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Evotec SE Interim / Quarterly Report 2014

Nov 12, 2014

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Nine-month report 2014 – Execute on Innovate strategy

Evotec AG, Nine-month 2014 Interim Report, 12 November 2014

Forward-looking statements

Information set forth in this presentation contains forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent the judgement of Evotec as of the date of this presentation. Such forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Welcome from the Evotec management team

Nine-month 2014 Interim Report

Agenda

Highlights of the first nine months 2014

Business and strategy update

Financial performance and outlook

Strong operational performance; positive EBITDA; very strong cash position

First nine months of 2014 – State of play

Financials

1

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  • Group revenues amounted to € 58.9 m (2013: € 60.3m); revenues excluding milestones, upfronts and licences rose by 5%, up 7% at constant 2013 FX rates
  • Positive adjusted1) EBITDA of € 0.3 m for the Group and € 9.8 m for EVT Execute
  • Impairment charges of € 8.7 m triggered by termination of DiaPep277® development
  • Very strong liquidity position of € 90.3 m despite acquisitions and significant growth investments; high and stable equity ratio at 72.8%

EVT Execute

  • Expansion of protein production capabilities initiated in US to serve a major US Pharma partner (after period-end)
  • Important initial milestone achieved as part of multi-target alliance with Bayer HealthCare
  • Collaboration expansion with the Jain Foundation
  • Three-year extension and expansion of collaboration with CHDI Foundation to fight Huntington's disease
  • Long-term compound management collaboration with Medicines for Malaria Venture

EVT Innovate

  • Phase IIb trial of EVT302 in Alzheimer's disease within Roche alliance progressing according to plan
  • Continued development of the EVT100 series in the field of CNS diseases with Janssen
  • Successful completion of all safety studies for EVT201 and initiation of late-stage clinical programmes for registration in China
  • Setback with announcement that Hyperion is terminating its DiaPep277®; Evotec will take legal steps to secure shareholder value
  • Further milestones achieved in strategic alliance with J&J Innovation within TargetAD collaboration
  • Public grants awarded to Evotec to develop new drug candidates for treatment of multiple sclerosis
  • New collaboration with Fraunhofer IME in joint drug discovery programmes

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Agenda

Highlights of the first nine months 2014

Business and strategy update

Financial performance and outlook

Our end product: The "PDC"

Evotec's core competence and strategic business focus

Evotec's business model for innovation efficiency

ONE company – TWO segments

EVT Execute

"Low risk, service business"

EVT Execute

  • Fee for service, highest quality offering
  • Platform selling with low risk
  • Selective milestone- and royalty-driven projects

EVT Innovate (Cure X/Target X)

  • First-in-class investments within core competences
  • Early partnering strategy
  • Performance-based alliances with upfronts, milestones and product royalties

EVT Innovate "High risk – high reward innovation business"

Strong operational performance despite low milestone income in Q1–Q3

EVT Execute – Comprehensive drug discovery platforms

Execute on strategy

  • Strategic expansion of protein production in US with major Pharma partner
  • Extensions of existing alliances (e.g. Jain Foundation, CHDI, ...)
  • Initial milestone achieved (Bayer)
  • Long-term compound management collaboration with Medicines for Malaria Venture
  • Integration of Euprotec complete and business performing to expectations

Growth driven by long-term alliances and technology upgrade strategy

EVT Execute strategy 2014

  • New long-term alliances with big and mid-sized Pharma and biotech
  • New integrated alliances with EU biotech and especially US East Coast start-ups

• Expansion of technology/disease portfolio offering

Systematic, unbiased and comprehensive pipeline building in major disease areas

EVT Innovate – Cure X and Target X initiatives

Large portfolio of product opportunities with significant upside

Partnership portfolio1)

Molecule Indication Partner Discovery Pre-clinical Phase I Phase II Phase III
EVT3022) AD
EVT201 Insomnia
al
c
ni
Somatoprim Acromegaly
EVT100 CNS diseases
Cli EVT401 Inflammation
ND3) Oncology
ND3) Oncology
al ND3) Pain
c
ni
ND3) Oncology
cli Various Endometriosis
e- EVT770 Diabetes –
type 2/1
Pr ND3) Pain
Various Inflammation
EVT0704) Diabetes –
type 2
y Various Diabetes –
type 2/1
er
v
o
Various Diabetes –
type 2/1
c
s
Various Kidney disease
Di Various Oncology
Various Alzheimer's disease
Various CNS/MS NEU2 / Bionamics

