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Evotec SE — Investor Presentation 2023
Nov 8, 2023
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Resilient into the Future of Biopharma R&D
Evotec SE, 9M 2023 results call, 08 November 2023
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Welcome! The Management Team
Werner Lanthaler CEO
Laetitia Rouxel CFO
Matthias Evers
CBO
Craig Johnstone COO
Cord Dohrmann CSO
1. Highlights
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- Financials 9M 2023 & Guidance 2023
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- Science & Operations 9M 2023
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- ESG, Outlook
Going strong again, with the cyber-attack in the rear mirror
Highlights & lowlights in Q3 / 9M
- 9M 2023 with 14% revenue growth1 ; EBITDA growth of 13%, despite cyber-attack
- Next major collaboration agreement with BMS in Neurodegeneration in June
- Continued validation of Just Evotec Biologics; very good pipeline momentum
- − Tech-Alliance with Sandoz in May
- − Second Agreement with U.S. Department of Defense in July
- − Toulouse J.POD: On track for completion in H2 2024
- Strong progress in pipeline building with our partners
- − Bayer: Start Phase I kidney disease programme / BMS: Positive Phase I read-out for BMS-986419 / Phase III & registration (CHN) JingXin in insomnia EVT201/ Conba: Start of Phase I for EVT401 in China / Kazia: Encouraging data in ongoing Phase I trial with EVT801 / Exscientia: Decision to de-prioritise EXS21546;
- − Equity Portfolio: Tubulis (new BMS collaboration); Topas Therapeutics (initiation Phase IIa for TPM 502); Carrick (FDA clearance of IND for CT7439 as well as first patient dosed in Phase II combo trial of CT7001 with Elacestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer);….
- Together with Novo Nordisk, creation of "LAB eN²", to translate academic research in cardiometabolic diseases as well as rare blood and endocrine disorders; Initiation of 65LAB in Singapore (after period-end)
- SBTi validates and approves near-term emission reduction targets (after period-end)
Action Plan 2025 on track
Action Plans in numbers
| 2021 | ||||||
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| 2009 | 2012 | 2018 | Action Plan 2025 | |||
| Action Plan 2012 Restructure for growth |
Action Plan 2016 Build innovation seeds |
Action Plan 2022 Aspire global leadership |
Leadership in data, science, multimodality & access |
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| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | |||
| • Revenues: € 55 m |
• Revenues: € 128 m |
• Revenues: € 501 m |
• Revenues: > € 1 bn |
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| • Adj. EBITDA: € 2 m |
• Adj. EBITDA: € 9 m |
• Adj. EBITDA: € 107 m |
• Adj. EBITDA: > € 300 m |
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| R&D investments1 • : € 2 m |
R&D investments1 • : € 18 m |
R&D investments1 • : € 69 m |
R&D investments1 • : > € 100 m |
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| Co-owned projects2: 6 • |
Co-owned projects2: 49 • |
Co-owned projects2: 118 • |
Co-owned projects2: > 250 • |
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| • Employees: 519 |
• Employees: 1,000 |
• Employees: 3,572 |
• Employees: > 5,000 |
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| Underlying external challenges | ||||||
| Financial crisis | MERS Avian Influenza |
Brexit COVID-19 |
War in Cyber Israel Gaza Ukraine attack war |
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1. Highlights
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- Financials 9M 2023 & Guidance 2023
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- Science & Operations 9M 2023
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- ESG, Outlook
Strong Q1 performance sees continuation in Q3 after cyber-attack
9M 2023 revenue composition by quarters/months (€ m)
Business dynamics back
- Q1 2023 first quarter ever with revenues exceeding € 200 m
- Just Evotec Biologics ahead of plan based on closing of techpartnership with Sandoz
- Cyber-attack with temporary, but significant impact in Q2/Q3 for drug discovery / ongoing issues in development business
- Missed opportunities of € ~70 m (net) versus plans
- Q3 revenues again close to € 200 m
Strong balance sheet as solid base for strategy execution
Balance sheet and Cash-flow items 9M 2023 – Evotec SE & subsidiaries
| Balance sheet total | Equity ratio | Operating Cash-flow |
|---|---|---|
| in € m vs. 31 Dec 2022 | in % vs. 31 Dec 2022 | in € m vs. 9M 2022 |
| 2,254.5 | 50.6 | 15.2 |
| 2,257.2 | 52.6 | 236.6 |
| Net Debt ratio x adjusted EBITDA vs. 31 Dec 2022 |
Liquidity position in € m vs. 31 Dec 2022 |
Capex, Equity investments & Acquisitions in € m vs. 9M 2022 |
| (0.3) | 613.4 | 165.8 |
| (2.1) | 718.5 | 228.0 |
9M 2023 – continuing double digit growth
Income statement KPIs 9M 2023 – Evotec SE and subsidiaries
| in € m1 | 9M 2023 | 9M 2022 | Change | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 580.1 | 510.8 | 14% | Precision Medicine and Biologics |
| of which Just – Evotec Biologics (JEB) |
74.1 | 27.9 | >160% | Sandoz alliance & 2nd DoD contract |
| Milestones, Upfronts & Licenses | 4.8 | 8.1 | (41)% | Cyber-attack causing delays |
| Revenues Q1 | 213.6 | 164.7 | 30% | New alliances with strong momentum |
| Revenues Q2 | 170.2 | 172.2 | (1)% | € 70 m (net) missed opportunities (one-off) |
| Revenues Q3 | 196.3 | 173.9 | 13% | Strong demand in most areas |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 17.9% | 580 base pts. | Higher contribution from new collaborations |
