---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWKHL"
cik: "0001089907"
company_name: "SWK Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T20:42:15.517204+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SWK Holdings appoints Jody Staggs as permanent CEO effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Jody Staggs, previously interim CEO, named CEO; base salary $400,000.
- Annual bonus target of 175% of base salary; 2023 equity award of ~$600,000 grant date value.
- Severance: 12 months base salary (18 months if within 1 yr of Change in Control), COBRA reimbursement, pro rata bonus.
- Employment agreement includes confidentiality, non-compete, and non-solicit covenants for 12 months post-termination.
- Agreement is at-will; termination without Cause or for Good Reason triggers severance subject to release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWKHL
- cik: 0001089907
- company_name: SWK Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278123000002/0001552781-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278123000002/e23001_swkh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jody Staggs was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Jody Staggs, the Company’s current President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278123000002/0001552781-23-000002-index.htm

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