Corporate Governance

Declaration on the German Corporate Governance Code for the Year 2006

The Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Evotec AG state in accordance with § 161 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG):

"Evotec AG has complied in 2006 with the recommendations of the Governmental Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code as published in the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette and intends to comply in the future with the recommendations of such code, with the following exception:

The stock option programs in place are based on binding resolutions of several Annual General Meetings. While the exercise of these options requires an increase of the share price, the exercise is not related to other comparison parameters as recommended in Section 4.2.3 of the Code."

December 2006

Management Board     Supervisory Board