"Ad hoc: Comment on media report

Hamburg - Evotec SE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, SDAX/TecDAX, Prime Standard, ISIN: DE 000 566480 9, WKN 566480; NASDAQ: EVO)

The $EVT (+1.24%) SE ("Company") notes with regard to a media report that, without prior contact, it received from the listed US biotechnology company$HALO (-1.66%) Therapeutics Inc. regarding a takeover offer addressed to the shareholders of the Company with an offer price of EUR 11.00 per share. The company will carefully analyze this expression of interest, decide on further steps and inform the capital market in accordance with legal requirements.

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