Company: SWKH
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020718
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Company: SWK Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through the grant of equity awards. The 2010 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee. The 2010 Plan provides that the administrator may grant or issue stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock, dividend equivalents, performance awards and stock payments, or any combination thereof. The applicable award agreement will contain the period during which the right to exercise the award in whole or in part vests, as well as any other performance condition(s) required for such award agreement to vest. At any time after the grant of an award, the administrator may accelerate the period during which the award vests.

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#### Compensation Recovery Policy
In accordance with rules adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act, and the Nasdaq Stock Market, on November 15, 2023, the Board approved the SWK Holdings Corporation Compensation Recovery Policy (“Recovery Policy”). The purpose of the Recovery Policy is to set forth circumstances and procedures under which the Company shall recover compensation that is granted, earned or vested to any executive officer of the Company based wholly or in part upon the attainment of any financial reporting measure in the event that the Company is required to prepare a financial restatement to correct a material error.

#### Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2024
Below are the options outstanding for each of the named executive officers as of December 31, 2024.

### OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
|                    |     |             |     |   |     | Option Awards |     |        |     |               |     |   |     |           |       |     |            |   |          |     | Stock Awards |     |        |     |               |         |
| Name               |     | Grant Date  |     |   |     | Number of     
 Securities    
 Underlying    
 Unexercised   
 Options (#)   
 Exercisable   |     |        |     | Number of     
 Securities    
 Underlying    
 Unexercised   
 Options (#)   
 Unexercisable |     |   |     | Option    
 Exercise  
 Price ($) |       |     | Option     
 Expiration 
 Date       |   |          |     | Number of    
 Shares or    
 Units of     
 Stock That   
 Have Not     
 Vested (#)   |     |        |     | Market        
 Value of