secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SWK Holdings Corp (SWKHL)
CIK:        0001089907
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-23-000002
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278123000002/0001552781-23-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278123000002/e23001_swkh-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000002

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