| Gross margin excl. JEB | 26.7% | 27.3% | (60) base pts. | JEB ramping up capacity |
| Unpartnered R&D expense | 45.7 | 50.7 | (10)% | Moderate investments due to cyber-attack |
| Adjusted Group EBITDA2 | 50.2 | 44.6 | 13% | Impacted by missed opportunities in Q2, normalization in Q3 |
| of which Just – Evotec Biologics (JEB) |
(5.7) | (11.5) | Nm | Technology Partnership covering capacity expansion |
| Adjusted Group EBITDA2 Q1 |
34.3 | 18.9 | 81% | BMS, Janssen, Demand for PanOmics platform |
| of which Just – Evotec Biologics (JEB) |
(11.5) | (7.0) | Nm | Completion of pilot studies |
| Adjusted Group EBITDA2 Q2 |
(0.4) | 14.6 | Nm | Cyber incident |
| of which Just – Evotec Biologics (JEB) |
20.0 | (13.0) | Nm | Sandoz, Department of Defense (DoD) |
| Adjusted Group EBITDA2 Q3 |
16.3 | 11.0 | 47% | Higher margin in underlying base business |
| of which Just – Evotec Biologics (JEB) |
(14.2) | (20.0) | Nm | JEB ramping up capacity |
1 Differences may occur due to rounding
2 Adjusted EBITDA: Net income (loss) adjusted for interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of intangibles, impairments on goodwill and other intangible and tangible assets, total non-operating results, change in contingent consideration (earn-out) and items that in magnitude, nature or occurrence would distort the presentation of the financial performance of the Group.
Recovery in H2 ongoing – good indications into 2024
Guidance 2023 unchanged
| Guidance 20234 | YE 2022 | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group revenues (at constant fx-rates1 ) |
€ 750– 790 m (€ 765 – 805 m) |
€ 751.2 m | At least stable despite approx. € 70 m one-off effect |
| Unpartnered R&D2 | € 60 – 70 m |
€ 69.9 m | Stable |
| Adjusted EBITDA3 (at constant fx-rates1 ) |
€ 60 – 80 m (€ 70 – 90 m) |
€ 101.0 m | Mitigation of large parts of approx. € 90 m one-off effect |
Approx. € 200 m continued capital expenditures for enabling and supporting growth (e.g., capacity expansion in biologics manufacturing, CO2 emission reduction, iPSC, E.MPD, …)
Identified efficiencies
Better, safer, more agile
1 Value Protection Programme (VPP)
2 Optimised capital allocation
Bouncing back better
- Leaner processes
- − E.g. focused ERP-System1 build-out in UK and Toulouse
- Headcount & Footprint optimisation
- − E.g. capacity optimisation / mobility in Marcy (Lyon)
- Focused investments
- − E.g. cost containment in SG&A and R&D
Efficiency gains of € 25 m identified
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Highlights
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- Financials 9M 2023 & Guidance 2023
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- Science & Operations 9M 2023
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- ESG, Outlook
Paradigm-shifting platforms are key growth drivers
Revenue distribution 9M 2022 versus 9M 2023
Pipeline building with PanOmics is just at the beginning
Shared economy model KPIs
Total R&D costs since 2010
€ ~450 M
About € 2.5 m invested per partnered project -
Most projects break-even well before clinical trials
Total number of pharma deals / partnered product opportunities
The growing "iceberg" of first & best-in-class treatment options
140 co-owned projects
| Neuroscience & pain | Oncology | Metabolic diseases | Inflammation & Immunology1 |
Virology, Anti-bacterial & Global health | |||||||||||||||||
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| Approved | SK Bio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ph III | Jingxin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ph II | Carrick | Topas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clinical | Centrexion | ND | Carrick | Bayer | |||||||||||||||||
| Ph I | BMS | ND | Kazia | Exscientia | Immunitas | Sernova | Conba | Exscientia | Topas | NIH | |||||||||||
| ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | EVT | |||||||||||||||
| ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | |||||||||||||
| ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | |||||||||||||
| ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | |||||||||||||
| ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | ||||||||||
| Pre-clinical & | ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | |||||||
| Discovery | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | |||||
| ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | |||||
| ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | |||
| ND | ND | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | ND | ND | EVT | ND | EVT | ND | ND | ND | EVT | EVT | |||
| >50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| >120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Partnered Pipeline Unpartnered Pipeline Equity Pipeline Bridges Pipeline |
1 Also includes Women's Health, Respiratory projects The Equity Pipeline does not contain programs from EVT/partners that are not publicly disclosed Status as of 30 June 2023
Co-owned pipeline building progressing
Selected pipeline news within next 12-24 months
Phase III & registration (CHN) JingXin in insomnia (EVT201)
Initiation Phase II with BMS in CNS (EVT8683)
Initiation Phase II with Bayer in kidney disease, targeting Semaphorin-3A ("Sema3A")
Phase II data with Kazia in Oncology (EVT801)
Phase I data in Chikungunya virus (EVT894)
Phase I initiation with BMS in CNS
Phase I initiations with kidney diseases with other partners
Phase I initiation with BMS in Oncology
