---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-24-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SWKHL"
cik: "0001089907"
company_name: "SWK Holdings Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T08:57:29.839510+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Yvette Heinrichson resigns; CEO Joe Staggs to serve as interim principal financial officer

## Summary
- CFO Yvette Heinrichson resigns effective February 13, 2024; no disagreement with company or auditors.
- CEO Joe D. Staggs assumes interim role as principal financial and accounting officer.
- Company has commenced a search for a new CFO; Heinrichson to remain as consultant through Q1 2024 10-Q filing.
- Consulting agreement includes hourly compensation and continued benefits during transition period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-24-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SWKHL
- cik: 0001089907
- company_name: SWK Holdings Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278124000031/0001552781-24-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278124000031/e24035_swkh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe D. Staggs was appointed as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (interim) at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (interim)
  source text: Joe D. Staggs, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the responsibilities of principal financial and accounting officer on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278124000031/0001552781-24-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  Yvette Heinrichson resigned as Chief Financial Officer at SWK Holdings Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 30, 2024, Yvette Heinrichson, the Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer of SWK Holdings Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to resign, effective February 13, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089907/000155278124000031/0001552781-24-000031-index.htm

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