Ener-Core Appoints Eric Helenek to Its Board of Directors

IRVINE, Calif.

Ener-Core, Inc. (OTCQB:ENCR), the world’s only provider of Power Oxidation technology and equipment that generates clean power from low-quality and waste gases from a wide variety of industries, has appointed Eric Helenek to its Board of Directors, increasing the size of the Board to seven members.

Mr. Helenek has been a Managing Director in Cowen and Company’s Capital Markets Group since 2013, where he is responsible for equity and equity-linked financing transactions for growth companies. Mr. Helenek has 17 years of banking and capital markets experience, having worked previously at Lazard Frères, Piper Jaffray and SG Cowen.

“Eric stands out as one of the most strategically-minded and methodical investment bankers that we have come across in the industrial technology segment,” said Alain Castro, CEO of Ener-Core. “Over the last year, our company has been executing effectively on its commercial and technology strategies. But we recognize that we need to be just as methodical and diligent at formulating our short, medium and long-term capital structure and financing strategies as we are with all other core aspects of our business. We believe Eric’s expertise, insight and financial acumen will be a great asset to the company as we grow our customer base, implement our long-term business strategy, build partnerships and migrate to a licensing model.”

Michael Hammons, Chairman of the Board, further commented “Eric’s strong understanding of the Clean Energy space and his experience within both the public and private capital markets make him a welcome addition to the Board, and will enhance Ener-Core’s ability to execute on its growth strategy. Furthermore, with the addition of Eric to the Board, Ener-Core now has a majority of its Directors deemed to be independent, thereby providing greater shareholder oversight and achieving an important compliance requirement that is necessary in order for Ener-Core to be able to list on a larger exchange.”

About Ener-Core

Irvine, California-based Ener-Core, Inc. (ENCR) designs, manufactures and has commercially deployed unique systems that generate base load, clean power from polluting waste gases including methane. Ener-Core’s patented Power Oxidizer is the only solution of its kind that turns one of the most potent pollution sources into a profitable, “always on” source of clean energy. Ener-Core’s technology offers a revolutionary alternative to the flaring (burning) of gaseous pollution while generating operating efficiencies and ensuring compliance with costly environmental regulations.

Ener-Core offers a variety of platforms including the 250kW Ener-Core Powerstation EC250 (“EC250”), the Ener-Core Power Oxidizer 333 KW Powerstation (“EC333”) and the larger counterpart, the 2MW Ener-Core Powerstation KG2-3GEF/PO.

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