Phase I initiation with Sernova in Diabetes
Progress of multiple co-owned equity companies (e.g., Topas, Tubulis, Carrick, Exscientia, …)
J.POD – the paradigm shift to continuous manufacturing
Progress and status
J.POD Toulouse – Shell completed (November 2023)
Ground-breaking for second new biologics facility "J.POD Toulouse" in H2 2022
Building of shell and installation of PODs completed – on track for completion in H2 2024
J.POD Toulouse – Construction ground (November 2022)
Starting Business Development for smooth ramp up in 2025
Just – Evotec Biologics
Key achievements 2021-2023
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Highlights
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- Financials 9M 2023 & Guidance 2023
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- Science & Operations 9M 2023
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- ESG, Outlook
Near-term science-based targets validated & approved
First goal achieved
"Evotec SE commits to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50% by 2032 from a 2021 base year. Evotec SE also commits to increase annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 25% in base year to 100% by 2026. Evotec SE commits to reduce Scope 3 GHG from purchased goods and services and capital goods 72% per revenue over the same period. Evotec also commits that 80% of its suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services and capital goods will have science-based targets by 2027."
Science-based targets balancing growth and responsibility for the planet
- 100% Renewable electricity by 2026 (LTI goal 2023)
- 50.4% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2032, despite disproportionately faster growth than industry average
- Evotec will act as multiplier with its supplier engagement program
The work gets visible
Improved perception by all relevant rating agencies
Keeping the promise
ESG & Sustainability – Goals 2023 and status
• Environment
Approve and implement the SBTi initiative action plan at all Evotec sites and invest one percent of 2022 revenues to achieve SBTi targets – on target
• Social
Conduct engagement survey in 2023. Define and communicate a management plan for 2024 and beyond based on results of engagement survey – Launch 9 November
• Governance
Engage sustainability champions at each site to create governance structures fostering environmental and social goals as well as site specific sustainability projects – on track
Great expertise and governance in challenging times
Rupert Vessey
Rupert Vessey Suggested to be nominated for membership in Supervisory Board at Annual General Meeting in June 2024
- Rupert Vessey is Chief Scientist and Executive Partner at Flagship Pioneering
- Rupert served as Executive Vice President and President, Research at Celgene and later BMS (2015 – 2022)
- From 2005 to 2015, Rupert spent ten years at Merck, where he held leadership roles in the company's Early Development, Discovery Sciences, Drug Discovery and Informatics
- Prior to Merck, he spent five years at GlaxoSmithKline involved in drug discovery, and early clinical development
Executing to accelerate growth along Action Plan 2025
Selected major newsflow 2023
| PanOmics | • New strategic partnerships and expansions of co-owned alliances • New clinical trial initiations, e.g. Bayer • Significant progress of later stage co-owned pipeline |
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| iPSCs | • New strategic partnerships, e.g., Janssen • Progression of partnered cell therapy assets, e.g., Sernova • Expansion of internal portfolio of cell therapy assets |
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| Just – Evotec Biologics |
• Significant expansion of order book for J.POD Redmond, WA (US) Progression of construction J.POD Toulouse, France (EU)1 • • Evaluation of global network of J.PODs |
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| End-to-End Shared R&D |
• Conclude post-cyber business recovery – on track for AP 2025 • Integration of Evotec DS Germany |
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| Group | • Science-based targets in place aligned with 1.5°C goal Highly impactful contribution to UN SDG 32 • • Spin-Offs and investments along building blocks of AP 2025 |
1 This project benefits from French government funding as part of the Investments for the future Programme (programme d'investissements d'avenir in French) and is also supported economically by the Occitanie Region and Toulouse Métropole.
2 UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Improve health and well-being with main targets for us on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, women's health, fight against infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness
Upcoming important dates
Financial calendar 2023/2024
| 2nd Capital Markets Day 2023 |
15 November 2023 |
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| Jefferies Healthcare Conference, London | 16 November 2023 |
| German Equity Forum, Frankfurt/Main | 27 November 2023 |
| Berenberg European Conference, Pennyhill Park | 06 December 2023 |
| FY 2023 results / Sustainability Report | 24 April 2024 |
| Q1 2024 results | 22 May 2024 |
| Annual General Meeting 2024 | 10 June 2024 |
| H1 2024 results | 14 August 2024 |
| Capital Markets Day | October 2024 |
| 9M 2024 results | 06 November 2024 |
Looking forward to seeing you in Hamburg next week
CMD 2023 – 15 November
Volker Braun SVP Head of Global Investor Relations & ESG
+49 (0) 151 1940 5058 (m) [email protected] www.evotec.com