---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-22-000146"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWKHL"
cik: "0001089907"
company_name: "SWK Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:02:09.462492+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SWKH receives Nasdaq delisting notice for board independence; appoints Laurie Dotter to board

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified SWKH on Feb 4, 2022 of non-compliance with independent director and committee rules due to resignations of five directors.
- Nasdaq shortened compliance plan submission deadline to Feb 16, 2022; company intends to submit a plan to regain compliance.
- Board appointed Laurie Dotter as independent director on Feb 9, 2022; she joins the Governance Committee.
- Dotter has executive leadership in real estate investment firms and prior board experience; her appointment is part of compliance efforts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-22-000146
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWKHL
- cik: 0001089907
- company_name: SWK Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000146/0001552781-22-000146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000146/e22071_swkh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000146
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000146.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000146.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurie Dotter was appointed as Director at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 9, 2022, the Board appointed Laurie Dotter, effective immediately, to serve as a member of the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000146/0001552781-22-000146-index.htm

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