Having worked closely with Ofer for the past few
years, there is no doubt in my mind that he is the right person to
lead Evogene as we begin to focus on commercializing our initial
programs."

About Evogene

Evogene is a biotechnology company focused on developing
high-value commercial products based on plant genomics . The Act also provides funds to support the
medical care and other needs of our Nation's veterans . Many provisions of the Act conflict with this
requirement and therefore shall be construed as calling solely for
notification, including the following: "Department of Defense Base Closure
Account 2005," "Department of Veterans Affairs, Information Technology
Systems," "Department of Veterans Affairs, Construction, Major Projects," and
sections 128, 129, 130, 201, 211, 216, 225, 226, 227 , and 229.
Several provisions of the Act require notice to the Congress, including
sections 107, 110, 113, and 118, which require notice of the relocation of
activities between military installations , initiation of a new installation
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and in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority .

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Mr. Gerstel holds a B. 2528, the "Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006. Chadha (1983), and
thus prohibits conditioning executive branch action on the approval of
congressional committees.

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Dr. Hagai Karchi said: "Having led the development of the company
and its technologies since founding it together with Dr Rafi Meissner,
moving forward I believe it is appropriate for me to concentrate on
our technologies and products, the areas where I believe I can have
the most impact. Professor of Microbiology; 1972 , Sr. Lecturer in Microbiology
Prof. Chet holds a PhD, Hebrew Univ.

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Gerstel is also the co-founder and co-chairman of Itamar
Medical, chairman of Keddem Bioscience, and serves as a director of
Symyx Technologies, Yissum Ltd, Yeda Ltd and the Foundation for the
United States National Medals of Science and Technology.S.

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Martin Gerstel, chairman of Compugen Ltd, the
parent company of Evogene has been appointed Chairman, Leon Recanati,
Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel has been elected a director, and
Professor Ilan Chet, President of the Weizmann Institute, has been
appointed as a special advisor to the Board.
Evogene's current product development portfolio is focused on:
improving abiotic stress tolerance and yield in key crops such as
corn, soya, cotton and canola; enhancing fiber development in cotton;
improving nitrogen use efficiency and plant manufacturing of
therapeutic proteins.B.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an Honorary Doctorate from the
Technion Institute of Technology and Tel Aviv University. He also is an
active member of the Board of Governors of Tel-Aviv University and the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Technion, Weizmann Institute, The
Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy at
Ben -Gurion University, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Jewish Agency,
and Chairman of Tapuah - The Israeli Society for the Advancement of
the Information Age. He is chairman of
the Rothschild Prize Committee and Chairman of the Committee for
scientific research prizes of the national lottery of Israel." This Act appropriates funds for
construction to support the operations of the United States Armed Forces and
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University and an MBA from Stanford University.

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Dr Hagai Karchi, who co-founded Evogene in 2002
and has served as CEO since that time, has been appointed Chief
Scientific Officer. Evogene was founded in 2002 by Drs. Mr.
Leon 's personal involvement in organizations and diverse causes
has earned him a reputation as one of Israel's outstanding community
leaders. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of
Agriculture , Hebrew Univ.

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Professor Ilan Chet

Since 2001, Professor Ilan Chet is the President of the Weizmann
Institute of Science.

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Evogene Appoints Ofer Haviv as President and CEO; Company Announces New Board Appointments

The Constitution requires bicameral passage, and presentment to the
President, of all congressional actions governing other branches, as the
Supreme Court of the United States recognized in INS v.

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Ofer Haviv said: "I want to thank Hagai for providing the
leadership in establishing an excellent foundation - in terms of
research directions, scientific talent, technologies and initial
projects - on which I am confident we can now build a substantial, and
unique, multidisciplinary plant biotechnology company.

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Previously, Haviv was the Company's Chief Operating
and Financial Officer . Gerstel has served as the chairman of Compugen Ltd since
August 1997. Until 1997, Leon was chairman of Delek Israel Fuel
Corporation and Super-Sol, in addition to several other positions in a
variety of operating companies in Israel. 1978, Professor of Microbiology; 1975,
Assoc.

