.1 million as of December 31, 
2009. Current assets decreased by € 23.1 million, mainly as a result 
of a decrease in marketable securities in the amount of € 29.6 mil-
lion which were sold for the financing of the acquisition of Sloning 
BioTechnology GmbH in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the in- 
licensing of a compound from Xencor in the second quarter of 2010. 
The decrease in marketable securities was partly offset by an in-
crease in accounts receivable by € 3.9 million and an increase in 
cash and cash equivalents by € 2.9 million.

Compared to December 31, 2009, non-current assets increased by 
€ 29.5 million, mainly as a consequence of the acquisition of Sloning 
and the in-licensing of a compound from Xencor (intangible assets 
under development). The increase in patents by € 9.5 million is mainly 
impacted by technology capitalized in connection with the purchase 
price allocation according to IFRS 3 for the Sloning acquisition. The 
purchase price allocation for Sloning also resulted in additional 
goodwill in the amount of € 7.4 million. The capitalization of a de-
ferred tax asset on tax loss carry-forwards of Sloning increased 
this line item by € 2.7 million.

liaBilitieS
In 2010, current liabilities decreased from € 24.3 million as of De-
cember 31, 2009, to € 21.4 million as of December 31, 2010, arising 
mainly from a decrease in current deferred revenue in the amount  
of € 5.4 million. This decrease was partly offset by an increase in ac-
counts payable by € 1.5 million and an increase in provisions by 
€ 1.0 million mainly due to tax liabilities.

Non-current liabilities decreased by € 2.6 million to € 5.3 million in 
2010, mainly impacted by a decrease in non-current deferred reve-
nue of € 4.9 million resulting from the reclassification of long-term 
deferred revenue to short-term deferred revenue in 2010. This effect 

was partly offset by an increase in deferred tax liabilities by € 2.2 
million, mainly a consequence of assets identified in the purchase 
price allocation for Sloning.

eQuit y
Total stockholders’ equity amounted to € 185.9 million as of Decem-
ber 31, 2010, compared to € 173.9 million as of December 31, 2009 
and mainly increased due to the net profit in the amount of € 9.2 mil-
lion generated in 2010, stock-based compensation of € 2.2 million 
and the exercise of options and convertible bonds amounting to € 2.6 
million. These effects were partly offset by movements in reserves  
of € 2.2 million.

As of December 31, 2010, the total number of shares issued amounted 
to 22,890,252 of which 22,810,356 were outstanding, compared to 
22,660,557 and 22,580,661 as of December 31, 2009, respectively.

The increase of 229,695 shares outstanding arose from exercised  
options and convertible bonds issued to both the Management Board 
and employees.

capital e Xpenditure
MorphoSys’s investment in property, plant and equipment focused 
mainly on lab equipment and amounted to € 2.3 million in 2010, com-
pared to € 2.6 million in the same period of the prior year. Deprecia-
tion of property, plant and equipment in 2010 accounted for € 2.1 mil-
lion compared to € 1.6 million in 2009.

In 2010, the Company invested € 11.5 million in intangible assets 
(2009: € 1.2 million). This investment mainly included the in-licensing 
of a compound from Xencor. Amortization of intangibles amounted  
to € 4.0 million in 2010 and slightly increased in comparison to the 
prior year (2009: € 3.8 million).

credit r atinG
MorphoSys is currently not rated by any rating agencies.

Comparison of the Actual Business  
Results with Forecasts

2010 again has been a very successful business year for MorphoSys. 
Although the business environment remained challenging, the Com-
pany managed to continue along its promising path of becoming one 
of the world’s leading antibody developers.

 
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2010 goals

2010 Achievements

Financials

Group revenues of € 91– 94 million  
(increased in December from initially € 89 – 93 million)

Operating profit of € 13 –16 million  
(increased in December from initially € 5 – 9 million)

Group revenues of € 87.0 million* 

Operating profit of € 9.8 million* 

Proprietary R&D

Complement current team 

Ongoing recruitment of RA patients for  
phase 1b/2a study with MOR103

Expand pipeline to up to 10 proprietary programs,  
including co-development opportunities

Partnered Pipeline

4 – 6 partnered INDs

Clinical data from ongoing phase 2 trials 

Clinical Pipeline 

Further expansion of clinical pipeline 

AbD Serotec

Further penetration of diagnostics market 

Team fully recruited. Results of proprietary R&D activities become 
increasingly evident

Recruitment of RA patients ongoing – Final data expected  
in H1 2012

Pipeline now comprises 10 proprietary programs, including  
2 co-development programs with Novartis

8 partnered INDs, each triggering milestone payments, 
have been achieved

Number of partnered clinical programs in phase 2 increased to  
5 programs, up from 3 at the end of 2009; no clinical phase 2 
data were reported thus far

The number of programs in clinical studies has more than doubled, 
from 8 programs in 2009 to 17 programs in 2010

AbD Serotec has collaborations with more than 20 diagnostic 
companies ongoing

Segment revenues of € 21– 22 million

Segment revenues of € 20.2 million

Profit margin of 5 – 8 % 

Profit margin of 6 %

*  The deviation from guidance issued by the Company on December 10, 2010 (revenues of € 91– 94 million and operating profit of € 13 –16 million) is related to the final accounting treatment  

of the Pfizer deal signed in December 2010. This accounting treatment has no impact on the overall economics of the agreement with Pfizer, or on any cash flows arising from the deal.

The Management’s General  
Assessment of Business Performance

The Management Board again sees a solid performance of MorphoSys 
in 2010. The majority of the Company goals have been met, with all 
business segments contributing to this positive development. Group 
revenues remained slightly under initial expectations, as a result  
of new commercial agreements having a lower impact on revenues 
than had been expected.

The highest value was generated by the Company’s Partnered Dis-
covery segment. Based on the positive financial performance of this 
business segment, MorphoSys continued to invest in its proprietary 
drug development activities, with an increase of R&D spend of 37 % 

over 2009. The efforts of the two therapeutic segments resulted in  
a doubling number of active clinical programs, significantly enhanc-
ing the Company’s value. Nevertheless, despite increased invest-
ments in proprietary development, the Company showed solid oper-
ating profits, above initial expectations.

MorphoSys’s product pipeline continued to grow and mature. With 
eight partnered INDs, even the Company’s initial expectations of four 
to six programs for 2010 have been exceeded and the proprietary 
programs, including two programs in clinical trials, evolve success-
fully. Especially the in-licensing of the anti-CD19 antibody from 
Xencor, now MOR208, further strengthened MorphoSys’s proprietary 
clinical pipeline. For MOR202, a clinical trial application was filed 
in Q4 of 2010, and clinical trials are expected to commence during 
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AbD Serotec did not fully meet its growth expectations due to a chal-
lenging market environment. Especially in Europe, the economic 
crisis influenced customer demand. The segment continued its ex-
pansion into the diagnostic sector, with several feasibility studies 
ongoing. In 2011, the first diagnostic kit with a HuCAL antibody is 
expected to enter the market.

In total, the MorphoSys Group continued to show top-line growth of 
7 % and remained profitable with an operating profit of € 9.8 million, 
despite significantly increased investment into proprietary R&D.

Corporate Governance Report

To the MorphoSys Group, corporate governance builds the frame-
work for the management and supervision of a company, including 
its organization, commercial principles and regulatory and moni-
toring measures. The internal guidelines at MorphoSys are aligned 
with the German Corporate Governance Code, which contains inter-
nationally recognized standards for good and responsible governance. 
The aim of such transparent and coherent management principles  
is to strengthen the confidence of the financial markets, business 
partners, employees and the public in the Company.

In order to guarantee good corporate governance, open and com-
prehensive communication on a regular basis is a guiding principle 
for the Management and Supervisory Boards of MorphoSys AG.  
The underlying two-tier system required by the German Stock Cor-
poration Act explicitly differentiates between management and  
supervision. The responsibilities of both boards are clearly defined 
by law, by the Articles of Association and the rules of procedure. 
MorphoSys AG’s boards work together closely and act and decide in 
the best interest of the Company; their dedicated goal is to sustain-
ably increase the Company’s value.

internal c ontrol S

introduc tion
MorphoSys updated its documentation regarding the internal con-
trol system that was established and used over the years for main-
taining adequate internal control over financial reporting. In accor-
dance with sec. 289 (5) and sec. 315 (2), para. 5 of the HGB (German 
Commercial Code), MorphoSys described the key characteristics of 
its accounting-related internal control system that ensures that all 
controls are in place to be able to report the financial figures as 
precisely as possible. These internal controls over financial reporting 
are documented and structured based on the most commonly used 
COSO framework (“Internal Control – Integrated Framework”) as de-
fined by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission (COSO).

Due to its inherent limitations, internal control over financial report-
ing may not prevent or detect misstatements and can only provide 
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting 
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes,  
in accordance with IFRS* (International Financial Reporting Stan-
dards) as adopted by the European Union. 

Also, projections relating to future periods are not part of the inter-
nal control system.

deScrip tion oF the internal c ontrol SyStem at morphoSyS
Internal control over financial reporting, i.e. control activities per-
formed in the financial statement close process, is part of the  
Company-wide internal control system. The control environment 
comprises the following elements:
   General policies and guidelines applicable to all employees 
as well as 
   Processes that include controls for reporting adequate figures in 
the financial statements. 

decl ar ation aBout c orp or ate manaGe ment in ac c ordance 

with Sec. 289a hGB For the 2010 BuSineS S ye ar
A description of the principles of corporate management and the Dec-
laration of Conformity pursuant to sec. 161 of the German Stock  
Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz – AktG) can be found on MorphoSys’s 
corporate website*.

riSK aS SeS Sment
MorphoSys regards risk management as an activity directed towards 
identifying, evaluating and mitigating risks (to an acceptable level) 
as well as monitoring identified risks. Risk management entails or-
ganized activity to manage uncertainty and threats and involves 
people following procedures and using tools in order to ensure con-
formance with the risk management policy. 

more inFormation at 
w w w.morpho SyS .c om

Se e   
Glo S Sary p. 98

MorphoSys has a risk identification and evaluation process in place 
encompassing all business risks, in particular those which may put 
the existence of the Company at risk.

inFormation and c ommunication
MorphoSys uses ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to 
make information available for processes and internal control pro-
cedures and for reporting purposes. Furthermore, regular commu-
nication takes place between the finance teams, local entities and  
finance headquarters.

Considering the relevance of its information systems, MorphoSys has 
IT policies in place, governing the use of information technology  
and communication media in order to reduce any outside risk. Fur-
thermore, a communication policy is in place which defines classifi-
cation for the distribution of internal documents to make sure that 
any information is distributed to an adequate audience. Wherever 
applicable, parameters of applications and systems are set in such a 
way that the security of information is enhanced.

c ontrol ac tivitieS
MorphoSys has implemented control activities in all of its processes, 
wherever there is an unmitigated risk of (unwarranted or intentional) 
errors and misstatements. The head of each functional department  
is responsible for the application of the respective controls in her/his 
area of responsibility.

Control activities at MorphoSys – including the internal control over 
financial reporting in the narrower sense – are based on the following 
general principles:
   Control activities are based on policies and procedures, including 
a general “presentation and signature policy” which is applicable 
to all processes and governs authorization and approval levels. 
   Documentation of transactions is required, where applicable. 
   Segregation of duties (four eyes principle) is implemented where 
applicable, e.g. between the purchasing and finance departments. 
   Information systems are secured by access controls at various 
levels. 

Control activities include both controls before the fact, which are  
designed to avoid errors and misstatements, as well as controls being 
performed after the fact, which are designed to detect errors.

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monitorinG
MorphoSys tested the compliance with its internal controls with the 
assistance of an external consultant in 2010. The results have been 
discussed within the Management Board and will be presented to the 
Supervisory Board.

direc torS’ holdinGS
The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board 
own more than 1 % of the shares issued by the Company. For the  
disclosure of Company stocks held or financial instruments relating 
to them, please refer to section 28* (Related Parties) of the Notes 
to the Consolidated Financial Statements. This list details all stocks, 
stock options and convertible bonds held by each member of the 
Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

direc torS’ de alinGS
Under the German Securities Trading Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz 
– WpHG), the members of MorphoSys AG’s Management Board and 
Supervisory Board and persons who have a “close relationship” with 
such members are obligated to disclose any trading in MorphoSys 
stock.

In the reporting year, we received the following notifications pursu-
ant to sec. 15a of the WpHG. Each sale of shares listed below was 
preceded directly by the exercise of stock options to purchase an 
identical number of shares. 

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Sales of the stock options were in conjunction with the scheduled 
expiration of these bonds in 2010 and 2011.

Member of the  
Management Board

Function

Date of Trans-
action in 2010

Type of  

Transaction

number of 
Stocks/ 
Derivatives

Average Share 
Price in €

Transaction 
volume in €*

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Marlies Sproll

Dr. Marlies Sproll

Dr. Marlies Sproll

*  Differences due to rounding 
** Strike price of stock options

CDO

CDO

CEO

CFO

CSO

CSO

CSO

January 26

March 26

July 08

July 09

December 13

December 13

December 14

Purchase

Purchase

Sale

Sale

Purchase

Sale

Sale

500

500

108,000

7,305

3,000

58,569

13,431

17.00

16.375

14.30

15.19

14.71**

17.81

17.26

8,500.00

8,187.50

1,544,400.00

110,962.95

44,130.00

1,043,113.89

231,819.06

pre ventinG c onFlic tS oF intereSt
Members of both boards are obliged to avoid any actions that could 
cause conflicts of interest with their functions at MorphoSys AG. Such 
transactions or ancillary activities of the Management Board have to 
be immediately reported to and approved by the Supervisory Board. 
The Supervisory Board in turn shall inform the Annual Shareholders’ 
Meeting of any conflicts of interest which have occurred along with 
their solutions. In 2010, Dr. Gerald Möller disclosed his conflict of 
interest in connection with the negotiations with Sloning BioTech-
nology GmbH. Dr. Möller is investment advisor at HBM Partners, one 
of the major investors in Sloning BioTechnology GmbH. Dr. Möller 
did not participate in any of the Supervisory Board’s discussions re-
garding the acquisition.

annual Gener al mee tinG
The Annual General Meeting took place in Munich on May 21, 2010. 
Approximately 35 % of total voting stock was represented at the 
meeting, a decrease compared to the attendance in 2009 (approxi-
mately 46 %). MorphoSys assisted the shareholders in the use of 
proxies and arranged the appointment of a representative to exercise 
shareholders’ voting rights in accordance with instructions. This 
representative was also available until the end of the general debate 
of the Annual General Meeting. MorphoSys’s shareholders approved 
all management proposals put to vote at the meeting. MorphoSys pro-
vided an online webcast of the Management Board’s presentation 
and published all documents in a timely manner on the Company’s 
website*.

riSK manaGement
The Management Board ensures responsible risk handling at all 
times and keeps the Supervisory Board informed about existing risks 
and their development. This part of corporate governance includes 
an appropriate risk management and risk control system in the Com-
pany. Detailed information about the opportunities and risks* at 
MorphoSys can be found on page 36 et seqq. of this report. The sys-
tematic risk management activities, performed as part of the Com-
pany’s value-based management approach, identify and assess risks 
at an early stage and minimize risk exposure. As conditions change, 
the Company’s risk management system is developed further.

c orp or ate c ommunicationS and inveStor rel ationS
Transparency and an open dialog are important principles for  
MorphoSys’s communication policy. The Company strictly adheres 
to the concept that no shareholder receives preferential informa-
tion. Therefore, all communication activities are aimed at providing 
shareholders with the same level of information at the same time.

A decisive part of MorphoSys’s relations with its investors are fre-
quent meetings with analysts and institutional investors at road 
shows and in one-on-one discussions. Conference calls accompany 
the publication of the quarterly figures to enable immediate que-
ries on the development of the Company for analysts and investors. 
In 2010, MorphoSys hosted for the first time a R&D day in London 
and New York to provide an extensive update on its partnered pipe-
line, proprietary portfolio and recent technology developments.

more inFormation at 
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remune r ation rep or t 
The Remuneration Report reflects the applicable provisions of the 
laws relating to the disclosure of the remuneration of the Manage-
ment Board members and the respective principles of the German 
Corporate Governance Code.

remune r ation oF the manaGement Board

Gener al
The aggregate annual compensation paid to Management Board mem-
bers consists of several components. These include a fixed compen-
sation, a yearly cash bonus based on the achievement of company and 
individual goals, a medium- and long-term incentive component  
and additional benefits. Each year, the structure and appropriateness 
of the aggregate annual compensation packages are reviewed by  
the Remuneration & Nomination Committee. The amount of compen-
sation payable to the Management Board members is dependent in 
particular on the achievement of the duties and goals of the individual 
Management Board member, and on the business situation, success 
and prospects of the Company relative to its competitive environment. 
The aggregate annual compensation packages are compared to the 
outcome of a comparative international industry study carried out 
in 2010 by an internationally acclaimed consultancy firm on the  
specific instructions of the Supervisory Board. Other available inter-
national benchmark sources are also taken into consideration.  
The adjustments to the aggregate annual compensation packages 
are adopted by the plenum of the Supervisory Board. The last occa-
sion on which the salaries of the Management Board members were 
adjusted was in July 2010.

The Company’s presentations at on-site events are accessible for any 
interested party on the corporate website. Video and audio recordings 
of key events can be replayed on the website at any time and tran-
scripts of the conference calls are provided in English and German.

MorphoSys’s financial calendar lists the dates of all regular financial 
publications and the next Annual General Meeting well in advance. 
MorphoSys’s boards attach great importance to transparent and 
timely information for all shareholders. Hence, MorphoSys even ex-
ceeds the requirements of the German Corporate Governance Code 
by reporting its year-end results within 60 days and the quarterly 
results within 30 days of the end of the respective reporting periods.

diverSit y
Diversity and its conscious promotion with the aim of enhancing a 
company’s success is becoming more and more critical in today’s 
global business environment. The stakeholders’s individuality is a 
valuable asset for MorphoSys. To limit opportunity based on gender, 
race, age, lifestyle or political affiliation would limit MorphoSys’s 
potential achievements as a company. Having a broad mix of people 
helps to understand different perspectives, to be open to others’ 
ideas and promotes a high level of mutual respect within the Company.

In 2010, the German Corporate Governance Code recommended that 
the Supervisory Board should specify concrete objectives regarding 
its composition which also take into account diversity aspects, in par-
ticular according adequate importance to the inclusion of women. 
Since there were no elections to MorphoSys’s Supervisory Board at 
the time of the introduction of this recommendation, the Supervi-
sory Board will address this issue in 2011 (see the Declaration of 
Compliance on our corporate website*)

Financial Statement audit By KpmG
MorphoSys prepares its consolidated financial statements and quar-
terly financial statements in accordance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS). MorphoSys AG’s financial statements 
are prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB). 
The Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board proposes the selec-
tion of the Company’s external auditor. At the Annual General Meet-
ing, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft was appointed as 
auditor for the 2010 fiscal year. In order to ensure the auditor’s auton-
omy, the Audit Committee obtained a declaration of independence 
from the auditor.

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overvie w
In the 2010 fiscal year, the total cash remuneration paid to the mem-
bers of the Management Board amounted to € 2,216,976 (previous 
year: € 2,081,756). The table below shows a detailed breakdown of 
the compensation paid to the members of the Management Board:  

in € 

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

Fixed Compensation

variable Compensation Other Compensatory Benefits

Total Compensation

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

368,498 

259,157 

231,000 

249,623 

356,011 

250,375 

220,000 

241,164 

208,570 

152,902 

132,594 

146,778 

192,246 

135,203 

118,800 

130,229 

130,1781 

156,6392 

90,1583 

90,8794 

124,198 

141,055 

84,513 

87,963 

707,246 

568,698 

453,752 

487,280 

672,455 

526,633 

423,313 

459,356 

ToTal

1,108,278 

1,067,550 

640,844 

576,478 

467,854

437,728 

2,216,976 

2,081,756 

1 Includes € 103,844 annual contributions to private pension fund and allowances for insurances (prior year: € 101,555)
2 Includes € 74,605 annual contributions to private pension fund and allowances for insurances (prior year: € 72,743)
3 Includes € 68,837 annual contributions to private pension fund and allowances for insurances (prior year: € 66,753)
4 Includes € 72,371 annual contributions to private pension fund and allowances for insurances (prior year: € 70,695)

non - perFormance - rel ated c ompe nSation
The non-performance-related compensation consists of the fixed com-
pensation and additional benefits which primarily encompass the 
use of company cars, allowances for health, social care and invalidity 
insurances as well as special allowances and benefits received for 
working outside of the home country. Furthermore, all members of 
the Management Board participate in private pension funds or an-
other form of pension schemes (“Altersversorgung”). MorphoSys pays 
the monthly contribution to these funds or other kind of pension 
scheme. These payments amount to a maximum of 10 % of the annual 
fixed salary of each Management Board member plus tax contribu-
tion and are included in the non-performance-related compensation. 
In addition, all Management Board members participate in a pen-
sion scheme which was established in cooperation with Allianz Pen-
sions-Management e.V. Allianz Pensions-Management e.V. serves  
as a so-called “Unterstützungskasse”, which means pension commit-
ments have to be fulfilled by Allianz Pensions-Management e.V.

perFormance - rel ate d c ompenSation
Each Management Board member is eligible to receive performance-
related compensation in the form of an annual cash bonus payment. 
Such bonus payments are dependent on the achievement of Company-
related and individual goals, which are determined by the Supervi-
sory Board at the beginning of each fiscal year. The Company-related 
goals account for up to two thirds of the payment and are based on 
the operating performance of the Company as measured by revenues 

and net income, progress in the proprietary pipeline and other mea-
sures including performance of the Company’s stock, or the comple-
tion and/or extension of important collaborations. Individual goals 
account for up to one third of the payment and comprise operational 
objectives which the Management Board member is responsible for 
fulfilling. At the end of the year, the Supervisory Board evaluates the 
level of attainment of the Company and the individual goals and sets 
the bonus payment accordingly. The bonus for the 2010 fiscal year will 
be paid out in March 2011.

lonG -term incentivizinG c ompenSation
The long-term performance-related remuneration consists of con-
vertible bonds and stock options pursuant to the respective incen-
tive plans as resolved by the Annual General Meeting. 

The current employee convertible bond programs provide for the issu-
ance of non-interest-bearing convertible bonds with a par/nominal 
value of € 0.33 each to employees and to the Management Board mem-
bers. The beneficiaries may only exercise the conversion rights fol-
lowing the expiration of a waiting period of four years after the grant 
date. Each convertible bond with a nominal value of € 0.33 can be  
exchanged for one share of ordinary no-par value common stock of 
the Company against payment of the exchange price. Furthermore, 
exercising of the convertible bonds is subject to the performance tar-
get that the value of the underlying stock should have exceeded 
the stock price at the time of the grant by at least 10 % on any one 
trading day before the exercise.

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In 2011, MorphoSys plans to switch to a long-term incentive pro-
gram based on the issuance of performance shares. The respective 
underlying shares will be bought back by the Company from the 
stock market, based on the resolution of the 2010 Annual Share-
holders’ Meeting. Under the new long-term incentive plan each 
member of the Management Board will be allocated a certain num-
ber of stocks on an annual basis. Such stocks are subject to a four-
year lock-up period. After the lapse of the lock-up period, the allocated 
stocks will finally be granted to the relevant member of the Manage-
ment Board subject to his/her achievement of predefined success cri-
teria and therewith become exercisable.

For a more detailed description of the various stock option and con-
vertible bond programs currently in operation, see sections 17 and 
18* of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Supervisory Board decides each year on the number of stock  
options or convertible bonds to be allocated to the Management Board 
members. According to Company policy covering equity-based com-
pensation programs, stock options or convertible bonds may only be 
issued on two preset dates each year. In 2010, 157,800 convertible 
bonds were granted to members of the Management Board. The value 
of convertible bonds granted to members of the Management Board 
attributable to the 2010 fiscal year totaled € 1,050,948 (2009: granting 
of 244,200 stock options and 90,000 convertible bonds with a total 
value of € 1,420,109). For further details see also Employee Convert-
ible Bond Program in section 17* of the Notes to the Consolidated 
Financial Statements. 

In 2010, members of the Management Board purchased MorphoSys 
shares and exercised stock options, which were subsequently partly 
sold. All transactions were reported in accordance with legal require-
ments and published on the Company’s website*.

varia
No credit, loan or similar benefits were granted to members of the 
Management Board. In the year under review, the Management 
Board members received no benefits from third parties that were 
either promised or granted in view of their position as a member  
of the Management Board.

ac t on the appropriateneS S oF manaGement Board   

remuner ation
In order to ensure the conformity of Management Board compensa-
tion with the Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Re-
muneration (“Gesetz zur Angemessenheit der Vorstandsvergütung” 
– VorstAG), the Supervisory Board conducted a detailed review of the 
compensation system for the Management Board members in 2009 
and 2010. This review included the commissioning of a comparative 
study by an independent recognized consultant as well as discus-
sions with external consultants and was completed in 2010. Follow-
ing the review some amendments to the service agreements of the 
Management Board members were implemented prior to the lapse of 
the transition period of the Act on the Appropriateness of Manage-
ment Board Remuneration. 

C O n v E R T i B L E  B O n D S  g R A n T E D T O T H E M A n A g E M E n T B O A R D i n 2010 

Member of the  
Management Board

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

number of 
Convertible 
Bonds

Strike Price  

in €

grant Date

Expiry Date

Fair value of 
One Convertible 
Bond in €

Fair value at 
The Time of 
the grant in €

58,800

33,000

33,000

33,000

       16.79    

       16.79    

       16.79    

       16.79    

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

          6.66    

         391,608    

          6.66    

         219,780    

          6.66    

         219,780    

          6.66    

         219,780    

Se e   
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non - re app ointment/non - prolonGation 
The service agreements of the Management Board members provide 
that in the event of a non-reappointment and non-prolongation of the 
service agreement, each member of the Management Board is entitled 
to receive a severance payment in the amount of one year’s fixed  
salary. Such severance payment shall be offset against any salary pay-
ments received in the event of a leave of absence of a Management 
Board member. If the Management Board member’s service contract is 
terminated by death, his/her spouse or life partner is entitled to the 
monthly fixed salary for the month of death and the following twelve 
months. In the event that (i) MorphoSys transfers its assets or mate-
rial parts of its assets to a non-affiliated third party, (ii) MorphoSys is 
merged into a non-affiliated third party or (iii) a shareholder holds 
more than 30 % of the voting rights of MorphoSys, each member of the 
Management Board is allowed to extraordinarily terminate his/her 
service contract and may demand the outstanding fixed salary for the 
remaining contractually provided term of contract or for two years, 
whichever is greater. Furthermore, in such a case, all granted stock 
options and convertible bonds shall be treated as immediately vested.

chanGe in manaGeme nt Board c omp oSition
In September 2010, the Company concluded mutual agreements 
with its Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Dave Lemus, regarding the end-
ing of his more than 13 years of serving as MorphoSys CFO, and 
subsequent seamless transfer of his functions to a successor. Pursu-
ant to these agreements Mr. Lemus is entitled to the contractually 
agreed compensation under his service agreement until 30 June 2011. 

