---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-22-000547"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWKHL"
cik: "0001089907"
company_name: "SWK Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2022-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T17:14:21.613943+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SWK Holdings CEO Winston Black to depart; Jody Staggs appointed President and Interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Winston Black to leave effective Sept 30, 2022; will serve as consultant for six months.
- Jody Staggs, Managing Director, promoted to President effective Sept 1 and Interim CEO effective Sept 30.
- Separation agreement includes $1.1M lump sum, six months base salary ($150,250), and other benefits.
- Staggs co-founded PBS Capital, joined SWK in 2015, promoted to Managing Director in 2020.
- Investment assets total ~$219M; recent closings: two $25M financings with Aziyo Biologics and MedMinder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-22-000547
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWKHL
- cik: 0001089907
- company_name: SWK Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2022-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/0001552781-22-000547-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/e22410_swkh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000547
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000547.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-22-000547.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Winston L. Black III departed as Director at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 1, 2022, SWK Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the Company and Winston L. Black III, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of its Board of Directors have mutually agreed that Mr. Black would depart from his current positions with the Company, effective September 30, 2022 (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/0001552781-22-000547-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jody Staggs was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Jody Staggs to be the Company’s President, effective as of September 1, 2022, and the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the Separation Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/0001552781-22-000547-index.htm
- Executive change
  Winston L. Black III departed as Chief Executive Officer at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 1, 2022, SWK Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the Company and Winston L. Black III, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of its Board of Directors have mutually agreed that Mr. Black would depart from his current positions with the Company, effective September 30, 2022 (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/0001552781-22-000547-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jody Staggs was appointed as President at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Jody Staggs to be the Company’s President, effective as of September 1, 2022, and the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the Separation Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278122000547/0001552781-22-000547-index.htm

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