1) DiaPep277® taken from the pipeline chart due to the announcement of Hyperion; Phase III will be completed by Hyperion, legal uncertainties exist

2) RO4602522 3) Not disclosed

4) Under evaluation

Strategic focus on diabetes and diabetic complications

Diabetes and diabetic complications pipeline overview

Project(s) Indication (mechanism) Partner Status Next milestone Commercials
EVT770 Type 1 and 2 diabetes
(beta cell regeneration)
Pre-clinical Phase I
5 m upfront,
high margin research payments,
up to €
254 m milestones, significant royalties
ALM Type 1 and 2 diabetes
(beta cell regeneration)
Discovery Phase I
2 m upfront,
high margin research payments,
up to €
183 m milestones/product, significant royalties
EVT0702) Type 2 diabetes
(insulin resistance)
Discovery Pre-clinical candidate
7 m upfront
high margin research payments,
up to €
237 m milestones, significant royalties
Various Kidney disease ND1) ND1) Undisclosed upfront,
high margin research payments, milestones/product,
royalties
TargetEEM Type 1 and 2 diabetes
(enteroendocrine)
Discovery Pharma partnership
CureNephron Chronic kidney disease Discovery Pharma partnership
CureBeta Type 1 and 2 diabetes
(beta cell regeneration)
Discovery Pharma partnership

DeveloGen outlicensed DiaPep277® in 2007 – Evotec has no involvement in clinical development

History and status of DiaPep277®

History

  • DiaPep277® is a immune intervention therapy for new onset type 1 diabetes; beginning of development of the asset started in the 1980s at the Weizmann Institute/Peptor and later DeveloGen
  • 2007

DeveloGen sold all rights of DiaPep277® to Andromeda Biotech, Ltd., a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.

• 2010

Evotec acquired DeveloGen and inherited DeveloGen's rights to certain milestones and single-digit royalties arising from DiaPep277®

• Andromeda continued development and was responsible for conduct and analysis of all Phase III studies

Status

• H1 2014

Hyperion Therapeutics acquired Andromeda Biotech, the owner of DiaPep277®

• H2 2014

Hyperion uncovered alleged evidence that certain employees of Andromeda engaged in serious misconduct involved with the Phase III trial data of DiaPep277®

  • Hyperion will complete the Phase III trial, but will not further invest in DiaPep277®
  • Evotec still has an open receivable against Andromeda amounting to € 3.4 m
  • Evotec to take legal steps against Andromeda to recover all Evotec claims and potential damages that result from recent incidents in relation to DiaPep277®

Further milestones achieved in TargetAD alliance – Collaboration with CHDI extended

Neurology pipeline overview

Molecule(s) Indication (mechanism) Partner Status Next milestone Commercials
EVT302 Alzheimer's
disease (MAO-B)
Phase IIb, recruitment
completed
Completion of Phase II,
Phase III start
\$ 10 m upfront,
up to \$ 820 m milestones, significant
royalties
EVT201 Insomnia Phase II Start clinical trials Milestones,
royalties
EVT100 series CNS diseases (TRD) Phase II/Pre-clinical Confirmation of pre
clinical study/
Phase II start
\$ 2 m upfront,
up to \$ 173 m milestones, significant
royalties
Various CNS/Multiple sclerosis NEU2 / Bionamics Pre-clinical/Various ND1) ND1)
Various Huntington's
disease
Discovery ND1) Research payments; funds up to 52
FTEs
Not disclosed Neurodegeneration Discovery ND1) Research payments
Not disclosed Fabry's disease Discovery ND1) Research payments
TargetAD Alzheimer's disease
(Novel MoA)
Discovery ND1) Up to \$ 10 m research payments,
approx. \$ 125-145 m milestones,
royalties
TargetASIC Multiple sclerosis Undisclosed
Pharma
Discovery Lead status Co-funded
CureMN Amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS)
ND1) Pharma partnership

EVT302 – Recruitment of Phase IIb completed

Product development alliance with

Alzheimer's disease (AD)

  • AD is the most common form of dementia
  • 44 m people diagnosed with dementia in 2013 worldwide
  • Approx. 7.7 m new cases of dementia are diagnosed each year

EVT 302/RG1577/ RO4602522

A potent small molecule inhibitor of monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) which reduces the formation of toxic reactive oxygen species in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients where overexpression of MAO-B is postulated to contribute to neuronal damage