Further, Mr. Lemus shall receive a contractually agreed further  
payment equal to his fixed gross annual salary in the amount of 
€ 264,238 plus a bonus calculated as the average bonus in the 
years 2009 and 2010 in the amount of € 144,053. Additionally, Mr. 
Lemus’s unvested portion of outstanding stock options granted for 
the years 2008 and 2009 has been vested prematurely.

remune r ation oF the SuperviSory Board
The compensation of the members of the Supervisory Board is 
based on the provisions of the Articles of Association, the current 
version of which was adopted by the stockholders at the Annual 
General Meeting on May 21, 2010 and the respective resolutions of 
the stockholders at the Annual General Meetings regarding the  
remuneration of the members of the Supervisory Board. In 2010, the 
members of the Supervisory Board received a fixed compensation 
and an attendance fee per board and committee meeting attended. 
The overall compensation takes into account the responsibilities 
and range of tasks of the Supervisory Board members as well as the 
economic situation and performance of the Company.

In the 2010 fiscal year, the members of the Supervisory Board re-
ceived a total of € 382,750 (2009: € 374,333), excluding reimburse-
ment of travel expenses. This amount consists of fixed remuneration 
and variable compensation (attendance fees).

The table below shows a detailed breakdown of the compensation 
paid to the Supervisory Board:

in € 

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

Fixed Compensation

variable Compensation

Total Compensation

Dr. Gerald Möller

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews

Dr. Walter Blättler

Dr. Daniel Camus

Dr. Metin Colpan

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon

ToTal

70,000 

57,750 

39,500 

36,500 

36,500 

39,500 

57,000 

43,278 

29,556 

28,500 

28,500 

30,000 

22,000 

15,000 

18,000 

19,000 

10,000 

19,000 

40,722 

27,778 

11,000 

28,333 

21,333 

28,333 

92,000 

72,750 

57,500 

55,500 

46,500 

58,500 

97,722 

71,056 

40,556 

56,833 

49,833 

58,333 

279,750 

216,834 

103,000 

157,499 

382,750 

374,333 

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i. 

ii. 

 in the case of a capital increase in cash to the extent that such 
exclusion is necessary to avoid fractional shares; or
 in the case of a capital increase in kind to the extent that the 
young shares are used for the acquisition of companies, share-
holdings in companies, patents, licenses or other industrial 
property rights, or of assets which constitute a business in 
their entirety; or

iii.   in the case of a capital increase in cash to the extent that 

young shares are placed on a stock exchange in context with 
a listing. 

b.   Pursuant to sec. 5 para. 6 of the Articles of Association and with 
the approval of the Supervisory Board, the Management Board is 
authorized to increase the Company’s share capital during the time 
period up to April 30, 2013, by the amount of up to € 2,216,025.00 
and by issuing 2,216,025 young bearer shares with no-par value 
for contribution in cash (Authorized Capital 2008-II). The Man-
agement Board may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, 
exclude the preemptive rights of the shareholders under the fol-
lowing conditions: 
i. 

 to the extent that such exclusion is necessary to avoid frac-
tional shares; or 
 the issuance price for the new shares is not substantially  
below the stock exchange price quoted for existing shares at 
the time of the issuance. 

c.   Pursuant to sec. 5 para. 6b of the Articles of Association, the 

Company’s share capital shall be conditionally increased by an 
amount of up to € 5,488,686.00, divided into up to 5,488,686 
bearer shares with no-par value (Conditional Capital 2006-I). The 
conditional capital increase shall only be accomplished (i) to the 
extent that owners of options and/or convertible bonds make use 
of their option and/or conversion rights issued by the Company 
by April 30, 2011, in accordance with the resolution of the Annual 
General Meeting or (ii) to the extent that owners fulfill their du-
ties to convert. The same shall apply to owners of options and/or 
convertible bonds issued by domestic or foreign affiliates which 
are wholly owned by the Company.

d.   Furthermore, there exist Conditional Capital 1999-I in the amount 
of up to € 90,729.00 (sec. 5 para. 6a of the Articles of Association), 
Conditional Capital 2003-II in the amount of up to € 820,464.00 
(sec. 5 para. 6c of the Articles of Association), Conditional Capital 
2008-II in the amount of up to € 1,115,691.00 (sec. 5 para. 6d of 
the Articles of Association), and Conditional Capital 2008-III in the 
amount of up to € 450,000.00 (sec. 5 para. 6e of the Articles of  
Association). These conditional capitals may be used for the issu-
ance of option and conversion rights to members of the Manage-
ment Board and to employees of the Company or of its affiliates. 

app ointment and diSmiS Sal oF manaGement Board memBerS , 

ii. 

inFormation reQuired unde r taKeover l aw
The following information is presented in accordance with sec. 315 
para. 4 of the German Commercial Code (HGB).

c omp oSition oF capital StocK
As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s share capital amounted to 
€ 22,890,252.00 and is divided into 22,890,252 no-par value bearer 
shares. With the exception of 79,896 Company-held shares, all issued 
shares are exclusively common shares with voting rights. The Man-
agement Board is not aware of any restrictions on the voting rights 
or the right to transfer. This also applies to restrictions which may 
result from shareholders’ agreements. The Company has not been 
notified of direct or indirect shareholdings in its share capital ex-
ceeding 10 % of the voting rights pursuant to sec. 21 of the German 
Securities Trading Act (WpHG). There are no owners of shares with 
privileged rights or other rights resulting in a right to control votes.

ShareholdinGS e XceedinG 10 % oF the votinG riGhtS
There is no direct or indirect shareholding in the Company which 
exceeds 10 % of the voting rights.

amendmentS to the ar ticleS oF aS Sociation
Pursuant to sec. 6 of the Company’s Articles of Association, the 
Management Board shall consist of at least two members, with the 
Supervisory Board defining the number of Management Board 
members. The Supervisory Board may appoint a Chief Executive 
Officer and one or several representatives of the CEO. Pursuant 
to sec. 20 of the Articles of Association, amendments to the Articles 
are subject to a majority of more than 50 % of the share capital  
represented in a shareholders’ meeting unless the law mandatorily 
requires a different majority.

authoriz ation oF the manaGe ment Board to iS Sue ShareS
The shareholders have provided the Management Board with the  
following authorizations to issue new shares or conversion rights or 
to purchase Company-held shares:
a.   Pursuant to sec. 5 para. 5 of the Articles of Association and 

with the approval of the Supervisory Board, the Management 
Board is authorized to increase the Company’s share capital  
during the time period up to April 30, 2013, by the amount of up 
to € 8,864,103.00 and by issuing 8,864,103 young bearer shares 
with no-par value for contribution in cash and/or in kind on one 
or several occasions (Authorized Capital 2008-I). The Manage-
ment Board may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, ex-
clude the preemptive rights of the shareholders under the follow-
ing conditions:

 
 
 
 
 
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authoriz ation oF the manaGe ment Board to   

repurchaSe StocK
The authorization to repurchase treasury stock as provided by the 
resolution of the 2008 ordinary Annual General Meeting had expired 
on October 31, 2009. It was replaced by a resolution of the 2010 ordi-
nary Annual General Meeting authorizing the Company to buy back 
up to 10 % of its existing share capital (i. e. up to 2,289,025 shares)  
by April 30, 2015.

chanGe oF c ontrol proviSionS

Ke y aGreementS SuBjec t to c onditionS
In 2007, the Company and Novartis Pharma AG extended their origi-
nal 2004 collaboration agreement in the field of pharmaceutical re-
search. According to this agreement, should certain changes in con-
trol occur involving certain types of companies, Novartis Pharma AG 
is permitted, but not obligated, to take several measures, including 
the partial or complete termination of the collaboration agreement. 

A change in control is considered to be the acquisition of 30 % or 
more of the voting rights in the Company in accordance with sec. 29 
and sec. 30 of the German Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und 
Übernahmegesetz – WpÜG). Such termination of the collaboration 
agreement by Novartis Pharma AG could significantly affect future 
cash flows of the Company.

chanGe oF c ontrol proviSionS For manaGement Board   

memBerS
After a change of control transaction, each member of the Manage-
ment Board is allowed to terminate his/her service contract and may 
demand the outstanding fixed salary for the remaining contractu-
ally provided term of contract or for two years, whichever is greater.

Furthermore, in such a case, all granted stock options and convertible 
bonds shall be treated as immediately vested. The same applies to 
some of the directors of the Company to whom options or conversion 
rights have been granted.

Risks and Opportunities

riSK manaGement and c ontrollinG
MorphoSys has established a comprehensive and effective system to 
identify, assess, communicate and manage risks across its business 
units, legal entities, functions and operations. Risk management has 
the goal of identifying risks as early as possible, limiting business 
losses by means of suitable measures and avoiding risks that pose a 
threat to the Company’s existence. Risk evaluations are carried out 
twice a year using a systematic process to ensure all major risks are 
taken into account for MorphoSys’s different business units as well 
as on corporate level. All risks have been clearly assigned to respon-
sible managers that are (depending on the significance of the risk) 
often members of MorphoSys’s Senior Management group. Risks are 
evaluated considering their quantifiable impact on the MorphoSys 
Group without having any control measures in place compared to hav-
ing the mitigation processes established. MorphoSys differentiates 
between rather short-term risks that would hit the Group within the 
next twelve months and more long-term, strategic risks that are  
especially important for MorphoSys’s proprietary development pro-
grams with development timelines between 10 and 15 years. The 
risk management report is discussed among the Management Board 
and in the Supervisory Board. To ensure that the risk management 
process is always state of the art, it is also challenged on a regular 
basis with external consultants and discussed with the auditor. In 
addition to the regular risk management process, ad hoc occurring 
risks are discussed and countermeasures taken on a short-term  
notice basis.

riSKS
MorphoSys operates on a global basis and, even more importantly, 
its customers and the end markets of its antibodies are affected by 
developments all around the world. Due to the nature of its industry, 
it is impossible to completely avoid any risks. MorphoSys carefully 
chooses the industries it operates in and takes risks that are in line 
with its corporate strategy. The business, financial conditions, oper-
ating results and future prospects of MorphoSys may be materially 
adversely affected by each of these risks.

Shor t-term riSKS
MorphoSys is subject to the typical industry and market risks inher-
ent in the development of fully human antibodies for use in research, 
diagnostics and therapy. MorphoSys’s top short-term risks include 
mostly risks resulting from not reaching revenues as expected, de-
rived from existing business with partners or from new product  
offerings that are constantly developed. MorphoSys considers its 
biggest short-term risks to be not reaching its projected revenues 
and profitability levels as a result of missing development milestones 

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Gener al Statement aBout morphoSyS’S Group riSKS
According to our current assessment of the MorphoSys Group’s risks, 
we do not see any negative deviations from the statements given  
in other chapters of the annual report. We consider the risks to be 
manageable and the survival of the MorphoSys Group not to be en-
dangered at the time of the current report. That statement is true for 
all relevant single entities and for the MorphoSys Group. Assuming 
no further deterioration of the global business as well as the financial 
and regulatory environment, MorphoSys considers itself well pre-
pared to meet all future challenges.

opp or tunitieS
Thanks to its internationally-oriented strategic positioning,  
MorphoSys has many growth opportunities for the coming years.  
By expanding its expertise in the generation, characterization,  
production and clinical development of therapeutic antibodies,  
MorphoSys can systematically raise its profile in the healthcare  
sector. Additionally, the AbD Serotec segment strives to increase 
its market share for research and diagnostic antibodies.

MorphoSys’s antibody technologies offer key advantages for the de-
velopment and optimization of therapeutic antibodies, which should 
lead in the long-term to higher success probabilities and lower attri-
tion rates in the drug development process. In the research and diag-
nostics fields, the technologies also offer significant advantages for 
the development of antibodies for use as reagents in research and 
diagnostics.

in partnered projects, preventing milestone payments. While it is not 
in MorphoSys’s power to reach these milestone events, the Company 
uses a standard process of regularly monitoring the progress of each 
developed compound at a partner company and regularly reports the 
status. Therefore, deviations from projections can be taken into  
account early on and included in the regular quarterly updates of 
MorphoSys’s financial projections. Furthermore, when fewer deals 
are executed than planned (or on lower terms than projected) is con-
sidered a risk for the future of MorphoSys. To minimize these risks, 
MorphoSys maintains strong relationships with its partners and dis-
cusses market developments and typical terms through all relevant 
means, e.g. market intelligence, customers and experts. This is done 
on a constant basis and forms the basic element of the projections  
of revenues for the therapeutic segments. 

IP risks are also considered to be highly relevant for products that are 
developed using MorphoSys’s proprietary technologies. To mitigate 
risks such as potential lawsuits filed by third parties concerning the 
Company’s technology platform or requiring additional third-party 
licenses to practice the technology platform, MorphoSys continuously 
searches and analyzes published patents and patent applications, 
monitoring relevant hits and developing design-around strategies for 
potentially relevant patents before they are issued. Thus, the free-
dom to operate its proprietary technology platform is secured and the 
Company prides itself on the success the strategy has generated over 
the years.

lonG -term riSKS
The major long-term risks for MorphoSys are considered to be in the 
Company’s proprietary development pipeline. MorphoSys increased 
its investment into its clinical and preclinical programs over the last 
years, but failure of these programs prior to partnering as a result  
of data not showing convincing effects on clinical activities is consid-
ered to be an inherent risk of these activities. While MorphoSys can-
not ensure that data shown by its programs will always demonstrate 
positive results with respect to the indications and treatments tested, 
the greatest care is used in the design of clinical development plans. 
These are to be state of the art, ensuring the best chance of display-
ing data with results that are significant and sufficient to convince the 
regulatory bodies and potential partners of the likely success of the 
program in question. While these risks might not necessarily need 
to be taken into account on a short-term basis and are not likely to 
endanger the survival of MorphoSys as a Group, they would hurt its 
long-term prospects of becoming a leading drug developer and part-
nering valuable products at advanced clinical stages with its pharma 
partners, thereby generating value for its shareholders and other 
stakeholders.

Antibodies to Treat Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of 
white blood cells responsible for the production of anti-
bodies. Collections of abnormal cells accumulate in bones, 
where they cause bone lesions, and in the bone marrow, 
where they interfere with the production of normal blood 
cells. Multiple myeloma is considered the second most 
common hematological malignancy.

MorphoSys expects to run a phase 1 clinical trial with 
MOR202 in 2011. Additionally, MorphoSys joined forces with 
Klinikum rechts der Isar, the university hospital of Munich 
Technical University, to explore biomarkers relevant to the 
anti-CD38 approach. 

MOR202 is directed against CD38, a membrane-bound protein that is a promising therapeutic target for 
the treatment of multiple myeloma. The antibody binds to its target and signals the immune system to 
attack the cancer cells. In preclinical studies, MOR202 effectively killed multiple myeloma cells from pri-
mary patient tumor material.

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Gener al Statement on opp or tunitieS
Due to increased life expectancy for people living in industrialized 
nations and the growing understanding of diseases, the need for  
innovative therapeutics and enabling technologies remains very high. 
The growing demand for new treatment options will be met not 
only by using existing therapies, but also by new ones originating 
from advances in the understanding of the biology of disease and 
the application of new technologies. Innovative new products such as 
fully human antibodies have been launched in recent years, which 
are changing therapeutic approaches and improving the quality of 
life for patients. In addition, due to strong competition from gener-
ics, almost all pharmaceutical companies are increasing their com-
mitment to biologics such as human antibodies. Therapeutics based 
on biologicals are not as exposed to generics competition as small 
molecules, mainly because the manufacturing of the compounds is 
much more complex. To fill development pipelines, all major pharma-
ceutical players have made major commitments to biological thera-
pies. Therefore, the demand for antibodies and the interest of the in-
dustry in this class of drugs have sharply increased over the last 12 
to 36 months, clearly underpinned by several acquisitions and large 
licensing agreements in this field. The use of antibodies as thera-
peutics as well as for research purposes and diagnostic applications 
represents sustainable growth opportunities for MorphoSys.

marKe t opp or tunitieS
MorphoSys believes that its HuCAL and arYla antibody platforms can 
be applied to make products that address significant unmet medical 
needs and provide new research and diagnostic tools cheaper and 
faster.

ther apeutic antiBodieS – par tne red diSc overy
By participating in drug development with multiple partners,  
MorphoSys has effectively improved its risk profile. With 65 thera-
peutic antibody development programs currently ongoing with its 
partners, the chance that MorphoSys will participate financially in 
one or more marketed drugs is becoming more and more likely.

MorphoSys will continue to expand its partnered antibody pipeline. 
In addition, MorphoSys may sign additional fee-for-service partner-
ships in the area of infectious diseases and partnerships on novel 
technology platforms such as Slonomics and arYla.

ther apeutic antiBodieS – proprie tary de velopment
With its partners, especially Novartis, providing a secure cash flow 
over the coming years, MorphoSys is able to additionally strengthen 
its proprietary pipeline. The Company will continue to expand its pro-
prietary pipeline with de novo starts and additional co-development 
programs. Furthermore, the Company is looking for in-licensing op-
portunities for interesting targets and potential drug candidates.

While MorphoSys is taking on more risk when developing proprie-
tary compounds, the reward for promising drug candidates is higher 
than in the partnered segment. The pharmaceutical industry is 
likely to further increase its in-licensing activities in order to refill 
their pipelines and replace key drugs losing patent protection.

aBd Serotec
Antibodies are important components of scientific research and mod-
ern diagnostic practice. According to a BioCompare study carried 
out in 2009, around 20 % of the overall diagnostics market is repre-
sented by antibody-based products today, generating global reve-
nues in the amount of approximately US$ 8 billion. In 2010, AbD Se-
rotec significantly advanced into this promising sector by signing 
several new supply agreements with diagnostic companies. There is 
an increasing demand for diagnostics, which are used to identify  
patient sub-populations that would benefit from treatment with a 
particular drug or to monitor the success of a treatment.

technoloGy de velopment
MorphoSys continues to invest in its existing and in new technolo-
gies to remain at the forefront of technological leadership. This tech-
nological progress may enable the Company to further expand its 
roster of partners and to increase the speed and success rates of its 
partnered and proprietary drug development programs.

ac QuiSition opp or tunitieS
MorphoSys has demonstrated its ability to complete acquisitions and 
to use such transactions to accelerate its growth. In 2010, MorphoSys 
proved this point by acquiring Sloning BioTechnology GmbH and 
signing a significant license agreement for the thereby acquired Slo-
nomics technology a few weeks later. MorphoSys may again use an 
acquisition strategy to increase its market share and to access pat-
ents and licenses for proprietary technology and drug development, 
thereby augmenting strong organic growth.

 Subsequent Events / Outlook and Forecast 

41

   The pharmaceutical industry continues to look for in-licensing 
opportunities to gain access to promising product candidates. If 
clinical proof of concept of a proprietary drug candidate is reached, 
lucrative deal terms could be achieved.
   The AbD Serotec segment is now increasingly focusing on diagnos-
tic applications using MorphoSys’s technologies. New technology 
for antibody generation has had very little impact on the market for 
diagnostic antibodies to date. The ability to make superior anti-
bodies for diagnostic applications makes AbD Serotec increasingly 
attractive for this market segment. AbD Serotec’s management is 
confident about future growth prospects based on existing research 
collaborations with a number of leading diagnostics companies.

Str ateGic outlooK
MorphoSys’s business model is built on its proprietary technologies 
including HuCAL and recently launched arYla.

The development of therapeutic antibodies within partnerships will 
continue to be a significant part of MorphoSys’s strategy. The Com-
pany’s therapeutic pipeline is expected to expand and mature over 
the coming years. The extraordinary breadth of this pipeline prom-
ises to yield a significant number of marketed therapeutic antibodies 
in the years ahead.

Within its Proprietary Development segment, the Company is com-
mitted to developing therapeutic antibodies in the areas of inflam-
mation and oncology for its own account. In the near term, the plan 
is to take proprietary drug candidates to clinical proof of concept  
before seeking a commercial partner. The proprietary portfolio will 
be enlarged by starting de novo programs, and also by securing 
access to interesting targets and product candidates through addi-
tional in-licensing activities. The addition of MOR208 to the Com-
pany’s portfolio was a good example of this. To diversify its proprie-
tary pipeline, MorphoSys will pursue additional co-development 
projects within its alliances with Novartis and Galapagos, and poten-
tially with other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies.

Subsequent Events

There were no events requiring disclosure.

Outlook and Forecast

The MorphoSys Group develops novel antibodies for therapeutic, diag-
nostic and research applications.

The Group’s main focus is on applying its technologies in rapidly 
growing, innovation-driven sectors of the healthcare market. The 
Company’s management intends to continue to expand MorphoSys’s 
proprietary drug development activities by taking advantage of op-
portunities in the therapeutics area. Moreover, MorphoSys seeks to 
enlarge its market share within the research and diagnostics fields, 
the latter of which in particular represents a largely untapped market 
for the Company’s technologies.

over all Statement on the e Xpec te d de velopment
The Company owns established and validated technologies. In the 
therapeutics area, commercialization of these technologies contrib-
utes secure cash flows from long-term partnerships with large phar-
maceutical companies. The Company’s strategic focus is to apply its 
technologies to build a broad and sustainable pipeline of innovative 
antibody drug candidates within these collaborations and from its 
own development activities. Through its AbD Serotec segment, the 
Company has a wide customer network. The AbD Serotec segment  
is well positioned in the diagnostics market, providing innovative 
antibodies to open up new diagnostic applications.

Its stable cash flows and the strong cash position allow the Company 
to build up its business through investments in proprietary drug 
and technology development.

The Management Board expects the following developments for  
MorphoSys in the relevant markets:
   MorphoSys continues to invest in technology development to re-
main at the forefront of the antibody field. The Company expects 
to sign additional commercial collaborations based on its pro-
prietary technologies in combination with those recently secured 
in the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH.
   The demand for antibodies as new treatment modality remains 
high, allowing the Company to expand its pipeline of therapeutic 
antibodies within its partnerships and on its own account.

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

The Partnered Discovery segment generates secured cash flows 
from MorphoSys’s long-term alliances. For the foreseeable future, 
MorphoSys will continue to invest the majority of these cash flows  
in broadening and strengthening its Proprietary Development seg-
ment. Growth in this area is expected as existing drug programs 
progress, through new fee-for-service partnerships in the area of 
infectious diseases and by commercialization of new technologies, 
including those secured via acquisitions such as Sloning.

Within the biotechnology industry, the access to capital will remain 
one of the main issues. While in 2010 the stock market climate for 
biotechnology companies improved overall in the USA, the window 
for IPOs in Europe is still closed. In general, the expectations for 
2011 are again more positive. The need to add innovative therapies to 
the pipelines of the larger pharmaceutical companies could further 
increase M&A activities, partnering deals and licensing, a develop-
ment that has already gained speed in 2009 and 2010.

The AbD Serotec segment is striving to increase its market share 
within the research and diagnostics fields. AbD Serotec’s manage-
ment intends to concentrate on high-value applications of the HuCAL 
technology, especially in the area of diagnostics.

e Xpec ted ec onomic de velopment
The global economic upturn is expected to continue in 2011. In a 
preview of its economic report for 2011 early in December, the 
United Nations said it expects the world economy to grow by 3.1 % in 
2011 and 3.5 % in 2012. However, due to the ending of numerous 
stimulus programs and the need to consolidate government budgets, 
global economic growth in 2011 will be weaker than in 2010. Risks 
to economic growth lie in a possible sharper slowdown of the US econ-
omy, exchange rate developments, the debt crisis in many countries, 
the continuing pressing need for write-downs in the banking sector 
and the price situation regarding raw materials.

The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries have historically been 
relatively immune to economic downturns, due to a continuously  
increasing demand for innovative treatments. Nevertheless, pharma-
ceutical companies are facing challenges such as low R&D produc-
tivity, government-imposed price erosions and patent expiries.

e Xpec ted de velopment oF the liFe ScienceS Sec tor
The pharmaceutical industry is facing unprecedented challenges. 
Expiring patents, lack of new product supply and cost pressure from 
healthcare reforms in Europe and the USA all combine to place the 
industry under increasing pressure. According to IMS Health, drugs 
generating sales of around US$ 135 billion will lose their patent pro-
tection by 2013. This is the largest decrease in the industry’s history. 
The world pharmaceutical market in total has a size of about US$ 
800 billion. 

e Xpec ted c ommercial de velopment
With the Novartis deal ensuring a steady cash flow stream over  
the coming years and new commercial opportunities arising from 
the Sloning acquisition, MorphoSys will continue to concentrate  
on broadening its partnered and proprietary development pipelines. 
Within the Partnered Discovery segment, the number of programs  
is expected to continue to grow. The Company anticipates starting, 
on average, approximately ten new partnered programs per annum 
for the next several years.

The Company’s management sees many opportunities to expand  
its proprietary development activities: de novo program starts, in-
licensing of existing product candidates as well as co-development 
opportunities with Novartis, Galapagos and/or additional partners 
all offer attractive opportunities.

With regard to MOR103, the most advanced development program 
in MorphoSys’s proprietary pipeline, the Company expects final data 
from the ongoing phase 1b/2a trial in the first half of 2012. Assum-
ing the clinical trial proceeds as planned and proof of concept can be 
demonstrated, a partnership deal could be struck in the same year. 
In 2011, MorphoSys plans to start a safety study for MOR103 in a sec-
ond indication, namely multiple sclerosis. In parallel, preparations 
for a pharmacokinetic study of a subcutaneous formulation are ongo-
ing. Out-licensing of the other proprietary compounds is not planned 
before 2013.

The AbD Serotec segment strives to continously outgrow the mar-
ket. Despite the global economic downturn, the management of AbD 
Serotec predicts growth rates for the coming years of approxi-
mately 10 % at constant exchange rates. In 2011, profit margins will 
decrease in comparison to 2010 due to an increase in personnel- 
related costs and investments in infrastructure, nevertheless it is 
expected that segment profit margins will continue to increase in 
the following years.

Outlook and Forecast

43

e Xpec ted perSonnel de velopment
MorphoSys will continue to expand its proprietary and partnered 
development capabilities by adding additional expertise and person-
nel. The rate of growth will, however, be less than in 2010.

e Xpec ted reSe arch and de velopment
The Company’s R&D budget for proprietary drug development will 
continue to rise, roughly in line with the increase in revenues. In 2011, 
MorphoSys plans to invest between € 40 million and € 45 million  
in proprietary product and technology development. The majority of 
this investment will be channeled into the clinical and preclinical 
development activities for the most advanced drug candidates. The 
trend of increasing investments is expected to continue in 2012 and 
the years thereafter, although the size of such increases will depend 
on the status of the Company’s drug pipeline and revenue develop-
ment. Notwithstanding this, the Company is committed to remaining 
profitable.

