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Evotec SE Earnings Release 2025

May 6, 2025

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Pioneering Drug Discovery

Q1 2025 results

Evotec SE, Q1 2025 results call, 06 May 2025

Disclaimer

This presentation (including any information which has been or may be supplied in writing or orally in connection herewith or in connection with any further inquiries) is being delivered on behalf of Evotec SE (the "Company", "we," "our" or "us"). This presentation is made pursuant to Section 5(d) and/or Rule 163B of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is intended solely for investors that are qualified institutional buyers or certain institutional accredited investors solely for the purposes of familiarizing such investors with the Company. This presentation shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Evotec securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. No representations or warranties, express or implied, are made as to the accuracy or completeness of the statements, estimates, projections or assumptions contained in the presentation, and neither the Company nor any of its directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, advisors or representatives shall have any liability relating thereto.

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  1. Business overview 2. Financials 3. Questions & Answers

  1. Business overview 2. Financials 3. Questions & Answers

Q1 2025 at a glance

Summary

Shared R&D

  • Expansion of pipeline of high value molecular glue degraders in strategic partnership with BMS
  • Evotec receives grant from Korean Government to develop novel antibody-based treatments for lung diseases
  • 9% revenue decline, in line with Fy 2024 development; continued headwinds from soft market environment

Just – Evotec Biologics

  • Strong growth with new and existing partners
  • Continued strong demand for paradigm shift in discovery, process development & manufacturing of biologics
  • 11% revenue growth versus strong comparable basis

Evotec Group

• Strategic review conducted & execution initiated

Drug Discovery and Pre-clinical Development Just – Evotec Biologics

New ways of working

Enhanced commercial model

Commitment to operational excellence

Focus on talent development

Leadership in next-gen Drug Discovery tools

Source for strategic deals

Next-gen platforms already operating at industrial scale

Unprecedented volumes of data

Novel insights via AI/ML supported data management & analytics

PAGE 8 MPD = Molecular Patient Database

BMS strategic partnership based on Evotec platforms – Neuro…

Building a co-owned pipeline in neuronal diseases

Dec 2016
Signing of
partnership
\$ 45 m
May 2018
Expansion
\$ 6 m
Jan 2019
LO
designation
\$ 14 m
Jan 2020
Expansion
\$ 6 m
Jan 2021
Expansion
\$ 6 m
Oct 2021
Expansion
\$ 9 m
Jan 2022
Targeted
protein
degradation
program
\$ 15 m
Dec 2022
Expansion
&
Programme
designation
\$ 26 m
Jul 2023
Programme
licencing
\$ 40 m
Jun 2024
Preclinical
programme
designation
\$ 20 m
Mar 2025
Further
development
of preclinical
program
\$ 20 m
2016
2017
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Oct 2017
Screening
completion
Oct 2018
Expansion
May 2019
Expansion
Oct 2020
Expansion
Sep 2021
st
1
IND
Nov 2021
Programme
designations
Apr 2022
ASO
Programme
designation
Mar 2023
Extension of
partnership
Jan 2024
Expansion
Aug 2024
Expansion
\$ 5 m \$ 6 m \$ 9 m \$ 6 m \$ 20 m \$ 40 m \$ 16 m \$ 50 m \$ 25 m \$ 25 m

...and Oncology, relating to \$ 75 m payment announced

Long-term partnership with BMS in oncology

  1. Business overview 2. Financials 3. Questions & Answers

Strong start of JEB into 2025 – Group result at € 3 m adj. EBITDA

Condensed income statement Q1 2025

in € m1 Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Change Comments
External Revenues 200.0 208.7 (4)% In-line with group expectations
Shared R&D 140.6 155.2 (9)% Shared R&D softer than expected
Evotec Biologics (JEB)2
Just –
59.4 53.5 11% Growth of JEB better than planned
Gross margin 13.6% 16.2% (2.6) pp.
Shared R&D 10.8% 12.8% (2.0) pp. Shared R&D with lower operational leverage
Just –
Evotec Biologics (JEB)
20.2% 28.0% (7.8) pp. JEB with planned ramp-up cost
R&D expense (10.8) (16.2) (33%) Focus on scalable platforms; new run-rate
Adjusted Group EBITDA3 3.1 7.8 (60%) Slightly better than planned
Shared R&D (6.9) (5.5) (25%) Shared R&D with high fixed cost base
Just –
Evotec Biologics (JEB)
10.0 13.3 (25%) JEB benefiting from phasing of work packages

1 Differences may occur due to rounding

2 JEB business segment with additional € 0.0m (€ 0.3 m) intersegment revenue in Q1 2025 (Q1 2024). Details on intersegment eliminations see full interim statement Q1 2025 3 Adjusted EBITDA excludes changes of and impairments on intangible and tangible assets as well as the total non-operating result

Improved Operating and Investing cash flow vs. Q1 2024

Quarterly Cash Flows

Q1 '24 Q2 '24 Q3 '24 Q4 '24 Q1 '25
Quarterly
Cash flows,
in € m
91.1
16.7 74,2
42,6 16,9
(48.2) (50.4) (25.9) (31.8)
(21.6)
(30.9) (31.3) (53.4)
(79.1) (81.7)
  • Improved Operating Cash flow (OCF) Q1 '25 vs. prior year period driven by favourable change in working capital
  • Reduced cash outflow from investing activities in Q1 '25 vs. Q1 '24 due to:
    • − Capex spending of € (18) m in Q1 '25 vs. € (40) m in Q1 '241 reflecting the ramp down of the Capex cycle for the JEB Toulouse site

Liquidity developing as expected, with headroom after loan draw down

Quarterly liquidity development

  • Draw down of existing R&D financing facility (€ 44 m) compensated part of cash outflow from operating and investing activities € (53) m
  • Correspondingly, total liabilities and lease obligations increase to € 478 m from € 439 m (end of Q4 '24)
  • Net debt leverage (NDL) at 5.97x

Guidance confirmed

Guidance 20251

FY 2024 Guidance 2025 Comment
Group revenues € 797 m € 840 -
880 m
5%-10% growth driven by strong JEB
segment; Shared R&D in soft market
environment pivoting towards high
value offering
R&D expenditure2 € 50 m € 40 -
50 m
Further prioritisation of scalable
tech-platforms and technologies
Adjusted EBITDA3 € 23 m € 30 -
50 m
Improved operating leverage and
productivity measures to increase
long-term profitability vs. ramp-up
costs of J.POD Toulouse

Mid-term Outlook

2028 aspiration

Drivers

Market recovery, Differentiation, Value add-ons

Operating leverage, Mix/Value add-ons, Productivity, Cost optimisation

The team is ready to take your questions

Christian Wojczewski CEO

Paul Hitchin CFO

Aurélie Dalbiez CPO

Cord Dohrmann CSO

Volker Braun EVP Head of Global Investor Relations & ESG

+49 (0) 40 228 999 338 (d) +49 (0) 151 1940 5058 (m) [email protected]