Status

  • One of the very few latestage small molecule AD clinical trials in this specific AD patient population
  • Patient recruitment for Phase IIb, multicentre, randomised, doubleblind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety in patients with moderate severity Alzheimer disease completed (n=544, 52 week trial)

Expected key milestones

• Results of Phase IIb trial expected in H1 2015

Novel pain and inflammation targets

Pain and inflammation pipeline overview

Molecule(s) Indication (mechanism) Partner Status Next milestone Commercials
EVT401 Inflammation
(P2X7 inhibitor)
Phase I/II Phase II start Up to €
60 m milestones,
royalties
Various Endometriosis Pre-clinical Pre-clinical candidate
12 m upfront,
up to approx. €
580 m milestones,
royalties
Various Various/Pain Pre-clinical Phase I start Undisclosed upfront,
research payments, milestones,
royalties
Not disclosed Various/Pain Pre-clinical Successful PoC1) Research payments,
milestones,
royalties
Various Inflammation Discovery Pre-clinical Research payments,
up to €
183 m milestones/product,
significant royalties
Not disclosed Pain Discovery Pre-clinical Milestones,
significant royalties

Long-term vision in novel fields of oncology

Oncology pipeline overview

Molecule(s) Indication (mechanism) Partner Status Next milestone Commercials
Somatoprim
(DG3173)
Acromegaly/NET Phase IIa Pharma partnership Consulting fees,
royalties
ND1) Oncology Phase I ND1) Research payments, milestones,
royalties
ND1)/Biomarker Oncology Phase I ND1) Success-based milestones
ND1) Oncology Pre-clinical ND1) Research payments, milestones,
royalties
TargetImmuniT Various
(Immunotherapy)
Discovery Pharma partnership Shared research costs, milestones,
royalties
TargetKDM Various
(Epigenetic targets)
Discovery Pharma partnership ND1)
TargetDBR Glioblastoma
(brain tumour)
Discovery Pharma partnership ND1)
TargetCanMet Various Discovery ND1) Research payments, milestones,
royalties

Establishing an infectious disease portfolio

Anti-infectives pipeline overview

Molecule(s) Indication (mechanism) Partner Status Next milestone Commercials
TargetPicV Viral host targets Discovery Pre-clinical candidate
TargetPGB Antibiotics Discovery Pre-clinical candidate

Bridging the gap

The discovery highway

Expanding and broadening "The Bridge"

EVT Innovate initiated R&D projects

2011 2012 2013 2014 (ytd)
CureBeta
(Harvard Stem Cell
Institute)
CureNephron1)
(Harvard, BWH, USC,
AstraZeneca)
TargetSP
(Internal)
TargetASIC1)
(BMBF/undisclosed
Pharma partner)
Somatoprim
(Aspireo)
TargetPicV
(Haplogen)
TargetCanMet1)
(Debiopharm)
TargetImmuniT
(Apeiron)
TargetDBR
(Yale)
TargetFX
(Internal)
TargetPGB
(Harvard)
TargetKDM
(Dana-Farber, Belfer)
CureMN
(Harvard)
TargetEEM
(Harvard)
TargetAD1)
(NBB/J&J)
TargetSX
(undisclosed)
TargetBCD
(Internal)
TargetDR
(Internal)
TargetColCan
(Internal)
TargetKX
(undisclosed)
TargetCytokine
(Internal)
Undisclosed
(Fraunhofer)

Continuing the strategy of building a partnered product pipeline

EVT Innovate strategy 2014

  • Expansion of network of top-class academic alliances
  • Accelerated investments in existing and new Cure X/Target X initiatives
  • Progress of clinical pipeline within partnerships

• Partnering of at least one Cure X/Target X initiative

Agenda

Highlights of the first nine months 2014

Business and strategy update

Financial performance and outlook

Base business up 5%; positive EBITDA

Key financials first nine months 2014: Condensed profit & loss statement (IFRS)

In €
m
20131) 20141) % vs. 2013
Revenues 60.3 58.9 (2)%
Revenues excl. mile
Gross margin 35.9% 28.3% stones, upfronts and

R&D expenses
(7.5) (9.2) +23% licences up 5% (7% at
constant FX rates)