The Company’s proprietary pipeline activities in 2011 are projected 
to comprise:
   Completion of recruitment of rheumatoid arthritis patients for the 
phase 1b/2a study for its lead compound MOR103
   Filing of CTA for a phase 1b safety study in multiple sclerosis as 
second indication for MOR103
   Start of enrollment of multiple myeloma patients in a phase 1b/2 
study for MOR202
   Ongoing enrollment of CLL/SLL patients in the phase 1b/2 trial for 
MOR208, sponsored by Xencor, Inc.

For 2011, no further expansion of the proprietary pipeline is planned. 
At the end of 2011, the Company expects up to ten proprietary com-
pounds in total.

Regarding AbD Serotec, profitable growth based on innovative prod-
ucts and services is the central objective for the unit. The diagnostic 
industry offers the most attractive opportunities for growth and will 
therefore increasingly be the focus of the unit’s activities. In 2010, 
several feasibility studies were conducted which could lead to con-
clusion of larger collaborations in 2011 and 2012.

e Xpec ted Financial and liQuidit y de velopment
MorphoSys’s management strives to achieve average annual revenue 
growth in excess of 10 % in 2011 and 2012. For 2011, management 
anticipates total Group revenue growth in excess of 20 %, namely at 
least € 105 million. In the future, revenue growth will become  
more dependent on the out-licensing of proprietary products such as 
MOR103, MOR208 and MOR202, as well as on increasing milestone 
payments and royalties as partnered HuCAL antibodies are developed 
further and will enter the market. The revenue split between the 
Company’s therapeutic antibodies segments and the AbD Serotec seg-
ment is anticipated to shift slightly towards the therapeutic side of 
the business in 2011 compared to the prior year.

The Partnered Discovery segment represents a highly profitable 
business unit. Long-term alliances will provide the Company with 
secured cash flows for at least the next six years.

On the basis of the Management Board’s current planning, total 
Group operating expenses are expected to increase in 2011 and 2012, 
subject to corresponding revenue increases. S, G&A expenses are 
expected to increase only slightly. MorphoSys plans to increase its 
investments in its proprietary antibody pipeline, particularly in 
MOR103, MOR208 and MOR202, additional de novo discovery pro-
grams and co-development alliances.

On the basis of current planning, MorphoSys expects to remain profit-
able on an operating level in 2011 and 2012. For 2011, the Company 
anticipates an operating profit of at least € 10 million and to maintain 
profitability in 2012.

AbD Serotec showed revenue growth in 2009 and 2010, with a profit 
margin of around 5 % and 6 %, respectively. For 2011, management 
anticipates revenues of approximately € 22 million, while the profit 
margin will experience a one-off decrease due to an increase in  
personnel-related costs and investments in infrastructure. COGS is 
anticipated to increase in line with sales of the AbD Serotec segment, 
whereas segmental operating expenses are expected to increase only 
slightly. For 2012, at constant foreign currency rates, management 
expects the segment to show annual revenue growth rates of at least 
10 % with increasing margins.

At the end of the 2010 fiscal year, MorphoSys’s cash position 
amounted to € 108.4 million. Despite the more difficult conditions  
resulting from the global financial crisis, MorphoSys’s financing  
is solid. MorphoSys sees its strong cash position as an asset which 
can be used to accelerate future growth through strategic trans-
actions. The in-licensing of MOR208 and the acquisition of Sloning 
BioTechnology GmbH are good examples of this.

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

dividendS
For the first time, MorphoSys’s German statutory accounts showed ac-
cumulated earnings available for distribution. Nevertheless, in com-
mon with standard practice in the biotechnology industry, MorphoSys 
does not anticipate paying a dividend for the foreseeable future. Any 
profit generated by the business shall be substantially reinvested in 
the operation of its business, mainly in the area of proprietary drug 
development, in order to create further shareholder value and growth 
opportunities. Nonetheless, the Company does plan to purchase 
shares from the market to support a new long-term incentive pro-
gram for management.

This outlook takes into account all factors known at the time of the 
preparation of the financial statements which could affect our  
business in 2011 and beyond and is based on Management Board 
assumptions. Future results may deviate from the expectations  
described in the outlook section. Major risks are discussed in the 
risk report*.

Se e   
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Contents Consolidated Financial Statements

46

C O N S O L I D AT E D   F I N A N C I A L   S TAT E M E N T S

78	

p e r s o n n e l 	e x p e n s e s

46	 c o n s o l i d at e d	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	o p e r at i o n s 	(i f r s)

78	 n o n - o p e r at i n g 	i n c o m e 	a n d 	e x p e n s e s

47	 c o n s o l i d at e d	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	c o m p r e h e n s i v e 	i n c o m e 	(i f r s)

48	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	b a l a n c e 	s h e e t 	(i f r s)

50	

	c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	c h a n g e s	i n	

s t o c k h o l d e r s ’	e q u i t y	(i f r s)

52	 c o n s o l i d at e d 	s tat e m e n t 	o f 	c a s h	f l o w s	(i f r s)

78	

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81	 o p e r at i n g 	l e a s e s

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r e l at e d	pa r t i e s

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a g r e e m e n t s

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65	

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a c c o u n t s 	r e c e i va b l e

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a n d	i n v e n t o r i e s

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p r o p e r t y, 	p l a n t 	a n d	e q u i p m e n t

i n ta n g i b l e	a s s e t s

69	 o t h e r	a s s e t s

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a s s e t s	c l a s s i f i e d	a s	h e l d	f o r 	s a l e

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f i n a n c i a l 	i n s t r u m e n t s 	a n d	f i n a n c i a l 	r i s k 	m a n a g e m e n t

s t o c k h o l d e r s ’	e q u i t y

c o n v e r t i b l e 	b o n d s

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Operations (IFRS)

in €

Revenues

Operating Expenses

Cost of Goods Sold

Research and Development

Sales, General and Administrative

Total Operating Expenses

Other Operating Income

Profit from Operations

Finance Income

Finance Expenses

Other Income

Other Expenses

Profit before Taxes

Income Tax Expenses

Net Profit

Basic Net Profit per Share

Diluted Net Profit per Share

Shares Used in Computing  
Basic Net Profit per Share

Shares Used in Computing  
Diluted Net Profit per Share

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Note

2010

2009

1T, 20

 87,036,308 

 80,968,414 

2

1U

22

22

22

22

23

24

24

24

24

   7,284,211 

 46,899,723 

 23,226,029 

 77,409,963 

222,418

   6,743,836 

 38,967,305 

 23,910,845 

 69,621,986 

55,667

   9,848,763 

 11,402,095 

   4,123,286 

   2,001,573 

       33,881 

      469,547 

   1,236,159 

         9,538 

      372,372 

      732,762 

 13,171,556 

 13,033,740 

   3,975,256 

   9,196,300 

   4,069,645 

   8,964,095 

0.41

0.40

0.40

0.40

22,656,233

22,464,757

22,786,536

22,559,164

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Operations (IFRS) / Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (IFRS)

47

Consolidated  
Statement of Comprehensive Income (IFRS)

in €

Net Profit

Change in Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available-for-sale Securities

(Thereof Reclassifications of Unrealized Gains and Losses to Profit or Loss)

Deferred Taxes

Change in Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available-for-sale Securities, Net of Deferred Taxes

Effects from Equity-related Recognition of Deferred Taxes

Foreign Currency Gain from Consolidation

Comprehensive Income

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

2010

2009

9,196,300

(3,580,703)

(3,854,337)

942,799

(2,637,904)

(5,622)

448,445

8,964,095

(1,066,905)

(1,668,056)

280,916

(785,989)

(6,788)

486,184

7,001,219

8,657,502

48

The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheet (IFRS)

in €

AS SE TS

Current Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Available-for-sale Financial Assets

Accounts Receivable

Tax Receivables

Other Receivables

Inventories, Net

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Assets Classified as Held-for-Sale

Total Current Assets

Non-current Assets

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Patents, Net

Licenses, Net

Intangible Assets under Development

Software, Net

Know-how and Customer Lists, Net

Goodwill

Deferred Tax Asset

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets, Net of Current Portion

Total Non-current Assets

ToTAl AS SE TS

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Note

2010

2009

3, 15

4, 15

5, 15

7

6

7

7

11

8

9

9

9

9

9

9, 12

23

7, 10

44,118,451

64,304,041

15,009,326

499,323

522,520

4,135,446

3,104,340

813,011

41,255,316

93,883,571

11,156,559

794,855

257,550

3,990,238

3,481,709

771,798

132,506,458

155,591,596

6,189,865

10,285,264

12,118,924

4,996,804

789,798

13,780,534

10,513,100

                       0   

505,328

1,685,978

712,482

2,083,633

34,099,485

26,742,173

2,991,391

1,658,040

221,534

1,172,041

80,047,375

50,498,999

212,553,833

206,090,595

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet (IFRS)

49

in €

Note

2010

2009

lIAB IlITIES AND STo CKHolDERS' EQUIT Y

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable

Licenses Payable

Tax Liabilities

Provisions

Current Portion of Deferred Revenue

Total Current Liabilities

Non-current Liabilities

Provisions, Net of Current Portion

Deferred Revenue, Net of Current Portion

Convertible Bonds Due to Related Parties

Deferred Tax Liability

Total Non-current Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

Ordinary Shares Authorized (41,935,950 and 42,400,635 for 2010 and 2009, respectively)

Ordinary Shares Issued (22,890,252 and 22,660,557 for 2010 and 2009, respectively)

Ordinary Shares Outstanding (22,810,356 and 22,580,661 for 2010 and 2009, respectively)

Treasury Stock (79,896 and 79,896 shares for 2010 and 2009, respectively), at Cost

Additional Paid-in Capital

Reserves

Accumulated Deficit

Total Stockholders' Equity

ToTAl lIAB IlITIES AND STo CKHolDERS’ EQUIT Y

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

13, 15

15

14, 23

14

1T

14

1T

17

23

16, 17, 18

15,614,905

14,106,352

134,617

2,144,674

275,000

3,181,605

21,350,801

43,344

690,756

127,593

4,419,245

5,280,938

100,746

1,426,760

0

8,618,250

24,252,108

43,344

5,579,610

32,670

2,248,498

7,904,122

22,880,478

166,388,083

(811,963)

22,650,783

161,631,268

1,383,118

(2,534,504)

(11,730,804)

185,922,094

173,934,365

212,553,833

206,090,595

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50

The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Changes in  
Stockholders’ Equity (IFRS)

BAl ANCE AS oF JANUARY 1, 20 09

Compensation Related to the Grant of Stock Options and Convertible Bonds

Exercise of Options and Convertible Bonds Issued to Related Parties, Net of Issuance Costs of € 0

Reserves:

Change in Unrealized Gain on Available-for-sale Securities, Net of Deferred Tax

Effects from Equity-related Recognition of Deferred Taxes

Foreign Currency Gain from Consolidation

Net Profit for the Period

Comprehensive Income

BAl ANCE AS oF DECEmBER 31, 20 09

BAl ANCE AS oF JANUARY 1, 2010

Compensation Related to the Grant of Stock Options and Convertible Bonds

Exercise of Options and Convertible Bonds Issued to Related Parties, Net of Issuance Costs of € 15,500

Reserves:

Change in Unrealized Gain on Available-for-sale Securities, Net of Deferred Tax

Effects from Equity-related Recognition of Deferred Taxes

Foreign Currency Gain from Consolidation

Net Profit for the Period

Comprehensive Income

BAl ANCE AS oF DECEmBER 31, 2010

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 Common Stock

Treasury Stock

Additional  

Revaluation  

Translation  

Accumulated 

Total Stock-

Paid-in Capital

Reserve

Reserve

Deficit

holders’ Equity

Shares

€

Shares

22,478,787

22,478,787

0

181,770

0

181,770

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22,660,557

22,660,557

0

229,695

22,660,557

22,660,557

0

229,695

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22,890,252

22,890,252

79,896

(9,774)

166,388,083

727,669

(1,539,632)

(2,534,504)

185,922,094

79,896

(9,774)

158,523,363

4,163,972

(2,474,261)

(20,694,899)

161,987,188

79,896

79,896

(9,774)

(9,774)

(1,988,077)

(11,730,804)

173,934,365

(1,988,077)

(11,730,804)

173,934,365

486,184

486,184

8,964,095

8,964,095

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,743,344

1,364,561

161,631,268

161,631,268

2,150,655

2,606,160

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

(785,989)

(6,788)

(792,777)

3,371,195

3,371,195

(2,637,904)

(5,622)

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

448,445

(2,643,526)

448,445

9,196,300

9,196,300

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

€

1,743,344

1,546,331

(785,989)

(6,788)

486,184

8,964,095

8,657,502

2,150,655

2,835,855

(2,637,904)

(5,622)

448,445

9,196,300

7,001,219

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (IFRS)

51

Exercise of Options and Convertible Bonds Issued to Related Parties, Net of Issuance Costs of € 0

181,770

181,770

Exercise of Options and Convertible Bonds Issued to Related Parties, Net of Issuance Costs of € 15,500

229,695

229,695

BAl ANCE AS oF JANUARY 1, 20 09

Compensation Related to the Grant of Stock Options and Convertible Bonds

Reserves:

Change in Unrealized Gain on Available-for-sale Securities, Net of Deferred Tax

Effects from Equity-related Recognition of Deferred Taxes

Foreign Currency Gain from Consolidation

Net Profit for the Period

Comprehensive Income

BAl ANCE AS oF DECEmBER 31, 20 09

BAl ANCE AS oF JANUARY 1, 2010

Compensation Related to the Grant of Stock Options and Convertible Bonds

Reserves:

Change in Unrealized Gain on Available-for-sale Securities, Net of Deferred Tax

Effects from Equity-related Recognition of Deferred Taxes

Foreign Currency Gain from Consolidation

Net Profit for the Period

Comprehensive Income

BAl ANCE AS oF DECEmBER 31, 2010

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 Common Stock

Shares

Treasury Stock

Additional  

Revaluation  

Paid-in Capital

Reserve

Translation  
Reserve

Accumulated 
Deficit

Total Stock-
holders’ Equity

Shares

€

€

€

€

€

€

22,478,787

22,478,787

79,896

(9,774)

158,523,363

4,163,972

(2,474,261)

(20,694,899)

161,987,188

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22,660,557

22,660,557

22,660,557

22,660,557

79,896

79,896

(9,774)

(9,774)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,743,344

1,364,561

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

161,631,268

161,631,268

2,150,655

2,606,160

0

0

0

0

0

(785,989)

(6,788)

0

0

(792,777)

3,371,195

3,371,195

0

0

(2,637,904)

(5,622)

0

0

(2,643,526)

0

0

0

0

486,184

0

486,184

0

0

0

0

0

8,964,095

8,964,095

1,743,344

1,546,331

(785,989)

(6,788)

486,184

8,964,095

8,657,502

(1,988,077)

(11,730,804)

173,934,365

(1,988,077)

(11,730,804)

173,934,365

0

0

0

0

448,445

0

448,445

0

0

0

0

0

9,196,300

9,196,300

2,150,655

2,835,855

(2,637,904)

(5,622)

448,445

9,196,300

7,001,219

€

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

22,890,252

22,890,252

79,896

(9,774)

166,388,083

727,669

(1,539,632)

(2,534,504)

185,922,094

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (IFRS)

in €

opER ATINg AC TIvITIES:

Net Profit

Adjustments to Reconcile Net Profit to Net Cash Provided by/(Used In) Operating Activities:

Non-cash Charges from PPA

Impairment of Assets

Depreciation and Amortization of Tangible and Intangible Assets

Net Gain on Sales of Financial Assets

Unrealized Net Loss on Derivative Financial Instruments

Loss/(Gain) on Sale of Property, Plant and Equipment/Intangible Assets

Recognition of Deferred Revenue

Stock-based Compensation

Income Tax Expense 

Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:

Accounts Receivable

Prepaid Expenses, Other Assets and Tax Receivables

Accounts Payable and Provisions

Licenses Payable

Other Liabilities

Deferred Revenue

Cash Generated from Operations

Interest Paid

Interest Received

Income Taxes Paid

NE T CASH pRovIDED BY/(USED IN) opER ATINg AC TIvITIES

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Note

2010

2009

9,196,300

8,964,095

44,000

0

6,120,325

(3,979,920)

496,181

254,744

0

31,277

5,348,950

(1,717,095)

126,304

(2,493)

(37,598,056)

(31,967,141)

2,123,296

3,974,358

1,736,472

4,061,569

(3,618,508)

(1,055,955)

(554,604)

33,871

1,862,884

27,272,556

4,571,472

(27,143)

148,117

(2,160,368)

2,532,078

(6,916,122)

(1,232,465)

(2,442,953)

(350,223)

3,817,865

20,517,900

(24,060)

(3,537)

284,535

(1,235,969)

(979,031)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (IFRS)

53

in €

Note

2010

2009

INvESTINg AC TIvITIES:

Purchases of Financial Assets

Proceeds from Sales of Financial Assets

Purchases of Property, Plant and Equipment

Proceeds from Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment

Purchases of Intangible Assets

Acquisitions, Net of Cash Acquired

NE T CASH (USED IN)/pRovIDED BY INvESTINg AC TIvITIES

FINANCINg AC TIvITIES:

Proceeds from the Exercise of Options and Convertible Bonds  
Granted to Related Parties

Net of Proceeds and Payments from the Issuance of Convertible Bonds  
Granted to Related Parties

Purchases of Derivative Financial Instruments

Proceeds from the Disposal of Derivative Financial Instruments

Net Cost of Share Issuance

NE T CASH pRovIDED BY FINANCINg AC TIvITIES

Effect of Exchange Rate Differences on Cash

Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

CASH AND CASH EQUIvAlENTS AT THE BEg INNINg oF THE pERIoD

CASH AND CASH EQUIvAlENTS AT THE END oF THE pERIoD

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(20,783,313)

(11,787,200)

50,692,950

(2,323,416)

0

(11,486,644)

(18,095,650)

(1,996,073)

16,223,311

(2,586,142)

7,335

(1,231,572)

0

625,732

2,851,597

1,546,332

80,586

(649,650)

9,176

(15,500)

2,276,209

50,921

2,863,135

41,255,316

44,118,451

(16,000)

(173,304)

47,000

0

1,404,028

90,860

1,141,589

40,113,727

41,255,316

27

15

6

6

15

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1    Organization and Summary of Significant 

Accounting Policies 

BuSINES S AND OrGANIz ATION
MorphoSys AG (the “Company” or “MorphoSys”) is a biotechnology company 
using combinatorial biology for drug discovery with the principal objective 
of developing and commercially exploiting new enabling technologies across 
a broad scientific spectrum. The Company was founded in July 1992 as a 
German limited liability company. In June 1998, MorphoSys became a German 
stock corporation. In March 1999, the Company went public on Germany’s 
“Neuer Markt”, the stock exchange designated for high-growth enterprises. 
On January 15, 2003, MorphoSys AG was admitted to the Prime Standard 
segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

C ONSOLIDATE D C OMpANIES
The Company has five wholly owned subsidiaries (together referred to as the 
“MorphoSys Group”):

In January 2005, MorphoSys acquired Biogenesis Ltd., Poole, UK, and  
Biogenesis, Inc., New Hampshire, USA, for a total consideration of £ 5.25 mil-
lion less net debt of approximately £ 0.7 million. Biogenesis UK was first 
renamed MorphoSys UK Ltd. and in 2007 again renamed Poole Real Estate 
Ltd. Biogenesis, Inc., was renamed MorphoSys US, Inc., and merged into 
Serotec, Inc. The merged entity resumed the name MorphoSys US, Inc.

On October 7, 2010, MorphoSys acquired 100 % of the shares in Sloning  
BioTechnology GmbH, a private company located in Puchheim near Munich, 
Germany. The purchase price of approximately € 19 million was paid in 
cash. Sloning, founded in 2001, is a biotechnology company developing new 
methods of synthetic biology. The transaction makes MorphoSys the sole 
source of Sloning’s state-of-the-art Slonomics® technology, which dramatically 
improves the assembly and quality of protein libraries. By integrating Slon-
ing into its existing Partnered Discovery segment, MorphoSys expects to im-
prove the generation of drug candidates such that one in every two projects 
started reaches clinical development.

MorphoSys USA, Inc., was incorporated in the United States on February 16, 
2000. The subsidiary’s purpose was to assist the Company in the sale and 
licensing of MorphoSys AG products. MorphoSys USA, Inc., substantially 
ceased its operations in November 2002.

In 2010, the Company applied sec. 264 para. 3 of the German Commercial 
Code (HGB). For this reason, no separate financial statements for 2009 were 
published in the Bundesanzeiger for MorphoSys IP GmbH.

MorphoSys IP GmbH was incorporated in Munich, Germany, on November 6, 
2002. The subsidiary’s purpose is to purchase, maintain and administer cer-
tain intangible assets of the MorphoSys Group. The Company’s operations are 
physically located on the premises of MorphoSys AG, and operations com-
menced on December 31, 2002.

Serotec Ltd. with its subsidiaries Serotec, Inc., Serotec GmbH and Oxford 
Biotechnology Ltd. (together referred to as the “Serotec Group”), was ac-
quired by MorphoSys in January 2006 and became a wholly owned subsidiary 
of MorphoSys AG. The Serotec Group has been integrated into MorphoSys’s 
existing AbD Serotec segment. The purchase price of approximately £ 20 mil-
lion (approx. € 29.3 million) was paid in cash (£ 14 million or € 20.5 million) 
and the remainder in 208,560 new MorphoSys shares from a capital increase 
against contribution in kind. Oxford Biotechnology Ltd. was dissolved in the 
financial year 2009.

GE NE r AL INFOrMATION
The consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, 
were authorized for issuance in accordance with a resolution of the Manage-
ment Board on February 7, 2011. The Management Board is represented by 
Dr. Simon E. Moroney (Chief Executive Officer), Dave Lemus (Executive Vice 
President and Chief Financial Officer), Dr. Marlies Sproll (Chief Scientific  
Officer) and Dr. Arndt Schottelius (Chief Development Officer).

The Supervisory Board is represented by Dr. Gerald Möller (Chairman, Chair-
man of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews 
(Deputy Chairman, Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Science & Tech-
nology Committee), Dr. Daniel Camus (Audit Committee), Dr. Metin Colpan 
(Remuneration & Nomination Committee), Dr. Walter Blättler (Chairman of the 
Science & Technology Committee) and Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon (Chairman  
of the Audit Committee). The Supervisory Board is empowered to amend the 
financial statements after the resolution of the Management Board.

Serotec Ltd. and Serotec, Inc., were renamed MorphoSys UK Ltd. and  
MorphoSys US, Inc., as of January 2007. Serotec GmbH was renamed  
MorphoSys AbD GmbH as of March 2007.

The registered offices of the MorphoSys AG headquarters are located at 
Lena-Christ-Str. 48, 82152 Martinsried/Planegg, Germany.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

55

L E g A L S T R u C T u R E o f T h E M o R P h o S y S g R o u P

MorphoSys AG

MorphoSys USA, Inc.
(Charlotte, NC, USA)

Poole Real Estate Ltd.
(Poole, UK)

MorphoSys IP GmbH
(Martinsried, Germany)

MorphoSys UK Ltd.
(Oxford, UK)

Sloning BioTechnology GmbH
(Puchheim, Germany)

MorphoSys US, Inc.
(Raleigh, NC, USA)

MorphoSys AbD GmbH
(Düsseldorf, Germany)

SIGNIFICANT AC C OuNTING p OLICIES

IFRS 3 “ BUSINES S C omB INATI oNS ”, IAS 36 “ ImpAIRmENT oF AS SE TS ” AND 

A) BASIS OF AD Op TION
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with 
the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS*) requires management 
to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported 
in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual 
results could differ from those estimates. Estimates and underlying assump-
tions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are 
recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any fu-
ture periods affected.

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all 
periods presented in these consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 2 “ SHARE - BASED pAY mENT ” 
IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment” requires an expense to be recognized where 
the Group buys goods or services in exchange for shares or rights over shares 
(“equity-settled transactions”) or in exchange for other assets equivalent in 
value to a given number of shares or rights over shares (“cash-settled transac-
tions”). The main impact of IFRS 2 on the Group refers to the expense associ-
ated with employees’ as well as management boards’ and supervisory boards’ 
share options and other share-based incentives by using an option pricing 
model. In accordance with IFRS 2.54, the Group has applied IFRS 2 to equity-
settled awards granted on or after January 1, 1999. In accordance with IFRS 
2.56, options granted prior to January 1, 1999, are therefore not expensed. All 
information is nonetheless disclosed in line with IFRS 2.44 and 2.45. Fur-
ther details are given in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 
– sections 17, 18 and 19*.

IAS 38 “ INTAN g IBlE AS SE TS ” 
IFRS 3 applies to accounting for business combinations for which the agree-
ment date is on or after March 31, 2004. IFRS 3 requires that all business 
combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method.

For acquisitions between January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2010, goodwill  
represented the excess of the cost of the acquisition over the Group’s interest 
in the recognized amount (generally fair value) of the identifiable assets,  
liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquiree. Transaction costs, other 
than those associated with the issue of debt or equity securities, that the 
Group incurred in connection with business combinations were capitalized 
as part of the cost of the acquisition.

For acquisitions on or after January 1, 2010, the Group measured goodwill at 
the acquisition date as the fair value of the consideration transferred plus 
the recognized amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquiree plus if 
the business combination is achieved in stages, the fair value of the existing 
equity interest in the acquiree less the net recognized amount (generally fair 
value) of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Costs re-
lated to the acquisition, other than those associated with the issue of debt or 
equity securities, that the Group incurs in connection with a business com-
bination are expensed as incurred.

The useful economic life of an intangible asset is generally assessed at the 
level of individual assets as having either a finite or an indefinite life. The 
Company has not identified any asset with an indefinite life. Intangible as-
sets with finite lives are being amortized over their useful lives to the extent 
that they are available-for-use. Amortization periods and methods for intan-
gible assets with finite useful economic lives are reviewed annually or earlier 
where an indicator of impairment exists.

Receivables, liabilities, provisions, income and expenses, and profits be-
tween consolidated companies are eliminated on consolidation.

SE E   
GLO S SAry p. 98

SE E   
pAGE 74 E T SEq .

