Company: SWKH
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020718
Chunk: 43

Company: SWK Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 43
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 to this Proxy Statement as Appendix A.

#### The Board of Directors recommends a vote

#### FOR
adoption of the proposal to approve an amendment to the 2010 Plan.

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### STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
Under the rules of the SEC, if a stockholder wants us to include a proposal in our proxy statement and form of proxy for presentation at our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act), the proposal must be received by us at our principal executive offices by the close of business on December 20, 2025; provided, however, that if the date of the 2026 annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days from the date of the 2025 annual meeting, the proposal must be receive by us by the deadline publicly disclosed by the Company subsequent to this Proxy Statement. As the rules of the SEC make clear, simply submitting a proposal does not guarantee that it will be included.

Under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, to be timely, any stockholder director nomination or proposal of other business intended to be presented for consideration at the 2026 annual meeting, but not intended to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy relating to such meeting (i.e., not pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act), must be received by us at our principal executive offices not later than the close of business on March 15, 2026 nor earlier than the close of business on February 13, 2026; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the 2026 annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 30 days after the date of the 2025 annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Any such nomination must also comply with Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act of 1934, including the notice period set forth in Rule 14a-19(b) set forth therein.

The above-mentioned proposals must also be in compliance with our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws and the proxy solicitation rules