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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2019</div>
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              <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Registration No. 333-</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
      Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
      UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">MorphoSys AG</font><br>
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Germany</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Not Applicable</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 9pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 9pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Semmelweisstrasse 7</font><br>
      <font style="font-weight: bold;">82152 Planegg</font><br>
      <font style="font-weight: bold;">Germany</font><br>
      <font style="font-weight: bold;">Telephone: +49 89-89927-0</font><br>
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">RSU Plan October 1, 2019</font><br>
      (Full title of the plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">_____________________</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">MorphoSys US Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">470 Atlantic Avenue, 14<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> floor</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Boston, MA 02210</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Tel: <font style="font-size: 11pt;">+1 (617) 273-8273</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Copy to:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Stephan Hutter</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">TaunusTurm</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Taunustor 1</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">60310 Frankfurt am Main</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Germany</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Tel: +49 69 74220 0</div>
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    <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
      &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Large accelerated filer&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9633;</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Accelerated filer&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9633;</font>&#160;</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Non-accelerated filer&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9745;</font><br>
              (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</div>
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          <td colspan="1" style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smaller reporting company&#160;<font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#9633;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Amount to be</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">per share<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Proposed maximum</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ordinary Shares, no par value</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">127,357</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">$108.64</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">$13,836,065</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">$1,796</div>
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional ordinary shares, no par value (&#8220;Ordinary Shares&#8221;) of MorphoSys AG (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), that become issuable in respect of the
                  securities identified in the above table by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of Ordinary
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font style="color: #000000;">Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price of the Ordinary Shares being registered hereby is not known and has been
                    determined in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) based on the average high and low price of the Ordinary Shares on </font>October 30<font style="color: #000000;">, 2019.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: #000000;">PART I.</font><br>
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      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">All information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement
      in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;"><font style="color: #000000;">PART II.</font><br>
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      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The following documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) by the Registrant are incorporated
      herein by reference:</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(a) The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 13, 2019; and</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(b) The description of the Registrant&#8217;s ordinary shares incorporated by reference in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A (File
      No. 001-38455) filed with the Commission on April 12, 2018.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), and, to the extent designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K the Registrant submits to the Commission after the date hereof, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
      in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
      document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such previous statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
      modified or superseded.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 4. Description of Securities.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Under German law, the Registrant may not, as a general matter, indemnify members of its management board and supervisory board. Certain limited
      exceptions may apply if the indemnification is in the legitimate interest of the Registrant. The Registrant will indemnify our management board and supervisory board members, to the extent permissible under German law, from and against any
      liabilities arising out of or in connection with their services for the Registrant.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Registrant provides directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance for the members of its management and supervisory boards against civil
      liabilities, including liability under the Securities Act, which they may incur in connection with their activities on behalf of the Registrant.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Not Applicable.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 8. Exhibits.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">The list of exhibits is set forth under &#8220;Index of Exhibits&#8221; at the end of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: -36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 9. Undertakings.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this Registration Statement:</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(i)&#160; to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(ii)&#160; to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 72pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(iii)&#160; to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
      previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</div>
    <div style="margin-right: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
      post-effective amendment of this Registration Statement by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
      by reference in the Registration Statement.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
      such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</div>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MorphoSys AG
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Germany
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Semmelweisstrasse 7
82152 Planegg
Germany
Telephone: +49 89-89927-0
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
RSU Plan October 1, 2019
(Full title of the plan)
_____________________
MorphoSys US Inc.
470 Atlantic Avenue, 14
th
floor
Boston, MA 02210
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
Tel:
+1 (617) 273-8273
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Stephan Hutter
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
TaunusTurm
Taunustor 1
60310 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 69 74220 0
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
      "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
□
Accelerated filer
□
Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
□
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered
(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
Amount of registration fee
Ordinary Shares, no par value
127,357
$108.64
$13,836,065
$1,796
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional ordinary shares, no par value ("Ordinary Shares") of MorphoSys AG (the "Company"), that become issuable in respect of the
                  securities identified in the above table by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of Ordinary
                  Shares registered hereunder.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price of the Ordinary Shares being registered hereby is not known and has been
                    determined in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) based on the average high and low price of the Ordinary Shares on
October 30
, 2019.
PART I.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement
      in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated
      herein by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 13, 2019; and
(b) The description of the Registrant's ordinary shares incorporated by reference in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A (File
      No. 001-38455) filed with the Commission on April 12, 2018.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and, to the extent designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K the Registrant submits to the Commission after the date hereof, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
      in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
      document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such previous statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
      modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under German law, the Registrant may not, as a general matter, indemnify members of its management board and supervisory board. Certain limited
      exceptions may apply if the indemnification is in the legitimate interest of the Registrant. The Registrant will indemnify our management board and supervisory board members, to the extent permissible under German law, from and against any
      liabilities arising out of or in connection with their services for the Registrant.
The Registrant provides directors' and officers' liability insurance for the members of its management and supervisory boards against civil
      liabilities, including liability under the Securities Act, which they may incur in connection with their activities on behalf of the Registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The list of exhibits is set forth under "Index of Exhibits" at the end of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)  to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
      previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
      post-effective amendment of this Registration Statement by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
      by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
      such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
      Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
      Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
      of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
      unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
      any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
      precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
      all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto authorized, in the city of Planegg, Germany on this, the
5th
day

      of November 2019.
MorphoSys AG
By:
/s/ Dr. Jean-Paul Kress
Name: Dr. Jean-Paul Kress
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Jean-Paul Kress and Jens Holstein, and each of them singly, his or her
      true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
      post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of MorphoSys AG, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the
      attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
      hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the
      capacities indicated and on the
5th
day of November 2019.
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Signature
Title
/s/ Dr. Jean-Paul Kress
Chief Executive Officer
Name: Dr. Jean-Paul Kress
/s/ Jens Holstein
Chief Financial Officer and Principal
Name: Jens Holstein
Accounting Officer
/s/ Dr. Marc Cluzel
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Name: Dr. Marc Cluzel
/s/ Dr. Frank Morich
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Name: Dr. Frank Morich
/s/ Krisja Vermeylen
Member of the Supervisory Board
Name: Krisja Vermeylen
/s/
Wendy Johnson
Member of the Supervisory Board
Name:
Wendy Johnson
/s/
Dr. George Golumbeski
Member of the Supervisory Board
Name: Dr. George Golumbeski
/s/ Michael Brosnan
Member of the Supervisory Board
Name: Michael Brosnan
/s/ Sharon Curran
Member of the Supervisory Board
Name: Sharon Curran
/s/ David Trexler
Authorized Representative in the United States
Name: David Trexler
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Articles of Association of MorphoSys AG (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-223843))
4.2
Specimen Certificate for Global Shares of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-223843))
4.3
Restricted Stock Unit Program 2019 (US Inc.)
5.1
Opinion of Charlotte Lohmann and Klaus de Wall
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Charlotte Lohmann and Klaus de Wall (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)