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

NE W STANDARDS EFFEC TI vE IN 2010
   IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” (effective from July 1, 2009) and conse-

quential amendments to IAS 27 “Consolidated and Separate Financial State-
ments”, IAS 28 “Investments in Associates” and IAS 31 “Interests in Joint 
Ventures” are effective prospectively for business combinations for which 
the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual report-
ing period beginning on or after July 1, 2009. The revised standard contin-
ues to apply the acquisition method to business combinations but with 
some significant changes compared to the previous version of IFRS 3. For 
example, all payments to purchase a business are recorded at fair value  
at the acquisition date, with contingent payments classified as debt subse-
quently remeasured through the statement of operations. There is a choice 
on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis, to measure the non-controlling inter-
est in the acquiree either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest’s 
proportionate share of the acquiree’s net assets. All acquisition-related costs 
are expensed. IFRS 3 has been applied to the acquisition of Sloning Bio-
Technology GmbH.

   IAS 27 (Revised) “Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements” re-
quires the effects of all transactions with non-controlling interests to  
be recorded in equity if there is no change in control and these transac-
tions will no longer result in goodwill or gains and losses. The standard 
also specifies the accounting when control is lost. Any remaining interest 
in the entity is remeasured to fair value, and a gain or loss is recognized  
in profit or loss. IAS 27 (revised) has had no impact on the current period, 
because there have been no transactions with non-controlling interests.
   IFRS 5 (Amendment) “Non-current Assets Held-for-Sale and Discontinued 
Operations” in which the amendment clarifies that IFRS 5 specifies the 
disclosures required in respect of non-current assets (or disposal groups) 
classified as held-for-sale or discontinued operations. It also clarifies that 
the general requirements of IAS 1 still apply, in particular paragraph 15 (to 
achieve a fair presentation) and paragraph 125 (sources of estimation un-
certainty) of IAS 1.

   IAS 36 (Amendment) “Impairment of Assets”, effective January 1, 2010, 

which clarifies that the largest cash-generating unit (or group of units) to 
which goodwill should be allocated for the purposes of impairment test-
ing is an operating segment, as defined by paragraph 5 of IFRS 8 “Operat-
ing Segments” (that is, before the aggregation of segments with similar 
economic characteristics).

   Several changes were made to various IFRS and IFRIC in the context of 

the annual improvements project in order to clarify and amend existing 
standards, namely IFRS 2, IFRS 5, IFRS 8, IAS 1, IAS 7, IAS 17, IAS 36, 
IAS 38, IAS 39, IFRIC 9 and IFRIC 16.

   IFRIC 16 “Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation”
   IAS 1 (Amendment) “Presentation of Financial Statements”
   IFRS 2 (Amendments) “Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Trans-

actions”

   IFRS 5 (Improvements to IFRS 2008; Amendments to IFRS 5 Non-current 

Assets Held-for-Sale and Discontinued Operations)

   IFRIC 12 “Service Concession Arrangements”
   IFRIC 15 “Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate”

NE W STANDARDS , AmENDmENTS AND INTERpRE TATI oNS IS SUED BU T NoT 

EFFEC TIvE FoR THE FINANC IAl Y E AR BEg INNIN g JANUARY 1, 2010, AND 

NoT AD op TED E ARlY
The following standards, amendments and interpretations to existing stan-
dards have been published but are not effective for the financial year begin-
ning January 1, 2010, and have not been adopted early by the Group:
   IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments” which is the first step in the process of 

replacing IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”. 
The standard is not applicable until January 1, 2013, but is available for 
early adoption. However, it has not yet been endorsed by the European 
Commission.

   IAS 24 (Revised) “Related Party Disclosures” which is mandatory for peri-
ods beginning on or after January 1, 2011, while early adoption is per-
mitted. The standard has been endorsed by the European Commission on 
January 5, 2011.

   “Classification of Rights Issues” (Amendment to IAS 32) which is manda-

tory for periods beginning on or after February 1, 2010. The standard has 
been endorsed by the European Commission on January 5, 2011.

   IFRIC 19 “Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments” 

which is mandatory for periods beginning on or after July 1, 2010. The stan-
dard has been endorsed by the European Commission on January 5, 2011.

   “Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement” (Amendments to 

IFRIC 14) which is mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 
2011. The standard has been endorsed by the European Commission on 
January 5, 2011.

B) CHANGE IN ESTIMATES 
As of June 1, 2010, the Company estimates that certain success criteria for  
a cooperation will be met earlier than planned. This change in accounting 
estimate is applied prospectively and had a financial impact of € 2.2 million 
(additional revenues) in 2010. Revenue in 2011 is adversely affected in the 
amount of € 1.1 million, which has been reflected in preparing the budget 
for 2011.

NE W AND AmENDED STANDARDS AND INTERpRE TATIoNS mANDAToRY FoR 

THE FIRST TImE FoR THE FINANC IAl Y E AR BEg INNIN g JANUARY 1, 2010, 

BU T CURRENTlY NoT RElE vANT FoR THE g RoUp
The following standards, amendments to existing standards and interpreta-
tions have been published and are mandatory for the Company’s accounting 
periods beginning on January 1, 2010, but they are currently not relevant for 
the Company:
   IFRIC 17 “Distribution of Non-cash Assets to Owners”
   IFRIC 18 “Transfers of Assets from Customers”
   IFRIC 9 “Reassessment of Embedded Derivatives and IAS 39 Financial 

Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”

C) STATE ME NT OF C OMpLIANCE 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared  
in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 
adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), London, 
in consideration of interpretations of the Standing Interpretations Committee 
(SIC) and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee 
(IFRIC) as adopted by the European Commission.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended  
December 31, 2010, comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together re-
ferred to as the “MorphoSys Group”).

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

57

D) BASIS OF prESE NTATION AND CHANGE IN prESE NTATION
The consolidated financial statements are presented in euros, which is the 
functional currency for the MorphoSys Group. They are prepared on the his-
torical cost basis except for the following assets and liabilities, which are 
stated at their fair value: derivative financial instruments and available-for-
sale financial assets. All figures in this report are rounded either to the 
nearest euro, thousand euros or million euros.

In 2010, the presentation of grant income from governmental agencies and 
thus presentation within the statement of operations has been changed as the 
Company expects such income to become material in the next years. Previ-
ously, grant income had been presented within operating revenue due to mate-
riality reasons. Starting in the fourth quarter of 2010, grant income is pre-
sented as “Other Operating Income” and amounted to € 222,418 for the year 
2010. To show comparative information for 2009 as requested by IAS 1.41, 
grant income accounted for in the AbD segment in the amount of € 55,667 has 
been reclassified from operating revenue to other operating income. For fur-
ther details, please see note 1U*.

In 2010, presentation of statement of cash flows from operations has been  
adjusted. “Interest Paid” and “Taxes Paid” are now shown with a negative 
prefix, wheras “Interest Received” is shown with a positive prefix. Also, the 
new item “Income Tax Expense” in “Adjustements to Reconcile Net Profit to 
Net Cash Provided by/(Used In) Operating Activities” has replaced the former 
“Income Tax Benefit” to reconcile the tax amounts shown in the statement  
of operations to cash flow. Finally, withholding tax on capital gains is now in-
cluded in “Taxes Paid”. These changes lead to an adjustment in “Changes 
in Operating Assets and Liabilities” in the lines “Prepaid Expenses, Other 
Assets and Tax Receivables”, “Accounts Payable and Provisions” and “Other 
Liabilities”. To show comparative information, these adjustments have been 
applied to the 2009 figures respectively.

E ) BASIS OF C ONSOLIDATION 
Intercompany balances and transactions and any unrealized gains arising 
from intercompany transactions are eliminated in preparing the consolidated 
financial statements in accordance with IAS 27.20. Unrealized losses are 
eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains but considered an impair-
ment indicator of the asset transferred. Accounting policies of subsidiaries 
have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies 
adopted by the Group.

F ) BuSINES S C OMBINATIONS 
The Group applies IFRS 3 (revised) “Business combinations” (effective from 
July 1, 2009). The revised standard continues to apply the acquisition method 
to business combinations, with some significant changes. For example, all 
payments to purchase a business are to be recorded at fair value at the acqui-
sition date, with contingent payments classified as debt subsequently re-
measured through the statement of operations. All acquisition-related costs 
are expensed.

G) FOrE IGN CurrE NCy Tr ANSL ATION 
IAS 21 “The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates” defines the ac-
counting for transactions and balances in foreign currencies. Transactions 
in foreign currencies are translated at the foreign exchange rate as of the 
date of the transaction. Foreign exchange rate differences arising on these 
translations are recognized in the statement of operations. On the balance 
sheet date, assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rate, and income 
and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. 
Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign 
entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entity and trans-
lated at the closing rate. Any foreign exchange rate differences deriving from 
these translations are recorded in the statement of operations. Any further 
foreign exchange rate differences on a Group level are recognized in the trans-
lation reserve (equity).

H) INTE rEST 
MorphoSys uses interest rates to calculate fair values. For stock-based com-
pensation calculation, MorphoSys uses for convertible bonds the interest 
rate of a German government bond with a duration of five years at grant date 
and for stock options the interest rate of a German government bond with a 
duration of three years at grant date.

I) DE rIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTruME NTS 
The Group uses derivative financial instruments to hedge its exposure to 
foreign exchange rate risks. In accordance with IAS 39.9, all derivative finan-
cial instruments are held for trading and recognized initially at fair value. 
Subsequent to initial recognition, derivative financial instruments are stated 
at fair value, which is their quoted market price as of the balance sheet date. 
Since the derivatives were not designated for hedge accounting, any resulting 
gain or loss is recognized in the statement of operations. According to the 
Group’s foreign currency hedging policy, future cash flows with a high prob-
ability and receivables which are definite and collectible within a twelve-
month period will be hedged.

J) CASH AND CASH EquIVALE NTS 
The Company considers all cash at bank and in hand as well as short-term de-
posits with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash or cash 
equivalents. The Company invests its cash and cash equivalents in deposits 
with three major German financial institutions, namely Commerzbank (for-
mer Dresdner Bank), HypoVereinsbank and Deutsche Bank.

Guarantees granted for rent deposits and commitments for convertible bonds 
issued to employees have been classified in other assets as restricted cash as 
they are not available-for-use in the Company’s operations.

K ) NON - DE rIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTruME NTS
All non-derivative financial instruments are initially recognized at fair 
value, being the fair value of the consideration given and including acqui-
sition charges associated with the investment for instruments not at fair 
value through profit or loss.

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The Company accounts for its investments in debt and equity securities in 
accordance with IAS 39. The management determines the proper classifica-
tions of financial assets at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such desig-
nations as of each balance sheet date. As of December 31, 2010, and as of  
December 31, 2009, some financial assets held by the Group have also been 
classified as available-for-sale. These financial assets are recognized or de-
recognized by the Group on the date it commits itself to purchase or sell the 
financial assets. After initial recognition, available-for-sale financial assets 
are measured at fair value, with any resulting gain or loss reported directly 
in the revaluation reserve within equity until the financial assets are sold, 
collected or otherwise disposed of, or until the financial assets are determined 
to be impaired, at which time the cumulative loss is reported in the state-
ment of operations (please see section P* for further details).

Guarantees granted for rent deposits have been collateralized with available-
for-sale financial assets and have been classified in other assets as restricted 
cash as they are not available-for-use in the Company’s operations.

zation commences when the patent is issued. The Company’s patents cover-
ing its proprietary HuCAL technology were granted in Australia in October 
2000, in the United States of America in October 2001 and in Europe in June 
2002. Technology as identified in the purchase price allocation for the acqui-
sition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH is stated at acquisition-date fair value 
less accumulated amortization (useful life of ten years).

o C) lICENSE RIg HTS
The Company acquired license rights by making upfront license payments, 
paying annual maintenance fees and making sublicense payments to third 
parties. The Company amortizes up-front license payments on a straight-line 
basis over the estimated useful life of the acquired license (ten years). The 
amortization period and the amortization method are reviewed at each bal-
ance sheet date (IAS 38.104). Annual maintenance fees are amortized over 
the term of each annual agreement. Sublicense payments are amortized on a 
straight-line basis over the life of the contract or the estimated useful life of 
the collaboration for those contracts without a stipulated term.

L) AC C OuNTS rECE IVABLE 
Accounts receivable are measured at amortized cost less any impairment 
(e. g. allowance for doubtful accounts (see accounting policy P*).

Other non-derivative financial instruments are measured at amortized cost 
using the effective interest method, less any impairment losses.

oD) SoF T WARE
Software is stated at cost less accumulated amortization (see below) and  
impairment losses (see accounting policy P*). Amortization is charged to the 
statement of operations on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful  
life of three to five years. Software is amortized from the date it is available-
for-use.

M) INVE NTOry
Inventories are stated on a FIFO basis at the lower of manufacturing/acqui-
sition costs and net realizable value. Manufacturing costs of self-produced 
inventories comprise all costs which are directly attributable and an appro-
priate portion of overheads. Inventories can be classified into raw material/
consumables, work in progress and finished goods.

N) prOpE r T y, pL ANT AND EquIpME NT
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation 
(see also the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – section 8*) 
and impairment losses (see accounting policy P*). Replacements and improve-
ments are capitalized while general repairs and maintenance are charged to 
expenses as incurred. Assets are depreciated over their expected useful lives 
using the straight-line method. Leasehold improvements are depreciated 
over the estimated useful lives of the assets using the straight-line method.

O) INTANGIBLE AS SE TS 

oA) RESE ARCH AND DE vElopmENT 
Research costs are expensed as incurred. In general, development costs are 
expensed as incurred (IAS 38.5 and IAS 38.11–38.23). Development costs are 
recognized as an intangible asset when the criteria of IAS 38.21 (probability 
of expected future economic benefits, reliability of cost measurement) are met 
and if the entity can demonstrate the requirements of IAS 38.57.

oB) pATENT C oSTS
Patents obtained by the Group are stated at cost less accumulated amortiza-
tion (see below) and impairment losses (see accounting policy P*). Patent 
costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lower of the estimated 
useful life of the patent (ten years) and the remaining patent term. Amorti-

oE ) K NoW - HoW AND CUSTomER lIST S
MorphoSys established a purchase price allocation (PPA) as required by 
IFRS 3 “Business Combinations”. Intangible assets identified consist of tech-
nology (useful life of 15 years), customer lists (useful life of 17 years), know-
how (useful life of eight years) and customer relationships (useful life of ten 
years) and distributors (useful life of 16 years) and are stated at acquisition 
date fair value less accumulated amortization.

oF ) INTAN g IBlE AS SE TS UNDER DE vElopmENT
This item contains an upfront payment from the in-licensing of a compound 
for the Proprietary Development segment. The asset is stated at cost and  
is not yet available-for-use, therefore not subject to amortization. As of the 
balance sheet date, the asset has been tested for impairment as required  
by IAS 36.

o g) g o oDWIll
The goodwill recognized is partly attributable to expected synergies to be 
achieved and to the skills of the acquired workforce. Goodwill is regularly 
tested for impairment as required by IAS 36 (please see note 12* for further 
details).

oH) SUB SEQUENT E XpENDIT URE
Subsequent expenditure on capitalized intangible assets is only capitalized 
when it increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset 
to which it relates. All other expenditure is expensed as incurred.

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59

p) IMpAIrME NT 

pA) NoN - DERIvATIvE FINANC IAl AS SE TS
A financial asset not carried at fair value through profit or loss is assessed at 
each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it 
is impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that 
a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that 
the loss event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that 
asset that can be estimated reliably.

Objective evidence that financial assets (including equity securities) are  
impaired can include default or delinquency by a debtor, restructuring of  
an amount due to the Group on terms that the Group would not consider  
otherwise, indications that a debtor or issuer will enter bankruptcy, adverse 
changes in the payment status of borrowers or issuers in the Group, eco-
nomic conditions that correlate with defaults or the disappearance of an ac-
tive market for a security. In addition, for an investment in an equity secu-
rity, a significant or prolonged decline in its fair value below its cost is 
objective evidence of impairment.

RECEIvABlES:
The Group considers evidence of impairment for receivables at both a spe-
cific asset and collective level. All individually significant receivables are 
assessed for specific impairment. All individually significant receivables 
found not to be specifically impaired are then collectively assessed for any 
impairment that has been incurred but not yet identified. Receivables that 
are not individually significant are collectively assessed for impairment by 
grouping together receivables with similar risk characteristics.

In assessing collective impairment the Group uses historical trends of the 
probability of default, the timing of recoveries and the amount of loss in-
curred, adjusted for management’s judgment as to whether current economic 
and credit conditions are such that the actual losses are likely to be greater 
or less than suggested by historical trends.

An impairment loss in respect of a financial asset measured at amortized 
cost is calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the pres-
ent value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s origi-
nal effective interest rate. Losses are recognized in profit or loss and reflected 
in an allowance account against receivables. Interest on the impaired asset 
continues to be recognized. When a subsequent event (e.g. repayment by a 
debtor) causes the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the decrease in 
impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss.

AvAIl ABlE - FoR - SAlE FINANC IAl AS SE TS:
Impairment losses on available-for-sale financial assets are recognized by 
reclassifying the losses accumulated in the fair value reserve in equity, to 
profit or loss. The cumulative loss that is reclassified from equity to profit or 
loss is the difference between the acquisition cost, net of any principal re-
payment and amortization, and the current fair value, less any impairment 
loss recognized previously in profit or loss. If, in a subsequent period, the 
fair value of an impaired available-for-sale debt security increases and the in-
crease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment 

loss was recognized in profit or loss, then the impairment loss is reversed, 
with the amount of the reversal recognized in profit or loss. However, any 
subsequent recovery in the fair value of an impaired available-for-sale equity 
security is recognized in other comprehensive income.

pB) NoN - FINAN C IAl AS SE TS
The carrying amounts of the Group’s non-financial assets, inventories and 
deferred tax assets, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether 
there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the 
asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. For goodwill, and intangible assets 
that have indefinite useful lives or that are not yet available-for-use, the  
recoverable amount is estimated each year at the same time. An impairment 
loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an asset or its related cash-gen-
erating unit (CGU) exceeds its estimated recoverable amount.

The recoverable amount of an asset or CGU is the greater of its value in use 
and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated 
future post-tax cash flows are discounted to their present value using a post-
tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value  
of money and the risks specific to the asset or CGU. For the purpose of impair-
ment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together 
into the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows from continuing 
use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or CGU. 
Subject to an operating segment ceiling test, for the purposes of goodwill 
impairment testing, CGUs to which goodwill has been allocated are aggre-
gated so that the level at which impairment testing is performed reflects the 
lowest level at which goodwill is monitored for internal reporting purposes. 
Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to groups of CGUs 
that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination.

The Group’s corporate assets do not generate separate cash inflows and are 
utilized by more than one CGU. Corporate assets are allocated to CGUs on a 
reasonable and consistent basis and tested for impairment as part of the test-
ing of the CGU to which the corporate asset is allocated.

Impairment losses are recognized in profit or loss. Impairment losses recog-
nized in respect of CGUs are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of 
any goodwill allocated to the CGU (group of CGUs), and then to reduce the 
carrying amounts of the other assets in the CGU (group of CGUs) on a pro rata 
basis. An impairment loss in respect of goodwill is not reversed. In respect 
of other assets, impairment losses recognized in prior periods are assessed 
at each reporting date for any indications that the loss has decreased or no 
longer exists. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in 
the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment 
loss is reversed only to the extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not 
exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depre-
ciation or amortization, if no impairment loss had been recognized.

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q ) SHArE CApITAL
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attribut-
able to the issue of ordinary shares and share options are recognized as a 
deduction from equity, net of any tax effects. When share capital recognized 
as equity is repurchased, the amount of consideration paid, which includes 
directly attributable costs, is net of any tax effects, and is recognized as a 
deduction from equity classified as treasury shares. When treasury shares 
are sold or reissued subsequently, the amount received is recognized as an 
increase in equity, and the resulting surplus or deficit on the transaction is 
transferred to/from retained earnings.

r) Tr ADE AND OTHE r pAyABLES , prOVISIONS
Trade and other payables are stated at amortized cost. Payables with repay-
ment dates exceeding one year are discounted to their net present values.

and possible return of goods can be estimated reliably, there is no continu-
ing management involvement with the goods, and the amount of revenue 
can be measured reliably. If it is probable that discounts will be granted and 
the amount can be measured reliably, then the discount is recognised as a 
reduction of revenue as the sales are recognised. The timing of the transfer 
of risks and rewards varies depending on the individual terms of the sales 
agreement.

In accordance with IAS 18.21, 18.25 and IAS 20.18, the total consideration 
in revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables will be allocated among 
the separately identifiable components based on their respective fair values 
under application of IAS 18.20, and the applicable revenue recognition crite-
ria will be considered separately for each of the separate components.

Payables of uncertain timing or amount are shown as provisions.

Deferred revenues represent revenues received but not yet earned as per the 
terms of the contracts.

S) C ONVE r TIBLE BONDS
The Company issued convertible bonds to the Management Board and to em-
ployees of the Group under application of IAS 32 and IAS 39. In accordance 
with IAS 32.28, the equity portion of a bond has to be separated and presented 
as additional paid-in capital. The equity component is deducted from the fair 
value of the bond. The remaining value is recognized as stock-based compen-
sation. The Company applies the provisions of IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment” 
for all convertible bonds granted to the Management Board and the employees 
of the Group.

T ) rE VE NuE rEC O GNITION
The Company’s revenues include license and milestone fees, service fees 
and revenue for the sale of goods.

lICENSE AND mIlESToNE FEES   
Revenues related to non-refundable technology access fees, subscription fees 
and license fees are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the 
relevant periods of the agreement, generally the research term or the esti-
mated useful life of the collaboration for those contracts without a stipulated 
term unless a more accurate means of recognizing revenue is available. If  
all of the criteria of IAS 18.14 are met, revenue is recognized in full. Milestone 
fees are recognized upon achievement of certain criteria.

SERvICE FEES 
Research and development collaboration service fees are recognized in the 
period when the services are provided.

SAlE oF g o oDS 
Revenue from the sale of goods in the AbD Serotec segment is measured at 
the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, net of returns, 
trade discounts and volume rebates. Revenue is recognised when persuasive 
evidence exists, usually in the form of an executed sales agreement, that  
the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the 
customer, recovery of the consideration is probable, the associated costs 

u) G OVE rNME NT Gr ANTS
Grants from governmental agencies for the support of specific research and 
development projects for which cash has been received are recorded as a 
separate item - “Other Operating Income” - in profit or loss on a systematic 
basis to the extent the related expenses have been incurred. Under the 
terms of the grants, the governmental agencies generally have the right to 
audit the use of the payments received by the Company.

V ) E XpE NSE S

vA) C oST oF g o oDS SolD
Cost of goods sold comprises the cost of manufactured products and the  
acquisition cost of purchased goods which have been sold.

vB) STo CK- BASED C ompENSATIoN
The Company applies the provisions of IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment” which 
obligates the Company to record the estimated fair value for stock options 
and other awards at the measurement date as a compensation expense over 
the period in which the employees render the services associated with the 
award. 

vC) opER ATIN g lE ASE pAY mENTS
Payments made under operating leases are recognized in the statement of 
operations on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. According to 
SIC-15, all incentives for the agreement of an operating lease are recognized 
as an integral part of the net consideration agreed for the use of the leased 
asset. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognized as a reduction of 
rental expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis.

W ) INTE rEST INC OME
Interest income is recognized in the statement of operations as it occurs, 
taking into account the effective yield on the asset.

X ) INTE rEST E XpE NSE
Borrowing costs are expensed when incurred.

y ) INC OME TA XES
Income tax on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred 
tax. Income tax is recognized in the statement of operations except to the 
extent that it relates to items recognized directly in equity, in which case it 
is recognized in equity.

Current tax is the expected tax payable on the taxable income for the year, 
using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted at the balance sheet date, 
and any adjustment to tax payable with respect to previous years.

Deferred tax is calculated using the balance sheet liability method, provid-
ing for temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and 
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxa-
tion purposes. The amount of deferred tax provided is based on the expected 
manner of realization or settlement of the carrying amount of assets and  
liabilities, using tax rates enacted or substantially enacted at the balance 
sheet date.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable 
right to offset current tax liabilities and assets, and if they relate to income 
taxes levied by the same tax authority on the same taxable entity or on differ-
ent tax entities, but they intend to settle current tax liabilities and assets on  
a net basis or their tax assets and liabilities will be realized simultaneously.

A deferred tax asset is recognized only to the extent that it is probable that 
future taxable profits will be available against which the asset can be utilized. 
Deferred tax assets are reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable 
that the related tax benefit will be realized.

z ) E ArNINGS pE r SHArE
The Group presents basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) data for its 
ordinary shares. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss attrib-
utable to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted-average 
number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is 
determined by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to ordinary share-
holders and the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding 
for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares, which comprise con-
vertible notes and share options granted to management and employees.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

61

2    Segment Reporting

The Group applies IFRS 8 “Operating Segments” (effective from January 1, 
2009). IFRS 8 requires a “management approach”, under which segment infor-
mation is presented on the same basis as that used for internal reporting 
purposes. As of June 30, 2009, the Group implemented a third operating seg-
ment, Therapeutic Antibodies – Proprietary Development. The correspond-
ing items of segment information for prior periods have been restated on a 
reasonable basis of allocations.

An operating segment is a component of an entity that engages in business 
activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose oper-
ating results are regularly reviewed by the entity’s chief operating decision 
maker and for which discrete financial information is available.

Segment information is presented in respect of the Group’s operating seg-
ments. The operating segments are based on the Group’s management and 
internal reporting structure. Segment results and assets include items  
directly attributable to a segment and those that can be allocated on a rea-
sonable basis. Intersegment pricing is determined on an arm’s length basis 
according to the Group transfer pricing policy.

The Group consists of the following three operating segments:

pAr TNE rE D DISC OVE ry
MorphoSys possesses one of the leading technologies for the generation  
of human antibody therapeutics. The Company commercially exploits this 
technology via partnerships with multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnol-
ogy companies. All activities related to these collaborations and the major 
part of technology development are reflected in this segment.

prOprIE TAry DE VE LOpME NT
This segment involves all activities relating to proprietary therapeutic anti-
body development. Presently, this includes the Company’s three lead com-
pounds in its proprietary product portfolio, MOR103, MOR202 and MOR208, 
as well as five programs in the discovery phase and two pre-development 
programs with Novartis. In June 2010, MorphoSys in-licensed an anti-CD19 
program from Xencor. The program was renamed MOR208. The Company 
currently plans to out-license proprietary compounds after proof of concept.

ABD SE rOTEC
The AbD Serotec segment leverages MorphoSys’s core technological capa-
bilities in the design and manufacture of antibodies for research and diag-
nostic purposes. It commercializes the HuCAL technology, focusing on the 
generation of bespoke research antibodies for its customers. The segment 
also generates sales from catalog antibodies and bulk/industrial production 
of antibodies.

