UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

May 28, 2019

electroCore, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

150 Allen Road, Suite 201

Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(973) 290-0097

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.05 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

On May 29, 2019, electroCore, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a reduction in force (“RIF”) and related matters. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. As a result of the RIF, the Company estimates that it will incur an immediate one-time charge of approximately $350,000, relating to severance and COBRA coverage.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On May 28, 2019, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Francis Amato, agreed to forgo $50,000 of cash compensation for a twelve-month period ending May 31, 2020. In lieu of such amount, Mr. Amato is expected to receive a grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) valued at $50,000. The RSUs are expected to be granted on June 7, 2019, the date of the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders, and will vest one year from grant. There were no other changes to Mr. Amato’s existing terms of employment or severance arrangements.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On May 28, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), at the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board, revised the Company’s policy to eliminate cash compensation for non-employee directors, effective June 1, 2019. The purpose of the change was to facilitate maximum availability of cash on hand to support the operations of the Company’s business and to strengthen the Company’s ability to pursue its business strategy.

The Company is filing with this current report an updated consent of its independent registered public accounting firm (the “Independent Accountant”) to the incorporation by reference of the Independent Account’s report dated March 28, 2019 with respect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which appears in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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Exhibit 99.1

electroCore Announces Comprehensive Redeployment and Cost Reduction Plan

Management to host conference call and webcast at 8:30 am ET on Thursday, May 30

May 29, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. EDT

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., May 29, 2019 — electroCore, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECOR), a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company, today announced that management and the Board of Directors are making significant adjustments to the deployment of personnel and resources across the organization. The effort is intended to focus the Company on currently available and near-term revenue opportunities and on clinical programs specifically designed to expand the gammaCore^™ product labeling. To achieve this goal, the Company is right-sizing across its organization including its field sales force and clinical operations. The Company will focus its resources on high-value geographic and other sales territories where the current prescriber base and regional payer coverage are most concentrated including:

The Company will continue to pursue relationships with pharmacy benefit managers.

electroCore also announced that it is scaling back its clinical development program as part of the redeployment of resources. Changes include the postponement of several planned studies while focusing on opportunities to broaden the approved indications for gammaCore^™ products. The Company is also reducing its medical affairs activities consistent with its revised commercial plan.

The broad-based redeployment and expense reduction plan will be fully implemented by the end of the second quarter of 2019. Beginning in the third quarter of 2019, the Company’s average quarterly cash burn is expected to be less than $7.0 million through 2020, compared to its previously reported expected burn of $12.0 million per quarter. Inclusive of one-time charges of approximately $350,000 associated with implementation of this plan, the Company’s second quarter cash burn is expected to be between $11.0 million and $11.5 million. This expense reduction plan is further bolstered by the decision of the Company’s independent directors to forgo all cash compensation for their Board service effective June 1, 2019, as well as the willingness of Frank Amato, the Company’s chief executive officer, to voluntarily accept a 10% reduction in base annual cash compensation for the next 12 months, which is expected to be offset by a grant of restricted stock units valued at $50,000 on June 7, 2019, the date of the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders.

On March 31, 2019, the Company had $52.4 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Based on its current cash resources and cash flow projections, and after giving effect to the anticipated cost savings from the comprehensive redeployment and cost reduction plan, electroCore believes that it will have adequate resources to fund its operations into the beginning of 2021.

Mr. Frank Amato said, “Although we are cognizant of the pain and disappointment that may be experienced by those employees who will be separating from the Company as we reduce our workforce from 91 to 55 positions under this program, the Board and management believe the adjustments to the expenditure of our resources are necessary as we respond to evolving market forces in the headache field. As was shared on our most recent earnings call, there are several promising commercial channels capable of providing significant sales acceleration.

“In the near term, we intend to sharpen our focus on opportunities in the Veterans Administration and Department of Defense and areas of the U.S. where reimbursement by regional payers has already been gained. We will also pursue opportunities to expand our reach through partnerships into new areas of medicine where migraine and cluster headaches have a high prevalence, as well as monetizing the investments we have made in the United Kingdom. As additional payers join the ranks of healthcare organizations currently reimbursing for gammaCore^™ therapy, we intend to deploy additional field force resources and expand our geographic reach but will do so on a measured basis. We remain confident in the significant market opportunity that exists for gammaCore^™, both in the U.S. and globally, and we will continue to work to make this technology available to the broadest possible patient population.

“I would like to personally express my appreciation to each of the employees impacted by this decision for their commitment and dedication to the development and commercialization of gammaCore™,” Mr. Amato concluded.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

electroCore’s management team will host a conference call tomorrow, May 30, beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Investors interested in listening to the conference call or webcast may do so by dialing 1-877-407-4018 for domestic callers or 201-689-8471 for international callers, using Conference ID: 13691426, or by connecting to the Web: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=134799

A live and archived webcast of the event will be available on the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at: www.electrocore.com.

About electroCore, Inc.

electroCore, Inc. is a commercial-stage bioelectronic medicine company dedicated to improving patient outcomes through its platform non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy initially focused on the treatment of multiple conditions in neurology and rheumatology. The company’s initial targets are the preventative treatment of cluster headache and acute treatment of migraine and episodic cluster headache.

For more information, visit www.electrocore.com.

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Forward-Looking Statement

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 about electroCore’s business prospects and product development plans, future cash flow projections, the realization and impact of the redeployment plan and any anticipated cost and expense savings, its pipeline or potential markets for its technologies, and other statements that are not historical in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as “anticipates,” “will,” “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 raise the additional funding needed to continue to pursue electroCore’s business and product development plans, the inherent uncertainties associated with developing new products or technologies, the ability to successfully commercialize gammaCore^™, competition in the industry in which electroCore operates and overall market conditions. Any forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and electroCore assumes no obligation to update the 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 consult all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factor disclosure set forth in the reports and other documents electroCore files with the SEC available at www.sec.gov.

Investors:

Hans Vitzthum

LifeSci Advisors

617-535-7743

hans@lifesciadvisors.com

or

Media Contact:

Sara Zelkovic

LifeSci Public Relations

646-876-4933

sara@lifescipublicrelations.co

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Exhibit 99.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

electroCore, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-228863 and No. 333-225864) of electroCore, Inc. of our report dated March 28, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of electroCore, Inc., Subsidiaries and Affiliate as of December 3, 2018 and 2017, and related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders equity and members’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), which report appears in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10-K of electroCore, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey

May 29, 2019