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| Other disclosures | (22) Other disclosures German law in accordance with the European Directives on Accounting and the Corporate Governance Codex requires the following additional disclosures. a) Number of Employees As of December 31, 2025, the Company employed 4,553 individuals worldwide (December 31, 2024: 4,827). In 2025, a total of 3,682 employees worked in operations (2024: 3,909), and 871 worked in sales and administration (2024: 918). The decrease is due to the sale of Just EU. b) Corporate Governance Code According to Sec 161 AktG, the Management Board and Supervisory Board issued statement of compliance with regard to the GCGC. This statement has been made accessible to the Company’s shareholders in the ‘Invest’ section on Evotec’s website (https://www.evotec.com/ir-news/sustainability/governance). (c) Consolidated subsidiaries and equity investees Information below shows Evotec’s direct and indirect voting rights in their subsidiaries and other investments. Evotec’s direct and indirect voting rights in dormant companies are not included.
The former subsidiary Just — Evotec Biologics EU SAS, Toulouse, France, was sold to Sandoz AG, Basel, Switzerland, effective December 5, 2025. Further information regarding this transaction can be found in Note 3 Significant Transactions. The former subsidiary Aptuit (Potters Bar) Ltd., Abingdon, UK, was dissolved in 2025. As of December 30, 2025, the former associate Dark Blue Therapeutics Ltd., Oxford, UK (21.67% of voting rights) was sold. The investment in Aeovian Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Francisco, USA, (2.32% of voting rights) is held for sale. As of June 30, 2025, the investment in “OXvax Ltd., Oxford, UK”, (15.33% of voting rights) was liquidated. As of October 31, 2025, the investment in Carrick Therapeutics Inc, Boston, USA (2.86% of voting rights) was sold. (d) Management Board Dr Christian Wojczewski, Chemist, Munich, Germany (CEO), Dr Cord Dohrmann, Biologist, Göttingen, Germany (Chief Scientific Officer), Laetitia Rouxel, Business Executive, Clarens, Switzerland (CFO, until February 2025), Paul Hitchin, Business Executive, Amsterdam, Netherlands (CFO, since March 2025), Aurélie Dalbiez, Business Executive, Munich, Germany, (Chief People Officer). The remuneration granted to the members of the Management Board for the financial years 2025 and 2024 are shown below:
The Members of the Management Board who hold additional memberships in supervisory boards and memberships in comparable governing bodies of enterprises are listed below.
(e) Supervisory Board Prof. Dr Iris Löw-Friedrich, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Chairwomen of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee. Roland Sackers, CFO and Managing Director of QIAGEN N.V. (listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Swiss Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and Luxembourg Stock Exchange); Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee. Camilla Macapili Languille, Deputy CEO of Direct Investments, Mubadala Investment Company (not listed); Member of the Supervisory Board. Dr Constanze Ulmer-Eilfort Partner in the law firm Peters, Schönberger & Partner (not listed); Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the ESG Committee. Dr Duncan McHale, Founder and Director of Weatherden Ltd. (not listed); Member of the Supervisory Board. Wesley Wheeler, CEO & Board Director of LabConnect Inc. (not listed); Member of the Supervisory Board. The remuneration accrued of the Supervisory Board in the financial year was as follows:
In the financial years 2025, the compensation per Supervisory Board member amounted to € 65k per year (2024: € 65k). The Chair receives € 125k (2024: € 125k) and its deputy € 105k (2024: € 105k) in the financial year 2025. The members of Supervisory Board committees receive € 15k (2024: € 15k) per committee; the chairperson of a committee receives € 30k (2024: € 30k). In the financial years 2025 and 2024, there was no share-based remuneration. The Company has a Directors and Officers liability insurance for the members of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board, its senior management and the directors of the subsidiary companies. An appropriate deductible has been agreed for the members of the Supervisory Board. The members of the Supervisory Board and their additional memberships in supervisory boards and members in comparable governing bodies of enterprises according to Sec 125 (1) sentence 5 AktG are listed in the following:
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