E NTIT y- WIDE DISCLO SurE
In presenting entity-wide disclosures, segment revenues are based on the 
geographical location of the customers and segment assets on the geographi-
cal location of the assets.

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

for the Twelve-month Period  
Ended December 31 

(in 000’s €)

RE vENUES , ToTAl

External Revenues

Intersegment Revenues

ToTAl opER ATIN g E XpENSES

Cost of Goods Sold

Other Operating Expenses

Intersegment Costs

oTHER opER ATIN g INC omE

SEg mENT RESUlT

Finance Income

Finance Expenses

Other Income

Other Expenses

pRoFIT BEFoRE TA XES

Income Tax Expenses

NE T pRoFIT

Current Assets

Non-current Assets

ToTAl SEg mENT AS SE T S

Current Liabilities

Non-current Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity

ToTAl SEg mENT lIAB IlITIES AND EQUIT Y

Capital Expenditure

Depreciation and Amortization

Partnered Discovery

Proprietary Development

AbD Serotec

unallocated

Elimination

group

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

66,267

66,267

0

23,559

0

22,688

871

13

42,721

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13,192

29,072

42,264

6,611

3,450

10,061

1,197

2,691

61,669

61,669

0

22,094

0

21,170

924

0

1,771

1,771

0

26,510

0

26,219

291

191

1,012

1,012

0

19,297

0

19,178

119

0

39,575

 (24,548)

 (18,285)

 (9,557)

 (10,903)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,499

10,320

19,819

12,210

5,579

17,789

1,525

2,470

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,719

16,847

18,566

4,617

0

4,617

11,580

1,199

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,160

5,450

6,610

3,008

0

3,008

841

823

9,557

9,557

10,903

10,903

 (1,162)

 (1,043)

 (1,162)

 (1,162)

 (1,043)

 (1,043)

 (1,162)

 (1,043)

20,160

18,998

1,162

18,945

7,284

11,661

0

18

1,233

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10,725

31,287

42,012

3,777

665

4,442

482

1,261

19,330

18,287

1,043

18,371

6,744

11,627

0

56

1,015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,024

31,814

40,838

3,818

905

4,723

783

1,128

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

106,870

2,842

109,712

6,346

1,166

185,922

193,434

553

1,015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

135,909

2,915

138,824

5,216

1,420

173,935

180,571

682

922

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

87,036

87,036

0

77,409

7,284

70,125

0

222

9,849

4,123

34

470

1,237

13,171

3,975

9,196

132,506

80,048

212,554

21,351

5,281

185,922

212,554

13,812

6,166

80,968

80,968

0

69,622

6,744

62,878

0

56

11,402

2,002

9

372

733

13,034

4,070

8,964

155,592

50,499

206,091

24,252

7,904

173,935

206,091

3,831

5,343

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

63

Partnered Discovery

Proprietary Development

AbD Serotec

unallocated

Elimination

group

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

20,160

18,998

1,162

18,945

7,284

11,661

0

18

1,233

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10,725

31,287

42,012

3,777

665

4,442

482

1,261

19,330

18,287

1,043

18,371

6,744

11,627

0

56

1,015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,024

31,814

40,838

3,818

905

4,723

783

1,128

0

0

0

9,557

0

9,557

0

0

0

0

0

10,903

0

10,903

0

 (1,162)

0

 (1,162)

 (1,162)

0

0

 (1,043)

0

 (1,043)

 (1,043)

0

0

 (1,162)

 (1,043)

 (9,557)

 (10,903)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

106,870

2,842

109,712

6,346

1,166

185,922

193,434

553

1,015

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

135,909

2,915

138,824

5,216

1,420

173,935

180,571

682

922

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

87,036

87,036

0

77,409

7,284

70,125

0

222

9,849

4,123

34

470

1,237

13,171

3,975

9,196

132,506

80,048

212,554

21,351

5,281

185,922

212,554

13,812

6,166

80,968

80,968

0

69,622

6,744

62,878

0

56

11,402

2,002

9

372

733

13,034

4,070

8,964

155,592

50,499

206,091

24,252

7,904

173,935

206,091

3,831

5,343

for the Twelve-month Period  

Ended December 31 

(in 000’s €)

RE vENUES , ToTAl

External Revenues

Intersegment Revenues

ToTAl opER ATIN g E XpENSES

Cost of Goods Sold

Other Operating Expenses

Intersegment Costs

oTHER opER ATIN g IN C omE

SEg mENT RESUlT

Finance Income

Finance Expenses

Other Income

Other Expenses

pRoFIT BEFoRE TA XES

Income Tax Expenses

NE T pRoFIT

Current Assets

Non-current Assets

ToTAl SEg mENT AS SE T S

Current Liabilities

Non-current Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity

ToTAl SEg mENT lIAB IlITIES AND EQUIT Y

Capital Expenditure

Depreciation and Amortization

23,559

22,094

26,510

19,297

39,575

 (24,548)

 (18,285)

66,267

66,267

22,688

871

13

42,721

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13,192

29,072

42,264

6,611

3,450

10,061

1,197

2,691

61,669

61,669

21,170

924

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9,499

10,320

19,819

12,210

5,579

17,789

1,525

2,470

2010

1,771

1,771

26,219

291

191

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,719

16,847

18,566

4,617

4,617

11,580

1,199

2009

1,012

1,012

19,178

119

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,160

5,450

6,610

3,008

0

3,008

841

823

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The following table shows the split of the Company’s capital expenditure by 
geographical segment:

in 000’s €

Germany

UK

USA

ToTAl

2010

13,508

280

24

13,812

2009

3,520

290

21

3,831

3   Cash and Cash Equivalents

in 000’s €

2010

2009

Bank Balances and Cash in Hand

Term Deposits

Restricted Cash

CASH AND CASH EQUIvAlENTS

44,118

959

(959)

44,118

41,255

883

(883)

41,255

The € 1.0 million (2009: € 0.9 million) of restricted cash paid for the head-
quarters buildings in Munich, Puchheim and Oxford is a rent deposit.

A segment result is defined as segment revenues less operating segment ex-
penses. As a compensation for Partnered Discovery revenues generated from 
contracts that had originally been initiated by the AbD Serotec segment,  
the Partnered Discovery segment granted a compensatory fee of € 0.9 million 
(prior year: € 0.9 million) to the AbD Serotec segment for 2010 as a result  
of the revenue-sharing agreement established between the two segments in 
2007. In 2010, revenues in the AbD Serotec segment comprised interseg-
ment revenues with the Proprietary Development segment in the amount of 
€ 0.3 million (2009: € 0.1 million) which resulted from the sale of antibodies. 
In 2009, a minor impairment loss was recognized in the AbD Serotec segment.

The Groups’s major customers are all related to the Partnered Discovery  
segment. The most significant customer accounts for € 9.4 million of the 
trade receivables carrying amount at December 31, 2010 (2009: € 9.0 million). 
Three customers individually accounted for € 47.2 million, € 8.9 million, and 
€ 3.3 million of the revenues in the year 2010 and were mainly attributed to 
the Partnered Discovery segment. In 2009, three customers individually  
accounted for € 41.8 million, € 8.3 million, and € 2.8 million of the revenues 
and were mainly attributed to the Partnered Discovery segment.

In 2010, other operating expenses in “unallocated” mainly included person-
nel-related costs (2010: € 4.7 million; 2009: € 5.7 million), costs for external 
services (2010: € 2.1 million; 2009: € 2.5 million) and infrastructure costs 
(2010: € 1.1 million; 2009: € 0.9 million). Current assets in “unallocated” 
mainly consisted of cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale financial 
assets (2010: € 104.9 million; 2009: € 133.0 million). Current liabilities in 
“unallocated” mainly comprised accounts payable (2010: € 4.6 million; 2009: 
€ 4.1 million) as well as provisions (2010: € 1.7 million; 2009: € 1.1 million).

The following table shows the split of the Company’s consolidated revenues 
by geographical market:

in 000’s €

Germany

Europe and Asia

USA and Canada

Other

ToTAl

2010

2009

4,702

64,889

16,504

941

87,036

6,865

58,043

14,807

1,253

80,968

The following table shows the split of the Company’s assets by geographical 
segment:

in 000’s €

Germany

UK

USA

ToTAl

2010

2009

202,111

8,748

1,695

212,554

197,405

7,329

1,357

206,091

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65

4   Financial Assets

Financial assets classified as available-for-sale consist of the following as of 
December 31, 2010 and 2009:

in 000’s €

Maturity

Cost

gains

Losses

holding gains

Market Value

gross unrealized holding 

Realized  

DECEmBER 31, 2010

DB Money Cash

Restricted Cash

ToTAl

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

DB Money Cash

Restricted Cash

ToTAl

daily

 63,424 

 1,138 

daily

 89,354 

 4,719 

0

0

0

0

         64,562    

(258)

         64,304    

         94,073    

(189)

         93,884    

The gross unrealized holding gains of € 1,138,281 for the year ended Decem-
ber 31, 2010, and € 4,718,984 for the year ended December 31, 2009, were re-
corded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (revaluation reserve). 
In 2010, the Group recorded gains of € 3,979,920 in the statement of opera-
tions on the sale of financial assets, which had previously been recognized in 
equity (2009: € 1,717,095). The € 0.3 million (2009: € 0.2 million) of restricted 
cash is a rent deposit.

As of December 31, 2010, two option contracts in the nominal amounts of 
each $ 10 million (2009: € 0) are outstanding, for which an unrealized loss of 
€ 0.3 million has been recognized in profit and loss. At the beginning of the 
year, the Company entered into eleven option contracts that were due during 
the financial year 2010 with a realized loss of € 0.2 million (2009: loss of 
€ 0.1 million). Realized losses were recognized as other expenses.

For further details on accounting for financial assets, see also the Notes to 
the Consolidated Financial Statements – section 1J*.

7    Prepaid Expenses, Tax Receivables, 

Other Current Assets and Inventories

5   Accounts Receivable

All accounts receivable are non-interest-bearing and are generally due on a 
30- to 45-day term. On December 31, 2010 and 2009, accounts receivable  
included unbilled amounts of € 2,104,854 and € 1,757,338, respectively. The 
Company does require collateral from customers for accounts receivable in 
the AbD Serotec segment. The amount of collaterals held as of December 31, 
2010, was not material.

Based on the management’s assessment, in 2010 a net gain from the rever-
sal of impairment losses in the amount of € 4,400 was recognized in the 
statement of operations for allowances for doubtful accounts (2009: net gain 
of € 53,344).

6   Other Receivables

According to the Company’s hedging policy, expected future cash flows with  
a high probability and definite foreign currency receivables which are collect-
ible within a twelve-month period are reviewed for hedging. These deriva-
tives are shown as other receivables with their fair values. Starting in 2003, 
MorphoSys entered into foreign currency options and forward contracts to 
hedge foreign exchange exposure related to US dollar accounts receivable.

Prepaid expenses, both the current and the non-current portion, mainly  
include prepaid sublicense fees of € 0.2 million as of December 31, 2010 
(2009: € 0.3 million), and other prepayments in the amount of € 2.2 million 
as of December 31, 2010 (2009: € 2.2 million).

Tax receivables amounted to € 0.5 million as of December 31, 2010 (2009: 
€ 0.8 million) and mainly comprised receivables in connection with with-
holding tax on capital gains.

Inventories of € 4.1 million (2009: € 4.0 million) are located in Oxford, UK, in 
Raleigh, USA, in Martinsried, Germany, and in Puchheim, Germany. As of 
December 31, 2010, inventories comprised raw materials, merchandise, con-
sumables and supplies in the amount of € 0.9 million (prior year: € 2.0 mil-
lion), work in progress of € 0.3 million (prior year: € 0.1 million) and finished 
goods of € 2.9 million (prior year: € 1.9 million). As of December 31, 2010, 
the inventory reserve amounted to € 2.8 million (prior year: € 2.2 million) and 
the movement to prior year’s inventory reserve is included in COGS. Inven-
tories carried at fair value less cost to sell amount to € 0 (prior year: € 0). In 
2010, raw materials, consumables and changes in finished goods and work 
in progress recognized as COGS amounted to € 5.6 million (prior year: € 5.2 
million).

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

8   Property, Plant and Equipment

in 000’s €

Cost

JANUARY 1, 2010

Additions

Additions from Business Combination

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Accumulated Depreciation

JANUARY 1, 2010

Depreciation Charge for the Year

Write-offs for the Year

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Carrying Amount

JANUARY 1, 2010

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Cost

JANUARY 1, 20 09

Additions

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

Accumulated Depreciation

JANUARY 1, 20 09

Depreciation Charge for the Year

Write-offs for the Year

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

Carrying Amount

JANUARY 1, 20 09

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

Land and  
Buildings

office and  
Laboratory 
Equipment

furniture and 
fixtures

869

0

0

0

47

916

226

57

0

0

11

294

643

622

813

0

0

56

869

161

54

0

0

11

226

652

643

11,542

2,266

1,164

(614)

46

14,404

7,793

1,921

0

(362)

30

9,382

3,749

5,022

9,096

2,418

(9)

37

11,542

6,427

1,356

2

(11)

19

7,793

2,669

3,749

2,339

58

36

(1)

28

2,460

1,734

162

0

0

18

1,914

605

546

2,184

168

(32)

19

2,339

1,538

207

5

(26)

10

1,734

646

605

Totals

14,750

2,324

1,200

(615)

121

17,780

9,753

2,140

0

(362)

59

11,590

4,997

6,190

12,093

2,586

(41)

112

14,750

8,126

1,617

7

(37)

40

9,753

3,967

4,997

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

67

As of December 31, 2010, land and buildings located in Poole, UK, in the 
amount of € 813,011 (prior year: € 771,798) is classified as held-for-sale. No 
borrowing costs have been capitalized during the period. No restrictions  
on title, and property, plant and equipment were pledged as security for liabil-
ities. The Company recognized expenditure in property, plant and equip-
ment in the amount of € 0.5 million in the course of construction. No signfi-
cant contractual commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and 
equipment have been entered into as of the reporting date.

The depreciation charge is included in the following line items of the state-
ment of operations:

in 000’s €

2010

2009

Research and Development

 1,354 

 1,013 

Sales, General and Administrative  
(Depreciation)

Sales, General and Administrative  
(Write-off)

Cost of Goods Sold

ToTAl

 687 

 526 

0 

 100 

 2,141 

 7 

 83 

 1,629 

As of December 31, 2010, minor foreign exchange effects were recognized 
for the assets acquired and were accounted as translation reserve in equity.

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

9   Intangible Assets

in 000’s €

Patents

Licenses

Intangible  
Assets under 
Development

Software

Know-how and 
Customer List

goodwill

Total

Cost

JANUARY 1, 2010

Additions

Additions from Business Combination

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Accumulated Amortization

JANUARY 1, 2010

Amortization Charge for the Year

Write-offs for the Year

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Carrying Amount

JANUARY 1, 2010

DECEmBER 31, 2010

Cost

JANUARY 1, 20 09

Additions

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

Accumulated Amortization

JANUARY 1, 20 09

Amortization Charge for the Year

Write-offs for the Year

Disposals

Foreign Exchange Variance

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

Carrying Amount

JANUARY 1, 20 09

DECEmBER 31, 20 09

4,148

221

10,080

0

0

24,781

612

0

0

32

0

10,513

0

0

0

2,955

140

22

(3)

12

14,449

25,425

10,513

3,126

26,742

0

7,352

0

5

63,733

11,486

17,454

(3)

361

34,099

93,031

5,107

0

0

0

312

5,419

3,022

516

0

0

195

3,733

2,085

1,686

0

0

202

5,107

2,412

497

31

0

82

4,905

26,672

0

0

0

0

0

0

26,742

34,099

0

0

70

26,742

0

0

0

0

0

0

19,624

3,985

0

0

214

23,823

44,109

69,208

62,539

1,245

(367)

316

63,733

16,133

3,711

31

(350)

99

19,624

46,406

44,109

2,243

3,022

664

712

2,493

2,085

26,672

26,742

3,358

806

0

0

0

11,001

2,295

0

0

10

4,164

13,306

790

10,285

3,986

162

0

0

13,780

12,119

24,381

736

(367)

31

4,148

24,781

2,787

571

0

0

0

9,003

2,341

0

(350)

7

3,358

11,001

1,199

790

15,378

13,780

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10,513

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,243

368

0

0

9

2,620

712

506

2,595

347

0

13

2,955

1,931

302

0

0

10

As of December 31, 2010, intangible assets under development were tested 
as required by IAS 36. No impairment was deemed necessary.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

69

The amortization charge is included in the following line items of the state-
ment of operations:

in 000’s €

Research and Development

Research and Development (Write-off)

Sales, General and Administrative

Cost of Goods Sold

ToTAl

2010

3,097 

0 

666 

218 

3,981 

2009

2,914 

31 

648 

159 

3,752 

As of December 31, 2009, a minor impairment loss was recognized for intan-
gible assets in the AbD Serotec segment.

As of December 31, 2010, minor foreign exchange effects were recognized for 
the assets acquired and were accounted for as translation reserve in equity.

10  Other Assets

The Company has classified certain items in other assets that are not avail-
able-for-use in its operations as restricted cash (see Notes to the Consoli-
dated Financial Statements – section 3 and 4*). As of December 31, 2010 and 
2009, the Company had commitments of € 1.3 million and € 1.1 million for 
guarantees issued as well as € 113,256 and € 32,670 respectively for convert-
ible bonds issued to employees.

11  Assets Classified as Held for Sale

As of December 31, 2010, assets classified as held for sale comprise the com-
mercial properties of the subsidiary Poole Real Estate Ltd., Poole, UK (AbD 
Serotec segment) with a net book value of € 813,011 (prior year: € 771,798). In 
2010, intense efforts to sell the property did not succeed. However, efforts  
for a commercialisation will be intensified in 2011 by searching for a poten-
tial buyer in a wider area and a sale is expected within one year. An exter-
nal, independent real estate company, having appropriate recognized profes-
sional qualifications and recent experience in the location and category of 
property being valued, has valued the property in the fourth quarter of 2010. 
No impairment was deemed necessary in the 2010 financial year.

rate of 2 % of the perpetual annuity. The cash flow projections assume aver-
age yearly increases in revenues of approximately 10 % in the next years. The 
major underlying key assumption for the cash flow projections is the expan-
sion of the current customer base. AbD Serotec’s management intends to con-
centrate on high-value applications of the HuCAL technology, especially in 
the area of diagnostics. The values of the underlying key assumption have 
been determined by using both internal sources (past experience) and ex-
ternal sources of information (market intelligence, financial reports). The sen-
sitivity analysis was performed with different assumptions and variables. 
An impairment loss of approximately € 1 million would occur if the perpetual 
growth rate should decrease from 2 % to 0 % or if the WACC is increased to 
9.5 %. An impairment loss of approximately € 2 million would occur if future 
cash flows should be reduced by 15 %. The values assigned to the assump-
tions represent management’s estimates of future trends and are based on 
internal planning scenarios as well as external sources.

The goodwill (as determined in the purchase price allocation) resulting from 
the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH was attributed to the Part-
nered Discovery segment. As of December 31, 2010, this goodwill was tested 
as required by IAS 36. On the basis of the cash-generating unit, the technol-
ogy development team within the Partnered Discovery segment, the value in 
use was determined to be higher than the carrying amount. In addition, a 
detailed sensitivity analysis was done. The cash flow projections are mainly 
based on the key assumption that the technology presently developed is 
highly beneficial for current and new customers and will result in a number 
of new deals. The values of the underlying key assumption have been deter-
mined by using both internal sources (past experience) and external sources 
of information (market intelligence). The sensitivity analysis was performed 
with different assumptions and variables. No impairment loss was deemed 
necessary if the perpetual growth rate should decrease from 2 % to 0 %, if  
future cash flows should be reduced by 20 % or if the WACC is increased from 
8.22 % to 12 %. The values assigned to the assumptions represent manage-
ment’s estimates of future trends and are based on internal planning scenar-
ios as well as external sources.

13  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable are non-interest-bearing and are normally settled within 
30 days.

Accounts payable are listed in the table below:

12  Goodwill

in 000’s €

2010

2009

As of October 31, 2010, the goodwill attributed to the AbD Serotec segment 
was tested as required by IAS 36. On the basis of the cash-generating unit, 
the AbD Serotec segment, the value in use was determined to be higher than 
the carrying amount by approximately € 5.0 million. In addition, a detailed 
sensitivity analysis was done. Based on the updated outlook to cash flows for 
the upcoming five years, the value in use was calculated as follows: beta fac-
tor of 1.18, income tax rate of 31 %, WACC of 8.50 % (2009: 8.92 %) and a growth 

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Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Other Liabilities

ToTAl

2,148 

12,800 

667 

15,615 

831 

12,725 

550 

14,106 

Accrued expenses include mainly accruals for payments to employees and 
management of € 4.1 million (2009: € 3.9 million), amounts for outstanding 
invoices in the amount of € 2.4 million (2009: € 2.9 million), external lab fund-

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

ing of € 3.6 million (2009: € 2.3 million), € 2.2 million for license compensation 
(2009: € 3.3 million), € 0.1 million for Supervisory Board members’ compen-
sation (2009: € 0.1 million), € 0.2 million for audit fees and costs related thereto 
(2009: € 0.2 million) and € 0.2 million for legal services (2009: € 0.1 million).

At the Company’s Annual General Meeting in May 2010, the Supervisory 
Board was authorized to appoint KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft 
as its auditor. In 2010 and 2009, the auditing company and its partner compa-
nies within the international KPMG network were remunerated by MorphoSys 
in the amount of € 307,162 and € 249,667, including audit fees of € 241,072 
(2009: € 239,898), audit-related fees of € 59,943 (2009: € 9,000), fees for tax 
consultancy of € 0 (2009: € 0) and fees for other services of € 6,147 (2009: 
€ 768). Accrued expenses for audit fees in the amount of € 172,068 (2009: 
€ 141,807) are included in these figures. 

In 2010, the auditing company and its partner companies included in KPMG 
Europe LLP were remunerated by MorphoSys in the amount of € 268,179 
(2009: € 211,785), including audit fees of € 202,088 (2009: € 202,017), audit-
related fees of € 59,943 (2009: € 9,000), fees for tax consultancy of € 0 (2009: 
€ 0) and fees for other services of € 6,147 (2009: € 768).

14  Provisions and Tax Liabilities

As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded provisions and 
tax liabilities of € 2.5 million and € 1.5 million, respectively.

Tax liabilities mainly comprise expenses for income tax. Provisions and tax 
liabilities remain uncertain with respect to their amounts as of December 
31, 2010, and are expected to be settled in 2011.

Provisions and tax liabilities changed during the 2010 financial year as fol-
lows:

in 000’s €

Taxes

Other Obligations

ToTAl

01/01/2010

Additions

utilized

Released

12/31/2010

1,427 

43 

1,470 

1,396 

283 

1,679 

677 

0 

677 

1 

8 

9 

2,145 

318 

2,463 

15   Financial Instruments and Financial Risk 

Management

In addition to the risks highlighted in the Management Report, the Company 
has identified the following risks:

high-quality securities. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities 
are maintained principally with three high-quality financial institutions  
in Germany. The Company continually monitors its positions with, and the 
credit quality of, the financial institutions, which are counterparties to its 
financial instruments, and does not anticipate non-performance.

CrE DIT AND LIquIDIT y rISK
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentra-
tions of credit and liquidity risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, 
marketable securities, derivative financial asets and accounts receivable. 
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are principally denominated in 
euros, US dollars and pounds sterling. Marketable securities are placed in 

It is the Group’s policy that all customers who wish to trade on credit terms 
are subject to credit verification procedures, which are based on external 
ratings. However, the Company’s revenues and accounts receivable are sub-
ject to credit risk as a result of customer concentration. The Group’s most 
significant customer accounted for € 9.4 million of the trade receivables car-
rying amount as of December 31, 2010 (2009: € 9.0 million). This customer 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

71

individually accounted for approximately 62 % of the Group’s 2010 accounts 
receivable balance. In addition, three customers individually accounted for 
54 %, 10 %, and 4 % of the Company’s total revenues in the year 2010. On De-
cember 31, 2009, one customer had accounted for 80 % of the prior year’s  
accounts receivable balance and three customers individually had accounted 
for 52 %, 10 %, and 3 % of the Company’s revenues in 2009. Based on the man-
agement’s assessment, allowances of € 15,835 and € 20,235 in relation to the 
AbD Serotec business segment were necessary as of December 31, 2010 
and 2009. The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum 
credit exposure.

The maximum exposure for credit risk for trade receivables at the reporting 
date by geographic region was:

in €

Europe and Asia

USA and Canada

Other

ToTAl

2010

2009

12,186,914

2,822,412

0

10,439,419

721,779

(4,639)

15,009,326

11,156,559

The aging of trade receivables at the reporting date was as follows:

in €; A/R are due in

Accounts Receivable

Allowance for Impairment

AC C oUNTS RECEIvABlE , NE T oF AlloWANCE FoR ImpAIRmENT

2010 
0 – 30 days

2010 
30 – 60 days

2010 
60 + days

2010 
Total

14,013,200

0

14,013,200

434,349

0

434,349

577,612

(15,835)

561,777

15,025,161

(15,835)

15,009,326

in €; A/R are due in

Accounts Receivable

Allowance for Impairment

AC C oUNTS RECEIvABlE , NE T oF AlloWANCE FoR ImpAIRmENT

2009 
0 – 30 days

2009 
30 – 60 days

2009 
60 + days

2009 
Total

10,770,919

0

10,770,919

336,553

0

336,553

69,322

(20,235)

49,087

11,176,794

(20,235)

11,156,559

The maximum exposure for credit risk of derivative financial assets at the 
reporting date amounted to € 0.1 million (prior year: € 0). The maximum ex-
posure for credit risk of financial guarantees (rent deposits) at the reporting 
date amounted to € 1.3 million (prior year: € 1.1million).

The contractual maturities and the related contractual cash flows of financial 
liabilities are within one year and five years, respectively. The convertible 
bonds due to related parties have a term until December 31, 2011 (€ 0.03 mil-
lion), and December 31, 2015 (prior year: € 0.1 million).

MArKE T rISK
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign ex-
change rates, interest rates and equity prices, will affect the Group’s income 
or the value of its holdings in financial instruments. The Group is exposed  
to currency and interest rate risks.

CurrE NCy rISK
The Group accounts are administered in euros. While the expenses of  
MorphoSys are predominantly paid in euros, a significant part of the reve-
nues depends on the current exchange rates of the US dollar and the pound 
sterling. The Company examines the necessity of hedging foreign exchange 
transactions to minimize currency risk during the year and addresses this 
risk by using derivative financial instruments.

