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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
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- Business overview 2. Financials 3. Questions & Answers


- 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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


- 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
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