Hamburg, Germany - 18 March 2013: Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX) today announced that Dr Werner Lanthaler, Chief Executive Officer of Evotec, will resume his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with immediate effect after a period of leave due to health reasons.

Dr Flemming Ørnskov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Evotec AG, commented: 'The board is delighted to welcome back Dr Lanthaler to resume his leadership of Evotec and to continue to drive the growth of the Company through Action Plan 2016. The board would also like to thank the Management Team of Colin Bond, Dr Cord Dohrmann and Dr Mario Polywka for managing the company in Dr Lanthaler's absence.'

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