electroCore Inc.

09/06/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/06/2024 15:06

Proxy Results Form 8 K

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Retirement of Brian M. Posner as Chief Financial Officer

On September 3, 2024, the Chief Financial Officer of electroCore, Inc. (the "Company"), Brian M. Posner, informed the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company that he will be retiring effective as of October 4, 2024 for personal and family reasons. It is expected that Mr. Posner and the Company will enter into an agreement pursuant to which Mr. Posner will provide financial and accounting consulting services to the Company on an hourly basis for 12 months after the effective date of his retirement, subject to potential extension upon mutual agreement.

Appointment of Joshua S. Lev as Chief Financial Officer

On September 3, 2024, the Board appointed Joshua S. Lev, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of Mr. Posner's retirement on October 4, 2024.

Mr. Lev, age 40, has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of the Company since January 2022, previously having served as VP of Business Development, Strategy and Financial Planning since February 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lev had over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry as an investment banker and investor focusing on emerging growth companies. From 2011 to February 2020, Mr. Lev served as Director of Business Development at Wellfleet Partners, Inc. focusing on capital raising, M&A, strategic transactions and institutional client relations. From March 2014 through February 2020, he was also a co-founder of Aracle Capital, LLC, an investment firm with a focus on early-stage and emerging-growth companies. Mr. Lev received an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a B.S. in Business & Management from the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University.

In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, the Company and Mr. Lev entered into an amendment (the "Offer Letter Amendment") to the offer letter dated January 29, 2020 (the "Lev Offer Letter") pursuant to which, effective as of October 4, 2024, he will receive an annual base salary of $415,000, subject to periodic review and adjustment by the Company, and will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus of up to 40 percent of the annual base salary upon achievement of certain individual and company goals. Mr. Lev is also eligible to continue receiving healthcare benefits as may be provided from time to time by the Company to its employees generally, to participate in a 401(k) plan and to receive paid time off annually in accordance with the Company's policies in effect from time to time. Pursuant to the Offer Letter Amendment, Mr. Lev will be covered by the Company's Executive Severance Policy, as such policy may be in effect from time to time; provided that in connection with the appointment of Mr. Lev as Chief Financial Officer effective October 4, 2024, the Company agreed to (i) increase the severance period for Mr. Lev under the Executive Severance Policy from six months to 12 months and (ii) the severance multiple (as defined in the Executive Severance Policy) payable to Mr. Lev shall be 1.0. Additionally, Mr. Lev and the Company have entered into the Company's standard form of indemnification agreement for directors and executive officers.

The foregoing descriptions of the Lev Offer Letter and the Offer Letter Amendment are incomplete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Lev Offer Letter and Offer Letter Amendment, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Lev and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Lev and any director or executive officer of the Company, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.