 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

The Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk based on carrying amounts 
was as follows:

as of December 31, 2010; in €

EuR

uSD

gBP

other

Total

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Available-for-sale Assets

Trade Receivables

Trade and License Payables

ToTAl

41,209,349

64,304,041

12,354,868

(1,650,593)

116,217,665

1,302,992

1,606,110

0

2,116,494

(89,465)

3,330,021

0

502,878

(543,343)

1,565,645

0

0

35,086

692

35,778

44,118,451

64,304,041

15,009,326

(2,282,709)

121,149,109

as of December 31, 2009; in €

EuR

uSD

gBP

other

Total

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Available-for-sale Assets

Trade Receivables

Trade and License Payables

ToTAl

40,413,546

93,883,571

8,987,085

(319,985)

142,964,217

182,287

0

1,660,995

(267,072)

1,576,210

659,483

0

386,262

(330,213)

715,532

0

0

122,217

(13,981)

108,236

41,255,316

93,883,571

11,156,559

(931,251)

145,364,195

Different foreign exchange rates and their impact on assets and liabilities 
have been simulated in a detailed sensitivity analysis in order to deter-
mine resulting effects in the statement of operations. A ten percent increase 
of the euro against the US dollar as of December 31, 2010, would have de-
creased earnings by € 0.3 million (assuming that interest rates remain con-
stant) (prior year: decrease of € 0.1 million). A ten percent weakening of the 
euro against the US dollar would have increased earnings by € 0.3 million 
(prior year: increase of € 0.2 million). A ten percent increase of the euro 
against the British pound as of December 31, 2010, would have decreased 
earnings by € 0.1 million (assuming that interest rates remain constant) 
(prior year: decrease of € 0.1 million). A ten percent weakening of the euro 
against the British pound would have increased earnings by € 0.2 million 
(prior year: increase of € 0.1 million).

If the foreign exchange rates for US dollar against the euro and the British 
pound against the euro had remained constant at the average rate of 2009, 
total Group revenues would have been lower in the amount of € 0.6 million 
(prior year: lower by € 0.4 million). 

INTE rEST r ATE rISK
The exposure of the Group to changes in interest rates relates mainly to in-
vestments in available-for-sale securities. Changes in the general level of  
interest rates may lead to an increase or decrease in the fair value of these 
investments. The risk of a decrease in fair value is limited due to fair value 
guarantees given by the issuing financial institutions in addition to the fact 
that all financial instruments in these respective money market funds have 
short maturity durations. The guarantees are renewed every six months. With 
regard to the liabilities shown in the balance sheet, the Group is currently 
not subject to significant interest rate risks.

FAIr VALuE HIE r ArCHy AND VALuATION ME THODS
The carrying value of financial assets and liabilities such as cash and cash 
equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable and accounts pay-
able approximates their fair value due to the short-term maturities of these 
instruments. The fair value of marketable securities is based upon quoted 
market prices (Hierarchy Level 1, quoted prices in active markets; see Notes 
to the Consolidated Financial Statements - section 4*). None of the financial 
assets and liabilities are categorized in Level 2 or 3. The fair value of licenses 
payable is determined by the effective interest method. Convertible bonds 
are recorded at their accreted values, which approximate the cash outlay that 
is due upon the note settlements. There were no transfers from one fair value 
hierarchy level to another in 2010 and 2009.

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73

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities, together with the carrying 
amounts shown in the Consolidated Balance Sheet, are as follows:

December 31, 2010 (in 000’s €)

Note

Instruments

Receivables

fair Value – 
hedging  

Available- 
for-Sale

other  
financial  
Liabilities

Total  
Carrying 
Amount

fair value

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Receivables

Forward Exchange Contracts  
Used for Hedging

Available-for-sale Financial Assets

Convertible Bonds – Liability Component

Trade and License Payables

3

5

6

4

17

13

144

144

0

fair Value – 
hedging  

44,118

15,009

59,127

64,304

64,304

0

0

44,118

15,009

144

64,304

123,575

(128)

(2,283)

(2,411)

44,118

15,009

144

64,304

123,575

(128)

(2,283)

(2,411)

0

(128)

(2,283)

(2,411)

December 31, 2009 (in 000’s €)

Note

Instruments

Receivables

Available- 
for-Sale

other  
financial  
Liabilities

Total  
Carrying 
Amount

fair value

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Receivables

Forward Exchange Contracts  
Used for Hedging

Available-for-sale Financial Assets

Convertible Bonds – Liability Component

Trade and License Payables

3

5

6

4

17

13

41,255

11,157

52,412

93,884

93,884

0

0

0

0

0

41,255

11,157

0

93,884

146,296

(33)

(931)

(964)

41,255

11,157

0

93,884

146,296

(33)

(931)

(964)

0

(33)

(931)

(964)

16  Stockholders’ Equity

Concerning capital management, the Management Board’s policy is to  
maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and mar-
ket confidence and to sustain future development of the business. At pres-
ent, management and employees can participate in the Company’s returns 
by way of long-term performance-related remuneration which consists of 
convertible bonds and stock options pursuant to the respective incentive plans 
as resolved by the Annual General Meeting. In 2011, MorphoSys plans to 
switch to a long-term incentive program based on the issuance of performance 
shares which are finally granted in the event that certain predefined success 
criteria are achieved. The respective underlying shares will be bought back 
by the Company from the stock market, based on the resolution of the An-
nual Shareholders’ Meeting 2010.

There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management 
during the year.

C OMMON STO CK
On December 31, 2010, the common stock of the Company including treasury 
shares amounted to € 22,890,252. This represented an increase of € 229,695 
compared to December 31, 2009 (€ 22,660,557). Each share of common stock 
is entitled to one vote. The increase arose as a result of the conversion and 
exercise of 229,695 convertible bonds and options issued to the Management 
Board and to employees.

On December 31, 2009, the common stock of the Company had amounted to 
€ 22,660,557. An increase of € 181,770, or 181,770 shares, was the result of 
the conversion and exercise of options in 2009.

On December 31, 2010, treasury shares amounted to € 9,774 (79,896 shares) 
and remained unchanged compared to December 31, 2009. 

AuTHOrIzE D CApITAL
Unused Authorized Capital I remained unchanged on December 31, 2010, 
compared to December 31, 2009, to create a maximum of 8,864,103 new 
shares.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Unused Authorized Capital II remained unchanged on December 31, 2010, 
compared to December 31, 2009, to create a maximum of 2,216,025 new 
shares.

C ONDITIONAL CApITAL
In 2010, a total of 3,441 shares were raised from Conditional Capital II 
through the exercise of options by employees, increasing the subscribed 
capital by € 3,441. Furthermore, 3,600 shares were raised from Condi- 
tional Capital IV through the exercise of convertible bonds by employees,  
increasing the subscribed capital by € 3,600 and 222,654 shares were  
raised from Conditional Capital V through the exercise of options by em-
ployees and Management Board members, increasing the subscribed 
capital by € 222,654.

ing the issuance of the convertible bonds. Each convertible bond with a nom-
inal value of € 0.33 can be exchanged for one share of ordinary no-par value 
common stock of the Company against payment of the exercise price. The ben-
eficiaries may exercise the conversion rights only after the expiration of a 
waiting period of four years from grant date. The exercise of the conversion 
rights is only possible if on one trading day during the lifetime of the con-
vertible bond the stock exchange price of one share has amounted to at least 
110 % of the exercise price at grant date. The convertible bonds cannot be  
exercised beyond December 31, 2015. In the event of non-exercise of the con-
version rights, beneficiaries are refunded the amount paid to acquire the 
convertible bonds (€ 0.33 per bond/share). The Convertible bonds are recorded 
at their accreted values, which approximate the cash outlay that is due upon 
the note settlements. 

In 2009, a total of 80,700 and 101,070 shares had been raised from Condi-
tional Capital II and V respectively with subscribed capital increasing by 
€ 80,700 and € 101,070 from respective Conditional Capitals.

A summary of the activity under the Company’s employee incentive con-
vertible bonds plan for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, is rep-
resented as follows:

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
JANUARY 1, 20 09

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited

Expired

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
DECEmBER 31, 20 09

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
JANUARY 1, 2010

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited

Expired

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
DECEmBER 31, 2010

Convertible 
Bonds

Weighted- 
average  
Price (€)

    140,460    

    101,000    

0

(2,000)

(140,460)

        18.37    

        12.81    

0

        12.81    

        18.37    

      99,000    

        12.81    

      99,000    

    352,800    

(3,600)

0

0

        12.81    

        16.79    

        12.81    

0

0

    448,200    

        15.94    

Convertible bonds exercisable on December 31, 2010 and 2009, amounted  
to 95,400 and 0 shares, respectively. The weighted-average exercise price of 
exercisable convertible bonds was € 12.81 on December 31, 2010.

DIVIDE NDS
Dividends may only be declared and paid from the accumulated retained 
earnings (after deduction of certain reserves) shown in the Company’s annual 
German statutory accounts. Such amounts differ from the total of additional 
paid-in capital and accumulated deficit as shown in the accompanying consoli-
dated financial statements as a result of the adjustments made to present 
the consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS. The Com-
pany’s German statutory accounts showed taxable income in 2010; how-
ever, as of December 31, 2009, they reflected no accumulated earnings avail-
able for distribution.

ADDITIONAL pAID - IN CApITAL
On December 31, 2010, additional paid-in capital amounted to € 166,388,083 
(December 31, 2009: € 161,631,268). The total increase of € 4,756,815 is due 
to stock-based compensation in the amount of € 2,150,655, including the in-
trinsic value of convertible bonds. A further increase of € 2,606,160 arose 
from the exercise and conversion of options and convertible bonds in the 
year 2010. 

In 2009, the additional paid-in capital had increased by € 3,107,905, result-
ing from stock-based compensation of € 1,743,344 and € 1,364,561 from the 
exercise and conversion of options in the year 2009.

17   Convertible Bonds

In the year 2010, 3,600 convertible bonds were exercised and converted into 
shares. 

On April 1, 2010, 352,800 convertible bonds were granted to Management 
Board members and employees of MorphoSys AG. The exercise price for  
the convertible bonds is € 16.79, representing the market price in the final 
Xetra auction at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on the trading day preced-

 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

75

The following table presents the weighted-average price and information 
about the contractual life for significant convertible bond groups outstand-
ing on December 31, 2010:

Range of Exercise Prices

€ 10.00 – € 12.99

€ 13.00 – € 17.00

Number  

outstanding

Remaining 
Contractual 
Life (in years)

Weighted- 
average  

Number  

Weighted- 
average  

Exercise Price

Exercisable

Exercise Price

95,400

352,800

448,200

1.00

5.00

4.15

€ 12.81

€ 16.79

€15.94 

95,400

0

95,400

€ 12.81

€ 0.00

€ 12.81

The following table presents the weighted-average price and information 
about the contractual life for significant convertible bond groups outstand-
ing on December 31, 2009:

Range of Exercise Prices

€ 3.33 – € 9.99

€ 10.00 – € 12.81

Number  

outstanding

Remaining 
Contractual 
Life (in years)

Weighted- 
average  

Number  

Weighted- 
average  

Exercise Price

Exercisable

Exercise Price

0

99,000

99,000

0

2.00

2.00

€ 0.00

€ 12.81

€12.81 

0

0

0

€ 0.00

€ 0.00

€ 0.00

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the 
provisions of IFRS 2 and IAS 32.28. The equity portion of the bonds has to 
be separated and presented as additional paid-in capital. The equity compo-
nent is deducted from the fair value of the bonds. The remaining value is 
recognized as stock-based compensation. The compensation expense recorded 
in 2010 and 2009 in connection with convertible bonds was € 989,416 and 
€ 263,938, respectively. 

The fair value of convertible bonds issued in 2010 was calculated using the 
Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions: 
risk-free interest rate of 2.19 %; dividend yield of 0 %; 42.0 % expected volatil-
ity based on historic data; and an expected life of five years. The weighted-
average fair value of bonds granted during 2010 is estimated to be € 6.66 ac-
cordingly.

 
 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

18  Stock Options

The general terms and conditions of stock option plans that existed at any 
time during the period are presented in the following table; all options are to 
be settled by physical delivery of shares:

Grant Date/Employees Entitled

July 1, 2007 to employees

January 25, 2008 to Management Board and employees

January 25, 2008 to employees

October 1, 2008 to employees

granted  

Stock options

Vesting Period

Vesting Condi-
tions (Share Price 
in Comparison to 
Strike Price)

Contractual Life  

of options

180,000

283,335

29,070

92,664

2 years 50 %,  
3 years 75 %,  
4 years 100 %

Increase of 20 % on at 
least one trading day 
during the lifetime

2 years 50 %,  
3 years 75 %,  
4 years 100 %

Increase of 20 % on at 
least one trading day 
during the lifetime

2 years 50 %,  
3 years 75 %,  
4 years 100 %

Cumulative increase 
of more than 10 % per 
annum

2 years 50 %,  
3 years 75 %,  
4 years 100 %

Increase of 20 % on at 
least one trading day 
during the lifetime

2 years 50 %,  
3 years 75 %,  
4 years 100 %

Increase of 20 % on at 
least one trading day 
during the lifetime

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

April 1, 2009 to Management Board and employees

422,200

For the years 2010 and 2009, 3,441 and 80,700 options from the 1999 Plan 
were exercised respectively. For the years 2010 and 2009, 222,654 and 
101,070 options from the 2002 Plan were exercised respectively. Of these, 
190,305 options were exercised by members of the Management Board.  
Further details are given in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial State-
ments – section 28*.

SE E   
pAGE 83 E T SEq .

A summary of activity under the Company’s employee incentive stock op-
tion plans for the years ended December 31, 2010, and 2009, is represented 
as follows:

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
JANUARY 1, 20 09

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited

Expired

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
DECEmBER 31, 20 09

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
JANUARY 1, 2010

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited

Expired

oU TSTANDIN g oN   
DECEmBER 31, 2010

Weighted- 
average  
Price (€)

Shares

       958,554    

           12.66    

422,200

(181,770)

(46,997)

0

           12.81    

            8.51    

           13.69    

0.00

    1,151,987    

           13.33    

    1,151,987    

           13.33    

0

(226,095)

(1,875)

0

0.00

           12.41    

           10.45    

0.00

       924,017    

           13.56    

 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

77

Stock options exercisable on December 31, 2010 and 2009, amounted to 
294,953 and 269,055 shares, respectively. The weighted-average exercise 
prices of exercisable stock options were € 14.41 and € 13.22 on December 31, 
2010 and 2009, respectively.

The following table presents the weighted-average price and information 
about the contractual life for significant option groups outstanding on De-
cember 31, 2010:

Range of Exercise Prices

€ 10.00 – € 12.99

€ 13.00 – € 13.99

€ 14.00 – € 17.00

Number  

outstanding

Remaining 
Contractual 
Life (in years)

Weighted- 
average  

Number  

Weighted- 
average  

Exercise Price

Exercisable

Exercise Price

422,603

271,299

230,115

924,017

3.20

2.07

1.90

2.54

€ 12.81 

€ 13.03 

€ 15.57 

€ 13.56 

9,183

134,234

151,536

294,953

€ 12.80 

€ 13.03 

€ 15.73 

€ 14.41 

The following table presents the weighted-average price and information 
about the contractual life for significant option groups outstanding on De-
cember 31, 2009:

Range of Exercise Prices

€ 3.63 – € 9.99

€ 10.00 – € 12.99

€ 13.00 – € 16.10

Number  

outstanding

Remaining 
Contractual 
Life (in years)

Weighted- 
average  

Number  

Weighted- 
average  

Exercise Price

Exercisable

Exercise Price

0

543,224

608,763

1,151,987

0.00

3.39

2.72

3.04

€ 0.00 

€ 12.30 

€ 14.24 

€ 13.33 

0

117,180

151,875

269,055

€ 0.00 

€ 10.45 

€ 15.35 

€ 13.22 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the 
provisions of IFRS 2 “Share-based Payment”. Compensation expense re-
corded in 2010 and 2009 in connection with stock options was € 1,119,543 
and € 1,472,534, respectively.

€ 7.34 and has to be re-measured on a quarterly basis. The compensation  
expense recorded in 2010 was € 14,337 and a non-current liability in the 
amount of € 14,337 was accounted for accordingly. The SARs cannot be 
exercised beyond June 30, 2016.

19  Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)

20  Revenues

On October 1, 2010, 15,000 stock appreciation rights (SARs) were granted to 
employees of MorphoSys AG with terms and conditions identical to the con-
vertible bond grant from April 1, 2010. Convertible bonds are to be settled by 
physical delivery of shares, while SARs are settled in cash. The exercise 
price for the SARs on December 31, 2010, was € 18.53. The fair value was cal-
culated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the follow-
ing assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.16 %; dividend yield of 0 %; 42.0 % 
expected volatility based on historic data; and an expected life of five years. 
The weighted-average fair value of SARs granted in 2010 is estimated to be 

In 2010, the Company’s revenues included revenues from license and mile-
stones fees in the amount of € 41.8 million (2009: € 42.3 million), revenues 
from services fees in the amount of € 28.0 million (2009: € 22.3 million) and 
revenues from the sale of goods in the amount of € 16.5 million (2009: € 15.7 
million).

 
 
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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

21  Personnel Expenses

23  Income Taxes

in 000’s €

2010

2009

Wages and Salaries

Social Security Contributions

Stock-based Compensation Expense

Temporary Staff (External)

Other

ToTAl

25,117 

4,011 

2,123 

89 

353 

31,693 

21,339 

3,297 

1,736 

112 

1,364 

27,848 

The average number of employees during the year ended December 31, 
2010, was 435 (2009: 375). Of the 464 employees as of December 31, 2010, 
309 worked in research and development and 155 in sales, general and ad-
ministration (December 31, 2009: 248 employees in R&D and 156 employees 
in S, G&A). As of December 31, 2010, 183 employees worked in the Part-
nered Discovery segment, 100 in the Proprietary Development segment, 
142 employees in the AbD Serotec segment and 39 were unallocated (De-
cember 31, 2009: 144 employees in the Partnered Discovery segment, 71 in 
the Proprietary Development segment 148 in the AbD Serotec segment and 
41 employees were unallocated). The expenses for defined contribution plans 
amounted to € 0.3 million in 2010 (prior year: € 0.3 million).

22  Non-operating Income and Expenses

Non-operating income and expenses includes the following items:

in 000’s €

Interest Income

Gain On Marketable Securities

Finance Income

Interest Expenses

Finance Expenses

Gain On Exchange

Miscellaneous Income

Other Income

Loss on Exchange

Loss on Derivatives

Miscellaneous Expenses

Other Expenses

ToTAl

2010

143

3,980

4,123

(34)

(34)

440

30

470

(499)

(496)

(241)

(1,236)

3,323

2009

285

1,717

2,002

(10)

(10)

274

99

373

(468)

(126)

(138)

(732)

1,633

The Company and its German subsidiaries MorphoSys IP GmbH, MorphoSys 
AbD GmbH and Sloning BioTechnology GmbH are subject to corporate tax, 
solidarity surcharge and trade tax. The Company’s corporation tax rate re-
mained constant at 15 %, the same applies to the solidarity surcharge of 
5.5 % and the effective trade tax rate of 10.5 %. With regard to affiliated com-
panies in foreign countries, income tax rates of 28 % and 37 % apply to the 
UK and the USA, respectively.

The income tax for the current fiscal year is comprised as follows:

in 000’s €

2010

2009

Current Tax Expense (Thereof Regarding 
Prior Years: k€ (16); 2009: k€ 51)

Deferred Tax Income/ 
Deferred Tax (Expense)

Total Income Tax

Total Amount of Deferred Taxes  
Resulting from Entries Directly  
Recognized in Equity

(4,094)

119

(3,975)

(2,572)

(1,498)

(4,070)

(411)

(1,348)

The following table reconciles the expected income tax expense to the ac-
tual income tax expense presented in the consolidated financial statements. 
To calculate the statutory income tax expense in fiscal year 2010, the com-
bined income tax rate of 26.33 % (2009: 26.33 %) was applied to income before 
taxes. The tax rate applied in the reconciliation statement includes corpo-
rate tax and solidarity surcharge, and amounts to 15.83 % plus the effective 
trade tax rate based on the multiplier rate (“Hebesatz”) of 300 % for munici-
pal trade tax, which amounts to 10.50 %.

in 000’s €

2010

2009

Profit Before Income Taxes

Expected Tax Rate

Expected Income Tax

Tax Effects Resulting from:

Stock-based Compensation

Non-tax-deductible Items

Tax Rate Differences

Prior Year Taxes

Other Effects

Actual Income Tax

13,172

26.33 %

(3,468)

(555)

(114)

(21)

113

70

13,034

26.33 %

(3,432)

(464)

(116)

1

(75)

16

(3,975)

(4,070)

 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

79

Deferred taxes are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not 
that the related tax benefits will be realized. As of December 31, 2008, the 
Company had recognized deferred tax assets in the net amount of € 1.6 mil-
lion due to business expectations for the financial years 2009 to 2013. In 
2009, these deferred tax assets were fully released in the remaining amount 
of € 1.0 million due to utilized tax losses and in the amount of € 0.6 million 
resulting from the change in temporary differences between IFRS and the 
tax balance sheet. As of December 31, 2009, the tax loss carry-forwards for 
corporation tax and for MorphoSys AG’s trade tax have been fully utilized. 
MorphoSys AG has been subject to tax audits for the financial years 2004  
to 2007 and tax loss carry-forwards have been confirmed in their recognized 
amount. 

As of December 31, 2010, deferred tax assets on tax loss carry-forwards in 
the amount of € 2.7 million have been recognized due to positive business 
expectations at Sloning BioTechnology GmbH for the financial years 2011 to 
2015. No deferred tax assets were reported for part of the corporate tax 
loss carry-forwards in the amount of € 5.4 million and trade tax loss carry-
forwards in the amount of € 5.1 million as the usability of these tax loss 
carry-forwards is deemed uncertain due to the regulations described herein-
after. The tax loss carry-forwards may be carried forward indefinitely and  

in unlimited amounts. From 2004 onwards, German tax law restricts the off-
set of taxable income against existing tax loss carry-forwards to an amount 
of € 1.0 million plus 60 % of taxable income above € 1.0 million. According to 
the German Corporation Tax Act (Körperschaftsteuergesetz, KStG), taxes may 
be carried forward indefinitely. The deduction of tax losses carried forward 
is excluded if the Company loses its tax identity. A company is deemed to have 
lost its tax identity if both of the following criteria are met cumulatively: (a) 
more than 50 % of the shares in the company have been transferred and (b) 
the company continues or re-launches its operations with predominantly 
new assets (section 8 para. 4 KStG, applicable until December 31, 2007). With 
effect on equity transfers, this provision has been replaced in application  
of the Act on Corporate Tax Reform by section 8c, of the German Corporation 
Tax Act. Any transfer of between 25 % and 50 % of the subscribed capital  
triggers the partial elimination of tax losses carried forward, while any trans-
fer of more than 50 % triggers the total elimination. The continuation of op-
erations with predominantly new assets is no longer relevant. The regulation 
on tax loss carry-forwards (both section 8 para. 4 KStG and section 8c KStG) 
is generally regarded as uncertain for companies taxable in Germany.

Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as  
follows:

in 000’s €

Intangible Assets

Non-recognition of DTA on Intangible Assets

Property, Plant and Equipment

Land

Building

Other Equipment, Furnitures, Fixtures

Inventory

Advanced Payments

Receivables and Other Assets

Treasury Stock

Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges

Short-term Securities Investments

Other Accrual/Provisions

Trade Accounts Payable

Bonds, thereof Convertible

Other Liabilities

Tax Losses

*   Deferred Tax Asset  
**  Deferred Tax Liability

DTA* 2010 

DTA* 2009

DTL** 2010

DTL** 2009

0

0

0

0

0

61

230

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

2,701

2,996

689

0

0

0

0

8

220

0

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

19

941

4,043

0

66

0

0

0

0

0

8

0

7

1,677

0

41

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

300

1,243

4

0

0

0

0

5

1

0

0

0

4,428

2,967

 
80

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Due to the fiscal unity of MorphoSys AG and MorphoSys IP GmbH, deferred 
tax assets and deferred tax liabilities have been netted in the amount of € 0  
in the balance sheet (prior year: € 0.7 million). Deferred tax liabilities in the 
amount of € 0.4 million (prior year: € 1.3 million) have been recognized di-
rectly in equity. The amount relates to the revaluation of available-for-sale 
financial assets.

At December 31, 2010, a deferred tax liability for temporary differences related 
to an investment in a subsidiary was not recognized because the Company 
controls whether the liability will be incurred and it is satisfied that it will 
not be incurred in the foreseeable future.

24  Earnings Per Share

The calculation of basic profit per share is based on the net profit for the  
year of € 9,196,300 (2009: € 8,964,095) and the weighted-average number  
of shares of common stock outstanding for the respective years (2010: 
22,656,233; 2009: 22,464,757).

The weighted-average number of shares of common stock was calculated as 
follows:

SHARES IS SUED oN JANUARY, 1

Effect of Treasury Shares Held

Effect of Shares Issued in January

Effect of Shares Issued in February

Effect of Shares Issued in March

Effect of Shares Issued in April

Effect of Shares Issued in May

Effect of Shares Issued in June

Effect of Shares Issued in July

Effect of Shares Issued in August

Effect of Shares Issued in September

Effect of Shares Issued in October

Effect of Shares Issued in November

Effect of Shares Issued in December

2010

2009

22,660,557

22,478,787

(79,896)

14,167

0

1,162

0

0

0

52,848

703

0

2,702

0

3,990

(79,896)

12,938

0

0

0

0

0

12,295

24,843

5,569

4,400

5,821

0

WEIg HTED - AvER Ag E NUmBER oF SHARES oF C ommoN STo CK

22,656,233

22,464,757

The diluted profit per share is calculated by taking into account the Com-
pany’s potential common shares from outstanding stock options and convert-
ible bonds. 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

81

The table below illustrates the reconciliation from basic to diluted earnings 
per share (amounts in euros, except per share data):

Numerator

Net Profit for the Year

Denominator

Weighted-average Shares Used for Basic EPS

Dilutive Shares Arising from Stock Options

Dilutive Shares Arising from Convertible Bonds

ToTAl DENomINAToR

Earnings per Share (in €)

Basic

Diluted

2010

2009

9,196,300

8,964,095

22,656,233

22,464,757

110,569

19,734

81,535

12,872

22,786,536

22,559,164

0.41

0.40

0.40

0.40

25  Operating Leases

The Company leases facilities and equipment on long-term operating leases. 
Total rent expense amounted to € 2,342,528 and € 2,238,004 for the years 
ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Significant leasing contracts 
mainly related to the buildings rented in Martinsried (Germany), Oxford 
(UK), Düsseldorf (Germany), Raleigh (USA) and Puchheim (Germany). The 
main part of these contracts can be renewed on an annual or quarterly basis. 
Some agreements can be terminated early.

may be triggered. However, given the uncertainty regarding the timing and 
achievement of such milestones, no further details are disclosed.