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In addition, the company announced a number of changes to its
Board of Directors. Martin Gerstel

Mr. He is a
member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the
Weizmann Institute of Science and the Board of Governors of the Hebrew
University, and is an advisor to the Burrill Life Science Funds and
the board of the Israel-U. He is Chairman of the Board of the Israel National Museum of
Science in Haifa, Vice Chairman of the Israel Cancer Association, and
Chairman of Tel-Aviv University's Development Committee .

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look forward to his continuing contributions as we aggressively pursue
this opportunity.A.
Section 126 of the Act purports to require Department of Defense officials
to respond in writing within 21 days to any question or inquiry from certain
legislative subcommittees.

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The company is
merging state-of-the-art predictive computational biology and
molecular biology with the most advanced breeding technologies. Since 2000, he is a member of the Advisory Panel
of NATO Science Program and since 1998, a member of the External
Advisory Group (EAG) to the European Union Research. Section
118, which purports, through a reporting requirement, to direct the power of
the Department of Defense to conduct the foreign relations of the United
States, shall be construed as advisory, consistent with the Constitution's
grant of such power to the President. BUSH

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November 30, 2005.

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Jerusalem (1968); an MSc
(Hons), Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (1964) and a BSc (Hons), Faculty of
Agriculture (1962). As the Supreme Court of the
United States has made clear, the President's authority to classify and
control access to infor-mation bearing on national security flows from the
Constitution and does not depend upon a legislative grant of authority.

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REHOVOT, Israel----Evogene today
announced the appointment of Ofer Haviv as President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Also, Leon was Chairman of Clal Industries and Investments, Discount
Investment Corporation, and Azorim Investment Development and
Construction.

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Gerstel stated, "We are extremely pleased to be adding these
distinguished leaders to the Evogene family. Gerstel was
co-chairman and CEO of ALZA Corporation, which he helped found in
1968. military exercises involving $100,000 in construction costs, and
the initiation of certain types of programs.
The Constitution commits to the President the primary responsibility for
conducting the foreign relations of the United States, including the exclusive
responsibility for formulating the position of the United States in
international fora and conducting negotiations with foreign nations.

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For additional information, please visit Evogene's
Website at www.
From 1992 to 2001 , VP of R+D of the University of Jerusalem; from
1984 to 94; Visiting Professor at numerous Universities; from 1986 to
89, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture; from 1983 to 86, Director, Otto
Warburg Center of Biotechnology in Agriculture; from 1981 to 83, Head
of the Dept. WASHINGTON, The following is a statement by
President Bush:

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Although notice can be provided in most situations as a matter of comity,
situations may arise, especially in wartime , in which the President must act
promptly under his constitutional grants of executive power and authority as
Commander in Chief while protecting sensitive national security information.

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Hagai Karchi
and Rafi Meissner as a plant biotechnology spin-off of Compugen Ltd
(Nasdaq: CGEN).
Born in Israel, Leon is the third generation of the Recanati
family - a driving force in the Israeli economy and Israeli society
since pre-statehood days. Leon received his BA and M.

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Prior to relocating to Israel in 1994, Mr.

Dr Leon Recanati

Dr Leon Recanati is the founder and CEO of GlenRock Israel, a
private Equity group.R.

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This is another important
step which, along with the financing also announced today, helps
position the Company to obtain the maximum future value from our broad
technology base and our four lead programs.S. Bi-national Industrial Research and
Development (BIRD) Foundation.

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Mr. Until May 2003, Leon was CEO and Chairman of IDB
Holding Corporation , one of the largest investment groups in Israel. The executive branch shall construe this section in
a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to supervise
the unitary executive branch and to withhold information the disclosure of
which could impair foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative
processes of the Executive, or the performance of the Executive's
constitutional duties.