---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-22-000169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWKHL"
cik: "0001089907"
company_name: "SWK Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:21:35.134363+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SWK Holdings appoints three independent directors to board

## Summary
- Wendy DiCicco and Robert Hatcher appointed independent directors effective Feb 15, 2022; Laurie Dotter appointed Feb 9, 2022.
- All three join Audit, Compensation, and Governance Committees; DiCicco and Dotter qualify as audit committee financial experts.
- DiCicco is a life sciences financial/board advisor; Hatcher is chairman of Avalon Advisors; Dotter has extensive real estate investment experience.
- Board now comprises five members, including CEO Winston Black and director Marcus Pennington.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-22-000169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWKHL
- cik: 0001089907
- company_name: SWK Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000169/0001552781-22-000169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000169/e22088_swkh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000169
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000169.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000169.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wendy DiCicco was appointed as Director at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SWK Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Wendy DiCicco and Robert K. Hatcher, effective immediately, to serve as members of the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000169/0001552781-22-000169-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert K. Hatcher was appointed as Director at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SWK Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Wendy DiCicco and Robert K. Hatcher, effective immediately, to serve as members of the Board for a term expiring at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000169/0001552781-22-000169-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.