electroCore Completes Sale of New Jersey Tax Benefits

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electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR) has announced the successful completion of the sale of its tax benefits through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s program for fiscal year 2021. The company received approximately $445,000 in non-dilutive cash from selling its net operating loss (NOL) tax benefits. This marks the third consecutive year of benefiting from this program, which supports investment in sales and marketing to enhance awareness of its product gammaCore. The NOL program aids eligible NJ-based tech companies by converting tax losses into cash for operational funding.

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• Received approximately $445,000 in non-dilutive cash from the New Jersey NOL program.
• Third consecutive year benefiting from the NOL program, providing crucial funding for growth.

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ROCKAWAY, N.J., April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today announced that it has completed the sale of its available tax benefits through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer program for fiscal year 2021. As a result, the Company has received approximately $445,000 in non-dilutive cash from the sale of these net operating loss (NOL) tax benefits.

“We are pleased to have received $445,000 from the New Jersey NOL program,” commented Brian Posner, Chief Financial Officer of electroCore. “This is the third consecutive year that we have benefited from this program which provides us non-dilutive funding that will be beneficial to us as we continue to invest in our sales channels and marketing initiatives to expand consumer awareness of gammaCore.”

The New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer program enables qualified, unprofitable NJ-based technology or biotechnology companies with fewer than 225 US employees (including parent company and all subsidiaries) to sell a percentage of their NOL and research and development tax credits to unrelated profitable corporations. NOLs may be sold for at least 80 percent of their value, up to a maximum lifetime benefit of $20 million per business. This allows qualifying technology and biotechnology companies with NOLs to turn tax losses and credits into cash proceeds to fund their growth and operations, including research and development or other allowable expenditures.

About electroCore, Inc.
electroCore, Inc. is a commercial stage bioelectronic medicine company dedicated to improving patient outcomes through its non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy platform, initially focused on the treatment of multiple conditions in neurology. The company's current indications are the preventive treatment of cluster headache and migraine, the acute treatment of migraine and episodic cluster headache, the acute and preventive treatment of migraines in adolescents, and paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua in adults.

For more information, visit www.electrocore.com.

About gammaCore™
gammaCore™ (nVNS) is the first non-invasive, hand-held medical therapy applied at the neck to treat migraine and cluster headache through the utilization of a mild electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve that passes through the skin. Designed as a portable, easy-to-use technology, gammaCore is self-administered by patients, as needed, without the potential side effects associated with commonly prescribed drugs. When placed on a patient’s neck over the vagus nerve, gammaCore stimulates the nerve’s afferent fibers, which may lead to a reduction of pain in patients.

gammaCore (nVNS) is FDA cleared in the United States for adjunctive use for the preventive treatment of cluster headache in adult patients, the acute treatment of pain associated with episodic cluster headache in adult patients, and the acute and preventive treatment of migraine in adolescent (ages 12 and older) and adult patients, and paroxysmal hemicrania and hemicrania continua in adult patients. gammaCore is CE-marked in the European Union for the acute and/or prophylactic treatment of primary headache (Migraine, Cluster Headache, Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias and Hemicrania Continua) and Medication Overuse Headache in adults.

gammaCore is contraindicated for patients if they:

• Have an active implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, hearing aid implant, or any implanted electronic device
• Have a metallic device, such as a stent, bone plate, or bone screw, implanted at or near the neck
• Are using another device at the same time (e.g., TENS Unit, muscle stimulator) or any portable electronic device (e.g., mobile phone)
  

Safety and efficacy of gammaCore have not been evaluated in the following patients:

• Adolescent patients with congenital cardiac issues
• Patients diagnosed with narrowing of the arteries (carotid atherosclerosis)
• Patients who have had surgery to cut the vagus nerve in the neck (cervical vagotomy)
• Pediatric patients (less than 12 years)
• Pregnant women
• Patients with clinically significant hypertension, hypotension, bradycardia, or tachycardia

For more information, please visit gammaCore.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding electroCore's business prospects, its sales and marketing and product development plans, future cash flow projections, anticipated costs, its product portfolio or potential markets for its technologies, the availability and impact of payor coverage, the potential of nVNS generally and gammaCore in particular to treat COVID-19, and other statements that are not historical in nature, particularly those using terminology such as "anticipates," "expects," "believes," "intends," other words of similar meaning, derivations of such words and the use of future dates. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the ability to obtain additional financing necessary to continue electroCore's business, sales and marketing and product development plans, the uncertainties inherent in the development of new products or technologies, the ability to successfully commercialize gammaCore™, competition in the industry in which electroCore operates and general market conditions. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and electroCore undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Investors should refer to all information set forth in this document and should also refer to the disclosure of risk factors set forth in the reports and other documents electroCore files with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov.

Contact:
Rich Cockrell
CG Capital
404-736-3838
ecor@cg.capital

FAQ

What was the key announcement made by electroCore on April 26, 2022?

electroCore announced the completion of the sale of its tax benefits, receiving approximately $445,000 in non-dilutive cash.

How has electroCore benefited from the New Jersey NOL program?

electroCore has benefited by receiving non-dilutive funding for three consecutive years, totaling around $445,000 this year.

What is the purpose of the New Jersey NOL program for electroCore?

The New Jersey NOL program allows companies like electroCore to convert tax losses into cash for operational funding and growth.

How does the NOL program aid electroCore's business initiatives?

The cash received helps electroCore invest in sales channels and marketing initiatives to increase consumer awareness of gammaCore.

What is gammaCore and its significance to electroCore?

gammaCore is electroCore's non-invasive therapy for treating conditions like migraines and cluster headaches, which the company is focusing on expanding awareness for.