Evotec SE ( NASDAQ: EVO ) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 22, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Volker Braun - EVP Head of Global IR and ESG Mario Polywka - Interim CEO Laetitia Rouxel - CFO Matthias Evers - Chief Business Officer Craig Johnston - COO Cord Dohrmann - Chief Scientific Officer Conference Call Participants Charles Weston - RBC Capital Markets Thibault Boutherin - Morgan Stanley Michael Ryskin - Bank of America Peter Verdult - Citigroup Inc. Ben Jackson - Jefferies Falko Friedrichs - Deutsche Bank Joseph Hedden - Rx Securities Christian Ehmann - Warburg Research Operator Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Evotec SE Quarterly Statement Q1 2024 Conference Call. I am Sandra, the chorus call operator.

I would like to remind you that all participants have been listen-only mode and the conference has been 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 Volker Braun. Please go ahead, sir. Volker Braun Thank you, Sandra, and good day, good morning to all of you in the call, the Q1 2024 results call.

I trust you have seen the press release this morning, and we are happy to share more details with you today. Before we do that, it's my obligation to familiarize you with the cautionary language as outlined on page two. And with that, I would like to hand over to Mario Polywka, our Interim CEO.

Please Mario, go ahead..