Company: SWKH
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-237227
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Company: SWK Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-10-10
Form: 425
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Runway Growth Finance Corp. (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

| Maryland                                 |     | 814-01180               |         47-5049745 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction             
 of Incorporation)                        |     | -Commission File Number |      -IRS Employer 
 Identification No. |
| 205 N. Michigan Ave.Suite 4200           |     |                         |                    |
| Chicago, Illinois                        |     |                         |              60601 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |     |                         |          -Zip Code |

| Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (312) 698-6902 |

| Not Applicable |

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: ☒ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of each class                     |     | Trading   
 Symbol(s) |     | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |     | RWAY      |     | Nasdaq Global Select Market               |
| 7.50% Notes due 2027                    |     | RWAYL     |     | Nasdaq Global Select Market               |
| 8.00% Notes due 2027                    |     | RWAYZ     |     | Nasdaq Global Select Market               |

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.