Company: SWKH
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020718
Chunk: 63

Company: SWK Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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 the Company, amend this Plan in any manner that requires such stockholder approval; provided further , that a Participant’s Award shall be governed by the version of this Plan then in effect at the time such Award was granted.

#### 25.

#### NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN
. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock awards and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

#### 26.

#### INSIDER TRADING POLICY
. Each Participant who receives an Award shall comply with any policy adopted by the Company from time to time covering transactions in the Company’s securities by Employees, officers and/or directors of the Company.

#### 27.

#### DEFINITIONS
#### .

As used in this Plan, and except as elsewhere defined herein, the following terms will have the following meanings:

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#### Award
” means any award under the Plan, including any Option, Restricted Stock, Stock Bonus, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Unit or award of Performance Shares.

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#### Award Agreement
” means, with respect to each Award, the written or electronic agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award, which shall be in substantially a

form (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

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#### Board
” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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#### Cause
” means (i) the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Participant, (ii) any unauthorized use or disclosure by the Participant of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company, or (iii) any intentional misconduct by a Participant that adversely affects the business or affairs of the Company in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Company may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of a Participant.

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#### Code
” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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#### Committee
” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or those persons to whom