In the event that certain milestones in the Partnered Discovery segment will 
be achieved by the respective partner, e.g. the filing of an application for an 
investigational new drug (IND) with regard to specific targets or the transfer 
of technology, milestone payments to the Company may be triggered. How-
ever, given the uncertainty regarding the timing and achievement of such 
milestones, no further details are disclosed.

Future minimum payments under non-cancellable operating leases, insur-
ances and other services are as follows:

In the first quarter of 2011, the achievement of a milestone for the transfer of 
technology to one of the Company’s partners is expected, and the Company 
anticipates to receiving a double-digit million euro payment for this milestone.

in 000’s €

2010

2009

27  Business Combinations

Up to One Year

Between One and Five Years

More than Five Years

ToTAl

4,031

4,958

1,672

10,661

3,743

4,360

2,732

10,835

On October 7, 2010, the Company acquired 100 % of the share capital of the 
private German company Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, Puchheim, Germany, 
for a one-off € 19 million cash payment.

The Company’s total expenses due to operating leases, insurances and other 
services in the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, totaled € 3,518,477 
and € 3,575,262 respectively.

26  Contingencies

Sloning BioTechnology GmbH is a company developing new methods of syn-
thetic biology and will make MorphoSys the sole source of Sloning’s state-
of-the-art Slonomics technology, which improves the assembly and quality 
of protein libraries. By integrating Slonomics into its existing antibody  
technology platform, MorphoSys expects to improve the generation of drug 
candidates such that one in every two projects started reaches clinical de-
velopment.

The management is not aware of any matters that could give rise to any 
material liability to the Company that would have a material adverse effect 
on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

The acquired business contributed revenues of € 0.3 million and a net loss 
of € 0.8 million to the Group for the period from October 7, 2010 to Decem-
ber 31, 2010.

In the event that certain milestones in the Proprietary Development segment 
will be achieved, e.g. the filing of an application for an investigational new 
drug (IND) with regard to specific targets, milestone payments to licensors 

If the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2010, management estimates 
that consolidated revenue of the Group would have been € 88.4 million and 
consolidated net profit would have been € 7.5 million.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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These amounts have been calculated using the Group’s accounting policies 
and by adjusting the results of the subsidiary to reflect the additional depre-
ciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair 
value adjustments to intangible assets and inventories had applied from Jan-
uary 1, 2010, together with the consequential tax effects.

The consideration transferred includes cash in the amount of € 18,765,811 
plus a post-acquisition purchase price adjustment in the amount of € 51,325 
which was paid in cash shortly after the balance sheet date. No contingent 
consideration was agreed upon.

The identifiable assets and liabilities as of October 7, 2010, arising from the 
acquisition are as follows:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Trade and Other Receivables

Prepaid Expenses an Other current assets

Inventories

Property, Plant and Equipment

Patents and Technology

Software

Deferred Tax Asset

Other Non-current Assets

Trade and Other Payables

Borrowings

Deferred Tax Liabilities

FAIR vAlUE oF NE T AS SE TS

Goodwill on Acquisition

C oNSIDER ATIoN pAID

Cash (acquired)

NE T CASH oU TFloW

Carrying 
amount

fair value  

adjustment

fair value

721

155

57

746

1,200

0

22

2,496

39

(357)

(799)

(96)

0

0

0

44

0

10,080

0

0

0

0

0

(2,843)

721

155

57

790

1,200

10,080

22

2,496

39

(357)

(799)

(2,939)

       11,465   

         7,352   

       18,817   

            721   

       18,096   

Goodwill was recognized as a result of the acquisition as follows:

There were no acquisitions in the year ended December 31, 2009.

in 000’s €

ToTAl C oNSIDER ATIoN TR ANSFERRED

Fair Value of Identifiable Net Assets

Goodwill

fair value

 18,817 

(11,465) 

 7,352 

The Group incurred acquisition-related costs of € 0.2 million, relating mainly 
to external legal advisory fees and due diligence fees. All acquisition-related 
costs have been included in administrative expenses in the Group’s profit 
and loss statement.

The goodwill is attributable mainly to the synergies expected to be achieved 
from integrating the Company into the Group’s existing Partnered Discovery 
segment and partly to the skills of the acquired workforce. None of the good-
will is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

83

28  Related Parties

The Group has related party transactions with its Management Board mem-
bers and with members of the Supervisory Board. In addition to the cash  
remuneration, the Company has issued stock options and convertible bonds 
to the Management Board. The tables below show the shares, stock options 
and convertible bonds as well as the changes of ownership of the same, which 
were held by members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board 
during the year 2010:

S h A R E S

mANAg EmENT B oARD

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

ToTAl

SUpERvISoRY B oARD

Dr. Gerald Möller

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews

Dr. Walter Blättler

Dr. Daniel Camus

Dr. Metin Colpan

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon

ToTAl

S T o C K  o P T I o N S

mANAg EmENT B oARD

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

ToTAl

SUpERvISoRY B oARD

Dr. Gerald Möller

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews

Dr. Walter Blättler

Dr. Daniel Camus

Dr. Metin Colpan

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon

ToTAl

01/01/2010

Additions

forfeitures

Sales

12/31/2010

416,385

5,400

500

105

422,390

7,500

7,290

2,019

0

0

0

16,809

0

0

1,000

3,000

4,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

416,385

5,400

1,500

3,105

426,390

7,500

7,290

2,019

0

0

0

16,809

01/01/2010

Additions

forfeitures

Exercises

12/31/2010

299,445

110,172

90,000

177,867

677,484

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

108,000

7,305

0

75,000

190,305

191,445

102,867

90,000

102,867

487,179

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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C o N V E R T I B L E  B o N D S

mANAg EmENT B oARD

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

ToTAl

SUpERvISoRY B oARD

Dr. Gerald Möller

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews

Dr. Walter Blättler

Dr. Daniel Camus

Dr. Metin Colpan

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon

ToTAl

01/01/2010

Additions

forfeitures

Exercises

12/31/2010

30,000

30,000

0

30,000

90,000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

58,800

33,000

33,000

33,000

157,800

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

88,800

63,000

33,000

63,000

247,800

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Convertible bonds granted to the Management Board in 2010:

Member of the Management Board

Number of 
Convertible 
Bonds

Strike Price
in €

grant Date

Expiry Date

fair Value of 
one Convert-
ible Bond in €

fair Value at 
The Time of 
the grant in €

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

58,800

33,000

33,000

33,000

 16.79 

 16.79 

 16.79 

 16.79 

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Apr 1, 2010

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

Dec 31, 2015

 6.66 

 6.66 

 6.66 

 6.66 

 391,608 

 219,780 

 219,780 

 219,780 

Compensation for both the Management Board and the Supervisory Board 
consisted of fixed and variable components as well as other compensatory 
benefits. In the event of a non-reappointment and non-prolongation of the 
service agreement, each member of the Management Board is entitled to re-
ceive a severance payment in the amount of one annual fixed salary. Total 
compensation for the Supervisory Board excluding reimbursements of travel 
expenses amounted to € 382,750 in 2010 (2009: € 374,333). The tables below 
show the detailed compensation for the Management Board and the Supervi-
sory Board:

M A N A g E M E N T  B o A R D

fixed Compensation

Variable Compensation*

other Compensatory Benefits

Total Compensation

in €

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

Dr. Simon E. Moroney

Dave Lemus

Dr. Arndt Schottelius

Dr. Marlies Sproll

368,498 

259,157 

231,000 

249,623 

356,011 

250,375 

220,000 

241,164 

ToTAl

1,108,278 

1,067,550 

208,570 

152,902 

132,594 

146,778 

640,844 

192,246 

135,203 

118,800 

130,229 

576,478 

130,178 

156,639 

90,158 

90,879 

467,854 

124,198 

141,055 

84,513 

87,963 

707,246 

568,698 

453,752 

487,280 

672,455 

526,633 

423,313 

459,356 

437,728 

2,216,976 

2,081,756 

* The total remuneration figures shown for 2010 and 2009 include the corresponding bonus accruals for 2010 and 2009. The 2010 bonus will be paid out in March 2011.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

85

S u P E R V I S o R y B o A R D

 in €

Dr. Gerald Möller

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews

Dr. Walter Blättler

Dr. Daniel Camus

Dr. Metin Colpan

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon

ToTAl

fixed Compensation

Variable Compensation

Total Compensation

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

70,000 

57,750 

39,500 

36,500 

36,500 

39,500 

57,000 

43,278 

29,556 

28,500 

28,500 

30,000 

22,000 

15,000 

18,000 

19,000 

10,000 

19,000 

40,722 

27,778 

11,000 

28,333 

21,333 

28,333 

92,000 

72,750 

57,500 

55,500 

46,500 

58,500 

97,722 

71,056 

40,556 

56,833 

49,833 

58,333 

279,750 

216,834 

103,000 

157,499 

382,750 

374,333 

At the Annual General Meeting on May 17, 2006, phantom stocks had been 
granted to all members of the Supervisory Board. The Chairman of the  
Supervisory Board had received 2,500 stock appreciation rights, the Deputy 
Chairman 2,000 stock appreciation rights and the members of the Super-
visory Board 1,500 stock appreciation rights each. The phantom stocks were 
exercised in 2009; an amount of € 80,000 is included in variable compensa-
tion for 2009.

tant S. aureus). MorphoSys will generate antibodies using its proprietary 
HuCAL PLATINUM antibody library which Absynth will test in relevant dis-
ease models. MorphoSys will be solely responsible for the development and 
partnering of the resulting compounds. Absynth has received an upfront pay-
ment and is eligible for development-dependent milestone payments and 
royalties.

No other agreements with current or former members of the Supervisory 
Board are currently in place.

29  Corporate Governance

The Company issued its statement according to section 161 of the German 
Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz). This declaration was published and 
made accessible to stockholders accordingly on the Company’s website* on 
December 22, 2010.

30  Research and Development Agreements

The Company has a significant number of research and development agree-
ments relating to its discovery and development strategy. In the majority of 
cases upfront payments at signature, annual license payments in exchange 
for access to MorphoSys’s technologies, development-dependent milestone 
payments and royalties on product sales are standard terms of these agree-
ments. The following is a brief description of these agreements, which have 
had, or may have, a significant financial impact in future years (in alphabeti-
cal order).

AB SyNTH BIOLO GIC S
In September 2010, MorphoSys announced a new proprietary development 
program against novel infectious disease targets. As part of this initiative, 
MorphoSys has signed a license and collaboration agreement with UK-based 
Absynth Biologics, providing access to novel target molecules associated 
with Staphylococcus aureus infections including MRSA* (methicillin-resis-

MOrE INFOrMATION AT 
W W W.MOrpHO SyS .C OM

SE E   
GLO S SAry p. 98

Absynth’s genomics-based approach allows identification of previously over-
looked targets, such as bacterial components which are crucial to the organ-
ism, conserved across different bacterial strains and accessible for antibodies. 
Absynth has demonstrated that monoclonal antibodies against the targets 
in-licensed by MorphoSys inhibit the growth of S. aureus and recruit the hu-
man immune system to eliminate bacteria via phagocytosis. Absynth has 
filed patent applications on all targets involved in the collaboration.

ASTE LL AS pHArMA , INC .
MorphoSys and Astellas Pharma entered into a license agreement for the use 
of MorphoSys’s HuCAL technology in March 2007. In February 2008, Astel-
las decided to extend the current collaboration between the two companies 
for four more years until 2012.

In July 2008, Astellas exercised a preexisting option to use MorphoSys’s pro-
prietary RapMAT technology for faster antibody optimization as part of the 
existing technology transfer agreements between the two companies. As a 
result, MorphoSys receives annual user fees for the RapMAT technology in 
addition to user fees for the HuCAL platform.

BAyE r SCHE rING pHArMA AG
The active collaboration with Bayer Schering Pharma AG was concluded by 
the end of 2007. Several therapeutic antibody programs are currently in  
development and could result in future development-dependent milestone 
payments and royalties on product sales. Bayer Schering Pharma is cur-
rently evaluating one HuCAL-based program in clinical trials, namely the 
HuCAL-derived antibody-drug conjugate BAY79-4620 in the therapeutic 
area of oncology.

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BOE HrINGE r INGE LHE IM pHArMA GMBH & C O. KG
The active collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim was concluded in 2010 
but therapeutic programs initiated during the course of the active collabora-
tion can continue development and result in future milestone payments  
and royalties on product sales. In December 2010, Boehringer Ingelheim has 
filed all necessary documentation to initiate a phase 1 clinical trial with a 
HuCAL-based antibody. This achievement triggered a clinical milestone pay-
ment to MorphoSys.

CE NTO C Or Or THO BIOTECH , INC .
The active collaboration with Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. (formerly known 
as: Centocor, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of US pharmaceutical company 
Johnson & Johnson, was concluded by the end of 2007. Several therapeutic 
antibody programs are currently in development and could result in future 
development-dependent milestone payments and royalties on product sales. 
The most advanced compound within this collaboration, namely CNTO888, 
is currently in a phase 2 clinical trial in an immunology indication and a 
second phase 2 clinical trial in oncology patients. In 2010, MorphoSys an-
nounced that it has received two milestone payments from Centocor Ortho 
Biotech in connection with the initiation of two phase 1 clinical trials using 
HuCAL-derived antibodies, namely CNTO3157, in the therapeutic area of 
asthma and a second undisclosed program. In total, Centocor Ortho Biotech 
is currently evaluating five HuCAL-based programs in clinical trials.

DAIICHI SANK yO C OMpANy LTD.
In March 2006, MorphoSys and Sankyo Company Limited (part of the joint 
holding company, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited) entered into a license 
agreement and therapeutic antibody collaboration for an initial two-year term 
with the option of an extension of up to three more years. In March 2008, 
the collaboration was extended until March 2011. The extension triggered 
an additional up-front payment.

In October 2009, MorphoSys announced the formation of a new alliance with 
Daiichi Sankyo in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies 
for hospital-acquired infections. Daiichi Sankyo became MorphoSys’s first 
collaborator for HuCAL PLATINUM-based drug discovery in the field of in-
fectious diseases. Daiichi Sankyo agreed also to fund the development of cer-
tain infectious disease specific technology at MorphoSys, which will be used 
to identify the most effective antibody-based drugs.

F. HOFFMANN - L A rO CHE
MorphoSys and F. Hoffmann-La Roche announced the signing of an agree-
ment in September 2000 under which the companies collaborate on the  
development of human therapeutic antibodies for a Roche biological target 
associated with Alzheimer’s disease. In the context of the collaboration, 
MorphoSys is eligible to receive development-related milestone payments 
and royalties on any marketed products emerging from the collaboration.  
A phase 1 clinical trial program to evaluate safety and tolerability of the  
HuCAL-derived antibody program R1450/Gantenerumab in Alzheimer’s 
disease patients was operationally concluded by Roche in 2009. In 2010, 
Roche advanced this compound into phase 2 clinical trials.

Expanding on the relationship in Alzheimer’s disease, MorphoSys and 
Roche announced a new collaboration to develop new therapeutic antibodies 
in oncology in March 2006.

GAL ApAGO S NV
In November 2008, MorphoSys and Galapagos NV announced the launch of 
a long-term codevelopment alliance aimed at discovering and developing  
antibody therapies based on novel modes of action in bone and joint disease, 
including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

The alliance spans all activities from target discovery through to comple-
tion of proof of concept clinical trials of novel therapeutic antibodies. Follow-
ing proof of concept in human clinical trials, programs will be partnered  
for subsequent development, approval and marketing. Both companies will 
contribute their core technologies and expertise to the alliance. Galapagos 
will provide antibody targets implicated in bone and joint disease in addition 
to its adenoviral target discovery platform to discover further targets for  
antibody development. MorphoSys will contribute its HuCAL antibody tech-
nologies to generate fully human antibodies directed against these targets. 
Under the terms of the agreement, Galapagos and MorphoSys will share the 
research and development costs and all future revenues equally.

GE NE FrONTIE r C Orp Or ATION/K ANE K A
Under the terms of a therapeutic target sourcing collaboration signed in 
2007, GeneFrontier may utilize MorphoSys’s HuCAL GOLD antibody library 
to generate novel HuCAL antibodies against targets provided by leading
 Japanese research institutes and universities. For this purpose, the HuCAL 
antibody technology was installed at GeneFrontier’s research laboratories 
within a research facility in Tokyo. GeneFrontier pays compensation for ac-
cess to HuCAL GOLD.

ME rCK & C O. , INC .
In December 2005, MorphoSys signed a five-year license agreement with 
US pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. for the use of MorphoSys’s 
HuCAL GOLD and AutoCAL technologies in research and development of hu-
man therapeutic antibodies. The agreement enables Merck to develop up  
to ten HuCAL-derived therapeutic antibodies in a range of indications. The 
active collaboration was concluded, as planned, at the end of 2010.

NOVAr TIS AG
MorphoSys and Novartis AG started working together in 2004 in a collabo-
ration that has so far resulted in multiple active therapeutic antibody pro-
grams across various diseases and the first IND filing in September 2007 — 
just three years after initiation. In December 2007, MorphoSys and Novartis 
substantially expanded their previous relationship and forged one of the most 
comprehensive strategic alliances in the discovery and development of bio-
pharmaceuticals. Based on a ten-year term, committed annual payments total 
more than US$ 600 million in technology access, internalization fees and 
R&D funding, excluding reimbursement of R&D costs related to early-stage 
development activities. Total payments under the agreement, including  
committed payments and probability-weighted success-based milestones, 
contingent upon successful clinical development and market approval of 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

87

multiple products, could potentially exceed US$ 1 billion, assuming the col-
laboration successfully runs its maximum term. In addition to these pay-
ments, MorphoSys would also be entitled to royalty payments and/or profit 
sharing on any future product sales. Additionally, MorphoSys also has op-
tions to participate in certain development activities in various programs, 
with part of the early-stage costs being funded by Novartis. Under the 
codevelopment options, MorphoSys may elect to participate in these projects 
through cost and profit-sharing with financial participation reflecting its 
level of investment in the respective programs.

prO CHON BIOTECH LTD.
The active collaboration with ProChon Biotech Ltd. was concluded but thera-
peutic programs initiated during the course of the active collaboration can 
continue development and result in future milestone payments and royalties 
on product sales. Under the original agreement, MorphoSys applied its in-
novative HuCAL antibody library to generate human antibodies against a 
human growth factor receptor associated with various skeletal disorders  
including achondroplasia, the most common form of human dwarfism, and 
certain cancers.

In 2009, Novartis has committed to a ten-year term of the strategic alliance. 
The decision was based on the successful achievement by MorphoSys of cer-
tain predefined improvements in its proprietary technologies. The collabo-
ration will run until 2017 and may be extended by Novartis for an additional 
two years beyond that time under the same financial terms and conditions. 
The most advanced compound within this collaboration, BHQ880, is currently 
in a phase 2 clinical trial in oncology. During the course of 2010, Novartis 
advanced three HuCAL-based programs into clinical trials bringing up the 
total number of HuCAL-derived antibodies in clinical development with 
Novartis to five.

ONC OME D pHArMACEuTICAL S , INC .
The active collaboration with US-based biopharmaceutical company OncoMed 
Pharmaceuticals Inc. was concluded in 2010 but therapeutic programs initi-
ated during the course of the active collaboration can continue development 
and result in future milestone payments and royalties on product sales. In 
December 2010, OncoMed has filed all necessary documentation to initiate a 
phase 1 clinical trial with a HuCAL-based antibody, namely OMP-59R5. This 
achievement triggered a clinical milestone payment to MorphoSys.

pFIzE r , INC .
The active collaboration with Pfizer based on the HuCAL technology plat-
form was concluded in 2010 but therapeutic programs initiated during  
the course of the active collaboration can continue development and result  
in future milestone payments and royalties on product sales. In December 
2010, Pfizer has filed all necessary documentation to initiate a phase 1 clini-
cal trial with a HuCAL-based antibody. This achievement triggered a clinical 
milestone to MorphoSys.

Additionally, MorphoSys and Pfizer signed a non-exclusive license and  
technology transfer agreement based on a new technology platform in 2010. 
The agreement covers the installation, training and use of the technology 
platform Slonomics for fabrication of highly-diverse gene and protein librar-
ies at Pfizer’s subsidiary Rinat Neuroscience Corp. in South San Francisco. 
MorphoSys’s subsidiary Sloning BioTechnology GmbH received an upfront pay-
ment and stands to receive annual license fees over the patent lifetime of the 
Slonomics technology platform. MorphoSys acquired Sloning BioTechnology 
GmbH and its technology portfolio including Slonomics in October 2010.

SCHE rING - pLOuGH C Orp Or ATION
In May 2006, MorphoSys and Schering-Plough Corporation signed a license 
agreement for the use of MorphoSys’s HuCAL GOLD technology in the re-
search and development of human therapeutic antibodies. The collaboration 
will run its full term until mid 2011. Schering Plough was acquired by 
Merck & Co., Inc. during the course of 2009.

SHIONO GI & C O. LTD.
MorphoSys AG and Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 
signed a three-year license agreement on the use of MorphoSys’s HuCAL 
technology in September 2005. In September 2008, the partnership was ex-
tended for three additional years allowing Shionogi the use of the MorphoSys 
HuCAL GOLD library for research purposes at one of its research sites. In 
April 2009, MorphoSys and Shionogi entered into an agreement under which 
Shionogi was allowed to test HuCAL PLATINUM, the latest and most power-
ful MorphoSys antibody library. Shionogi found the new library to be consid-
erably better and now has the right to use HuCAL PLATINUM for research 
purposes at one of its sites. In return, MorphoSys receives a higher annual 
user fee during the remaining life span of the agreement.

XE NC Or , INC .
In June 2010, MorphoSys AG and US-based biopharmaceutical company  
Xencor, Inc. signed a worldwide exclusive license and collaboration agreement. 
The agreement provided MorphoSys with an exclusive worldwide license to 
XmAb5574/MOR208 for the treatment of cancer and other indications. As part 
of the agreement, the companies will collaborate on the phase 1 trial in pa-
tients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the US. MorphoSys will be solely 
responsible for further clinical development after successful completion  
of the phase 1 clinical trial. Xencor has received an upfront payment of 
US$ 13 million (approx. € 10.5 million), and will be eligible to receive de-
velopment-, regulatory- and commercialization-related milestone payments 
and tiered royalties based on product sales.

 
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Appendix 1: Chart of the Consolidated Entity as of December 31, 2010

Name and Corporate Seat of the Company

Local Currency

Currency

Exchange Rate 
on Dec. 31, 2010, 
one unit of Euro 
in Local  

C ompAN Y C oNSolIDATED (ApART FRom pARENT C ompAN Y )

MorphoSys USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

MorphoSys IP GmbH, Munich, Germany

MorphoSys UK Ltd., Oxford, UK

MorphoSys US, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

MorphoSys AbD GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Poole Real Estate Ltd., Poole, UK

Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, Puchheim, Germany

US $

€

£

US $

€

£

€

1.31944

–

0.85485

1.31944

–

0.85485

–

Share Capital 

Total Assets  

Total Liabilities 

Total Revenue 

Profit/Loss  

Share of  

Capital %

in Local  

Currency

in Local  

Currency

in Local  

Currency

in Local  

Currency

in Local  

Currency

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

2,000

25,000

100

50,000

25,000

200

951,660

3,948

197,485

7,570,937

2,651,265

1,660,408

922,043

5,082,415

0

161,984

2,523,075

1,082,255

471,971

2,559

1,477,830

3,343,800

10,773,699

8,760,805

4,310,313

0

0

300,793

(1,155)

353,952

1,162,195

337,627

(281,309)

(47,941)

(578,904)

31  Responsibility Statement

To the best of our knowledge, and in accordance with the applicable report-
ing principles, the Consolidated Financial Statements give a true and fair 
view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Group, 
and the Group Management Report includes a fair review of the development 
and performance of the business and the position of the Group, together with 
a description of the principal opportunities and risks associated with the 
expected development of the Group.

Martinsried/Planegg, February 7, 2011

Dr. Simon E. Moroney 
Chief Executive Officer 

Mr. Dave Lemus
Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Arndt Schottelius 
Chief Development Officer 

Dr. Marlies Sproll
Chief Scientific Officer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Appendix 1: Chart of the Consolidated Entity as of December 31, 2010

Name and Corporate Seat of the Company

Local Currency

C ompAN Y C oNSolIDATED (ApAR T FRom pARENT C ompAN Y )

MorphoSys USA, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

MorphoSys IP GmbH, Munich, Germany

MorphoSys UK Ltd., Oxford, UK

MorphoSys US, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

MorphoSys AbD GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany

Poole Real Estate Ltd., Poole, UK

Sloning BioTechnology GmbH, Puchheim, Germany

Exchange Rate 

on Dec. 31, 2010, 

one unit of Euro 

in Local  

Currency

US $

1.31944

US $

€

£

€

£

€

0.85485

1.31944

0.85485

–

–

–

Share of  

Capital %

Share Capital 
in Local  

Currency

Total Assets  
in Local  

Total Liabilities 
in Local  

Total Revenue 
in Local  

Currency

Currency

Currency

Profit/Loss  
in Local  

Currency

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

2,000

25,000

100

50,000

25,000

200

951,660

3,948

197,485

7,570,937

2,651,265

1,660,408

922,043

5,082,415

0

161,984

2,523,075

1,082,255

471,971

2,559

1,477,830

0

3,343,800

10,773,699

8,760,805

4,310,313

0

300,793

(1,155)

353,952

1,162,195

337,627

(281,309)

(47,941)

(578,904)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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In our opinion, based on the findings of our audit, the consolidated  
financial statements comply with IFRS, as adopted by the EU, the 
additional requirements of German commercial law pursuant to  
sec. 315a (1) of the HGB and give a true and fair view of the net assets, 
financial position and results of operations of the Group in accor-
dance with these requirements. The Group Management Report is 
consistent with the consolidated financial statements and as a 
whole provides a suitable view of the Group’s position and suitably 
presents the opportunities and risks of future development.

Munich, February 21, 2011

KPMG AG 
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
[Original German version signed by:]

Pastor 
Wirtschaftsprüferin 
[German Public Auditor] 

Rahn
Wirtschaftsprüfer
[German Public Auditor]

Auditor’s Report

We have audited the consolidated financial statements prepared by 
MorphoSys AG, Martinsried, comprising the balance sheet, the state-
ment of operations, the statement of comprehensive income, the 
statement of cash flows, the statement of changes in stockholders’ 
equity and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, to-
gether with the Group Management Report for the business year 
from January 1 to December 31, 2010. The preparation of the con-
solidated financial statements and the Group Management Report in 
accordance with IFRS, as adopted by the EU, and the additional re-
quirements of German commercial law pursuant to sec. 315a (1) of 
the HGB are the responsibility of the parent company’s manage-
ment. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated 
financial statements and on the Group Management Report based  
on our audit. 