SG&A expenses
(12.3) (12.8) +4% compared to the first

Amortisation of intangible assets
(2.4) (1.9) nine months of 2013

Impairment of intangible assets
(8.7)
Higher investments in
Innovate R&D

Restructuring expenses
(0.4)
Impairment charges

Impairment of goodwill & tangible
assets
(3.0) of €
8.7 m for
DiaPep277®

Other op. expenses (income), net
(0.3) 7.2
Other operating income
of €
7.2
m primarily due
Operating income (loss) (4.2) (8.7) to fair value adjustment
Net income (loss) (4.9) (8.0) of the DiaPep277®
earn-out provision
EBITDA, adjusted2) 5.9 0.3

1) Nine months ended 30 September

2) Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics

Adjusted EBITDA of EVT Execute positive despite low milestone contribution

Condensed profit & loss statement based on segments for the first nine months of 2014

In €
m
EVT EVT Inter
segment
Evotec
Execute Innovate elimination Group
Revenues 61.5 10.6 (13.2) 58.9
Gross margin 24.8% 32.0% 28.3%

R&D expenses
(0.8) (10.4) 2.0 (9.2)

SG&A expenses
(9.8) (3.0) (12.8)

Amortisation of intangible assets
(1.6) (0.3) (1.9)

Impairment of intangible assets
(8.7) (8.7)

Other op. expenses (income), net
1.0 6.2 7.2
Operating income (loss) 4.1 (12.8) (8.7)
EBITDA, adjusted1) 9.8 (9.5) 0.3
  • Increased investment in Cure X and Target X initiatives within EVT Innovate and the broadening of the Innovate project portfolio
  • Strongly positive adjusted EBITDA of € 9.8 m in EVT Execute despite low milestone contribution in the first nine months 2014

1) Depreciation split on estimated basis/Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics

Decline in revenues due to lower milestone contributions compared with prior year period

Key financials Q3 2014: Condensed profit & loss statement (IFRS)

In €
m
Q3 2013 Q3 2014
Revenues 23.6 18.8
Gross margin 46.9% 26.0%

R&D expenses
(2.7) (2.9)

SG&A expenses
(4.2) (3.9)

Amortisation of intangible assets
(0.7) (0.6)

Impairment of intangible assets
(8.7)

Restructuring expenses
(0.4)

Impairment of goodwill & tangible
assets
(3.0)

Other op. expenses (income), net
6.1
Operating income (loss) 0.2 (5.2)
Net income (loss) (0.3) (3.6)
EBITDA, adjusted1) 5.4 (0.3)

• Decrease of revenues due to smaller milestone contributions in Q3 2014 compared to Q3 2013, which recorded large milestone contributions from Boehringer Ingelheim and a first milestone from UCB

• Impairment charges of € 8.7 m for DiaPep277®

1) Adjusted EBITDA: EBITDA was adjusted for changes in contingent considerations as well as for extraordinary effects with regards to the bargain purchase resulting from the acquisition of Bionamics

Continuing growth trend in base business

Revenues & gross margin for the first nine months 2014

Strategic and accelerated investments in R&D

Overview R&D and SG&A for the first nine months 2014

In € m

Strategic investments in Cure X and Target X initiatives

Planned SG&A increase to support future growth

Guidance confirmed, important milestones expected for the remainder of the year

Guidance 2014

1 Revenues
High single-digit percentage growth excluding milestones, upfronts
and licences

Ongoing high volatility of milestones from quarter to quarter
2 Improved
profitability

Positive EBITDA1)
before changes in contingent considerations at a
similar level to 2013

Positive operating cash flow

Liquidity2)
is expected to exceed €
90 m at the end of 2014
3 R&D
investments

Investments of approx. €
10–14 m mainly in the strategic Cure X/
Target X
initiatives

Upgrades in capacity and technology platforms continued with approx.

5–7 m

1) EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation of intangibles. EBITDA excludes impairments on intangible and tangible assets as well as the total non-operating result

2) Before potential cash outflow for M&A transactions and related payments

Execute on Innovation strategy

Expected key events 2014

Key milestones

EVT Execute

  • Expansion of existing drug discovery alliances
  • New long-term deals with big and mid-sized Pharma and biotech
  • At least 1 new integrated technology/disease alliance

EVT Innovate

  • Expansion of network of top-class academic alliances
  • Increased investments in Cure X/Target X initiatives
  • Strong progress of clinical pipeline within partnerships (at least 2 clinical starts)
  • Partnering of at least one Cure X/Target X initiative