Evotec SE (NASDAQ:EVO) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 6, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Volker Braun - Head of Investor Relations
Christian Wojczewski - Chief Executive Officer
Laetitia Rouxel - Chief Financial Officer
Cord Dohrmann - Chief Scientific Officer
Craig Johnstone - Chief Operating Officer & Site Head Toulouse

Conference Call Participants

Charles Weston - RBC Capital Markets
Michael Ryskin - Bank of America
Christian Ehmann - Warburg Research
Benjamin Jackson - Jefferies
Joseph Hedden - Rx Securities

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Evotec SE Quarterly Statement Nine Months 2024 Capital Market Briefing Conference Call. I am Sachin, the Chorus Call Operator.

I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. [Operator Instructions] The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast.

At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Mr. Volker Braun. Please go ahead.

Volker Braun

Thank you, Sachin, and a warm welcome to all of you following our webcast today. We will cover nine months results, and we will provide an update on the progress we have made both operational and also strategic.

Before handing over to Christian and Laetitia, it's my duty to point to the disclaimer and the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, which you'll find on slide 2 of the deck that we shared today. Moreover, while we reserved sufficient time for you to place all the questions you may have. Please allow me to mention that we call that this call will hardly be longer than 2 hours.

And it's now my pleasure to hand over to Christian, who will guide you through today's agenda.

Christian Wojczewski

Good morning, good afternoon. Thank you for taking the time to dial in today. Before we go into content, let me tell you how we will approach this call, slightly different from previous earnings calls. This will be an extended capital market briefing, so that Q3 results are only a small part of what I want to cover.

I will speak about where Evotec stands today and about the ongoing initiatives and parties to prepare for the future. It's very clear that 2024 has been a pivotal year for Evotec. We have experienced a lot of change and challenges. Now my job is to rebuild the trust and to outline a compelling direction for the future rather than to spend too much time looking backwards. My ambition is to provide clarity, a transparent approach and reliability. Therefore, consider this call as the starting point for taking you along the journey ahead of us.