We conducted our audit of the consolidated financial statements in 
accordance with sec. 317 of the HGB (Handelsgesetzbuch; “German 
Commercial Code”) and generally accepted German standards for 
the audit of financial statements promulgated by the Institut der 
Wirtschafts prüfer (IDW). Those standards require that we plan and 
perform the audit such that misstatements materially affecting the 
presentation of the net assets, financial position and results of opera-
tions in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the 
applicable financial reporting framework and in the Group Manage-
ment Report are detected with reasonable assurance. Knowledge 
of the business activities and the economic and legal environment of 
the Group and expectations as to possible misstatements are taken 
into account in the determination of audit procedures. The effective-
ness of the accounting-related internal control system and the evi-
dence supporting the disclosures in the consolidated financial state-
ments and the Group Management Report are examined primarily 
on a test basis within the framework of the audit. The audit includes 
assessing the annual financial statements of those entities included 
in consolidation, the determination of entities to be included in con-
solidation, the accounting and consolidation principles used and 
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating 
the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements  
and Group Management Report. We believe that our audit provides  
a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Our audit has not led to any reservations.

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91

Supervisory Board Report

The most important topics in 2010 were the development and strengthening of MorphoSys’s 
portfolio of drug candidates and the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH. With the 
in-licensing of Xencor’s CD19 antibody, the Company was able to double the number of pro-
prietary clinical programs, and with MOR202 a third program will start clinical development 
in the first half of 2011. With the acquisition of the private company Sloning BioTechnology 
GmbH, MorphoSys added a very innovative technology for gene synthesis, a move which 
supports our ongoing technology advancements and will help to add additional partners to 
the existing roster of leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The partnered 
pipeline showed strong progress with eight new programs entering clinical development – 
a record for the Company. At the end of 2010, 17 antibody programs were in clinical testing. 

c ontinuouS dialog with the manage ment Board
During 2010, the Supervisory Board continued to perform with great 
care the monitoring and advisory functions for which it is respon-
sible under the law and the Articles of Association. We regularly ad-
vised the Management Board on the management of the Company 
and continuously observed and supervised its conduct of business. 
The Supervisory Board was intensively involved from an early 
stage in all decisions of significance for the Company. Together with 
the Management Board, we determined the Company’s strategic  
approach. In 2010, the majority of our discussions focused on the 
Company’s proprietary therapeutic antibody drug development 
plans as well as on in-licensing and acquisition opportunities to ac-
celerate the growth and increase the value of MorphoSys. 

In the periods between meetings of the full Supervisory Board and 
the committees, as the Chairman of the Board, I personally main-
tained regular contact with the Management Board and especially 
with the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Simon Moroney, and was kept 
informed about the current business situation and key business trans-
actions. I also took the opportunity to talk directly to members of the 
senior management group. 

SuperviSory Board mee tingS and c ommit teeS
Eight Supervisory Board meetings were held in the 2010 fiscal year. 
Between meetings, the Management Board kept us constantly in-
formed about all projects and plans of particular importance to the 
Company. All events of importance to the Company were discussed 
in detail by the committees and the Supervisory Board plenum on the 
basis of reports by the Management Board. Thus, the Supervisory 
Board was kept continuously informed about the Company’s intended 
business strategy, corporate planning (including financial, invest-
ment and human resources planning), the earnings performance as 
well as the state of the business and the situation of the Company 
and the Group as a whole.

When we had questions about strategic topics impacting the Com-
pany, the Management Board provided sufficiently detailed answers 
on the basis of the documents presented. The Managing Board regu-
larly provided us with timely and comprehensive information on Com-
pany planning and business operations as well as on the strategic 
development and current state of the Company. Deviations from busi-
ness plans were explained to us in detail.

The Management Board provided us with extensive written reports 
well in advance of each meeting, which were prepared by the Man-
agement Board with the input of the respective departments. These 
reports contained detailed information on the state of the Company 

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and the development of its business, its financial situation, the person-
nel situation, development projects and fundamental issues of cor-
porate planning and strategy. They were sufficiently comprehensive 
to explain the challenges and progress of MorphoSys. These reports 
were the basis for the analysis of the relevant topics at the Supervi-
sory Board meetings and for passing the required resolutions.

The Supervisory Board dealt at length with the overall commercial 
situation of MorphoSys, the development of revenues, earnings, in-
vestments and employment in the Group and its three business seg-
ments. All major investment projects were the subject of regular  
deliberations at the meetings. The Management Board reported reg-
ularly on the progress of the existing partnerships, proprietary  
antibody development, ongoing technology development efforts and 
the progress of the AbD Serotec segment.

c orp or ate governance and management Board   

c ompenSation
The Supervisory Board dealt with the ongoing development of cor-
porate governance at MorphoSys, taking into account amendments 
made to the German Corporate Governance Code in May 2010. De-
tailed information on Corporate Governance* and the remuneration 
system* can be found on pages 28 – 36 of the Management Report.

On December 22, 2010, the Management and Supervisory Boards 
issued a new Declaration of Conformity, which is included in the 
Corporate Governance chapter of this annual report and is also per-
manently available to shareholders on MorphoSys’s website. As 
stated in the Declaration of Conformity approved by the Supervisory 
Board, MorphoSys complies with all but four of the Code’s recom-
mendations.

Three committees deliberated on various aspects of the Company’s 
business in 2010: the Audit Committee, the Remuneration & Nomi-
nation Committee, and the Science & Technology Committee. The 
composition of these committees can be found in the Declaration 
about Corporate Management on MorphoSys’s website*. The Audit 
Committee met seven times, dealing mainly with accounting issues, 
the quarterly financial statements and the annual financial state-
ments. The auditor attended three meetings of the Audit Committee 
and informed its members of the audit results. The Remuneration & 
Nomination Committee met formally once and concerned itself with 
topics relating to the remuneration system and the level of compensa-
tion for the Management Board. The committee members also liaised 
in the search for a successor to Mr. Dave Lemus as Chief Financial 
Officer and took part in interviews with candidates. The Science & 
Technology Committee met six times, focusing on the Company’s 
technology and drug development plans, target selection and start of 
new development programs, interim results from ongoing studies, 
and the design of the planned and current clinical trials. Reports on 
the meetings of the Committees were presented at the plenary ses-
sions of the Supervisory Board.

In 2010, one conflict of interest occurred. In my function as invest-
ment advisor at HBM Partners, one of the major investors in Sloning 
BioTechnology GmbH, I reported a conflict of interest regarding the 
planned acquisition of Sloning. I did not participate in any discussions 
regarding the planned acquisition, nor receive any reports or min-
utes during the due diligence and offer period.

No Supervisory Board member was absent from more than two 
meetings. With one exception, the committee meetings were fully 
attended.

JenS holStein to Suc ceed dave lemuS aS chief   

financial officer
In September 2010, the Company concluded mutual agreements with 
its Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Dave Lemus, regarding the ending of 
his more than 13 years of serving as MorphoSys’s CFO, and the sub-
sequent seamless transfer of his functions to a successor. On behalf  
of both the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, I would 
like to express my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Dave Lemus for his com-
mitment to helping build MorphoSys over the past thirteen years. His 
contributions have been central in making the company as success-
ful as it is today. We wish him all the very best for the future.

We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Jens Holstein as new Chief Finan-
cial Officer, who will be a key member of the Management Board of 
MorphoSys. Mr. Holstein has an outstanding track record and brings 
international business experience, which will be important for the 
Company as it continues its growth as one of Europe’s leading bio-
pharmaceutical companies.

audit of the annual financial Statement S
The financial statements and the management report of MorphoSys 
AG are in accordance with the HGB (German GAAP) and the consoli-
dated financial statements and the Group Management Report of the 
MorphoSys Group (MorphoSys AG including its affiliates) on the  
basis of IFRS in accordance with sec. 315a of the HGB for the period 
of January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, prepared by the Manage-
ment Board, were audited by KPMG AG, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesell-
schaft, Munich. The audit contract had been awarded by the Audit 
Committee of the Supervisory Board in accordance with the resolu-
tion of the Annual General Meeting on May 21, 2010. The auditor  
issued an unqualified audit opinion.

more information at 
w w w.morpho SyS .c om

Se e   
page 28 e t Seq .

Se e   
page 31 e t Seq .

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“We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Jens Holstein 
as new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Holstein’s inter-
national business experience will be important for 
the Company as it continues its growth as one  
of Europe’s leading biopharmaceu tical companies.”

The auditor has audited the MorphoSys Group’s consolidated financial 
statements and the annual financial statements of MorphoSys AG as 
well as the management reports for the Group and the MorphoSys AG 
according to the HGB and German auditing standards. The auditor 
confirmed that the consolidated annual financial statements are an 
accurate and fair reflection of the financial situation, the result of 
business activity, and the Group’s cash flow, in accordance with the 
accounting principles as defined by IFRS. 

The focus of the 2010 audit of the consolidated financial statements 
and the Group Management Report of the MorphoSys Group was the 
process of preparing the consolidated financial statement, the accu-
racy of the annual financial statements included in the consolidated 
financial statements, capital consolidation, especially the accounting 
treatment of the acquisition of Sloning BioTechnology GmbH includ-
ing the related purchase price allocation, methods of foreign currency 
translation, determination and impairment test of goodwill, deter-
mination of current and deferred taxes, the accuracy of segment re-
porting as well as the reasonableness of the disclosures regarding 
future development of the Group in the Group Management Report.

The focus of this year’s audit of the financial statements and the 
management report of MorphoSys AG was the process of preparing 
the financial statements, the design, implementation and effective-
ness of internal controls in the procurement process as well as the 
design, implementation and effectiveness of internal controls relat-
ing to Counsel Licensing & Intellectual Property, the completeness 
of trade accounts payable and accruals for outstanding invoices,  
the accurate recognition of the operating revenues, impairment of 
financial assets and the reasonableness of the disclosures regard-
ing future development of the Company in the management report.

The audit reports and the financial statement documentation were 
sent to all Supervisory Board members with a sufficient amount of 
lead time for review. The audit report as well as the consolidated  
financial statements and the MorphoSys Group Management Report 
were intensively discussed at the Audit Committee meeting on Feb-
ruary 22, 2011, and at the Supervisory Board meeting on the same 
day. The audit report as well as the financial statements and the 
management report of MorphoSys AG were the subject of detailed 
discussion at the Audit Committee meeting on March 10, 2011,  
and at the subsequent Supervisory Board meeting on the same day. 
At the respective meetings, the auditor took part in the discussion  
of the financial statements. He reported on the main results of his 
audits and was available to the Supervisory Board to answer ques-
tions and provide supplementary information. After our final review, 
the Supervisory Board approved the financial statements without  
objection or amendment and thus adopted them. The Supervisory 
Board has also reviewed the proposal of the Management Board  
for the use of the 2010 earnings; the Supervisory Board is in accor-
dance with this recommendation.

The Supervisory Board would like to thank the members of the Man-
agement Board and the employees of all MorphoSys companies for 
their great commitment and outstanding achievements over the past 
fiscal year.

Martinsried/Planegg, March 10, 2011

Dr. Gerald Möller
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

 
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Supervisory Board of MorphoSys AG

Dr. Gerald Möller 
Chairman

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Drews 
Deputy Chairman

Dr. Walter Blättler 
Member

Heidelberg, Germany

Cureggia, Switzerland, and Feldafing,  
Germany

Brookline, MA, USA

Member of the Supervisory  
Board of:

Member of the Supervisory  
Board of:

–  Agennix AG, Germany 
–  Human Genome Sciences, Inc.,* USA

No other Supervisory Board  
memberships

–  BioAgency AG, Germany (Chairman) 
–  febit holding AG, Germany (Director) 
–  Illumina, Inc., USA (Director) 
–  Invendo Medical GmbH*, Germany  

(Chairman) 

–  MTM AG, Germany (Chairman) 
–  4sigma,* Bermuda (Chairman) 
–  Bionostics, Inc.,* USA (Director) 
–  Find Foundation,* Switzerland  

(Chairman) 

–  Pelikan Technologies, Inc.,* USA 

(Chairman) 

–  VIVACTA Ltd.,* UK (Director)

* Membership in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory boards of commercial enterprises

Supervisory Board of MorphoSys AG

95

Dr. Daniel Camus 
Member

Dr. Metin Colpan 
Member

Dr. Geoffrey N. Vernon 
Member

Paris, France

Essen, Germany

Sampford Barton, UK

Member of the Supervisory  
Board of:

–  SGL Carbon, Germany  
–  Valéo,* France
–  Vivendi SA, France

Member of the Supervisory  
Board of:

–  Qalovis GmbH,* Germany 
–  Qiagen NV,* the Netherlands

Member of the Supervisory  
Board of:

–  Advanced Medical Solutions,* UK  

(Chairman) 

–  Apitope International NV,* UK  

(Chairman) 

–  Genable Ltd.,* Ireland (Chairman) 
–  Veryan Medical Ltd., UK 
–  XL TechGroup, Inc,* USA (Chairman) 
–  Ziggus Holdings Ltd.,* UK (Chairman)

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Senior Management Group of MorphoSys AG

Sascha Alilovic 
Head of Corporate Development,  
Legal Affairs, Compliance & Treasury

Silvia Dermietzel 
Head of Global Human Resources

Dieter Feger 
Head of AbD Serotec

Dr. Barbara Krebs-Pohl 
Head of Business Development

Klaus de Wall 
Head of Finance & 
Accounting

Dr. Markus Enzelberger 
Head of Discovery Alliances & 
Technologies

Dr. Claudia Gutjahr-Löser 
Head of Corporate Communica-
tions & Investor Relations

Dr. Ulrich Moebius 
Head of Preclinical Develop-
ment & Project Management

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97

Dr. Ralf Ostendorp  
Head of Protein Sciences

Dr. Margit Urban 
Head of Target and Antibody 
Discovery

Dr. Armin Weidmann 
Head of Quality Assurance & 
Regulatory Affairs

Dr. Lisa Rojkjaer 
Head of Clinical Development

Dr. Harald Watzka 
Head of Alliance Management

Dr. Günter Wellnhofer 
Head of Technical Operations

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Glossary

A   

C   

F   

I   

Amyloid-beta – Target molecule 
in Alzheimer’s disease therapy; main 
constituent of amyloid plaques in the 
brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients

Antigen – Foreign substance stimulat-
ing antibody production; binding partner 
of antibody

ADCC – Antibody-dependent cell-
mediated cytotoxicity; a mechanism  
of cell-mediated immunity whereby  
an effector cell of the immune system 
actively destroys a target cell that  
has been bound by specific antibodies

Antibody – Proteins of the immune 
system that recognize antigens, thereby 
triggering an immune response

Antibody library – A collection of 
genes that encode corresponding hu-
man antibodies

Autoimmune disease – Disease 
caused by an immune response by the 
body against one of its own tissues, 
cells or molecules

B   

Biosimilars – Term used to describe 
officially approved new versions of in-
novator biopharmaceutical products, 
following patent expiry

Cash flow – Key performance indicator 
in the cash flow statement used to as-
sess the financial and earning capacity

FDA – Food and Drug Administration; 
US federal agency for the supervision of 
food and drugs

IFRS – International Financial Report-
ing Standards; future EU-wide standards 
produced by the IASB

CD20 – Therapeutic target for the 
treatment of B-cell lymphomas and 
leukemias

G   

CD38 – Therapeutic target for the 
treatment of multiple myeloma and  
certain leukemias

Clinical trial – Clinical trials allow 
safety and efficacy data to be collected 
for new drugs or devices. Depending  
on the type of product and the stage of 
its development, investigators enroll 
healthy volunteers and/or patients into 
small pilot studies initially, followed by 
larger-scale studies in patients

CLL – Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; 
most common type of cancer of the 
blood and bone marrow, affecting the  
B-cells

COGS – Cost of goods sold; costs for 
antibody material produced by the AbD 
segment

GCP – Good clinical practice; an inter-
national ethical and scientific quality 
standard for designing, conducting, re-
cording and reporting trials that involve 
the participation of human subjects

GM-CSF – Granulocyte-macrophage 
colony-stimulating factor; underlying 
target molecule of MOR103 program

GMP – Good management practice; 
term for the control and management 
of manufacturing and quality control 
testing of pharmaceutical products and 
medical devices

M   

Goodwill – An intangible asset that 
reflects the value of a company’s name 
and reputation, its customer relations 
and other factors influencing its stand-
ing and competitiveness

E   

H   

EMA – European Medicines Agency

HGB – German accounting standards

HuCAL – Human Combinatorial Anti-
body Library. Proprietary antibody  
library enabling rapid generation of 
specific human antibodies for all  
applications (explanation of GOLD/
PLATINUM)

Human – Of human origin

Immunization – Generation of anti-
bodies by administering antigen

In-vitro – In a test tube

In-vivo – In a living organism

L   

Life sciences – All branches of 
science that study all organisms, es-
pecially living ones

Macrophage – White blood cell that 
ingests foreign material. Macrophages 
are key players in the immune response 
to foreign invaders such as infectious 
microorganisms

Market capitalization – Value of a 
company’s outstanding shares, as mea-
sured by shares times current price

M&A – Mergers and acquisitions

Milestone – Predefined events relating 
to the development of the substance 
into a drug

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99

Monoclonal antibody – Homogeneous 
antibody originating from a single clone, 
produced by hybridoma cell

P   

S   

MRSA – Methicillin-resistant Staphylo-
coccus aureus; type of bacteria that  
is resistant to certain antibiotics and 
causes severe infections; occurs most 
frequently among patients in healthcare 
settings

Phage-display technology – Screen-
ing technology; presentation of pep-
tides/proteins on surface of phages

Pharmacokinetics – Determination 
of the fate of substances administered 
externally to a living organism

S, G&A – Sales, general and adminis-
trative

Specificity – Property of antibodies, 
for example, to discriminate between 
different, but similar, antigens

T   

Target – Target molecule for thera-
peutic intervention, e. g. on surface of 
diseased cell

TecDAX – Index of the 30 largest 
technology companies listed on the 
Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Multiple myeloma – Type of cancer 
that develops in a subset of white blood 
cells called plasma cells formed in the 
bone marrow

Plaque psoriasis – Most common 
form of psoriasis, a chronic, non-conta-
gious autoimmune disease which affects 
the skin and joints

Multiple sclerosis – Disease of the 
central nervous system characterized 
by the destruction of nerve fibers

Preclinic – Preclinical stage of drug 
development; tests in animal models as 
well as in laboratory assays

N   

NIH – National Institutes of Health; 
part of the US Department of Health 
and Human Services, the primary  
federal agency for conducting and sup-
porting medical research

O   

Osteolysis – Dissolution or degenera-
tion of bone tissue through disease

Protein – Polymer consisting of amino 
acids, e. g. antibodies and enzymes

R   

RapMAT – Maturation process; propri-
etary technology of MorphoSys

R&D – Research and development

Reagent – A substance used in re-
search and diagnostic applications

Rheumatoid arthritis – Inflammatory 
disease of the joints; abbreviation: RA

Royalties – Percentage share of owner-
ship of the revenue generated by drug 
products

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The Company               Group Management Report               Financial Statements

Index

A   

D   

Annual General Meeting  

Apprenticeship position  
Assets  
Auditor’s report  

30 et seq., 
 70 et seq., 85
18
26, 48
90

B   

Balance sheet  
BHQ880  

48, 57 et seq., 90
87

C   

26, 36 et seq.
52
26
15 et seq.
36 et seq.

Cash flows  
Cash flow statement  
Capital expenditure  
CD38  
Change of control  
Committees of the  
91
Supervisory Board  
13, 40
Competition  
60, 74 et seq.
Convertible bonds  
Corporate communications  
30
Corporate Governance Report   13, 28
21
Corporate social responsibility  
23
Cost of goods sold  
26
Credit rating 
71
Currency risk  

28, 92

Declaration of Conformity  
Declarations pursuant to sec. 315, 
para. 4, of the German Commercial  
Code (HGB) 
Directors’ dealings  
Dividend  

35 et seq., 90
29
44, 74

G   

Gantenerumab 
Glossary 
GM-CSF  
Goodwill 

H   

86
98
15, 19
58, 69

M   

Management Board  
Management of the Group  
Management report  
Manufacturing license  
Market capitalization  
Milestone payments  

E   

Human resources  

17 et seq.

MOR202  

4, 13, 26 et seq.
13
12 et seq.
21
8
14, 21 et seq.,  
37, 43, 85 et seq.
5, 15, 19 et seq.,  
27, 42 et seq., 61
6, 15, 19 et seq.,  
27, 43, 61, 91
5, 15, 19 et seq., 27,  
41 et seq., 61, 87

Earnings per share  
EBIT  
Employees  
Environmental protection  
Equity  

78, 80 et seq.
23
17 et seq.
22
26, 50 et seq.

F   

I   

Income taxes 
Information required under  
takeover law 
Intellectual property  
ISO certificates 

61, 78

35 et seq.
20 et seq.
21

MOR103  

MOR208  

N   

Net income  
Non-operating items  

32
23

Financial analysis  
2011 Financial calendar  
Forecast  

22 et seq.
Back cover
26 , 41 et seq.

K   

O   

Key figures  

Front cover

L   

Operating expenses  
Operating leases   
Operating profit  
Opportunities  

23, 43
60, 81
6, 12, 23 et seq.
6, 15 et seq.,  
30 et seq., 36 et seq.
41 et seq.

Letter to the shareholders  
Liabilities  
Liquidity  

5 et seq.
26
8, 26, 43, 70

Outlook  

 
 
 
 
 
 
Index

101

P   

S   

Patents  
Pensions 
Personnel costs  
Procurement  
Production  
Proprietary pipeline 
Provisions 

20 et seq.
32
23, 78
22
22, 37, 61 
32, 40 et seq.
36 et seq., 70

Q   

Quality assurance 
Quality management  

18, 21
21 et seq.

R   

34 et seq.

86
31 et seq.

R1450 
Remuneration report  
Remuneration,  
Supervisory Board  
Remuneration,  
31 et seq.
Management Board  
Supervisory Board Report  
91 et seq.
Research and development   19 et seq.
Research and development  
expenses  
Research Antibodies  
Responsibility statement   
Revenues  
Revenue recognition   
Risks  
Risk management  

23
15, 61
88
22 et seq.
60
28 et seq., 36 et seq.
30, 36

Sales, general and
23
administrative expenses  
61 et seq.
Segment reporting  
Segment Research Antibodies   14, 15
Segment Therapeutic Antibodies  15, 61
Shareholder structure  
9
Shareholdings, Management
and Supervisory Boards  
Share price development  
Share, repurchase 
Social responsibility  
Statement of operations  
Statements of changes in
shareholders’ equity  
Stock-based compensation  
Stock options  
Subsequent events 
Subsidiaries  
Supervisory Board  
Sustainability  

50
23, 60
29 et seq., 76 et seq.
41
54 et seq.
91 et seq.
21 

83 et seq.
9 et seq.
36
21 et seq.
46

T   

Taxes  
Trading volumes  
Training  

23 et seq.
9
17

V   

VorstAG 

W   

WACC 
WpHG 

33

69
29, 35

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Key Figures (IFRS)

Product Pipeline

M O R P H O S Y S  G R O U P  (in € million, if not stated otherwise)

M O R P H O S Y S’ S P R O D U C T P I P E L I N E   A S O F D E C E M B E R  31,   2010

12 /31/2010

12 /31/2009

12 /31/2008

12 /31/2007

12 /31/2006

Discovery

Preclinic

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Market

RESULTS

Revenues

Cost of Goods Sold

R&D Expenses

S, G&A Expenses

Personnel Expenses (Excluding

Stock-based Compensation) 

Capital Expenditure

Depreciation

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Profi t from Operations

EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,

Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization)

EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)

Net Profi t

BAL ANCE SHEE T

Total Assets

Cash, Cash Equivalents and 

Available-for-sale Financial Assets

Intangible Assets

Total Liabilities

Stockholders’ Equity 

Equity Ratio (in %)

THE MORPHOSYS SHARE

Number of Shares Issued 

Earnings per Share, Diluted (in €)

Dividend (in €)

Share Price (in €)

PERSONNEL DATA

Total Group Employees (Number)

Germany (Number)

Other Countries (Number)

87.0 

7.3 

46.9 

23.2 

29.6 

13.8 

2.1 

4.0 

9.8 

 19.2

 13.1

9.2 

108.4 

69.2 

26.6 

185.9 

87 % 

0.40 

– 

 18.53

464

370 

 94

81.0

6.7

39.0

23.9

26.1

3.8

1.6

3.8

11.4

18.1

12.8

9.0

135.1

17.4

32.2

173.9

84 %

0.40

–

17.04

404

301

103

71.6

7.1

27.6

20.5

21.5

3.8

1.5

4.8

16.4

21.9

16.5

13.2

137.9

19.7

41.3

162.0

80 %

0.59

–

18.75

334

236

98

62.0

7.9

22.2

24.8

18.8

12.0

1.5

3.7

7.0

13.3

8.3

11.5

184.7

106.9

22.3

39.2

145.5

79 %

0.53

–

16.10

295

192

103

 212.6

206.1

203.3

53.0

8.0

17.5

21.4

18.1

4.0

1.5

3.4

6.2

10.3

5.4

6.0

127.8

66.0

14.8

27.8

100.1

78 %

0.31

–

18.12

279

183

96

22,890,252 

22,660,557

22,478,787

22,160,259

20,145,966

BHQ880, Novartis

Novartis

CNTO 888, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

CNTO 888, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

Gantenerumab, Roche

CNTO 1959, Centocor Ortho Biotech

CNTO 3157, Centocor Ortho Biotech 

Centocor Ortho Biotech 

BAY79-4620, Bayer Schering

Novartis

Novartis

Novartis

Boehringer Ingelheim

Pfi zer

OMP-59R5, OncoMed

20 Partnered Programs

30 Partnered Programs

MOR103

MOR208

MOR202

Early-stage Cancer Programs

Early-stage Anti-infl ammatory Programs

65 Partnered Programs

8 Own Programs

MorphoSys/Novartis

2 Pre-development Programs

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Calendar

February 24, 2011  Publication of 2010 Year End Results

April 29, 2011  

Publication of 2011 Three Months’ Report

May 19, 2011 

2011 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in Munich

July 29, 2011 

Publication of 2011 Six Months’ Report

October 28, 2011 

Publication of 2011 Nine Months’ Report

Annual Report 2010

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